Chapter Seventy-Six: Catch the Mouse
A few days of danger have passed, and Chen Xiaoxiao did not force Qiuyue to speed up.
Five days later, Chen Xiaoxiao said in full view of everyone that she was going out of the temple, and took Bai Zhi out in a carriage from the back door of the palace.
After Chen Xiaoxiao walked for a while, she heard a sneaky figure come to the rain courtyard, this person was Xia Lu, she tiptoed to avoid people coming in, looking around, it was frighteningly quiet.
She had a feeling of unease, came to the place where Chen Xiaoxiao worshiped the Bodhisattva, and wanted to push the hand that opened the door, but it stopped, and she didn't decide to go in for a long time.
"What are you doing!" Qiu Yue suddenly appeared, patted her on the shoulder, pinched her throat and whispered, "Why don't you go in?" ”
Xia Lu was startled, turned around, saw that it was Qiu Yue, breathed a sigh of relief, and blamed, "Scare me, can you not be so scary?" ”
Qiu Yue was dissatisfied, "It's not that you're moving so slowly, what are you going to do?" Hurry up, it's very difficult for me to spend them, if you don't wait for someone to come back soon, I won't be able to help you next time. ”
"Okay, Grandma, I know, you're guarding outside." Xia Lu said proudly, "Don't worry, I will definitely guarantee that you can be a concubine Chen this time." ”
Qiu Yue showed an excited look on her face, as if she was about to succeed, "You go!" ”
Xia Lu laughed and scolded the fool in her heart.
She pushed open the door and walked in, hiding the door, after entering, she found the Bodhisattva enshrined by Chen Xiaoxiao like a familiar way, and was picking up the Bodhisattva with both hands, and suddenly saw the paper below, she was startled.
"What are you doing!"
Some people shouted angrily, and a large number of people poured in behind the screen, and Dongxue bore the brunt of it.
Xia Lu almost dropped the Bodhisattva to the ground, but it was Dongxue's quick eyes that snatched the Bodhisattva's golden body.
She was caught, tied up, and screamed, "What are you doing? Let me go! ”
Under Xia Lu's surprise, Chen Xiaoxiao walked out from behind the screen.
Xia Lu asked incredulously, "Aren't you out?" ”
Then he shouted angrily, "Qiuyue, you slut! You lied to me! ”
"Master, find this piece of paper on her." Bai Zhi presented a piece of paper in front of Chen Xiaoxiao.
Chen Xiaoxiao opened it and saw that it was exactly the same as the previous one, except that the blood stains had just been put on, and it didn't look completely dry.
"Go and invite the princess."
"Yes." Dongxue received the order and went out directly.
Xia Lu looked at Chen Xiaoxiao angrily, "What if you call the princess to come, the princess won't believe you." ”
Chen Xiaoxiao sat on the chair, calm and relaxed, "Can you tell me, why did you harm me?" I remember, I've never offended you, right? ”
Xia Lu lowered her head and kept silent, Qiu Yue hurriedly came up with an idea in order to invite merit, and said flatteringly, "Master, if she doesn't say it, she will beat it, and she will definitely say it." ”
"Just you talk a lot! The master hasn't spoken yet! Bai Zhi reprimanded her.
Qiu Yue was said by Bai Zhiyi, and she shrunk her neck and stopped talking.
The princess and her entourage came over soon, accompanied by Concubine Liu, Concubine Yu, and Concubine Li, when Dongxue asked to see, these four people were enjoying the flowers, and they all came with Dongxue when they heard that something happened in the rain courtyard.
"What's the matter? Why are they all here? Liu Ruyu asked as soon as she came in, her eyes fell on Xia Lu, who was kneeling on the ground, and quickly moved away.
