After lunch, Xuanyuan Luo sent her back to Xia's mansion, and before leaving, she repeatedly told her to bury the previous things in her heart.

Xia Yao naturally nodded in agreement, she knew in her heart that the current saint was dissatisfied with the prince, and she liked Xuanyuan Luo the most, if he was healthy, wouldn't this be a thorn in the eyes of others?

After Xuanyuan Luo returned to the palace, the first thing he did was to summon the imperial doctor and say that he was not feeling well.

Imperial Physician Gong is the best imperial doctor in the Imperial Hospital, and he has no children, so he is the most neutral, and it is precisely for this reason that the emperor will ask him to be in charge of Xuanyuan Luo's body.

"Your Highness's body is fine, the old minister can prescribe you a pair of medicine to nourish your body!" Imperial Physician Gong took Xuanyuan Luo's pulse with one hand, and habitually stroked his white beard with the other.

"Oh!" Xuanyuan Luo narrowed his eyes, "You said it's okay, why can't my body get better all the time?" ”

The imperial physician paused and said, "His Royal Highness's illness was brought from his mother's womb, so he can only think of taking his time. Your Highness must not be in a hurry, it is not good for your health. ”

"Hmm!" Xuanyuan Luo replied slowly, and after a while, he reminded him casually, "I didn't know where to read a miscellaneous book a few days ago, saying that this person doesn't seem to be very good for his body if he doesn't eat oil, salt, sauce and vinegar for a long time?" Imperial Doctor Gong, are you right? ”

The hand that the person being questioned put on his sleeve shook, but his face showed just the right amount of surprise, "Oh? He frowned and touched his beard and thought for a while, and said: "The minister is ashamed, he has never seen this kind of medical book, Rong Chen will go back and inquire again, please Your Highness do not eat meat and fishy things before that, in case it hurts the body, it will not be good." ”

"Okay, I know." Xuanyuan Luo smiled, "It's just a miscellaneous book that I saw by chance, and I won't joke with my life." ”

After the Imperial Physician left, the smile on Xuanyuan Luo's face disappeared in an instant, could it be that Imperial Physician Gong really didn't know? After all, he has eaten this meal for so many years, and no one has found anything wrong, or the book Xia Yao read is wrong.

With such distress, Xuanyuan Luo had no sleep in bed all night, and his face was much haggard compared to yesterday when he got up in the morning.

Now all the qiē is inconclusive, Xuanyuan Luo suddenly remembered that Xia Yao's sister Xia Li was still locked up in the cell he had specially cared for, he was bored, and originally wanted her to endure more hardships and be locked up in the noisy room for two more days.

I'm not in the mood anymore. simply went to the criminal department, planning to solve her matter today.

Criminal Department -

Xia Li has been locked up here for a day and a night, she doesn't know why she was locked in a cell, and she doesn't know why it's been so long, and her father and mother haven't come to save her.

All night, she was too scared to sleep, and when she squinted slightly, she felt the squeaking sound of rats in her ears, and she immediately opened her eyes in fright. She was afraid—she was afraid that if she didn't open her eyes, the rats would make a hole in her.

And mosquitoes, she felt itchy on her feet, itchy on her hands, and even itchy on her face.

She was in this place, her eyes were swollen from crying, but no one paid attention to her, and the jailers outside were cold and unkind, and they refused to even give her saliva to drink.

Just when Xia Li was already crying and couldn't even shed tears, two men wearing clothes from the criminal department came outside, and said viciously: "Xia Li of the Xia family, right!" ”

She shrank in fright, and then timidly replied, "Yes." ”

In one day, Xia Li's arrogant and domineering temperament was frightened by this place.

"Hmm!" One of them nodded in satisfaction and opened the cell with the key on his waist, "Follow us." ”

As soon as she heard that she could leave this place, Xia Li quickly wiped her face with her sleeve, and without even patting the straw on her body, she hurriedly followed out.

She followed them down the dark paths, through the wide avenues, and at last to the court!

Xia Li trembled, she knew the person above, it was a colleague of her father, the relationship between the two was good, she reluctantly showed a smile and said, "Uncle Xu......"

It's just that before he finished speaking, he was muffled by the sound of the wood and the table. only heard the sound of the touch, and the person sitting on the seat said sharply: "Sinner girl Xia Li, don't you kneel down quickly?" ”

"Sin...... Woman? Kneel...... Under? Xia Li said in disbelief: "What's wrong with me?" She screamed, "What did I do wrong?" ”

Xia Li's side had long forgotten about the framing of Xia Yao a month ago, or rather, she didn't think it was a crime at all.

"Get on your knees." The criminal department scolded.

