dognovel Chapter 122 The murderer is Concubine Xian
Chapter 122 The murderer is Concubine Xian
Ning Sangsang had a table brought in, and then placed the vase that she had prepared in advance on the table. She called eight guards to surround the table tightly, and then said to the palace maids, "I put a lie detector drug in this vase. Now, line up and put your hands in. If anyone has lied just now, their fingers will turn black."
Upon hearing this, the palace maids nodded quickly and lined up in an orderly manner, their faces full of tension and anxiety, fearing that they were not the murderer but were wrongly accused of being the murderer by this lie detector drug.
"You come up to take the test, those behind you stand further away." Ning Sangsang said, pointing at the first palace maid in the line.
The first maid in line stepped forward nervously and put her hand into the vase as Ning Sangsang requested. Then she took her hand out to show Ning Sangsang. Ning Sangsang nodded and said, "You go stand on the left first, next one."
The palace maids standing at the back were all staring at this side curiously, wanting to see what was going on here, but the table was surrounded tightly by eight guards, and they could not see anything.
Then the maids came forward to test one by one, and there were no problems. When it was the last maid's turn, she carefully put her hand into the vase, and then took it out to show Ning Sangsang. There was nothing on her fingers. Ning Sangsang's eyes flashed, and asked her, "What's your name?"
"My name is Su Xin," the maid replied respectfully. There was a flash of nervousness in her eyes. Although it was fleeting, Ning Sangsang still caught it well.
It seems that the plot has not changed. It is still Su Xin, the little maid, who poisoned the queen. She said to Chu Aotian: "Seventh Prince, the person who poisoned the queen is this maid."
"Miss, my fingers did not turn black, I did not lie, I did not poison the Queen." Su Xin shouted in panic.
Chu Aotian looked at Ning Sangsang in confusion, waiting for her explanation.
The palace maid's fingers did not turn black. According to Ning Sangsang's test, the palace maid should not have lied.
Upon hearing this, the guards looked at Ning Sangsang in confusion.
Ning Sangsang saw that she was not going to admit it, so she said, "There is no lie detector drug in this vase, it's just flour. Anyone who puts their hand in it won't have their fingers turn black. You didn't put your hand in the vase because you felt guilty."
This is a method of finding the murderer that she learned from reading novels. It is a psychological tactic that is very suitable for people with weak psychological defenses.
Chu Aotian listened to Ning Sangsang's explanation and couldn't help but look at Ning Sangsang with a new respect. This girl is really smart. He looked at Su Xin. Her face was as pale as paper and her body was shaking slightly. It was obvious that Ning Sangsang did not wrongly accuse her. He said in a deep voice: "Who ordered you to attack the queen? Tell the truth and I will let you die happily!"
That Menghuisan is a rare poison. There is no way a mere palace maid could get it. She must have been instructed by someone behind the scenes to poison his mother.
Su Xin was so frightened that her body could not help but tremble like a sieve. Her knees softened and she fell to the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks as she sobbed: "This servant... This servant was not bribed by anyone. It was because I was bewitched that I attacked the Queen."
Seeing that she was not telling the truth, Chu Aotian's face darkened. Before he could react, Ning Sangsang said, "Seventh Prince, I want to talk to Su Xin alone and persuade her to tell the truth."
Chu Aotian already knew that Ning Sangsang was a very capable and intelligent person, so when he heard Ning Sangsang say this, he asked all the servants to leave and left himself, allowing Ning Sangsang and Su Xin to talk alone.
After they left, Ning Sangsang looked at Su Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, shaking like a sieve, and said, "Su Xin, your brother and sister have been killed by Concubine Xian. You don't have to protect her anymore."
Su Xin's face changed drastically when she heard that. She looked at Ning Sangsang with disbelief in her eyes, not daring to believe that what she said was true. She continued, "The Concubine Xian kidnapped your brother and sister and threatened you to poison the Queen, otherwise she would kill your brother and sister. You poisoned the Queen for the safety of your brother and sister, but what you didn't know was that the Concubine Xian had already ordered someone to kill your brother and sister the day before you poisoned the Queen, and she was planning to have someone kill you tonight."
Su Xin's face turned even paler. She covered her mouth with her trembling hands, tears falling like beads from a broken string. It was as if the whole world was collapsing at this moment. "No... Impossible... She promised me that as long as I did what she asked, she would not hurt my brother and sister..."
"That Xianfei woman is so cruel and ruthless, how could she keep her promise? You were deceived by her, silly girl. Not only did she kill your brother and sister, she also wanted to kill you to silence you."
Ning Sangsang patted her shoulder and said, "You have two choices now: one is to continue to conceal the truth for Concubine Xian and end up being killed without a burial place; the other is to make the truth public and seek justice for your brother and sister. If you behave well, I can even plead for you and ask His Majesty to spare your life."
This girl is a poor one. She lost her parents when she was young and depended on her younger brothers and sisters for survival.
In order to raise her younger brothers and sisters, she sold herself into the palace and became a maid, struggling to survive in the palace.
After much difficulty, he managed to serve the Queen, and was chosen by the Virtuous Consort.
The virtuous concubine kidnapped her younger brother and sister, threatened her with their safety and forced her to poison the queen. In the end, she killed all three of her siblings. Su Xin was a pitiful little cannon fodder.
Su Xin felt as if all her strength had been drained away when she heard this. She collapsed on the ground, tears blurring her vision, and she sobbed for a long time. With hatred in her eyes, she looked at Ning Sangsang and said, "Miss, I am willing to tell you the truth."
Her younger brothers and sisters were her dearest flesh and blood, and the driving force behind her living in this world, yet Concubine Xian actually killed them.
She would never cover up for her again. She would make sure that Concubine Xian received the punishment she deserved and she would drag Concubine Xian to die with her.
Upon hearing this, Ning Sangsang called Chu Aotian over and asked Su Xin to tell Chu Aotian the truth.
"Seventh Prince, it was Concubine Xian who ordered me to poison the Queen. She captured my younger brother and sister as a threat, so I had no choice but to obey." Su Xin honestly told Chu Aotian the truth.
After hearing this, Chu Aotian's face turned pale. He immediately took Ning Sangsang and Su Xin to find Emperor Ming Qing and told him what happened.
Emperor Ming Qing was furious after hearing this, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Every word I said is true. There is absolutely no falsehood. If there is any falsehood, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
Seeing this, Emperor Mingqing said in a deep voice: "Come here, call Consort Xian to Chengming Palace."
"According to the order."
Soon Concubine Xian came to Chengming Palace. She saw Su Xin kneeling on the ground with tears on her face, Emperor Mingqing sitting at the table with a furious look on his face, and Chu Aotian with a cold face. She couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.
Did that damned girl Su Xin confess her identity? Although she was extremely panicked, she still pretended to be calm and went forward to greet Emperor Mingqing.
"Xian Concubine, Suxin said that you ordered her to poison the Queen. Do you have anything to say?" Emperor Mingqing looked at Xian Concubine with a heavy gaze. He did not expect that this usually gentle Xian Concubine would actually do such a thing as poisoning the Queen.