Chapter 118: At stake

The eldest princess and Shen Xianhe glanced at each other, both feeling strange.

The two of them hurriedly followed the guards and walked forward, and all the people of the Shen family were shocked by this incident.

Mrs. Tai strictly forbade people from other rooms to come out, and finally Shen Xianhe, the eldest princess, the grandfather of the country and the Qin family, plus Mrs. Tai and several people came to the lobby of the Guogong Mansion.

At this time, the emperor and Chen Han had already arrived.

The emperor sat in the most central position, and Chen Han stood beside him.

Everyone knelt down and saluted the emperor, but Chu Xi did not call everyone up, but spoke coldly.

"Auntie, Grandpa Guo, last time I really wronged the Shen family, so I feel guilty, but this time, I have received a secret report, your Shen family has hidden royal blood, how should you explain this matter?"

After saying this, Chu Xi suddenly angrily threw the teacup next to his table directly to the ground.

The tea splashed on the body of Grandpa Guo, who was kneeling in front, and the porcelain shattered on the ground, and the atmosphere suddenly froze, making people feel a little cold.

"Your Majesty, since you said that our Shen family has hidden the royal blood of the previous dynasty, then please tell us, who is the royal blood of the previous dynasty? And what evidence can prove that she is the royal blood of the previous dynasty. ”

The eldest princess calmly asked Chu Xi, and Chu Xi sneered.

"Come, bring people."

As soon as he finished saying this, several guards from the East Factory took a person to Chu Xi with his hands and feet tied and knelt down.

Everyone glanced at the kneeling man, and Shen Xianhe showed a look of surprise.

The person who was tied up turned out to be Greensleeves, one of her big girls.

"This is one of the maids of Xianhe, the girl selected by our Shen family from Zhuangzi, the Shen family can find evidence of this matter, why does the emperor say that she is the royal blood of the previous dynasty?"

"Green sleeves are indeed the son of the family, she is the daughter of a farmer in Zhuangzi, and that farmer has been taking care of Zhuangzi for several generations in the Shen family."

The eldest princess explained the identity of the green sleeves very calmly.

Chu Xi's face was cold, and he sneered at the eldest princess.

"Auntie, do you think I didn't check the background of Green Sleeves? She is indeed the daughter of a peasant household in your Shen family's Zhuangzi, and she was indeed sent to the Guogong Mansion as a maid when she was a few years old, and finally became the eldest maid of Xianhe, I have already found out about this, but she is not the biological daughter of the pair of farmers, does my aunt know about this? ”

The eldest princess pursed her lips tightly, if this was the case, things were a little complicated.

If this green sleeve is really the royal blood of the previous dynasty, even if it is an unintentional mistake, because she doesn't know her identity, she was adopted by a farmer and sent to the Shen family to be a maid.

And this situation is completely dependent on the emperor's trust.

If the emperor trusts you, of course he is willing to believe that this is just a farmer accidentally adopting a daughter, and the exposure of the royal blood of the previous dynasty was purely accidental, and it was just a small punishment and a big commandment.

But the emperor has been pulling the Shen family's pigtails, but he found out that the green sleeves are the royal blood of the previous dynasty, which is troublesome.

When the eldest princess was thinking about what to do, Shen Xianhe spoke instead.

"Your Majesty, you said that Green Sleeves is the royal blood of the previous dynasty, what is the evidence?"

The eldest girl beside Shen Xianhe was carefully selected by the eldest princess for her.

High loyalty, strong ability, neatness, and emotional intelligence, which is top and best.

So after Shen Xianhe crossed over, she never changed the maid beside her.

Because she knew that the maids had always been very central, and of course she had never doubted these four maids.

Who knows, Chu Xi will start grabbing the pigtails from the maid beside her.

Until now, Shen Xianhe couldn't judge, what did Green Sleeves think now?

After Greensleeves was caught in and knelt down, he didn't look at her, but knelt on the ground with his head down like this, making people have no idea what Greensleeves was thinking now.

"Cousin, do you think I won't prepare evidence? Someone came, parents with green sleeves came in. ”

After saying this, a middle-aged couple who were a little old were brought in by the Dongchang guards.

The two men seemed to be frightened, and as soon as they entered, they knelt on the ground tremblingly and kowtowed.

