Su said coldly: "You know that you deserve to die, and yet you still ask me to forgive you. It's simply ridiculous!"
Ying'er knew that this was not what Su was really angry about, so she advised: "Master, calm down and let them continue to drive away the bugs here. I will help you to sit inside for a while."
Su frowned and said, "That's fine, don't worry about it here."
After helping Su into the palace, Ying'er whispered: "Master, you rarely get so angry, but are you angry about Cai Ling?"
Su's eyes were cold as she said: "Cai Ling has not been found, and Tang Jiu has disappeared. Why don't you make me angry?"
Ying'er comforted: "No matter where they are hiding now, they are in the Forbidden City after all. It is only a matter of time to catch them. The slaves even suspected that they were hiding with A Luo, otherwise why would A Luo obstruct them?
They refused to let our people go in and search."
"A Luo..." Mrs. Su snorted coldly: "I originally asked Cai Ling to keep an eye on her, but now it's better. She helps Cai Ling deceive me. She is very capable."
"Master, don't worry. You can hide it for a while, but you won't be able to hide it forever. Sooner or later, you will be caught." As soon as Ying'er finished speaking, Su said: "That's true, but if we can solve this matter earlier, we should solve it as early as possible.
To avoid long nights and too many dreams.”
Ying'er nodded and said: "I understand, I will take someone to the tea room tomorrow morning and ask A Luo to hand over those two people. As long as A Luo still has brains, she should know how to hide these two people secretly, which is harmful to her."
It’s harmful and useless.”
Su thought for a while and said, "She may not be willing to listen to what you say. I'd better go with you in person. This matter can't be delayed any longer."
The result of a sleepless night was a dull pain on both sides of her temples. After applying peppermint oil, Su felt better and said to Ying'er, "Help me go there."
"Yes." Ying'er agreed obediently and helped Su to walk to the imperial tea room. However, before she could step out of the palace gate, she saw Hongli approaching with his hands behind his back. Surprised, she quickly knelt down and saluted.
"No courtesy." After signaling Su to get up, Hongli raised his eyebrows and looked her over and said, "I'm a pure concubine here early in the morning. Where do you plan to go?"
Of course, it was impossible for Su to tell the truth, so she smiled and said, "I want to pay my respects to the Queen, but I didn't expect that the Emperor would come so early."
"There is nothing to do in the morning today. The court dismissed early." After a pause, he said: "I have heard about what happened in Yanxi Palace yesterday. I have a few words to say to Chun Xiang.
Concubine said."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Su said with a look of fear: "It was my concubine who had no good discipline that made Cai Ling do such a bold thing. Cai Ling has not been back since yesterday. I have sent people to search everywhere and found her."
After that, I will definitely punish you severely."
Hongli took a deep look at her and said, "The reason why the pure concubine wants to punish Cai Ling severely is because of what happened yesterday, or is it because of something else?"
Su's heart skipped a beat, she raised her head cautiously and said, "I don't understand what the emperor means."
"Let's talk after we go in." With that said, Hongli walked in first, and Su quickly followed after Ying'er looked at each other.
After entering the palace, Mrs. Su was thinking about how to speak when Hongli's voice rang in her ears, "Chunbi, I ask you, why did you transfer Cai Ling to serve outside the palace?"
Su Shi raised her head and glanced at Hongli in surprise, wondering how he knew about her arrangements for Cai Ling.
This glance happened to be seen by Hongli, who said coldly: "What's wrong? Can't you answer it?"
Su quickly said: "My concubine transferred Cai Ling to serve outside the palace because she was not careful enough in her work and often made mistakes. She asked Ying'er and the others to make up for it. Once or twice is enough, but she often made mistakes. It is really not appropriate to do it again.
She stayed with me to serve, so I transferred her to serve outside the palace. It was also for her own good that I did this."
Hongli nodded noncommittally, and then asked something that made Su's heart tremble: "If that's the case, why did you tear off the beads given to her by Cai Ling's mother? And why did you make her work until midnight every day?"
Su's face turned pale and she denied: "I have never done this. Where did the emperor hear this?"
Hongli said coldly: "It was Cai Ling who told me personally. Is Cai Ling lying, or is it Chun Bing that your words are untruthful?"
Su Shi didn't have the time to think about how Cai Ling met Hongli at the moment, and she eagerly defended herself, "No, I would never dare to deceive the emperor with false words, but Cai Ling, this girl, has always been untruthful in her words and deeds.
, I really can’t believe what she said.”
Hongli narrowed his eyes and said, "Then tell me, why didn't you transfer her in the morning or in the evening? Why did you transfer Cai Ling to serve in the outer hall after I met her?"
Su was left speechless by his question. When she was thinking about how to deal with it, Hongli already said: "You have nothing to say, right? It doesn't matter, I will say it for you."
In Su's shocked eyes, Hongli said word by word: "Because that day, I praised Cai Ling a few words in front of you, so you became jealous of Cai Ling and not only tore off her bracelet, but also
You still make things difficult for her at every turn. What happened yesterday is not so much her fault as it is your fault. If you hadn't made her work until late at night every day before she could sleep, how could she have fallen because she was so tired?
It would make things like that. Afterwards, you ignored Cai Ling's plea and insisted on punishing Cai Ling. Ask yourself, what is it for?" Speaking of this, he said with disappointment: "I have always felt that
You are humble and gentle. Although you are not of high birth, you are quite knowledgeable and tolerant of others. I didn't expect that this is not the case at all. I really misjudged you. You are more jealous than anyone else."
Su Shi endured the huge panic in her heart, shook her head and said: "No, Your Majesty, that's not the case. It's Cai Ling who is talking nonsense. I have never done this before, I..."
Hongli slapped the armrest hard and said with a serious look on his face: "That's enough, I don't want to hear your lies anymore."
"I have no concubine, Cai Ling is the one who is telling lies and slandering me." Mrs. Su stroked her chest and said sadly: "I have been with you for many years, and I have never told a lie to the emperor. It was like this before, but now
It's the same. But the emperor would rather believe a palace maid than believe the words of a concubine."
Hongli sneered and said: "If you want me to believe you, yes, you can give me an explanation. Why did you break the pearl with your back leg and belittle Cai Ling as soon as I said it? Don't tell me what a coincidence, I don't believe it."
"
Su knew that nothing she said at this moment would be detrimental to her, so she simply knelt down and said with tears: "The emperor has determined in his heart that I demoted Cai Ling to wait outside the palace because of jealousy. No matter what I say, the emperor will not believe it."
.That’s all, your Majesty may punish you, but I have nothing to say.”