Luo Lan rubbed the mung beans with his fingers, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"I just saw this mung bean, and it has the mark left by that person on it."
After saying this, she blinked slyly a few times, looked at Leng Yu, and said seriously:
"Ms. sir, you order someone to make a wooden box, leave a hole that can only accommodate one hand, put some mung beans inside, blindfold everyone, and let everyone touch these. Mung beans, when the time comes I will know who is the culprit by comparing the handprints left on these mung beans with the mung beans in my hand."
After saying this, she winked at Leng Yu, who nodded understandingly. After whispering to Xiao Lingzi, he ordered him to prepare the mung beans.
When the emperor saw this, he waved his hands with a serious face and said:
"Since we want to investigate, we must investigate thoroughly. According to my decree, everyone present, whether it is the prince, the concubines or the ministers who are watching the excitement, as long as they have just been here, must investigate together."
Hearing this, everyone held their breath and dared not speak.
After a while, everyone except the emperor, Luo Lan and Leng Yu were blindfolded. Xiao Lingzi held a wooden box covered with black cloth and stood in front of Leng Yu and asked,
"Your Majesty, do you want to start?"
Leng Yu looked sideways at Luo Lan. Luo Lan looked at the people standing in several rows, nodded to Xiao Lingzi and said:
"Now go over and let everyone put their hands in and touch these mung beans. No one can take off the cloth from their eyes until everyone has finished touching them."
After receiving the order, Xiao Lingzi took the lead in coming to Leng Xi. Leng Xi was a little dismissive of this. Would he harm his own child? However, his father's words did not allow him to refute, so he reached into the wooden box and kneaded the mung beans vigorously.
Next is Leng Ming, then Concubine Li, Concubine Chang...
Although this matter was ordered by Concubine Chang, she did not do it herself, so she was not worried about being found out. It was just that she had just winked at Aunt Yu, and she didn't know if she could see it.
Just like that, these people put their hands into the wooden box one by one, kneaded the mung beans for a while, and then took their hands out.
The emperor looked at everyone solemnly, Leng Yu's eyes were cold and stern, and Luo Lan stared at every hand that touched the mung bean man.
After a while, Xiao Lingzi came back holding the wooden box.
"Princess, I've already touched her, what should I do now?"
Luo Lan shouted to everyone with a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth:
"Now everyone, please stretch out your hands that have touched the mung beans and let me see your hands..."
Hearing this, Leng Xi raised his head and was the first to stretch out his hand. Luo Lan could clearly see that there were traces of green paint on his hand.
She looked at them one by one and found that without exception, their hands were stained with green paint. But when she walked up to Grandma Yu, she found that her hands were smooth and without any paint.
She suddenly snorted coldly and said to Xiao Lingzi:
"Tie up this nanny."
Hearing this, everyone panicked. Xiao Lingzi led his men to pull Mammy Yu to the emperor. After removing the veil from her eyes, she shouted in panic:
"Princess Yu, what are you doing? I have nothing in my hands. You can't make false accusations against good people."
Luo Lan came to her, looked at her smooth hands, and said to Xiao Lingzi:
"Let everyone take off the veils from your eyes!"
After everyone heard this, they all pulled off the veil, and one of the palace maids exclaimed:
"My hands...why are my hands green?"
Seeing this, the other people also exclaimed how their hands turned green. Leng Xi looked at his green hands and his brows suddenly knitted together.
Luo Lan held his waist with one hand and said to the emperor:
"Father, everyone's hands are green, which proves that everyone has no evil intentions and has touched those mung beans. However, Grandma Yu's hands are not stained with green at all. This proves that she did not touch those mung beans at all. This It is enough to show that she has something evil in her mind and she dare not touch it, so she must have put those mung beans there."
After hearing this, Aunt Yu suddenly panicked. Concubine Chang kept her face dark and said nothing. She wanted to wait and see how the situation would develop before making any plans.
The emperor suddenly shouted loudly,
"Mama Yu, you are so brave, you dare to kill Princess Xi. Tell me, who asked you to do this?"
Hearing this, Concubine Li's mouth showed a hint of pride, and when she looked at Concubine Chang Gui, she had an expression of gloating.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Grandma Yu hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy:
"Your Majesty, it's my fault. I mistakenly spilled the mung beans that I was preparing to make porridge. I didn't want to cause Princess Xi to fall. I'm wrong. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
"Keep talking nonsense."
Li Fei suddenly took two steps forward and shouted sternly:
"Before the flower-viewing banquet started, I ordered people to clean up every inch of the back garden. Not to mention these mung bean grains, even a hair was cleaned up, but you said that these mung beans are for you to make porridge. ? Why did you come to the Royal Garden to make porridge? It’s obvious that you did it on purpose. Tell me quickly, who asked you to do this? "
Concubine Li wished she could tell her now that Concubine Chang had ordered her to do this, but Aunt Yu had been following Concubine Chang for more than ten years. How could she betray her master?
So, she gritted her teeth and replied directly:
"Yes, I spilled those mung beans on purpose. I just wanted Princess Xi and Princess Yu to stumble and have a miscarriage..."
"Snapped!"
Before she could finish her words, Concubine Chang suddenly rushed out, slapped her hard on the face, and said coldly:
"You brave dog slave, how dare you go behind my back and do such a despicable thing. You really don't know how to live or die."
Aunt Yu stared at the angry Concubine Chang with red eyes, lowered her head and replied:
"This old slave is guilty, please punish me."
The emperor, who looked angry, suddenly gritted his teeth, pointed his finger at Aunt Yu, and shouted:
"Come here, pull this ignorant slave down and kill him with a cane."
When she heard the word "kill with a stick", Grandma Yu immediately panicked. She looked up at Concubine Chang Guifei and said, "Empress, please say something for this old slave. After all, I have been following you for more than ten years. I still have to suffer without any merit." Thank you."
But no matter how much she begged, Concubine Chang did not plead for her. Instead, she looked at her coldly and said in a cold voice:
"You will not live for your own sins, Aunt Yu, even if you stay with me for the rest of your life, if you do such an unforgivable thing, even if the emperor does not kill you, I will not tolerate you."
After hearing this, Grandma Yu knelt down on the ground dejectedly like a deflated balloon.
At this moment, two guards came over, pulled her arms up and dragged her aside. Seeing that she was really about to be killed with a stick, Chang Guifei was so indifferent that she didn't even look at herself. Aunt Yu suddenly shouted crazily. road:
"Your Majesty, Concubine Chang asked me to do this, and I was forced to do this. Your Majesty, please take a closer look."
After hearing this, Concubine Chang's face suddenly turned pale. She hurriedly knelt down, waving her hands vigorously and shaking her head.
"Your Majesty, she is talking nonsense. She is making false accusations against my concubine. Someone, please pull her down and chop her down quickly. Don't let her talk nonsense here."
However, Grandma Yu gasped and said angrily with a ferocious face:
"Concubine Chang, I never thought that you would be so cruel. You asked me to do this. You also bought the mung beans when you left the palace. The emperor didn't believe it, so he asked the people around her to do it. Girl Ruyi came out to confront me."
The emperor was already furious. After hearing what Nanny Yu said, he didn't want to listen to Concubine Chang's explanation. Instead, he said angrily:
"Where is Ruyi?"
