Chapter 109: Reprimand by the Imperial Court
Lord Guo hung his head, unwilling in his heart, but because of the situation, he had to grit his teeth and say: "It's the minister, thank you for waking up." ”
Seeing that the tide was turning, the others also admitted their mistakes and vowed to find the people who wantonly spread rumors.
Under the suppression of Chu Junlan, the court did not make trouble, and those who originally wanted to seconded the proposal to remove the crown princess also stopped thinking. Folk rumors grew like weeds, and began to spread outside the capital. The officials of the capital came forward to suppress it, but they were no match for the crowds. The imperial court was burning because of the spread of rumors, and Li Qiuchi was not much better.
She locked up all the palace maids in the wardrobe and interrogated them one by one, but there was no flaw, and all the palace maids had their own set of explanations. The time for them to guard their clothes is from midnight to midnight, and they have not slackened for a moment during this period, and the people sent are all palace maids selected by the inner palace, and there will be no conspiracy.
After the interrogation, Li Qiuchi asked the eunuchs in the palace to guard the palace maids who looked good at the wardrobe. She rubbed her temples, feeling a splitting headache, and her heart was burning to the point of fire. Although Chu Jinrong never mentioned how serious the situation outside was, she didn't need to be told by others, she also knew the situation outside. Now that the situation is getting more and more serious, she can only hurry up and find clues.
"Miss, I asked someone to make your favorite water chestnut cake and send it to the room, and you can eat it when you go back." Cuiyu helped Li Qiuchi out of the door and said softly.
Li Qiuchi suddenly felt comforted, and she hooked her lips happily, "Cuiyu, you still understand me." ”
Jade smiled shyly: "This is what a slave should do." ”
Walking on the way back to the house, Li Qiuchi looked at the clusters of flowers near the lake, and she felt comforted in her heart, and suddenly brightened. It's just a small ordeal, and it's not enough to worry about it all day.
"The crown princess is too much! It's just that you have an ominous personality, and you want us to worry about it! Look at her interrogation look, it's clear that it's a thief shouting to catch a thief, and she doesn't know it! "A palace maid was indignant behind a flower bed.
When Cuiyu heard this, her anger immediately rose, and she was about to rush out with a gloomy face, but she was pulled by Li Qiuchi. She curled her lips for a long time, her voice understated, "Keep listening to them." ”
"Oh, isn't it? I don't know what kind of moth to fix, my good sisters are still locked up inside and refuse to let them out, saying that they will continue to interrogate next time. I don't know what to interrogate, it's just a waste of our subordinates' time. It's not wrong to say that she's an ominous person. Somehow, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still hasn't driven such a person out of the East Palace. The other maid sneered coldly.
"Needless to say, it is naturally with the queen's favor! Didn't you see the queen mother's maintenance of her? Snort, but this kind of favor is estimated to be only for a moment and a half. Wait for the queen mother to be disgusted with her, and see how arrogant she is! The market outside the palace is looking forward to her being kicked out! ”
"Tsk, such a scourge is still in the East Palace, is it the embodiment of the fox spirit?"
"I think so, it is estimated that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so fascinated by her that he was so reluctant to drive her away, it is really a disaster!"
Li Qiuchi was embarrassed, and she was so dignified that she gave her the hat of a vixen. Women, why bother women.
Cuiyu really couldn't listen to it anymore, and she was about to scold her angrily, but she was one step ahead.
"Don't you want your head to talk about the master behind your back?" The cold and rugged male voice sounded, followed by a burst of neat footsteps.
Listening to the voice, the two palace maids knelt down as if they were frightened, "I've seen the head of the guard." ”
"Crown Princess, can you still endure it? These two palace maids are arguing about the master, which is simply a contempt for the palace rules, please ask the mother to come forward to correct the palace rules! ”
Hearing the sonorous voice of the chief guard, Li Qiuchi couldn't be a melon-eating crowd anymore, so she had to walk out from behind the flower bed.
Seeing Li Qiuchi come out, the two palace maids showed frightened expressions, and they almost collapsed to the ground. It's over, the princess must have heard it all.
"What a coincidence, this princess is here to enjoy the flowers, is there anything wrong with the guard?" Li Qiuchi opened her mouth casually, and when she glanced at it, she saw the chief of the guard holding the sacrificial robe, and she raised her eyebrows.
Seeing Li Qiuchi's nonchalant tone, the chief guard was immediately dissatisfied, "Niangniang, the two palace maids have insulted you behind your back, please punish the two of them to correct the palace rules!" ”
The faces of the two palace maids turned pale, and they crawled in front of Li Qiuchi tremblingly, pleading with tears: "The crown princess forgives her sins, and the slave knows that she is wrong!" Ask for forgiveness! ”
Li Qiuchi originally planned to forget it like this, but when he heard them begging for mercy, he didn't feel very good in his heart for some reason. Fang just gossiped behind his back without knowing the consequences, and now that he was caught, he cried and begged for mercy. It's nothing to say bad things, she doesn't care much about this, she sits upright, and she is not afraid of being talked to. But what she despises the most is such a spineless person.
The two of them were still crying and begging for mercy, and the crying sounded in her ears, making her heart upset. Cuiyu saw the boredom in Li Qiuchi's eyes, and she scolded coldly: "Since you have violated the palace rules, you have to bear the consequences!" What does crying look like? Isn't it fun to talk behind your back! Her cold eyes fell on the two palace maids, and for a moment they stopped crying, trembling at the touch of her eyes.
"Come on, pull these two palace maids who don't know the rules to the Shen Penal Division, I believe that the people in the Shen Criminal Division have their own decisions."
Hearing this, the faces of the two palace maids suddenly turned pale, and they completely collapsed to the ground, their eyes full of despair. After entering the Criminal Division, can they come out safely? I'm afraid that if I come out, the rest of my life will be wasted.
After the guards behind him dragged the palace maid down, the palace maids who passed by with fruit plates all hung their heads tacitly and left quickly.
The chief guard smiled, and in Li Qiuchi's eyes, she glanced at the chief guard coldly. But listening to his relaxed tone, "If the crown princess is fine, the minister will retire, and the clothes will be sent to the palace." Sensing Li Qiuchi's falling gaze, he shook his head regretfully, "It's just a pity, such a beautiful sacrificial garment is ...... after only wearing it once."
Li Qiuchi twitched the corners of his mouth, if he didn't know the mother-like attributes of this guard elder, he would have thought that he had deliberately come to expose her scars.
She was about to leave, when she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance that penetrated the tip of her nose. Her eyes widened suddenly, fragrant! He suddenly turned around and shouted to the chief of the guard, "Wait a minute! ”