In fact, Xu Shangshu was also bitter, originally the crime of defamation was basically an ornament since its establishment, and this matter can be big or small, and it is not easy to grasp the evidence, basically everyone solves it privately.

When they arrived here, not only were the witnesses arrested, but the suspects were also directly arrested and put in a cell for a day. In a word - the right to be capricious.

Xia Li was still reluctant to kneel, but the guards guarding on both sides did not allow her to say no, and under Xu Shangshu's hint, he pressed the person to the ground without saying a word, and his knee wanted to collide with the hard stone slab, making a sound of 'Peng'.

Xia Li, who was in pain, couldn't help but wail and shrunk into a ball with her hands on her shoulders, she looked left and right, and didn't find her parents, she was desperate in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything more, "I don't know what crime the courtiers committed?" Do you want to remind two sentences? ”

Xu Shangshu said: "Have you forgotten what happened a month ago? ”

A month ago? Xia Li only remembered at this time that she tried to frame Xia Yao a month ago, but she still looked dazed on her face, "The courtiers don't know." ”

"Humph!" Xu Shangshu snorted coldly, "I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, come here, bring me that show." ”

After a few minutes, I saw the poor sour show in shackles being pressed to the court by the guards.

"Tell me who told you to do what in the first place?" Xu Shangshu asked towards Xiucai.

This Xiucai is a greedy person who is afraid of death, and he is afraid of being soft and afraid of hard, and he has been locked up here for a few days, and he has already recruited everything.

Now Xu Shangshu asked him such questions, and he knew everything and said everything, "I remember that one day in June, a maid in green clothes came to me, saying that her young lady hated a woman, and asked me to go to the teahouse the day after tomorrow to ruin her reputation, so she was willing to give me a hundred taels of silver, she paid half of the deposit at that time, and then it didn't work out, I was afraid that they would trouble me, so I ran away." ”

Xu Shangshu said: "Which maid is she, and who instructed her?" Who is the one who calls you a slander? ”

Xiucai said: "Although she didn't say it, I secretly followed behind her ass when she left, and found that she was not only the maid of Xia Mansion, but also the maid of Miss Xia Li's side, and the person they called me to frame was the second miss of the Xia family." ”

Xu Shangshu nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Xia Lilai, "Do you have anything else to say after listening to his words?" ”

Xia Li's eyes were full of panic, and she said incoherently: "It's not me!" It has nothing to do with me, Xia Yao is my sister, how could I harm her? It's made by that maid, it's all made by that maid, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me!! ”

"Silence!" Xu Shangshu shouted, and patted the board, "You said that the maid did it privately, may I ask what grievances she has with Miss Xia Er, where did she come from with such a large sum of silver?" ”

"Grievance?" Xia Li's voice was sharp and wanted to puncture people's eardrums, "How do I know about their personal grievances, this qiē has nothing to do with me!" I'm going to confront you face to face. ”

"You ......" Before Xu Shangshu's words were finished, he heard the big drum at the door being beaten, making a thumping sound.

"Who's drumming?" Xu Shangshu frowned and said, "Why is it at this time?"

"Report~~" A guard shouted loudly and ran in, "The person who beats the drum is Mrs. Xia, she said that there is something important to report." ”

Xu Shangshu hesitated for a moment and said, "Then bring people in!" ”

"Yes."

After a while, Zhou, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in with five or six maids, and as soon as she saw Xia Li, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry, "My good Li'er, how did you become like this?" ”

Xia Li is indeed a wolf now, the clothes on her body are dirty, and there are red and swollen bags on her face bitten by mosquitoes, which looks funny and ridiculous.

"Mother." Xia Li screamed and threw herself into Zhou's arms.

The two began to hug and cry, and after half a ring, Zhou patted Xia Li's back and signaled her to let go of herself, Xia Li was now afraid of this place to death, and after reluctantly letting go of her mother, she hid behind her.

Zhou wiped away the tears on his face and said, "My lord, I have found the murderer who framed Yao'er, and I am still aware of it. After speaking, she turned her head to a maid behind her and scolded: "Why don't you get out of here quickly, let my daughter take the blame for you, and I am not afraid of losing my life." ”

With Zhou's words, a white-looking little maid about fifteen or sixteen years old walked out of the crowd, she looked at Zhou, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed three heads.

"It's the slave's fault, it's the slave's fault, because the second lady insulted the slave twice or three times, and the slave and maid were confused for a while, so they thought of this method." The little maid cried heartbreakingly, "Please spare the slave and maid!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Xu Shangshu said angrily: "Above the court, how can you be allowed to confuse the facts casually? You are a little maidservant, where did you get a hundred taels of silver? ”

The little maid said: "That's because the eldest lady trusts the slave maid, so the slave secretly sold the eldest lady's jewelry." ”