The poison in the tea soup is extremely harmful.
The maidservant curled up on the ground, vomiting blood one after another. She fell into convulsions in just a few breaths and died in pain.
"Pull it down."
Mu Liang's face was gloomy, and his eyes scanned the palace, staring at each concubine like a steel needle.
He boasted that he had guarded the South Palace watertight, but unexpectedly, the boat overturned in the gutter and someone took advantage of it. Today's matter will be strictly investigated, and no one involved will be able to escape!
The maid was dragged out of the palace, along with several other maids.
"Spare your life, slave..."
Before she could finish her sentence, the servant who was kneeling down to beg for mercy was already gagged, her arms twisted and she was forced to hold him down.
Miu Liang walked out of the palace door and looked around at everyone in the corridor, his cold eyes making people shudder.
"If you are involved, it's best to confess on your own, maybe you can save your life. If I find out, you won't be able to live, and your blood relatives will be punished!"
The maidservants all shuddered, horror showing on their faces, but no one spoke.
Mu Liang narrowed his eyes and did not continue to ask. He called a slave to give some instructions. The latter nodded sagely and quickly disappeared through the corridor.
The footsteps faded away, and the servants' hearts rose to their throats.
Mu Liang ignored them and ordered his servants to clean the palace and clean up the blood-stained floor.
"Be neat."
"promise."
The waiter bowed into the palace and fell down on the ground to wipe away the blood.
The tea soup and snacks were removed, and the poisoned bowl was given to Gu Zhen, who asked him to identify what kind of poison it was.
After the ground was cleared, the maid relit the incense and brought new soup and snacks.
Everyone was in shock, talking and laughing calmly, and the dishes placed in front of them were not touched again.
"I have been weak since I was a child, and I have been using soups and medicines all year round. I am too familiar with the smell of medicines, and ordinary poisons are useless to me." Lin Heng had a smile on his face and a calm heart, but the words he spoke were filled with murderous intent.
Seeing that everyone was restrained in their words and deeds, and still worried about poisoning, he took the lead in picking up a piece of snack and put it into his mouth with the soup. The movements are unhurried and slow, the hand holding the chopsticks is too pale, there is no callus on the palms and fingertips, and the tiger's mouth lacks the traces of holding a sword. It is true that he is accompanied by soup and medicine all day long.
Seeing Master Heng like this, the concubines should have breathed a sigh of relief.
However, recalling the scene just now and thinking about Lin Heng's various actions after returning to China, no one felt comforted. Instead, they became more fearful and their uneasiness only increased.
"You are a noble man, and you will definitely be blessed with good fortune and good fortune." A concubine laughed dryly and spoke out compliments, intending to break the deadlock.
"Auspicious person and heavenly sign?" Lin Heng put down his silver chopsticks, took the silk handkerchief offered by Zi Su, and wiped the corners of his mouth slowly, his dark eyes not stained with any emotion, "This is true. Without luck, I might not be alive today. .”
The concubines were silent.
There is no way to accept these words, even if it is a compliment, it is difficult to know the right amount.
"My mother took the wrong decoction and gave birth prematurely. This matter was recorded in the palace. Unexpectedly, there was a fire in the historian's house, and not one of the ten bamboo slips with the inscriptions was left. The person who wrote the writing was also buried in the sea of fire, and it was impossible to trace it afterwards. It's really strange." Lin Heng threw away the silk handkerchief, placed one hand on the case, glanced at everyone, and made a shocking statement.
Old things are brought up again, tearing apart the false harmony.
The truth is bloody and multiple clans are involved.
The concubines lowered their heads and pretended to pick up pastries, but the hands holding their chopsticks trembled slightly, and there were clues in their expressions.
Mrs. Li remained silent.
Compared to the timid concubine, she was calm and composed.
It is expected that Your Majesty will still use Youhu, at least he will not let her die immediately. What can Gongzi Heng do?
Kill all the palaces?
Just ridiculous.
"Although the bamboo slips no longer exist, there are still witnesses alive. When the maidservant from Yutang Palace returns, everything will finally be revealed." Lin Heng picked up the silver chopsticks again, picked up a piece of snack from the plate, and did not put it into his mouth. Divide it into two and let the pieces fall, just like cutting the enemy in half and splitting the car into pieces.
When Madam Zheng's accident happened, Madam Lian had not yet entered the palace and had not been involved. She only heard everything she knew from other people's mouths, so she naturally had no fear.
Not so with the rest.
Mrs. Li was indifferent and silent, Mrs. Xuan looked calm, and Mrs. Yan stopped talking, but Mrs. Xuan clapped her hands and finally lowered her gaze.
Mrs. Zhen became more and more silent. The expressions of the concubines under her were tense, and panic flashed across their faces, and they suppressed them again.
"Madams, there is no need to worry about it." Lin Heng changed the subject, with a smile on his face, and a gentle tone that made people feel like spring breeze. "It will be the fault of the guilty ones back then. Madams, please abide by your duties and take good care of your brothers and sisters, and you can live in the palace with peace of mind." .”
Mrs. Guotai never interrupted from beginning to end.
It wasn't until the concubines were intimidated that she put down the silver spoon with satisfaction and signaled the maid to bring another soup.
Hearing the clinking of cups and cups, the concubines cheered up and mistakenly thought that Lin Heng's prestige and prestige had made Mrs. Guotai dissatisfied.
The reality disappointed them.
