Xu Ziqi returned to the room, thinking of the holy decree, the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became-why this couldn't die several times!

At this moment, Xu Ziqi knew that he could no longer make a reckless move.

Otherwise, if Mu Ziling has another accident and spoils the wedding in a month, His Majesty will definitely not let this matter pass simply, and it will inevitably be investigated to the end, if it is found out, not only her, even if her cousin is the current favorite concubine, she will also be implicated.

But she was not reconciled!

The handkerchief was deformed, Xu Ziqi's eyes shot out poisonous light, he gritted his teeth, and his originally beautiful face was distorted, like a hellish Shura.

After sitting alone in the room for a long time, until his body was a little stiff, Xu Ziqi came back to his senses a little, and his reason gradually returned.

At this time, a maid hurriedly knocked on the door and came in, and when she saw Xu, she walked quickly to her side, bowed down and said softly: "Madam, something happened, Mama Xue was taken to the main hall by the eldest son." "This maid can be regarded as Xu's henchman, named Hongxing.

Xu Ziqi picked up a cup of tea, raised his eyes to look at her when he heard the words, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyebrows: "What, what did the old man do?" ”

Hongxing lowered her eyes and whispered: "The eldest prince saw Mama Xue and that person Wang Qi together." ”

Xu Ziqi frowned slightly, a little puzzled: "Who is Wang Qi?" "She's been behind the scenes, she's not in touch with anyone.

Hong Xing glanced at her carefully, and then replied respectfully: "He is the subordinate who absconded in fear of crime." ”

Bang -

"What did you say!" Her hand trembled, and the teacup fell to the ground, but at this time, Xu Ziqi had no time to care, her face was very ugly, "What the hell is going on?" How could Mama Xue be with him? ”

She clearly asked Mama Xue to send someone to kill that person!

Hongxing shook her head: "The slave maid didn't know, but I just inquired, and the eldest prince ordered someone to take Mama Xue and Wang Qi to the main hall together." ”

Unable to sit still anymore, Xu Ziqi stood up, she walked around the house a few times, looking restless and anxious, this happened too suddenly, she couldn't react for a while, she panicked for a while, and completely lost her decisive and leisurely appearance in the past.

Seeing this, Hong Xing couldn't help but remind: "Madam, at this time, you should go to the main hall first." ”

This sound recalled Xu Ziqi's reason, and when her reason returned, she stopped and slowly calmed down.

Sitting down again, Xu Ziqi restrained his panicked and anxious look, and said to Hongxing: "Help me re-dress." "She's going, and she's going to do it properly.

Letting the maid take care of his hair, Xu Ziqi closed his eyes and seriously thought of countermeasures.

Fortunately, until now, everything has been handled by Mama Xue, and she has not come forward in person, so there is still a chance for this matter to turn around.

But Xu Ziqi also knows that Mama Xue is greedy for life and afraid of death and cowardly as a mouse, but she is afraid that she will confess everything in a short time, before she can't help but confess, she must let Mama Xue bear all the responsibility, otherwise even if she is married by the decree of His Majesty Xià himself, and has the title of Mrs. Yipin, she has committed the rule of seven outs, but I am afraid that she will not be able to escape the word harmony.

And at this moment, what she has to do is to take herself out of this incident, as for Mama Xue, she will prepare a good coffin for her and bury her properly.

Thinking of this, Xu Ziqi's eyes were cold, and then she raised her hand, beckoned Hongxing and said in her ear: "You go and bring Xue Er here, and take him to the main hall with you in a while." ”

Xue Er is the grandson of Mama Xue, and the only relative of Mama Xue in the world, she is just fifteen years old this year, and she is tidying up the garden on weekdays.

Hong Xing's eyes flashed, and she replied respectfully: "Yes, madam." ”

******

Inside the main hall.

Mu Jiyan had a solemn face and a majestic temperament, sitting on the upper seat, while Mu Ziling sat on the left side below him, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, lowering his eyes, and tasting slowly.

Below, Wang Qi was tied up and thrown to the ground, although Mama Xue was not tied, she was also kneeling beside her, hanging her head, and her face was very pale.

Mu Jiyan turned his head and looked at Mu Ziling, "You are unwell, do you want to go back and rest first?" ”

Shaking his head, Mu Ziling's eyes were firm: "Dad, I want to stay." ”

Seeing this, Mu Jiyan didn't force Mu Ziling to go back to rest, he turned his head, and then looked at Wang Qi, who was tied up by five flowers, with a stern expression and a cold tone, "You are Wang Qi?" ”

He has been in the top position for a long time, and even if it is just a simple inquiry, he is naturally not angry and arrogant, which makes people afraid.

"Minion, that's it, Wang Qi."

