Cai Wei laughed: "Everyone listen, she’s exposed herself, right! Bai Zhi, as the palace maid in charge by the Empress Dowager’s side, how could you not know the principle that sleeping when angry is most likely to cause sudden death? Why would you still arrange for her to sleep? Moreover, it was morning, and the Empress Dowager had just woken up."
"Unless, it’s you who wanted to take this opportunity to murder, and deliberately coaxed the Empress Dowager to sleep, then took advantage of her deep sleep to make your move, and then pinned the cause of the Empress Dowager’s death on , absolving yourself entirely, letting take the black pot for you, truly playing a good abacus; or, you simply wanted to fra and intentionally killed the Empress Dowager!"
"Empress Dowager, this servant truly does not understand the principle that sleeping when angry easily leads to sudden death, but can this also be counted as evidence that this servant hard the Empress Dowager? Moreover, at that ti, it was the Empress Dowager who got a headache from being angered by you and wanted to lie down for awhile herself!" Bai Zhi shouted mournfully, looking very wronged.
Cai Wei said: "You don’t need to feign innocence and grievance, since this palace has deduced that you made the move, naturally, evidence will be found. However, this matter is of great importance, so I’d like to ask the first-grade officials present to return to the mansion and invite your wives to co, otherwise, when collecting evidence shortly, it will be inconvenient for the gentlen to view the Empress Dowager’s remains on the scene!"
The debate between the two left the ministers present in a fog, not knowing whom to believe. Initially, everyone was more inclined to believe the claim that the Empress Dowager was angered to death by the Empress. But the Empress said that it was Bai Zhi who hard the Empress Dowager, and spoke with certainty, even saying she would provide evidence to prove it. So, even if they didn’t quite believe the Empress, for the sake of evidence, they had no choice but to stand up, half believing, half doubting, and headed outside.
Cai Wei glanced at these first-class officials and found that there was no one from the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion inside, which instantly brightened her mood. If the Duke Li Guo’s family were there, she truly wouldn’t know how to face them in the future.
Fei’er married into the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion. If the Duke Li Guo’s family regarded her as the culprit for angering Empress Dowager Mo to death, it would be difficult for Fei’er in the future in the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion.
At the sa ti, she felt sowhat moved. Empress Dowager Mo was the daughter of the Duke Li Guo, and today almost all the ministers in the court have arrived, yet not a single person from the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion made an appearance, showing that they still trust her. Just for this trust, she will definitely repay them well in the future.
The various madams were invited one after another, all wearing the attire of noblewon, covered with mourning clothes outside, and head wrapped in either white silk or white gauze, all looking heartbroken.
Cai Wei cleared her throat and solemnly said: "Today, inviting all the madams here is because this palace has identified the murderer who hard the Empress Dowager, even found the murderer who killed the girl from the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion at the hunting ground last year, so specifically asked everyone to witness together. After collecting the evidence later, I ask the madams to explain the situation to everyone!"
Cai Wei’s words indeed aroused a great sensation on the scene, what is happening? Could it be that the Empress Dowager wasn’t really angered to death by the Empress Dowager? Was it really, as the Empress said, Bai Zhi who killed her? Wait a minute, if even last year’s murderer of the girl from Duke Li Guo’s Mansion at the hunting ground was found, doesn’t that an the case of Princess Zhao Yue being killed last year is solved too?
Nangong Yi walked out from the ancestral hall, looking at Cai Wei with a face full of shock.
In two days without seeing him, the man seed much more haggard, those eyes that bewildered countless maidens had lost their forr brightness, his eye sockets were blackened, his handso face was extrely weary, even the stubble on his cheeks had erged, entirely losing his usual poised gentlemanly image, appearing quite withered, his always upright posture now slightly hunched, seeming to have aged ten years at once.
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