Chapter 109: Scapegoat
In the lobby of Dali Temple, everyone was whispering and waiting patiently for Xiao Yongyan and Mo Ruxue to come out.
After about two sticks of incense, the door of the room opened. Xiao Yongyan walked out first, followed closely by Mo Ruxue.
Xiao Yongyan looked at the people standing and said, "Sit down, why are you standing here? Continue the trial!"
Everyone looked confused and obeyed the instructions obediently. They stood where they should, sat where they should, and knelt where they should, and returned to the way they were during the trial.
Chu Chu was horrified because she didn't know what agreement Mo Ruxue and Xiao Yongyan had reached.
She tugged on Chu Liyan's sleeve, and the two looked at each other. Chu Liyan patted the back of her hand and said softly: "Don't be afraid, father will fight to protect you."
Chu Chu moved back to her original position and knelt down.
Mo Ruxue smiled slyly at her, which made Chu Chu's heart tremble, and she quickly lowered her head.
Xiao Yuanbi sat back down and felt on pins and needles for a moment. He didn't know what Xiao Yongyan was going to do.
He looked at Xiao Yongyan as if asking for help: "Your Majesty, look at this case..."
"I have read the testimony that King Luo gave me just now, and I have listened to the testimonies of these witnesses. The real murderer is kneeling in the hall! The real murderer is so cunning that he almost fooled me. It is an unforgivable crime!
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Xiao Yongyan's sharp eyes scanned the people kneeling in the hall.
Among the people kneeling in the hall, some were so frightened that they were shaking like chaff, and some were so frightened that they cried.
Xiao Yonghan glanced at Mo Ruxue, who was kneeling there calmly, and then looked away, waiting for Xiao Yongyan to continue the trial inexplicably.
The lobby was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, everyone was waiting for Xiao Yongyan to announce the result.
Xiao Yongyan cleared his throat: "The real culprit who poisoned Yun Qian'er was her maid Mei Xiang!"
"She stole Chu Chu's calligraphy and paintings. She wanted to use them to curry favor with Mo Ruxue, but she was turned away by Mo Ruxue. She was about to steal them for herself, but she was discovered by Yun Qian'er!"
"She had no choice but to give the calligraphy and painting to Yun Qian'er, but secretly she always held a grudge, thinking that Yun Qian'er had blocked her way of making money, so she tampered with the calligraphy and painting."
"After that palace banquet, Yun Qian'er accidentally got a fever, so she hurriedly asked Mo Ruxue to come and treat Yun Qian'er, and successfully framed all this on Mo Ruxue, and she stayed out of it."
"This naughty slave is really abominable. The servants of Prince Luo's Mansion need to clean it up. Princess Luo, after this incident, you have to worry more about the backyard!"
Mo Ruxue kowtowed respectfully and replied: "Your Majesty taught you a lesson, I have learned a lesson!"
She lowered her head, feeling uncomfortable. She knew clearly that Mei Xiang was wronged, but Xiao Yongyan was determined to protect Chu Chu.
As soon as Chu Liyan came back, many civil servants regarded him as a follower. Although Prime Minister Qin was the leader of officials, he was too indecisive in doing things, and many people were dissatisfied with him.
In the current dynasty, Chu Liyan and Mo Xu check and balance each other, which is exactly the result Xiao Yongyan hopes to see.
Mei Xiang lay on the ground with her bruised body lying on the ground listening to the results of Xiao Yongyan's trial. She was heartbroken and blamed herself for being too greedy. If she had just returned the calligraphy and painting to Chu Chu, wouldn't these things have happened?
On balance, she became the scapegoat! That's right, who would care about the life of a slave?
Everyone in the lobby couldn't react to this unexpected result for a while. You looked at me, I looked at you, and no one dared to object.
The Chu family and the Yun family, who were still aggressive towards Mo Ruxue during the trial and wanted justice, also stopped saying anything.
Who dares to question a case that is tried by the emperor himself?
Mo Xu and Mo Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief. Mo Xu couldn't help but take another high look at Mo Ruxue. This daughter might be more useful than he thought.
Mo Zifeng grinned happily, walked to Chong Mo Ruxue with a smile, and helped her up: "Sister, it's great, the emperor is so wise and powerful, he finally restored your innocence! This slave is so hateful
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Mo Ruxue looked at this innocent brother who looked like Erha, and she sighed helplessly. He was probably the only one in the hall who could be so naive!
Xiao Yonghan walked up to Mo Ruxue and whispered a few words in her ear. Mo Ruxue glanced at Lu Luo, who kept her head lowered.
Mei Xiang was sentenced to death and the others were acquitted, but Mo Ruxue's heart could not be calm for a long time.
The group returned to the palace and took a short rest.
Luluo returned to Liulicuan and kept kneeling in the yard, confusing Xia He, Aunt Zhang and others.
Mo Ruxue walked up to her: "Come with me!"
Luluo quickly got up and followed her to the inner room.
