usatvline Chapter 182 Unjustly Accused
Chapter 182 Unjustly Accused
After Eunuch Liu finished speaking, he handed the golden hairpin to Qin Feiling.
Qin Feiling took the golden hairpin... There was a surge of anger in his eyes.
This gold hairpin looked familiar. Yes, he remembered it. He had seen Madam Zhou wearing this gold hairpin before. Because the style of the gold hairpin was very unique and exquisite, he had a vague impression of it.
Qin Feiling couldn't help but sneer.
He walked out of the inner hall and threw the golden hairpin hard at Madam Zhou.
"Mrs. Zhou... We have all the evidence, what else do you have to say?"
Mrs. Zhou was completely stunned. The golden hairpin hit her forehead and blood immediately flowed out.
She covered her forehead and picked up the gold hairpin that had rolled to the ground.
"Why is my gold hairpin here?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know what you mean by this."
Qin Feiling gritted his teeth and sneered, "Well, since you are so stubborn, I will convince you."
"Liu Quan, drag that palace maid in... and have her tell Madam Zhou in person what exactly this means."
Eunuch Liu nodded immediately and had Yin Ling dragged in.
Yinling was covered in blood and was dying.
She was dragged in, and when she saw Qin Feiling, her eyes were full of fear.
She immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to admit her mistake.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so blinded by Madam Zhou's money as to poison the tea that the Imperial Concubine drank."
"I know I was wrong. Please don't implicate my family."
Mrs. Zhou looked at Yinling in shock, and only then did she realize the current situation.
She quickly shook her head: "No, that's not the case. This lowly maid is slandering me. I never bribed her to poison the imperial concubine."
"I was wronged..."
Zhou Shiya's face was extremely pale. She had just been feeling lucky that neither she nor her mother had poisoned the person, and that they would not be implicated.
After all, she was too naive.
This time, they became the ones who were calculated.
It was Zhou Lingge who used a trick of self-torture... She did not hesitate to use the royal heir in her belly to bribe the palace maids in her palace, thereby slandering her mother.
Zhou Shiya hurriedly knelt in front of Qin Feiling, and she raised her hand and tightly grasped his robe.
"Your Majesty... This is a frame-up. My mother couldn't possibly be so foolish as to poison the Imperial Concubine right under Your Majesty's nose in my Fengluan Palace. If the Imperial Concubine is poisoned, I will be the first to bear the brunt of the suspicion..."
"There's no way my mother would be so foolish as to blatantly seek her own death in this way."
Madam Zhou nodded quickly, agreeing in a trembling voice, "Yes, yes, I can't be that stupid. How could I possibly poison my daughter, Zhou Lingge, in her palace? If anything were to happen to Zhou Lingge, my daughter would definitely be suspected. No matter how stupid I am, I wouldn't make such a low-level mistake..."
Seeing that Qin Feiling was indifferent, Zhou Shiya rushed to the inner hall again and knelt before the empress dowager.
"Mother... This matter is fraught with doubt. We cannot convict my mother based solely on the testimony of this palace maid and a golden hairpin. My mother was personally conferred the title of Imperial Consort by you, the Empress Dowager. She is no ordinary lady of noble birth."
"If we handle today's matter in such a muddled way, we will surely be criticized and questioned by our subjects in the future. This will have a certain impact on both Your Majesty and the Great Jin Dynasty."
There was a hint of hesitation in the Queen Mother's eyes. She felt that what the Queen said made sense.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there must be something else fishy going on here.
Madam Zhou comes from a prominent family and has a distinguished family background. She has been immersed in the struggles in the harem since she was a child. How could she be so stupid as to choose to poison the imperial concubine in the Queen's Fengluan Palace?
Any smart person who thinks about it will find that this matter is full of loopholes.
The Queen Mother had Zhou Shiya helped up. She walked out with a gloomy face and looked at Qin Feiling with disapproval.
"Your Majesty, it's a bit far-fetched to convict Madam Zhou based solely on a palace maid and a golden hairpin..."
"Mrs. Zhou is of noble status and the matter is of great importance. You should think twice before acting."
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother had just finished speaking.
Yin Ling cried out loudly, "Madam Zhou ordered me to do all this. I didn't lie, and no one told me to do this."
"To prove what I said... I am willing to die as proof..."
She immediately got up from the ground and slammed herself hard against the wall behind her while no one was paying attention.
With a bang, blood splattered all over Yinling's head and she died on the spot.
The Queen Mother covered her mouth and took a deep breath.
Mrs. Zhou was completely dumbfounded.
She stared at the scene in a daze.
Zhou Shiya's heart suddenly sank.
The next moment, Qin Feiling's cold voice came slowly, without any emotion: "The evidence is irrefutable... I only look at the evidence... I don't care about anything else! It is absolutely true that Madam Zhou poisoned the imperial concubine..."
"Come here, arrest Madam Zhou and throw her into the Sky Prison to await trial. Wait until the Imperial Concubine regains consciousness and escapes danger... See how she handles it, and then make a final decision."
Madam Zhou has tortured the Imperial Concubine for so many years. If she were to die easily, wouldn't that be too easy for her?
He wanted to hand this vicious woman over to the imperial concubine, and it would be up to the imperial concubine to decide whether to kill her or chop her up.
Zhou Shiya felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
She shook her head, her eyes filled with horror. "No, don't. Your Majesty, you can't treat my mother like this. She didn't do anything... She's innocent."
Qin Feiling waved his hand and asked Eunuch Liu to take Madam Zhou away.
Without saying a word, Eunuch Liu ordered two maids to clamp Madam Zhou's hands and drag her out.
Madam Zhou's eyes were filled with despair. She couldn't help but yell at Qin Feiling, "Your Majesty, you can't punish me. But your mother-in-law, the Queen, is your wife. How can you punish her own mother?"
"I didn't poison Zhou Lingge. I was wrongly accused. Zhou Lingge did all this... She must have orchestrated it all. She wanted revenge on me for the things I did to her in the past."
"This little bitch... her heart is truly wicked. She didn't hesitate to exploit the heir in her own womb, disregarding the dragon fetus's safety... to poison herself and thereby kill me. Your Majesty, your beloved concubine has a vicious mind... She is the most cunning and cold-blooded person in the world."
Madam Zhou couldn't help but burst into tears. She struggled and resisted with all her might, "Your Majesty, you are so foolish. You used to be such a wise man, how could you be fooled by Zhou Lingge's tricks? This is all a trick she used to frame me."
"How could you be so captivated by this vixen? Your Majesty...if you continue to favor her, you will surely become a tyrant."
Qin Feiling's eyes flashed with a bit of hostility, and his face was full of coldness. "Shut her mouth for me."