Chapter 353: Trial (3)
But the situation on the field is not allowed for Zeng Rong to think deeply.
Because she didn't wait for her to clear her thoughts, the palace ordered the female official to urge her to reply on behalf of the queen.
"It's true that a roll of gold leaf thread was lost." Zeng Rong first admitted the matter.
Then, she also stated the situation at the time, and even the details of Yoo Chunmiao's discovery that the door lock was a hinge and the lock was picked together, but she hid the secret from the green lotus.
There is no way, Green Lotus's revenge has not been avenged, she has just gained a little trust from the imperial concubine, and Zeng Rong doesn't want to pull her into the water.
"At that time, Aunt Liu told Xia Guan that it is more likely that the person who picks the lock should be a man, and the girl does not have such strength." Zeng Rong added.
"It's just one side of the story, and who can testify? If an outsider really comes, can the eunuch and palace maid on duty not find out at all? Unless the thief is an internal thief, there is a word called prison and self-theft. The palace lady said.
There is some truth to this.
Zeng Rong thought for a moment and replied: "I admit that what you said has some truth, but you forgot the key point, I embroidered a regular dress for the queen mother's birthday, I am the person in charge, if this matter is turned out, I know very well what the consequences will be, I don't need to put my own life on the line for this bit of silver, and also on the future of the two aunts." And after the incident, I went out of the palace for this roll of gold leaf thread, and wanted to ask the shopkeeper of the Splendid Workshop to help me find it. It's a pity that she said that this kind of thing is only available in the palace, and even if the embroidery workshop is assigned by the palace, she can't help me, so I went back to the palace and found the two aunts again. If you don't believe it, you can ask the shopkeeper of Jinxiufang for verification, and by the way, ask me how much I could get paid in her month before. ”
"If it is really as you said, you earn more outside than in the palace, why do you want to enter the palace to be an embroiderer?" It was the imperial concubine who asked this.
She asked on purpose, because she knew about the festival between Zeng Rong and the Wang family, and wanted to lead the cause of the incident to the Wang family, so that the emperor, Zhu Heng, Zeng Rong and others mistakenly thought that the queen was venting her personal anger.
After all, a few days ago, the queen had just caused Zeng Rong to fall ill, but a few days later, the emperor still sent Lord Xu as a minister to the northern border to investigate the case of grain and grass shortage, and it was impossible for the people of the Wang family not to hold a grudge against Zeng Rong.
"Back to the imperial concubine, the reason is very simple, because the lower official has good craftsmanship and reputation, Yu has to push the lower official out. To this end, she promised that on the premise of not affecting the embroidery workshop, she was still willing to buy the pattern drawings designed by Xia Guan. Zeng Rong replied.
"Off topic, let's find out the gold leaf thread first, who is so bold to frame you? What is the purpose? Wang Tong spoke.
She believed Zeng Rong's words again.
A person who can earn a hundred taels of silver by casually drawing a few patterns has no reason to go to the idea of beating the Queen Mother, if it really delays the birthday of the Queen Mother, it is difficult to say that the death penalty is not a death crime, but she will definitely not be spared, and she will have to be stripped of her skin if she does not die.
Therefore, the person behind the victim either had a holiday with Zeng Rong or had plans for her, and she herself was one of the suspects.
In order to prove her innocence, she had to find out about it.
"Back to the queen's mother, Xia Guan also wants to know who the other party is, what is the purpose, at that time Xia Guan was just a small embroidery girl, reasoning, it is not in the way of other people's affairs, let alone other people's way." Zeng Rong replied respectfully.
"Maybe you've offended people without knowing it. You also said that you have good embroidery skills and a great reputation, and there are too many people who are jealous and jealous of your craftsmanship and want to make you a little stumbling. Tian Guifei spoke.
This is the first time she spoke after entering the door, after watching the excitement for a long time, she faintly felt that this matter was mostly related to the imperial concubine, and if the dispute continued, I was afraid that the queen and the imperial concubine would not end well.
In this way, she can not offend anyone, and she can sell well in front of the emperor, and everyone knows that she does not stand in anyone's team, and she has always been a high-minded person.
And this time the reason why she spoke out was for the emperor, because she knew how much the emperor valued the imperial concubine, and with this one thing alone, the queen could not bring down the imperial concubine, but it gave the emperor a problem, if she helped the emperor solve this problem, the emperor would naturally look down on her.
She's only less than thirty years old, so if she could, she should have a chance to have a baby, right? It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's your own flesh and blood.
"Zeng Rong, did you ever have a grudge with someone when you were in the embroidery workshop?" Wang Tong asked.
She also hopes to find this person, pry open this person's mouth, and see if she is instructed by someone, because with a little embroidery girl, she will never dare to touch the things of the Queen Mother, especially the things that the Queen Mother uses for her 60th birthday, if she is really caught, this crime will definitely harm her family.
"Back to the queen's mother, no." Zeng Rong replied very firmly.
Seeing that the queen set her eyes on herself, Liu Chunmiao pondered for a moment, and said: "Queen Qiyu, there has been a small quarrel in the girl's family, but there should be no real grudges, Historian Zeng has always been kind to people and helped a lot of people." ”
"These are two different things, being kind to others is not the same as being good with everyone, there are small quarrels, it is inevitable that there will be no villains with hatred." Wang Tong said.
"Back to the queen's mother, there is also a time when the family is close to each other, not to mention that so many little sisters live together day and night, how can there be no small quarrel? But a small quarrel is not the same as grudges, we often quarrel in the morning and do not wait for the evening to close, absolutely not to the point of breaking people's future and life and death. Zeng Rong retorted.
"That's what you think, you're still young, you don't know how sinister people's hearts are." Tian Guifei spoke again.
"That's it, I have my own arrangements for this, so let's stop it." Zhu Xu spoke.
If you continue to quarrel like this, you will definitely not be able to make a difference, but he has roughly sorted out the matter, and most of it is involved with A-Yao, but if he investigates it again, he will only push an insignificant person out and send him to death.
Zeng Rong, this girl is kind-hearted, a stranger, she still jumped down to rescue a stranger, not to mention the little sister who worked with her, didn't she see that she even dared to fight the queen in order to protect them?
"Since the emperor said so, the concubine will retire, and the concubine should also go to Cining Palace to see the queen mother." The queen stood up and said.
The queen is leaving, and the other concubines naturally follow, and it just so happens that they should also go together to greet the queen mother.
Zhu Wu originally planned to go to Cining Palace with his mother, but when he saw that Zhu Heng didn't move, he was reluctant to leave, and in the end, Tong Yao gave him a look, so he went out with him.