Ignoring Xiao Fengjue, who was standing in place with a condensed expression, Chu Junyi chose a path out of the Xiao family and quickly swept towards the palace.

Baili Qingcang was originally drinking tea in the queen's Ningkun Palace, and when he heard that something had happened to the Xiao family, his brows immediately furrowed.

The last time Xiao Jingran made a contribution to disaster relief, when he wanted to reward him, he found that he had nothing to reward for this courtier.

He is already an official of Zhengyipin, and many military exploits have pushed him to the position of a supreme minister, and if he is rewarded, he will be crowned a king and a marquis. He suddenly felt that something was wrong in his heart, Da'an Kingdom did not have the rules of dividing kings with different surnames, otherwise he was afraid that the Xiao family would go further.

"Take the man to the upper study, and I'll take a look."

Queen Zhao Huiying was holding the delicate teapot and pouring tea into the cup, seeing Baili Qingcang leaving at a gallop, a smile flashed in her eyes, Shi Shiran put down the teapot, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "The tea is really scalded with boiling water to taste." ”

Xiao Jingran stood in the main hall, waiting for the emperor to appear without squinting.

Shen Ninghua stood a little further back on the side, his eyes calm without the slightest wave.

None of them spoke, but there was a sense of tension and oppression.

The prince and the others stood on both sides of the side, looking at the two people who had no intersection but looked tense, and their faces were embarrassed.

"The emperor has arrived."

Baili Qingcang waved his hand to let the saluting people get up, and as soon as he sat down, he opened his mouth and asked: "Xiao Aiqing, today is not your birthday, why don't you accept congratulations at home, why did you come to me?" ”

Xiao Jingran arched his hand, his expression was full of condensation: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't want to disturb the emperor at this time, it's just that the matter involves the county lord of Zhaohua, so I have to ask you to judge." ”

Baili Qingcang looked at Shen Ninghua, and a Sichuan character gradually formed in the center of his eyebrows: "Ninghua? What happened. ”

Xiao Jingran turned to look at Chen Yun on the side: "Your Majesty, let's ask Chen Yuanzheng to speak." ”

Chen Yun was stunned, his expression was a little more indifferent, but he still spoke: "Back to the emperor, today's birthday of General Xiao, just as the birthday banquet was announced, Princess Anning's slave Qiushi came to tell him, saying that something had happened to Xiao Huanxi, and Weichen and others found Miss Xiao who had been poisoned by purple sleep in the place where the birthday gift was temporarily placed. Because she was injured by the hairpin that Shen Ninghua gave to her cousin Yang Yingxue, she didn't dare to assert the outcome of this matter, and asked the emperor to make a judgment. ”

Shen Ninghua lowered his eyes lightly, Xiao Jingran asked Chen Yun to relay, for fear that he would say it out and the emperor thought that he was adding fuel and vinegar, but he ignored that Chen Yun has always been upright and does not like to calculate and plan, and the act of asking him to speak has already made him unhappy in his heart. However, the minister, who has always been upright, obeyed the orders of the Xiao family to help speak, and the emperor was afraid that he would feel displeased.

Baili Qingcang's eyes sank, and he asked Baili Jinze and the others on the side: "Old Five, have you also gone to Xiao Mansion?" ”

Baili Jinze hurriedly stood up: "Back to my father, Erchen knew the same as Chen Yuanzheng, when Erchen and others arrived, Miss Xiao had already fainted on the ground, leaving only Yang Yingxue, the cousin of the county lord of Zhaohua, crying on the side, and saying that the county lord's hairpin was poisonous, although Chen Yuanzheng also found that there was a problem with the hairpin afterwards, but what the result was, Erchen was stupid and had no way of knowing. ”

Baili Qingcang narrowed his eyes, and the expression in his eyes was cold: "Ning Hua, what do you say?" ”

Shen Ninghua raised his head resolutely, took two steps forward and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please take back the title of Zhaohua County Lord." ”

The sentence without a beginning or end made the people present shake suddenly. Xiao Jingran turned her head sharply to look over, did she want to retreat as advance?

