boyutpedia Chapter 139: Noble Lady Fucha again?
Chapter 139: Noble Lady Fucha again?
However, Yinzhen's question would soon be answered, because Su Peisheng came back not long after the interrogation.
"Your Majesty..." Su Peisheng hesitated to speak, but looking at Yinzhen's expression, he knew that he didn't want to delay any longer, so he said stiffly, "I found out after asking. The young master said that it was Noble Lady Fucha who ordered him to do it."
"Noble Lady Fucha?" Yinzhen was so confused. How could he be related to Noble Lady Fucha again? Was there no way he could live in peace?
"Yes, I have brought Xiao Shuozi and Xiao Xiangzi here." Su Peisheng turned around and gave Xiao Xiazi a look, and Xiao Xiazi waved his hand and asked someone to bring Xiao Shuozi and Xiao Xiangzi in.
As soon as Xiao Xiangzi and Xiao Shuozi came in, they knelt down and trembled, not daring to raise their heads, especially Xiao Shuozi, who was shaking like a sieve.
"Tell us again what you just said honestly!" Su Peisheng scolded them both.
Xiao Xiangzi quickly said, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I really didn't mean to throw Concubine Zhao down. Not to mention that Concubine Zhao is pregnant with Dragon Child. Even if she wasn't pregnant, I wouldn't dare to do that even if I had ten thousand guts."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Yinzhen and the Queen both had blank expressions, Xiao Xiangzi quickly glanced at Su Peisheng again, knowing that he had to continue speaking, and immediately pointed at Xiao Shuozi beside him: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's all his fault! I was walking fine, but Xiao Shuozi suddenly stretched out his leg and tripped me, so I lost my balance and frightened Concubine Zhao's baby! I am really innocent! It's all Xiao Shuozi's fault!"
Yinzhen and the Queen both looked at Xiao Shuozi. The Queen glanced at Yinzhen and asked Xiao Shuozi, "Is what he just said true? Did you really trip him on purpose, causing you guys to fall off the sedan chair?"
Although Xiao Shuozi was trembling, he kowtowed and admitted: "To answer the Queen, it is... it is a servant, but the servant is also following orders!"
"I'm following orders. Whose orders are you following?" Although the Queen had just heard what Su Peisheng said, she still wanted to ask in person.
"Your servant...Your servant was ordered by Noble Lady Fucha. Noble Lady Fucha gave you a sum of money and asked you to trip up other people when they were carrying the sedan chair. Your servant was obsessed with money. In addition, Noble Lady Fucha said that if you don't follow her orders, then...she would ask her family outside the palace to send someone to kill your whole family. Your servant had no choice but to do it."
"Words are not enough, do you have any evidence?" The queen was actually very satisfied with this result. Xia Dongchun's child was gone, and she could also get another noble lady, Fucha. How could she not be happy? But in front of Yinzhen, she naturally couldn't show it.
When Xiao Shuozi heard this, he immediately said, "The money that Noble Lady Fucha gave me is still in my room, hidden under my wardrobe."
The Queen gave Jianqiu a look, and Jianqiu immediately took people to search the house where Xiao Shuozi lived.
Not long after, Jianqiu came back with a wooden box in her hand. When she opened the box, she saw neatly stacked silver inside.
The matter was already very clear, and Xiao Shuozi added: "It was given to me by Miss Lan'er, who was beside Noble Lady Fucha!"
"Go and call Noble Lady Fucha, and bring Lan'er with her!" the Queen ordered immediately.
Yinzhen folded the beads in his hands and agreed with the queen.
Noble Lady Fucha was feeling happy in her own palace. When she heard that Xia Dongchun had fallen off the sedan chair and her child was gone, she felt extremely happy.
As expected, even God was on her side. Xia Dongchun, who was pregnant, blocked her way and snatched her position as the head of Yanxi Palace. A few days ago, Zhen Huan provoked the relationship between her and Concubine Qi, so Concubine Qi ignored her for the past few days.
Noble Lady Fucha was so angry that she couldn't help but be happy when she learned that Xia Dongchun's child was gone.
But before she could be happy for long, Jianqiu, who was beside the queen, came with people to invite her, saying that the emperor and the queen wanted to see her for important matters.
Noble Lady Fucha was unsure, but the Empress had already sent Jianqiu to invite her, so she couldn't not go.
But Jianqiu said, "Noble Lady Fucha, the Emperor and His Majesty have ordered me to bring Miss Lan'er with me."
Noble Lady Fucha was very puzzled: "On weekdays, Bai Yu takes care of me more, and Bai Yu is a person from the Empress... Why do the Emperor and the Empress want to see Lan'er today?"
"I dare not speculate on the orders of the Emperor and the Empress." Jianqiu said nothing more, "Please bring the person with you, young master."
Although Noble Lady Fucha didn't understand, since Jianqiu said so, she could only do as she was told.
What's more, it's just bringing one more person, so it won't make any difference to her.
But... Noblewoman Fucha couldn't help but think too much. Could it be that Lan'er had done something behind her back to offend the Empress?
Or... the Emperor fell in love with Lan'er? He told the Empress that he wanted to make Lan'er an official lady, so she had to take Lan'er with her?
With a lot of questions in mind, Noble Lady Fucha came to Xia Dongchun.
"I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor and to Her Majesty the Empress." Noble Lady Fucha bowed.
"Noble Lady Fucha, I asked you to come here because of Concubine Zhao's pregnancy." The Queen glanced at Yinzhen's face and spoke first, "I believe you also know about Concubine Zhao's miscarriage, but Concubine Zhao's miscarriage was not a trick of heaven, but a human accident."
"Is this really true?" Noble Lady Fucha was delighted, but at least she was not stupid enough to do this. She knew she still had to pretend in front of Yinzhen and the Queen, so she acted as if she was very surprised.
"Noble Lady Fucha, if you continue to play dumb, even I can't protect you." Seeing her like this, the Queen looked extremely distressed, as if she felt sorry for her. "Xiao Shuozi has confessed everything. The Emperor and I asked you to bring Lan'er here for this matter. If you can tell the truth, the Emperor is always kind and might be able to forgive you this time. But if you still keep your mouth shut, I can't help you."
Noble Lady Fucha slowly realized what was going on - from what she said, it meant that... Xia Dongchun's miscarriage was caused by her?!
"Your Majesty, Empress, I am innocent!" Noble Lady Fucha was stunned for a moment, and after she understood the truth, she immediately knelt down and cried out, "I am really innocent! I did not instruct anyone to do such a thing to murder the heir to the throne!"
Yinzhen was about to say something when he saw Lan'er behind Noble Lady Fucha kneel down and kowtow: "I deserve to die, I deserve to die! It's all my fault, please forgive me this time, Your Majesty!"
Noble Lady Fucha didn't even bother to protest her innocence. She turned around and looked at Lan'er in shock, her eyes wide open.