dognovel Chapter 116 The real culprit behind the scenes is her
Chapter 116 The real culprit behind the scenes is her
Shangguan Guiren suddenly raised his head: "Your Majesty, the evidence is irrefutable. What else is there to investigate? How can you be so partial to Rou..."
Facing the emperor's cold gaze, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar and dared not say a word.
At this moment, I wonder how many people are like Shangguan Guiren, whose hearts are about to burn with jealousy!
As both of them are imperial concubines, why does His Majesty favor Concubine Rou so much? !
Shangguan Guiren really didn't understand, why was she inferior to Shen Zhinian, this bitch? ! The more His Majesty protected Shen Zhinian, the more jealous she became, and she wanted to completely crush this bitch to death!
It would be better to have a trial. This way, His Majesty would have no choice but to continue to blatantly protect Shen Zhinian!
As long as the crime of murdering the royal heir is pinned on this bitch, she will surely die!
Little Li looked at Shen Zhinian in a panic: "My lady, I am following your orders! My lady, you can't just ignore me..."
He begged for mercy as he was dragged away.
Up to now, except for the emperor who was determined to put Little Leo on trial, no one present believed Shen Zhinian anymore.
Even Concubine Kang thought that Shen Zhinian had done this. His Majesty might also understand, but he just didn't want to and didn't dare to believe it, so he let the Ministry of Punishment conduct the final trial.
No matter what, Sister Rou was so good to her, she couldn't just stand by and watch Sister Rou being abandoned by His Majesty.
Concubine Kang has already made up her mind that she will plead for Sister Rou even if it means exhausting the emperor's pity and goodwill towards her!
No matter what everyone thought, Shen Zhinian did not say another word, just waiting for the result of the interrogation by the Ministry of Punishment. It seemed that he had done nothing wrong and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on his door.
In fact... Shen Zhinian's heart was filled with joy!
For the sake of the lives of the nine clans, Xiao Lizi would never dare to tell her plan. In the end, the interrogation would only reveal that the real culprit behind the scenes was someone else.
She directly let Little Li Zi blame Shangguan Guiren, and everyone would suspect that she was the one who ordered this. But Little Li Zi first said that she was the murderer, and then, unable to withstand the torture, he revealed the real person who ordered him, and no one would doubt it.
Shangguan Guiren is still feeling complacent at this moment, he is as stupid as a pig!
Shen Zhinian suddenly felt a little emotional. In her previous life, she had been behind the scenes making plans step by step to help Lu Jianglin become the prime minister. Her daily opponents were old foxes who had read sage books for more than ten years in the court and had been up and down in the officialdom for decades; they were the smartest and most cunning group of people in the entire Great Zhou.
In this life, although these women in the harem have deep scheming, it is nothing compared to the darkness of the power struggle in officialdom.
No wonder she plays with them like dogs.
Half an hour later, Su Ye, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Punishment, came over.
Shangguan Guiren looked at Shen Zhinian with jealousy, and asked with a gloating look: "Eunuch Su, now that the truth has been revealed, Guiren Rou should not be able to deny it, right?"
But who knows... Su Ye looked at her meaningfully and handed over the confession in his hand.
"Your Majesty, at first Little Li insisted that he was ordered by Concubine Rou and that he wanted to die. The servants thought there was something fishy going on and tortured him severely. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and vomited out everything."
"He said it was actually Noble Lady Shangguan. Some time ago, he accidentally learned that Noble Lady Liu was pregnant, so he wanted to kill two birds with one stone and get rid of the baby in Noble Lady Liu's belly."
"It just so happened that Shangguan Guiren and Liu Guiren were close, and she knew that she was allergic to the pollen of hibiscus flowers, so she found Xiao Lizi and asked him to do it, and then put the blame on Rou Guiren. Xiao Lizi certainly didn't dare, but the lives of his family were in Shangguan Guiren's hands, so he had to agree."
"Whether it was causing Concubine Liu to have an allergic reaction, attempting to murder the heir to the throne, or wrongly accusing Concubine Rou, the real culprit behind all this was Concubine Shangguan!"
"Little Li said he confessed everything and knew he had committed a capital crime. He only asked Your Majesty to forgive his family because he had no other choice."
As soon as Su Ye finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and the look in their eyes when they looked at Shangguan Guiren suddenly changed!
Concubine Kang was the first to react, and said angrily: "No wonder you have been jumping up and down, asking His Majesty to deal with Sister Rou, it turns out that all these things were done by you! Fortunately, His Majesty is very perceptive, otherwise you, a vicious woman, would have succeeded!"
"No, it's not me!!!"
Noble Lady Shangguan is more confused than anyone else!
She was just jealous of Shen Zhinian's favor, so she wanted to seize the opportunity to step on him. How could she become the murderer? !
Seeing the rage boiling in the emperor's eyes, Shangguan Guiren's legs softened and she knelt down, her clothes on her back wet with cold sweat: "Your Majesty, I don't even know Little Li, how could I possibly order him to do these things?!"
"It must be that dog servant. Seeing that you are unwilling to deal with Concubine Rou, he deliberately bit me to save his life! You must believe me, Your Majesty!"
Liu Ruyan's heart finally died.
She had long guessed that Shen Zhinian must have had other purposes for making such a big fuss. However, she was in the game and could only be dragged forward.
It turns out that Shen Zhinian's target is Shangguan Guiren.
Liu Ruyan certainly understood that these things could not have been done by Shangguan Guiren.
She had just taken the secret medicine given by the Queen a few days ago and faked her pulse of pregnancy. How could Shangguan Guiren know that she was pregnant before she went to Xiaotangshan Palace and instruct Xiao Lizi to attack her?
However, Liu Ruyan could not tell anyone about this secret. So, even though she knew that all this was Shen Zhinian's plan, she could only go along with it.
"Shangguan Noble...how, how could it be you? I have never offended you before, why...why did you want to hurt me?"
Shangguan Guiren finally realized what it meant to be unable to defend oneself. Did Shen Zhinian feel the same way just now?
"No! It's not me! I didn't! Your Majesty, Little Li must be talking nonsense! He is Concubine Rou's man, maybe Concubine Rou instructed him to bite me!"
"enough!"
The emperor looked at Shangguan Guiren with only disgust in his eyes, and threw the thing in his hand at her face: "The confession from the Ministry of Punishment is here, and you still dare to cry out for injustice?"
Shangguan Guiren came forward on her knees and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Lizi said that Guiren Rou was the murderer, but you defended her everywhere and had people investigate non-stop, just wanting to clear her name. Why did Xiao Li accuse me, but you didn't even listen to my explanation?"
"Your Majesty, you can't be so unfair to me!"
The emperor said coldly: "A vicious woman like you is worthy of being compared with Concubine Rou?!"
Shangguan Guiren's heart ached: "Your Majesty..."
In the end, Shen Zhinian sighed and said, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because I have been wronged before that I understand how unpleasant it feels to be wrongly accused."
"Since Shangguan Guiren said that she didn't do these things, why not have someone check Xiao Lizi's family to see if anyone has threatened them. If Shangguan Guiren is really wronged, then we can clear her name."