Reborn as King again

Li Chen is still a child, but often what a child says is the truth of the matter!The queen mother leaned on Xiao Ba's body, panting heavily, staring at Xia Zhirou who was kneeling under the hall.Just now Li Chen suddenly appeared to exonerate Xia Zhirou, the queen mother still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, she hoped that Xia Zhirou was innocent, but then the person who testified against Li Chen was Xia Zhirou's personal maid Guizhi, making The queen mother completely gave up.

Li Chen is still young, so he doesn't know what is right and wrong in the palace, and he doesn't know that Gui Zhi belongs to Xia Zhirou. He just ran out after seeing Xia Zhirou kneeling on the ground and being questioned by me constantly. Wanted to tell us everything he had seen.

Seeing Li Chen's small body, kneeling on the ground and trembling, Xiao Ba couldn't bear it, so he stood up, walked to Li Chen's side, helped him up, wiped his tears, and said softly: "Chen'er , some things can’t be said indiscriminately, why do you think it was done by that lady-in-waiting sister?”

"Uncle Bahuang, Shen'er didn't talk nonsense, Shen'er really saw it." Seeing that Xiao Ba didn't believe it, Li Chen grabbed Xiao Ba's sleeve, pointed to Guizhi, and said with certainty: "It's her, really. It's her, Shen'er can clearly recognize it."

I was a little confused, so I asked: "Shen'er, can you tell Father in detail, what did you see?"

"Yes, father." Li Chen nodded seriously, thought for a while, organized his words, and slowly said what he saw, "Dan'er was playing hide-and-seek with the little palace ladies that day, so I asked where I was hiding. Where is better, so I took Dan'er to the Royal Garden, planning to hide with her in the cave under the rockery in the Royal Garden. After we arrived at the Royal Garden, I entered the cave first, and Dan'er planned to come in, but was caught by a The maid called to stop, and the maid said that Concubine Wen was ill, and that there was a white peony flower blooming on the rockery, if Dan'er gave it to Concubine Wen, Concubine Wen's illness would be cured immediately, and then Dan'er would I was going to pick the peony, but after a while, Erchen heard Dan'er screaming, and then saw Dan'er falling in front of me, her head was covered with blood, and she was still holding the peony flower in her hand , then the court lady appeared again, she felt Dan'er's pulse, confirmed that Dan'er was out of breath, took away the peony flower in her hand, and then left. After a long time, Xiaoluzi took her inner The prison guards found Dan'er, they took Dan'er away, and then Erchen crawled out of the cave and ran back to the dormitory. Erchen stayed in the dormitory every day these days, and was terribly frightened. Dan'er whose head is covered with blood." Li Chen pointed at Gui Zhi from the very beginning and never put it down, crying, "Father, you must avenge Dan'er, she is that maid, she is Kill Dan'er!"

Listening to Li Chen's narration, Gui Zhi turned pale immediately, knelt on the ground, and said in defense: "Your Majesty, this servant did not harm the third princess." What he said is unbelievable, the servant has no grievances with the third princess, what did she do to hurt her."

"You have no grievances with her." I didn't expect that Li Chen would be the best witness. Xia Zhirou couldn't argue with her, so I said slowly, "But you are Rou Zhaoyi's confidant maid, Rou Zhaoyi wants to harm someone, do you want to do it yourself? You are the most suitable for this kind of thing."

"Your Majesty, the concubine really didn't harm the third princess." Xia Zhirou heard the loopholes in Li Chen's words, and she said confidently: "According to what the eldest prince said, he hid in the cave and watched all this happen. , but the eaves of the rockery cave are so low, the eldest prince can only see half of a person's body inside, and the eldest prince can't see the face of the maid at all. There are nearly ten thousand court ladies in the harem, how can the eldest prince be sure? Is the maid of honor Gui Zhi?"