"Ning Hua, since I have opened my mouth to make you the county lord, then Chrysostom will not change it, unless you do something rebellious, why, the poison on Xiao Huanxi's body is indeed yours?"

Shen Ninghua shook his head, with a wry smile on his face: "Your Majesty, Ning Hua and Miss Xiao have only met twice, and they have no grudges against each other, how could they poison her for no reason, I know that these words will only embarrass you, but for the sake of the face of the Da'an Dynasty, I have to do this, please ask the emperor to abolish Ning Hua's title of county lord." ”

Baili Jinze spoke up: "Ning Hua, don't be childish, your father has always loved you, and this time the matter has not been decided, why should you be like this." Saying that, there was a hint of brother's reproach on his face, but there was a hint of love on his face, which made people feel extraordinarily generous and courteous.

Shen Ninghua was extraordinarily reluctant in her heart, she hadn't been in contact with Baili Jinze for a long time, and this person was good at disgusting her.

Baili Qingcang: "I have to do this, then tell me, what are your last resorts?" ”

Shen Ninghua straightened his back, and his jade-like face set off a pair of black eyes shining brightly: "Back to the emperor, I am the lord of Zhaohua who was personally awarded by the emperor, so no matter whether I can stand up to the majesty of the royal family or not, what I represent is the dignity of the royal family." Even if a mistake is made, it should be tried by the Cabinet House, General Xiao Lao saw that his daughter was poisoned, and he didn't even ask me for an antidote, what is the reason? ”

Xiao Jingran was stunned, but he didn't expect Shen Ninghua to make a fuss about this!

Shen Ninghua said that she was the county lord, but in the end she was just a righteous daughter recognized by the emperor, even if she showed her talent in the Jiangnan disaster relief, but she was just a little woman, even if she was considered a righteous daughter by the emperor, he didn't take her seriously.

Thinking about this, he immediately asked for guilt: "The old minister is guilty, when he saw the little girl lying on the ground, he didn't know what was going on, and he was really anxious, so he was disrespectful to the county lord and asked the emperor to surrender." "He, Xiao Jingran, has fought for the Da'an Dynasty all his life, and Baili Qingcang will definitely not attack him because of this little thing.

"Xiao Aiqing loves her daughter very much, I can understand it." Baili Qingcang's eyes were flat, but a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and the Xiao family's heart seemed to be bigger.

Shen Ninghua did not compromise, his straight back was like a green bamboo, and his face was majestic and made people dare not look directly: "Old General Xiao, are you embarrassing the emperor?" You have made great contributions to the royal family, and the emperor will not easily punish you for erasing the face of the royal family, which is the emperor's tolerance, but it is not the capital that you rely on to threaten the royal family! ”

Xiao Jingran's heart suddenly became angry, and he reprimanded angrily: "Lord Zhaohua, the old minister is loyal to the royal family and is willing to smear the emperor's liver and brains, you can target the Xiao family, but you can't distort my Xiao family's sincerity!" ”

Baili Jinze secretly said in his heart that it was not good, Shen Ninghua raised the matter to the height of royal face as soon as he came up, Xiao Jingran only pleaded guilty and begged for mercy at this time, it was okay, if he refuted it or not, whether he could gain the upper hand in the end, his father would leave a pimple in his heart. And Xiao Jingran has been in a high position for a long time, how can he let Shen Ninghua reprimand him without saying anything?

Looking at Shen Ninghua's delicate and peerless face, Baili Jinze's heart was cold, it was really a good thought.

Shen Ninghua snorted coldly: "Since Old General Xiao keeps saying that he is loyal to the royal family, why do you ignore the fact that someone has no intention of damaging the royal face?" ”

"When did the old man ignore it?"

