Yan Feng's face became more and more gloomy and angry. Everyone was speculating about the result: Could it be that the girl was still a virgin? The emperor was afraid that he would not be able to punish her, so he was very angry?

It was only a moment, and Yan Feng, who listened to the eunuch's whisper, sneered. Murong Zhining was then brought back, still kneeling on the ground.

Yan Feng glared at Murong Zhining with extreme disdain and disgust: "Listen well, cheap maid, you are not only ruined, but you are also pregnant, this is the crime of bullying the king." There is a shameless woman like you. Someone came, and escorted this and the servant girl who had made false testimony back to the dungeon to wait for her fate. The girl named Cai Qin reported that she had meritorious service, rewarded her with 100 taels of silver, returned her freedom, and went out of the palace to fend for herself. ”

Cai Qin's heart was overjoyed, she didn't expect a small trick that not only allowed her to clean up Murong Zhining, but also made her earn a large amount of silver by the way. However, she doesn't want to leave now, she wants to stay and watch the show. She wanted to see Murong Zhining punished by the emperor in person. Therefore, she begged Yan Feng to let her stay in the palace, and Yan Feng was happy to be a favor, so she let her go to the womb of an unfavored concubine to be a palace maid.

Murong Zhining and Cai Sang were rethrown into the dark dungeon by several guards. Murong Zhi wanted to cry without tears, she was ashamed and desperate.

Cai Sang didn't blame her, and touched her hair distressedly: "Why are you so stupid? I don't know if you're pregnant? But I'm sure you're being persecuted by that old thief." Don't worry, I won't look down on you, because I've been bullied by that old beast too. ”

Murong Zhining pulled Caisang over and sat on the ground with her in her arms, with tears in her eyes, holding Caisang's face: "Caisang, I'm sorry for you, it's me who has burdened you." If I don't scold that dog emperor, he won't let people defile me, and he won't cause you to be implicated with me. Cai Sang looked around with a frightened face and whispered, "Aren't you afraid of being heard? You don't want to live? How can the emperor defile you, even if he hates you and scolds him for being a faint king, he can kill you directly, no need to splash a basin of dirty water!" Murong Zhining clasped her hands around her knees, her eyes full of tears: "The Dog Emperor is a villain who will repay him." ”

Cai Sang felt sorry for Murong Zhining, she took out a piece of mung bean cake from her arms, and she stuffed the piece of cake that she had stolen at the risk into Murong Zhining's mouth: "Eat quickly, don't think so much." No matter what happens, I'll be with you. They looked at each other with a smile and put their heads together. Cai Sang's words warmed Murong Zhi's lonely heart.

During the night, it rained and the walls of the cell were dripping with water, and there was not a dry place on the floor. The two girls fell asleep on the damp and cold floor.

It was late at night, and Cai Sang woke up from freezing. In order to take advantage of the ambiguity, she leaned towards Murong Zhining. She found that something was wrong with Murong Zhining's body, hot like a fire. She woke up suddenly, touched Murong Zhining's forehead, and the hot temperature burned her palm. Cai Sang shook Murong Zhining, she closed her eyes tightly, there was no reaction, she was unconscious.

Cai Sang was in a hurry, she grabbed the cell door and shook it desperately, shouting, "Someone is sick, help!" The guard came in and only glanced through the door: "A prisoner woman is sick and sick, and then shout again, let you taste the taste of the whip." ”

Cai Sang gave up calling for help, she knew that no one would pay attention to her if she shouted again, and the life of the slave was regarded as a mustard. She had waited for Zhuang Cheng's stupid son, and when the fool had a high fever before, Mrs. Zhuang ordered her to untie the fool's clothes and wipe his body with a damp cloth to cool him down. Cai Sang couldn't care about so much, she flattened the unconscious Murong Zhining, unbuttoned her clothes, used her handkerchief to dip the rainwater leaking from the wall, and carefully wiped her body.

Murong Zhi lay there quietly, her little pale face lifeless. Under her open clothes, her fair skin was revealed, delicate and smooth, like a piece of high-grade silk. When Cai Sang rubbed her lower abdomen, she saw a slight bulge there. Cai Sang's nose was sour, and she thought: This stupid girl, she still doesn't admit that she is pregnant, she must be afraid that I will look down on her.

Cai Sang looked at Murong Zhining in a coma with pity, thinking that she had suffered the same humiliation as herself, and a drop of tears fell on Murong Zhining.

When the sky was about to dawn, Murong Zhining retreated from the hot temperature. She slowly opened her eyes and looked gratefully at Cai Sang, who had been taking care of her. She secretly swore in her heart: if one day she and Caisang can leave this dark cell, she must repay Caisang well.

Murong Zhining's condition did not improve, and it didn't take long for her to fall asleep again. Her face grew grayer and grayer, as if her life was about to pass away. Cai Sang was so anxious that tears rained down, she couldn't care if she would be beaten by the guards, so she used all her strength to shake the door of the prison cell, desperately shouting "help". When the guards finally came, Caisang knelt down and begged him, "Even if it is a criminal woman, the law has regulations. She was pregnant, and even if it was a capital offense, she would not be executed until she gave birth to the child. ”

The guards couldn't be the master, so they went to inform Yan Feng.

