Chapter 37: Proving Innocence

After Su Nianqing finished speaking, she glanced at Mo Xiao deeply.

Mo Xiao seemed to have finally put his mind at ease, he had been gambling, betting that Su Nianqing could prove his innocence.

But why did she wait until now? Mo Xiao didn't know that what Su Nianqing was waiting for was just an attitude of his.

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Su Nianqing, "How do you prove your innocence?" ”

The first time he saw Su Nianqing, he felt that she was a little smart, and even courageous, and today he wanted to see how she could prove her innocence.

"Father, please follow me to the lake."

Su Nianqing was extremely calm, there was no expression on her face at this time, she didn't wait until she was waiting, even if she was acting, he didn't want to.

The group followed Su Nianqing to the lake, it was gloomy for a day, and at this time there was a touch of sunset, but the wind was still a little biting, and when a gust of wind blew, the whole person felt cold.

When I arrived at the location where Mu Chuying fell into the water just now, a group of people, some of whom watched the show, those who cared, and some who watched jokes.

The ground is clean and tidy, and the water of the lake is crystal clear, as if nothing had happened. It's a long way from the gazebo, so you can't see it there, and it happens to be a place where the whole shore of the lake protrudes, and weeping willows are planted on both sides, and although it's early winter, the green willows are still swaggering by the lake.

Mu Chuying was really smart and chose such a place.

Su Nianqing stood where she had just stood, facing the lake, "Father, at that time, the son was standing like this, Mu Chuying shouted to me behind him, I turned around, and she pushed me hard." As he spoke, he used his body to restore everything that had just happened.

The Emperor raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Instead, she pushed you? ”

"Yes."

At this time, Lan Ya spoke, "Your Majesty, Sister Nian'er can't speak clearly, why don't I perform with her!" ”

This girl is very eccentric, very good at observing words and feelings, and when she speaks at this time, the emperor has no reason not to allow it.

The emperor didn't say a word, and Huishou motioned for her to go.

Su Nianqing made a gesture of pushing Lan Ya, and Lan Ya took advantage of her unpreparedness to pull her around, and she was facing the lake.

She shouted, then turned and jumped off.

Although Su Nianqing said the truth, the emperor didn't believe it.

The emperor opened his lips, "You don't mean that you didn't push her." ”

Su Nianqing nodded, "Father, please see, the railing here is up to the chest of the son, and Mu Chuying is as tall as me." Turning to look at Lan Ya, he pushed her hard, but Lan Ya was only pushed by her on the railing, "The county lord of Lanya is taller than Mu Chuying, and I can't push her into the water if the county lord of Lanya is shorter, and I can't push her into the water if Mu Chuying, who is shorter than her." ”

After Su Nianqing finished speaking, the group began to whisper again, feeling that she had some sense.

The emperor also nodded slightly, and sure enough, Su Nianqing did not disappoint her.

Su Nianqing picked up a piece of petals that were stained with some dirt and had been stepped on under the white jade railing, although the petals were broken, it could be seen that they were wood hibiscus petals.

"Father, please see, this is a wood hibiscus petal, Mu Chuying and I came over there with the Queen Mother, naturally the soles of our feet are stained with petals, but the petals should be evenly stressed under the feet, but this petal is different."

After Su Nianqing finished speaking, Lan Ya took out a piece of wood hibiscus petals from the sole of her shoe, "Yes, everyone look." ”

Sure enough, Su Nianqing was reasonable.

Su Nianqing continued to tell the story, "Mu Chuying has never learned martial arts, so naturally she can't fly directly from the ground to the lake, and she has to step on the railing." After speaking, he pointed to the railing, "Father, please look." ”

The railing was still stained with a little residue of wood hibiscus petals and dirt, half of which was left on the railing and half fell to the ground.

The emperor looked fixedly at the earthy petals on the railing, his brows furrowed slightly, and he felt that something was wrong, but he felt that it made sense.

Suddenly, the emperor remembered something, so he spoke: "How can you be sure that this must be on Mu Chuying's shoes, she is not the only one who has wood hibiscus petals on the soles." ”

Su Nianqing smiled, "Does my father suspect that this was stepped on by his son?" The railing is straight, this is just a hollow, Erchen has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and his bones are very hard, and he can't go up at all. ”

After Su Nianqing finished speaking, he looked at everyone, "Everyone knows what our No. 1 talented woman in Kyoto is best at?" ”

Everyone whispered, and there was an uproar, and after a while, someone shouted: "Miss Mu is the best at dancing." ”

"Yes, she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and her softness is very good, and she can jump into the water in one step when she steps on this."

After Su Nianqing finished speaking, there was an uproar below.

"Ahh

"This ......"

Even the emperor was amazed by Su Nianqing's reasoning, "This is also incredible." ”

But some people still don't believe it.

"Sister Nian'er, let's perform it in its entirety, I have also learned dance since I was a child!?"

The emperor acquiesced.

Su Nianqing and Lan Ya began to practice, and finally Lan Ya stepped on the place where Mu Chu stepped on, only to hear the sound of "plop", Lan Ya had already fallen into the water, and the same wood hibiscus petals fell on the soles of her shoes.

"Lanya!"

The crowd panicked and immediately panicked.

"Plop"

With another sound, Su Yanze had already jumped into the lake, but in the blink of an eye, before the emperor had time to call the guards, Su Yanze had already jumped into the lake, almost subconsciously grounding without thinking.

"Brother, Lanya!"

Su Nianqing climbed on the railing and shouted loudly, her face was pale, she had never thought about it, nor had she expected this.

Fortunately, Su Yanze rescued Lan Ya, and both of them were fine, but the lake was too cold, and they were afraid of being cold.

And Mu Chuying, although the emperor has understood what happened, for the sake of General Mu's face, he only said that she fell into the water, and no one was allowed to disclose the news.

A farce until it was dark, and finally the palace banquet began.

Mo Xiao was waiting at the gate of the Empress Dowager's Palace, Su Nianqing came slowly, and when she came to Mo Xiao's side, she only paused slightly and the two went in together.

"Su Nianqing, you already know how to exonerate yourself, right?"

Mo Xiao finally leaned into Su Nianqing's ear and whispered.

Su Nianqing pursed her lips and smiled, and asked rhetorically, "Then wait for the prince to come and save me?" ”

But will he? To him he was nothing more than an insignificant person.

She can save herself, she has such a strong reasoning ability, at this time, Mo Xiao thinks he underestimated Su Nianqing?

The banquet did not change because Mu Chu fell into the water and Su Nianqing was wronged, the palace was already full of people, singing and dancing, this is just insignificant.

After this time, the Queen Mother's eyes changed when she looked at Su Nianqing, in the past, Su Nianqing chased Mo Xiao all over the city, she didn't look down on such a woman in her heart, she thought that this was a woman's immorality, and she didn't even have a basic reserve.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor sat on the throne.

The queen sat on the side, and the ministers and the concubines sat on both sides, at this time it was just the daughters of the ministers who sang and danced, and those women were just reaching the age of the emperor, but their father let them show their talents in front of the emperor, in order to win the emperor's smile, if they could marry into the palace, it would be excellent. But the emperor is already close to the age of sixties, and once he enters the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and women have suffered a lot since ancient times.

Su Nianqing's right eye kept jumping, looking at this banquet of singing and dancing, he always felt like something was about to happen.

Look left and right, Mo Rong has not appeared, the Queen Mother is kind, and will not favor any prince, I don't know why he has not appeared today, Su Nianqing thought about it for a while, and went to see after the banquet.