Shui Yue stretched out her hand, and there were two jade beads in her palm that were dripping and spinning, "When the slave was cleaning up the dormitory today, she accidentally found two beads on the carpet under the dresser, and when she picked it up, it was the bead on the jade chain that the master broke at that time, and I thought it fell on the carpet and didn't pay attention to it." The slave remembered Mo'er's incident again, and felt that she should not have lied at that time, and that she had indeed picked it up on the ground, not stolen. ”

Ling Ruo had already believed Mo'er's words in his heart, so now he was not surprised to hear what Shui Yue said, he only nodded to indicate that he knew, and when he looked at Nanqiu again, his eyes were a little colder than just now, "When I was in Kunning Palace just now, you said that you only saw Mo Er lift the tea lid, and you didn't know what she had done, and now she said that watching Mo Er dip her fingers down, Nanqiu, this palace is very curious, which sentence is true and which sentence is false." ”

Nanqiu was shocked and quickly knelt down, "Slave maid...... Slave maid ......" in a panic, she didn't know what to say, but kept repeating the word "slave maid".

Ling Ruo got up and slowly circled around Nanqiu, and said in a condensed voice: "Nanqiu, you are the aunt in charge of this palace, and this palace has always trusted you to let you take care of the big and small affairs in the palace. Although the water show and a few of them were brought from the palace from the diving mansion, they have always respected you, why are you still dissatisfied? ”

Nanqiu hurriedly said: "The slave maid has not, the slave maid has always been loyal to the mother, and she never dared to ......"

"Never dare anything? Nanqiu, now you still have to deceive this palace, are you really a fool of this palace? Also, this palace remembers very well that the second elder brother came to Chengqian Palace twice today, and each time you took the initiative to make tea, and deliberately called Mo'er, it was clear that you had already planned it. Ling Ruo's voice suddenly sharpened, and he said fiercely: "Say, why do you want to help Nian Guifei harm the palace?!" ”

Under such a fierce speech that he had never seen before, Nanqiu slumped to the ground, his mouth squirming weakly but no sound came out. After a long time, she knelt down straight and kowtowed to Ling Ruo, and said with a sad expression: "The slave and maid are guilty, and they have betrayed the trust of the master, the slave and the maid are sorry for the master, and if they want to kill, they must listen to the master's orders, and the slave and the maid will never complain." ”

Shui Xiu was the only one among the people present who followed Ling Ruo to Kunning Palace and witnessed everything with her own eyes, she was also full of doubts about Mo Er's poisoning, and now that she heard Nanqiu say this, she immediately understood that this matter was Nanqiu's intention to blame, but she felt unbelievable, and blurted out: "Auntie, why do you want to do this, do you know that this will kill the master and kill Mo'er." ”

"Why didn't she know what to do?" Ling Ruo said coldly and said, "Nanqiu, this palace doesn't want your life, as long as you know why you want to betray this palace, what is there about this palace to be sorry for you." ”

"No, the master treats the slave and the maid very well, it is the slave and the maid who betray the master and forget their righteousness and help others harm the master, everything is the slave's fault." Nanqiu wept silently.

"At this point, you still won't say yes?" Although Nanqiu kept admitting that she had wronged Mo'er, she didn't say a word about who was the mastermind and why she wanted to do this, obviously she didn't want to bite out the main messenger behind it.

Nanqiu bit her pale lower lip and didn't say a word, she couldn't say anything, she couldn't say anything, otherwise it would kill people.

"Auntie, what are you talking about?" Shui Xiu urged eagerly, everything that happened tonight was really difficult for her to accept.

Seeing that Nanqiu never spoke, Kang Hai suddenly squatted down and said, "Did Concubine Nian catch you with something that made you have to do what she ordered?" ”

Nanqiu looked up at him, nodded his head slightly, she and Kang Hai came to Chengqian Palace together, but before that, they had been on an errand together, and they knew each other far better than others, Kang Hai knew that Nanqiu was not the kind of person who was treacherous and traitorous to seek glory, so he would think about whether Nanqiu would be blackmailed for the first time.

"What is it? For the silver or ......"

"I beg you not to ask again." Nanqiu interrupted Kang Hai's words and said with tears in his eyes: "I won't say either, in short, I am sorry for my master, and I died to pay for my sins." ”

"It's good to die to pay for your sins." Ling Ruo sneered and pointed out and said, "This palace is forbidden in the Chengqian Palace, and it will be abolished and killed at any time; Mo Er is locked up in the Punishment Division, and he will die at any time; There is also the second elder brother, who was almost killed by you, so many things, you tell the palace how to repay it. Are you the only one? You overestimate yourself too much. After a pause, she said again: "Nanqiu, this palace will give you the last opportunity to tell this palace the truth of the matter." ”

"The slave can't say it, it's ......" Nanqiu remembered Nian's threat, and her words stopped abruptly, it was not a pity for her to die, but her family was so innocent, but she was forced to get involved in this harem battle outside the palace.

Ling Ruo thought for a moment, and suddenly understood something, "Is the Nian clan using your family as a threat?" With her understanding of Nanqiu, Nanqiu didn't have any tricks for the Nian clan to use to this extent, so the only possibility was her family outside the palace.

Whether it is as expensive as a concubine or as a palace person, family and affection are indelible bonds, so the first thing she thinks of is only this.

After a short silence, there was a sharp cry resounding in the Chengqian Palace under the silent night, it was Nanqiu, she cried loudly, tears flowed all over her cheeks, making her look extremely sad and pitiful. In such a cry, she climbed to Ling Ruo's feet and kowtowed vigorously, "Master, everything is the slave's fault, if you want to punish the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid's family are innocent, please let them go, the slave and the maid are here to kowtow to you, in the next life, the slave and the maid will be a cow and a horse to repay the debt in this life." ”

Concubine Nian can threaten her with her family, and Concubine Xi can do the same, in the eyes of those masters, she Nanqiu is just a chess piece, and she can use it however she wants. Although Concubine Xi has always treated herself well, Nanqiu still can't help but be afraid, lest she use her family to testify against Nian Guifei, and when the time comes, no matter which party loses power, she and her family will become funeral objects.

"Is that really the case?" Ling Ruo sighed silently, looking at Nanqiu's eyes with a little more sympathy, and at the same time understanding the reason why she was so afraid. People live in the world, after all, there are so many bodies that can't help it, "Tell this palace the reason, and this palace promises you that you will not use your family to do anything." ”

"Thank you for your grace." Nanqiu kowtowed gratefully, she knew that Ling Ruo's xingzi, since she had agreed, she would definitely do it, and after sorting out her thoughts a little, she carefully explained the matter from beginning to end.

This happened last month, the fifteenth day of the month is the day when the palace people and their families meet across the palace gate, Nanqiu is the same as usual, with the usual monthly silver to go to see the family, but was stopped halfway, and the person who stopped her was Sanfu next to the young concubine.