Chapter 584: Exposing He Qingrui
Chapter 584: Exposing He Qingrui
"Do you want to go and plead for A Yao again?" He Qingrui frowned and said awkwardly, "But if there is no solid evidence, the Queen will probably not let him go."
"I know." Jiang Suining's expression was slightly serious. After responding, he didn't say anything more.
He Qingrui looked at Jiang Suining with some confusion on her face, and said worriedly: "Suining, how about I go with you? Maybe I can help say a few words in front of the Queen."
"No need. There are still many matters to be dealt with. I can go by myself. You just have to work harder and stay to deal with these things." Jiang Suining gave He Qingrui a soothing smile.
Seeing this, He Qingrui didn't say anything more and just watched Jiang Suining leave.
After leaving the courtyard where he was on duty, Jiang Suining walked straight towards Queen Shi's bedroom with a porcelain bottle in his hand.
The weather is not very good today. The sun is hidden behind the clouds and not even a ray of sunlight can come through. When I look up, I feel it is all gloomy and even my mood seems to be depressed.
Jiang Suining passed through a garden and originally wanted to take a shortcut, but as he walked, he felt something was wrong.
She stopped and turned to look back, but saw nothing. It was quiet all around. There was not even a palace maid or eunuch passing by, let alone any other human figures.
Jiang Suining frowned, stood there and watched for a moment before he looked away and walked forward again.
But just as she was passing by a rockery, she was suddenly sprinkled with a handful of powder. Before she could react, she felt dizzy and fell down the next moment...
When Jiang Suining woke up again, he was already in the room allocated for the female officials to rest.
He Qingrui sat anxiously beside the bed, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Jiang Suining wake up.
"Sui Ning, you're awake!"
Jiang Suining moved a little, only to feel her hands and feet go weak, and her head was still a little dizzy. She barely supported herself and looked at He Qingrui in confusion.
"Qingrui, why am I here?"
"You said you were going to look for the Empress, and then you fainted on the way. Luckily, a palace maid passed by and found you, and came to report the news, so I took people to pick you up." He Qingrui explained hurriedly, and then said worriedly, "Did you work too hard these days and didn't get enough rest, so you fainted? I've asked someone to find the imperial physician, but I estimate it will take a while for him to come."
"Faint..." Jiang Suining was stunned for a moment, then immediately reached into his sleeve, but it was empty.
"Gone!"
Seeing Jiang Suining's expression suddenly change, He Qingrui asked in confusion: "What's missing, Suining, did you lose something?"
"The evidence is gone." Jiang Suining's face was very grim. "The evidence that can prove that A Yao did not lie is gone!"
"What? You've found the evidence?" He Qingrui asked in surprise, and then quickly asked, "Maybe you left it on the road? I'll send someone to look for it now!"
"I'm afraid I can't find it." Jiang Sui took a deep breath, "I didn't faint suddenly, I was drugged. It seems someone has discovered it, so they attacked me and took away the evidence."
"How could this happen!" He Qingrui's face turned pale. "Who could have done this? Could it be... Could it be the Imperial Concubine?"
"There is no evidence whether it is true or not. Even if the Imperial Concubine did it, she would never admit it. I was careless. If I had known this, I should have handed it over to the Empress immediately when I got the evidence!" Jiang Suining said with great regret.
The next moment, she suddenly threw back the quilt and got out of bed anxiously.
He Qingrui quickly supported the man, "Sui Ning, be careful. The evidence has been lost. It's useless to worry. You should lie down and have a good rest. The imperial physician will be here soon. Let the imperial physician check it out."
Jiang Suining shook his head anxiously, "No, there is no time. Although I don't know how the person who did it got the news, the evidence is gone. I have to check if the porcelain bottle is still there."
He Qingrui was stunned and spoke subconsciously: "Isn't the porcelain bottle lost?"
Jiang Suining's anxious movements stopped at this moment, and all her excitement instantly died down. She glanced at He Qingrui and asked, "How do you know it was a porcelain bottle that was lost?"
He Qingrui was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "Isn't that the porcelain bottle you just mentioned?"
"From the beginning to the end, I talked about evidence, but I didn't mention that the evidence was the porcelain bottle." Jiang Suining pulled back his arm that was supported by He Qingrui, "Qingrui, how do you know that the evidence is the porcelain bottle?"
Meeting Jiang Suining's cold gaze, He Qingrui was completely panicked for a moment, but then she tried hard to control her panic and explained.
"I, I, I was just guessing. I was thinking before that if A Yao didn't lie, then the porcelain bottle she threw away must have contained bashu juice, not poison. Maybe there were two identical porcelain bottles, so when you mentioned the evidence just now, I took it for granted that you found the porcelain bottle."
"Is that all?" Jiang Suining asked in a gloomy tone.
"Of course, Sui Ning, what do you mean by this? Are you still doubting me?" He Qingrui frowned, looking hurt.
Jiang Suining looked at her in silence for a long while before he slowly spoke: "Qingrui, if I could, I certainly wouldn't want to doubt you. So, even if I said those words to Shen Yanxi on the palace road, even if my porcelain bottle was really lost, I wouldn't want to believe it completely. But you just let it slip, and now I can't find any reason to excuse you and stop doubting you."
Jiang Suining's words made He Qingrui's expression change suddenly again. She looked at Jiang Suining with confusion and fear.
"What do you mean?"
What does it mean what I said to Shen Yanxi on the palace road?
Could it be that those words were meant specifically for myself?
My heart skipped a beat.
A very bad thought popped up in He Qingrui's mind.
"Could it be that you are testing me?"
Jiang Suining exhaled slowly and nodded, "Yes."
"why?"
He Qingrui's tense voice suddenly rose. She looked at Jiang Suining in disbelief, but still held on to the last hope in her heart. She tried to act aggrieved and surprised.
"Sui Ning, I don't know what you mean by this. Why are you testing me for no reason? And I don't understand what you and Prime Minister Shen said on Gong Daoshang."
As He Qingrui finished her doubtful words, Shen Yanxi's slightly cold voice was heard outside the door.
"At this point, Miss He doesn't need to pretend to be ignorant."
si-mexico