The queen mother suppressed her anger and looked at Lan E, the little palace maid beside her, "This is what you said, the old woman who often gives the queen a secret recipe?"

Lan E nodded, "If you say this, it is this person!"

Liu Lingan and the woman looked at each other, and both of them trembled.

The empress dowager next to her was kind-hearted, but her tone was extremely tough, "Lan'e, you just ran to Ai's palace and said that it would be a disadvantage to report the queen's personal morality and to take human life into consideration. Is there such a thing?"

The palace maid named Lan E nodded firmly, "Return to the Queen Mother, this is indeed true."

The Queen Mother nodded, "The witness you want has arrived now, so I will say again what I said in my palace in front of the emperor!"

Lan E clicked, "Sister obey your order!"

"Your Majesty, I am the palace maid of Wutong Palace, and I am responsible for sprinkling and cleaning the pulp on weekdays."

She pointed to the old woman beside her and said, "The first time I saw this person was three months ago. When I got up at night, I happened to see this person sneaking towards the Queen's bedroom. I was worried that this person would be unfavorable to the Queen, so I prepared to call someone, but after calling twice, I was stopped by Aunt Xiuyan..."

"Aunt Xiuyan said that this person was sent by the Empress's mother's family to deliver things, so I didn't care about it. Until ten days ago, when Mengmengliang was in the dark, I saw this person again, but I felt strange that the Empress's brother had been beheaded a few days ago. My family members died and fled. How could he send someone to deliver things to the Empress?"

"You're talking nonsense!"

Xiu Yan immediately retorted: "I have never said such a thing. I have never seen this old woman. Whose instructed you to dare to frame the Queen?"

Xiu Yan stared at Concubine Qing with his eyes tightly, and he almost pointed at her nose and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty clearly understands, everything I say is true!"

The emperor looked at the empress dowager beside him and said, "Continue talking!"

Lan E kowtowed and continued, "This time, I didn't see Aunt Xiuyan, so I followed her secretly, and then... Then I saw the old woman handing a black bag to the Queen. When this man left, I saw Aunt Xiuyan coming in with my own eyes and opened the bag. There was actually one inside..."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Xiu Yan rushed up and beat and kicked Lan E.

Even though he liked Liu Ling'an, the emperor saw that the palace maids around her were so arrogant, and dared to hit people in front of him and the empress dowager, and could not ignore them. He immediately shouted: "Come on, hold down this crazy woman who is ignorant of life and death!"

"yes!"

The two imperial guards immediately stepped forward, picked up Xiuyan and dragged her back, and pressed her to the ground, preventing her from moving.

The emperor pointed at Lan E and said, "What is inside?"

You keep talking!”

Xiu'e covered her head with her hands and immediately burst into tears, "It's a...an angry little baby!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked. Concubine Qing covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and the empress dowager even closed her eyes and kept plucking the Buddhist beads in her hand.

The emperor glanced at Liu Ling'an in disappointment and asked again: "What's the matter?"

"Then I saw Aunt Xiuyan pick up the bag to the kitchen. Not long after... I brought the Queen a bowl of wontons!"
Chapter completed!