Shen Ninghua smiled coldly, and the light in her eyes jumped: "I also said just now, I have no grievances with Miss Xiao, why would I poison her, and it was at your birthday banquet, Zimian This poison is extremely hidden, and it is too easy to want a person to die silently, since I want Xiao Huanxi to die, how can I let things break out with great fanfare." Can't you understand such a simple bureau? ”

"Bureau?" Xiao Jingran was stunned.

"Isn't it?" Shen Ninghua raised her eyebrows, her expression showed a bit of mockery, "The person behind this is obviously dissatisfied with the royal family, and he doesn't dare to openly confront the royal family, so he can only start from me, a righteous daughter recognized by the royal family, and frame me with such a clumsy scheme, and then discredit the royal family." ”

Xiao Jingran's face sank, and her heart was full of ridicule, she smeared the royal family, she really dared to say that she was just a little righteous girl, and she really thought she was a royal princess.

The disdain on his face was too obvious, and he was clearly seen by Baili Qingcang, and his eyes suddenly dropped to the freezing point. Shen Ninghua is the county lord she personally rewarded, such an identity can't make Xiao Jingran care, so who else can be seen by him?

At this time, Xiao Fengjue and others also arrived, and they happened to hear Shen Ninghua's righteous words.

Xiao Fengjue retorted coldly: "The county lord of Zhaohua is really good at avoiding the important and light, in the Xiao family, you clearly admit it, the hairpin was given to Yang Yingxue by you three days ago, and the poison on the hairpin was also smeared three days ago, and the main material of Zimian is the purple sleeping flower in Jiangnan, and the flowering period of the purple sleeping flower is very short, and it is really not easy to cultivate, and there is a purple sleeping flower in your house." ”

Shen Ninghua's eyes changed suddenly, there were indeed purple sleeping flowers in her house, which were sent by Chu Junyi when she had a ceremony before, she liked it very much, and she took care of it carefully in the greenhouse, and now it is growing lush.

"What if I have purple sleeping flowers in my house?"

"The county lord is proficient in medical science, and there are purple sleeping flowers in the house, isn't this obvious enough?" Xiao Fengjue's voice was exceptionally cold, with a faint sharpness in his ears.

Shen Ninghua's heart was fiercely cold, the flowers that Chu Junyi gave him some time ago have become evidence that the Xiao family is attacking her today, which is also too coincidental and shocking!

"If you say that, then one-third of the people in Jiangnan will be beheaded? Especially in Yangcheng, which one doesn't plant some purple sleep to decorate the courtyard? ”

"The county lord knows what I'm going to say, so why pretend I don't understand."

Shen Ninghua suddenly raised the corners of her lips, her indifferent eyes were cold, since the Xiao family didn't show her mercy like this, then she didn't need to scruple. If someone in the Xiao family wants to find death, she will give them a ride!

"Your Majesty, Chu Junyi, the righteous son of the Xiao family, asks to see you." Just as Shen Ninghua was about to exit the gap to refute, the sound of the announcement outside the door came in.

Chu Junyi walked in quickly, knelt down and said, "Slaves see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

Baili Qingcang didn't scream, lowered his eyes and looked at the handsome young man kneeling on the ground, and said contemplatively: "What did you investigate in a hurry?" ”

Chu Junyi raised his head and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, the servant caught a person on the way here, he was a small servant of the Xiao family, but he tried to leave the city with five hundred taels of silver tickets. ”

"Oh? Someone, bring it up. ”

"Yes," Chu Junyi waved his hand and asked the guards outside to escort up a slave dressed as a small servant, who was the slave who was instructed by Xiao Huanxi to make a carriage and collide before, "Back to the emperor, this person's name is Laifu, originally a descendant of the Xiao family, this is a silver ticket found from him, and Lord Yin Sun of the Jingwei Mansion was present at the time, and he can testify." ”

Baili Qingcang frowned: "What does he have to do with this case?" ”