Chapter 17: The Pearl of the Night

"! People brought! ”

As soon as the sharp male duck's voice opened, it was earth-shattering, and Xu Tingyu silently moved to the side.

I can't stand it.

"Xu Tingyu? Xu Tingyu of Wuhou Bofu? ”

A slightly puzzled voice sounded, the door in front of him opened, and as soon as Xu Tingyu caught a glimpse of the bright yellow dragon robe, he immediately knelt down with the surrounding eunuchs and saluted.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Get up."

Xu Tingyu looked at the people around him, and when he saw that they all got up, he followed suit, without the slightest presumptuousness in Zhao Shicheng's place.

"I saw you at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet before, and you weren't as restrained as you are now."

The emperor rubbed the jade wrench on his thumb, the meaning was unknown.

Xu Tingyu was thinking about how to reply, only to hear a delicate and tactful voice coming.

"Your Majesty knows this one?"

Xu Tingyu's eyes immediately fell on the woman who appeared on the emperor's side, not to mention the many hairpins on her head, they are all very precious, and the most important thing is that the flower embroidered on this woman's body is a kind of peony, but it is not very famous.

Dare to wear the peony on her body, this woman must be a favorite concubine, and covet the back position!

His mind turned here, Xu Tingyu heard the emperor's answer, and asked the woman, "Concubine Shu, what did you do when you asked someone to bring the young lady from Wuling Bofu?" ”

Lady?

Hearing that this woman was the mastermind who brought her, Xu Tingyu couldn't help but be a little more vigilant.

"Does the emperor remember the night pearl you gave to your concubines before?"

Concubine Shu said, her eyes glistening with tears.

The emperor nodded, "I heard that it was lost, and you sent people all over the palace to find it...... But what does this have to do with the young lady of Wuling Bofu? ”

The pearl of the night?!

Xu Tingyu remembered the night pearl that Zhao Shicheng gave her, and the old eunuch who took someone to search her room before, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"There is a maidservant girl who said that she saw the light of the night pearl when she passed by a room in the East Palace, and the concubine asked Zhang Dehai to take someone to take a look, as for why she brought back this young lady from Wuling Bofu, the concubine didn't know." The lady whispered softly.

The old eunuch stepped forward and presented something to the emperor with both hands, "This is the night pearl that the old slave found in this young lady's room." ”

Xu Tingyu's eyes widened, and he immediately opened his mouth to defend, "Your Majesty! And this lady Mingjian! This night pearl was given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not stolen by me! ”

"You are the young lady of the Wuhou Bofu family? Why is there no etiquette like this? In front of the emperor, you actually call yourself me, how can it be unreasonable! Concubine Shu scolded angrily.

Gui Shu Xian ...... There is no queen in the palace, this woman is either the eldest or the second, and she can't afford to be provoked.

Xu Tingyu, who realized this, immediately changed his words, "It's the courtier's fault, the courtier's daughter heard that Shufei Niangniang is the most easy-going, so she accidentally indulged a little, I believe that Shufei Niangniang will definitely not be careful!" ”

Concubine Shu choked, turned her head to the emperor and said in a gentle and virtuous tone, "The concubine has never heard of Miss Xu, and she doesn't know much about Miss Xu, but His Royal Highness the Prince's concubines still know, and the emperor should also know, do you think, how can this Miss Xu actually let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince give her the Night Pearl?" ”

The emperor's gaze swept over Xu Tingyu, with deep thought and complexity that Xu Tingyu couldn't understand.

"Someone! Miss Xu Tingyu of Wuling Bofu stole Concubine Shu's night pearl and slammed her staff to fifty boards! ”

Fifty boards! It's a human life!

Xu Tingyu wanted to cry without tears, "Your Majesty think twice!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince, and his character and virtue are all the best of the best, and he is the most high-spirited and bright on weekdays, and he is happy to be charitable, and the courtiers have heard of it outside the palace! Besides, what proof does the lady have to prove that this pearl of the night is yours?! ”

The people around who came to listen to the rain all paused, hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, this woman put a high hat on His Royal Highness the Prince, if they go up now, wouldn't it be offending His Royal Highness the Prince?

offended the crown prince...... Even the faces of the concubines beside the emperor have changed.

"Lady." The Emperor spoke lightly.

Concubine Shu made a look, and a maid beside her knelt on the ground and said, "When the slave maid heard that Concubine Shu lost the Night Pearl, she passed by the East Palace and happened to see the light of the Night Pearl, and now she found the Night Pearl in this girl's room, and this girl said that it was given by His Royal Highness the Prince...... The slave maid thinks that there is no such thing as a coincidence. ”

"Pull it down!" The emperor was crisp and neat.

Xu Tingyu suppressed the dirty words in her stomach, closed her eyes in despair, this is the rhythm of human and material evidence in front of her, it is useless for her to say anything, the only thing she can count on is that Zhao Shicheng will hurry up.

"Wait!"

Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Zhao Shicheng stepped in, looked straight at the concubine beside the emperor, and after giving the emperor a salute obediently, he said slowly: "Erchen did give Xu Tingyu a night pearl, does my father remember?" That day, the minister asked his father for the night pearl. ”

Seeing that Zhao Shicheng was here and was willing to testify to her, Xu Tingyu's eyes lit up and he nodded again and again.

"Yes! The night pearl of the courtiers was rewarded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! It's not the one that the lady lady lost! ”