Talking is even more trembling and non-stop.

"The grass people have seen the emperor."

The parents of the green sleeves said this sentence tremblingly, and Chu Xi spoke to the parents.

"I ask you, is Greensleeves your own daughter?"

Greensleeve's father was flustered, he had never faced the majesty of the heavenly family, and at this moment the whole person seemed to be an ant on a hot pot, for fear of provoking the nobles here by saying any word.

"Back to ...... The emperor's words, the green sleeves are grass people...... A child I picked up outside that year......"

"Where did you pick her up?"

Chu Xi asked again, and Greensleeve's father was already trembling like a sieve.

"Grass People...... The grass people picked it up by the stream......"

At this moment, Shen Xianhe spoke directly to Chu Xi.

"Your Majesty, the farmer raised a daughter who was not biological, our Shen family didn't know about it, and even if he raised an adopted daughter, this is also the freedom of the farmer, he sent his adopted daughter to the Shen family to be a maid, but also to supplement the family, our Shen family also sees that the green sleeves are diligent and measured, which is why she works in the Shen family, before you come today, our Guogong Mansion does not know the bloodline of the green sleeves, not to mention, until now, the emperor has not come up with evidence that the green sleeves are the bloodline of the royal family of the previous dynasty."

"Chen Han, bring Wen Po up."

Immediately, a middle-aged woman about forty years old was brought in, she knelt on the ground, and Chen Han asked.

"Tell me everything you know."

"The concubine gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses seventeen years ago, when she was in labor, the concubine was the most famous local woman, a man in black ran to the concubine's house, took a knife and threatened the concubine to deliver the child for his wife, and also gave the concubine a sum of money, the concubine naturally had to go, at that time the woman was renting a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the capital to live, when the concubine went, the lady was about to give birth, and she gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses."

"The boy who was born has six fingers on his right foot, and the girl, she was branded with a plum blossom mark on her waist, and the concubine saw that the family left a mark on the girl, and the concubine secretly heard them say that the two children could not be taken away, and now they are in a difficult situation, so the little lady will first be abandoned in the village for adoption, and will be taken home the next day."

After Wen Po finished speaking, Chen Han spoke again.

"In the past year, Dongchang has found out that the boy who was delivered by this Wen Po at that time was the royal blood of the previous dynasty, and now he is dead in prison, and he does have six fingers on his feet, and all the people around him have been caught, Green Sleeves are very similar to the boy who died, if Green Sleeves is the girl back then, according to Wen Po, then there is a plum blossom mark on her waist, you can ask Mama to go down and check."

Of course, Shen Xianhe didn't know if there were plum blossom prints on the green sleeves and waist, but Chen Han and Chu Xi had already prepared to this extent, and Chu Xi immediately ordered an old grandmother to go down with the green sleeves to check it.

But in a moment, Greensleeves was brought in again.

"If you go back to the emperor, the green sleeves do have that plum blossom mark on his body."

Up to now, there are all human and material evidence, anyway, the fact that the green sleeves are the blood of the royal family of the previous dynasty cannot be refuted.

"Now that the emperor has found out the identity of the green sleeves, why did the emperor say that our Shen family secretly hid the royal blood of the previous dynasty, this is obviously because they discarded the child, our Shen family made the green sleeves become the maid of the Guogong Mansion by mistake, our Shen family has the responsibility of negligence, but never deliberately secretly hid the identity of the green sleeves."

Grandpa Guo calmly opened his mouth to Chu Xi.

In any case, if it is intended to collect the royal blood of the previous dynasty, it obviously means that it is preparing to rebel, and the Shen family cannot recognize this matter.

"Grandpa Guo, auntie, of course I want to believe that you have been deceived, but Green Sleeves said wildly, saying that your Shen family knows her identity, Green Sleeves, you repeat everything you said to me before."

It seems that the key point is here in the green sleeve mouth, if he bites back, saying that the Shen family has always known his identity, and is still cooperating with the royal family of the previous dynasty like them to prepare to overthrow the royal family, then the Shen family's rebellion will not be cleared.

Shen Xianhe was suddenly very nervous, she just looked at Green Sleeves, thinking about what to do with what Green Sleeves would say.

Green Sleeves finally raised his head and glanced at Shen Xianhe.