"I've already gathered evidence of the butler, just wait a little longer, and what he did will be revealed, why send him away now?"

Mingyuexi ran in front of him, because she was in a hurry, so her tone also added some questions.

Thinking of Mr. Bookkeeper's last request before he died, she couldn't calm herself down, and let the housekeeper be sent to the government like this.

Gu Yanbai didn't speak, stood silently, and didn't look at her, Mingyuexi thought about it, and was indignant after all.

"Killing people to pay for their lives, paying off debts, this is a matter of course, although the housekeeper did not directly kill people, but did he let those two people die in vain?"

Gu Yanbai retracted her gaze, her expression was a little indescribably complicated, I don't know if it was Mingyuexi's illusion, she actually felt that she saw a trace of sadness.

"Xiaoxi, today the emperor summoned me into the palace, what he means is that he wants me to suppress this matter, if these rumors hurt the royal face, I am afraid that the entire Hou Mansion will become a thorn in the emperor's side and a thorn in the flesh."

"Not to mention the others, you are also involved in this matter, if the emperor is angry, he will inevitably target you, you are my weakness, do you understand?"

Listening to his words, Mingyuexi's heart softened, she couldn't help but look up at Gu Yanbai's eyes, between the four eyes, she saw clearly what she cared about in his eyes, and her heart couldn't help but move.

"If I didn't care about the truth of the matter, I wouldn't have accompanied you to investigate, Xiaoxi, can you understand my attitude?"

Gu Yanbai said, his face was a little gloomy, he suddenly took a step forward, reached out and hugged Mingyuexi into his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder, closed his eyes, and sighed heavily.

The little resentment in Mingyuexi's heart completely dissipated, and she reached out and patted him on the back, feeling a little distressed.

Gu Yanbai has always been a frank gentleman who is breezy and unreasonable, does not associate with people who are reluctant, and acts with a conscience, but he also has a last resort, in front of the unreasonable imperial power, no matter how much he fights, it will be useless, and he can only compromise and seek perfection.

Ming Yuexi had no doubt that this time it was just that the things requested by the emperor did not touch Gu Yanbai's bottom line, otherwise he would not agree to it.

The two hugged each other quietly in the courtyard for a long time, until Mingyuexi's shoulders were sore, Gu Yanbai raised his head, instructed her a few more words, left in a hurry, and continued to deal with the rumors.

Mingyuexi calmed down, she still couldn't swallow this breath in her heart, why does the imperial power exist, isn't it just to protect the world? Now the royal face is more important than anything else, but it is really the most shameless.

She already didn't like the emperor, but now she spit on her heart a little more, but in order not to cause trouble for Gu Yanbai, she could only hold back the anger in her heart.

Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, I hope the emperor can understand this.

The maid ran over from the backyard, looked at her in a daze and asked cautiously, "Young lady, the subordinates over there are still waiting, do you want to continue to ask?" ”

Mingyuexi's eyes changed, she smiled dumbly, and shook her head: "Let them all disperse." ”

Gu Yanbai acted resolutely, and the matter had been fundamentally resolved, even if it was useless to find out who the perpetrator was, no matter what they said, it was really just a rumor.

The depression in her heart could not be calmed, she no longer stayed in the Hou Mansion, and took the carriage to Buzhuang.

The people in the shop under the old lady were really restless, and before finding a suitable person to manage it, she decided to go and see it first, and it was better to control the situation in her own hands.

Buzhuang closed the door today, and the door was deserted, and those who didn't know thought that this small shop was finally closed.

Looking at this bleak scene, Mingyuexi only felt a little ridiculous, she asked the maid to go to the shop next to her to buy a pen and paper, and laid paper on the spot to write, and the two big characters of recruitment jumped on the paper.

After she finished writing, she posted the recruitment notice at the door, and the bright red paper and vigorous words attracted some onlookers after a while, and people whispered not far away, and the emperor was still mentioned in the words.

Just as Mingyuexi was thinking about how to take the opportunity to clarify the rumors, a bold step forward and asked curiously: "Mrs. Gu Shao, you are the shopkeeper of the cloth village, where did the original shopkeeper go?" ”

The crowd was quiet for a moment, waiting for Mingyuexi to answer, guessing whether it really had something to do with the emperor.

Mingyuexi didn't expect this opportunity to come without effort, she was secretly happy in her heart, but her face was full of helplessness, she arched her hand, sighed and said loudly to the crowd: "You don't know, the original shopkeeper secretly deceived himself, and actually did such a white-eyed wolf thing as privately ignoring his accounts, stealing a lot of money from the Hou Mansion, and now he has sent people to the official." ”

With her answer, there was an uproar in the crowd.

"It turns out that the silver of the Hou Mansion was not borrowed by the emperor, is there someone who is ignorant of the account?"

"I'll just say, how could the emperor borrow money from the Hou Mansion, it must be all fake, and you are still talking so energetically......"

"Who knows, someone said early in the morning that the Hou Mansion was short of silver, and it was borrowed by the royal nobles, and what he said had a nose and eyes, who would have thought that it was fake?"

Listening to everyone's discussions, the corners of Mingyuexi's mouth hooked up a smile, she raised her hand and clapped it twice, and people looked at her: "Everyone, although I don't know what you're talking about, but the money in the Hou Mansion has always been only related to the people in the Hou Mansion, please distinguish between right and wrong, don't listen to some nonsense." ”

Originally, it was unbelievable that the emperor borrowed silver, but now that Mingyuexi has stood up to correct his name, under the word of mouth of the people, the rumors quickly subsided, and the housekeeper has no master, so he can only lie dormant in secret.

Occasionally, a few still want to jump, but it's no longer a climate.

In this game, the emperor and the Hou Mansion almost went to the opposite side of the tension because of these things, but fortunately, in the end, there was no danger, God favored, and everything returned to calm.

"What? actually let that slut in Mingyuexi clarify? Shen Mengxi stood up angrily, knocked over the teacup in his hand, and spilled the hot tea on the ground.

The guard knelt on the ground, bowed his head and whispered coldly.

"Second Imperial Princess, we said it, but people don't believe us anymore, it's Mingyuexi who is too capable of sophistry, and stealing the day to cover up the truth of the matter......"

"I asked you to go over and make trouble for her, and you actually said that she couldn't be alone, all useless waste!"

Where could Shen Mengyi listen, hearing that such a big situation was set, Mingyuexi was actually fine, she jumped to her feet angrily, was furious, and scolded the guards below, and the guards were scolded.

They were indeed sent to follow Shen Mengyi, but they were also royal guards, not servants of a side concubine.