154 And Xilan believes that there must be an inner response of the Chu family in this palace

Although Yue Guiren is pure and kind, he is not a brainless person, so Mu Xirant simply said that Yue Guiren understood what Mu Xirant means, "Yes, you said I don't need to go to the Qianqing Palace in the afternoon."

"Go, why not. After staying in Xiangde Palace for a long time, you may not know much about the changes in the situation outside, so you must go and have a look. And I'm sure there will be a good opportunity for the interrogation in the afternoon.

Listening to Mu Xiren's words, Yue Guiren's heart was a little curious.

In the afternoon, when Mu Xiluan followed the queen into the Qianqing Palace, she found that there were many people who had been announced today, and the concubines also came together, just to avoid the foreign men. They sat behind the gauze tent in the inner room.

The officials of the imperial court and the heads of the four families also arrived.

The emperor's eyes brushed Mu Xiran behind the queen and couldn't help asking, "The female official said yesterday that she could find the person behind the scenes with just one Linglan. Today, why didn't I see the female official coming with that Linglan?"

"To the emperor's words. Xiran has indeed seen the person behind the lily of the valley, but in order to protect the lily of the valley, Xiran can't take it out for the time being. She bowed her knees obediently, bowed to the emperor, and then retreated behind the queen.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it." The emperor couldn't help smiling and thought that it was about the virtuous concubine. He still restrained his smile, restored his dignity, and ordered his father-in-law, "Take Mrs. Su and Mrs. Mu."

For a moment, Mrs. Su and Mrs. Mu were brought in at the same time. They knelt down together and kowtowed to the emperor.

"Yesterday, Mrs. Su said that Mrs. Mu specially sent her a bell orchid. I don't know if Lord Su knows?" The emperor's eyes fell lazily on Su Linhua.

Su Linhua arched his hand and replied truthfully, "At that time, when Mrs. Mu came, I happened to be in the study. After returning to the room, I did see a flower on the window sill, and the wife also said that Mrs. Mu gave her a Jun Yingxiang because of her daughter's marriage. It was not until later that I knew that Linglan was Jun Yingxiang.

"Eh? I didn't hear Mrs. Su talk about the marriage yesterday. The emperor naturally understood that every detail was extremely important, so he asked again.

Mrs. Su quickly replied, "The day before yesterday, in Yifu, Mrs. Mu's daughter seduced Su Heye and was seen in public. That day, Mrs. Mu wanted to talk about this marriage, but the minister didn't mention it yesterday. She was just afraid that more people would know that Miss Mu's reputation had been destroyed. She really didn't mean to hide it.

"So that's it. According to what Lord Su and his wife said, the suspicion of Mrs. Mu sending Linglan is obvious." The emperor looked thoughtfully at Mrs. Su and then at Mrs. Mu, and then his voice suddenly changed, "Does Mrs. Mu want to defend herself now?"

Mrs Mu felt the oppression from above, trembled her hands and quickly kowtowed to the emperor, "People's woman... People's woman, the people's woman did send the bell orchid, but the people's woman did not know that it was a bell orchid at the beginning. Because...because," Mrs. Mu trembled her lips, raised her eyes tremblingly and looked at Lord Chu, and then said intermittently,

"Because it was given to Mrs. Su by someone else's wife. The emperor was given by someone else's wife."

When Mu Xi, who stood in the queen, heard the words, his hanging heart fell steadily, and the Yuan family was still interesting.

"Who gave it to you?" When the emperor heard this, he couldn't wait to know for a moment.

"Yes...yes, the women dare not say... the women are afraid of that person's revenge." Mrs. Mu said and fell to the ground with a little fear.

The queen picked up the teacup and covered her mouth and whispered, "I didn't expect Yuan to be a little smart."

Sure enough, the emperor pondered in an instant. Mrs. Mu's words showed that the people behind the scenes were not small in power in the capital, perhaps one of the four families. He had long expected that these people had been secretly ready to move, but he did not expect that they would come so quickly, and they would poison such a pure woman as the virtuous concubine first. It's very painful for him to die.

In such a short time, the emperor also thought that this matter must be investigated to the end, otherwise it will only make the unfaithful people more arrogant. "I promise that Mrs. Mu will admire each other's family, as long as Mrs. Mu truthfully tells who asked you to give Linglan to Mrs. Su."

After receiving the emperor's promise, Mrs. Mu had a little bottom in her heart, so she raised her head and said word by word, "It was Prince Chu who asked the people's wife to give this bell orchid to Mrs. Su."

After saying this, Mrs. Mu immediately felt that the sharp eyes on her side fell on her. She knew that it was the eyes of Lord Chu Yuntang.

As soon as this statement came out, the people in the main hall also shocked four people. They were shocked that it was not why Chu Luo wanted to poison the virtuous concubine, but that Mrs. Mu actually confessed the Chu mansion. After all, the Chu mansion is a fierce existence in the capital. Even with the protection of the emperor, the Chu mansion has a way to get rid of those who betrayed him.

