Chuxiu Palace, courtyard -

Yunmei couldn't have imagined that the bracelet in the box was actually broken, she was confused by the unexpected situation, and betrayed herself by her own words.

In an uproar, Gu Yunxi knelt on the ground, his posture was still as solid as a rock, his thick eyelashes drooped lightly, and a flash of ghostly light flashed in his cold eyes.

Yan Gui dropped the lid of the box, waved his hand sharply, and looked at the waiter with a numb expression, and pressed Yunmei down.

Yunmei cried, couldn't care about anything else, and screamed:

"Niangniang, Father-in-law Yan, the slave and maid don't dare anymore! It's Aunt Liao, it's Aunt Liao who instructed the slave to do it—"

"You talk nonsense!"

On the other side, Chef Liao's cheeks were swollen, her face was red, and she was angry and frightened.

She walked on her knees and rushed towards Yunmei from the opposite side of the aisle, and a series of "clacking" sounds sounded on the rough brick floor, like a rampant ghost gnawing at human bones.

It's a pity that these five big and three thick crazy girls were caught by the lazy waist of the waiter halfway.

On the other side of the aisle, Yunmei looked at Chef Liao, and cried and told the truth:

"It's you, it's you...... You've been worried that Twilight Snow will kill her in the dark because of your errands. Last time, you asked your niece to go to the celebrant to frame Twilight, and it turned out to be self-defeating.

This time you wanted to avenge your niece, but because you couldn't enter the main hall, you asked me to go in and steal some valuables. I'm really confused to help you!

But when I put the bracelet in Twilight's bedside box, it was clearly complete—"

Before the words fell, Lan Xin pointed at Chef Liao, and her words were angry:

"Chef Liao, you are so ruthless! You've always been jealous of Twilight's ingenuity, and you've often spoken ill of her in the kitchen.

If you fail to frame them once or twice, you will try to put people to death. I know that the bracelet was given to the mother by the emperor, and you deliberately destroyed it to frame Twilight! ”

"I, I ......"

Chef Liao's slightly chubby body was restrained by a few big hands, and she writhed a few times with difficulty, but she was unable to break free. And she was even more speechless at this time to refute Lan Xin's words.

Under the corridor, Concubine Xu's eyebrows were warm, and her voice was vicious:

"Yunmei destroys the things given by the emperor, and according to the palace rules, she should be killed with a rod. Although the Liao family was the mastermind, he thought that he had served the palace for a long time, and the palace gave him a punishment, and he was permanently expelled from the palace, and he was not allowed to take anything in the palace when he left the palace.

Someone came, take the two of them to the court, don't dirty the ground of Chuxiu Palace. ”

The palace people were silent.

When the waiter dragged the fainting Chef Liao and Yunmei out of the courtyard, Concubine Xu's light eyes flashed, and she looked at Gu Yunxi, and ordered in a solemn voice:

"From now on, Tu Duxue will be the aunt in charge of the kitchen, and the cooks and waiters must be content with their duties, and they must not follow in the footsteps of those two!"

……

Master of Ceremonies, Main Hall-

Leng Qingtang sat in front of the sandalwood table, flipping through a stack of files.

Liu Bingbi came in from outside, saluted the overseer, and then leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

Leng Qingtang listened quietly, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

However, these two unusual rays of light were only momentary flashes, and before others could even notice it, his pair of dark eyes returned to their previous silence.

After Liu Bingbi finished his report, he straightened up and distanced himself from the overseer, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said in a slightly unconvinced tone:

"Look, it's only been more than a month since she entered the palace, and she has climbed to the position of the head of the kitchen of Chuxiu Palace, and she has been promoted two levels from the maid of the Qipin Palace!"

Su Bai's fingers tapped a few times on the table, Leng Qingtang's face was as usual, and his expression was not half a wave:

"It doesn't matter what she does, let's just do our business and keep an eye on the clues we want to investigate."

Liu Bingbi smiled slightly and bowed his hand:

"Humble duty understands."

……

It was another rainy afternoon, and the light rain was pouring down from the dark sky, like a never-ending filament, causing infinite sorrow.

Gu Yunxi and Lan Xin held an umbrella together and stood in front of the Shenwu Gate.

At the end of the empty palace road, two chamberlains dressed in hats and robes, pushing four-wheeled wooden carts, walked slowly in the rain. The man lying on the wooden cart was dressed in plain clothes, his hair was scattered, his body was trembling, and he was drenched and embarrassed.

Under the umbrella, Gu Yunxi pulled the corners of his mouth coldly and looked sideways at Lan Xin. The two girls stepped forward and stopped the car.

Gu Yunxi took out two red envelopes from his sleeve pockets and offered them with his hands.

The two attendants glanced at each other, grinned and took the red envelope, told them to speak quickly, and then whistled to a rain-soaked red wall not far away, occasionally looking at the wooden cart, and looking around vigilantly.

They have been on errands in the court for a long time, how can they not know Gu Yunxi's intention to hand over the red envelope.

Now that there are no idlers to disturb him, Gu Yunxi's cold gaze turned, and he stared at Liao Chef Niang on the wooden cart, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, shallow and treacherous.

A few days ago, Ye Tingsi took over the people sent by Chu Xiu Palace, followed Concubine Xu's order, and killed Yunmei on the spot.

