Yun Shen's face was pale, frozen there like a stone sculpture, with tears in his eyes, he didn't dare to cry if he wanted to, but he denied it in his mouth, "No, no, the slave is loyal to the princess, and she will never dare to betray her." ”

Mu Xuefu pinched her jaw hard, there was obviously a trace of impatience between her eyebrows, and said, "Then what do you say about my hibiscus hosta?" ”

"The slave doesn't know what hibiscus hosta is." Hearing this, Yun Shen's body trembled, and he even paused to breathe.

Obviously, Mu Xuefu's patience ran out, and she stretched out her three-inch-long armor and gently touched her smooth skin, "I hate people who play stupid the most! With a bang, the sharp armor slashed mercilessly across Yun Shen's face, and blood instantly flowed out of the cracked and curled skin.

"Ahh

Mu Xuefu stood up and kicked her hand away, stepped directly on her face, and snorted coldly: "I hate the person who betrayed me even more!" He crushed it twice, "Do you think I don't know what you've done?" On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, you entered my room to steal the hosta, and on the twenty-seventh night, you pretended to be kind and changed shifts with Yun Su, who was supposed to be on an errand that night, and then conspired with Zhongxiang to move Hanxiang's body in, put the hosta in her hand, and then pushed it into the pool, isn't that so? Say! Who is behind you? ”

"The princess spares her life, and the princess spares her life." The dust from the soles of his shoes entered the newly cracked wound, and Yun Pendant groaned in pain, as if a hoarse voice emanating from his chest, "The slave doesn't know what the princess said at all." ”

"What a hard mouth!" Mu Xuefu kicked twice more before withdrawing her foot, looking at Zhongxiang, "She doesn't admit it, where are you?" ”

Zhongxiang looked at the tortured cloud pendant, frightened, although it was winter, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and even his back was already dripping with sweat. He closed his eyes and swallowed the fear in his heart, "Slaves don't know anything. ”

Mu Xuefu looked at him as if he was at home, he didn't laugh angrily, and said lightly: "Since you don't know anything, I won't force you." She opened a box on the table, took out a jade bracelet that looked worthless, compared it to the sunlight that came in through the window, and sighed: "It's just a pity that the owner of the bracelet, such a beautiful girl, will never see it again." ”

Zhongxiang raised his head suddenly, and when he saw the bracelet clearly, his face instantly seemed to have been drained of color and turned gray. His eyes widened, like a thunderbolt in the air, and he couldn't move.

Mu Xuefu glanced at him and said, "After all, we have also been a master and servant for half a year, although you are inconspicuous on weekdays, you are loyal and honest, quick and diligent in doing things, and never lazy." I also got along well with the people in the courtyard, even Bai Yi and a few of them praised you in front of me many times, saying that you never made trouble, kept to yourself, and recommended you to me to be a second-class slave. I wondered how such a man could do such a thing as a traitor for glory. Later, when people investigated, they found out that it was for this woman named Huaixiang. ”

Zhongxiang came back to his senses and kowtowed to the ground violently, his forehead was covered with blood, "Princess, please let me go, she is innocent." Please be gracious and let her go. It is the minions who are fascinated by the mind for a moment to do such things, princess, please be gracious. This jade bracelet was given to Huaixiang by him, although it is not precious, but Huaixiang carries it on his body all day long, and he does not leave him for a moment. Now that this jade bracelet is in the hands of the princess, that Huaixiang must have been caught by the princess.

"Let her go? Then who spared this princess! The smile on Mu Xuefu's face was no longer there, and she threw the jade bracelet directly in front of him with a flick of her hand. The jade is fragile, and when it hits the ground, it splits and shatters. She glared at Zhongxiang angrily, the anger in her voice was as fierce as a sharp blade cutting through silk, "When you colluded with outsiders to frame this princess, why didn't you say that you were innocent?" When this princess was grounded, why didn't you say innocent? Now, you have the face to say that you are innocent! Is she innocent? She is not innocent, the person who can make you betray this princess for her, not only is she not innocent, but she is innocent! ”

Zhongxiang was even more panicked, for fear that the princess would really want Huaixiang's life. He knelt down in front of Mu Xuefu, kowtowed and pleaded: "Princess, the slave begs you, she really doesn't know anything, it's all the slave who is obsessed with the mind and accepts the benefits of others before she frames the princess." The princess wanted to kill or chop, but the slave had no complaints, just begging the princess to give Huaixiang a way to live, she really didn't know. ”

Mu Xuefu took a deep breath, slowly suppressed the anger in her heart, squinted at him with horizontal eyebrows, and said, "Isn't it hard to know anything?" This will admit everything for the sake of a woman? ”

"The slave admits it, as long as the princess doesn't embarrass Huaixiang, the slave will tell everything and everything." Zhongxiang lowered his head silently, "As long as the princess can let go of Huaixiang, the slave will judge herself after returning the princess's innocence." ”

"Is she so important to you? Is it important enough to trade your life? Mu Xuefu raised the corner of her eyes and asked.