When he was arrested, Wang Qi was still lucky, and he was ready to kill him and deny it, but when he saw Mu Jiyan, he was terrified, and the whole person was trembling, he didn't dare to raise his head at all, and he stammered when he spoke.

Mu Jiyan then asked: "Half a month ago, on the third night of the first month of April, where were you?" ”

"Minion, here, in the eldest prince's house, beating, cleaning the room." Wang Qi stumbled in reply, and kept swallowing saliva nervously.

"Where were you after the third watch that night?" Mu Jiyan's inquiry was unhurried, but his expression became more and more serious.

"Minion, minion......" Wang Qi broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes began to drift, and it took a long time before he replied: "The slave went to the gambling house." ”

"Gambling?" Mu Jiyan looked at him with an expressionless face: "You mean, you are staying in the gambling workshop for half a month?" ”

"Yes, small, the slave doesn't, there are no other hobbies," Wang Qi stammered at first, but then seemed to smooth out his train of thought, his speech became faster, and he no longer stumbled, and his words began to be clear: "I just like to gamble, and as soon as the monthly money is paid, the slave will go to the gambling workshop, and a few people who are familiar with the slave know it." ”

"On the morning of the third day of the fourth lunar month, the house just issued a monthly money, and the slave couldn't help but itch his hands after cleaning the room for the eldest prince, so he went directly to the gambling house.

"When the servant came back from Xunfanglou at dawn, he heard that something had happened to the eldest son, and the slave did not return overnight, so the servant guessed that the adult would suspect that the slave had done it, and he was very scared at the moment, so he left again."

buried his head lower, and the hair on his forehead covered Wang Qi's fast eyes: "The slave was alone and had no place to go, so he turned back to the gambling workshop and continued to gamble with the silver he won, winning and losing, just like that, after half a month, the silver on the slave had been lost, so the slave thought that the person who poisoned the son should have been found, so the slave came back and didn't think about ......it."

At that moment just now, Wang Qi almost couldn't help but tell everything and the plate, but his brain was flexible, the idea of survival prevailed, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer when he came to the end, and he actually made up a lie in a short period of time, half-truths and half-truths, he felt that even if he sent someone to check, he should not be able to find the mistake.

Immediately, I felt my whole body relax and breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Qi's words were reasonable, and he didn't seem to be able to find anything wrong, even Mu Ziling was a little surprised, but if he heard it roughly, he could still deal with the past, and if he carefully scrutinized it, there were still many problems.

Among them, the biggest problem is-

If you don't be a thief, then when you know that you are the most suspicious, why don't you take the initiative to stand up and wash yourself away? If what he said is true, then whether it is the people in the gambling house or the people in Xunfanglou can prove it, why did they delay for so long and not speak out until they were caught?

Of course, such a simple inconsistency, Mu Jiyan knew it as soon as he heard it, but Mu Jiyan also knew that since Wang Qi would say this, it was natural that there was truth in these words, at this moment, if he sent someone to go directly to the gambling workshop to ask Wang Qi if he had been there, what he got would definitely be the answer like Wang Qi said.

However, Mu Jiyan has a way, he raised his head, summoned the chief manager Mu Yan, whispered a few words in his ear, Mu Yan nodded, and then retreated.

After Mu Yan went down, Mu Jiyan glanced at Mama Xue, who seemed to be relieved, pondered for a while, and continued to ask: "In that case, why did you and Mama Xue secretly meet in the garden, you two should not be familiar with each other." ”

When Mama Xue heard this, she turned her head and glared at Wang Qi, the threat in her eyes was self-evident, Wang Qi gritted her teeth and said: "Mama Xue is Madame's nursing mother, and she once bullied the minions, at that time, the minions were penniless, and the house didn't dare to stay longer, so I thought about it, just ask Mama Xue to ask for money and leave the capital to go elsewhere." ”

At this time, there was a sound of slow footsteps outside the hall, and after a while, Xu Ziqi led a few maids into the main hall, she glanced at Wang Qi, and then at Mama Xue, and then walked to Mu Jiyan's side, and called softly: "Husband." ”

Seeing Xu Ziqi, Mu Jiyan's brows couldn't help frowning: "Why are you here?" ”

Xu Ziqi looked back at him, her gorgeous face was full of apologies, and she said softly: "I heard that Mama Xue actually met the person who almost killed Ling Er, so I hurried here, she is my nurse, if I do something wrong, I am also guilty of improper discipline." ”

Mama Xue understood what she said, she looked up at Xu Ziqi suddenly, her face was incredulous, she opened her mouth to speak, but Xu Ziqi just glanced at her indifferently, and then her eyes glanced at the position on the right intentionally or unintentionally, Mama Xue felt something, so she turned her head, and when she saw Xue Er standing behind the red apricot, her face immediately turned pale, and then despair slowly appeared in her eyes.

She looked at Xue Er deeply for a while, and after a while, she lowered her head again.