And the execution of the mastermind Liao Chuniang seems to have saved her life, but it is not.

Execution, that is, the punishment of removing a person's kneecap, and the sequelae left behind will be a permanent disability that prevents a person from standing or walking.

For those who have experienced such cruel punishment, the taste of survival is a thousand times more painful than dying completely.

After suffering the pain of purgatory, Chef Liao passed out completely. In the next few days, she struggled to survive each day under unbearable physical pain and mental torture.

The Liao family, who received the letter, rushed to the Shenwu Gate today and waited to pick people up from the palace.

At noon, Yeting sent someone to send Chef Liao to the Shenwu Gate in a wooden cart to meet her family.

Concubine Xu has an order to allow the Liao family to leave the palace and not to take anything from the palace, including the monthly income of this year.

Therefore, when she left the palace, Chef Liao only wore a middle coat and pants, and she didn't even dare to bring a package with her.

In front of the Shenwu Gate, she saw the enemy again, dressed in a heavy purple five-grade palace dress, the snow-colored cheeks of the person were more and more light and cold, and the high-quality clothing was tailor-made, perfectly outlining the exquisite curves of youth. The head is full of green silk, compared with the inferior palace maids, the decoration between the sideburns is a little more prosperous, and the people are also light and slender, and the spirit is really different.

On that person's side, there is actually a loyal girl like Lan Xin holding an umbrella for him?

Chef Liao was so angry that she was about to get up, and she was suddenly tightened by a heart-rending pain.

Gu Yunxi saw the other party's pain and desolation in his eyes, smiled leisurely, his cold eyes flickered, and the meaning of the brilliance at the bottom of his eyes was unknown.

"Today is the day my aunt leaves the palace, and the slave and maid are grateful for the aunt's care of the slave and maid since January, and specially came to see my aunt off."

The tone was tactful, and the tone of frustration pressed a hint of mockery.

After speaking, Gu Yunxi smiled lowly, condescending to look down at the defeated opponent.

Chef Liao's old face wet with rain was full of cruelty, her eyes widened, and she shouted loudly:

"Fuck off! It's not your turn to come and laugh at me—"

"Oops, it's obvious that you hurt people first, so Twilight Snow is kind enough to wait here in the rain."

Chef Liao's shout Lan Xin looked angry, grabbed Gu Yunxi with one hand, and said indignantly:

"Twilight, don't listen to her scolding here, let's go back!"

Chef Liao jumped even more violently, raised her hand and pointed at the two girls under the umbrella, and scolded:

",! My Cui Qiao was expelled from the palace because of you, and you joined forces to frame me and kill Yunmei, aren't you afraid of retribution——"

"Retribution?"

Gu Yunxi sneered when he heard this, bent down and approached Chef Liao, and his five fingers poked out the two stiff waste legs that stretched out into the car body with a bloody stench.

And Lan Xin tilted the edge of the umbrella at the moment when Gu Yunxi lowered his waist to block the rain for his friend.

The slightest rain line hit the umbrella surface of the paper paper, sliding down the slope, and poured it all on Chef Liao's already soaked hair.

"What are you going to do—"

Chef Liao screamed in horror, watching Gu Yunxi's little hand fall to her empty knee bone with hatred, and patted it gently.

Infinite fear hit the clammy and cold body, and Chef Liao was so painful that she bared her teeth, and her body shivered uncontrollably several times in succession.

Gu Yunxi drove a gloomy gaze and stared at the old woman in the car:

"Twilight Xue entered the palace to admit that she abided by her duty, respected her aunt, and did not dare to have half a heart of transgression. It was the aunt who couldn't tolerate the slave and maid first, and she harmed her several times, and the slave and maid had to find ways to protect themselves. Speaking of retribution, my aunt might as well look at herself and think carefully about whose head the 'retribution' in your mouth fell first! ”

"You-"

Chef Liao narrowed her eyes resentfully, and her angry cheeks suddenly flashed with surprise. At this moment, she only felt a yin wind swishing into her neck, quickly descending along her back.

It's hard to imagine, she stumbled and said:

"You—you deliberately hurt me...... Mother's bracelet, you broke it......"

"Shh......h

Gu Yunxi muttered softly, put his index finger up on his lips, and laughed softly:

"Auntie is cautious, and no matter if your words are unfounded, even if your words reach the ears of the mother in such a field like you now, do you think she will believe you, or will she believe the slave? Compared with Yunmei, you are admittedly much luckier, since you have saved your old life, you will obediently go back to your hometown, and it is good to do it and cherish it. ”

“……”

Chef Liao's cloudy red eyes suddenly opened, and she looked at a pair of cold and clear eyes in front of her in a daze.

Suddenly, she threw up her head and roared, leaning down desperately to pounce on her enemy.

Here and now, she longed to tear apart the girl who was sneering at her with ten claw-like fingers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Yunxi grabbed Lan Xin's waist seal, his pace changed dexterously, and he avoided danger in an instant.

This scene was seen by the two chamberlains in the court, and the two hurriedly ran back, slapped Chef Liao and pushed the cart forward, rushing towards the Shenwu Gate.

The sound of rain falling, Chef Liao's unwilling curse was like rolling thunder, resounding above the red wall:

"Tu Duxue, you can't die well! I hate you, Yunmei and I won't let you go-"