Chapter 204: Sit Down
"Yes, Huiming."
The queen looked at Mulan, who was crying angrily.
"Didn't you just say that you rescued the girl from the Zhou family. In that case, how could you have said such things to each other? ”
Those words were too rebellious, and even she, the queen, was scolded into it.
So she didn't reprimand with a cold face like before, saying that this was nonsense made up by Mulan herself.
Instead, he questioned her as gently as possible to ascertain the truth of the matter.
Tears welled up in Mulan's eyes, and she knelt down on her knees.
But it was Emperor Dezhao who knelt down, not the empress.
"Father, the son just lied, and I ask my father to punish him."
Lie?
There was another wave of displeasure in the queen's eyebrows.
Can such a thing also lie?
What nonsense!
But before she could open her mouth to reprimand, she heard Mulan continue: "Actually, it was not Erchen who saved the third miss of the Zhou family, but the fourteenth brother. ”
What the?
The usual smile on the queen's face had long since disappeared after a few ups and downs, and at the moment she was nothing but annoyance or surprise.
What the hell is going on? Is this kid crazy?
She is not the one who saves people, and she is the one who says fourteen! Which sentence is true!
If the person is not saved by the Fourteenth, then what is the credibility of what she just said?
Zhou Ru, who collapsed on the ground, was also dumbfounded, what is Princess Huiming going to do?
Is it necessary to tell her that she herself tried to kill people in order to accuse her?
She is a princess of a country, why should she even ignore her own reputation for this?
Emperor Dezhao, who was originally calm, saw Mulan's tears falling like pearls with broken threads. I was distressed, but it was inconvenient for me to go down and pull her up. He motioned to the palace maid standing next to her to help her up and wiped the tears from her face.
"What is there to say. What does it look like to cry and cry! ”
Emperor Dezhao said softly.
You don't have to be so real to make a play, right? It's good to cry and swell your eyes later!
Mulan was not polite, she stood up, bowed her head and thanked him, and continued: "It was indeed the fourteenth brother who saved people that day, but the fourteenth brother went to save people because of his son. ”
"Because of you?"
Emperor Dezhao took her words, and she cried and knelt again.
I don't know if I hurt my knee when I knelt down just now? I'll have to let the doctor take a look later.
"Yes, it's because of Erchen."
Mulan hung her head.
"Miss Zhou Jiasan was not far away when she fell into the water, but because Erchen couldn't swim in the water, he couldn't rescue her."
"It just so happened that the fourteenth brother was nearby at that time. So Erchen hurried to find him and asked him to help rescue him. ”
"But who knows...... Who knew that this would cause trouble to the fourteenth brother, so that Zhou Ru found an opportunity to climb on him, and spread the news everywhere, wanting the fourteenth brother to marry her as the princess! ”
"Seeing that this kind of statement is becoming more and more popular among the people, I can only go to the Zhou Mansion to visit me in person, and I want to make it clear and let them dispel this idea."
"But who knew that instead of seeing me, they picked up sticks and wanted to beat me."
"I can't see Lord Zhou and Mrs. Zhou. In desperation, I had to shout in front of them that it was me, not the fourteenth brother, who saved Miss Zhou Jiasan that day. ”
"Everyone in the world knows that I have a similar face to the fourteenth brother, so those rumors will naturally be self-defeating, and the fourteenth brother will not be implicated again."
"So...... Therefore the retainers lied, and not only deceived the people. He also deceived his father......"
She buried her head deeply, very apologetic, but hooked the corners of her lips by bowing her head. There was cunning in his eyes.
Emperor Dezhao nodded: "It is indeed a mistake to deceive the superiors and subordinates." But you are bent on defending your brother. There are extenuating circumstances, and I won't care about it this time. ”
Don't care?
The queen almost couldn't help but roll her eyes.
When did Emperor Dezhao be able to say these three words so lightly?
"So you saw the Zhou girl before she fell into the water?"
The queen asked.
If so, then the two have spoken. Those rebellious remarks...... Is it true?
"Yes."
Mulan nodded: "Miss Zhou Jiasan was dirty, and she wanted to go to the lake to wash, but when she lowered her head, the hairpin on her head didn't fall into the lake, she reached out to catch it, and then accidentally fell down." ”
"It's not! Not really! ”
Zhou Ru didn't care about any more courtesy, and shouted hoarsely.
