The prince, who had been silent, suddenly got up and said with a smile: "Since the cook girl followed the eldest princess to the palace, she naturally has no bad intentions, but she can't hide from someone deliberately framing her." Now that the two of them are dying, they can't ask anything in the retrial, so it's better to diagnose and treat the injuries first, and it's not too late to ask questions after they are ready. ”

The eldest princess raised her hand and stroked her sideburns with her carmine-dyed nails, took a gold-embroidered purse filled with wild chrysanthemums from the hand of the eldest girl who was waiting beside her, put it under her nose and sniffed it slightly, and said softly: "What the prince said is reasonable, this palace wants to see who deliberately framed him." His eyes lifted upwards and looked at Mama Yan, who was suddenly chilled and shocked.

The prince turned to the eldest princess and said with a smile: "Today is a good day for the county lord's sister, please let the eldest princess calm her anger, don't let the county lord feel guilty and panic." ”

The eldest princess slowly raised her eyes, looked at the people beside her who were silent, and said with a smile: "This palace naturally feels sorry for her daughter. ”

As he spoke, his tone turned cold, "Who was going to pour poison on Zi Ning just now?" His gaze was like a knife, first passing over Ligu's face, and then turning to Mama Yan, who bowed her head and was silent.

Mama Yan realized that the matter was getting bigger, and the sharp pain of her broken wrist made her head full of cold sweat, and she gritted her teeth and didn't dare to hum. Seeing that the eldest princess was about to judge her, she simply made a heart, relying on the old people of the palace, and dared to meet the majesty of the eldest princess.

She bowed on her knees, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This matter has nothing to do with Ligu, the poison is the old slave's own opinion, please ask the eldest princess to punish the old slave." ”

When everyone saw Mama Yan stand up, they all secretly felt that something was wrong, this old woman has always been ruthless and unforgiving, I am afraid that she will collide with the eldest princess and be punished for a big crime of disrespect.

The eldest princess sneered, "Mama is living an old age, and she actually said in the palace that she made her own claims, if this palace uses the family law to punish her, can Mama feel wronged?"

Yan Mama frowned, pursed her lips, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The old slave has lived for most of his life, and he has been a slave in the palace since he was a child, and he has seen some of the world. But I have never seen any prince and nobleman run by his wife, and the lord has become a painting on the wall, which is only beautiful, but it is useless......"

"Presumptuous!"

"Bold minion!"

King Huajun and the crown prince opened their mouths at the same time, and the imperceptible coldness and gloom in King Huajun's eyes flashed, and the slaves were already so frightened that their faces turned pale, thinking that Yan Mama had no way to hide her mouth, and this old fate was put aside.

The eldest princess's face changed suddenly, and then her expression was as usual, and she smiled slightly: "What does Mama Yan mean is that this palace is suspected of trespassing in the palace, and she has failed to abide by the rules of women's morality established by her ancestors, so she has to take off the hairpin and apologize?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly hung their hearts, and their eyes were all focused on King Huajun. King Huajun bowed his head for a long time and was silent, but his face was tense, secretly hating this Yan Mama for not knowing the severity, and actually embarrassing the eldest princess in front of outsiders.

Yan Mama's face was arrogant and disrespectful, and she herself knew that what she said just now could not be taken back, so she was even more unscrupulous, and muttered in her mouth: "The old slave doesn't dare, but it's just a fair word for our prince in vain......" His eyes secretly glanced at King Huajun, and saw that his face was gloomy, red and white for a while, and he didn't know what to do in his heart.

The eldest princess's lips were closed, she coughed lightly, her eyes lowered to look at the embroidered gold purse in her hand, and a slight wisp of impatience rose between her eyebrows. I thought to myself: "Su Ri lives in seclusion in this palace, but he can barely live in peace, how can he be willing to contaminate his pure body with the quagmire of filth." ”

Today, although she is dressed in gorgeous clothes, with the majesty of the princess of the protector on her face, she would rather be an ordinary woman dressed in plain dresses, even if there are a few dots of flowers and feathers, it is far better than these vain prosperity.

The moment she came in and saw Zi Ning, her heart was really tight, as if someone had destroyed a piece of beautiful and flawless Allure White Jade. If it weren't for this, with her noble body, how could she be willing to disregard her identity and confront a confused old slave for a long time.

There was a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth, and he just kept silent. Living in this huge palace has also been dyed with unbearable complexity, but if this is not the place to live, where can her Zining go to settle down?

The eldest princess's face suddenly darkened, and then she exhaled a deep breath, as if she was tired, and her expression became in a trance. When everyone saw her like this, they were a little confused.

At this time, the prince dressed in flowers snorted coldly: "An old slave in the palace, do you dare to say it or not?" Then he turned his head and ordered his subordinates, "This arrogant old slave dares to rebel against the eldest princess, and if he doesn't come forward to slap his mouth, he will be killed immediately!"

At the sound of the order, two attendants with knives immediately stepped forward, saluted the prince first, and then held Yan Mama left and right, and all the slaves in the palace were so frightened that their faces were bloodless.