Mo Ruxue: "Actually, I knew you were his for a long time. The first time you entered the palace with me, you showed a calmness that was different from ordinary people. You didn't panic at all when you saw Xiao Yongyan. From then on, I started to doubt you.
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"You have been lurking beside me for so long, but you haven't done anything to harm me. You have come forward to testify for me this time. I'm afraid he won't let you off lightly, right?"
"I never thought I could go back alive!"
"You know too many things. Even if I want to let you go, he won't let you leave Kyoto alive. This is the resurrection of the soul. Drink it and I can help you escape!"
Mo Ruxue put a small green porcelain bottle on the table and left.
Luluo stood up while holding on to the table, picked up the bottle and put it between her nose and smelled it. Her eyes suddenly turned sharp, she picked up the small porcelain bottle, put it in her arms and left the room.
She returned to her house, picked up a brown paper bag and slipped out of the side door.
Mo Ruxue and Xiao Yonghan stood side by side outside the side door, watching the disappearing figures.
"Did I make a mistake?" Mo Ruxue said in a daze, her face a little lonely.
Xiao Yonghan asked seriously: "What's in that brown paper bag?"
"It's just a limerick! What did you think it was!"
Her expression returned to normal, and the loneliness just now disappeared in an instant.
"What? He went to great lengths to set up an informer just for a limerick? I don't believe it!"
"If you don't believe me, I'll put you down! I'll publish a collection of poems tomorrow, so those who want to see my talent don't have to be so sneaky."
She imitated the romantic talents on TV, opened a paper fan and started fanning herself. She lowered her head and sighed: "It's a sin to be too talented!"
Xiao Yonghan: "..."
"I don't know whether it's a crime or not. I just know that others will look at you as if you are a fool. I'll leave first. You can continue to slap me!"
Xiao Yonghan looked at the strange looks from people passing by and quickly ran away.
Mo Ruxue closed her fan and stared ahead, her eyes empty. She didn't know how long she could keep the secret in the brown paper bag!
The side hall of the royal palace.
Xiao Yongyan sat on the chair and looked at Luluo who was kneeling on the ground.
He sneered: "How dare you come back? Aren't you rushing to show your loyalty to Mo Ruxue? Why are you coming back?"
"My subordinates are the Emperor's people, and I will never forget the tasks assigned by the Emperor to my subordinates!"
"Then you mean you have completed your mission? The information you want to tell you had better be useful, otherwise I will make you regret it for the rest of your life!"
Luluo took out the brown paper bag from her arms and offered it with both hands.
Xiao Yongyan took it and read it one by one. Long Yan was furious: "Is this what you showed me?"
Xiao Yongyan threw the brown paper bag and the papers directly into Luluo's face.
The green radish picked it up quickly, her face turned pale: "How could this happen...how could this happen?"
"I saw with my own eyes that she put things under the bed...how did it turn into these poems..."
Xiao Yongyan approached her, got close to her face and asked, "What was this supposed to be?"
"It should be evidence of Mo Xu's corruption and perversion of the law. She asked her subordinates to intercept King Luo's secret guards on the official road and then snatched them away."
"It's been so long, and you're just here to report it now?"
Xiao Yongyan was so angry that he gritted his teeth and threw a tea cup on Luluo's head. Blood suddenly flowed from Luluo's forehead, but she still knelt there upright.
"My subordinates didn't know what it was at first, but they found out later after checking with many parties..."
"Stop making up stories. Does Mo Ruxue already know your identity and wants to kill you, so you want to take out the things and offer them to me?"
Lu Luo shook her head quickly: "No... no... my subordinate is..."
She just wants to live, she doesn't want to die!
In a panic, the small green bottle rolled out of his arms and rolled to Xiao Yongyan's feet.
Luluo panicked. She was always calm and scared for the first time...
Eunuch Li walked over and picked up the porcelain bottle, opened the cork, put it between his nose and smelled it, and reported to Xiao Yongyan softly: "It smells like crane-top red, but it is a little different. If the servant guessed correctly, it should be a lost heritage."
The long-awaited soul is gone!"
"Really?" Lu Luo suddenly froze there. It turned out that Mo Ruxue didn't want to kill her... he really wanted to save her!
Xiao Yongyan had been in the palace since he was a child and had never heard of this thing. He frowned and looked at Eunuch Li.
Eunuch Li quickly explained: "After eating this resurrecting powder, you will die immediately, and your death will look like a red crane. After twelve hours, people will revive again, hence the name reviving the soul."
"But this medicine has been lost for a long time. I don't know how Princess Luo got it..."
Xiao Yongyan snorted: "There are so many capable people around Princess Luo!"
The deep and cold meaning in the words made Eunuch Li feel a little bit in his heart.
"I'll leave this traitor to you, so there won't be any further trouble!"
Xiao Yongyan left after saying that.
Eunuch Li took out a small blue bottle from his body and walked to Luluo: "This is the real Hedinghong. Drink it! I will leave a whole body for you."
Luluo took it tremblingly and shed tears: "Princess... I'm sorry for you! If there is an afterlife... I don't want to be a human anymore... I'm too tired!"
Chapter completed!