Chapter 14 — A Woman Who Can't Change

In front of everyone's eyes, His Majesty did not immediately speak. The Queen Mother only took one look at the water bowl, then ordered the female mandarin next to her to get the gold and silver. First, she pricked a palace man's finger and dripped blood into the bowl. Then he pricked the finger of a guard who was completely unrelated. Two drops of blood fell, but slowly mixed together. The family banquet immediately stirred up. The Queen Mother calmly said:

“Vinh Thai Concubine, this bowl of water is very diligent in accepting the body.”

Vinh Thai Concubine's face changed slightly, but she still forced a smile.

“If a palace servant doesn't work carefully, it's okay to change countries.”

Tham Nghien Chu took a step forward.

“Before changing the water, check the bottom of the bowl.”

Vu Lam Ve turned the porcelain bowl over. The inside of the bottom of the bowl is smeared with an extremely thin layer of medicine. Just drop blood and it will immediately dissolve. The matriarch beside Vinh Thai Phi immediately knelt down and continuously complained. Vinh Thai Phi's face finally sank. She turned to the woman in white.

“Say for yourself, are you Ninh Xu or not?”

The woman knelt in the palace, crying like pear flowers drenched in rain.

“Yes.”

“Since childhood, I still remember a jade button, remember the birthmark on my shoulder.”

Old lady Ninh looked at her.

“So do you remember what is engraved on the inside of the jade button?”

The woman's crying stopped. Vinh Thai Phi immediately said:

"That year he was only three months old, how could he remember?"

Old lady Ninh replied coldly:

“A three-month-old child of course doesn't remember.”

“But you taught her to recognize people from the Ninh family, but you didn't teach her that the Ninh family's records to find a daughter also recorded something.”

The woman's eyes were confused for a moment. Mrs. Ninh said word by word:

“Beside the little toe of Ninh Xu's right foot, there is a small red mole.”

The palace was immediately quiet. The Buddha necklace in Concubine Vinh Thai's hand suddenly broke. Each pearl rolled all over the ground.

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The woman in white knelt in the palace, her shoulders shaking violently. Vinh Thai Phi said coldly:

"How can a girl's legs be checked in front of everyone?"

The Queen Mother calmly raised her eyes.

“Then let the female officer go behind the screen to check.”

Vinh Thai Phi opened her mouth, but could not find a reason to stop. Two female officials helped the woman behind the screen. Not long after, a suppressed sound of terror rang out inside. When the female official came out, her face was as cold as ice.

“To the Queen Mother, to Your Majesty.”

“This woman's right leg has no mole.”

“The crescent mark on the left shoulder is charred black, an old scar caused by a hot object being pressed against the skin.”

The people in the hall immediately cheered. When the other woman was pulled out, she was limp on the ground. Vinh Thai Phi shouted loudly:

“Nonsense.”

"She is the Ninh family's daughter."

Old lady Ninh was so angry that she laughed.

“She used a hot object to create a fake moon mark and wanted me to recognize her daughter.”

“Vinh Thai Phi, do you think the whole Ninh family is dead?”

His Majesty finally spoke.

“Vinh Thai Phi, what do you have to say?”

Vinh Thai Phi slowly stood up. She is old, but her back is still straight.

"I'm afraid the Ninh family will be deceived."

The Queen Mother looked at her.

"Up to this point, she still wants to pretend to be confused."

The female mandarin in turn presented the gold thread from the old treasury of Chieu Minh Palace, the sealing paper for dahlia flowers, poison powder, fake thread and evidence of the remote palace. An old man in the inner chamber was also taken into the palace. The old man knelt on the ground, his voice shaking tremble.

“The old warehouse of Chieu Minh palace was sealed ten years ago.”

“But the night before the sealing, mama Phung next to Concubine Vinh Thai took away a box of old papers and old medicine.”

“On the registration book there is the imperial seal of the Royal Highness.”

When Phung Ma Ma was pressed against her, her hair was messy and her face was as gray as ash. Recently, she even poured tea for Vinh Thai Concubine at the family banquet. Now, as soon as she saw the Queen Mother, she bowed her head repeatedly.

“My servant, please explain.”

“It's just that the Thai Phi ordered someone to write it.”

“The toxic powder was also brought from the old warehouse by the Thai Concubine.”

“For many years, old lady Ta has still followed the orders of the Royal Highness.”

Vinh Thai Phi turned her head.

“My dear!”

Phung ma ma's face was full of tears.

“The royal concubine spared my life.”

“I don't want to die.”

“Twenty-one years before robbing the Ninh family, the slave was also in the far palace.”

"At that time, the Royal Concubine said that as long as the Ninh family's daughter disappeared, the childhood engagement agreement between the Ninh family and the Tham family would not be possible."

“After that, the Ninh family searched too hard, but the royal concubine did not allow the child to be killed, saying it would be more useful to keep one weakness alive.”

Old lady Ninh's eyes darkened and she almost fell. Tham Nghien Chu gave her a hand. His Majesty's face was extremely unsightly.

“A childhood engagement?”

The Queen Mother closed her eyes.

“When the First Emperor was still in power, the Ninh family and the Tham family actually had a verbal engagement agreement.”

“If the Ninh family's daughter had not gone missing, the person who would later marry into the Marquis Palace would have been Ninh Xu.”

“Concubine Vinh Thai was afraid that the Ninh family and the Tham family would get married, so she stole the child.”

“But she didn't expect that Ninh Xu would eventually marry into the Marquis Palace.”

That sentence was like a strong slap in the face of Vinh Thai Phi. Her expression finally broke.

“Yes, so what?”

“The Ninh family holds too much military power, while the Tham family is in charge of the capital.”

“If the two families become close friends, who will sleep peacefully in the court?”

Old lady Ninh said angrily:

“Just because of one suspicious sentence from you, you destroyed twenty-one years of a child.”

Vinh Thai Phi smiled coldly.

“If you can protect the royal power, don't say one child, ten children are also worth it.”

The palace immediately became coldly silent. His Majesty looked at her, but there was no longer any old respect in his eyes.

“You always talk about royal authority, but you fake the royal decree, poison your daughter, bribe the Ta family, and harm the newborn baby.”

“I see that what you protect is not the royal power, but your own selfishness.”

Vinh Thai Phi's face gradually turned gray. But she suddenly laughed. The laughter was low and cold.

“Do you think you won?”

The Queen Mother's eyes sharpened. Vinh Thai Phi raised her head, her eyes like a poisonous snake.

“The newborn child in the Marquis Palace is the cause of the disaster.”

“As soon as it was born, it destroyed the plan I had been planning for twenty-one years.”

“You are all in the palace, who can protect it?”

Tham Nghien Chu's face changed dramatically. He turned around and rushed out of the temple. At the same time, in the back yard of the Marquis Palace, A's bedside nurse suddenly bowed her head. From her sleeve slipped out a silver needle as small as buffalo hair. The needle is aiming straight at my heart.