After Xiaolan and Xiaochun finished eating, they came back with a smile all the way, and Xiaochun said: "I can't imagine that the prince is so considerate, Sister Xiaolan, it seems that the life of this palace will not be too sad." ”

Xiaolan smiled and said: "Fool, as long as you work hard and don't offend your master, even if you don't have a good time in the future, you won't be sad." ”

"I know that I will never complain again about Mademoiselle...... "she stuck out her tongue, "and again, Madame." You have to keep it in mind, or you'll get slapped again. ”

Xiaolan nodded, "Well, you have to keep your mind with you at all times, don't make mistakes, don't be confused." ”

"Got it!" Little Spring is really authentic.

When the two returned to the door of the snow goose, they heard the snow goose shouting angrily inside, "You two let me in." ”

Xiaolan and Xiaochun were startled, Xiaochun flinched a little, looked at Xiaolan, Xiaolan took her hand and went in, and saw that there was only Snow Goose in the room, Xiaolan asked in surprise, "Huh?" What about the prince? ”

Xue Yan's face sank, and he said, "The prince has something to do, and he will come back in a while." ”

Xiaochun smiled: "I see, madam, have you eaten?" It's better for the slave to take the food to the kitchen and heat it up, so that you can eat a little bit. ”

Snow Goose stood up and asked angrily, "Don't talk about this yet, let me ask you, which of you took my ring?" ”

Koharu hurriedly said, "What ring?" We didn't see it. ”

"The ring given to me by the concubine is gone, I searched the whole room, but I didn't see it." Snow Goose said coldly.

Xiaolan said in astonishment: "Didn't Mrs. Ring wear it today?" Why is it gone? Koharu, help find it. ”

"You don't have to look for it, didn't you hear me? We've searched the whole house. Which of you took it and now take it out, there is no one else in this house, the guards have not come in, the new girl will only report tomorrow, who else will take it except you? Snow Goose slapped the table and asked sharply.

Xiaochun was beaten today, and when she drank it so loudly, she panicked, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Miss, the slave didn't take the ......" Before the words were finished, she was slapped in the face, and Xue Yan gritted her teeth and said: "Don't you have a long memory?" Who is your miss? ”

Xiaochun was so frightened that she cried out, and hurriedly knelt down: "Madam, the slave is wrong, but the slave really didn't take the ring, it's not a slave!" ”

Xue Yan turned her face to look at Xiaolan, "It's not her, that's you?" ”

Xiaolan hurriedly said: "No, the slave and maid don't have it, madam, don't worry, the slave and maid will look for it again, maybe they don't know where to put it." ”

Xue Yan said sharply: "I said no, no, it seems that you don't want to admit it, okay, it's really the opposite, today is just a few words of scolding you, you have a grudge, that ring is a reward from the concubine, it is a royal thing, how can you allow you to steal it?" Give you one last chance, and if you don't admit it, I'll call the guards to come in and search for it. ”

Xiaolan and Xiaochun denied together: "Madam, we didn't steal, it's really not us." ”

Snow Goose was so angry that she trembled all over, and rushed straight out of the door and shouted, "Someone! ”

Immediately two guards came in, and they asked, "What does Madame command?" ”

Xue Yan pointed at Xiaochun and Xiaolan and said, "The ring given to me by the concubine is missing, help me search their bodies, it must be on them." ”

The guard was a little embarrassed, and said: "This, it's not good, men and women don't kiss, and besides, the prince said that once there is any theft, you can't search your body casually." "This is King Qing's order a few days earlier, because Miss Chen was inspired by the divorce, that Miss Chen was searched, probably because of humiliation, but also disheartened by the palace, Mao Leyan said a few words at the time, what about the dignity of women or something, although King Qing despised her at that time, but after coming back, he gave such an order.

Xue Yan said angrily: "This ring was given to Mrs. Ben by the concubine, and it was lost, and it was lost within the scope of your protection, and after the concubine knew about it, you couldn't afford it." ”

The guards glanced at each other and said, "Dare to ask Madame, besides them, who else has come in today?" ”

Xue Yan thought for a while and said, "Xi Niang, there are also a few girls that Xi Niang brought to spread the tent, by the way, Concubine Ning also brought a few girls." ”

The guard was stunned and said, "Concubine Ning? This can't be done by Concubine Ning! ”

Xue Yan glanced at him and said: "Mrs. Ben naturally knows that it won't be Concubine Ning's mother, so let you find out, after all, Niangniang has been here today, if you don't investigate it clearly, and if it spreads, won't Niangniang become suspicious?" Of course, right-minded people don't think like this, but it's hard to guarantee that some people with red eyes chew on the right and wrong of the mother, and rumors about this matter, even if it's not true, it will be spread and spread, and people outside will take it as true. ”

The guard thought for a moment and said, "In this way, the lowly officials will go to report to the prince and the concubine first, after all, nothing like this has ever happened in the palace." With that, the two guards turned and went out.

"Go ahead!" Seeing that the goal was achieved, Xue Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the ring was not lost, she hid it herself, what she wanted was to push the suspicion to Concubine Ning, Concubine Ning is a side concubine, and she is in charge, she is suspicious, naturally it will alarm the prince and the concubine, when the prince and the concubine come, even if it cannot be confirmed that she took it, but the concubine will definitely order the prince to rest in her room, so that her goal will be achieved.

And Concubine Ning slapped her person as soon as she came, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, she is so presumptuous, how can she not take advantage of it? At this time, although the snow goose's plan was a little tender, it saw the deep scheming and viciousness of the heart.

