"My jade bracelet is gone!"

The residence of the female history of the Imperial Tea Bureau, who had only been calm for a few days, immediately became restless again because of Ziyun's exclamation.

Ziyun saw that he had successfully attracted everyone to come over, and began to cry sadly with a handful of tears and snot, "That pair of jade bracelets is the only relic left to me by my mother, and I usually don't want to wear them, but this morning I wanted to turn them out and take a look, only to find that they were gone!"

Yi Mei and Su Qi were not interested in these things, but when they saw everyone gathered around Ziyun's bed, they had to follow in order to avoid suspicion, and even Aunt Wang from the Imperial Tea Bureau came over. Everyone made way for Aunt Wang to come to Ziyun, "Think about it again, do you put it somewhere else and forget it?" Aunt Wang said as she started to look at Ziyun's bed.

"Absolutely not, I've always kept it in the bedside box and never taken it out, but tomorrow is my mother's death, so I want to take it out and put it on today, who knows, it's gone. Ziyun sobbed again. The sound of raindrops falling on the roof began to whisper. The palace maids who will enter the palace will not be illustrious, so they all understand the preciousness of a pair of jade bracelets, and besides, this is a relic left by Ziyun's mother. These girls, who usually only have one expression when they work, have sympathy, doubt, and anger on their faces at the moment. But beyond these and some little comfort, they didn't know what to do until someone shouted, "Someone must have stolen it from us!"

"Yes, definitely!" This person cooperated very well with the person just now, and Yi Mei listened to their voices as if they were the two who often followed behind Ziyun.

For a while, everyone changed from gossiping to comforting Ziyun just now, and discussing who was the thief. As they spoke, they glanced at the people around them with the eyes of anyone but themselves, who could be the thief, as if this was the way to make them look innocent. Aunt Wang was also sure that someone had done the theft, so she picked up the majesty and said: "In the end, I took it, I admit it at this time, I can not pursue it, otherwise it will be handed over to the law enforcement lady to deal with it personally." The female historians looked at each other, but they all looked innocent and confused.

"I'll repeat, who took it, hand it over now, or I'll start searching!" After the aunt finished speaking, she waited for a while and found that no one had come forward, so she waved her hand and motioned for a few older women to search the people in the room one by one, including herself. Aunt Wang searched everyone one by one, and found no jade bracelets in Ziyun behind her, and began to look through everyone's beds again. At this time, it was quite close to the time when the emperor would finish breakfast and have the first round of tea, and Yimei, who was on duty today, had to remind Aunt Wang in a whisper. After Yimei got permission, she instructed Su Qi to run to the emperor's Weiyang Palace immediately, but from the moment she left the residence, she was a little restless all day, always feeling as if something was going to happen.

The emperor was not in a good mood today, because the courtiers had been arguing for several days about the re-appointment of the crown prince, but there was still no result. Originally, the emperor was in a bad mood, and the palace maid should be more careful to deal with it, but Si Ran was absent-minded and asked the emperor to call a few times to "change tea" before reacting. The emperor couldn't help but get angry and asked, "What are you doing?" Yimei hurriedly knelt down and confessed, "Please forgive the emperor for being disrespectful!"

If it was a few years in the morning, the emperor would have been furious and handed over Yimei to the Law Enforcement Bureau to deal with, but today, the emperor, who was already old, sighed softly, waved his hand and said to Yimei: "Forget it, you don't need to serve here." ”

As soon as Yi Mei stepped out of Weiyang Palace, she quickened her pace and walked towards the Imperial Tea Bureau, and as soon as she entered the door, she found that everyone else was looking at her with a very strange look. Yimei became worried, and began to look for Su Qi like crazy, but no matter who she was, she didn't want to tell her, but seemed to be deliberately avoiding her. Yi Mei was so anxious that she was about to cry when she ran into Ziyun and her two followers, Ziyun raised her hands with ulterior motives and deliberately let Yi Mei see the pair of jade bracelets and said in a weird manner: "She stole my bracelet and was found by my aunt, and now she has been imprisoned in the Law Enforcement Bureau." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, Su Qi will never steal your things!"

