Chapter 23: Framing
The cold and damp prison is full of loneliness and despair. Occasionally, there were a few screams, indicating that there were still living people, not dead man's caves.
Aunt Yun has been released, and the queen mother has personally pardoned her. Even if she didn't do this, the court prison wouldn't do anything to her, after all, she was the emperor's upbringing aunt.
The courtyard is secluded, and the night is dark.
"The slave doesn't know anything! I beg you to spare the slave and maid! β
"Harm Your Majesty? How is this possible? The princess has never done anything like this! β
"Phew! The princess treats me like family, let me wait to admit this rebellion, don't think about it! β
The sounds of surprise, cries, and angry scolding were mixed with the chills of those who listened, but only the lamps and candles flickering in the cold wind gave people the light of hope.
A thin man in a thick cloak, with an octagonal lantern in his hand, walked slowly down the corridor, his steps were very slight, but they also attracted the jailer's attention.
"Gonggong Shi is here, I don't know what is valuable? With such a cold weather, what is it that makes you come to this humble place in person? It was the jailer Lin Yue, who looked like a villain, leaning over and asking.
"In the case of the third princess, there is a daughter who is the person next to me." Graphite was inserted in his hand, and the octagonal palace lamp swayed. These words sounded in the ears of Lin Yue, but it was like a lightning bolt striking him.
"Dare to ask who this woman's name is?" In this cold weather, the secluded court was even worse, Lin Yue was sweating on his forehead, and stood aside to answer carefully.
Graphite's identity is outstanding, and no amount of ruthless means can shake His Majesty's trust in him. Therefore, the emperor's favor for him is the best in the world.
His people, this is another trip in person, and the weight of this woman is enough to make Lin Yue sweat. You must know that the case of the third princess involves a wide range of cases, and it is still being interrogated in the middle of the night, if the woman is tortured, wouldn't this be ......
"Ruby." The cold voice of graphite makes people feel chills.
"Huh? It's her? Lin Yue was suddenly shocked, this woman was a "repeat offender" and "key offender" in the case of the third princess, the most favored person of the third princess was the person in charge of Yulin Pavilion, she was actually Gonggong Shi's person!
Seeing that his expression was different, Graphite frowned and snorted coldly, "What's the matter?" She's not there? β
Lin Yue shook his head nervously, bowed down and said, "Here, here!" Xia Guan immediately asked the red jade girl to come out! β
With that, he turned around and rushed inside, the bloated figure was extremely flexible at this time, and the candle shadow was involved. After a while, a woman with a pale face and a weak body was helped out by a female jailer.
"Father-in-law!" Hongyu thought that she would die in this filthy place today, but she didn't expect that someone would pull her back from hell, and when she walked here and saw the lonely shadow of graphite, she couldn't help but cry.
"Good boy, don't be afraid, I'll take you away." Graphite stood there, letting Hongyu throw herself into his arms and weep, raising his hand to caress her thousands of green silks, and couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Yue respectfully sent the two nobles away, and when they were far away, he took two steps, but fortunately he was supported by a jailer behind him and almost fell.
The moonlight is blurry, and the light under the corridor is not very clear. The breeze floats, and people's hearts are unpredictable.
Ruby is dressed in a single garment, and the only cloak brought by graphite protects her from the cold, cringing and making people fall in love.
"Father-in-law, princess, she ......"
"It's late today, go back and rest early, I will order someone to serve you, the injuries on your body are serious." Graphite interrupted Ruby's question, there were things that could not be said right now.
Hongyu pursed her thin pale lips and whispered stubbornly and unwillingly: "Yes......"
"She is a princess, no one will embarrass her, and when everything is clear, I will send you back to her." Graphite paused, as if feeling the humiliation and resentment of the girl behind him, and said.
Hongyu bowed down and said, "Father Xie." β
In the cold winter of Yulin Pavilion, the cold wind was raging, and in the candlelit dappled bedroom, Su Meng calmly held the snowball, sat on a low stool, guarded a four-corner stove, and glanced at the unfamiliar face standing aside.
These are all people assigned by the queen after the people of Yulin Pavilion were captured, and they are serving on the surface, but secretly they are surveilling.
Su Meng still didn't know what was going on, and it was obviously unwise to ask these people in front of him, so he simply kept silent and quietly waited for the opportunity.
"Princess, it's late at night, and the slave waits for you to go to bed, okay?" A palace maid with clear eyebrows took a step forward and bowed.
"I don't need you to wait, let's all go down!" Su Meng teased the charcoal fire and said without raising his head.
The palace maid hesitated, then bowed her head and saluted, "Yes!" β
Her eyes swept over the rest of the palace maids in the dormitory, and she took the lead in leading them to retreat, and Su Meng was the only one left in the originally full dormitory.
Su Meng sneered, and the two figures outside the door were reflected in the house through this light moonlight, could it be that she was afraid that she would run out of this Yulin Pavilion?
What happened? The whole Yulin Pavilion was arrested, and even she was under house arrest, but fortunately, Aunt Rong was recently sent out of the palace by herself, otherwise even her old man would be subjected to Zhu Lian.
Su Meng sighed, Snowball meowed, and her brows frowned even tighter.
"Snowball, do you mean you heard someone say that I poisoned my father? How is this possible? I'm grounded, how can I get close to my father. Besides, my father has just appointed my brother as the crown prince today, so what reason do I have to poison my father? β
Su Meng came to her space with a snowball in her arms, and talked here, not afraid of someone eavesdropping.
Snowball: "Meow! β
Su Meng slapped it on the head and said, "Speak human words!" β
Xueqiu's big face paused, and said: "Whether you did it or not, now that the emperor is in a coma, the queen can say whatever he wants, and now I can only pray that your father and emperor will wake up as soon as possible to find out the truth and return your innocence." β
"Then she must not frame me without evidence." Su Meng clenched her fists, as if the queen was clenching it in the palm of her hand.
"Huh...... How naΓ―ve! Isn't the purse you sent the biggest evidence? As long as the doctor says it's poisonous, then it's really poisonous. β
"Now that you are in solitary confinement, if one of the palace people who were arrested is a minion of the queen, what has he confessed, so since then, there is all the human and material evidence, who else will listen to your defense?"
Su Meng listened, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat, what a poisonous method! Now that my father is in a coma, isn't it what Queen Ren said?
Even if the mother clan and the elder brother who is the crown prince are afraid that they will abandon themselves in the case of "ironclad evidence", instead of taking the risk of defending themselves!
If the mother clan and brother are involved in this matter, then the name of father-killing rebellion will be buckled on the elder brother, and the Chen family will be uprooted in one fell swoop!
Su Meng squinted, constantly thinking in her mind, at this time, should she "take the blame" and "reflect well", or find another way?
Snowball wagged her tail and hung it up as if she didn't care about herself, as if she was used to this kind of thing.
"Snowball, what if you were me?" Su Meng asked in a deep voice, but her hand was extremely gentle and smoothed the hairs for the snowball.
Snowball squinted, snorted comfortably, and said, "What do you want?" β