Seeing Xiuzhu jumping up, Dou Lianyi spoke out in time to stop it: "Xiuzhu, if you don't let them search it again, how can people deal with it?" With a casual glance in his eyes, he found that Xiao Yingzi's face was pale, and her two hands were twisted together, trembling spontaneously.

Could it be?

As soon as his mind turned, someone rushed in excitedly: "Found it." ”

"Where did you find it?" The leader looked upbeat and hurriedly asked.

The man was holding a jasper hairpin, which radiated dazzling brilliance in the sun, and replied proudly: "They said that the cabinet was Xiaoyingzi." ”

"He's Xiao Yingzi, and he's also the person next to Mrs. Dou, right?" Seeing Dou Lianyi nodding, the leader said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, please ask Mrs. Dou to take your people with us, please!" ”

Xiuzhu was confused by the sudden situation: "Master, what the hell is going on?" ”

"When you get there, you won't know." Dou Lianyi replied lightly, and said politely to the leader: "Please lead the way." ”

The two were taken to the queen's Kunning Palace, the queen and the concubines were there, sitting in their respective positions one by one, Dou Lianyi saw the salute, and stood with several ladies according to the ceremony.

As soon as Xiao Yingzi came in, she fell to her knees, shaking from time to time.

The head of the palace punishment department took the lead in handing over the stolen goods to the owner, and returned the treasure.

An Jingliang tightly clenched the lost and recovered treasure, and cried out excitedly: "This hairpin is an ancestral heirloom, when the concubine married into the palace, her mother handed it over to the palace with her own hands, saying that seeing it is like seeing a family, and the lost days have passed, the palace does not know the taste, and you can't sleep at night, queen, you can be the master of the concubine." ”

"Mrs. Dou, how do you discipline your subordinates on weekdays, and how do you do such things?"

Before the queen's questioning voice fell, Concubine Xiao Shu, who was sitting at the bottom right, pursed her red lips: "Who knows if someone under her did it, or if it was instigated by the master?" ”

"Lady, isn't it messy enough?" Yue Biluo, who was sitting on the phoenix seat in the main hall, glanced at her unhappily, and faced the person kneeling in the hall: "Don't be suspicious, let's listen to what he has to say." ”

Xiao Yingzi fell to the ground and shivered like chaff.

"Tell me, how did you steal it, do you have an accomplice?" The leader stepped forward and kicked him, shouting and asking.

After the initial shock, Dou Lianyi gradually calmed down, there must be an article here, and it must be for himself, he immediately took a deep breath, and Wen Yan prompted: "Xiaoyingzi, you just have to tell the truth." ”

Xiao Yingzi still didn't speak, and someone in the seat was impatient.

"Don't say it again, pull it down and torture him, keep him in a bamboo tube and pour beans."

"That's it, let's sit here together and wait for nothing."

"This has never happened before, I don't know what's going on lately, do your best."

Hearing this, An Jingliang, who had not spoken, glanced at the man leisurely, and said with a smile: "You mean, it was okay before, but as soon as the queen mother took over the harem, there was such a thing, right?" ”

"That's not what the concubine meant." The man was so frightened that he denied it repeatedly.

It's a good An Jingliang, obviously what she wants to say, but under the pretext that it is someone else's meaning, Yuebi cleared her throat, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Xiaoyingzi, hurry up and recruit from the truth, otherwise the skin and flesh will suffer, I am afraid that it will be light." She has always been generous to others, but stealing is the most intolerable in the harem, and this is the first time she has dealt with an incident since she was in the middle palace, so no one can be underestimated.

Xiao Yingzi raised her head resolutely: "Back to the queen, this hairpin was not stolen by a slave, but ...... It's ......"

"And what, hurry up." He didn't do anything for a long time, and some people were already impatient.

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Yingzi said in one breath: "It was handed over to the slave by the imperial concubine, and the slave was asked to secretly put it in Mrs. Dou's room so as to frame Mrs. Dou." ”

As soon as the words fell, the audience was in an uproar.

Even Dou Lianyi was stunned on the spot, she didn't turn a corner for a while, she guessed the beginning, this scene of theft must have wanted to make trouble for herself, but she didn't guess the ending of Xiaoyingzi exposing the mastermind on the spot.

"Xiaoyingzi, do you know what kind of crime it will be to defile the master? Light punishment is punishable, and heavy punishment is punishable by death. Yue Biluo was obviously also shocked by this accusation, and her voice involuntarily raised a few points.

Xiao Yingzi seemed to be out of the way, and her body didn't tremble: "The slave's words are true, and I implore the queen to know it." ”

"Imperial Concubine, do you have anything to say?" Yue Biluo turned her face and asked the palace lady on the lower left.

An Jingliang flicked his shirt, as if there was some dust on it, and then he opened his mouth slowly: "If the concubine shouts injustice, will the queen believe it?" ”

"It doesn't matter if this palace believes it or not, the key is to believe it, what do you say?" Yuebi fell back with a soft sound, but she also hid a needle in her mouth, which was not so easy to answer.

Sure enough, An Jingliang smiled and said: "That's exactly what it is, so the concubine asks for a thorough investigation, if you don't get to the bottom of it, the concubine won't agree." ”

Dou Lianyi was shocked when he heard this, looking at An Jingliang's appearance, he was only afraid that he would have a back hand, otherwise he would not be so calm and comfortable, Xiaoyingzi was only afraid of being sad at this level.

"Xiaoyingzi, since you dare to testify against the imperial concubine, do you have witnesses?"

Seeing this, Xiao Yingzi said: "Yes, when the imperial concubine instructed the servants that day, the palace maid Pei'er was always by her side. ”

When Dou Lianyi heard this, he was slightly relieved, Pei'er has always been close to Xiuzhu, and I heard that he was quite dissatisfied with his master, but it was not right, according to An Jingliang's meticulous thoughts, he would never be so careless!

Will there be fraud?

Just when the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, the queen sent someone to call Pei'er, but for now, she could only pray secretly that her worries were unnecessary.

"Pei'er, were you present when Emperor An summoned Xiaoyingzi?" The Empress herself asked.

Pei'er knelt on the ground, raised her head when she heard the words, and replied with a blank face: "The slave doesn't know, when did the slave's master summon Xiaoyingzi?" ”

It's over, Dou Lianyi sighed, he was really worried.

"Pei'er, you forgot jì, if you came to pass it that day, how could you not know?" Xiao Yingzi screamed, and the result must have exceeded his expectations.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Pei'er suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand, your master hates my master, so he instructed you to slander, right?" It's no wonder that during these days, the people of your Crescent Moon Pavilion have always approached me and given me a lot of benefits. ”

Xiao Yingzi shook her head desperately: "No, it's not like this, you are talking nonsense, you are lying......"

But compared with his empty accusations, Peier came up with empirical evidence: in order to win her over, Xiuzhu gave her benefits three times, a gold bracelet, a pair of pearl earrings, and fifty taels of silver that her father received when he was seriously ill.