Jin Yanjiao looked at Ming Shen's fearless appearance, the corners of her mouth skimmed the elder with disdain, and then quietly handed Ruyu a look, and slowly fixed on Ming Shen's Nanmu hanging flower pulling bed with Ruyu's gaze.

Ruyu suddenly understood, walked over quickly, lifted the acacia mandarin duck quilt on the bed, only to hear the crisp sound of a clear bell "pop", and a yellow and clear cloud and phoenix pattern golden hairpin rolled down in front of everyone's eyes.

Looking at the dazzling cloud and phoenix pattern golden hairpin on the ground, Ming Shen's eyes widened suddenly, and he walked down from the kang couch.

Only the nurse and Caifeng Lingxi are qualified to enter her bedroom, and the original order was to prevent the framing from happening, but now the fact that the iron beating is in front of her eyes, she has to suspect that among the three people closest to her, there is an inner ghost.

Because the nurse is calm and serious, all the gold and silver of Ming Shen are kept by Jing Ma, and Caifeng is more lively and active, so she has been taking care of the diet and daily life of the West Chamber, leaving a demure and introverted Lingxi girl, who is responsible for tidying up the bedroom, folding quilts and making beds and other trivial chores.

The quilt is stacked to make the bed, and the hairpin is turned out of the bed, so the person who betrays himself is - Lingxi!

Ming Shen immediately turned his head to look at the Lingxi next to him, and the Lingxi hung his face and rubbed his fingers nervously, as if he had done something wrong.

Alas! Ming Shen closed his eyes in disappointment and sighed lightly, this expression happened to be seen by Jin Yanjiao, coupled with the conclusive evidence at the moment, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and even the tone of his speech was several times more arrogant than Fang Cai: "This is really day and night prevention, and it is difficult to prevent thieves, I have long heard that Concubine Shen is shallow when she has small eyelids, and she loves to do some obscene deeds of stealing chickens and dogs, but I didn't expect that now you are married into the palace as a side concubine, and you still haven't changed the old 'old problem', hum, come on, take her to the princess to ask for punishment and punishment!" ”

When the words fell, several mothers-in-law stepped forward, trying to hold Ming Shen with all their hands and feet, Caifeng hurriedly protected Ming Shen's body, like an old hen protecting her chicks, kicking her feet to prevent those people from approaching.

Seeing this, Jing's mother was also anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Ming Shen defend: "My master didn't steal anything, someone must have deliberately framed us." ”

Jin Yanjiao raised her leg and kicked Jing Ma to the ground, then glanced at Ming Shen's eyes with disdain, and sneered in a coquettish voice: "Now that everyone has stolen goods, if you want to quibble, go to the princess to quibble." ”

Mingshen and the others blocked it with all hands and feet, and rushed over to pick up Jing's mother who fell to the ground, and before she had time to pat off the dust on her body for her, she saw that Ruyu was not long-sighted and wanted to pull her clothes.

So Ming Shen couldn't care about the identity of the side concubine anymore, and waved her hand vigorously, aiming at Ruyu's side face and inciting it fiercely and quickly, and scolded: "I don't look at my identity, I dare to pull my clothes!" ”

There is a difference between respect and inferiority, Ruyu forgot her roots for a while and suffered a lesson, so she could only swallow her voice and endure it, and only said: "Our slave is just acting on orders, besides, haven't we met you yet?" ”

"His heart can be punished, this slap should be a lesson for you!" After Ming Shen stared at her with cold eyes, he swept over the surrounding people one by one, and raised his head and said: "This side concubine can go with you to see the princess, but if anyone dares to hurt people again, this side concubine will never spare her, I don't believe you can try, see if Prince Duan's mansion will humiliate the side concubine of the emperor's imperial decree for a group of unknown slaves!" ”

"Hey, even today's son has been brought out, where do we dare to offend, but the evidence of your theft is conclusive, please ask the side concubine to go to the princess to confess." Jin Yanjiao sneered, thinking of taking the opportunity to humiliate their master and servant, but at this moment, she failed to succeed, so she had to make a gesture of invitation, and led Ming Shen to the princess to look for an opportunity to start.