Ziyun's tone was cool, "It's not that I'm talking nonsense, it's Aunt Wang who personally took out my bracelet from Su Qi's bag." Two of her attendants nodded maliciously in acknowledgment. Yi Mei finally realized that Su Qi might really be locked up, but at the same time, she also guessed that all of this might be Ziyun's game. Yi Mei was so anxious that she didn't have the heart to entangle with them at all, but directly crossed them and prepared to find Aunt Wang. Ziyun's smug laughter still came from behind, like a noisy bee that could sting people.

When Yimei ran to Aunt Wang's residence, she was sitting in the inner hall drinking tea and chatting with other aunts from the palace bureau, and out of the corner of her aunt's eye, she caught a glimpse of Yimei who had just appeared at the door, so she smiled at everyone and said, "I have something to do, so you can go back first, and I will invite you to taste Xingong's tea another day." ”

Aunt Wang knew very well why Yi Mei came, so she didn't ask much, just stood up and packed her things, and said: "You don't have to intercede for her, I can't help you, she has been put in the prison of the Law Enforcement Bureau, and she is being dealt with by the law enforcement officer." ”

"But it must not have been her doing, how could Su Qi steal other people's things when she was usually timid and afraid. ”

"So many people are watching, and I personally found Ziyun's jade bracelet from her package, who else could it be?"

"Sometimes what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily true. Yi Mei didn't choose what to say, but she didn't expect to be scolded by Aunt Wang before she finished speaking: "Bastard, do you mean that I planted her to blame?"

Yimei realized the slip of the tongue and quickly knelt down and said, "My subordinates don't dare." Because of the impatience and the fact that I had just run for a while, the combed bun was a little messy, and a handful of hair was scattered on my face. In the still cold spring, she ran so much that she was drenched in sweat and her clothes stuck to her skin. Aunt Wang looked at her and couldn't help but remember that she also valued the sisterhood between the palace maids when she was young, so she felt a little distressed, and eased her tone, "It's rare that you are so open for her, let you go and meet her, maybe she will be expelled from the palace." ”

Yimei was still unwilling, "Ask my aunt to help Su Qi, if she is expelled she and her grandmother will starve to death." Aunt Wang was already a little impatient, leaving a sentence: "If you continue to plead here, I won't even let you see her" and went out.

After Aunt Wang went out, Yimei was still kneeling, and the feeling of powerlessness spread from the bottom of her heart and slowly spread to every part of her body. The feeling was the same as when my father and mother left overnight three years ago, powerless and desperate. Yimei clenched her fists hard, her nails embedded in the flesh and still didn't feel the pain, but tears kept sliding down her cheeks. I don't know how long it took for Yimei to wipe away the tears on her face and stand up, her legs were already numb. She limped back to her residence, packed up her mood, packed some food, and prepared to go to see Su Qi in prison.

Even if it was only one day, Su Qi was already haggard, and seeing Yimei was like seeing land in the vast sea. Su Qi grabbed what she was eating and devoured it, and Yi Mei was distressed when she saw it, and kept reminding her to eat slowly.

"They didn't embarrass you, did they?" Yi Mei knew that it would not be good to go to these places, but she still couldn't help but ask. Who knows, it's okay not to ask, but when I asked, Su Qi didn't even eat anything, but pulled up his sleeves and showed Yimei in tears. Her skinny arms were covered in blood, and she looked shocking. Yimei was startled, endured the distress, and gently stroked the scars, not knowing what to say.

"Sister, can you find a way to save me? I really don't want to stay here!"

Yimei hesitated for a while, but decided to tell her the news that she might have to leave the palace. But before she could speak, Su Qi took out a few pieces of broken silver from her clothes and put them in her hand and said, "You can help me take these pieces of silver out of the palace to my grandmother, and tell her that I am fine, so that she doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Yimei looked at the cold silver grains lying quietly in her hand, swallowed back what she was about to say just now, and comforted her, "Don't worry, you will be able to come out in two days." ”

"Really?" Su Qi grabbed Yimei's hand in surprise, and it hurt a little.

"Really, so you have to take care of yourself here. Don't be cranky and want to know?"

"Hmm!" Su Qi let go of his hand and took another bite of the bun in his hand.

Yimei really had no choice but to continue to look at Su Qi's pitiful appearance, so she had to tell her a few words and walked out. When he got out of the cell, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, squatting in the corner, clasping his hands and knees, and sobbing.