Chapter Twenty-Three: Backing
"Before the matter was clarified, I still said that you stole it, if you interrupt me to find out the truth of the matter, then I can say that you stole something by yourself and framed me, so you are a thief!" Su Zhiyuan didn't scare him at all, and his words made the arrogant girl shut up.
Princess Changle couldn't help but chuckle out loud when she saw Su Zhiyuan's eloquence being so good and reacting so quickly, but now was the time to find out the truth, so she quickly thought for a while: "Just two quarters of an hour ago." ”
Two quarters of an hour ago, I should have been with a few highnesses?
Su Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, "But two quarters of an hour ago, I was with His Royal Highness Si, where did I have time to go to Concubine Wan Niangniang to steal things?" ”
The group of ladies thought that Su Zhiyuan deliberately pulled Sikong Qianche out as a backer, after all, everyone knew that she was loved by Yun Guifei and had an excellent relationship with Sikong Qianche, even if Sikong Qianche was willing to commit perjury for her, it was normal.
"Hmph, even if you pull out the Fourth Highness to block the sword for you, it's useless, who doesn't know that you have a good relationship with the Fourth Highness, and the concubine Niangniang is biased towards you, so what you say can't be counted at all!"
There is no end to it, Su Zhiyuan is really helpless.
She shook her head: "Okay, even if the Fourth Highness has a good relationship with me, then I can also invite the Third Highness and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over, they can all testify for me, I just met them two hours ago, so I don't have a chance to steal from Concubine Wan at all." ”
Is that so?
Princess Changle looked at Su Zhiyuan, but secretly thought in her heart: If this Su Zhiyuan didn't lie, then she was wrong, but it was impossible for her to be wrong, so the only possibility was ......
"Come on, go and invite the Third Highness and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over, and say that there is a big matter to invite them to come over to administer justice, and by the way, call the Fourth Highness." In order to make this matter less hasty, Princess Changle still ordered someone to invite the prince and Sikong Mubai.
As soon as several people heard that the matter involved Su Zhiyuan and Princess Changle, they rushed over one after another.
Sikong Mubai asked what happened first, Princess Changle frowned, and said: "It was before the banquet started just now, I met Concubine Wan Niangniang in the imperial garden, she was going to pick up the water lilies that bloomed early in the water, so she took off the bracelet that her father rewarded her and put it on the table mountain in the pavilion, I saw a person, who was very similar to Miss Su, wearing the same clothes she had just changed, wondering if Miss Su took the wrong ......"
Princess Changle is still very afraid of Sikong Mubai, after all, the little princesses in the palace are most afraid of Sikong Mubai for their brothers.
"Do you dare to slander people without seeing it clearly? Changle, are you doing things so sloppily now? Sikong Mubai was afraid that he had wronged Su Zhiyuan, so he reprimanded Princess Changle together.
When the prince saw this scene, he hurriedly played a round: "Okay, third brother, it's most important to find the person who stole the thing first, since it wasn't Miss Su who took it, and Concubine Wan was sure that she had lost something in the imperial garden, so let's check what happened at that time." ”
"Wait." Su Zhiyuan stopped the person who was going to find out the truth of the matter, and said: "It's better to investigate this matter quietly, this matter is not so simple to think about, it's better not to investigate it with such fanfare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might as well send someone to investigate secretly, and we still have to pretend that nothing happened." ”
Su Zhiyuan had already determined that someone was deliberately coming at him.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw that what Su Zhiyuan said made sense, so he nodded in agreement, and ordered someone to quietly investigate the truth of the matter, and at the same time let everyone still return to their seats, and the banquet continued.
Almost halfway through the feast, the prince's men returned.
Everyone waited for him to tell the result, but they didn't expect him to reply very ashamedly: "Your Highness is angry, Concubine Wan's handpiece was found in the box of a small palace maid in the back, but the palace maid was so frightened that she committed suicide because of the search." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, since this is the case, then Su Zhiyuan's grievances can be regarded as washed away.
As soon as Su Zhiyuan heard that the palace maid was dead, he knew that this matter could only be regarded as an end, and it would inevitably happen again, and if the mastermind behind the scenes was not caught, this matter would definitely be endless.
Princess Changle felt a little guilty, because she didn't notice it for a while, she almost wronged Su Zhiyuan, so she specially asked Su Zhiyuan to sit with her, and apologized to Su Zhiyuan seriously: "Miss Su, this matter today is not from this palace, this palace apologizes to you here, in order to apologize, this jade pendant will be given to you as a gift, don't refuse me." ”
Saying that, she took off the jade pendant hanging on her waist and handed it to Su Zhiyuan with both hands, which made Su Zhiyuan indeed a little flattered.