Zhongxiang raised his head to look at her, nodded heavily, and the firmness in his eyes became more solemn, "Yes, she is more important than my life." The corners of his mouth slowly dyed with a bitter smile, and his voice was slightly choked, "The slave and Huaixiang are neighbors living in a village, and they can be said to be childhood sweethearts, who grew up together." We both liked each other and had planned to marry each other as adults. But a plague killed almost everyone in our village, and in the end, only the two of us remained. Since then, we have fled to the Imperial City, hoping to earn some money by doing some rough work to establish ourselves here, but such a prosperous place is not something that people from such a small place can stay. We lived in a simple house with no eaves and sometimes we didn't get a meal a day, but she never complained. ”

Speaking of this Zhongxiang's tears, he wiped them with his sleeves, and continued: "Although I survived the plague, my body is not strong, and it didn't take long for me to have a serious illness. We have a problem with food and clothing for a day, where do we get the money to see the doctor take medicine. As he spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, with a painful expression on his face, "Just when I was dying, suddenly one day Huaixiang brought back a doctor to treat me, although my illness was cured, but I will never see her again." It turned out that in order to cure my illness, she actually sold herself into the Qinglou. ”

Jin Lu and Qing Zhuo showed a look of emotion on their faces, sighed slightly in their hearts, and looked at Mu Xuefu who was expressionless, seeing that she didn't speak, and didn't dare to plead. Jin Lu pursed her lips and asked Xiang Zhongxiang, "Then why do you want to be a eunuch?" Since you have entered the mansion and served in our east courtyard, how can you live a restless life, and besides, the princess has treated you badly, but you betrayed the princess in order to receive the benefits of others! ”

Zhongxiang glanced at Mu Xuefu, gritted his teeth, and said, "Huaixiang is trapped in the Qinglou for me, how can I bear it?" I have no other skills, I can't earn money to redeem her, it just so happened that the palace recruited eunuchs at that time, and I knew that I made a lot of money by entering the palace, so I became a eunuch with a ruthless heart. Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs assigned us new little eunuchs, and I was assigned to King Chen's Mansion. In the past few years, I have been saving money, just to be able to redeem Huaixiang, but Huaixiang's worth is too high, and I have not saved enough for a few years. So—"

"So when someone gave you a good reward, and you were able to use this reward to redeem Huaixiang, you chose to betray me." Mu Xuefu looked at him with a silent smile, and her tone was flat but cold.

The information about King Chen's Mansion that Mu Zhaolin gave her at the beginning, from King Chen to the sweeping boy, has a detailed record of her past life, and it also records the weaknesses of each of them. Although the story between Zhongxiang and Huaixiang is not detailed, he also knows that Huaixiang is the person he cares about. After finding out that Zhongxiang was one of the spies, she asked Zi Yao to ransom Huaixiang out of the Qinglou and imprison her last night.

Zhongxiang drooped his head in annoyance, "It's all the slave's fault, please don't be angry with Huaixiang." As long as the princess lets Huaixiang go, it is not a pity for the slave to die. ”

"You're damned!" Mu Xuefu said in a deep voice, "Who is the person who bought you?" What did he let you do? ”

"Yes—it's King Yu's side concubine Li, she gave the slave a thousand taels of silver, and asked the slave to quietly open the door on the night of the twenty-seventh." Zhongxiang honestly confessed.

Mu Xuefu was slightly stunned, and a flash of color flashed in her eyes. She thought that the person who bought them would be Princess Yu, but she didn't expect it to be the taciturn Concubine Li who had been silent all day. But she and this Concubine Li don't know each other at all, let alone intersect, why did she frame herself? raised his eyelids and looked at Yun Shen, who was no longer wailing, and said coldly: "He has admitted it, where are you?" Seeing her dodging and hesitating, she added: "If you don't want to say it, I won't force you, and when it is found out that this matter was done by Concubine Li, you will be an accomplice!" Once convicted, I'm afraid you won't have money to spend. ”

Yun Shen lay on the ground, trembling at Mu Xuefu's words, her face was bloodless, her eyes were scattered, obviously wandering, hesitating and hesitating. She timidly glanced at Mu Xuefu, just in time to meet the sharp eyes, only to feel that those eyes were like wolves waiting for their prey, as if they could devour her at any time.

"The princess spares her life, it's all the slaves and maids who are confused for a while, so they will do something sorry for you. Concubine Li bought the slave and maid, and coaxed the slave and maid to say that even if the princess did this, she would not punish you with the prince's favor for you. She asked the slave to steal your hairpin, and then asked the slave and the maid to work with them to carry Hanxiang's body in, and then stuffed the hairpin into Hanxiang's hand, and then threw the body into the pool. The slave didn't think so much about it at the time, just did as she was told, and didn't expect that this move would harm the princess to be grounded. The slave and maid are confused, and the slave and maid are blinded by lard, please ask the princess to forgive the slave and maid. ”

After hearing this, the corners of Mu Xuefu's mouth hooked, and she looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, "It's not me who can save you, but yourself." ”