A group of guards searched in and out of the palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace all stood in a row waiting for the results, and this row of people. But there was one person who looked extremely abnormal.

"Niangniang, this is from the jewelry box of a palace maid in Dongyuan. One of the guards said with a packet of powder-like things.

Xu Lianyi picked up the medicinal powder and smelled it, it was indeed the smell of phosphorus powder, and her face changed greatly.

So he looked up at the row of palace maids in front of him and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Niangniang, this is Pei'er's jewelry box. The palace maid with an extremely unnatural expression seemed to relax instantly, and immediately spoke out to testify.

"Niangniang, the slave maid is wronged..."The palace maid called Pei'er knelt on the ground and said loudly, with a look of disbelief and the palace maid who looked at it was full of grievances.

"The bold slave dared to deliberately frighten the mother, pull down the cane and kill her. Li Zhiyang didn't wait for Pei'er to finish speaking, and then said in a loud voice.

Then the two guard-like people stepped forward and dragged Pei'er down to death.

"Wait. Wu Peiling looked at the palace maid and Pei'er who had just spoken out, and always felt that it was very inappropriate to deal with this matter like this, so she suddenly spoke up. "Pei'er, you first tell me what you have to do with it. ”

When Pei'er heard this, as if grasping a life-saving straw, she crawled in the direction of Xu Lianyi as if she was kneeling, and knelt in front of Xu Lianyi.

She said that it was brought from the parents and that it was best used to light a fire at night. Pei'er said, during which she glanced at the profit. "Now she still takes the initiative to slander me. ”

Pei'er urinates in the palace, she is very simple, and it makes sense that she doesn't know phosphorus powder, and besides, Pei'er is such a simple person, and she can't do this kind of thing that needs to be calculated?

"Niangniang clearly noticed that the slave maid did not give this thing Pei'er. Seeing Xu Lianyi's thoughtful look, Zhiying hurriedly argued, very justifiable.

"Oh, that's funny, you said you didn't give Pei'er phosphorus powder, but Pei'er said that you gave her phosphorus powder. Wu Peiling looked at the profit, since she searched the palace, she felt that this little palace maid's every move was very suspicious.

Zhi Ying suddenly knelt down and said loudly: "Pei'er, you said that I was with you, but someone saw it at that time, I treated you like a sister, why did you frame me so much." ”

After speaking, he kowtowed directly to Xu Lianyi, and said loudly: "Please also ask Niangniang to return my innocence." ”

Xu Lianyi saw that the human and physical evidence were all there, and it was difficult to interrogate any further, so she could only say loudly: "Come on, pull Pei'er to the Criminal Division." ”

"Wronged...... Empress...... The slave was wronged" Pei'er was pulled down, and she kept screaming grievances.

Zhi Ying looked at Pei'er who was dragged down, her footsteps moved, and a trace of unclear hesitation flashed in her eyes, but she still didn't take any action, and these imperceptible details were all seen by Xu Lianyi and Wu Peiling.

"It's all gone. Xu Lianyi waved her hand, and the rest of the people seemed to be afraid of affecting themselves, so they all scattered.

He returned to his room and walked out after resting for a while. Even if she wasn't on duty today, she would have been suspected if she had been hiding in her room.

Remembering that this month's Fengyin was going to be collected, he walked to the account room.

"Have you heard that Pei'er, who was dragged to the Shen Penal Division in the morning, is said to be unable to bear the burden and commit suicide. A passing palace maid held a plate and said to the palace maid on the side.

The palace maid looked around, very vigilant, but didn't seem to see the profit, and said: "It is said that she intended to murder Niangniang, and she deserves to die." ”

After hearing this, he pretended not to know anything and quickly walked into the account room.

The next morning, it was the day when the take profit was on duty, and the take profit got up early in the morning.

As in the past, Zhiying cleaned in the Weiyang Palace, like all social animals, even the lowest slaves and maids in the palace had their own small circles. But when the take profit was the same as before, she found that her small circle rejected her intentionally or unintentionally.

She stood still, not knowing why, and everyone avoided her as if they had agreed.

"Yo, isn't this a profit-take-profit?" A group of palace maids walked towards her, but the one who took the lead was the one who had been very good friends with Pei'er in the past.

Zhiying glanced at her, what happened yesterday, and now he took the initiative to greet her, it must be ill-intentioned, so he ignored it, nodded with a smile, and continued to do his own sprinkling and sweeping work.

The palace maid stepped forward, snatched the broom from Zhiying's hand, pushed it and said, "Yesterday in front of the mother, weren't you quite able to speak?

"Liu'er, you're enough. Zhiying picked up the broom on the ground, raised his head and said to the palace maid who took the lead, "Yesterday's incident was originally that Pei'er was going to murder Niangniang, don't deceive people too much." ”

Probably because of the weakness of the heart, the voice of Zhiying was trembling when he spoke.

"You are talking nonsense, how can such a simple person as Pei'er think about harming her mother. You must have framed her. Another palace maid stood up and said, and went up and pushed the profit hard.

This side of the courtyard was originally a place where people came and went, and everyone liked to watch the excitement, and it was early in the morning when there was nothing to do, so there was a large circle of people unknowingly.