Xia Zhirou's words stopped me, she was right, Li Chen couldn't see Gui Zhi's face in the cave, why did Li Chen be so sure that it was Gui Zhi who did the killing?I haven't even looked into this.

When Li Chen saw that his words were questioned, he became a little anxious, and said angrily to Xia Zhirou, "I am here to help you rehabilitate, why do you want to help outsiders?" Li Chen usually hates people who don't believe him, so he even To prove to others that he did not lie, he then said to me: "I saw Dan Kou, and although I couldn't see the maid's face, the maid once reached out to touch Dan'er's pulse and took Dan Kou away. The peony flower in my son's hand, so I can see the maid's hand, I clearly remember that the color of Danko on the maid's nails is light yellow, with gold powder on it, shining in the sun." He said. , Li Chen glanced at Guizhi, and continued: "From the time I entered the palace, I have observed the color of Danko on everyone's nails. Only this maid, the Danko on her nails is the same as the color I saw that day. It's exactly the same."

As soon as Li Chen said this, Gui Zhi immediately hid her hands between her sleeves, afraid of being seen, because her Dan Kou was indeed light yellow.

"Even so, so what." Xia Zhirou still refused to give up and argued: "Your Majesty, there are so many colors of Danko, it's not unusual for the First Prince to see similar ones."

I snorted coldly, and said slowly: "Chen'er also said just now that there is gold powder on the Dankou, which is shining under the sun." Then, I glanced at Wanfu who was waiting beside me. After Wanfu got the letter, Then he took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, opened it, and said, "This is when the servant ordered people to search the rockery, and found some yellow sequins on the rock wall on the top of the rockery, so he scraped it off." , and presented the handkerchief in front of Xia Zhirou.Then two eunuchs pulled Guizhi over, grabbed her hands, and compared the Danko on her nails with it. Sure enough, the color was exactly the same. The sequins on the rockery were probably left by Guizhi accidentally.

"These...these are just coincidences." Xia Zhirou's face turned ashen gray, still unrepentant, "There are too many Dankos of the same color in the palace, maybe... maybe other court ladies painted this Danko, killed the third princess. I..."

The queen mother who has been silent for a long time really can't stand it anymore, she just wants to end it soon, and said: "Concubine Wan, you have stayed in the palace for a long time, you must know a lot about the rouge and gouache in the palace, you go and have a look , see what the doorway is, and tell the Ai family."

Jia Wanru had been standing aside watching the play, but she didn't expect to be called by the queen mother, so she had to respond, walked to Guizhi, observed her Danko for a moment, and replied: "I have some impression of the color of this Danko."

Who is Jia Wanru, if she doesn't do it, or if she does, she will trample her forever. Now she has an opportunity to get rid of Xia Zhirou who is always against her, so how could she not make good use of it!I deliberately said: "Since Concubine Wan has an impression, why not tell me about it."

"Yes." Jia Wanru bowed to me and said, "This Dan Kou was actually liked by my concubine before, but I didn't expect Rou Zhaoyi to go there first. Later, my concubine asked the maid in charge of the secretary's house if there was one." For the extra, they said that there is only one bottle in the harem, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask the person in charge of the house."

Jia Wanru's words completely made Xia Zhirou unable to turn around. Although Guizhi is Xia Zhirou's personal maid, the two grew up and love each other like sisters. It is not uncommon for Xia Zhirou to give Guizhi a bottle of Danko Things.I have known for a long time that the bottle of Danko belonged to Xia Zhirou, and the sequins I found on the rockery are the best evidence against her, and it also coincides with Li Chen's testimony.

At this time, Xia Zhirou's situation was over, she stood up, looked at me fiercely, broke the jar, cried and said: "That's right! I did everything! I just want to make that bitch Wenfei not Good death! He caused me to have a miscarriage and killed my child. What's wrong with me seeking revenge on him? What's wrong with me killing Dan'er? One life is worth another life, I did the right thing. My child died It's so miserable..." As he said, he covered his face and began to cry, the cry was miserable and filled the entire hall.

