Anyway, she couldn't sleep, so A-Yao went to the firewood room in the backyard.

Song Yi opened the door of the firewood room and followed her in.

Ah Yao kicked a few of the tied up fake servants, "Wake up!" ”

Several people woke up one after another, and they all raised their eyes to look at her.

"As long as you admit that Xiao Mu sent you, I will take your life!"

Several people ignored her.

Ah Yao squatted in front of a few people and looked at them levelly, "There is only one chance, you better think clearly." ”

A few people still ignored it.

She sneered and took out the dagger she had with her, raised it and stabbed it in the instep of one of them.

"Ahh

The screams resounded throughout the firewood room.

"Song Yi, stop him, don't let him wake up the others in the mansion."

"Yes."

Song Yi immediately brought a rag and stuffed it into the mouth of the screaming man, and the man could only let out a painful whimper.

Ah Yao looked at the rest of the people, "How did you think about it?" ”

Several people looked at each other, and they were all a little shaken.

"My patience is limited, you'd better say it when I'm patient, or ......"

Before she could finish her sentence, she plunged the dagger into the instep of the other man's foot.

"Ahh

The man screamed, and his mouth was gagged with a rag.

The rest of the people looked frightened and didn't dare to speak hard.

"Say, we're willing to say."

Ah Yao suddenly got up and clapped her hands, and stepped back, "Say it!" ”

"You guessed right, it was Xiao Mu who asked us to go to Su Mansion, he sent two groups of people, we dragged you in the front yard, and the other group of people went to the backyard to kidnap Begonia."

Ah Yao sneered: "What a Xiao Mu! ”

After calming down, she asked again: "Xiao Mu has been taken to the government at that time, how did he order you?" ”

"This ......"

Several people looked at each other, dumbfounded for a moment.

"Still not telling the truth?"

Yao raised the dagger again.

"Say, I say."

The man gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "It was Concubine Xiao who sent us." ”

"What a concubine! I'll see how you explain it this time. ”

The next day, Ah Yao took those people into the palace to see Concubine Xiao, and Song Yi followed.

Because of his identity, it was inconvenient for Rong Qianhan to appear in the Southern Xinjiang Palace, so he didn't follow.

But before they left, Rong Qianhan instructed Song Yi to protect Ah Yao and not let her lose a hair.

Ah Yao and his party came to Concubine Xiao's palace, and it happened that the emperor was also there.

Seeing that A-Yao had brought so many people, the emperor was stunned for a moment, and then slowly got up and walked towards her.

"A-Yao? It's been a long time since you've been in the palace, and I heard that you recently opened a shop in Fengdu? The emperor asked.

"Yes."

Li Lin had told her before that the emperor didn't know about Su Ji's fire, and everyone hid it from him.

She wasn't going to mention it.

Glancing at the few people she brought, the emperor frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Because of A-Yao's special status, the emperor gave her a token that she could take people in and out of the palace at will.

The emperor racked his brains to make up for her, so he naturally gave her special treatment everywhere.

"A few thieves broke into the Su Mansion last night, I interrogated them, and they even mentioned Concubine Xiao, I will take them into the palace today to confront Concubine Xiao face to face." Ah Yao said truthfully.

Concubine Xiao got up when she heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "I don't know these people at all, A-Yao must not listen to people's instigation!" ”

"I thought the same way, so I brought them to meet Concubine Xiao."

The emperor frowned and asked Concubine Xiao, "What's going on?" Do you recognize these people? ”

After Concubine Xiao looked at a few people carefully, she shook her head and said, "The concubine doesn't recognize these people, there must be some misunderstanding here." ”

"Oh? Concubine Xiao said that she didn't recognize you, that is, you slandered Concubine Xiao? Ah Yao turned back to a few people.

Long before bringing a few people into the palace, Ah Yao had warned them.

In front of the emperor, they dare to lie a little, that is to be punished by the nine clans, even if they themselves are not afraid of death, they do not want to affect their nine clans.

Several people knelt down tremblingly and kept kowtowing to the emperor.

"If you go back to the emperor, the villain doesn't dare to lie, we are indeed going to the Su Mansion on the orders of Concubine Xiao!"

"That's right!"

"Please let the emperor know."

It is related to Ayao's safety, and the emperor does not dare to be careless.

After all, he had lost Soho and couldn't let their daughter slip through the cracks.

He approached Ah Yao and asked, "They didn't hurt you, did they?" ”

Ah Yao shook her head, "I'm fine, but they kidnapped my maid Begonia and took Begonia to Xiao Mansion to commit violence." ”

"What?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Concubine Xiao angrily.

Concubine Xiao immediately knelt down, "The concubine doesn't know about this. ”

The emperor suppressed his anger and continued to ask Ah Yao, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the cause of the incident is ......"

Ah Yao told the emperor the ins and outs of the matter, the causes and consequences, and the consequences.

After hearing this, the emperor was furious, "How can this be reasonable! Xiao Mu dared to be so bold, Concubine Xiao, you'd better explain this matter clearly. ”

"The emperor is angry."

