Pei Yuanhao looked at me with burning eyes: "Guifei Niangniang's testimony just now, Yue Qingying, can you plead guilty?" ”

“……”

I didn't speak, just stood there, with a strange silence, the palm of the hand holding me was already in a cold sweat, and the skin that was close to me was hot because of the slight trembling.

The cold chest has been rising and falling violently, as if it can't withstand the violent beating of the heart in the chest.

Every heartbeat comes with my heartbeat.

I haven't spoken, the atmosphere slowly sank, no one in the whole hall is speaking, everyone is waiting for me to speak, at this moment in the hall although there are so many beauties in the harem of civil and military officials, but there is no sound at all, only the sound of whistling wind outside the closed door.

It turned out that at some point, the wind was already blowing outside, and even the gate was slamming.

Sure enough, the sky changed.

Is this a sign from heaven?

Pei Yuanhao spoke again, and said word by word: "Yue Qingying." ”

“……”

"Can you plead guilty?"

“……”

His voice was obviously not loud, but in this tall and quiet hall, the sound echoed, as if it hit people's hearts, deafening.

At this time, there was another gust of wind, and the tall vermilion lacquer door made a knocking sound, but this time it was faintly heard, as if it was not just the sound of the wind blowing, but someone knocking on the door outside.

Everyone turned around and looked at the gate.

Pei Yuanhao frowned slightly, and with a wave of his hand, Gonggong Yu immediately led someone over to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, a gust of wind hit, rolling in an icy temperature, so that everyone in the hall couldn't help but shiver for a while, only to find that it was already snowing heavily!

This is the first heavy snowfall of this winter.

The goose feathers and snow fell one after another, and the roof of the palace in the distance had accumulated some, as if it had sprinkled a layer of frost on the entire imperial city.

And the one standing at the gate also had a lot of snow on his head and shoulders, and the whole person was a little clear, like a beauty carved from ice and snow.

As soon as they saw her, the civil and military officials immediately got up: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess!" ”

Yes, Bae Yuanzhen.

As soon as I saw her, an indescribable feeling immediately surged in my heart, and I only felt that the hand holding me was also a little tight, only to see Pei Yuanzhen wearing a bright red cloak, the bright color made her eyes like paint, her lips were like turning into Zhu, she took off her hat and walked in with a smile: "It's so lively here." ”

As soon as Pei Yuanhao saw her, he also showed a look of surprise on his face, but he quickly calmed down and only smiled: "The royal sister is also here." ”

"The royal brother is partial, and he invites so many people, but he doesn't have the share of the courtiers."

"Hehe, it's such a cold weather, I'm worried that you won't be able to do it."

"How so?"

Pei Yuanzhen walked in with a smile, the door was closed immediately, and as she walked all the way, a lot of snow foam fell, bringing a chill, and she stopped when she walked in front of us, and turned her head to look at us: "Scholar Fu is also there." ”

"The eldest princess is polite."

Pei Yuanzhen smiled, but I could see that there was no trace of a smile in her eyes, and she didn't actually look at Fu Badai.

In her eyes, from the moment she entered the door, there was only one person, and that's it.

I subconsciously grabbed that hand tighter.

And she seemed to feel something, her watery eyes turned to me, maybe because she came from the ice and snow, her eyes also had a hint of coldness, and I saw my heart tremble a little, and then I saw her smile slightly, turned her head to look at Pei Yuanhao in the main hall, and said: "What is the imperial brother doing with such a big pomp?" ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled faintly: "Try a case." ”

"Oh, the trial." Pei Yuanzhen said with a smile: "What kind of case, it actually needs the imperial brother, civil and military officials, and so many harem concubines to try it together." ”

“……”

"Is it because the eldest lady of the Xichuan Yan family is involved?"

The atmosphere in the main hall was condensed again.

Pei Yuanzhen stood in the center of the main hall, obviously the center of the storm, but he was so calm that he didn't move, and said with a smile: "Just now, my sister knocked on the door outside, and overheard the name Yan Qingqing, so I asked. ”

Pei Yuanhao's eyes seemed to be also touched by the cold outside the hall, and a layer of frost condensed, and he looked at her with a smile: "The royal sister doesn't seem to be unfamiliar with this name, do you know this person?" ”

Pei Yuanzhen smiled: "I know." ”

"How do you know?"

"My sister knows her."

"What?"

Pei Yuanhao's eyebrows raised slightly, and the people around him were even more shocked, and even Chang Qing's face changed, and said, "The eldest princess is cautious." This Yan Qingqing is the eldest lady of the Xichuan Yan family, how do you recognize it? ”

Pei Yuanzhen smiled more and more sweetly: "Not only do I recognize her, but my sister has seen her two years ago." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderclap, and everyone's faces changed in shock, and my heart also jumped, but I didn't show too surprised expressions, but my breath stopped at this moment.

Other people were not so calm, and even Pei Yuanhao's face changed: "What did you say?" Have you seen Yan Qingqing in the past two years? ”

"yes."

"Where did you see that?"

"It's in Huangze Temple."

Huangze Temple? I vaguely remember that it was the temple where Pei Yuanzhen's mother, Zhao Shuyuan, became a monk. Zhao Shuyuan's hometown is in Zhaohua, a small town on the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, after Pei Yuanhao ascended the throne, she went back there and became a nun in Huangze Temple.

Pei Yuanzhen is in Huangze Temple, have you seen Yan Qingqing?

This time, Shen Rou couldn't hold her breath anymore, she and Mrs. Shen glanced at each other, and hurriedly asked, "What is she doing there?" ”

Pei Yuanzhen said: "She is also a monk and a nun in that Huangze Temple, and her Dharma name is Jingxu. I used to visit my mother from time to time, so I got to know her. Later, when I was chatting, I learned that her common name was Yan Qingqing, and she was originally the eldest lady of the Yan family in Xichuan. ”

"So, did she say why she went to become a nun?"