The eldest princess's expression calmed down again, and she ordered lightly: "Pull out the head of this old slave with the palace, and serve the big punishment!" Xue Zhi, the eldest girl beside her, took the order, stepped forward and pulled out a jade hairpin on Mama Yan's head, and grabbed the half-moon-shaped silver hairpin on her bun, and taught her a cruel lesson: "Faceless old thing, with what you are, dare to provoke the eldest princess's anger, it is clear that you don't want to spare your life!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped her twice, snatching a pair of beaded earrings from her. Then the two of the prince's entourage got the order and went up to force Yan Mama to slap her mouth.

Yan Mama gritted her teeth and was silent at first, but seeing that King Huajun lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, she didn't dare to meddle in this matter at all, knowing that the general trend was gone, she struggled desperately and stood up, and shouted loudly: "Lord Wang, the old slave has something to report, that Zining is the eldest princess......" Before she could continue, an attendant waved the board of his palm and knocked out several of her front teeth, and his mouth was bleeding and his lips were bruised and swollen.

Mama Yan whimpered for a long time, her eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire, but she couldn't make any more sound.

The eldest princess's eyes flashed, and then she said gloomily: "The palace is also tired, go back to the room to rest." "Her anger today is indeed a little bigger, after all, just for the sake of the two cooks, such a big momentum is really unreasonable.

But he couldn't bear this anger, thinking that keeping Mama Yan was also a bane, but fortunately, the prince came forward in time to solve the siege.

The little county lord hurriedly got up to help, the eldest princess waved her hand, and then instructed the two teaching grandmothers: "You send the county lord back to the room, so that you can be appeased, and the palace will go to see Tong'er later." ”

His eyes turned to look at King Huajun, and said lightly: "The prince must be tired, and he has been tossing for most of the day, and he has not been idle for a moment." This Yan Mama is the old person of the palace, leave the palace to the prince to dispose of, don't let people say that the palace is arbitrary, there is only the eldest princess in this mansion, there is no prince!"

King Huajun frowned, his face suddenly turned red, and he sneered: "It's all a family, where does the lady say......" The eldest princess has reached middle age, but her temperament is still as willful and strong as when she was a girl.

The eldest princess got up and straightened her clothes slightly, walked to the side of the prince, and said with a smile: "If the prince comes to the mansion casually, it will be the same as in the palace." I couldn't see the concubine today, and when I entered the palace again in the next day, I had to talk to the concubine. The crown prince is now older, and he is becoming more and more heroic, and the palace likes it very much. ”

The prince is the eldest princess's own nephew, and the aunt and nephew have always been close, and this time they helped her save the royal face in the house, and the aunt and nephew sang and harmonized, and they were even more tacit.

The prince hurriedly took a deep look and said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, the eldest princess, Ping Jiacheng is terrified." The imperial aunt has always been frail, how can she be bullied by a tricky old slave. Pingjia dared to give her a death, but he didn't want to disturb the emperor's aunt's hearing. ”

The eldest princess glanced at him approvingly, nodded and said, "With the crown prince here, the palace is also relieved." This palace is not as good as the palace, after all, there are not many relatives in the palace, and they have to be bullied by a despicable slave. That's it, this palace can also survive for a day. Saying that, he didn't look at others, took the arm of the maid Ru Qian, and left straight back to the inner house.

"Madam, this ......" King Huajun's face was gray, his mouth screamed, and he hurriedly got up and followed. When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and commanded sharply: "Beat this old slave and maid with twenty rods, drag her out and sink into the pond of the West Garden, remember that she has served in the palace all her life, and leave a whole corpse!"

Yan Mama had already let the whipping board hit her face and her face was swollen, and as soon as she heard the order from King Huajun, she immediately fainted and fell to the ground. The prince snorted coldly and raised his hand, and the two attendants dragged the unconscious Yan Mama out of the door. Ligu was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her spine, until the prince and the others left the hall, and most of the black people were gone in an instant, her knees were weak, and she couldn't stand steadily, and she fell to the ground, trembling all over.

A mother-in-law trembled forward to help her, and called in shock: "Ligu, how is this a good ......" The remaining dozen or so slaves in the hall stood in place, and they had not recovered from the fright. It was only when they saw King Huajun and the others go all the way away that they breathed a sigh of relief and raised their sleeves to wipe their sweat.

Ligu supported the edge of the couch with one hand, barely standing up, and a wave of resentment and hatred in her heart surged and rolled. If the eldest princess is in the palace for a day, she will have to endure endless humiliation and live such an unknown life for the rest of her life.

"Zi Ning!" Li Gu muttered in her mouth, a pair of eyes became narrow slits, and Mama Yan's words lingered in her ears for a long time, "That Zi Ning is the eldest princess...... A cold smile appeared on her face, the eldest princess protects Zi Ning so much, isn't there something secret about it?

Ligu raised her eyes and looked out, the ground was like snow, covered with petals, and sneered in her heart: "It's another season of spring calling, the newly elected officials of the scholar clan have entered Beijing one after another, and it's time for the palace to prepare congratulatory gifts." ”

Zi Ning, an inferior and rough cooking maid, will not be able to escape this tragic fate. Ligu stood in front of the door, inserted her hands into the sleeves of her embroidered satin, took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and sneered, "You wait, wait for me to send you to a good place!" Then she turned around and shouted: "Go and tell the housekeeper to bring the maids in the house the book of selling their lives, I want to look through it carefully!"

Pieces of white apricot blossoms outside the door floated into the house and sprinkled on the ground, like tears. ————