Chen Xiaoxiao stood up and saluted, "The princess is well." ”
The others also saluted, "The princess is well." ”
Liu Ruyu waved her hand, "No need to be polite." ”
Chen Xiaoxiao let go of the chair and took the initiative to come over and help the princess sit down, Concubine Li was not outside, she sat down behind her, Concubine Liu covered her nose and sat furthest away from Liu Ruyu.
Concubine Yu was just about to pick up a place to sit, but Chen Xiaoxiao squeezed her away and sat next to Concubine Li.
Yu was robbed of the position of the concubine, and she dug Chen Xiaoxiao hard, and then stood unwillingly, but she leaned on Hongmei with half of her body.
Chen Xiaoxiao cleared her throat, "Princess, look at these two pieces of paper. ”
Bai Zhi quickly presented the two pieces of paper and presented them to Liu Ruyu.
Liu Ruyu opened the paper, and the content that caught her eye couldn't help but make her gasp, and she put the paper down in a panic.
"What's going on?"
There is no need to look at it, Liu Ruyu knows that the content on the second piece of paper is not much better.
"Let's take a look at the sisters too." Chen Xiaoxiao said with a smile.
Concubine Li was aroused, she directly stepped forward and grabbed it, Rao is usually a calm person, and at this time she couldn't help but feel a cool breeze.
After reading the two sheets, she sat back in silence.
Bai Zhi wanted to present the paper to Concubine Liu, but Concubine Liu frowned, "Take it, take it." ”
When Concubine Yu saw the piece of paper, she was taken aback at first, and then secretly felt a little cool in her heart, thinking that whoever is so good at doing things should treat this fox spirit like this.
Chen Xiaoxiao knelt down in front of Liu Ruyu, "Please call the shots, this maid who ate the gall of a leopard, knowing that the concubine worships the golden body of the Bodhisattva in order to pray for the blessing of the prince, and hopes that the prince will return safely on the battlefield, she actually, unexpectedly, unexpectedly,"
She burst into tears.
Bai Zhi hurriedly handed Chen Xiaoxiao a handkerchief, Chen Xiaoxiao took it, pressed the corners of her eyes, and wet the handkerchief with tears.
Liu Ruyu hurriedly stood up and helped Chen Xiaoxiao up.
Chen Xiaoxiao leaned on Liu Ruyu's arms, staggering, choking, "She actually put this filthy thing under the golden body of the Bodhisattva, if I hadn't gone and returned today and found her, the prince would have been killed by her." ”
Concubine Liu felt goosebumps all over her body, and sat farther away from them with her nose covered.
Liu Ruyu helped her sit down, and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, this concubine will definitely make decisions for you." ”
This is different from the past, Chen Xiaoxiao worships the Bodhisattva, it is precisely to pray for King An on the battlefield, and it is not a trivial matter to do things here.
Chen Xiaoxiao just wanted to use this excuse to make things bigger.
She sat on the chair, still couldn't hold back her tears, and said, "There is only one hope for the princess in the concubine." ”
She almost grabbed Liu Ruyu directly and forced her to make decisions for her.
Concubine Li also came over to comfort her, "Don't cry, interrogate the person in front of you first." ”
"Yes." Facing Chen Xiaoxiao's tears, Liu Ruyu suddenly felt a little scared and said hurriedly.
"Who is this called Xia Lu, why hasn't this concubine seen it."
Bai Zhi came out and said, "Back to the princess, this Xia Lu is the sweeping girl of Xuanmo Pavilion, she used to work with our master, but today she sneaked into Tingyuxuan and was caught by us." ”
Xia Lu, who was kneeling in the middle, was expressionless at this time, and she looked at everyone indifferently.
"Why did you put this thing in Concubine Chen's house? Who instructed you? Liu Ruyu sat upright before asking.
Xia Lu didn't speak, and the green clothes walked up and slapped Xia Lu twice, and the corners of her mouth soon bled out.
"The princess asked you what to say, and you dared to ignore the princess."
Xia Lu's head tilted to the side, and then she turned back, a burning pain on her face.