Steward Zhou followed silently, and after a while, he arrived at the inner courtyard, entered the flower hall, and found that he was not only called, but also more than a dozen people, all of whom were servants and maids who served in front of each servant, as well as close stewards.

King Lu's expression was a little gloomy, and he was looking at a painting on the wall with his hands behind his back, until everyone arrived, then he turned around and sat down, and did not speak, so he slowly served tea and drank water by himself.

Steward Zhou didn't dare to take a breath in his breath, and waited with others to ask questions.

After a long time, King Lu made a look, and the housekeeper frowned: "There is some news outside, you have all heard it, you are all the people who choose to serve, who went to Shuiyun Temple, who went there, who accompanied him when he went, how long he stayed, whether he really accompanied him throughout the whole process, all of them." ”

Steward Zhou listened and realized that what he was afraid of had happened, and the prince really began to doubt the innocence of the waiter, his heart was pounding, and there was even a trace of coldness under the prince's careless gaze.

It was already hot weather, and my body was so cold that I almost swayed, so I was busy suppressing this urge and making myself look normal.

"Let's talk about the high election waiter first. ”

Everyone looked at a few people, only to see a mother-in-law hurriedly bowed: "Lord, slaves and maids are people who understand the rules, Gao Xuanzhi has been to Shuiyun Temple, but they are accompanied by more than two people, on April 7, after the prince, the slave and maid remember clearly, set off at three o'clock in the morning, arrived at one o'clock in the hour, only incense, donated five taels of silver, and went back to the house, and came back in time for noon." ”

King Lu looked at the housekeeper, and when he saw the housekeeper nodding, he stroked the teacup and did not speak.

"Zhang Xuan. ”

Another maid bowed: "We didn't set off at the right time, and we came back before the end of the Shen time, and there was a Fu steward to testify, and it happened to be assigned to Xia Juan at that time, and he also helped." ”

After listening to a maid, King Lu sighed, and the housekeeper continued to ask the next one.

"I have accompanied Chen Xuanzhi once, and since the prince called me to come, he must have known it, so I have to think about it, and how to answer when I am asked. ”

The question and answer continued.

Steward Zhou was flustered when he heard this, especially when he asked, he suddenly remembered that once he accompanied Chen Xuanzhi to Shuiyun Temple, he was indeed called to have a vegan banquet halfway, with vegetarian sea cucumbers, vegetarian shark fins, vegetarian goose, etc., and they all tasted meaty, reaching the level of being fake, called vegetarian meat.

I had a great appetite, and after eating for half an hour, only Chen Xuanzhi was left to salute the gods.

This is nothing, it is for the three cave mothers, it is a child, it is a private matter, and it is not possible to speak to outsiders, and it is very normal for a woman to kneel silently in the temple to worship and pray.

It doesn't matter when there are no dirty rumors, but once something happens, how can you say it clearly?

As long as you admit it, Chen Xuanzhi will be finished.

The prince doesn't care whether he has been worshipping God for half an hour, half an hour, and he has enough time to do anything.

Thinking of this, his legs were already trembling, but fortunately, before he was asked, Steward Zhou pinched a handful of thigh meat to calm himself down.

"It's okay, it's okay, I was the only one at the time, as long as I don't admit it, just say that I have been with Chen Xuanzhi, this matter can be prevaricated!"

"Chen Xuanshi!"

Immediately, there was a maid and a woman who agreed to say "yes" in a proper manner, and discussed them one by one, and it was the turn of Zhou to manage things.

"It was the third day of the fifth month, we went earlier, and we set off at the hour, and it happened that Chen Xuan's maid had something to do, accompanied by the villain. ”

During the process, the villain has been accompanying Chen Xuanzhi and did not leave halfway. ”

"Is it?" King Lu listened, nodded, leaned back in the chair, and looked at his face, which was better than just now, after all, he asked a circle of people, and these people followed each of the attendants, and none of them left the side of the attendants, which at least dispelled some suspicions.

"Stand down, all of you. King Lu said, "Change the next batch." ”

"Yes!"

Steward Zhou came out in a daze, and after going out, the breeze blew, and his body was cold, only to find that his vest was soaked, but fortunately he couldn't see it.

Back in his room, the little butler who had delivered the wine and food had already left, there were a few plates of dishes on the table, and there was a jar of unopened wine next to him, Steward Zhou closed the door and walked to the table and sat down.

After seeing that the dishes and chopsticks were all placed, he was very careful, so he opened the seal, poured himself a bowl of wine, and drank the dishes.

Eating the food and drink, the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.

"Hey, I did something wrong!" Steward Zhou snapped and put down his chopsticks and slapped himself hard.

This time his face was hot, and his tears were almost so angry that he fell.

"Zhou Liang, Zhou Liang, you are really confused, you are really confused!"

How could I be confused just now, I did something wrong in this matter!

In fact, this matter, I told the truth just now, it was a little implicated, but he was just inclined to the steward of the favored concubine, and did not do anything wrong for Chen Xuanzhi, even if he was disliked by the master because of his tendency, but who was in charge of affairs in the house and did not have this tendency?

The law does not blame the public, and it will not let him break his muscles and bones, at most, he will not be able to get over his face, and he will not be so reused.

Why did you just lie to yourself?

To say panic is to bully the master, this is the first taboo, why are you confused?

If this is discovered, it will not be scolded and left out in the cold, but it will be killed!

Zhou Liang's whole body was cold, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and a small jar of rice wine also had three or five catties, and he drank all the bowls of it.

Drunk, he staggered to his feet to leave, sat down again, lay down on the table and fell asleep.

I don't know how much time, my head hurts a little, I frowned, I didn't want to move when I was lying on my stomach, and I saw the kitchen butler who delivered the food just now came in and bowed, and said, "Steward Zhou, the cherries are here, let's go get them!"

"Okay, I'll go. Zhou Liang got up, but just went out, but he didn't see the little steward, and came to a garden in a trance, which seemed to be Chen Xuanzhi's courtyard, so he was surprised, and saw Chen Xuanzhi picking flowers, which were as red as blood, and asked, "Have you heard?"

Zhou Liang was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"I heard that Concubine Wei Niangniang also worshiped Shuiyun Temple like me, so there is a prince. ”

"I also want to go to the Shuiyun Temple to give birth to a few more sons for the prince. ”

In a trance, Zhou Liang felt uneasy, so he hurriedly avoided it, and walked to a courtyard, which seemed to be very unfamiliar, and he couldn't see where it was, and he was in a panic, but he heard a voice talking outside the window, distinguishing people by sound, it seemed to be Zhang Wang.

"Heh, Zhou Liang's old boy actually dared to lie to the prince, he is really a ghost who doesn't know death, I have obtained the evidence that he protected Chen Xuanzhi, so I will go and expose the crime to the prince!"

The voice was very low, and the gloom seemed to come from a distance, which seemed clear and gloomy, and Zhou Liang's heart was frightened: "You are talking nonsense, I don't." ”

"Lord Wang, you must listen to my defense, he wronged me. ”

After shouting a few times, I don't know where the anger came from, Zhou Liang suddenly pounced: "Zhang Wang, you Zhongshan wolf, I have put up with you for a long time, and I will fight with you today." ”