0p0 Chapter 197: Opposite Hall
Chapter 197: Opposite Hall
"You said that Princess Jin was also poisoned? Then what about Princess Jin? Why is she fine?"
Pei Fan lowered his head. "I didn't know it was Princess Jin before. She has amazing willpower. After discovering she was poisoned by the Chinese medicine, she still endured the effects and ran away... She must have been restraining herself the whole time."
He paused for a moment, thought about it, and then said, "Or, the princess takes the antidote."
what?
Queen Ji only remembered it after hearing Pei Fan's words.
Yes, Lu Xuan was actually standing there fine at that time, and it looked like nothing happened!
He actually took the antidote? !
It must be like this, otherwise, how can we explain why she has always been fine?
At this moment, Pei Fan looked at Empress Ji tentatively, his eyes dark and gloomy. "Besides Princess Jin, the cup that Second Miss Ji drank and the cup that Fourth Miss Anguo's mansion drank were also found to have been drugged."
"What?! Miss Lu Si was also drugged?!" the emperor roared.
Pei Fan lowered his eyes: "Yes. But the cup that Fourth Miss gave me was not an aphrodisiac."
"What is that?" the emperor asked unhappily.
"It's a deadly poison."
boom!
Ji Xiangli, Ji Bozhou, and Queen Ji did not dare to speak.
Because everyone knows that Ji Qingyan drank that glass of wine, but did not die.
If what was said before was true, then this alone is enough to prove that Ji Qingyan embezzled money and was the one who poisoned others!
The emperor raised his eyes, a look of anger swirling in his eyes, directed at someone unknown. "You said poison, so you poisoned me? Where's the poison? Where's the wine cup?"
Pei Fan kowtowed heavily and said, "Your Majesty, please bring the witness I mentioned, the palace maid named Yingchun, here for questioning! I am willing to ask her in front of you and we will find out the truth!"
The emperor snorted angrily, "Bring people up!"
Soon, a palace maid in blue palace maid clothes was brought up.
Yingchun looked at the emperor and empress sitting upright, and half of the people in the room kneeling, and was so scared that she immediately knelt down as well.
"Greetings to the Emperor, and to the Empress!" Her throat tightened and her body trembled unconsciously.
Pei Fan glanced at the emperor, then turned sideways and asked, "Yingchun, may I ask where you were at 3:30 PM today? What were you doing?"
Yingchun's heart sank and her fingers clenched unconsciously.
At this time, Queen Ji gave Yingchun a look.
She can choose not to speak or get involved in any pleading.
But Qingyan is dead, and someone must clear the Ji family's reputation. Qingyan cannot be allowed to bear the infamy in vain!
So Yingchun must accuse Pei Fan!
"I'm... I'm helping Miss Ji Er, arranging the flower beds in the inner courtyard." Yingchun didn't dare to look up and said with a red face.
Pei Fan smiled and didn't expose her: "Which bunch did you arrange at that time? Which flowers did you put there? Where did you put them?
"I…I placed the second cluster of white peonies on the right side of the palace gate, next to the osmanthus tree."
Pei Fan nodded. "How many pots of white peonies are there? What kind of pots are they in?"
"There are... twelve pots in total, in round rose-purple glazed pots..."
Suddenly, Pei Fan smiled and bowed to the emperor: "Yingchun is lying, Your Majesty, please send someone to check it out."
He has an excellent memory. What was placed at that location was not a flowerpot, but a vase.
And there are not twelve pots, but twenty-four, representing the twenty-four solar terms, Jun kiln rose purple glaze string pattern bottles.
Pei Fan was promoted by the emperor, so he naturally knew his abilities.
So, he raised his chin and asked the guard at the door to go out and take a look.
Not long after, the guards hurried back: "Your Majesty, Yingchun lied. There are twenty-four Jun kiln rose purple glaze string pattern bottles at the door."
Yingchun was suddenly panicked, her heart pounding, and she hurriedly looked for a way to save her life.
Queen Ji didn't expect that Pei Fan would be so difficult to deal with!
This dog was so fast that it figured out everything!
Evidence, witnesses, all present. Today, things might be a little tricky...
When Empress Ji knew that the matter was exposed, she felt guilty and never looked at Yingchun again.