"This, I didn't ask much, but I heard in a trance that she seemed to have escaped from somewhere, and she was afraid that someone would find her again, so she entered the empty door, and almost no longer mentioned her common name."

Chang Qing listened, nodded and said: "That's right, I'm afraid that on the way to the palace, she escaped by herself, and she was afraid of being caught, so she became a nun." ”

Pei Yuanhao's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were dark.

When Shen Rou heard this, her face had become ugly, and she asked, "What about her now?" ”

Pei Yuanzhen said: "She was too scared on the way to escape, and she was injured, and she has been lingering on the sickbed for all these years, and she was seriously ill and died two years ago. ”

"Dead?"

Shen Rou immediately sneered and said, "This is good, if a person dies, there is no proof of death." ”

Pei Yuanzhen also sneered and looked at her: "What? What does the concubine mean that this princess is lying? ”

“……”

Pei Yuanzhen is still the eldest princess in the end, she wants to turn her face, everyone in the palace has to give some face, Shen Rou was blocked by her words, and she couldn't open her mouth, and this time, no one else dared to speak again.

Everyone looked at Pei Yuanhao.

It was Shen Guifei who tried the case, and it was the eldest princess who testified, and the final decision was naturally made by the emperor. At this time, his face had sunk, there was no superfluous expression, just a bit of a bone-chilling cold, and when his eyes looked at me, I could also feel that bone-chilling coldness, which made me shiver a little.

Fortunately, the hand holding my fingertips was still warm.

I don't know how long it took, Pei Yuanhao finally spoke slowly, and said word by word: "Of course I am sure of the words of the royal sister. ”

Pei Yuanzhen glanced at him, and then smiled: "Thank you, Brother Huang." ”

The smile lines in the eyes of this pair of brothers and sisters have a surge that seems to be under the undercurrent.

I stood next to me, just silently watching, things have come to this point, I have seen many things in the court clearly, I believe that the person sitting in the higher place can see it clearly, his face is as usual, he turned his head to look at me, and said: "Yue Qingying, then should you sue sù me, why did you have so much money when you entered the palace." ”

I said calmly: "If you go back to the emperor, the money is indeed Yan Qingqing, but it is not Weichen who robbed the money, but she gave it to Weichen." ”

Shen Rou said coldly: "Why did she give it to you?" ”

I smiled faintly and said, "Actually, Weichen didn't know before, I just heard what the eldest princess said, and Weichen understood." Probably Yan Qingqing was ready to escape into the empty door a long time ago, and of course she didn't care about those things outside her body, so she gave them to Wei Chen. ”

Speaking of which, the whole thing has been tightly sealed.

Shen Rou had already crooked her face, although Shen Taifu was old and serious, her face was also very ugly, obviously today's carefully prepared bureau was completely disrupted by Pei Yuanzhen's appearance, they all looked at the eldest princess standing in the center of the hall, her face was very gloomy, but there was nothing she could do.

Pei Yuanhao sat on it and took in this qiē, and his face was not good-looking.

For this ending, he obviously didn't expect it, speaking of today's state banquet, he also planned it step by step, so carefully, but it fell short at the last moment.

Although this is not the most critical moment in my life, I did break out in a cold sweat, and as soon as I breathed a sigh of relief, I felt that the hand that had been holding me all this time was released.

My heart moved, and before I could turn my head to look, I heard Pei Yuanhao's deep voice sounding in the hall: "That's the end of today's matter." Lord Yue—"

"Wechen is here."

"From now on, you have to be cautious and clean. It's not every time a noble person like the eldest princess can come to relieve you and prove your innocence. ”

“…… Wechen obeyed. ”

With that, I withdrew.

At this moment, this case is completely over, and almost all the people in the hall breathe a sigh of relief, but Shen Taifu and the others who were sitting opposite us had a cruel needle in their eyes.

The case is over, but some things are not over.

Here, it's the court.

I smiled faintly in my heart and subconsciously looked around.

Liu Qinghan still stood there calmly, from beginning to end, he didn't say a word, as if he was completely out of the matter, if it weren't for the fact that he kept holding my hand when the whole thing happened, I would even feel that he was not there at all.

However, now he looked indifferent, as if he was really not there, as if the man who was holding my hand and ironing my skin just now was just my hallucination.

This feast was eaten with a turbulent dark tide, and even soaked in blood several times, but the end was so fast, as if a piece of snow had fallen on the palm of the hand, and before it could see clearly, it had already melted.

Everyone left the hall with their own thoughts, and when they went out, the goose feathers and snow outside did not stop.

I wrapped my clothes tightly, this time there was no sedan chair to pick me up, Chang Qing originally asked me to go back with her, but I politely declined, only said that I would go back later, and went to the imperial garden through another door.

The snow fell one after another, and the earth slowly turned white, as if it wanted to cleanse the world of filth.

I walked all the way over, and I saw a slender figure in the middle of the lake pavilion.

She was still wearing the bright red cloak, and the snow white around her made her look even more delicate, but there was a strange sense of loneliness; There was no one around, only the sound of falling snow falling on the lake, and it was so silent that it seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.

I walked slowly until I reached the pavilion, and then she turned her head and looked at me with a gaze that was colder than it had just been in the main hall.

I bowed to her, "Thank you, eldest princess." ”

"What do you thank me?"

I smiled faintly, didn't answer the conversation, and only said: "Today's matter should have been solved by someone else, but I didn't expect to alarm the eldest princess, and Weichen was panicked." ”

Her willow-like eyebrows furrowed slightly: "What do you know?" ”