Chapter Twenty-Three: Shocking Step by Step

Lord Qin pinched a cold sweat and hurriedly ordered someone to find Ni Duruo, hoping that she was okay and had not encountered any accidents.

At this time, a guard hurriedly came and reported: "Master, the young master is drunk, has been in the old lady's room, and is not in the backyard." ”

In this way, the girl's death had nothing to do with her son, and Lord Qin immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on here?" A voice suddenly sounded from the corridor, and then I saw Ni Duruo walking from the corridor. She was wearing a red brocade dress, which looked like a bright begonia flower, charming and lovely, with a pair of beautiful eyes, and she was looking at it with doubt.

Lord Qin was stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, and he only felt that her clothes were very familiar.

"Wan'er, where are you going? Mother is worried to death! Zhuang Huiru walked up to Ni Duruo and said anxiously.

"Mother, I'm fine," Ni Duruo smiled and shook his head, and said with some complaint: "Mother, you don't know, I changed my clothes before, and the girl who led the way disappeared, and there was not even a guard in this courtyard, I was worried that my mother was in a hurry, so I found my way back, I didn't want to get lost by going around, I just heard a movement here, so I rushed over." ”

"Anyway, as long as people are okay." Zhuang Huiru smiled slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Xue Ziyao glanced at everyone resignedly, leaned over to Ni Duruo and whispered, "Sister, you know, the girl who took you to change your clothes is dead." ”

"Dead?" Ni Duruo seemed to be surprised, and looked in the direction of Xue Ziyao's finger, and then took a step back in fright, "What's going on?" ”

Xiao Yancheng said lightly and asked, "Where did my brother and sister go just now?" ”

Without waiting for Ni Duruo to speak, the right prime minister Meng Guofeng took a step forward and said slowly: "This girl led the princess to change her clothes, and suddenly disappeared, and now she is dead in Young Master Qin's room. ”

"Yes, yes. The lowly position will definitely be investigated. Lord Qin hurriedly responded, covered in cold sweat.

"I take the liberty of asking, is the right minister suspicious of my sister?" Xue Ziyao looked like she was trying her best to defend Ni Duruo, but in fact, she wanted to lead the spearhead to Ni Duruo, "Sister won't do such a thing!" ”

Meng Guofeng looked stunned, and explained in a flat tone: "Presumably you misunderstood, the prime minister is not only suspicious of the princess, but everyone present is suspicious, including the true prime minister." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but change color slightly, but Xiao Hongzhi had a faint smile on his lips and watched quietly.

"What the right minister said is extremely true, this concubine is indeed suspicious." Ni Duruo's eyes smiled slightly, but her heart began to panic, she obviously pressed Zhuang Huiru's blessing bag under Ziqi's body, ready to plant it for Zhuang Huiru, why does no one suspect Zhuang Huiru now, but suspect that she is coming?

My heart is pounding, is it because I haven't found the lucky bag?

No way! The position where she placed it was very conspicuous, as long as she moved the corpse, she could definitely see it!

A trace of coldness flashed in Mrs. Li Xiu's eyes, and she said, "At that time, there were only the princess and this girl, and now they are dead inexplicably...... I'm afraid the princess has to give a clear statement! ”

"Yes, the last person this girl came into contact with was only the princess, right?" Mrs. Yuexia raised her eyelids, and her expression was full of unclear intent.

Clear-eyed people can also see that these ladies who fell to Zhuang Huiru are suffering from no evidence to accuse Ni Duruo of being the murderer, so they can only add fuel and vinegar to your sentence and I will add fuel and vinegar to it, in order to let everyone's suspicion of her reach the peak, and one by one they are even more interesting to wait for Ni Duruo's explanation.

There must be an explanation, and with so many people here today, Lord Qin is really embarrassed. He looked at Ni Duruo and said cautiously: "Can the princess explain in detail the process of finding the way, did she encounter anything special, or who did she meet?" Please also ask the princess to recall carefully and clear the suspicion as soon as possible! ”

"If that's the case, it all has to be made clear!" A cold voice came, and everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Xiao Jingyun's figure coming slowly.

Ni Duruo raised his eyes, he was wearing a black gold robe, his face was still handsome, and his clothes flew over when he walked, and he couldn't see any injuries on his body at all.

Xiao Jingyun had a cold face, and under the attention of everyone, he came to Ni Duruo and said gently: "This king is late, so you have been wronged." ”

The corners of his mouth gradually showed a shallow smile, Ni Duruo shook his head: "I'm fine, don't worry, husband." ”

Seeing that Xiao Jingyun was safe and sound, Xiao Yancheng clenched his fists, his eyes were red, impossible, how could he still be alive? Did they all miss?

"It's just to learn about the situation from my younger brother and sister, why should the fifth brother be angry?!" At this time, Xiao Hongzhi, who had been watching the situation for a long time, finally spoke, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, patted him on the shoulder again, and added insincerely: "I know that the fifth brother feels sorry for my brother and sister." ”

Xiao Jingyun took a breath and pretended to be stupid and said angrily: "Is it necessary to persecute this king's concubine like this? It's just a dead girl, is it possible that you still want the king's concubine to pay for her life? ”

Everyone's eyes turned and they were stunned. The implication of this is that even if the murderer is Ni Duruo, he can't be blamed?

"The fifth brother is serious, but the death of this girl is a little strange, there are so many court ministers present, and the murderer dares to kill people under our noses, and he really doesn't take the law of the country into account. Besides, this is a person from the Qin Mansion who died, so we still have to give Lord Qin an explanation, right? Xiao Hongzhi told the story.

