Seeing the imperial guards pouring into the side hall and searching the side hall, Guo Wanrou's maid suddenly became anxious. She didn't understand what happened and why Zhao Yuan wanted to search the side hall.
At this moment, Guo Wanrou should still be in the Zichen Palace, knowing nothing about this, and she has no ability to stop it, so she can only go to find Guo Wanrou.
After making up her mind, the maid quietly left the side hall and wanted to go outside.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the house and before he reached the gate of the side hall, he was stopped by the guards waiting at the gate: "The prince has an order, no one is allowed to leave!"
Suddenly, the maidservant's complexion turned green and white.
"Found it!" Suddenly, one of the guards shouted in the dormitory, raised a scarecrow in his hand and ran out of the dormitory quickly.
When the maid raised her eyes and saw the straw man, her whole face suddenly turned pale, and her eyes were filled with fear. At the same time, she also understood that Guo Wanrou had been framed and was probably doomed!
"Prince, this thing was found under Mrs. Guo's bed!" The imperial guard handed the straw man in his hand to Zhao Yuan who was standing in the courtyard.
Zhao Yuan reached out to take the straw man, looked at it carefully, and took out a piece of paper from the stomach of the straw man, which clearly had Leng Changxi's name and an incorrect birth date written on it.
Although the birth date was incorrect, it still made Zhao Yuan change his face suddenly.
He quickly rolled up the note and put it back into the straw man's belly. He pinched the straw man with a deep look in his eyes, and a cold light suddenly appeared with bloodthirsty killing intent.
"Put everyone in the side hall into prison!" Zhao Yuan said, dragging the straw man and turning around to leave.
Behind him came the loud shouts of injustice from the side hall.
The banquet in the Zichen Palace was still the same, but it was not as lively and noisy as before. Everyone was unconsciously keeping a low profile, and their eyes would drift outside the palace intentionally or unintentionally.
Everyone knew that the emperor had not left the table at this time, obviously waiting for Zhao Yuan to reply. Everyone was quietly speculating about the fire in Wende Palace.
During the dinner, only Guo Wanrou and Mrs. Xia were secretly proud and ecstatic.
Guo Wanrou was happy that Leng Changxi might be buried in the fire, but Mrs. Xia was happy to send Leng Changxi away, and would drive Guo Wanrou away next.
In this trick, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows, and the final winner must be her, Mrs. Xia!
As the fire was gradually extinguished, the sky fell into crazy darkness again.
Everyone is waiting for Zhao Yuan to return to Zichen Palace, either worried or wanting to see a joke. Everyone's mentality is different.
Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Yuan's figure appeared outside Zichen Hall.
When they saw the cold look on his face, everyone immediately fell silent. The huge Zichen Hall was filled with civil and military officials, but it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the ground.
However, when Zhao Yuan walked into the hall, he knelt down in the hall without anyone expecting it.
"Yao'er, what's going on?" Gaozong looked down at Zhao Yuan who was kneeling in front of him, and asked in a deep voice.
Zhao Yuan heard this, kowtowed heavily, and said with a hint of regret in his voice: "Please forgive me, father! It was my son who was not disciplined strictly! The water leakage in the back garden of Wende Hall was not an accident! It was!
Someone did it on purpose!"
When Gaozong heard this, his expression suddenly changed, he glared at Zhao Yuan and asked in a deep voice: "Who is so bold!"
At this moment, Zhao Yuan took out the straw man from his sleeve, held it in his hand, raised it high on his head, and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to the King Father, there is someone practicing witchcraft in the Wende Hall of my son. How about walking in the back garden?"
Water is also inseparable from this witchcraft thing!"
As soon as Zhao Yuan finished speaking, there was a sudden roar in the hall.
This kind of witchcraft has long been taboo, and even mentioning it on weekdays may lead to a crime. Now, someone dares to do such a thing in the palace, and they really risk their lives!
The ministers were whispering, but Guo Wanrou suddenly turned pale when she saw the straw man, but then she thought that the straw man should have been found in Mrs. Xia's room, so as long as she didn't admit it, it wouldn't affect her.
Immediately, she felt a little relieved. But when she glanced at Mrs. Xia from the corner of her eye, she saw that she was calm and calm, without any panic or panic. Guo Wanrou had doubts in her heart, and a bad premonition gradually arose.
"Absurd!" Gaozong stood up and shouted angrily: "Who did this?"
"I'm scared, this idiot was found under the bed of his wife Guo Wanrou!" Zhao Yuan lowered his head, looking like he was righteous enough to kill his relatives. With these words, he completely distanced himself from the matter.
He also lost his name.
However, as soon as Zhao Yuan finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the entire court were in an uproar. The Guo family's expressions became extremely ugly, while the Xia family looked at this sudden change with a hint of schadenfreude.
When Guo Wanrou heard this, her face suddenly turned pale and pale.
Mrs. Xia glanced at Guo Wanrou from the corner of her eyes, and sneered silently with a hint of pride.
Just when Gaozong's eyes fell on Guo Wanrou, Guo Wanrou got up from the table and knelt in the hall, shouting injustice: "Father, my daughter-in-law is wronged! Father!"
"Since he was wronged, why did he find this straw man in your house?" Gaozong looked sharply at Guo Wanrou.
"My daughter-in-law doesn't know! Father, someone must have wronged my daughter-in-law! It must be the little bitch who lives in the back garden!" Guo Wanrou's eyes burst with deep hatred. She lay prone on the ground, clenching her fists.
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"Back garden?" Gaozong narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Yuan: "Who lives in the back garden?"
Normally no one lives in the back garden. Since it is hidden in the back garden, it must not be an ordinary woman.
Hearing Gaozong's question, Zhao Yuan felt a chill in his heart. Just when he was thinking about how to answer, Guo Wanrou said loudly: "Father, you don't know something. It is the Leng family who lives in the back garden."
My daughter Leng Changxi! My husband brought her into the palace years ago! Mrs. Xia can also testify to this!"
When Emperor Gaozong heard that it was Leng Changxi, he suddenly felt angry. Zhao Yuan had known his thoughts for a long time, but he still secretly hid Leng Changxi. This was obviously against his will.
"Is this really true?" Gaozong's voice was shallow and he looked at Mrs. Xia who was sitting aside.