The backyard of the Anle Palace:

Diao Chan had just gone to greet the old lady accompanied by Ju'er.

The old lady was very fond of Diao Chan and pulled her to sit in the house for a long time.

As soon as the two of them walked out, they saw Shen Pu and Hu Cheng walking over, led by the two family members.

When Diao Chan saw so many strange men, she panicked and wanted to avoid it, but was stopped by a maid who came from behind.

Diao Chan is not familiar with this maid, but he has only met once or twice when he first came, and knows that she is one of the two personal girls of the old palace master Zhao Ji.

"Mrs. Tang, the bracelet that the slave borrowed from you last time will now be returned to you." Zhu'er said, handing over the broken jade bracelet.

Diao Chan didn't understand what he meant, and subconsciously reached out to take it.

"Does Mrs. Tang know the origin of this bracelet?" Zhu'er didn't wait for Diao Chan to speak, and had already asked first.

Diao Chan brought the jade bracelet to his eyes, looked at it, and shook his head.

Shen Pu walked over.

"Since Madame Tang doesn't know this thing, why would she do such a stealing thing?"

Diao Chan was shocked.

"Lord Shen is going to talk to her, and wait for me to go in and search." Hu Cheng said, beckoned to the two officials, pushed open the door of Diao Chan and Lu Bu's room, and broke in.

Seeing that several strange men actually broke into his and Lu Bu's room, Diao Chan's little face turned pale with fright, and he grabbed Ju'er's hand beside him.

Ju'er wanted to stop a few people, but was pushed away by Hu Cheng.

"This official is on the order of your old palace master to search, and no one can stop it." Hu Cheng said.

"My lord, although the concubine is from a humble background, she also knows how to be polite, righteous and honest, my general is not at home, and my lord rashly takes someone into the concubine's room, this kind of behavior, how is it different from a robber?" Diao Chan scolded angrily.

Shen Pu looked at Diao Chan's face, such a beautiful woman to the extreme, he really saw it for the first time.

Look at Diao Chan, although she wears the clothes of an ordinary woman, she also has a lot of nobility and dignity, where is it like a rat thief and a dog thief?

Shen Pu also felt a little inappropriate about Hu Cheng's eagerness to break in, but he couldn't stop it, so he had to laugh and say, "Madam, don't blame, this official is also helpless." ”

Seeing that she couldn't stop everyone, Ju'er turned around and ran to the old lady's room.

In fact, the time is very short, but for Diao Chan, it seems to have experienced a thousand years again.

"My lord, I found this in the room." A servant suddenly walked out with a very delicate wooden box.

Shen Pu's heart was shocked.

From the various accessories on this wooden box alone, Shen Pu had already concluded that the things contained in it were by no means ordinary.

Shen Pu slowly opened the wooden box, and the emerald jade bracelet inside instantly dazzled his eyes.

With a slight tremble, he took the bracelet in his hand and brought it to his eyes.

In the middle of the bracelet, sure enough, is a colorful phoenix soaring through the clouds.

"The stolen goods are here, and they won't be taken for me." Hu Cheng shouted.

Probably the two officials also thought that this Diao Chan would not do this, and seeing that she looked soft and boneless, she couldn't help but move, holding the chain in her hand.

Diao Chan saw that the contents of the wooden box were very similar to the jade bracelet in his hand, and he couldn't help but lean forward, not knowing when this thing ran into his room.

"Mrs. Tang, what else do you have to say?" Shen Pu put the jade bracelet back into the wooden box and asked.

Diao Chan looked at the maid Zhu'er who was standing on the side, bowing her head and saying nothing.

"The concubine doesn't know what the adults mean by this, and she doesn't recognize what this thing is? Since the general of my family left, the concubine has only been alone with Sister Ju'er, and I am afraid that this thing was put by Sister Ju'er. Diao Chan didn't know what situation he was facing, and replied.

Bamboo looked up.

"Mrs. Tang, this thing was taken away by the slave maid in your hands last time, you said it yourself, this is your own thing, now, why did you frame Ju'er?"

Diao Chan is even more misty.

At this time, the old lady was invited out of the room by Ju'er.

As soon as she saw the wooden box in Shen Pu's hand, the old lady was also instantly stunned.

"Although this thing was given by the first emperor, it has always been placed by the old palace master's side, how could he enter Mrs. Tang's room for no reason? And this Mrs. Tang is in the same backyard with the old woman, and rarely goes to the front on weekdays, this matter is definitely not done by Mrs. Tang? The old lady refused to believe such a thing.

Zhu'er's face changed, and she hurriedly knelt down in front of the old lady.

"Old lady, this thing was indeed taken by the slave maid from Mrs. Tang, and there is no lie."

The old lady suddenly raised her hand and hit Zhu'er in the face.

", who instructed you to talk nonsense here?"

Diao Chan was already with tears in his eyes at this time, and he was so aggrieved that he glared at Zhu'er angrily and said, "I have no grudge against you, why do you want to harm me?" ”

Zhu'er didn't know if she was beaten by the old lady, or if she really felt that she was wronged, and tears flowed from her eyes.

"Lord Shen, the old lady doesn't know the reason, and it is inevitable that she will be a little biased. According to the opinion of the lower officials, the two daughters should be immediately brought back to the government for interrogation. Hu Cheng walked up to Shen Pu and said in a low voice.

Shen Pu was helpless, so he had to nod.

Only then did the two officials come over and lock the chains in their hands around Diao Chan's neck.

Where has Diao Chan experienced such a thing, as soon as the cold chain was put around his neck, people were already so frightened that their legs were weak, and they only cared about crying in a low voice.

The old lady was anxious, and pointed at Hu Cheng and was about to speak, but only heard a voice sound: "Ju'er, why don't you take Madame back to the room to rest." ”

Ju'er heard that it was the voice of the old palace master Zhao Ji, and didn't dare to say anything more, so she hurriedly helped the old lady and walked to the room.

"Old lady, there must be something strange in this matter, or later, when the slave maid goes to the lobby to testify for Mrs. Tang, you must not be angry because of this."

"Take it away." With Hu Cheng's order, Diao Chan and Zhu'er were forcibly taken out of the gate of Anle Palace.

Looking at the backs of several people, a strange sneer appeared on Zhao Ji's face.

Bao Heitou is not in the palace, this king wants to see, what kind of fate will you, a scholar who dares to go against this king, end up?

Soon, Diao Chan and Zhu'er were dragged to the lobby of the mansion.

"For the time being, the two will be imprisoned and retried at a later date." Shen Pu instructed the servant.

"What do you mean, my lord, this case has all the stolen goods, and it should be judged quickly, how can it be delayed?" Hu Cheng is puzzled.

Shen Pu had other ideas.

He didn't know what this Zhao Ji wanted to do, why he framed such a weak woman. I have to sort it out well, so as not to fall into the trap set by Zhao Ji.

Women's prisons are different from men's.

The cells here are smaller than those of the men, and the guards are relatively loose, and since there have always been fewer female prisoners, Diao Chan and Zhu'er are housed in two different cells, separated only by a thin wall of wooden planks in between, and the gap in the middle of the wall is so wide that you can even stretch your hands out of each other.

As soon as Diao Chan was pushed in, he was paralyzed by the fright of a huge rat in the corner.

In the next room, Zhu'er was also frightened and screamed.

With a "snap", the jailer's whip slammed on the door.

"No noise!"

After a brief silence, the two women quickly found what they thought was safe, crouching and shivering.