idiot!

Jiang Tan's face turned pale and he wished he could shut Xie Jun's mouth immediately.

Sure enough, the censors from the Censorate seemed to have found evidence.

He said righteously, "My Lord, since the incense was lit in advance, the Crown Princess followed this palace maid to the room, so it is impossible that the incense was lit by the Crown Princess."

Xie Jun was immediately speechless, and the censor continued.

"Your Majesty, this shows that it was this palace maid who lied and slandered the Crown Prince's Consort and His Royal Highness Prince Yong."

"This incense was already lit, and this may be Jiang Li's one-sided statement!"

Xie Jun's breath became stronger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Who can prove that this incense was lit in advance?"

Jiang Li didn't even look at Chu Ninghan, and said directly: "Bring up the incense burner and you will know."

"The color of the incense ash is brown, which is obviously different from the ordinary incense ash which is white."

She said calmly, "I put out the incense after I entered the room. I knew when the incense was lit by looking at the amount of ash!"

The censor immediately spoke up, "Your Majesty, please bring the incense burner here for us to see."

"allow!"

The emperor gritted his teeth and had no choice but to agree in front of everyone.

After a while, the incense burner in the room was carried up.

Just as the palace servant was about to open it, Jiang Li suddenly spoke.

"and many more."

She glanced at the Boshan stove and her lips curled up slightly.

He smiled at the palace servant who was taking the incense burner and asked, "Did anyone touch this incense burner along the way?"

"No one has ever touched the Crown Prince's wife."

"very good."

Jiang Li's smile deepened, "Then just open the incense burner."

The incense burner was lit, the censor hurried forward, and the others also looked in curiously.

When he saw the incense burner clearly, he exclaimed.

"My God!"

The emperor had returned to the throne and was looking down at Jiang Li.

"Jiang Li, now the evidence is irrefutable, what else do you have to say?"

There was only a light bit of incense ash on the grayish white bottom of the incense burner!

"Your Majesty, I was so nervous that I forgot to tell you that this incense is very poisonous."

Jiang Li smiled slightly, his voice was not loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

"In addition to making people faint, it also contains drugs that can induce lust. Even if it is burned to ashes, the drug effect is still there."

She looked at the palace maid with a smile, "If you touch the incense ash directly with your hands, the poisoning will take effect faster than if you smell the fragrance."

The palace maid holding the Boshan furnace had a flushed face, rapid breathing, and a confused look in her eyes.

She opened her mouth, then fell down holding the incense burner.

"Oh!"

"Ahhh!"

Xie Yan, who had been as quiet as a chicken and wished she could be invisible, screamed miserably. As luck would have it, the incense ash fell directly on her.

Grayish-white incense ash mixed with brown all over her head and face. If she didn't clean it up quickly, she would definitely turn into a palace maid.

But if she shook off the incense ashes, she would have to take off her veil, and then she would be directly exposed!

"Shut up!"

Xie Jun was frightened and reflexively covered Xie Yan's mouth.

Jiang Li glanced at Xie Jun and Xie Yan, but did not reveal Xie Yan's identity right away.

She looked up at the emperor and Jiang Tan, "Your Majesty, this incense burner has been moved by a palace servant, and the evidence has been destroyed."

Before Jiang Tan could breathe a sigh of relief, Jiang Li said, "But this does not mean that there is no other evidence. The palace maid who lit the incense and slandered me happened to be from the Imperial Concubine's palace."

Jiang Tan's face changed instantly and she grabbed the emperor's sleeve tightly.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on with this palace maid!"

Why does Jiang Li know the origin of the palace maid!

"What evidence do you have?"

The emperor's face became gloomy again and he pushed Jiang Tan away.

She lost her composure before Jiang Li even produced any evidence.

Incompetent bungler!

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine really likes to wear nail polish. The color of Impatiens balsamina is bright, but the fragrance is very light. If it is not left for a long time, it will not be stained with the fragrance of Impatiens balsamina."

Jiang Tan suddenly hid his hands in his sleeves, his face pale as ice.

"This incense happens to have the scent of red impatiens. And in the palace, only the imperial concubine's palace has red impatiens."

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Tan.

"My Lady, I wonder when I have offended you that you would use such a vicious method to destroy my reputation?"

The smile on her face had fallen, and she threw the remaining fragrance of red impatiens in front of Jiang Tan.

"nonsense!"

Jiang Tan was completely panicked. "You are talking nonsense! Jiang Li, you are framing me!"

"When you were disfigured before, you were jealous of me entering the palace. Now that you have caused a huge disaster, you still want to put the blame on me!"

Jiang Tan said to the emperor in a panic, "Your Majesty! Jiang Li is talking nonsense! I have never seen Xiang! She is the one who framed me!"

"Humph!"

The emperor was very displeased. Jiang Liming was clearly doomed to die, but now he was cleared of most suspicions. Instead, Jiang Tan was dragged into the water.

If Jiang Tan cannot explain the matter of the red impatiens and the residual fragrance clearly today, then there is no need for her to be the imperial concubine!

"Jiang Li, this is just your speculation. There is no substantial evidence to prove that this incense is from the Imperial Concubine's palace!"

Jiang Tan also shouted anxiously: "Red Impatiens is rare, but it doesn't mean it's not available outside the palace. It's possible that you brought this fragrance in from outside the palace!"

This is obviously a lie with open eyes.

"My Lady, there's nothing about the Crown Prince's Consort that smells like red impatiens!"

Chu Mingzhao spoke suddenly, staring at Jiang Tan, her voice loud and clear.

"Among the people present, only you and the people in your palace carry this smell!"

She wrinkled her nose, her little face full of disgust.

"It smells like rotting meat, so bad!"

"Zhao Zhao, that's the imperial concubine, don't offend her."

Chu Ninghan chuckled and handed another sachet to Chu Mingzhao.

He said openly: "If you find it unpleasant, just use your sachet to suppress it."

Chu Mingzhao nodded and covered his mouth and nose with the sachet.

The father and son had identical expressions of disgust, which made others unable to help but move their noses and carefully distinguish the scent of red impatiens in the air.

It seems that it smells a bit bad.

Like rotten meat.

Why didn’t they feel this before?

But after Chu Ninghan mentioned this, many people couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.

The censor immediately spoke up, "Your Majesty, it is just as the princess said, the Crown Prince's Consort does not have any smell on her body. Moreover, people entering the palace will have their clothes searched, so it is impossible for the Crown Prince's Consort to bring perfume into the palace."

"Your Majesty, this forbidden item appeared in the palace. Today it was used to frame the Crown Prince's wife, and I'm afraid it will be used on you in the future!"

The censor looked serious and said solemnly: "I implore your majesty to order a thorough investigation! Make sure to cut off the source of the poison!"

Jiang Li was stunned by the censor's words. Wasn't this the same words she had used at the Hundred Flowers Banquet?

I never thought that I would hear this said by the censor today!

This is not the end. "Your Majesty, first there were fifty enemy assassins in the palace, and then there was the poisoning of the harem with incense."

Jiang Li turned to look at Chu Ninghan and said coldly, "For the safety of your majesty, please order a thorough investigation of the harem!"

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