The emperor pointed to a few people kneeling on the ground and asked, "Do you recognize these people?" ”

"Concubine...... I really don't recognize it. ”

When several people heard this, they hurriedly spoke, "We received Concubine Xiao's silver, it was Concubine Xiao who instructed us to break into the Su Mansion, we dare not lie in front of the emperor, please ask the emperor to find out!" ”

"You bloody mouths!"

Just when a few people were in a stalemate with Concubine Xiao, a familiar face passed by.

Someone recognized the man at a glance, and hurriedly pointed to the man: "It's her, she took the silver to let us do things, and said that she was on the orders of Concubine Xiao." ”

Everyone's eyes fell on a palace maid.

The emperor had a gloomy face and said, "Bring someone over." ”

"Yes."

The father-in-law brought the little palace maid over, and the little palace maid immediately saluted, "Slave and maid parsley see the emperor." ”

"Do you recognize these people?" The emperor pointed to several men kneeling on the ground.

Xiangqin glanced at several men and said, "The slave doesn't recognize these people. ”

"Girl, don't lie to us! Obviously, you found a few of us and asked us to pretend to be the officials of the government to break into the Su Mansion and take away the begonias, how can you not admit it now? ”

"That's it!"

Xiangqin didn't dare to look at a few people, but she just denied it.

Concubine Xiao answered, "Just because of your empty mouth and white teeth, you instruct parsley, must it be parsley?" I also suspect that someone of you deliberately found the false accusation of parsley. ”

Ah Yao chuckled, and Concubine Xiao's words were very clear.

She walked up to some of the men and asked, "Do you have any proof that the man who came to you that day was Parsley?" ”

Several people looked at each other, but no one could come up with evidence.

Seeing this, Concubine Xiao hurriedly said: "I want to testify against Xiangqin without evidence, what do you have in mind?" ”

Just when several people were at a loss, one of them suddenly spoke up.

"I have proof!"

Everyone looked at the man at the same time.

Yao: "What evidence do you have?" ”

The man showed a hint of weakness on his face and whispered: "After Parsley looked for us that day and left, I found an earring on the ground, which should have been dropped by Parsley, and I was greedy for money and left it by myself, and I didn't tell them." ”

"Where's the earrings?"

"It's on me."

Ah Yao motioned to Song Yi to get the earrings with her eyes.

Song Yi took out an earring from the man's arms and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor is a man, he doesn't understand earrings, and he can't see anything special about these earrings.

"Isn't it just an earring, how can you be sure it's parsley?" The emperor asked.

The man couldn't say anything else, so he could only repeat: "Your Majesty, the villain doesn't dare to lie, this earring was indeed dropped by parsley." ”

Concubine Xiao glanced at the earrings and sneered: "Only women will have a few earrings, and you take out one earring and say it is parsley, so we believe it?" ”

"But these earrings are really parsley, you have to believe me." The man explained.

Seeing that the man didn't look like he was lying, Ah Yao looked at the earrings again.

"Your Majesty, can you show me these earrings?"

"Yes."

The emperor handed the earrings to A-Yao.

Ah Yao carefully observed this earring and said with a smile: "The pendant of this earring is not an ordinary pendant, it should be a red agate from Persia, right?" ”

At what she said, everyone stared at the pendant on the earring.

"I heard that the red agate crystal revealed, rich in color and luster, is produced in Post, we really rarely see this rare object in southern Xinjiang." The emperor said.

The father-in-law who followed the emperor reminded loudly: "Back to the emperor, last year, the Persian envoy passed through my southern Xinjiang and brought some agate to the emperor first, and there happened to be this pair of red agate earrings at that time. ”

"Oh? I don't even remember. ”

The emperor turned his head to look at his father-in-law, "Who did I give the red agate earrings to at that time?" ”

The father-in-law dodged his gaze, and he lowered his head when he wanted to speak.

"Who?" The emperor asked repeatedly.

"The emperor gave Concubine Xiao Niangniang."

The emperor and Ah Yao looked at Concubine Xiao at the same time.

Concubine Xiao's eyes rolled, and she immediately answered, "The concubine remembered, this pair of earrings is indeed the concubine's, but they were lost half a year ago." ”

"How could Concubine Xiao's things be lost? Could it be that there was a thief in Concubine Xiao's palace? Yao asked.

"Then I really don't know."

Ah Yao snorted coldly and said respectfully to the emperor: "I implore the emperor to send someone to search Xiangqin's residence, this pair of red agate earrings is so precious, presumably the other one must still be in her room, and if she searches for things, she can't deny it." ”

"Someone! Go search. ”

"Yes."

Seeing that the guards had gone to search her room, Parsley couldn't hold back any longer, and layers of thin sweat oozed from her palms.

The guards soon returned with an identical red agate earring and respectfully handed it to the emperor.

"Back to the emperor, these red agate earrings were found under Parsley's pillow."

The emperor took the two earrings and compared, and looked at Parsley with anger on his face, "The evidence is all here, what else do you have to say?" ”

"The emperor spares his life! The slave confesses! ”

The emperor snorted coldly and threw the two earrings in front of her.

Ah Yao came to Xiangqin and asked, "You are Concubine Xiao's person, and you saved Concubine Xiao's own brother, how should you explain this matter?" ”