Chapter 208: Mutual Suspicion
Truth! That's the truth! Something made up out of thin air can also be called the truth.
Miao Li looked at Zhu'er, she was heartfelt to her, but she was like this to herself, which reminded her of the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf.
At this time, Xiaohong sent something in, and Miaoli called her over, "You came to tell the prince, did someone write to me yesterday?" ”
Xiaohong thought for a moment and replied, "I didn't see it, I didn't see the girl receive anything except a bottle of pills." ”
Zhu'er immediately grabbed Bai and said: "The girl is close to her, so she naturally helps the girl speak." The slave and maid can't do this kind of thing to deceive the prince, what the slave and maid say is the truth, and it is absolutely true. ”
Miao Li was speechless, this was the slave she brought into the East Palace from the Dingguo Mansion, thinking that she was safe and reliable to use as a confidant, who wanted to stab her in the back. Sure enough, the closer the person is, the deeper the knife will be.
Zhou Shuxuan wasn't angry now, he just wanted to make things clear, after all, the two maids said different things. As soon as he wanted to speak, Miaoli gave him a look and asked him not to speak, and asked him to clarify the matter by himself.
Miao Li held the hairpin and asked, "Are you sure this was given to me by the boy who sold the medicine?" ”
Zhu'er nodded, "The slave maid is sure, it was really given by the prince, and the slave maid didn't dare to lie in front of the prince." ”
Miaoli put the hairpin on her nose and pretended to smell it, and then said: "That boy is selling medicine, if he really gave it, there should be a medicinal fragrance on it, it should not be the smell of fat powder, but also the smell of fat powder on your body." ”
Zhu'er's face was as usual, and it didn't change a little, "This thing has always been stored in the slave maid's place, and it is normal to smell the fat powder in the slave maid's drawer." ”
Good girl, she is not messed up in danger, it seems that she is really going to kill her.
Miao Li said again: "That son costs ten cents for a bottle of medicine, and no matter how you say this, it costs four or five taels of silver." He also costs the same medicine to make, and how long will it take him to save up so much money to buy something like this for me. Zhu'er, I treated you well in the past, don't speak with a clear conscience. ”
"What the slave said was indeed the truth, and there was not a single word of falsehood. It is estimated that the boy saved money, and saved a year's worth of silver to buy a hairpin for the girl. ”
It's starting to lie, it's interesting.
Miao Li deliberately said: "Every one can be explained, and the people behind you are really capable of making such a plan in such a quick time." It's just that you forgot one thing, you don't know that boy at all, in fact, he can't read. ”
"The slave doesn't know, maybe someone wrote it for him."
Miao Li didn't ask Zhu'er anymore, and turned her head to Xiang Zhou Shuxuan, "Every time I say a word, she will subconsciously lie, and she can already explain everything." Whether Lu Guangbai is literate or not, you should know very well in your heart that he is the one who has always wanted to take the top prize. As for this hairpin, the fact that his medicine is sold cheaply does not mean that he is really poor, and the pestle used to pound the medicine is all made of black jade, so there is no need to use these things to embarrass people. ”
Miao Li leaned out slightly, raised Zhu'er's head, put the hairpin in her hand on her head, and gently patted her face, "You are a good girl, bold, you will definitely succeed if you stay by my side for a long time." The bad thing is that the people behind you are too anxious, they don't have a specific understanding of the situation, and they are in a hurry to start when they catch one thing. If you change to someone who the prince is not very familiar with, you may succeed. ”
Zhu'er glanced at her, and then at Zhou Shuxuan, who was sitting on the side with a dark face, thinking that the matter had been revealed, and kept kowtowing on the ground, "The slave knows that it is wrong, and the slave and the maid don't dare anymore." ”
Miao Li laughed softly again, shook her head slightly, and said, "If you hold on a little longer, maybe there will be a turnaround." At the time when you admit your mistakes, you are a complete failure. ”
Miaoli stopped talking and let Zhou Shuxuan handle it herself.
Zhou Shuxuan said with a dark face: "Drag it down and kill it with a cane." ”
Now that it has been revealed, she is innocent, but she is holding her stomach with a stomach.
Miao Li sneered and said, "The prince didn't even ask about the real murderer behind the scenes, and just killed someone like this, who are you shielding?" ”
"What do you mean by that?"
Miao Li said confidently: "One report and one report, you can doubt me, why can't I doubt you?" ”
"I didn't doubt you, what I always said was that I believed you, I just wanted to figure things out."
"You didn't doubt me, and if you really believed me, you should know when you saw that hairpin. Don't you know how rich they are? If you really have a heart for me, will you give me such an ugly hairpin? Miaoli felt that she was holding her breath in her heart, and she doubted her inexplicably, and really went to ask Zhu'er. I don't know if these women can use any means in order to compete for favor?
"Then why are you lying to me?"
"When did I lie to you?"
"I asked you if something was wrong, and you looked uncertain, you must have lied to me."
It's not a thing at all, is it?
