Ling Ruo hurriedly asked Shui Xiu to help her up, and said: "Young nobles do not need to be like this. The emperor's heir is the foundation of the royal family. Anyone who dares to murder the emperor's heir will not be spared by this palace or the emperor."
"Thank you, empress." Ms. Liu kowtowed with tears in her eyes and stood up with the support of Shuixiu and Jin Gu.
Ling Ruo turned her gaze to Wen Ruqing and suddenly said sharply: "Mr. Wen, can you plead guilty?"
"I don't have it!" Wen Ruqing refused to admit it and hurriedly shouted, "I just want to congratulate Sister Qian on her great happiness. I haven't done anything else. The musk on the Avalokitesvara statue came from nowhere. Please ask the empress."
Mingjian." As she said this, she felt in her heart
She understood that it was impossible for Concubine Xi to help her. On the contrary, she wanted to put herself to death. Thanks to her caution before, she pulled Wen Ruyan over. Thinking of this, she hurriedly said to Wen Ruyan: "Sister, you believe me,
I really haven't done anything."
Wen Ruyan listened to what they said just now, word for word, and already fully understood what happened. Now seeing Wen Ruqing say this, she hurriedly comforted her: "I know you are not that kind of person with evil intentions.
, don’t worry, as long as you have never done it, no one can harm you."
Seeing that Wen Ruyan believed in Wen Ruqing so much without even a trace of doubt, Ling Ruo was secretly annoyed and said a little angrily: "Whether you have evil thoughts or not is not up to Concubine Hui. As the saying goes: Painted skin painted with painted bones.
It is difficult to draw the heart; it can be seen that the human heart has always been the most difficult to guess, and what is seen with the naked eye is often not true."
"What does this mean, Concubine Xi? Or have you already concluded that it was Ru Qing who did it?" The strange color flashed in Wen Ruyan's eyes, so fast that it was difficult to detect.
Ling Ruo lowered her head and stroked the flowers on her skirt and said calmly: "I don't want to believe it either, but there are all the witnesses and physical evidence. I can't help but not believe it. Please forgive me, Concubine Hui."
Wen Ruyan remained silent. The current situation was indeed extremely unfavorable for Ruqing. She could not think of any evidence that could prove Wen Ruqing's innocence.
"Sister, I really have never done this, and I am very sure that the Jade Guanyin did not have any fragrance when it was placed in the brocade box." The fear in Wen Ruqing's heart was growing. This incident happened so suddenly that she was a little bit worried.
There was no preparation, so there was no other way except counting on Wen Ruyan.
"Don't worry." After Wen Ruyan comforted her, she moved to Yang Hai. Her index finger wearing a turquoise ring touched the Guanyin image, and her fingertips were suddenly covered with a layer of fine powder that was difficult to distinguish.
, the fragrance is emitted from these powders.
Gently twisting the musk powder, watching the powder flying and falling on the fingertips, he suddenly remembered something, and turned around with a hint of excitement: "This Jade Guanyin is certainly a gift to a noble man, but several people passed by it in the process."
Hands, so it remains to be determined whether the musk powder was poured in, and it is not yet time to draw a conclusion."
Ling Ruo narrowed her eyes slightly and said slowly: "Concubine Hui means that someone is framed by Guiren Wen? It's not impossible, but who would be so bold, and choose nothing else but the Jade Guanyin given by Guiren Wen?
Could it be that she has a deep grudge against Mr. Wen and wants to use this method to frame him?"
"I don't know this yet, but it is very possible. In addition..." Wen Ruyan paused and said, "I want to see the brocade box containing the Jade Guanyin."
Ling Ruo's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly realized that the only omission in this plan was the brocade box. Since she had rubbed the musk powder on it, there was definitely no musk in the brocade box, but the Jade Guanyin was contained in the brocade box.
If it was really Wen Ruqing who sent it here, it would definitely be in the brocade box.
On the other side, Mrs. Liu also thought of Wen Ruyan's intention of looking at the brocade box, and was a little surprised. She didn't expect Wen Ruyan to pay such attention to details. This was something that even she had not expected.
Wen Ruqing was even more overjoyed. This sister was really her lucky star. She actually thought of this. As long as no trace of musk was found in the brocade box, her innocence could be proven.
In that room, Ling Ruo thought for a while and then said: "Shui Xiu, go to Qian Guiren's Palace and bring the brocade box containing the Jade Guanyin." When no one was paying attention, she quietly winked at Shui Xiu and said,
The latter nodded calmly and left quickly.
Shuixiu went away for about half an hour. When she came back, she had a brocade box in her hand. Wen Ruqing recognized that it was the one she had sent with the Jade Guanyin in it.
After Wen Ruqing confirmed, Wen Ruyan walked over, opened the brocade box, and lightly wiped it with her hand. What shocked her happened was that there was a layer between her fingertips that was similar to the one she had just applied to the Jade Guanyin.
It's the same powder, and even the aroma is half the same. How could this be? Is it really made by Ruqing?
Wen Ruqing couldn't see the look on Wen Ruyan's face who had his back turned to her, and said expectantly: "Sister, there is no musk in the brocade box. I am innocent, right?"
Ling Ruo's eyes wandered past Shuixiu, who had an imperceptible smile at the corner of her mouth, and finally fell on Wen Ruyan, "How about it, Concubine Hui, is there any musk in the brocade box? I and Noble Qian are still waiting.
"
Wen Ruyan's body trembled. The moment she turned around, Wen Ruqing saw the falling powder on her hanging fingertips. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stared at the powder and couldn't say anything.
Words come.
"There is also musk powder in the brocade box." Wen Ruyan said this with difficulty. The next moment, Wen Ruqing shook her head in despair and said: "No way, how could there be musk in the brocade box!"
Ling Ruo sighed softly and said to Wen Ruyan, "I know that Concubine Hui is very affectionate for her sister-in-law, but now there is also musk in the brocade box, which is enough to prove that the musk on the Jade Guanyin is sent to the noble Qian."
It has been applied before marriage. Besides Wen Guiren, I can't think of anyone else."
"I didn't, you wronged me!" Wen Ruqing couldn't help shouting: "I don't know anything about the musk powder. The brocade box must have been tampered with like the Jade Guanyin. I am innocent."
Ling Ruo looked at her indifferently and said coldly: "Then who does Mr. Wen think is doing something secretly?"
Wen Ruqing raised her head and said with a bit of arrogance: "Anyone who has been in contact with these two kinds of people is likely to do something. Qian Guiren is one of them, and the empress's palace servants are also one of them."
Ling Ruo raised his eyebrows and said with a cold voice: "Mr. Wen, are you saying that I am doing something wrong?"
Wen Ruqing did have this guess in her mind, but it was difficult to say it out loud. She just said: "I don't dare, I just gave an example to give a possibility."
Ling Ruo took a sip of tea and said nonchalantly: "Even if this is really possible, why would I or anyone else want to harm Noble Wen?" Before Wen Ruqing could answer, she put the tea cup on the table, stood up and said:
"Okay, I believe the matter has been clearly understood here. Wen Guiren is jealous of
The jealous nobleman was pregnant with a dragon seed, and deliberately smeared musk on the jade Guanyin as a gift in order to murder the emperor's heir. Such behavior is really outrageous. Now, in accordance with the palace rules, I will deprive the Wen family of the noble position and immediately put him in the cold palace!
"She said that last sentence so categorically that no one could doubt it.