The person who was most surprised when hearing this sentence coming out of his mouth was Jin Qiu. Ji You's words were correct, but his name was wrong. Could it be that he was too nervous and said the wrong name?
Thinking of this, she vaguely reminded: "Ji You, think carefully, are these words really said by Xia Qing?"
Ji You trembled, lowered his head and said: "Yes, I heard it clearly, it was indeed Xia Qing's voice. At that time, Miss Wei had been trying to persuade her, but she never listened, and later she even had a dispute with Miss Wei.
, what she said became more and more exaggerated, and Miss Wei was very angry and said that she would be punished
In fact, the slave knew that Miss Wei said these things for her own good, but Xia Qing seemed to be crazy at that time and scolded Miss Wei in a very vicious tone. Later, the slave remembered that there was something else to do,
I left first, I don’t know what else they said afterward.”
Jin Qiu stared at Ji You in disbelief. He had obviously told Ji You before he came, and he had promised well. Why did he suddenly change when he came in front of Mingyu? Did Ji You know that he
What are you doing?
Jin Qiu was anxious, but she didn't dare to rebuke Ji You in front of Mingyu. She could only grit her teeth secretly and hide the hatred in her heart.
On the other side, Mingyu stared at Ji You and said doubtfully: "What Jin Qiu told me before is exactly the opposite to you, saying that the person who wants to be the master is Wei Jingxuan. What is going on?"
Ji You kowtowed and said: "This slave dare not hide from the master. Aunt Jinqiu knew that the slave had heard the conversation between Miss Wei and Xia Qing, so she and Eunuch Zhu came to find the slave. They... they asked the slave..." He
He looked at Jin Qiu with twinkling eyes, not daring to say any more.
At this point, the matter has completely escaped Jin Qiu's control. At this moment, seeing Ji You looking at him like this, a strong sense of ominousness arose in his heart, and he shouted loudly: "Ji You, don't talk nonsense in front of the master, I
When did Zhu Yong and I go look for you?"
"Who allowed you to talk too much?" Mingyu scolded Jin Qiu and said to Ji You: "Whatever they ask you to do, just tell the truth."
Ji You nodded timidly and plucked up the courage to say: "They asked the slaves to wrongly accuse Miss Wei, saying that Miss Wei was unwilling to be a slave and wanted to become the empress of the palace!"
Jin Qiu was horrified and quickly knelt down and said: "Master, don't listen to Ji You's nonsense. I never said that to Zhu Yong. He was the one who wronged the slaves."
Mingyu ignored her, just stared at Ji You and said, "Did they tell you why they did this?"
Ji You nodded and said: "Auntie said that since Miss Wei came, the master has become more and more fond of Aunt Wei and alienated her and Eunuch Zhu. He is worried that if he continues, he will be replaced by Miss Wei in the future, so..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jin Qiu could no longer hold back, slapped Ji You on the face, and then said angrily: "You slave, why did you frame me and Zhu Yong like this? Who ordered you?"
"Presumptuous!" Jin Qiu's behavior made Mingyu very unhappy. She slapped the handrail hard and said, "Jin Qiu, do you still think of me as your master?"
Jin Qiu hurriedly lowered his head and said, "I know I was wrong, but when I heard that he wronged me and Zhu Yong, I was really angry. That's why I made a mistake. Please forgive me, Master."
Ji You covered his face and said with an aggrieved look: "What I said is true or false, my aunt knows best." After that, he said to Mingyu: "For this matter, Eunuch Zhu gave the slave three hundred taels of silver.
The ticket has not been used yet, so I kept it in the pillow."
Mingyu called a palace official and ordered them to search Ji You's residence, and then said: "Ji You, since you took Zhu Yong's money and helped them frame Wei Jingxuan, why do you want to tell the truth now?"
"I didn't want to agree to them doing such a harmful thing, but my family in the capital sent a letter saying that I was seriously ill and needed a lot of money, so I had no choice but to agree, but I have been suffering from the torture of my conscience.
Condemn, on the way here, I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to tell the truth, and beg the master to spare the slave this time because he has not made a big mistake."
Jin Qiu said in a panic: "No, Master, that's not the case. This slave has never done anything. He was ordered by Wei Jingxuan to frame slave and Zhu Yong. Please tell me, Master!"
Wei Jingxuan, who had never spoken before, said, "Master, could you please allow me to say a few words?" After getting Mingyu's permission, she came to Jin Qiu and said with a heartbroken look on her face: "Aunt, how can I ever fail you?
What makes you think that I will take away your and Eunuch Zhu's status, so that you will deliberately deal with me like this? And use money to bribe Ji You to wrongly accuse me?"
Jin Qiu endured the panic in her heart and said, "I did not wrong you, but you conspired with Ji You to harm me in front of the master. You are so despicable."
Wei Jingxuan shook her head and said: "Auntie, don't you think this sentence is ridiculous? You found Ji You. I'm not familiar with him at all, and I haven't said a word to him since I came in. How can we conspire, how can we
Harm you?"
Jin Qiu's eyes flickered and she said, "I don't know what method you used, but Ji You's words today must have been at your instigation, and you wanted to take the opportunity to wrongly accuse me and Zhu Yong."
Wei Jingxuan said excitedly: "Auntie, why are you still so stubborn? I have never wanted to harm you or steal anything from you. I just want to serve the master well. You...why can't you tolerate me?!"
Jin Qiu raised her finger and pointed at her and said: "Don't say it so nice. You are so beautiful, how can you be willing to be a slave for the rest of your life? Xia Qing was wronged, you are the one who wants to be the master, you have always been
She lied to Master, she lied to all of us." After saying that, she took a few steps and said to Mingyu, who was silent and silent: "Master, you must not believe her sweet words, she is saying all this now to get rid of suspicion."
Mingyu stared at her and said quietly: "If you don't believe her, do you believe me?" Before Jin Qiu could say anything, she said again: "Go and call Zhu Yong."
When Zhu Yong was called, the palace servant sent to search Ji You's residence also came back. He presented the silver note in his hand to Mingyu and said, "Master, I found three hundred taels as expected."
Hearing this number, Zhu Yong's face twitched. He did not forget that this was the amount he used to buy Ji You. The banknote was found and Jin Qiu knelt on the ground again. Could it be that something really bad had happened?
Before he could finish his thoughts, Mingyu's cold and sharp eyes fell on him, "Zhu Yong, do you know your guilt?"
Zhu Yong knelt down in a hurry, but he did not lose his sense of control and said: "This slave is ignorant. I don't know what crime I have committed. Master, please tell me clearly?"