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When Ming Shen followed Jin Yanjiao and others to the princess's residence, Yilan Courtyard, there was a chilling air blowing in her face when she entered the door, making people feel as if they were in the ice and snow, and even made her, who had always been afraid of cold, have a thin layer of goosebumps!

Ming Shen raised her eyes and looked, the princess wearing a royal blue silk silk robe wrapped in auspicious clouds, half leaning and half leaning on the rose-red brocade chaise longue, a dazzling five phoenix hanging beads swayed in her towering bun, plus a group of girls kneeling next to her, beating the shoulders and fanning the fan, suddenly lined her with the momentum of the stars and the moon!

"The concubine Nalan clan greets the princess Niangniang, and wishes the Niangniang a long and happy life." Ming Shen bowed respectfully, and then quietly raised the corner of his eyes and looked at her carefully.

The princess's surname is Gusu, her name is Yilan, her appearance is just like her name, she belongs to the dignified and beautiful kind, a pair of moist eyes are as ethereal and transparent as ice and snow, and under the corners of her eyes, there is a red and dazzling cinnabar mole, which appropriately embellishes her delicate face with a little charm, and her skin is as white as jade, bullying frost and snow.

However, the only fly in the ointment is that she is already in her thirties after all, and there are a few faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, which can not be covered by good fat powder, just like the gorgeous snow satin has been rolled out of folds by the years, no matter how you iron it, it is difficult to restore the original new and smooth!

"Isn't this the new concubine Shen Fang? Why are you willing to come out to meet people today? ”

Gusu Yilan's gentle tone revealed an auspicious and luxurious atmosphere, and when she saw her turn her face to look at Jin Yanjiao, she asked lukewarmly: "And you, Mrs. Jin, why can't you be quiet for a moment at noon, what are you doing here to make a fool of yourself here?"

Hearing the princess's tone, she didn't seem to like herself very much, thinking that she was shelving it in the name of recuperating from her injuries, and she didn't come to ask her, so Ming Shen had to make amends: "It's just that the burns on the concubine's hands have not healed, and she has suffered from heat stroke in recent days, so she has never asked the princess for peace when she entered the door. ”

Seeing her so calm and able to say such a thing, it can be seen that the city government is not shallow. Gu Su Yilan glanced at Ming Shen, then looked at the Jin family who was ready to go next to her, slowly picked up the teacup, and asked with a sneer: "In this way, Concubine Shen is specially invited to this princess today?" It's just that the time of morning and dusk is early in the morning, and you come here at noon, it seems a bit 'out of place', right? ”

Ming Shen was slightly embarrassed, the princess's words were obviously biased towards the Jin family, but in the final analysis, she was rude, and she couldn't complain that the princess treated people differently, so she had to hang her face silently and no longer speak.

Hearing this, Jin Yanjiao hurriedly owed to the princess, and said in the future: "Princess Qiyu, Concubine Shen didn't come to greet you at all, but was arrested by the concubine and asked you to convict her!" ”

"Oh?" Gu Su Yilan suddenly came to her senses, and said in a shallow sip of tea: "Mrs. Jin starts from the beginning, what crime did Concubine Shen commit?" ”

Jin Yanjiao glanced at Ming Shen, who was still holding a salute on the ground, hooked her lips and smiled: "Princess Qiyu, Concubine Shen stole the cloud and phoenix pattern golden hairpin that the prince gave to the concubine, the hairpin just turned out of her bed, and there are human and material evidence, and I can't deny it at all." ”

"Concubine Shen, is that what Mrs. Jin said?" Gusu Yilan's eyes were as calm as water, and suddenly set off ripples, like a clear cold light shooting out, directly on Ming Shen's body.

In the face of such a question, Ming Shen really didn't know how to answer, if he said yes, it would be tantamount to admitting that he was a thief in disguise; If not, the evidence is ironclad, and she cannot deny it at all, and all explanations will only turn into self-inflicted sophistry.