Although Yan Feng hated Murong Zhining very much, he was not hard-hearted, and he sent the imperial doctor to treat her.

Someone removed Murong Zhining from the cell, carried him to a dry room, and placed him on a stone bed covered with straw, where the imperial physician Gao Dehong was supposed to examine Murong Zhining.

Imperial Physician Gao carefully checked Murong Zhining's pulse, and his face became more and more solemn. Cai Sang anxiously asked, "Is it serious?" please, you can't give up, save her, she's still so young!" Doctor Gao shook his head and sighed: "It's not easy to treat, it's been delayed, and besides, her illness needs very valuable medicinal materials." A prisoner, who would give her such a good medicine?"

"If she dies here, others won't know what to say about me!" Yan Feng's cold and ruthless voice sounded behind him. Doctor Gao and Cai Sang hurriedly knelt on the ground to salute and greet the driver.

Yan Feng originally just wanted to see Murong Zhining's embarrassed appearance, but he didn't expect to be so sick, which also made him feel a little compassionate.

Yan Feng glanced at the woman on the stone bed, this was the first time he could see Murong Zhining's face clearly, the woman was quite beautiful. The contours of that little face, though gray and lifeless due to illness, were perfect. Her brows were like smoke, and two rows of long, dense eyelashes covered her closed eyes like small fans, occasionally fluttering like frightened butterflies, casting two shadows on her little face. The bridge of her nose is high, the tip of her nose is slightly upturned, her two soft thin lips are a little pale, and her pointed chin outlines the graceful curves of her face. Yan Feng was stunned for a moment: the eyes under the eyelashes must be watery, and the petite lips must be very soft. Thinking about it, Yan Feng, who came back to his senses, was a little angry, how could such a good-looking face grow on such a filthy woman? He flicked down his sleeves fiercely and turned away angrily.

Imperial Doctor Gao prescribed the prescription and asked someone to get the medicine back, he personally decocted it, and asked Caisang to help Murong Zhining pour it down. Imperial Physician Gao has been a physician in the palace for thirty years, and the doctor is benevolent, and he does his best to diagnose and treat Murong Zhining. He never spared no effort in treating patients, and was a benevolent and respected doctor.

Doctor Gao watched Cai Sang pour the medicine down, explained some things to pay attention to before leaving.

Cai Sang was very relieved that Murong Zhining had been treated, she stayed by Murong Zhining's side, reaching out to probe her forehead from time to time, for fear that her condition would worsen. She looked at Murong Zhining with a gentle face, and her thoughts gradually drifted away: when Murong Zhining and Cai Sang were in Zhuang's mansion, they were often bullied by the maids around Mrs. Zhuang, and the same situation made them cherish each other.

Once, Cai Sang went to Mrs. Zhuang's room to deliver fruits, and Mrs. Zhuang was taking a nap. Her personal maid Caihe stole Madame Zhuang's favorite pair of pearl earrings and took the opportunity to rely on Caisang. She told her wife that Cai Sang was the only one who had come in all afternoon, and she was very panicked when she saw Cai Sang leaving.

Mrs. Zhuang asked someone to hang Cai Sang up and torture her, Cai Sang couldn't stand the beating, so she confessed indiscriminately, but she never explained the whereabouts of the earrings.

Murong Zhining has been with Caisang for a long time, she understands Caisang's character and believes in her innocence. In order to clear Caisang's name, she begged her wife to give her three days to retrieve the earrings, and if she couldn't find them, she was willing to be punished with Caisang. In the end, the mean Mrs. Zhuang gave Murong Zhining two days.

Murong Zhining carefully inspected the Zhuang Mansion and quickly made up her mind.

Early the next morning, Murong Zhining went to Mrs. Zhuang's room. She pretended to tell Mrs. Zhuang mysteriously that a fairy had a dream for her last night: "The fairy told me that he was a locust tree fairy in the yard, and the night before yesterday, a thief dug a pit under his roots to hide the stolen goods, and dug up his roots." Shuxian said angrily, don't be in a hurry to dig out the stolen goods, before you get the stolen goods, you must go to the Xianlu Temple to ask for a little incense ash to sprinkle, otherwise it will hurt his vitality. If he does not do what he says, he will bring disaster to the Zhuang government. Murong Zhining approached Mrs. Zhuang and continued, "The tree immortal is very angry, and he also told me that he will manifest a spirit to engrave the thief's name in this place. Murong Zhining looked around vigilantly, then covered her mouth with her hand and whispered a word in Mrs. Zhuang's ear, and went back to work in the kitchen.

That night, a black shadow with a masked face sneakily appeared in the back garden of Zhuangfu, scratched a rockery stone with a knife, and soon disappeared into the darkness again.

The next day, the village was as lively as the New Year, and tables and chairs were set up in the courtyard. Zhuang Cheng heard about Mrs. losing her earrings, and was also curious to see the excitement, and the people spread this new thing to the gods, no one wanted to miss a good show, and the yard was crowded with maids.