The queen mother couldn't bear it, she felt that Xia Zhirou made this typo because she lost her child and couldn't relieve her depression. The queen mother sat up slowly and begged me: "The emperor, Rouer After all, she was pregnant with your child, and her current appearance is also caused by a miscarriage, so don't embarrass her too much."

"Mother," I said bitterly, suppressing the anger in my heart, "Why can't you see that Xia Zhirou is not a good person at all!" home, it became so confused.

I looked coldly at Xia Zhirou who was crying so painfully, and said slowly: "Rou Zhaoyi, don't you really think that I don't know how your child was lost?"

Since I can say that, I must have my reasons. I don't care how sad Xia Zhirou is crying there, I just said to myself: "Actually, when Concubine Wen gave you mint, the mother in your palace told you, Mint will make people miscarry. But on the morning of your miscarriage, you went to the ancestral hall to pray for your child. When you stepped into the ancestral hall, you stepped on the ashes of the incense burner next to the threshold, slipped on the sole of your foot, and fell When I said this, Xia Zhirou stopped crying and looked at me in fear, and I continued: "Then, you felt a little pain in your abdomen, so you went back to the palace, but you found that your stomach hurt more and more. You couldn't keep it, so you made a plan to blame it on Concubine Wen, so you simply ate two slices of mint to let the child die early, and then called the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and found out that it was the mint, what I said Is it correct?" How could I not arrange my eyeliner by Xia Zhirou's side?That eyeliner happened to accompany Xia Zhirou to the ancestral hall that day, and I witnessed her slide into Xiaochan, but because of Xiaochan, Xia Zhirou made all the people in Wencui Garden busy to wait on, so my eyeliner couldn't go away Passing the news, it was not until yesterday that he found a free time to tell Wanfu about it.

Xia Zhirou stopped talking in a daze, I have already turned all her trump cards, how can she save her life?She whimpered and said: "No, Chen Qie...Chen Qie really ate peppermint to..., mother mother... mother mother said something for Rou'er." Xia Zhirou then remembered to plead with mother mother.But no matter how much my mother treats their Xia family, she will never raise such a white-eyed wolf who takes advantage of her by her side.The queen mother must be very regretful, Xia Zhirou couldn't keep the child by herself, framed Concubine Wen, killed the princess, and even dared to lie to her!But he was kept in the dark to protect her!

The queen mother ignored Xia Zhirou's crying at all, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Ba, the Ai family is a little tired, help the Ai family to go in and rest."

"Yes." Xiao Ba obediently helped his mother up, and planned to leave.Xiao Ba hated the members of the Xia family very much, but this time Xia Zhirou killed the princess and framed He Wenliu, which made Xiao Ba even more resentful towards the Xia family, and deliberately asked: "Mother, what do you do with Rou Zhaoyi?" ?”

The queen mother took a look at Xiao Ba and knew Xiao Ba's intentions. In addition, the mother mother has already provoked me by protecting Xia Zhirou, so she has to give me face no matter what, so she said: "Although this is a matter of the harem, but Aijia's health is really bad recently, Huang Er, this matter is up to you to decide."

"Yes." I winked at Xiaoba, thank you.

Then, no matter how much Xia Zhirou cried, the queen mother didn't even look back, and went directly to the inner hall to rest.I turned around, stared at Xia Zhirou who was crying madly in the lobby, and said: "Come here, put Rou Zhaoyi and all her eunuchs under house arrest in Wen Cuiyuan, and after the first seven days of the third princess, all of them will be buried. "

I made a decision, Xia Zhirou stopped crying and just stayed there, and was dragged away by the eunuchs without even being able to resist.

I sighed, these things are finally over, how is He Wenliu?I really hope he wakes up soon.

"Your Majesty." Jia Wanru walked slowly to my side, supported me, and worried that I would fall, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Concubine Wan, can you go out with me for a walk?"