Seeing that Empress Ji had no intention of helping her, Yingchun's throat tightened and she cried anxiously: "Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me, it was my fault! It was my fault that I forgot..."
The emperor's gloomy eyes swept over her sharply, as if to pierce her whole body.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he roared loudly: "Tell the truth!"
His indifferent eyes held murderous intent: "If all you can do is lie, then you never have to speak again."
He breathed in a solemn tone, his cheeks seemed to move slightly, and his sharp eyes looked like they were about to bring about a violent storm.
Yingchun no longer dared to look at Empress Ji, and tremblingly, she hurriedly told the whole truth.
"Your Majesty, it was Miss Ji Er who ordered me to give Commander Pei the wine spiked with strong drugs. She said...she said that today's plan was to have Commander Pei flirt with the princess!"
Yingchun's tone was a little heavier when she said the last sentence because she was so anxious. After she finished speaking, she knocked her head heavily to the ground.
In fact, before Yingchun came, the emperor had already believed Pei Fan's words to 60%. After all, this rare and useful person he had cultivated with great difficulty was much more useful than the Ji family.
And now Yingchun has turned against Ji Qingyan and directly sentenced her to death.
The emperor glanced at the queen, his entire body filled with rage. "Jia Ru, look at this, look at what's going on? Are you still going to protect the Ji family?!"
The emperor's face darkened, with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Today is the flower viewing banquet you wanted to hold, and Qingyan is your sister. I don't believe you are completely out of this matter.
Without your approval and instructions, these palace maids, the princess, and Pei Fan would have been poisoned. If you weren't the queen, any one of these charges would be enough to implicate three clans!"
He suppressed his anger and his voice still sounded gentle, but the dissatisfaction in his heart had already overflowed.
Every time it’s all because of the Ji family. I don’t know when, the woman beside him and the third prince have been led by the Ji family everywhere!
The Ji family once controlled his court and harem, and even now it has come to this, they still don’t know how to let go!
But the person who made him even angrier was Jiaru.
She actually chose to fight against herself several times for the Ji family.
She never thought about the difficulties she faced as an emperor.
In such a big court, everyone is forcing him, but she still wants to side with her mother's family, along with their son!
He is the emperor!
The king of a country!
Now, he finally has the dignity of being the king of a country. He will never allow people like Ji Xiangli to block his path to power again!
"Ji Xiangli, I thought the lesson I taught you last time was enough. You were stripped of your title and official position, and the entire Ji family was demoted to commoners. You have already received your punishment."
"I didn't expect that the Ji family would still not change their bad habits!" The emperor was extremely angry and a sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
"You guys love to play with power so much, and the Queen follows suit and takes sides everywhere. Do you have me in your eyes, and do you care about the gossips of the court?!"
As he spoke, he concentrated for a long time, as if he had just made a difficult decision: "For the sake of the Ji family and the queen, from now on, no one from the Ji family should enter the palace!"
"Today, you bring Ji Qingyan's body back to the Ji family, and this matter will end here. Otherwise, how long can the Ji family stay? Don't blame me for not reminding you!"
The Queen began to shed tears of grievance, and her eyes, shimmering with light, looked at the Emperor pitifully: "Your Majesty, how could you be so cruel to me? My father is old, and you are even trying to cut off my homesickness..."
When the emperor heard Queen Ji crying, he subconsciously wanted to hug her.
But this time, he managed to hold on.
He couldn't care less about so many things. If he wanted to consolidate his position, the Ji family must not expand its power and stir up bloodshed.
Otherwise, the throne of the emperor would be in jeopardy!
The Ji family is full of hatred now. If we continue to let them do what they want, I'm afraid everything will become increasingly uncontrollable!
Ji Xiangli's chest was heaving violently, he had been holding back a lot of anger.
The more he gave in, the more these people would think he was easy to bully.
How could the emperor dare to treat the Ji family like this before?
Aren't they the ones who have the final say in everything?
He must not forget that he still has his secrets in his hands!
Thinking of this, he swept his eyes towards the emperor with a cold gaze, gnashing his teeth in hatred, and at this moment he felt as if he was being burned by fire.
He couldn't bear it any longer, his face was tense and his eyes were almost spitting fire.
He spoke word by word, "Jiang Muyao, don't forget how you relied on the Ji family to get to where you are today!"