What does it mean that a hairpin accidentally fell into the lake?
What does it mean for her to reach for a hairpin and accidentally fall it?
"That hairpin was clearly taken away by you! You caused me to fall into the lake! It's you! ”
"Shall I take your hairpin? Did I return you to the lake? What do I do with your hairpin? What am I doing if I let you fall into the lake? ”
Mulan asked with a funny expression.
"You...... You ......"
Zhou Ru has been with you for a long time, but you can't say why, you just feel that your body seems to be stuck by a huge spider web, and you can't break free.
"Nonsense!"
Mulan restrained her smile and scolded sharply.
"When you fell into the water yourself, and then saw that I did not save you, you were angry in your heart, and imposed all your faults on me."
"I kindly called the fourteenth brother to rescue you, but you took the opportunity to cling to the royal family!"
"Zhou Ru! How can there be a shameless person like you in the world! It's shameless! ”
One accusation after another hit Zhou Ru's heart like a hammer, she only felt a stagnation in her chest, and the blood all over her body was rushing rapidly.
"Huiming."
The queen heard it in a fog, and hurriedly interjected between the two of them.
"Since the Zhou family ...... Miss Zhou Jiasan has already seen you before, so she will naturally know that Fourteen was called by you, so how could she know that she still intends to cling to Fourteen? ”
Wouldn't this blatantly annoy Princess Huiming?
Fools would do that!
"Also, what you just said...... What's going on with those words? ”
Those words naturally refer to Zhou Ru's rebellious words that she said that she would kill her whole family.
Mulan lowered her head and replied: "After returning to my mother, because my son-in-law was wearing a hat at that time. Therefore, Miss Zhou Jiasan did not recognize her son. ”
"So...... In fact, she didn't mean to say that to the royal family, but just to say the ministers......"
Just talking about her? But isn't she a member of the royal family? Isn't it Emperor Dezhao's favorite daughter?
Doesn't saying this mean not saying it!
But. This also understands why the girl of the Zhou family dared to say such a thing to the princess of a dignified country, but she didn't recognize it.
But it doesn't matter if you recognize it or not. There is no escaping this guilt, who let the person she didn't recognize happen to be the princess of the royal family.
Zhou Ru's body collapsed on the ground, and she was almost unconscious, but the blood that ran made her feel excited.
"Deliberate...... She did it on purpose! ”
She pointed at Mulan and said loudly.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Princess Huiming must have deliberately framed her courtiers!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Feng again: "Dad, you say something!" Say something! Didn't you say it was Princess Huiming when you found out in the mansion before......"
"Shut up!"
Zhou Feng turned around and said, his eyes were red, and his expression was a little hideous.
What a daughter he gave birth to! What a daughter he had! This is clearly a debt collector! This debt collector now wants their entire Zhou Mansion to bury her!
What about deliberately or not? Can it change the current situation?
Zhou Ru shrunk back by Zhou Feng's roar. The heart is becoming more and more desperate.
He seemed to feel that his father had decided to abandon him, his eyes gradually overshadowed by horror, and he turned to her mother again.
Mrs. Zhou had already cried into tears, and when she saw her eyes at this moment, she no longer protected her as her support as before, but silently turned her head away, hiding her face and crying.
Mulan looked at Zhou Ru's desperate look, but she didn't let her go because of this, but asked innocently on the side: "I deliberately framed you?" It's ridiculous! You and I didn't know each other before. It's no different from a stranger, I'm okay to frame you for what? Do you think that everyone has the same dark mind as you, and they use their crooked brains to hurt others when they have nothing to do! ”
yes, why did she have to hurt her? Why did she have to do this to her like this?
Zhou Ru never understood this question. But he still struggled and said: "You are a dignified princess, if you don't mean to, how could you appear in that mountain forest with a hat and a coarse linen robe?" How could it be so coincidental that it still appeared in front of me? You've clearly been eyeing me before! Follow me all the way! Deliberately tricked me into saying that! ”
"Huh?"
Mulan sneered and turned her head to look at Emperor Dezhao.
"Father. It seems that I have to blame you for this, and it is your fault! ”
Resentment of Emperor Zhao?
The queen frowned. looked at the man sitting next to him, and then looked at Mulan standing below.
"What does this have to do with your father?"
"Because it was my father who drove me and Fourteen out of the palace!"
