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Chapter 43 Wine Glass

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Cheng immediately understood the situation.

She asked Fang Shixin, "Miss Fang, Yizhen is right. Since you say she did it, do you have any evidence?"

"If there is no evidence, then it is a false accusation."

“Yizhen is the daughter of the Emperor, a princess of noble status. If you falsely accuse the princess, this is a serious crime. I must invite you to the prison for a thorough interrogation to find out your true intentions.”

Fang Shixin's expression changed upon hearing this, and her hand trembled slightly: "Is the Empress Dowager going to side with her? If even the Empress Dowager is like this, where is justice?"

"How dare you!" Emperor Jing'an couldn't hold back any longer. "You keep saying that your elder sister harmed you, but when the Empress Dowager asked you to produce evidence, you refused. Instead, you accused the Empress Dowager of favoring her. What kind of logic is this? What are your intentions?"

"Does justice mean we have to believe your one-sided story without any evidence? If you continue to make such a fuss, the Empress Dowager may tolerate you, but I will not. Guards, take her away."

When Song Ke heard that Emperor Jing'an was about to have Fang Shixin taken away, he panicked and hurriedly knelt down to beg, "Your Majesty, please calm down and spare her once more."

Finally, he looked at Fang Shixin and said, "Miss Fang, since you know that Princess Yizhen did it, you should quickly produce evidence. Even if you don't have evidence, you should tell us what you know so that we can investigate."

The reason Song Ke jumped out to defend Fang Shixin was because he knew best that people are naturally protective of their own.

Fang Shixin's insults to Qin Yizhen were like a slap in the face to the royal family. Even if it turns out that it wasn't her fault in the end, they might still pin a crime on her.

Now that they finally have the opportunity to investigate under the watchful eyes of everyone, and Fang Shixin has even implicated Princess Yizhen, if she is taken away now, how could she possibly come back alive?

Fang Shixin's face was pale, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't utter a single word.

When Song Ke saw that she didn't speak, he immediately felt uneasy. Could it be that she had no evidence and was just making baseless accusations?

Seeing that she was still biting her lip and remaining silent, Song Ke was so anxious that his head ached: "Miss Fang, please speak! If there is really no evidence, you are guilty of framing the princess, a capital offense!"

capital offense?

Fang Shixin was stunned for a moment, then panicked.

It was probably at this time that she began to understand what it meant to say, "The wrath of Heaven is unpredictable, and the royal family is not to be offended."

Even if she offends others and the truth is found out, even if she is the one in the wrong, she will only be scolded a few times and lose some face.

Offending the royal family could be fatal.

“I…I…I…”

She hesitated for a long time, but couldn't come up with a clear answer.

Emperor Jing'an's patience ran out, and he ordered the imperial guards to go forward and arrest the person.

"Wait! Wait!" Faced with imminent danger, Fang Shixin finally realized the danger and hurriedly said, "The wine glass...yes, the wine glass! She switched my wine glass. If you don't believe me, send someone to investigate! They'll definitely find evidence!"

Yes, since the other party did this, they must have evidence. As long as we investigate, we will definitely find it!

"You'll find out who switched my wine glass; it must have been her who did it!"

A wine glass?

Song Ke closed his eyes.

The imperial physician stepped forward and said, "Miss Fang's clothes, jewelry, and utensils have all been examined and there are no problems."

"Impossible! This is impossible!" Fang Shixin simply didn't believe it. "You must be covering for her. There must be something wrong with that wine glass. Yes, she's a princess, how could you not protect her?"

"You are all birds of a feather, in cahoots!"

These words were particularly offensive, and the imperial physician shook his neck in anger: "Miss Fang, stop talking nonsense!"

After you went mad, everything on the table was placed under guard, including the wine cup you mentioned. It was under full public scrutiny just now, and I personally inspected it.

"This is impossible, absolutely impossible, it was clearly me—" Fang Shixin's voice stopped abruptly as she spoke.

"What is it that is clearly yours?" Qin Yizhen pressed.

You clearly put this drug in my wine glass, trying to drive me crazy and embarrass me, but you didn't know how the wine glass suddenly ended up in your own hands, making things so difficult for yourself, did you?

That's why you're convinced it was me who did it.

Qin Yizhen almost wanted to laugh.

This is probably what they mean by "trying to harm others but ending up harming yourself; reaping what you sow, you cannot escape."

"It was clearly me... I clearly remember someone switching my wine glass! No, someone must have switched my wine glass again!" Fang Shixin looked at Qin Yizhen with eyes full of resentment.

"It's you! It must be you!"

"You're all in cahoots, conspiring to harm me! You might even be lying, you imperial physician!"

This is utterly absurd and unreasonable.

"Enough!" Empress Dowager Cheng placed the teacup lightly on the table, her face showing annoyance. "Since there is no evidence, if you continue to implicate the princess, don't blame me for being impolite."

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the crowd:

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Princess, I have something to say."

Everyone looked up and saw Zhao Yutong walk out from the crowd and step forward to bow:

"Your subject Zhao Yutong greets the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, and the Princess."

"Please rise." Empress Dowager Cheng raised her hand. "What do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, I recall that Miss Fang wore a lotus-shaped sachet around her waist. I wonder if she still has it?"

"A lotus sachet?" The imperial physician shook his head. "Among the items I examined, there was no lotus sachet."

In other words, the lotus sachet that Fang Shixin originally wore around her waist has disappeared?

The imperial physician began to ponder.

Zhao Yutong said, "Your Majesty, when I entered the palace, I met this Miss Fang at the palace gate. At that time, she was wearing this lotus sachet at her waist. The lotus on it seemed to be woven from silk thread, which was very unique. I took another look at it."

"Later, Miss Fang went to see Princess Yizhen, but was scolded and driven away by Princess Huizhen. She then secretly gave the sachet to her personal maid, which I happened to see. Later, Miss Fang's maid went out for a while."

"Where is the sachet? Where is the maid?" Empress Dowager Cheng asked.

The commander of the Imperial Guards replied, "Your Majesty, the sachet is missing, and the maid has been placed under guard."

Interrogate her.

"Yes."

At this point, it seemed the matter was about to reach a conclusion.

If the sachet really is the problem, and Fang Shixin brought it in herself, then perhaps...

Everyone was talking about it:

"So it was all a staged performance, using this palace banquet as a stage for a play!"

"I don't know what grudge she has against Princess Yizhen that would lead her to frame Princess Yizhen like this."

"Has she gone mad? Framed the princess! This could be a matter of life and death!"

While other families' wives and concubines fight fiercely, the backyard of the Marquis of Pingxi's mansion remains peaceful and undisturbed.

Is it because the eldest daughter of the Wang family lacks the means?

No, they don't dare.

If the princess is found to have been harmed, the entire royal family will be executed.