When Xiaochun heard that he was going to alarm the prince and the concubine, he was scared, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Madam, please believe that the slave and maid are not taken by the slave and maid, and the lady knows the slave and maid, even if the slave and maid are given a thousand dares, the slave and the maid will not dare to do so." ”

Xue Yan said coldly: "Isn't it you, it will be clear when the guards come to search your body in a while, what are you doing so nervous?" Could it be that you really stole it? ”

Koharu hurriedly waved his hand and defended: "No, really not, madam, you believe in slaves." She knelt down and walked in front of the snow goose, raised her head and cried: "If the lady does not believe it, the lady will search her body herself, and if the slave and maid have half a lie, they will not die well." ”

Xue Yan looked at her crying face and became angry, and said irritably: "Go and go, what are you talking about so much?" After a while, the prince came, and everything was clear. You didn't steal it, could it still be Concubine Ning's mother? ”

As soon as she heard this, Xiaochun's face suddenly turned pale, she knew, no matter whether she took it in the end or not, as long as Concubine Ning was implicated, the final charge must fall on her head, the palace wanted to save face, and a side concubine could not be charged with such a crime.

Xiaolan still emphasized: "Maybe I really didn't find it clearly in the room, madam, it's better to look for it again by the slave maid!" ”

Xue Yan's face turned blue and she said in a sullen voice, "What are you looking for?" Xiaolan, you have been with Mrs. Ben for the longest time, and Mrs. Ben trusts you the most, it won't be you who took it, this dead hoof doesn't recognize it, and when the prince comes, she will have to recruit everything. She said this, just to ask Xiaolan and Xiaochun to act realistically, and when the time came, neither of them would admit it, and the body search could not be found, so the suspicion naturally fell on Concubine Ning. Of course, she didn't expect Concubine Ning to fall out of favor because of this, but at least, she also let out a bad breath to let her know that she Mao Xueyan was not easy to bully.

However, she miscalculated, and that was Koharu's temperament. Xiaochun is fourteen years old this year, and when she was twelve years old, she entered the house and followed her, in the past two years, Xiaochun has suffered a lot, she is a little unhappy, that is, a fist and a slap, or she is pulling her hair to her waist, and now she has lost the ring rewarded by the concubine, if she really said that she took it in the end, she would probably die.

Thinking of this, Xiaochun wailed and said hysterically: "It's not a slave, it's really not a slave, madam, the slave and the maid die to prove their innocence." With that, he slammed into the corner of the table of the Eight Immortals, and with a bang, the dishes and chopsticks on the table fell to the ground, thumping. A stream of bright red blood splattered out and landed on the dark cyan marble floor.

Mao Xueyan and Xiaolan were so frightened that they fell to the ground on the spot, and after a long time, Xiaolan let out a miserable scream and rushed up to hug Xiaochun.

And Xiaochun, stretched out his hand and touched his heart with difficulty, and said, "Sister Xiaolan, I didn't steal, you believe me!" Her body began to tremble, and the blood continued to flow, and in a few minutes before and after, her hands hung down and her body sank.

As soon as the concubine fell asleep, she heard someone report that something had happened to the new house, and the concubine heard that it was okay, she cared most about these things, and said that something happened on the first day, it was really unlucky, and no one in the house had stolen anything, and now what was lost was the ring she personally gave to the snow goose, how could she not be angry? hurriedly ordered Aunt Yu to dress her, and hurriedly sat on her shoulder.

King Qing did not go to the study, but went to Lingxiangyuan to see that Mao Leyan did not come back. Lingxiang Garden is full of lights, but unfortunately it is very deserted, Xiao Shu Fan'er and Lawei were talking, and when they heard footsteps outside the door, they hurriedly opened the door and rushed out, thinking that Mao Leyan was back. When he saw that it was the prince, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and stepped forward to salute: "See the prince!" ”

"Your young lady hasn't come back yet?" King Qing saw the formation of the three of them and knew that Mao Leyan had not returned, but he still asked once.

Xiao Shu replied: "Back to the prince, I still don't see Miss!" ”

King Qing sighed, his expression was already a little displeased, and he said irritably: "Forget it, you can report when she comes back." ”

"Yes," Xiao Shu replied, and asked again: "Lord Wang, where did the young lady go?" Why don't you come back for the New Year? ”

King Qing remembered King Jing's withdrawal of troops, and he was upset, he also wanted to know if she was the driving force behind the scenes, on the one hand, he hoped that it would be that King Jing's withdrawal of troops would not be a scam on the one hand. On the one hand, he was afraid that it was really she who persuaded King Jing to withdraw his troops, which meant that she had a lot of weight in King Jing's heart, and now that she continued to live in King Jing's mansion, did it mean that she was already tempted by King Jing?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help muttering slightly angrily: "What a water-based poplar woman!" ”

Xiao Shu couldn't hear it really, and asked, "Lord Wang, what did you say?" ”

King Jing waved his hand, "It's okay, this king said that your young lady has some things to do, and she will be back in a few days." ”

"Oh!" Although Xiao Shu was strange in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more.

"Rest early, this king is gone!" With that, he turned and left.

"Congratulations to the prince!" The three of them saluted together.

Leaving Lingxiang Garden, I saw a guard hurrying over and said, "Lord Wang, it turns out that you are here, something happened to Linglan Garden, what do you think should be done?" ”

The concubine arrived at the door almost at the same time as King Qing, and the concubine looked at him strangely, "How did you come in from outside?" Aren't you supposed to be here tonight? ”