Wan Zhaoyi's hand on her lower abdomen stagnated and looked at the second lady's answer in disbelief. Chu Luo clearly told her that it was impossible for the original family to say the person behind the scenes, but now how could she hear such a greedy and afraid of death confess Chu Luo?

"Mrs. Mu said yesterday that it was not herself, but today she suddenly changed her words. Isn't there any reason for this?" Chu Yuntang's face was normal, but with a little smile.

But in Yuan's eyes, there was a bitter chill in her smile. She thought of the killer sent by the Chu family last night and insisted, "Yesterday was a people's woman who was confused and didn't want to mention the destruction of her daughter's reputation in public, so she wanted to deliberately hide it, but the women thought about it all night and figured it out."

Chu Yuntang's eyes were stunned when he heard the words, and turned his head and knelt down to the emperor. "Your Majesty, Chu Luo, the dog, has been in the house these days and has never stepped out of the house. How can Mrs. Mu deliberately frame Mrs. Su? This is completely Mrs. Mu's deliberate frame-up.

"There is no evidence of this matter. I always feel that it is too arbitrary to tell who is behind their words." Princess Shu slowly opened her mouth and said what she thought.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Mu said urgently, "At that time, it was dark when Mr. Chu came to Mufu with Linglan. How could the women get evidence? Moreover, according to the cautious nature of Mr. Chu, it is impossible to leave evidence."

At this time, Mu Xiran slowly walked to the front, "Your Majesty, Xiran feels that it's time to bring the lilang orchid."

The emperor's distressed look suddenly became clear after hearing Mu Xiyan's words, "Yes, why have I forgotten that there is also a way for a female official. Hurry up and ask someone to bring that lily of the valley.

When Nianhua came in with Linglan in his back, everyone's eyes moved over, but no one could see how he could guess the person behind the scenes with just one flower, and even Chu Yuntang was very puzzled.

Mu Xiran took the flower pot, raised it, and then loosened it in front of everyone. He only heard a "bang". The flowerpot was expected to fall to the ground, and the lily of the valley also lay crookedly on the ground.

Mu Xiran bent down and grabbed a handful of soil and said like beads, "The soil needed to grow peonies and lily of the valleys is just the best sandy soil, and there are only two places where peony flowers are planted in the city. One is the palace, but the palace is brown sandy soil. And the other place is the garden of Chu Mansion, which uses this light sandy soil.

Mu Xi'an's words fell, and everyone looked at the sand in her palm in disbelief, and they didn't expect that the sand alone could break the planters.

"The female official is from Chu's house just by the color of the sand, but I don't think it's credible. The people behind the scenes can go to the river to get some sand to plant this lily of the valley. The person who raised the suspicion was Concubine De, which made both Concubine Shu and Wan Zhaoyi look at her in surprise.

Looking at Mu Xilan, he smiled lightly at the corners of his mouth, "The emperor can send people to look at the river. The color of the sand by the river and the sand of Chufu are also different. After all, Chufu has been planting peonies for more than ten years, and the color of this soil is completely different."

As soon as Mu Xilan's words fell, the sixth prince said earnestly, "Father, you said that you must severely punish the people behind the scenes. Now it is obvious that the Chu family did it. The minister begged his father and emperor to ask for justice for his mother, so that the well-known mother under the spring could rest assured.

Mu Xiran caught a glimpse of Chu Yuntang's calm appearance and thought of what Qin Yu had told her a few days ago that this little thing alone could not defeat the Chu family at all, so she could only let the emperor avoid the Chu family first, and then let this kind of child grow in the emperor's heart day by day until she was completely disappointed with the Chu family.

Thinking of this, Mu Xiran raised his eyes to meet the emperor's meditative eyes and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the Chu family can let the virtuous concubine drink poison unconsciously and then die. It can be seen that there are some reasons. And Xilan thinks that there must be an inner response of the Chu family in this palace.

As soon as these words came out, Chu Yuntang's face, which was originally calm, suddenly changed. He never thought that Mu Xiran would be so bold to get out of the Chu Mansion, more like pushing the Chu Mansion into hell step by step.

Naturally, as a high-ranking emperor, the most taboo thing is the foreign minister to hook up with the harem concubine. Sure enough, the emperor slapped the case in front of him fiercely and stared at Chu Yuntang's green and changing face angrily, "Chu Yuntang, is it true what the lady said?" Even if Chu Yuntang did not answer at this time, he would decide to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Chu Yuntang hurriedly bowed his waist and replied, "Your Majesty, I will never have an internal response in the palace as the female official said."

The explanation seems a little pale and powerless at this time.

"What do you say about the death of the virtuous concubine?" The emperor's shrewd eyes narrowed.

"Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the virtuous concubine. Maybe someone in the house deliberately framed... Please investigate the matter thoroughly and return the innocence of the minister and the people in the Chu family. Chu Yuntang knelt on the ground and only felt that he had not had this kind of trembling for a long time.