Because the palace maid was very strong, the profit was pushed and fell to the ground.

"Do you want to pretend to be pitiful again?" Liu Er looked at more and more people and said loudly, "Pei'er was killed by you like this." ”

The onlookers were all palace maids and servants who were more idle in the past, and at this time, they did not forget to fall into the well.

"Pei'er was killed by her."

"I said, how did such a good little girl die, it turned out that someone framed her. ”

"It's disgusting to be pretending to be pitiful now. His tone was full of disgust.

"How could I be on duty in the same palace as this kind of person. ”

Those palace maids and eunuchs said one after another, each sentence more vicious than the other, and Zhiying couldn't help but regret it when he looked at such a scene.

"No, it's not my fault. She shouted. But no one listened to her.

"What are you doing here?" Wu Peiling asked aloud as she looked at the group of people gathered in front of her.

When a group of people saw Wu Peiling coming, I didn't dare to continue to cause trouble, so I dispersed in a hurry.

Wu Peiling looked at Zhiying, who was still on the ground, recognized her as the palace maid yesterday, helped her up and said, "Why is this lying on the ground?"

Take profit didn't say a word, just stood up silently.

Liu Er watched Wu Peiling help her to take profit, and she was not good at attacking, but she said unwillingly: "It's really a blessing to take profit, and there are nobles to help you every time." ”

"Oh, what nobleman?" Wu Peiling asked out loud when she saw that Liu Er had something to say.

Liu Er glanced at Wu Peiling, blessed her body and said, "Last time it was Liu Jingyan, this time it's you, aren't they all nobles?"

Wu Peiling heard that Liu Jingyan had saved Zhiying, as if she had suddenly opened her mind, she looked like she understood something, and walked towards Weiyang Palace.

Xu Lianyi had heard someone inform her that Wu Peiling was coming, so she was sitting on the couch waiting, when she saw someone and hurriedly stood up.

"Why did you come here so early today? Xu Lianyi took Wu Peiling's hand and said.

"Aren't you worried about you?" Wu Peiling said, "But this is not too early, and I just happened to find something terrible." ”

"Oh, what's the matter, let's hear it?" Xu Lianyi let Huiyu serve tea while talking, so she talked to Wu Peiling while drinking tea.

"I came today, and I saw that the palace maid named Zhiying was bullied yesterday, so I helped her by the way, and I knew something terrible. Wu Peiling took a sip of tea and pretended to be suspenseful, "It turns out that Liu Jingyan also helped with this profit-taking at the beginning." ”

"So, she used phosphorus powder to intimidate me for Liu Jingyan?" Xu Lianyi put down the teacup and asked softly.

"It should be. Wu Peiling looked at Xu Lianyi and said, "It's a thankful retribution, but it's a pity that I used the wrong method." ”

"But we don't have any evidence. Xu Lianyi thought about it and said, "Maybe we can use the way of others to treat others?"

"How to return the law?" Wu Peiling seemed to be interested.

"She used the theory of ghosts and gods to intimidate me, and she must be a person who believes in the theory of ghosts and gods. Xu Lianyi tapped on the table and said, "Maybe we can also use the "ghost" of profit-taking to force her to tell the truth." ”

"That's a good idea. Wu Peiling agreed.

"Why bother. A voice came. It turned out that Mu Yunting was getting off the morning court, so he rushed to Weiyang Palace, and happened to hear the conversation between the two.

Mu Yunting strode towards Xu Lianyi, sat beside her and said softly: "Since she dares to harm you, just arrest it, so why bother." ”

"How can such a random arrest without any basis convince the public. Xu Lianyi glanced at Mu Yunting, pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "I don't know, I still say that I am pampered and arrogant, and I am a bully." ”

"Okay, whatever you say is up to you. Mu Yunting looked at Xu Lianyi and knew that she had her own insistence, so she didn't force it anymore.

Seeing the two of them looking so affectionate, Wu Peiling couldn't help but feel happy for Xu Lianyi, but for some reason she thought of Mu Xiaoying, and she didn't know what this kid was doing now.

The sky gradually darkened, and it was evening, half-light and half-dark, and after doing his part, he was ready to walk to the garden. But I happened to see two eunuchs carrying a sack, with a disgusted look, and couldn't help but be curious.

"Dare to ask the two big brothers, what is this. Take Profit asked.

"It's not a good thing, girl, stay away. The one on the left said. "It's a palace maid who died yesterday, pulled out of the Shen Punishment Division. ”

When Zhi Ying heard the words "Shen Penal Division", his face changed slightly.

The one on the right glanced at Zhiying and said, "It seems that he is also on an errand in this Weiyang Palace, what is the name of 'Pei'er'." Do you know?"

"I don't know, I don't know. Zhiying hurriedly said, "The two big brothers, hurry up and do the errand." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly ran towards the houses in the garden, and sat on the stool gasping for breath. When she calmed down, she closed her eyes and muttered something in her mouth.

If someone sees it at this time, they will know that the idea of stopping profit is the rebirth mantra that the folk want to recite when they are dead, and it is said that ghosts who do not want to leave can be reincarnated smoothly.