Hurriedly waved his hand: "Princess, don't be like this, I can't stand it." ”
The prince saw that Changle insisted on giving Su Zhiyuan a jade pendant, so he said: "Su Zhiyuan, since Changle gave it to you, you should quickly accept it, our Changle is such a character, you don't want to accept her." ”
Su Zhiyuan had no choice but to accept it, and followed Princess Changle to her seat and sat with her.
Seeing her apologized so much by Princess Changle, many ladies couldn't help but be moved, especially Su Zhiwei, she was already a little jealous, why did the prince, the third highness, and the fourth highness all revolve around this Su Zhiyuan, but no one took care of her, which made her heart very unbalanced.
Because of Princess Changle's preferential treatment, many ladies hurriedly came over to make friends with Su Zhiyuan, and she was a little impatient to entertain these ladies.
Just when she was about to think of an excuse to slip away first, the emperor suddenly arrived.
She could only get up with everyone and shout three times, the emperor smiled and asked everyone to get up, and the prince invited him to sit down on the throne and said, "Father is so excited today!" I actually have time to come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet."
"Hundred Flowers Banquet Hundred Flowers Banquet, naturally a hundred flowers are blooming, I also want to come and see this scene of flowers, it's okay for you to play with yours, I'll just take a look." The emperor looked at the ladies below, and naturally showed a very close to the people.
Originally, there were already three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, but as soon as the emperor came, everyone naturally became excited again.
After all, many ladies who strive for this opportunity want to soar to the sky and become the person next to the emperor, and now that the emperor is here, he must perform better than usual.
At this time, Su Zhiwei stood up and suggested to the emperor: "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty is so good, why don't you let the little sisters perform some talents for Your Majesty, and see who can make Your Majesty happy, can you think it?" ”
Su Zhiwei, this monster, what the hell does she want to do? When Su Zhiyuan saw her smiling like this, she knew that she must be going to be a ghost again, and her heart immediately became vigilant.
The emperor was naturally happy and waved his hand: "Yes." ”
Su Zhiyuan carefully observed Su Zhiwei's movements, while eating silently, trying not to attract the attention of others, she had enough of the limelight today, and she couldn't have any more problems at this time.
With the emperor's permission, the crown prince immediately asked people to start preparations, and in a short time, the musicians were already holding their instruments, and a vacant space was packed up in front for them to perform.
A few people who were in an urgent mood immediately began to recommend themselves and went on stage to perform their best performances, which caused the emperor to nod constantly.
Just after the third girl finished playing the piano, Su Zhiwei stood up again, she glanced at Su Zhiyuan lightly, the smugness at the corner of her mouth couldn't be hidden, she faced the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, what you see is just general, although our third sister has always had a dumb disease before, but she has also been studying hard at home, and her talent is much more exquisite than a few of them, why don't you let my sister show you a hand?" ”
Su Zhiyuan had been guarding against her for a long time, but she didn't expect her to be so bold that she dared to plan on the emperor, but now it's only too late.
However, Su Zhiyuan is not afraid of this, isn't it just a dance, what's so difficult?
She chuckled, stood up, and said loudly: "Then my sister thanked my sister for recommending me, since I took advantage of Your Majesty's pleasure, the little woman will be ugly." ”
After getting the emperor's permission, she came to the stage generously, walked to the side and discussed with the musician for a while, Su Zhiyuan looked around again, walked to the side of the weeping willow tree and broke off a flexible willow branch, and trembled, yes, that's it.
Su Zhiyuan returned to the middle of the venue, nodded to the musician, and when the music started, everyone was suddenly startled and their spirits were shocked, it was actually "Breaking the Array"?
I saw that Su Zhiyuan's face was slightly constricted, and suddenly she was no longer the girl who was smiling just now, her face was serious at this time, her eyes were focused, and the long willow branch in her hand seemed to have turned into a flexible and sharp blade.
Her body rises and falls with the music, constantly making various changing postures, which is really delicate and graceful, dazzling.
At the climax of the music, the thin willow branch in Su Zhiyuan's hand seems to have become a variety of weapons, in the eyes of people who don't understand, she is performing a dance in front of the emperor, but in Sikong Mubai's opinion, Su Zhiyuan has clearly used eighteen kinds of weapons, and her moves are ruthless, the thin willow branch dance is impermeable, and it can be attacked, retreated and defended, and the end is neat.
It's not that Sikong Mubai hasn't seen her make a move, but now in front of so many people, she dares to play like this, and she is indeed quite timid!
Sikong Mubai's eyes looking at her were full of playfulness and exploration, and they were full of domineering possessiveness.
Su Zhiwei's seat was slightly back, and there was a row of royal relatives in front of her, so Su Zhiwei thought about it, and just as the musician played the last note, the willow branch in her hand flew out and rushed straight to Su Zhiwei's door!