Facing the expectant gazes of everyone, Mrs. Guotai turned a blind eye and concentrated on enjoying the chef's skills. She did not forget to order someone to give Lin Heng a plate of snacks.
"What Mr. Heng said is my intention."
While the maid was removing the silver cup, Mrs. Guotai wiped her hands with a silk handkerchief. Her voice sounded in the hall, like a basin of ice water being poured over everyone's heads.
"What happened back then was hastily settled, and the monarch was really foolish not to investigate. Although times have changed, those who deserve punishment cannot be let go, and the guilty should be punished."
At the end of the right class, two concubines from the new clan clenched their fingers, not much could be seen on their faces, and there were already bleeding marks on their palms.
"There is still something to do." Mrs. Guotai's words were sharp and cold, "If you dare to make trouble in the south hall, you clearly don't take me as an old woman in your eyes. Since I am tired of living, I will make it happen." "
Mrs. Guotai became really angry, and all the concubines were frightened. They hurriedly got up and left the table. They folded their hands and fell on the ground, begging Mrs. Guotai to calm down.
"Mrs. Guotai, calm down!"
The sound in the hall spread to the corridor, and the hurried waiter paused. Knowing that something was wrong, he asked the maid on the side, but the other person remained silent.
Seeing Miao Liang in front of the palace gate, the waiter stepped forward and stated his intention: "Your Majesty has decreed that the daughter of the Xian clan is under house arrest. Do you think so?"
"Come with me."
Miu Liang glanced sideways at the waiter, guessed his plan, and simply complied with his wish and took him into the palace.
Ignoring the concubine who was lying on the ground to plead guilty, and passing over the bewildered young masters and the worried-looking female young masters, Miao Liang went to the case and reported to Mrs. Guotai the people coming from the main palace and the order of the Marquis of Jin.
"Your Majesty's will?"
The waiter knelt down and saluted, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of several concubines from the new clan, and said: "Madam, the wife of the State, the evidence of the Xian family's crime of colluding with the dog soldiers is conclusive, and the national law does not tolerate it. Your Majesty has decreed that the family will be punished, and the execution will be carried out in four days. In the palace The daughter of my ancestor is spared from death and is imprisoned in the alley. The young master enjoys the privilege of succeeding as a minister and is not allowed to use the totem of the Jin Dynasty."
The words fell to the ground and announced the fate of the Xian family.
Mrs. Guotai nodded and handed the matter over to Miao Liang: "You take care of it."
"promise."
Mu Liang signaled to the outside of the palace, and four maids walked into the palace, dragged the limp Xian's daughter, picked up the ignorant young master, and left the palace.
Xianyu finally came to her senses. She struggled desperately and kicked her feet wildly, crying and begging Mrs. Guotai for mercy.
"Mrs. Guotai, please save my maid. I don't know what my father and brother did for me..."
Her hair was disheveled and her voice was shrill. After she was dragged out of the palace, her cries and pleas continued to be heard. Seeing that there was no hope of begging for mercy, the crying turned into resentment.
"Your Majesty, you are so cruel!"
The young master enjoyed the fright and burst into tears on the spot. The young child cried hoarsely, and his heart of stone could not help but soften.
The concubines couldn't help but be moved, and subconsciously looked at Mrs. Guotai and Lin Heng.
"Miao Liang, send people from the palace to take care of Young Master Xiang's daily life. The dowry of the first daughter will be left to him, and all of it will be registered." Mrs. Guotai has no intention of retaining Young Master Xiang's status, but she will not treat him materially.
"promise."
Mu Liang took the order and told him to go down and there would be someone specially assigned to supervise the matter.
Lin Heng's attention was not on Xian's daughter and Gongzi Xiang.
Not to mention the Xian's daughter, Gongzi Xiang was born after he left the country. The two brothers had never met each other, so naturally they would not have any emotions.
When the young master was in his mother's arms, he was walking on thin ice day and night, and was assassinated again and again. Their situations are so different that it would be hypocritical to insist on showing mercy.
He could pretend, but he didn't want to.
Destined to walk a bloody road, why force yourself to be innocent.
The sounds of begging and crying gradually faded away until they disappeared completely.
There was silence in the palace. The concubines were kneeling on the ground, sweating like rain, and did not dare to move.
Lin Heng glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Mrs. Li, and when he met the eyes of hatred, he suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and broke the silence of the room with his voice.
"I heard that the eldest son, the eldest son, is pleading for mercy for the late family. How should my father deal with it?"
The concubines arrived at the South Hall early and did not know what was going on at the court meeting. They were horrified by the execution of the Xian clan, and unexpectedly the eldest son was also implicated.
Mrs. Li was even more horrified. She endured the pain and stared at the waiter, hoping that Lin Heng was lying, and she didn't want to believe every word.
Unfortunately, it is useless to deceive oneself and others.
The waiter spoke again, completely crushing her expectations.
"Your Majesty scolds the young master for trespassing. He will be flogged twenty times. He will be locked up for a month. He will take back his mysterious chariot and the sword given by the king. He will not be allowed to listen to the government. This will serve as a warning to others."
Whipping and shutting down the government is the next worst thing, but withdrawing rewards and not being allowed to listen to the government is the most serious.
Once the decree is spread out of the court, it will become an indelible stain. Unless the elder prince rebels or all the other princes die, he is destined to miss the throne.
After years of hard work, the result was nothing.
Mrs. Li could no longer hold on, and finally her vision went dark and she fainted.
