The maidservant carefully looked at Yue Qingshuang's face and whispered: "I heard that this matter was admitted by Rong Jiugongzi himself, and in the past, Duchess Rong Guo fell in love with Miss Xie and wanted to marry her as her daughter-in-law." ”

"Even the Duchess of Cao Guo also stood up to speak, saying that it was indeed the Duchess of Rong Guo who took a fancy to Miss Xie and invited her to be a matchmaker to discuss this family matter with the Xie family.

Yue Qingshuang was dizzy when she heard this, and her face was so white that there was no trace of blood: "How can this be?" How so? ”

If the decree of marriage is the will of His Majesty, and the Duke of Rongguo has no choice but to accept the decree, then whoever marries is married, but if the decree of marriage is requested by the Duke of Rongguo himself, it will be different.

These two must have been ventilated.

Moreover, the Duchess of Cao Guo stood up to testify, and most of the rumors outside could be cleared.

"Fake! Fake! It must be fake! Yue Qingshuang refused to believe it, "It must be that Duchess Cao Guo colluded with the Rongguo Mansion, so she came forward to make this false testimony!" ”

"Fake! It's all fake! ”

Yue Qingshuang refused to think about how many people would blame her if it was confirmed that everything was her lie, and even affect her family.

"It's all their collusion, if you go, you will let people say that it was all the collusion between the Duke of Rong Guo and the Duchess of Cao Guo, it was the Duke of Rong Jiu who abandoned the chaos from the beginning, and the Duchess of Cao Guo stood up and said such things in order to help him cover up the truth."

The maid's eyes widened: "Auntie, girl... Isn't that right? If so, even the Cao Guogong Mansion has been offended? ”

Yue Qingshuang's face was pale, but her eyes were sharp and cold: "What are you afraid of?" It's not for you to spread the word that we said, just find some people to spread these words, why did we offend the Cao Guo Mansion? ”

"Don't go yet, go quickly."

"Yes, yes."

Yue Qingshuang watched the maid leave, her fingers clenched the handkerchief tightly, and her lips were bitten so much that she was bleeding.

Yue Qingshuang doesn't know how things turned out like this, she used these remarks to do things in the past, how smoothly she used them, whether it was Xu Huanting or other girls, which one was her opponent?

Except for Xu Huanting, who was still bouncing on the grave with a good family background, those people either died or left the imperial city, or some stayed, and they had already gone into hiding, not wanting to see anyone at all.

But I didn't expect to be planted here.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

She didn't even count that the Rongguo Mansion would not eat her, nor did she count that this family affair that everyone in the world thought was a marriage gift from His Majesty, but it turned out to be a holy decree that she begged for.

She originally thought that the Rongguo Mansion 'can marry anyone', but it became a marriage that they had already met, so the words she said in the past and the things she made were like jokes.

If she wants to marry into the Rongguo Mansion, it is already impossible.

But she went the wrong way again, and personally admitted that she had a personal affair with the ninth prince, and now there is no turning back, and now she either stands up and says her own nonsense, or she wants to die and break the net to the end.

If it is the former, she and the Yue family will be ridiculed and ridiculed by the world, and there will be no good results.

If it is the latter, if it loses, it will be the same result, but if it is not admitted, no matter who stands up to testify, it will be said that it is colluding with the Rongguo Mansion to cover up for Rong Jiugongzi, and Rong Jiugongzi will be said to be the wicked person who has abandoned the chaos from the beginning, and there is still a glimmer of life.

If the Rongguo Mansion is forced to let her enter the door, that's fine, if not, the Yue family can also stand above morality and accuse the Rongguo Mansion of being bad, and others will only pity her.

Yue Qingshuang closed her eyes, and right now, the Yue family had no way out, so it could only be like this.

That night, she discussed the matter with her family, and after the Yue family was silent for a long time, they had to agree to it.

Even if this move will completely offend the Rongguo Mansion, if you bow your head, you won't be able to end up good.

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The next day was the Great Pilgrimage.

The morning bell rang, and the hundred officials stepped on the steps of the Taiji Hall in turn, and stood in their positions in turn according to their official positions.

The palace is solemn and splendid, the surrounding decoration carves the dragon and paints the phoenix, draws the sun, moon and stars, there is a golden dragon on the big red pillar, the gold seat is carved with gold and inlaid treasure on the high position, the majesty and coldness make people dare not look directly.

Just like the emperor.

On both sides of the palace there is a pair of red-crowned crane incense burners, the incense burner has light smoke rising in the incense burner, the aroma is elegant and refreshing, making people sober and clear.

"Your Majesty to—"

A eunuch shouted, and the emperor wearing a Ming yellow dragon robe and a golden dragon crown hat walked out of the gate on the left side of the throne, followed by the crown prince who was also wearing a Ming yellow python robe and a golden crown, and Rong Xun, who was the deputy commander of the forbidden army.

Hundreds of officials knelt down to pay respects: "Minister, welcome Your Majesty - long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live—"

The emperor ascended the throne and sat down, the crown prince and Rong Xun each stood on the left and right of the throne, the prince was on the right, and Rong Xun was on the left.

"Excuse me." The emperor's voice was neither high nor low, plain and bland, but it also reached the ears of hundreds of officials.

"Thank you, Your Majesty—" The hundred officials thanked him, and then stood up.

The emperor said: "Today's court meeting, all of you Aiqing are here, if there is anything, let's talk about it." ”

The emperor does not go to court every day, and now the rules of Dongming are a big court meeting on the fifth day, a small court meeting on the third day, and the small court meeting is in accordance with the regulations, and officials above the third grade need to participate, and other officials are having something, so they will hand over the post to participate in the day in advance.

There are more people at the Great Pilgrimage Meeting, and there are more things to deal with.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a performance." Someone stood up, "Chen played about the heavy rain in Jinzhou." ”

"A month ago, there was a sudden rainstorm in the area of Jinzhou Zhihe, the people suffered a flood, the river burst its embankment, the houses collapsed, the grain harvest was very small, and the disaster was serious.

The sudden heavy rain in the area of Jinzhou Zhihe led to the river bursting, and the surrounding people suffered crimes, and the court had also sent people to the disaster relief before, but now a month has passed, and the flood has receded, and it is time to recuperate.

The emperor nodded: "Yes, this matter will be handed over to Aiqing." ”

"Commandment."

"Your Majesty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching......"

"Your Majesty, the matter of the Chongyang Festival ......"

The hundred officials took out their own affairs, down to the cultivation of good seeds in the second half of the year, and to the tributes paid by various countries.

The emperor answered when he wanted to, and asked the prince if he didn't want to answer, and let the prince deal with it.

Officials with different opinions quarreled over this, and you came and went, with sharp words, and no blood was seen in killing.

Time passed quietly in the light smoke.

In the blink of an eye, an hour and a half passed.

At this point, the matter was finally dealt with, and the emperor said, "If there is nothing to do today, then retire." ”

At this time, a speaker stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." ”

"Minister, you want to impeach the Rongguo Mansion."