Seeing Xiao Jingyun protecting Ni Duruo so much, Xue Ziyao's brows twitched faintly, and she held Ni Duruo's arm anxiously, "Sister, we don't believe that you have anything to do with this matter!" But you'll have to tell me the whole wayfinding! ”

No matter what, you can't let this little slut escape! Xue Ziyao made up her mind!

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another, staring at Ni Duruo almost as if they were near-staring.

Seeing this situation, Meng Qingyin frowned, because he had often heard Ni Duruo complain before, he had already understood the relationship between Ni Duruo and Zhuang Huiru's mother and daughter.

She knew that Ni Duruo would not do such a thing, and it must be the ploy of Zhuang Huiru's mother and daughter, but since they wanted to frame Ni Duruo, they were naturally ready for everything. If Ni Duruo hadn't met anyone during this period, he wouldn't be able to tell if he had a hundred mouths!

At such a nervous time, Ni Duruo was still laughing, and she smiled so calmly, so disapprovingly, it almost made Meng Qingyin goosebumps for a moment, and she only felt that such Ni Duruo was so strange.

"It happened suddenly, don't be impatient, let the princess think about it first, and then it's not too late!" Even if Ni Duruo was not panicked, even Meng Qingyin couldn't think of any way to help her, he still spoke, trying to buy her some time to calm down.

"I want to think about it." Ni Duruo smiled at her slightly, and immediately showed a look of trying his best to recall, but he kept analyzing it in his heart, if the lucky bag was taken away secretly, then the only people who would contact the corpse at the first time were those guards, so he was sure that one of them was there.

But how can you find out?

His gaze swept over the guards one by one, and then passed over the guests present, but unexpectedly, he saw a familiar but unfamiliar figure.

Isn't this the drunken man who was helped into the room by the girl?

She was shocked for a moment in her heart, staring at him thoughtfully, and her willow eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Looking in her direction, Xiao Jingyun was stunned for a moment, then pretended to feel sorry for her, and gently comforted: "Don't worry, think slowly." After that, he leaned close to her ear affectionately: "That's the fourth brother Xiao Ruizhen." ”

Hearing this, she was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized in her heart, a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes, and she completely understood that Zhuang Hui wanted to kill two birds with one stone tonight, first deliberately let Ziqi stain her clothes, and then stun her while she was changing clothes, and then sent the drunk Fourth Highness into the room......

Imagine that if she was the original owner, she might have been arrested now, and she was charged with adultery, and she was waiting for the emperor's order to execute her and the four highnesses!

What a mother she is! Ni Duruo's gaze suddenly turned cold, but after a turn of thought, there was a trace of confusion, since the Fourth Highness was also framed, why wasn't he in the room?

Glancing at Xiao Ruizhen without a trace, she guessed that he had come to his senses during the period, and then found Ziqi's body, knowing that there was fraud in it, so he ran away!

This is the most reasonable analysis. If that's the case, could he have taken the lucky bag?

Although she didn't know much about the Fourth Highness, based on her previous observations, these princes were all suspicious, and none of them were fuel-efficient lamps. In this way, Ni Duruo decided to gamble, and bet that the lucky bag was taken away by His Royal Highness!

"I remember." She finally spoke slowly.

When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked.

"Fourth brother, I've seen fourth brother!" Ni Du Ruoqiang calmed down, and looked at Xiao Ruizhen with clear eyes while speaking, "I remember that not long after I changed my clothes, I met the fourth brother on the porch. At that time, the fourth brother was still angry, saying that a girl hit him, and he didn't help him up, so he picked up the lucky bag that fell on the ground in a panic and ran, so he was very angry. Speaking of this, she paused, smiled unhurriedly and asked, "Fourth brother, do you remember?" ”

For a while, everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Ruizhen.

There was a dead silence in the air, and Xiao Jingyun's gaze swept silently and sharply across Xiao Ruizhen's cheeks.

Xiao Ruizhen hesitated for a moment, her elegant face was illuminated by the sunlight falling between the shades of the trees, could it be that she really killed that girl? Why?

In addition to doubts in his heart, he slowly laughed on his face, looked at Ni Duruo and said: "I was a little drunk at the time, and the fifth brother and sister didn't mention it, I really didn't think about it." He said apologetically, "I lost my temper after drinking, and I ask the fifth brother and sister not to take it to heart." ”

Ni Duruo smiled and nodded to him, and said without a trace of strangeness: "How could it be." I want to thank the fourth brother, if I hadn't met the fourth brother, I would really be indescribable. ”

After a conversation, everyone understood. Xiao Zimu also stood up appropriately and lied, and said: "I said why didn't the fourth brother come just now, it turned out that I met the fifth sister-in-law!" Sorry to keep me waiting! ”

Xiao Hongzhi smiled lightly: "So, do you still have an appointment with the fourth child?" ”

"I'll wait for the fourth brother to go and watch the heavy sunny birds!" Xiao Zimu's eyes curled up with laughter.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Sixth has informed the lower officials before, saying that he wants to go and see it." Before Xiao Hongzhi could react, Lord Qin nodded again and again to explain, not only did he see the faint confrontation, but he also finally remembered that Ni Duruo was wearing this dress as his daughter's. Whether she was unintentional or deliberately blackmailed, he couldn't let this matter go on any worse.

The situation was reversed in an instant, Zhuang Huiru's expression turned cold, he didn't think that the four highnesses and Ni Duruo escaped from the trap, not to mention, but also to help each other to excuse each other, and what kind of blessing bag they were talking about?