eurekapd Chapter 139 The Prime Minister is actually a woman, and His Majesty the Emperor drools over her.
Chapter 139 The Prime Minister is actually a woman, and His Majesty the Emperor drools over her.
Consort Xiao was pressing hard and eager to get rid of Mu Wanwan.
"Consort Xiao, why are you so eager to kill me? Could it be that you're trying to frame me?" Mu Wanwan changed the subject, pointing directly at Consort Xiao.
"Your Majesty, I am your most beloved concubine, how could I possibly harm you?" Mu Chenfeng patted her hand to comfort her.
"Prime Minister Mu is loyal to me, yet someone has dared to frame her right before my eyes. I will never allow such a thing to happen." Mu Chenfeng pointed at the palace maid on the ground and snorted coldly.
"Come on, take a few steps." Mu Wanwan made the palace maid who had been identified take a few steps forward.
Mu Chenfeng spoke first, "A cripple? Hahahaha..."
"Tell me, would I send a cripple to give you instructions, and then escape through the window? Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think the Emperor is stupid and can't distinguish right from wrong?" Mu Wanwan approached the palace maid, a wicked smile playing on her lips.
The palace maid collapsed to the ground, looking at Consort Xiao in fear, seeking help.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you intend to harm me? Your Majesty, I think this was clearly the maid's own idea. Drag her out and beat her to death." Consort Xiao was panicked, afraid that the trouble would be diverted and she would be implicated.
"Consort Xiao is usually so gentle and weak, but she can be ruthless and cruel at times." Mu Wanwan exposed her without any politeness.
"Piggy, is that her?"
Piggy had just woken up and was rubbing her eyes. "Master~, it was her. Her maid, Xiaoling, pretended to be one of your people and went to find this maid to poison the emperor."
It really was her. No wonder the real culprit hadn't been found yet; she was so impatient to have the emperor behead her.
"Unfortunately, there's no evidence to prove that it was Xiao Ling, Consort Xiao's confidante." After her regret, a sudden thought flashed through her mind.
"Since the person who instructed you can use your family as a threat, then I can guarantee that you and your family will be safe and sound."
The palace maid stared intently at Xiao Ling, who was standing next to Consort Xiao. Xiao Ling lowered her head, feeling flustered, and twisted her fingers around her clothes.
Mu Wanwan helped the palace maid up; she was going to take a gamble.
"If you succeed in slandering me today, do you think you can leave the palace alive? Want to take the gamble?"
Consort Xiao was extremely nervous. "You lowly servant, you just slandered Prime Minister Mu, and now you want to slander someone else? You are simply outrageous! The Emperor is here. How can you accuse whomever you want?"
Mu Wanwan patted the palace maid's hand, "Don't be afraid, His Majesty is here, he will take care of things for you, right, Your Majesty?"
She asked the emperor for a guarantee to relieve the palace maids of their worries.
"As long as you can reveal the true mastermind, I will guarantee your safety and that of your family! I will never go back on my word!"
With tears in her eyes, the palace maid knelt before Mu Wanwan, "Prime Minister Mu, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! It was her! She threatened and ordered me to do it!"
Everyone looked in the direction the palace maid was pointing. Consort Xiao raised her leg to kick the palace maid, but the emperor quickly pushed her away.
"Consort Xiao, what are you doing?"
He angrily denounced Consort Xiao for harming the palace maids.
"Your Majesty, she has slandered me!"
Consort Xiao's palms were sweating, but she pretended to be calm, knowing she must not panic at this moment.
"I was referring to Xiao Ling, the head maidservant of Consort Xiao, not Your Highness!"
Xiaoling's face turned deathly pale, sweat beaded on her forehead, and she knelt down with a thud.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! She is just making baseless accusations in a fit of rage. I am a servant of the Imperial Concubine, how could I possibly harm Your Majesty!"
Consort Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that it wasn't her. However, the fact that Xiao Ling was implicated would still implicate her.
"Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly. Xiaoling has always served me diligently and obediently. She would never dare to do anything wrong or harbor any intention to harm Your Majesty!"
Consort Xiao pleaded for her maid, holding onto the emperor's hand tightly. Mu Chenfeng, without anger, forcefully shook off her hand, his expression one of disgust.
"Without your permission, how could a mere palace maid dare to harbor such thoughts?"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! How much I love you, can't you feel it?"
Mu Chenfeng snorted coldly, his brows furrowed, his gaze fixed on her with piercing intensity. He reached out and grabbed Consort Xiao by the neck, lifting her up.
"Love? Do you truly love me? You know best in your heart." With that, he tossed her aside, and Consort Xiao fell to the ground in a disheveled state.
She immediately got up and knelt on the ground again, grabbing the hem of Mu Chenfeng's clothes and crying as she explained.
"Your Majesty, I am truly innocent! You cannot believe this lowly servant's words."
Zhao Yihan stepped out to plead for Consort Xiao. If Consort Xiao were implicated, his secret with her would likely be exposed.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Consort Xiao is always by your side and has great respect and love for you. She would never have any disloyal intentions."
Mu Chenfeng kicked Consort Xiao aside, saying, "Whether she has ulterior motives or not, she knows it in her heart."
Xiao Ling crawled on her knees to the emperor's feet to plead her case, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine and I are both innocent."
Consort Xiao looked at Xiao Ling beside her with tears streaming down her face, and could only cover her face and weep.
"Sister Xiaoling, if you say you are innocent, then how do you explain this?"
The palace maid took out a jade pendant of excellent quality, and upon seeing it, Consort Xiao swayed and went limp.
Mu Wanwan took the jade pendant, examined it carefully, but couldn't figure out its origin.
"This is the jade pendant that I once bestowed upon Consort Xiao." Mu Chenfeng snatched the jade pendant from Mu Wanwan's hand and examined it for a moment before confirming its authenticity.
Huh? The case was solved so easily? Why wasn't there any misfortune involved? How boring!
Zhao Yihan looked at Xiaoling with a sharp gaze. If he wanted to protect Consort Xiao, he could only sacrifice Xiaoling.
"Your Majesty, Xiaoling is the head maid in the Imperial Concubine's palace. It should be easy for her to obtain the treasures that the Imperial Concubine has treasured, right, Imperial Concubine?"
Consort Xiao was pointed at by Zhao Yihan and suddenly knelt up straight, staring at Xiao Ling beside her, "Xiao Ling, I have valued you so much, yet you have harbored rebellious intentions."
Xiaoling stared at Consort Xiao with tears in her eyes, her eyes filled with resentment, but she couldn't refute it. Consort Xiao had always taken care of her family outside the palace. She used her family to threaten the palace maid who poisoned her, but weren't her family also threatened by Consort Xiao?
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, it's all my fault for implicating you." She then confessed to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, it was I who stole Your Highness's jade pendant and coerced this palace maid to poison Your Majesty and Prime Minister Mu. It has nothing to do with Your Highness; it was all my idea. I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly."
Mu Chenfeng wasn't stupid, but Xiaoling had accepted everything, and the reason was obvious. "What are your intentions?"
Xiaoling laughed through her tears, her face contorted with rage, "The Emperor and Prime Minister Mu are dead! No one will speak ill of our Empress behind her back anymore. No one will laugh at our Empress for being a barren hen."
Consort Xiao hugged Xiaoling tightly, acting with deep affection, "Xiaoling, how could you be so foolish? Why would you risk your life for me? It's not worth it, not worth it at all."
Mu Wanwan remained expressionless, coldly watching them put on their act of deep affection between master and servant.
The emperor waved to Xiaoling, and soon several guards stepped forward and dragged Xiaoling out. Consort Xiao cried and held onto her tightly, saying, "Xiaoling, I will take good care of your family outside the palace. Go in peace. If there is an afterlife, we will be sisters again."