Miaoli waved her hand and said, "You just lie to me, I can't explain this." ”
What she said was all true, and she really had no way to explain it. Even if she was allowed to die, she would not betray the eldest princess.
After chatting to this point, Zhou Shuxuan stood up and walked out without looking back, and didn't come back all night.
When Xiaohong waited for Miao Li to sleep, she also persuaded a few words, "Girl, don't mess with the prince." No matter how he says it, he is a prince, he is a man, and he still has to save face. And the slave saw that he was really not angry at that time, and it was not that he was suspicious of you, he was really just trying to find out the truth of the matter. ”
Miao Li did not speak.
"The crown prince is already very good, even ordinary men may not be able to do this. If you suspect that your wife is fornicating with others, she will definitely beat and scold, how can you make the prince so kind. ”
"I know, you don't have to persuade me, I know it all in my heart, you go back to sleep first." Miaoli covered the quilt and said to Xiaohong, without looking back.
She really knows this in her heart, how good Zhou Shuxuan is, she is like a mirror in her heart. She said this just for fear that he would ask more, and if he asked a few more words, it would be completely leaking.
Xu Meitang is too ruthless, this time she completely grasped her lifeline, she didn't want to betray the eldest princess no matter what.
Maybe you can probe Zhou Shuxuan's tone first to see if he can accept this matter, and then talk about it after tonight, she may not sleep well this night.
And she thought it right, but in the end, she had a sleepless night, keeping her eyes open until dawn, and she didn't come up with a good solution.
The head is also white, and she has always felt that it is very bright, but now it looks like a mess, and she can't think of a good way? It seems that you can't have it both ways.
At that time, I said the wrong word, and it was like stepping into an irreparable abyss. If only she didn't know about the eldest princess, it really hurt her.
In the early morning of the second day, Zhou Shuxuan didn't look at her, and went directly to the court. broke up unhappily like this, and both of them felt uncomfortable.
I have known for a long time that quarrels are normal, but I just don't know what to do after a fight. Zhou Shuxuan felt that he was very calm at the time, and he didn't even say a word to her, and in the end he ended up being coldly spoken, and he was also very uncomfortable in his heart.
After discussing things with hundreds of officials, I still didn't ease up in my heart. But the same thing I remember about Miaoli, I couldn't approve a book anymore, so I looked up and asked Gao Fu, "Has she eaten?" ”
"The girl doesn't seem to be up yet."
Zhou Shuxuanzi asked: "Why hasn't you gotten up yet?" Didn't sleep well last night? ”
"It seems that I heard the palace maid who kept watch say that she didn't seem to sleep all night, and it was quiet when it was almost dawn."
Zhou Shuxuan couldn't sit still even more, she wasn't particularly honest when she slept, and it was easy to kick the quilt when she flipped over, what if she caught a cold? She shouldn't have been allowed to sleep alone, it was better not to leave at the time, and now I don't know how to go back.
In fact, it's not that you can't go back, as long as you don't want to lose face. After all, he is a dignified prince, how can he keep his voice down again and again. But it's nothing to whisper to the lady, it's a fine tradition, and it's sung like that in the lyrics.
Zhou Shuxuan was about to pull down his son to find Miaoli, and someone outside said that Zuo Xiang had come over and had important matters to discuss with him. Yesterday I did say that there was something to discuss, and now we can't delay it altogether.
Just like that, Zhou Shuxuan hopes that the momentum will go down, but when he comes to him, he won't go over, see how long the stalemate will be?
The prince, who is there every day, is not here today, and the princess will come to fill the vacancy. Xu Meitang sat anxiously in the center of the house for a long time, but she didn't see Zhou Shuxuan looking for her, and there was no punishment for her. She went to Ciqing Palace once, and there was no big problem. So the second time I came was also natural, and I didn't have any fear in my heart, anyway, Miaoli would help her intercede.
After passing, I saw that Miao Li had just gotten up and was freshening up. The things used are also good, and some of them have never been seen by her, the crown princess. Zhou Shuxuan has always been among the people in the East Palace, he is not harsh or very generous, and he is only generous here in Miaoli.
There are no outsiders here, Xu Meitang said when she entered the door: "Sister is really blessed, I didn't wake up until this time, I don't have to ask anyone to say goodbye, and I don't have to worry about things, probably because of the green smoke on the ancestral grave." ”
Miao Li is annoyed when she sees her now, this woman is really hateful, so that she didn't sleep well all night last night, and when she opened her eyes during the day, she actually saw her again. Naturally, there were no good words on his lips, "That's natural, the green smoke on your ancestral grave is not small, don't you care about anything?" ”
It is normal for her not to take care of things, and Xu Meitang, as the crown princess, is not in charge of things, but she is seized of power.
Bickering must not be able to fight Miaoli, Xu Meitang gritted her teeth and endured it, and changed the topic, "I don't know what my sister thought about what she said yesterday?" You also know that it's okay to be idle, and you want to find a few little sisters in the boudoir to come over and chat. If you don't control your mouth for a while, it's not good to leak something. ”