met free Chapter 264 The truth comes out
Chapter 264 The truth comes out
Xu Yingying was slightly stunned when she heard this, and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying, "Your Majesty, the incident happened suddenly, and there was no one else around me. Only His Majesty the Ninth Prince was with me and witnessed the entire process of what happened."
The Imperial Concubine was immediately displeased when she heard this, "Your Majesty, what kind of witness is the Ninth Prince? He is on good terms with Xu Yingying in private, how can the Ninth Prince not speak for her? From what I can see, the two of them are clearly in the same group."
The Imperial Concubine said dissatisfiedly.
When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but nodded. Indeed, it would be unfair if he only listened to Xu Yingying's words.
When Xu Yingying saw this, she immediately panicked. After thinking it over, she decided to take a risk and use a secret technique to call Pei'er's soul back to the world, so that the truth would be revealed.
"Your Majesty, please wait for a moment. I have a way to prove my innocence." Xu Yingying said respectfully to the emperor.
The emperor was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately became interested. He asked Xu Yingying, "What evidence can Lord Xu have? Can you make the dead speak?"
Originally the emperor was just teasing Xu Yingying, but he didn't expect Xu Yingying to nod very seriously, "Your Majesty is right, I plan to do this."
Li Siqi, who was standing by, couldn't sit still when he heard this. He subconsciously stopped her and said, "No."
He understood that Xu Yingying was planning to take the risk and use the secret technique, but the negative energy brought about by using the secret technique was not something they could control.
But Xu Yingying's attitude was very firm.
Xu Yingying sighed helplessly. She looked at Li Siqi and said, "Your Highness, this is the only way to prove my innocence."
After hearing this, Li Siqi didn't know what to say and could only let Xu Yingying go.
I saw Xu Yingying sitting on the ground, making some gestures with her hands and muttering something.
After a while, Pei'er's soul appeared in front of everyone.
The imperial concubine was extremely shocked when she saw this.
She pointed at Pearl and said in horror: "Ghost! There is a ghost!"
After saying that, she rolled her eyes and fainted.
As the incident happened suddenly, no one was mentally prepared and the scene immediately became chaotic.
The moment the emperor saw Pei'er's soul appear, he felt dazed as if he was dreaming, but when he came to his senses, he became a little excited. Since Xu Yingying could summon Pei'er's ghost, does it mean that she could also summon other people's ghosts?
Thinking of this, the emperor suddenly felt that he had grasped a glimmer of hope.
"Since you can summon Pei'er's soul, can you help me summon the soul of the late queen so that I can meet her?"
The emperor looked at Xu Yingying and spoke excitedly.
After hearing this, Xu Yingying immediately looked at Camellia beside her to ask for her opinion. Unexpectedly, Camellia refused without hesitation after hearing the emperor's request.
Xu Yingying sighed helplessly when she saw this, and said to the emperor in great embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the late queen has passed away for a long time, and she may have already been reincarnated, so I cannot summon her soul. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
The emperor was extremely disappointed when he heard this, "Okay!"
At the same time, Pearl's ghost also spoke.
"Your Majesty, it was the Imperial Concubine who instructed me to destroy the late Queen's feet, so I came here, and was discovered by His Majesty the Ninth Prince and Lord Xu."
"We just had an argument, and during the argument, Master Xu pushed me to the ground and I accidentally hit the corner of the table, which led to my death."
Xu Yingying was immediately relieved when she heard Pei'er's words. Fortunately, Pei'er did not lie and told the truth.
The imperial concubine who had just woken up hurriedly pretended to be unconscious when she heard this, but her entire series of actions were seen by the emperor.
The emperor directly asked Su Shengyuan to pour tea on the imperial concubine to wake her up.
"puff--"
As the tea poured onto the Imperial Concubine's face, she could no longer pretend to faint and could only stand up by holding on to the table.
"I heard that you ordered Pei'er to destroy the late queen's feet? Is this true?" Upon seeing this, the emperor questioned the imperial concubine mercilessly.
When the Imperial Concubine heard this, her face suddenly changed, and she quickly cried out, "Your Majesty, how could I possibly do such a thing? I have always been courteous to the late Queen, how could I possibly do such a treasonous thing?"
"It must be this Xu Yingying who is playing tricks on you, Your Majesty! This Xu Yingying has a very vicious mind. She first disguised herself as a man to sneak into the court, and then used this to try to sow discord between me and Your Majesty! She has ulterior motives and is definitely not a good person."
The Imperial Concubine said in a sonorous and powerful voice.
Li Siqi couldn't listen any longer and retorted directly on the spot: "That's enough. You plotted to kill my mother and now you want to frame my wife?"
After saying that, he waved his hand and asked his men to bring the person out.
When the emperor heard Li Siqi's words, his face suddenly changed, and he quickly asked: "Qi'er, what do you mean by this? Did the Imperial Concubine kill my queen?"
Li Siqi suppressed his grief and nodded heavily, explaining, "I accidentally discovered an important witness while investigating what happened back then."
"This person is none other than Lin'er, the maidservant beside the Imperial Concubine. She has been with the Imperial Concubine for so many years and knows that she has done many shameful things. The Imperial Concubine abused Lin'er several times, and I couldn't stand it anymore so I saved her."
"At the same time, in order to repay me for saving her life, Lin'er told me all the shameful things the Imperial Concubine had done over the years, including framing my mother."
Li Siqi told the emperor the whole story in detail.
The emperor's face suddenly changed when he heard this. "How can this be possible? Call Lin'er up here. I want to personally interrogate her to see if this is true."
The imperial concubine's expression suddenly changed when she heard Li Siqi's words and she quickly denied it.
"It's not me. It's not me. How could I have the guts to frame the queen? It must have been the Ninth Prince who colluded with my maid Lin'er to frame me. Your Majesty, you have to believe me! You have to believe me!"
The imperial concubine subconsciously argued, but the emperor was on the verge of a breakdown and was too lazy to listen to her arguments.
After a while, Lin'er was brought in front of everyone by Su Shengyuan.
As soon as the emperor saw Lin'er, he couldn't wait to ask her to tell him how the late queen died.
"Tell me everything you know about the death of the late queen."
Seeing this, Lin Er quickly nodded and agreed, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the former Queen was kidnapped by someone hired by the Imperial Concubine. She used the strings of the zither to tie up the Queen's feet while no one was paying attention."
"Then the former queen was thrown onto the deck of the boat. As the boat started to shake, the former queen fell into the river. Because the strings of the zither were too sharp, they cut off the former queen's feet."
Lin'er answered truthfully.