When everyone heard this, they all had sympathetic expressions on their faces.
"What about you?" Luo Huang looked at the others.
"If you go back to the emperor, the same goes for my wife (younger daughter)..." Others responded one after another.
Luo Huang frowned, which showed that something was indeed strange.
It is impossible for so many girls to accidentally soil the guests' clothes at the same time. The girls in the Xue Mansion are all trained, especially the girls who are used to entertain guests, and they are not likely to be careless. Therefore, there must be something fishy here.
"Where are those girls? Have they entered the palace?" Luo Huang asked with a frown.
"Yes. They have all been brought into the palace." Mrs. Xue said.
Before entering the palace, Mrs. Pan, Mrs. Xue, had already found out in the front yard why the ladies and ladies went back to the yard. She felt that something was strange, so she reported Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Xue. Of course, Mrs. Xue also felt that the matter was strange.
It was normal, so I personally called the girls who had caused trouble and the girls who were waiting in the ladies' rest courtyard to inquire about it. In my haste, I didn't find out why, so I brought them all to the palace, and now they are also in the west.
Waiting in the side hall.
"Pass it!" Luo Huang said.
Soon, those girls were brought into the side hall, nearly twenty of them.
It was the first time for many people to see the emperor and empress. Even if some people had seen her before, they only saw a shadow in the distance. Therefore, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their heads and knelt on the ground as soon as they came in.
"I'm calling you here today because I want you to answer a few questions. If you answer honestly, I won't forgive you if you tell any lies." Luo Huang glanced at the people below and said coldly.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The girls responded quickly with trembling voices.
"Okay, then answer my first question first, why do you soil the guests' clothes? The first answer from the left." Luo Huang asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I didn't do it on purpose. I was holding the soup. I don't know why, but I felt pain in my ankle, so I fell to one side. The soup in my hand spilled on the skirts of several distinguished guests... I really didn't do that.
I did it on purpose, hoping that the emperor would show mercy..."
"Next one." Luo Huang interrupted her uneasy begging for mercy and said coldly.
"Slave...Slave, the hand holding the soup suddenly felt numb, so I shook the soup basin in my hand..."
"The slave girl felt a pain in her arm at that time..."
"My slave girl feels her calf is numb..."
Everyone's answers came out one after another, and they were all very similar. Either their calves and ankles hurt or were numb, or their arms and wrists hurt or were numb...
The more Luo Huang listened, the darker his face became. If this didn't prove that someone was causing trouble, it would be unjustifiable.
When these girls were talking, Yun Jingchu did not pay attention to their words, but calmly observed the expressions of the Huo family, and successfully caught the flash of guilt on Huo Yanwen's face.
It seemed that Mr. Huo was the troublemaker. Yun Jingchu sneered in his heart.
"Who was the girl waiting in the ladies' rest area at that time?" Luo Huang asked immediately.
As soon as he finished speaking, four girls came forward on their knees.
There are indeed only four maids serving in the female guest resting courtyard, because usually the guests who come here will bring their own personal maids, so there is not much need.
The four girls took turns staying in the yard, running errands for the guests, or cleaning the room from time to time. Naturally, when there were no guests, they would hide somewhere and be lazy.
"Please answer my second question. Did you notice anything unusual before and after the incident happened?"