She was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised a sincere face, and said frankly: "Back to the princess's words, the concubine doesn't know how to answer, but the concubine still has to show her innocence, Mrs. Jin's hairpin must have been secretly placed in the quilt of the concubine, not by the concubine. ”

Seeing her calm and unhurried attitude, Jin Yanjiao became angry and embarrassed, and the slender fingers wearing red gold beaded armor pointed fiercely at the top of Ming Shen's head, and said hurriedly: "The princess must not listen to her sophistry with red mouth and white teeth, it is clear that she was taken down by the concubine and the concubine, and she can't get over her face, so she deliberately finds an excuse to find herself under the stairs?"

Gu Su Yilan sneered noncommittally, her clear eyes flowed back and forth between the two of them, and she was thinking about it again and again.

Speaking from her heart, she absolutely believes that Ming Shen will not steal, because now she is in a difficult situation, and she is afraid of being cautious, where can she dare to take the initiative to provoke a difficult person like Jin's?

should have helped her expose the tricks of the Jin family, and took the opportunity to frustrate the arrogance of the surnamed Jin, but unfortunately Ming Shen was just a side concubine who did not accept favor, and she was the daughter of the prince's rival, if she slapped the Jin family in the face for her, it would be a bit more than worth the loss.

Jin Yanjiao saw that the princess's face was hesitant, she secretly pinched a cold sweat in her heart, and hurriedly fanned the flames on the side: "Princess Niangniang, be cautious and sneaky when she is a child, we all know this, so what she said is also untrustworthy, and now that the human and material evidence is there, she not only does not want to repent, but also uses a three-inch tongue to quibble, it seems that if you don't use the family law, she will definitely refuse to confess!" ”

Hearing this, Gusu Yilan's heart sank, but she didn't expect that the Jin family was becoming more and more arrogant now, and her heart was gradually becoming vicious, which showed that sooner or later she would become a disaster, and she would definitely not be able to stay in the future.

Thinking like this in her heart, but her face was still tepid, Gusu Yilan complied with her meaning, and said in a straight voice: "As the so-called 'state has national laws, The family has family rules', Prince Duan's Mansion is a royal door, naturally it is not as lazy as the rules of the General's Mansion, and then we are here, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate the rooster and dog thief, if the concubine takes the initiative to confess her sins now and repent sincerely, this princess thinks that you are a first offender, only punish you to go to the Buddha Hall to think about it for three days, if you still want to stubbornly deny it, then, the princess has to use family law against you! ”

Hearing the word 'family law', Ming Shen's face turned pale, knowing that this time was inevitable, so he couldn't help it anymore, and argued for himself: "If the princess wants to use family law against the concubine, wouldn't that be a trick?" Mrs. Jin's words can't be believed, the concubine has obviously not done anything, there is no trick to recruit, and I hope that the princess will be clear! ”

Seeing that Ming Shen didn't know how to raise her like this, Gu Su Yilan snorted coldly in her heart, and no longer bothered with her, she suddenly smiled and ordered in a cold tone: "Chunhua, go and prepare the family law, since it is the crime of theft, let's reward the concubine Shen 'palm flower'!" ”

"Slaves obey!" Chunhua replied loudly and went out to prepare.

Within a moment, I saw her leading a few grandmothers to carry a vermilion lacquer small table in front of Ming Shen, and then a few grandmothers grabbed a pair of her jade hands and forcibly pressed them on several sides with the back of their hands downward.

Ming Shen was unwilling to be humiliated, but she was just a weak woman, and she had no ability to resist them, so she could only make a slight struggle to express her inner protest and fear of torture.

At that time, Chunhua took a thorny stick and walked in front of Ming Shen, her lips hooked slightly, and she threatened: "When the side concubine Niangniang first entered the palace, she must not know what 'palm flower' is, right?" The meaning of 'palm flower' is to bloom in the palm of the hand, which is used to punish people with unclean hands and feet, and the slave advises you to hurry up, or use the thorn stick to beat your white and tender palm into a blur of flesh and blood, so how is it good? ”