Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 893 - 895: The Downfall of Jin Guifei (4)

Chapter 893: Chapter 895: The Downfall of Jin Guifei (4)

As Jin Guifei entered, she saw the Emperor surrounded by a menacing aura, seated in the court, personally interrogating the palace maids and eunuchs around Yan Meiren. As Lord Jiu Wu, Emperor Jin Ming naturally possessed an inherent majestic presence that instilled fear and awe in all who saw him, without him even showing anger. His additional fury now amplified his imperial power to its peak.

Jin Guifei approached with apprehension and bowed before the Emperor, but he merely snorted coldly and did not permit her to rise, a gesture that made her heart sink, realizing that the Emperor suspected her.

She composed herself, forcing a gentle smile on her face, and said, "Your Majesty, the night grows deeper and tomorrow you must attend the morning assembly. Please, allow me to handle Yan Meiren’s case. I will find the poisoner and provide an explanation to you and the young prince to soothe Yan Meiren’s spirit in heaven!"

The Emperor laughed coldly, "The poisoner is about to reveal themselves; there is no need for the Empress to intervene!"

After speaking, he glared at Chun Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Repeat what you just said to the Empress."

Trembling, Chun Xiao kowtowed to Jin Guifei and said, "After Yan Meiren left the Emperor’s study, Eunuch Li from Silk Palace summoned her there. She spent the afternoon and entire night at Silk Palace, establishing rules and reading ’Women Rules’, without taking any meals. Later, when the beauty fainted, Eunuch Li from Silk Palace ordered someone to wake her by pinching her, then he gave her a cup of tea, and allowed us to return."

After returning, she began complaining of stomach pain. I sent someone to the Imperial Medical Institute to fetch the Imperial Physician. When the physician arrived, and before treatment could begin, our beauty passed away bleeding from her seven orifices - a terrifying sight, and she died shortly after... wuwuwu..."

Every word of Chun Xiao was hinting that Yan Meiren’s death was related to Silk Palace, which made Jin Guifei’s scalp go numb. Attempting to gather her spirit, she kneeled and cried out to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, that vile maid is trying to frame me, aiming to sever your trust in me. Think about it, even if I truly wished to kill Yan Meiren, I wouldn’t poison her right in front of her, that would be digging my own grave! I am not that foolish. Moreover, Yan Meiren and I had no feuds; why would I risk killing her?"

"Because she was young and impulsive, unable to conceal her feelings, and under your repeated humiliation, she challenged your eminence, Empress!" Emperor Jin Ming looked at her darkly and firmly said.

Driven to desperation, Jin Guifei widened her eyes in disbelief and said, "Your Majesty, are you determining my guilt already? Without proper investigation, you are pinning the crime of harming the concubines on me. Is this fair to me?"

Emperor Jin Ming, as Lord Jiu Wu, could tolerate no opposition, especially being questioned in the presence of other imperial concubines.

He grimaced and said coldly, "It was you who slapped Yan Meiren’s face, wasn’t it? And those bruises on her knees from kneeling, you ordered those punishments, didn’t you? Is that fair to her? Making all the concubines sit on cold benches, listening to Yan Meiren recite ’Women Rules’ all night without food or water, was that fair to them? You wicked woman!"

By the last two words, Emperor Jin Ming’s face was on the verge of rage; he clenched the armrest of his chair so tightly that the veins on his hands stood out, as if he were about to snap the armrest off.

Earlier he had not only interrogated Yan Meiren’s palace staff but also casually inquired among other palaces’ concubines. Most of their statements were similar, ambiguously directing the suspicion towards Jin Guifei.

Thinking of the vibrant and young Yan Meiren who had suddenly become a cold corpse, and a two-year-old child heartbreakingly searching for his mother, indeed pained this supreme ruler’s heart, making him feel that Jin Guifei’s actions were intolerable to the extent that he could no longer bear them.