"The son and the fourteenth brother annoyed their father a few days ago. My father punished us to go out of the palace to introspect and not to come back, and he didn't even give us silver! ”
"My fourteenth brother and I are penniless in the people, where can we afford to wear brocade clothes, so naturally we can only wear coarse linen clothes!"
"As for the hood......"
Mulan raised her hand and touched her cheek: "Erchen is afraid that he is naturally beautiful, and he can hardly hide his elegance in coarse linen clothes, and he will cause some trouble among the people, so he wears a hat to block it." ”
Emperor Dezhao's calm appearance immediately broke the gong, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
This stinky girl! It's getting poorer and poorer!
Mu Li, who had been sitting next to him silently, couldn't help but bow his head and cover his mouth, and his shoulders trembled with laughter.
Mulan glared at him angrily: "What are you laughing at!" I told you that the two of us look exactly the same, and you should wear a hat to avoid suspicion! You have to listen! It's good now! Saved people and let people see it, and they were relied on! If you had heard about me, how could you have been in so much trouble! ”
Mu Li's face turned dark, and he grinned: "I'm a man, I don't have anything to wear!" ”
"Who made you look like me! If it weren't for that, I wouldn't bother to care about you! ”
The two quarreled again.
The queen frowned and supported her forehead with a headache: "Okay! What to say, what to quarrel with! ”
After speaking, he looked at Emperor Dezhao: "Did His Majesty really let them out of the palace?" ”
Listening to Huiming's girl, she and Fourteen have been out of the palace for a long time, and as the master of the harem, she doesn't know at all!
Is it that she herself ignores these two little guys too much on weekdays, or is Emperor Dezhao doing something deliberate?
Emperor Dezhao nodded, and hummed lightly: "I let them go out and are not allowed to come back." ”
admitted, but didn't explain the reason, looking too lazy to explain to her.
Although he really didn't need to explain to her, the queen's heart still sank.
And it was not only her who was sinking in her heart, but even more so Zhou Ru on the ground.
Did His Majesty let Princess Huiming and the Fourteenth Prince out of the palace?
Was it really a coincidence that they met in the woods?
How so......
How could it be......
Mulan remembered today's business, no longer quarreled with Mu Li, and turned to look at Zhou Ru.
"What else do you have to say now? Do you think I deliberately followed you all the way? ”
Zhou Ru sat on the ground without saying a word, her eyes were empty like a puppet.
Mulan hooked her lips and smiled, and said: "My fourteenth brother and I haven't seen the smell of meat outside the palace for a long time, and I wanted to go hunting in the forest that day to make up for myself, but I met you when I walked to Muqing Lake." ”
"Your maid fainted in the car, and you ran out of the car by yourself, covered in vomiting filth, and described as a wolf, and pounced on me when she saw me."
"You want to change your clothes, but you don't want to go in because the car is too dirty, so you want me to help you take your clothes out."
"But you're dirty and I'm dirty, so naturally I don't want to go in, so I want to leave."
"You said that if I go in and help you take it out, you will give me the silver that your maid carried, I thought that with the silver, my brother and I would not have to be so troublesome to hunt wild things, and we could go back to the city to have a good meal, so after hesitating for a while, I still endured the nausea to help you take out the clothes, and easily took off the purse that your fainting maid was wearing."
"Originally, I had done my duty and could go, but I saw that you were dirty, and I didn't want to go to the car to change my clothes, so I pointed out to you a relatively hidden mountain col by Muqing Lake, I guarded it for you outside, you change inside, and you can also clean the filth on your body by the way."
"Who knew that the hairpin accidentally fell when you lowered your head, and you subconsciously reached out and fished it out, but it fell down at once."
"I was frightened, but I didn't dare to jump into the water to save you, so I had to hurry all over the mountain to find my fourteenth brother."
"Fortunately, I found it in a short time, so I had time to rescue you."
"If there's anything really wrong with me about this, it's wrong that I shouldn't have pointed you to that place."
"If I don't give you instructions, maybe you won't go, and you won't fall overboard."
"So later, when I went to Zhou's mansion to visit the door, I deliberately said that I wanted to apologize, thinking that I would say it in time, so that our faces would not be too ugly."
"But it's a pity that I couldn't even enter the gate of your Zhou Mansion!"
Mulan frowned and told the matter from beginning to end, and the more she talked, the more aggrieved she became. (To be continued......)