After that, Zilin was hungry, so she left and went to the imperial dining room to find some food. When I went back to the imperial garden, most of the peonies in the flower garden had been destroyed, Zilin was also taken aback, and hurriedly went to find Concubine Shu, and heard that Niangniang came to the queen mother, and Zilin then came. ”

As he spoke, he raised his chin at Xu Zhilan, looked arrogant, and squinted his eyes slightly, "As soon as I stepped into the hall, I heard Xu Zhilan quibbling in every possible way, shirking responsibility, Zilin really doesn't look down on such a person!" If she really listened to the deception of the palace maid, and went to cut the peony branches for the sake of the queen mother's old man, why should she be sneaky? ”

Xu Zhilan clenched his fists, and the corners of his mouth showed an imperceptible smile, like a ripple on the surface of the water quickly crossed the corners of his lips, and then condensed into two sparks in his eyes, and disappeared into the depths of the eye waves in an instant.

Okay, Song Zilin, it's really you!

Song Zilin's eyes were blazing, and a pair of eyes were always staring at Xu Zhilan's face, "Everything that the county lord said is true, I saw it with my own eyes, what else do you have to say about Xu Zhilan?" ”

"Since Lord Yijun didn't see the courtiers destroying the peony flower garden with his own eyes, how can he speculate that the courtiers did it?" Xu Zhilan raised his eyebrows slightly, calmed down, and said calmly, "The courtiers are not ignorant children, how could they not know that such behavior will bring trouble to themselves?" What is the benefit of a courtier's daughter? ”

"You were the only one in front of the peony garden at that time, who else would it be if it weren't you?" Song Zilin took a step forward, her cold gaze always wandered over Xu Zhilan, and when her eyes fell on the peony flower in her hand, she said sharply, "Okay, Xu Zhilan!" Do you still have to quibble? This is clearly not the weight of three or four peony flowers! Such a big handful of peony flowers, you said that you only cut a few branches, are you fooling everyone for blindness? It must be that you saw that this peony flower was growing just right, and you wanted to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, so as to flatter the Queen Mother, so you went to destroy Concubine Shu's flower garden! ”

Looking at Song Zilin's proud and arrogant appearance, Xu Zhilan was angry and funny in his heart, this Lord of Yijun was really smart.

She pretended to be helpless and looked at the peony flower in her hand and sighed, "Does Lord Yijun really think so?" It seems that Lord Yi has a deep misunderstanding of his courtiers. ”

When Song Zilin heard this, she was about to jump to her feet, "Don't pretend here." Xu Zhilan, you are very thick-skinned, and you can not blush and heartbeat when you are caught and questioned in person! ”

Xu Zhilan shook his head, sighed again, walked to the rosewood table in the hall, and spread out the peony flowers, it turned out that there were jasmine, white orchids, osmanthus, and a few unknown flowers inside.

The queen was puzzled and looked at Xu Zhilan in confusion.

"These flowers are mixed with peonies, and the fragrance gives off a fragrance that can relieve fatigue." Xu Zhilan explained to the Queen Mother with a smile, "The Queen Mother's body and bones now need to be carefully adjusted, and these flowers and plants are beneficial to the Queen Mother's body." After cutting the peony branches, the courtiers went to look for other places in the imperial garden, and saw jasmine and white orchids in a flower garden in the southeast corner, so they cut them together. Lord Yi may have seen the figure of the courtiers at that time, so he misunderstood the courtiers! ”

Song Zilin looked at Xu Zhilan angrily, still unconvinced, and pulled the corners of her mouth and sneered, "You are a sharp tooth, you can always find an explanation!" ”

"What the courtiers say is from the bottom of their hearts, and naturally it is not a statement to excuse themselves! Lord Yi is quite prejudiced against his courtiers, and it is normal for him to refuse to believe what his courtiers say. Xu Zhilan's voice was long, she had already prepared for Song Zilin's unrelenting attitude, and she didn't feel too annoyed, she only turned her head to look at the Queen Mother, and said earnestly, "The Queen Mother can send someone to the Imperial Garden to check carefully, to see if the flower garden in the southeast corner has been cut?" So that the courtiers can be cleared of their crimes! ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "Since that's the case, let's let Grandpa Su go!" ”

Soon my father-in-law went to the Imperial Garden to investigate and came back, and bowed down to report: "The flower garden in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden does have traces of cutting, and there are a few flowers such as jasmine and white orchid, which are exactly what Miss Xu said!" ”

Song Zilin's body stiffened when she heard this, and she secretly gritted her teeth, she clearly saw Xu Zhilan sneaking in front of the peony flower garden, how could this be?

Could it be that when he turned his head and ordered the maid, he let Xu Zhilan, a slut, take advantage of the loophole? What a story! You are really blessed with a great life, so I can't help you!

Thinking that she couldn't help cursing Xu Zhilan in her heart, this slut is used to begging and behaving well, since she picked other flowers for the Queen Mother, why didn't she say it at first, so much so that she thought she had caught the handle of this slut, but it made the Queen Mother feel that she was hurting her, Xu Zhilan, a slut, is really full of tricks and deep scheming!

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xu Zhilan with relief, and then turned her head to look at Song Zilin with a serious expression, "County Lord, this time you should believe that Miss Xu is innocent, right?" ”

Song Zilin looked ashamed, covered her face with her sleeve, and then said: "Zilin was also confused for a while, so she misunderstood Miss Xu!" Miss Xu cares so much for the Queen Mother, I can't wait. It's just that since this is the case, Miss Xu should have told the truth from the beginning, lest Zilin be a villain in vain out of righteous indignation! ”

When Xu Zhilan heard this, he said in his heart that this lord of Yijun was really unreasonable, it was clear that he had done something wrong, and he would just apologize sincerely, but instead accused her, the victim, of not explaining in advance, so that he couldn't get off the stage, which was really shameless.

"Lord Yi, what are these words? The courtiers wanted to make it clear, but before they had time to be like the Queen Mother, Concubine Shu brought a group of palace maids to ask about the crime, and the palace maid Ling'er flatly denied what she had done.

Even if a courtier has a three-inch tongue, she is speechless. I only hope that the county lord of Yi will not be so prejudiced against the courtiers in the future, and it will inevitably make people wonder whether it is because the courtiers of the autumn hunt have offended the county lord of Yi, which makes the county lord hate it to this day! ”

Concubine Shu and the palace maid Ling'er, who was kneeling on the ground, both looked unnatural when they heard this, and their hearts were flustered.

Song Zilin was even more annoyed, her apricot eyes widened, and she said angrily: "Xu Zhilan, you don't want to spray people with blood!" Are you accusing the lord of this county of deliberately harming you? How could the county lord be obsessed with that little thing about the autumn hunt? You must have underestimated the heart of this county lord! ”

"The courtiers obviously only cut four peony flowers, why did Concubine Shu say that most of the peony flowers were destroyed? Whether anyone did anything after the courtiers left, it is unknown! Xu Zhilan looked at Song Zilin steadily, and a pair of autumn water cut eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.