While Zhuang Cheng and Mrs. Zhuang were drinking tea, they asked Murong Zhining when she would start? Murong Zhining replied that she would not be able to break ground until the little girl who went to the incense burner temple to get incense ashes came back.

About half an hour later, a servant handed a bag of incense ash to Murong Zhining.

Murong Zhining respectfully handed the incense ash to Mrs. Zhuang's personal ring: "You are Madame's personal ring, and you are a witness to the report, you have the most power to command everyone to dig up the stolen goods, and Mrs. will definitely reward you well later." ”

Caihe listened to Murong Zhining's words, and his face was happy. She got carried away and took the incense ashes, went to a big locust tree in the east, sprinkled the incense ashes, and instructed her subordinates to dig them. After a while, Mrs. Zhuang's earrings were dug up. Under the verification of everyone, the name of Cai Sang is also engraved on the rockery of the back flower courtyard. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, sighed that the immortal manifestation was indeed a thing, and waited for Mrs. Zhuang to send Caisang to the government to punish the crime.

Cai He flatteringly held the dug earrings in front of Mrs. Zhuang, thinking in her heart how Mrs. Zhuang would reward herself, and she almost laughed out loud.

Mrs. Zhuang didn't reach out to take the earrings, her face became darker and darker, and her eyes stared at Caihe's fierce light, as if she was going to swallow her: "Caihe, I treat you well! Why do you guard yourself and slander others?" Caihe knelt on the ground in horror: "The thing was found, and the fairy also appeared to identify the thief, why did Madame say this about the slave?"

Murong Zhining took a step forward: "I'll answer you for Madame." Yesterday, I pretended to tell my lady about the dream of the gods in front of everyone, and then deliberately did not let you hear the place where the spirit appeared. I expected that someone would wait for me to ask Madame about it. I whispered to my wife that the tree fairy would appear on the rockery stone in the back garden, and after I left, you really pretended to be curious and asked the lady, and the lady must not be defensive against you, and tell you about the tree fairy appearing on the rockery stone in the back garden, which is exactly the result I want. Whether you have a weak heart or in order to sit on the charge of picking mulberry, you will take advantage of the night to go to the stone of the back flower courtyard and engrave the name of the mulberry. And it turns out that someone saw you sneaking out of your bedroom in the middle of the night last night and going in the direction of the back garden with your face covered. ”

Cai He quibbled: "If you know that I can engrave, why don't you take someone to arrest me on the spot?

Murong Zhi's expression was calm: "I left after whispering to my wife, deliberately leaving some time for you to ask my wife." Then I had you go away, and I went back to see Madame. I told my wife that I was nervous and wrong just now, and that the immortal apparition carved on the rockery stone was a wronged person. I just recalled a detail in the dream, the tree fairy said that the earrings were hidden under the small locust tree in the west, which was a heavenly opportunity, and no one except Madame could know about it. ”

Cai He trapped the beast and fought: "I admit that I quarreled with Cai Sang over a trivial matter, and I held a grudge and wanted to wait for an opportunity to take revenge on her, but the earrings were indeed stolen by her." Madame stomped her feet and said sharply: "Are you still quibbling when you are dying?" Yesterday Murong Zhining told me that the thieves hid the stolen goods under the small locust tree in the west. Today, before I told you where to dig, you commanded someone to dig things out under the big locust tree in the east, and you didn't bury them, how do you know where the things are hidden?"

Cai He sat down on the ground in despair, and said to herself: "Impossible, since there is no immortal dream, how can she know that things are hidden under the locust tree? Why don't you ask someone to dig them out in time?" Murong Zhi stared at her with forced eyes: "I believe in Cai Sang's character, it is impossible for her to steal Madame's belongings." I guess the person who stole the earrings didn't have a chance to take them out of the house because of the rush of time, but hid them in the house. It was also a good luck that when I was looking around for clues, I stumbled upon a leaf half inserted into the dirt under the big locust tree in the east, and it was impossible for the leaf to fall from the tree into the dirt unless it ...... Someone turned over the lamp dirt. I used the excuse that Huaixian had injured the roots and needed to sprinkle the ashes of the incense burner, but I was actually deliberately delaying time. I calculated that it would take just one day to go back and forth to the incense burner temple, and this day's time was just left for the thieves to dig a pit for themselves. You understand now, right? All arrangements are made for you to expose your crimes to the public. Cai He shouted excitedly: "Slut, how did you suspect me?" Murong Zhi stared at her eyes: "As long as you do something bad, you will show your feet, you reported Cai Sang, naturally you are the most suspicious in my heart." ”

With her clever mind and meticulous observation, Murong Zhining easily cleared Caisang's charges. Cai Sang was beaten all over her body because of this incident, if it weren't for Murong Zhining, she really didn't know if she would have survived. Murong Zhining not only saved her, but also admired Murong Zhining's wisdom and ability to deal with things, and they became the most sincere pair of good sisters in trouble.