Chapter 124: Proving Innocence
"I didn't expect this to happen." Madame Yu spoke slowly, her tone bitter and disappointed.
A bold girl stepped forward and took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Yu, I heard that the college recruitment exam questions have been stolen?" ”
"That's right, the masters have already set the exam questions and sealed them in the library of the academy. This matter was not deliberately concealed, and many people knew about it," Mrs. Yu said and stood up, looking at everyone condescendingly, "The Xiaoxiang Garden, where we hold an elegant gathering today, is only separated by a low wall from the Library Pavilion, even if it is a girl's house, you can easily climb over the wall and sneak into the Library Pavilion. ”
Mrs. Yu paused as she spoke, leaving a breath in the flower hall, as if deliberately leaving a gap for everyone to think.
After a breath, Madame Yu spoke again and said slowly: "No matter who takes the exam questions away, I will give you a chance to change your ways—I will hold my back for a while, waiting alone in the inner hall, and if you ask someone to bring me a letter to admit my mistake within a stick of incense, and return the exam questions, I will not publish your name to the public, and only remove you and your people from entering Mengxi Academy." ”
"If you confess your mistake to me in the future within a stick of incense, then I will do my best to find you out, and I will bring this matter to the saint, and then you will not blame me for not leaving you and your family with the slightest affection."
After Mrs. Yu finished speaking, she left with the maid, and someone came in with an incense burner and incense, and lit the incense in public and inserted it in the incense burner.
The flower hall was quiet for a while, and the needles could be heard, and the girls subconsciously closed their mouths together, only looking around frequently for suspicious people, and even Wei Qingqing couldn't help but secretly look at everyone in the flower hall.
After her eyes turned around the girls, she fell on Gu Wan who she had met near the low wall before, but saw that she was calm and relaxed-could it be that she guessed wrong, and the theft of the exam questions had nothing to do with Gu Yun?
It's not Gu Yun, who is that?
Wei Qingqing habitually turned on the detective mode and touched her chin to find clues......
The incense inserted in the incense burner gradually burned out, but no girl left the flower hall, and Mrs. Yu's face was still very ugly when she reappeared in front of everyone.
"I waited for a stick of incense in the inner hall, but no one came to confess my mistake," her face was even more ugly than before, and her tone was even heavier, "People who don't admit to making mistakes are so obsessed!" ”
She snorted angrily, brushed her sleeves and said, "Then don't blame me for being merciless!" Mingyue, Mingyu, you led people to seal the entire academy, not allowing people to enter or leave, and then gave me a detailed inventory of all the people who had been close to the library pavilion! ”
Madame Yu's two maids immediately took the order to leave.
At this time, Princess Qingping stood up and said indignantly: "Master, I ask for a whole body search to prove my innocence." ”
Princess Qingping is the most beloved little princess of the saint today, and she is also a disciple of Madame Yu.
Although she is deeply favored by her father, she is a straightforward and open-minded person, and she is most unaccustomed to those methods that cannot be put on the stage.
Princess Qingping asked for a body search this time, firstly, because she really didn't take the body search seriously, and secondly, she was very disdainful of the villain who stole things, and she must be pulled out to relieve her anger!
Mrs. Yu had some scruples and politely refused: "Qingping, this move is inappropriate!" Besides, you are a princess, how can you let people search your body at will? ”
"My identity in front of my teacher is not a princess, but just your student," Princess Qingping strode up to Madam Yu and raised her hands neatly, "Besides, my teacher is a respected elder, so there is nothing wrong with you proving my innocence." ”
Mrs. Yu is not a person who twists, seeing that Princess Qingping is generous and asks for innocence, she carefully touched her body according to her wishes, such as the sachets and sachets that can hide the exam questions, and other things are taken off one by one, and they are checked one by one after opening them.
After Madame Yu carefully searched Princess Qingping's body, she announced: "Princess Qingping did not hide the exam questions on her. ”
The faces of the girls present suddenly became a little ugly - if Princess Qingping hadn't been this bird, they would rather die than agree to be searched!
It is not an exaggeration to say that the body search is insulting.
But now that Qingping is a princess, she doesn't care about it, and asks for a body search to prove her innocence, if others blindly shirk it, wouldn't they boast that they are more noble than the princess?
In the case of lost objects, a body search is indeed the most direct and effective way to eliminate suspicion, and if people insist on refusing to let people search their bodies, it will inevitably make people suspicious.
It's just that the girls are pampered in the splendid pile, although they know that they are so troubled by Princess Qingping, they probably can't avoid the body search, but subconsciously they still resist losing weight, and they are all stuck for a while.
"The prince is still guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the trial, questioning, and investigation should all be done, and women are naturally no exception when they make mistakes!" Princess Qingping spoke unceremoniously, and pointed directly at the noble girls present, "The body is not afraid of the shadow, if you have never done it, why are you afraid of being searched?" If you really steal something, don't say it's a body search, and send it to Shuntianfu to pass the hall! ”
There are concubines who are not favored in the family for fear of getting into trouble, so they took the initiative to stand up and respond to Princess Qingping, "In extraordinary times, I should be informal, I am willing to ask for a body search to prove my innocence like Princess Qingping." ”
Princess Qingping showed a satisfied look, and immediately ordered the maid next to her to come forward to search her body, but was stopped by Mrs. Yu.
Mrs. Yu said apologetically: "The stakes are very high, and the body search is really a last resort!" But don't worry, the things that offend you will be done by me and Madame Xiahou personally, and I promise that not a word will be revealed about today's affairs. ”
In order to appease the hearts of everyone present, Mrs. Yu actually used the most demanding rule of Mengxi Academy, "Whoever reveals today's body search, then I will deal with her like revealing the exam questions, so that she and even the entire family will lose their qualifications to enter Mengxi Academy!" ”
Mrs. Yu said it to this point, and the girls present naturally did not dare to disclose the body search, let alone talk nonsense about the exam questions......
Since the matter will never be known, it would not hurt to let the two division commanders, Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Xiahou, search their bodies in order to prove their innocence.
The girls soon figured it out, put aside the unhappiness in their hearts and stood up, saying that they were willing to ask for a body search to prove their innocence.
Madame Yu first asked all the girls and the maids to stand on the right, and then they and Madame Xiahou divided into two ways, carefully searched the things that the girl was carrying, and those who confirmed that there were no exam questions on their bodies stood on the left.
I was only halfway through the search when I heard someone exclaim......
"Gu Yun, you obviously haven't checked yet, why are you standing in the pile of people on the left who have been inspected?"
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