The eldest lady will not cry easily, but at this time, she shed tears, and it is impossible for Mama to lie to her again when she reaches this point.

But if Zhou Shen hadn't died in her hands, who would have done it behind her?

Soon someone came over and dragged Mama's body down, and the emperor looked at the eldest lady with a serious face: "Now I can only dispose of you according to the law." ”

"Let the emperor punish her, the courtiers have no complaints, the emperor promised not to implicate the Protectorate Mansion, but the courtiers still have something to say. ”

Seeing that she was no longer quibbling, the emperor raised his head slightly and asked, "What else do you have to say?" It is impossible to let me be exempted from punishment, think clearly before speaking." ”

The eldest lady made a big salute, kowtowed three times in a row, and her forehead was bruised and bloodied: "Mama does know the courtier, and she just told the courtiers that she didn't kill the person, so there must be someone else behind it." ”

The surrounding palace people fell silent, lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak, the emperor disposed of people, she said that people were wronged, isn't this obviously slapping the emperor's face?

The emperor didn't speak for a long time, and his eyebrows tightened: "Do you mean that I wronged her, or did I wronged you?"

The eldest lady shook her head and said: "The courtiers confessed to Zhu Qingliu, but it was definitely not Mama who killed Zhou Shen, and the courtiers implore the emperor to investigate thoroughly!"

"Even if it is found out, what can it prove? She's just a subordinate, why do you believe her?"

"The person behind must have something strange, and if she can understand so much, she must be someone around her, which shows that this person has ill intentions and bad intentions, because she has been with the courtiers for more than 20 years and has never betrayed and deceived. ”

The emperor finally agreed, Chu Jingshu came over in a hurry, and happened to hear the emperor's voice: "I will let people investigate carefully, and you will be stripped of your official status and assigned to the frontier!"

"No, the emperor ......" Chu Jingshu cried and knelt down, the emperor did not mean to be soft-hearted because of her.

"If you say half a word more, you will be demoted to a common person and driven out of Beijing. ”

Chu Jingshu breathed tightly, feeling like her throat was being choked, and she didn't even have the strength to cry at this time, and watched the eldest lady being taken away.

"Go back, I don't want to see you these days, don't come over. The Emperor said this, and she had to leave for the time being.

Chu Jingshu was full of thoughts about the eldest lady, Shangjing was prosperous, what kind of bitter place was the frontier? She couldn't let her mother go there!

But the emperor refused to see her, and she couldn't take the initiative to go over, and there were even rumors in the palace that she was going to fall out of favor.

The only way to break the rumors was to let the emperor take the initiative, so she thought of the protector.

When the Protector heard that Chu Jingshu had sent someone out of the palace, he thought that he was reporting the news of the eldest lady, but when he went, he saw Chu Jingshu dressed as a maid.

"You," the Protector of the Kingdom's face froze, and coldly retreated from the surrounding maids, "You all stand down, don't come near if you have nothing to do." ”

"Yes. ”

After the people left, the face of the Protector changed suddenly, and his tone couldn't help complaining: "Why did you come back like this?"

"If I don't come back, will my father think about looking for my mother?" Chu Jingshu's gaze swept over his face, and he couldn't see the slightest worry or sadness.

He has always only had the second lady, only the glory of the Protector Mansion, when does he care about the life or death of others? The eldest lady is no exception.

"You're here to question me?" Protector's expression became unsightly, and he snorted coldly, "It's not your turn to teach me what I did, what did she do, do you think I don't know in my heart?"

"Since the mistake has been made, I can only think about how to make up for it," Chu Jingshu pursed the corners of her mouth, "I took the risk to come back, not to quarrel with you." ”

"The emperor wants to send his mother to the frontier, even if the Protectorate Mansion is not implicated, but it must have an impact in the eyes of outsiders, and the emperor refuses to see me, I don't even have a place to plead. ”

"Then you want me to intercede for her?" asked the Protector in shock, his reaction made Chu Jingshu even more disgusted, and he had to endure it.

"I want you to think of a way to let the emperor come up to see me, as for whether the plea can be successful, I don't know how likely it is. ”

The Lord Protector had no choice but to respond: "You let me think of ideas." ”

"I have a way, that's why I came back to you, and you did what I said. Chu Jingshu's eyes flickered, and she told him what was in her heart.

"I will do as you say, if you have something to do, just let the palace people come to visit, you don't have to come out in person, and I will have someone send you back later." ”

Chu Jingshu wanted to leave, but when she heard the action, she sneered at him: "Is my father afraid that I will also implicate the Protector Mansion?"

"You!" the Protector glared at her.

She left without looking back, three days later, a courtier reported, many places locust plague swarms, according to the custom of Great Chu, the emperor to calm down and bathe, under the edict of his own guilt.

"The minister calculated that there was a potential nobleman in the palace, and if she helped, she could help the emperor solve the locust plague and calm the anger of the gods. ”

"Who is it, don't you want to talk about it quickly?" the emperor immediately asked.

"The seven stars in the northeast are bright, south of the middle palace of the ground survey, and the southwest of the palace is the lady in the palace. ”

That was Chu Jingshu's residence, the emperor's expression was a little cold, the courtiers couldn't see the emperor's joy and anger, and they didn't dare to persuade for a while, only the protector stood up.

"The minister thinks that the emperor should put the people first, if the locust plague is not eliminated, this year's harvest will be difficult, not to mention the emptiness of the treasury, and the people will be even more difficult to survive. ”

"Well, I'm thinking about it. "Now that the doctor is in prison, if Chu Jingshu takes the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, then he can't be punished like before.

"The younger brother thinks that the royal brother doesn't have to think about it. A cold male voice came, and when everyone saw that it was Lu Yuanbai, no one dared to say that he was not.

The emperor's face was serious: "Do you think that the people don't have to care?

Lu Yuanbai walked to the side of the Protector, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled meaningfully, and turned to the emperor: "Brother Chen thinks that the nobleman's words cannot be believed. ”

The emperor raised his eyelids slightly, and his tone was still not good: "What do you think?"

"Brother Chen accidentally saw a few days ago that Concubine Jing was talking to Qin Tianjian and promised a lot of benefits, is it too much of a coincidence?"

"The younger brother knew that there was no evidence, so he deliberately searched for evidence from the Qintian Prison Mansion. Lu Yuanbai handed over those things to the eunuch and then sent them to the emperor.

Qin Tianjian's face turned pale, and he knelt down directly, and the emperor was already in a bad mood because of the locust plague, and he was suddenly furious.

"It's just that she usually makes trouble, I can think she's playing petty, but I will never allow it, anyone calculates on state affairs!"

The emperor didn't wait for the eunuch to say that he would go to court, and left directly, and the protector wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and saw that Lu Yuanbai was still standing beside him.

"You'd better not worry about this matter anymore, this king must let the eldest lady bear the responsibility, you should protect yourself rather than mixing indiscriminately. ”

Chu Jingshu had bought off Qin Tianjian a few days ago, and she had already prepared it, waiting for news in the palace, and when she saw that the emperor really came, she was surprised and delighted.

She stepped forward in surprise: "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor turned pale and slapped her in the face, causing her half of her face to be red and swollen, and she fell to the ground and couldn't get up.