The poisoning incident did not alarm the emperor.

Instead, it was left to the queen and had full authority to dispose of it.

Su Jiu sat beside Xiao Tingchen and watched a palace maid kneeling in the hall crying.

She kept kowtowing, "It's all the slave's fault, General Murong scolded the slave many years ago, and the slave and maid held a grudge, so they poisoned the wine, intending to murder the general by the hands of the prince...... The slave is wrong, the slave knows that ......"

She cried so badly.

Between the words, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Su Jiu looked at Murong Ming, and the other party sat in the hall with a dark face.

Obviously, I didn't believe the words of this palace maid.

The queen played with her carefully trimmed butterfly-shaped long nails, "General Murong is a hero, and your intention to murder him is a great crime for the Nine Clans." Thinking that you took the initiative to confess your guilt and did not cause casualties, this palace gave you the punishment of cane death, can you be convinced? ”

The little palace maid hurriedly kowtowed, "The slave is convinced, this is what the slave and the maid deserve!" ”

Su Jiu raised an eyebrow.

This palace maid is in a hurry to beg for death.

After the queen finished dealing with the palace maid, she said gently: "General Murong and Miaoyi are frightened, and the palace is uneasy. Coincidentally, there is still a lack of a side concubine by the prince's side, if you don't dislike it, the palace wants you to be the prince's side concubine. This palace will love you as your own daughter, are you willing? ”

Murong Yi got up, glanced at the prince shyly, and greeted him respectfully.

In the eyes of the Murong family, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

The poisoning incident seems to have come to an end.

Su Jiu left the Four Seas Pavilion with Xiao Tingchen, walked a few steps in the corridor, and suddenly stopped.

She rolled up her wide sleeves, "Little brother......"

Needless to say, Xiao Tingchen already understood what she wanted to do.

He bowed his head, "Go ahead." ”

Su Jiu looked at him.

I don't know when the tacit understanding between her and Xiao Tingchen has been so good.

He knew what she wanted to do and encouraged her to do it.

She rejoiced in her heart, stood on tiptoe and kissed his jaw before she turned and ran away.

Xiao Tingchen touched the place where he was kissed, and his thin lips hooked lightly.

On the Four Seas Pavilion.

A series of chandeliers lined up on both sides of the hall to illuminate this magnificent attic.

The little palace maid who confessed her guilt had been dragged away, and only Empress Zhao, Zhao Wuyang and Murong Yi were left in the hall.

Zhao Wuyang knelt on the ground, half-bowing his head.

Empress Zhao sat upright and mocked with a smile: "Zhao Wuyang, you have a lot of skills, and you actually provoked Xu'er to murder the minister...... Just like you, do you expect to be a queen in the future? How did your mother teach you? ”

Someone told her that Empress Zhao knew that the glass of wine was poisonous early on.

Even if Murong Yi hadn't knocked over the glass of wine by mistake, her people would have prevented Murong Ming from drinking it.

The little palace maid who just confessed her guilt was just a scapegoat to protect Zhao Wuyang.

In the face of the queen's ridicule, Zhao Wuyang was silent.

Murong Yi obediently brought hot tea to Empress Zhao, "Queen Mother, the crown princess did an ugly thing, and she almost hurt my father's life." When the courtiers were at the border, the military law was strict, and whoever made a mistake should be punished. Now on the surface, the little palace maid will take the blame for the crown princess, but if the queen mother does not punish the crown princess, even if I can let go of the knot, my father will still have a pimple in his heart. ”

Empress Zhao stroked the hot tea, "Zhao Wuyang, I remember that when your mother was alive, she was also a scheming person." You grew up with her, why didn't you learn anything about it? made you the crown princess, for the sake of you being the Zhao family, thinking that you would help the crown prince. Who would have thought that he would kill his own people in turn...... You've disappointed Hongu so much. ”

Zhao Wuyang remained silent.

From start to finish, indifferent.

Empress Zhao was angry when she saw her like this.

She threw the teacup on the flower table, "Come on, call this palace!" ”

Several palace grandmothers with big shoulders and round waists immediately stepped forward and picked up chicken feather dusters to greet Zhao Wuyang.

Zhao Wuyang knelt there, letting the duster whip him, and he was still silent.

Empress Zhao really didn't want to see her, so she got up and left with a cold face.

Murong Yi made a smug face at Zhao Wuyang and quickly followed the queen.

……

Su Jiu returned to the Four Seas Pavilion, and the candle flame of the branch lamp was clearly extinguished.

The night breeze blew the light veils around her, and the girl in red lay on the floor, her wide sleeves and cumbersome embroidered skirt spread out, lining her slender waist and petite figure.

She looked at the ceiling, her little pale face still calm.

Su Jiu smelled blood in the air.

Looking closely, the girl's palace skirt was dyed with deeper blood.

Blood stains were also faintly visible on the floor.

She walked to Zhao Wuyang's side.

Carefully picking up her skirt and petticoat, Zhao Wuyang's sickly white legs were covered with new wounds, and the skin and flesh were very pitiful.

You don't have to think much about it to know that she is also full of injuries, large and small.

"You are Queen Zhao's daughter-in-law and her niece, why is she so cruel to you?" Su Jiu whispered, and wiped the blood stains from the corners of her lips with a handkerchief.

Zhao Wuyang sat up and asked instead of answering: "Why did you come back?" ”

Su Jiu took out a jar of medicine from his wide sleeve, "Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the little palace maid is a scapegoat." As for who the real culprit is, you can roughly guess it from when Empress Zhao asked Murong Yi to be the prince's concubine. Thinking that you might be settled by the Queen, so I came back. ”

"Huh."

Su Jiu opened the small medicine jar, "When I studied the incense path, I found that many plants still have medicinal value. I made this jar of ointment with a few spices to help the wound heal without leaving a scar. Bear with me, I'll put it on your wound. ”

She first helped Zhao Wuyang clean up the wound before applying medicine to her.

The movements are gentle.

Zhao Wuyang always stared at her.

After a long time, he said coldly: "Why do you want to help me?" Are you pitying me? ”

Su Jiu shook his head, "You are a serious crown princess, and maybe the queen in the future." And I'm just a concubine of King Yong, where is my turn to pity you? ”

She paused, "When I heard Xueting, you knew that I killed Xiao Jingzhen's two maidservants, but you didn't expose me. Tonight, the Imperial Garden also reminded me to guard against Murong Qing...... Zhao Wuyang, you are very good to me, so I am also willing to be good to you. ”

Zhao Wuyang was stunned.

Su Jiu's eyebrows were crooked when he laughed, and his eyes were bright and bright, as if he was hiding the sun.

It's a lot like a big brother......

She awkwardly looked away.

Su Jiu seriously bandaged her wounds, "Although you have a strange temperament, I have decided that from now on, I will treat you as a friend." ”

"Who wants to be your friend?"

Su Jiu smiled, "You! ”

The candles on the chandeliers gradually burned out.

Without candles, the moonlight looks extraordinarily bright.

Zhao Wuyang's face turned pale, "I don't need friends." ”

Since she was a child, she has had a strange disease, and even the maidservants in the house refuse to play with her, and call her a little monster behind her back.

She is a sinner exiled by the sun.

She could only live alone in the dark.