AWB Chapter 642: Eat everything inside and out!
Chapter 642: Eat everything inside and out!
Pang Xinlian had never seen such a scene before. Now frightened by Xiao Yuncheng, her face turned even paler and she was shaking like a sieve. There was no trace of her previous pride left.
"I...I don't know...I really don't know anything."
Pang Xinlian was trembling constantly and even forgot that she called herself a commoner. Her fingers were clenched tightly in her palms and her whole body was stiff.
Everyone present is a shrewd person, especially those who have reached high positions, and they all have their own plans.
Madam Zhao also noticed that something was wrong with her, and frowned and said in a deep voice: "Xinlian, do you know something? If you know anything, just tell His Majesty the truth!"
"We in the Marquisate are upright and honest, and we are not afraid of being framed by others!"
Madam Zhao spoke in a firm tone, and it was obvious that up to this moment, she had never doubted that Pang Xinlian was the one who did it.
In the eyes of Old Madam Zhao, she just thought that Pang Xinlian accidentally remembered some clues or stumbled upon some clues.
Seeing this, Xiao Heyu became a little impatient. After all, others didn't know, but he knew it.
It was with the help of this woman that Feng Wan successfully buried the doll under the old banyan tree in the marquis's mansion.
But I didn't expect that there would be a flaw in the matter, and that Pang Xinlian was so impatient.
What a useless thing!
Seeing Pang Xinlian like this, Xiao Heyu couldn't help but think of Shen Shuyi.
We are both cousins of the Qingyuan Marquis’ Mansion, so how come there is such a big difference between us?
"You'd better tell us what you know. If you don't know, don't say anything!" Xiao Heyu shouted harshly.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Pang Xinlian shuddered, and her kneeling position turned completely into a sitting position, with no manners at all in the hall.
Yan Wanshuang was also a little anxious, and urged: "Speak up, do you want to kill the whole family?"
Pang Xinlian's eyes were filled with tears. At this moment, she could only shake her head: "I don't know, I really don't know..."
Emperor Qianwu had obviously lost his patience: "Come here, drag this girl out and give her fifty lashes of the cane!"
"No! No, Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!"
Seeing the guards coming forward and trying to lift her up, Pang Xinlian finally came to her senses, shaking her head frantically, her eyes full of fear.
Wang Taifu frowned and stepped forward: "Your Majesty has always been kind and tolerant. If you know anything, you'd better tell me now. Otherwise, it will be bloody and ugly for you, a girl."
This time, she finally listened to what Master Wang said.
Pang Xinlian's eyes were filled with tears: "Your servant...your servant..."
She stammered for a long time but still couldn't say anything. Qin Xiang stepped forward and asked kindly, "Do you know where this doll came from?"
Pang Xinlian clenched her fingers, struggled for a moment, and nodded.
"It was Feng Wan! It was Feng Wan who asked me to bury the doll under the old banyan tree in the mansion!"
She seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, and because she couldn't bear the tremendous pressure, she blurted out the truth in an instant.
Mr. Zhao frowned: "Who is Feng Wan? Why do you want to do this!"
Pang Xinlian's tears fell down. "Not long ago, I attended a banquet hosted by Princess Mingcheng. I met Feng Wan at the banquet. She said that as long as I secretly buried this doll under the old tree in the Marquis's Mansion, she would find a way to ask His Majesty to grant me a marriage..."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao felt dizzy.
"You! You... you are such a traitor! Do you know that this will kill the entire Zhao family?"
Old Madam Zhao didn't know the truth before, and at this moment, she couldn't accept it at all. She was so angry that her face turned blue and her whole body was shaking.
"Grandma, calm down and listen to what my cousin has to say first..."
Zhao Xueqing looked concerned and supported Old Madam Zhao.
Without Emperor Qianwu saying anything, Feng Wan's father Feng Kai immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground with a pale face.
"Your Majesty, please understand! My humble daughter would never do this. How can you accuse this young lady of the Marquisate without any evidence?"
Emperor Qianwu only took a glance at Feng Kai and knew who he was. Feng Kai's wife was Concubine Rou's illegitimate sister.
In other words, Feng Kai has always been a supporter of the third prince Xiao Heyu.
Pang Xinlian was so frightened that her eyes were filled with tears: "It was really her, it was really her who gave it to me! She also said that if I could do it, she would…she would find a way to make me a princess in the future!"
Pang Xinlian didn't know what went wrong that caused her to come to the main hall.
After hearing what she said, Mrs. Zhao was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped her.
'boom! '
"What a bastard! Who does she think she is? How can she have such power? What do you think a princess is? How can she be given a title just like that? And you, you have high aspirations but a fragile life! All these years, I have really wasted my sincerity!"
Madam Zhao was so angry that her vision went dark. She lost her breath and fainted.
"Grandma!" Zhao Dehai and others quickly supported her.
Emperor Qianwu said in a deep voice: "Doctor Han, take Madam Zhao's pulse."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Not long after, Doctor Han turned around and reported to Emperor Qianwu: "Your Majesty, the old lady fainted because of anger. I have written a prescription. After taking it for a few days, as long as you calm down and take care of yourself, you should be fine."
As he was speaking, because Imperial Doctor Han had just given Madam Zhao a simple acupuncture, Madam Zhao showed signs of waking up.
Seeing this, Xiao Heyu's face became a little gloomy.
In this way, doesn't it prove that the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion was unaware of the situation? How did Feng Wan do things? Why did she choose Pang Xinlian, such a fool!
After Doctor Han left, Emperor Qianwu's eyes fell on Pang Xinlian and asked in a deep voice: "You have lived in the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion for a long time, don't you know that practicing witchcraft is a serious crime!"
Pang Xinlian's tears fell down, and she choked up and said, "I... I just heard her say that if grandpa led the troops to Yancheng, he would die! If I bury this doll, grandpa won't have to lead the troops, but can avoid dying on the battlefield!"
Pang Xinlian's hesitant words caused heated discussions among the court officials, who all looked at him as if he were a fool.
Zhao Qi's face was gloomy: "Why did Feng Wan conclude that I would never come back? Did she say anything else?"
Pang Xinlian shook her head: "I don't know either, but I know that the doll has Lü Xiao's birth date and time written on it. I even asked someone about it at the time, and it was really General Lü Xiao's birth date and time. I don't know how...how did it become your Majesty's!"
Pang Xinlian kowtowed to the throne several times: "Your Majesty, even if you give me a hundred courages, I will never dare to curse you! I just buried this puppet, and I don't know anything else!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lord Zhou of the Zhou family, who was not implicated this time, stepped forward and said, "This is simply nonsense! Feng Wan is the niece of Concubine Rou, how could she use this witchcraft to curse the great general!"