868. Chapter 868 The empress dowager hesitates to speak 4
"..." Under her sleeves, Zuo Mingzhu's handkerchief was clutched tightly.
The surge of anger in her heart made her want to slap the two people in front of her away.
But - when her eyes met Chen Xi's beautiful, cold eyes, she shuddered subconsciously.
She was obviously the eldest concubine in charge of the harem temporarily, but in front of the Empress Dowager and Chen Xi, for some reason, she always felt that her aura was inferior to that of a dwarf.
She was secretly worried.
The arrogance and domineering nature she had developed in the Zuo family since she was a child made her stand up with her chest strong.
Looking at the calm Chen Xi, she bit her teeth lightly and said coldly: "Royal grandmother, I am here to pay you respects today, but I also have some business matters to deal with."
"..."
Seeing Chen Xi and the Queen Mother turning to look at her, she coughed in a pretentious manner. Looking at Chen Xi's strange and beautiful face, her eyes became cold: "This princess must have caused a big disaster and then disappeared for several times."
A sixteen-year-old princess, right?"
"Are you in big trouble?"
Chen Xi raised his eyebrows, a little dissatisfied with her choice of words.
Zuo Mingzhu looked at her arrogantly, as if looking at a felon waiting to be sentenced.
"Have you forgotten the disaster you brought to Zunliji and the people of Kyoto five years ago? Princess Sixteen, do you know that you are a sinner? Even if you escape for five years, the sins on you still exist!"
Chen Xi turned to look at the Empress Dowager in surprise. She had no memory of what happened after she left five years ago.
Because at that time, she was focused on Feng Qingyang and was sucked into the Octagonal Pavilion. After seeing Feng Qingyang struggling on the edge of the devil, she had no intention of caring about anything else.
She looked at the Queen Mother in confusion, and knew from the sudden change in her face that Zuo Mingzhu was telling the truth.
No wonder, after she and Feng Qingyang came back, they found that people in Kyoto had included them in the taboo list.
What happened back then?
Her frown made Zuo Mingzhu raise her chin proudly, and her voice became louder: "Emperor Grandma, before the emperor went to war, my father gave the phoenix seal in charge of the harem to my concubine. Do you think I have any responsibility?
Do you have the right to deal with this criminal?"
The Empress Dowager's eyes fell on Zuo Mingzhu and became deep and distant.
At that time, Chen Xi's disappearance confirmed what some thoughtful people said - he absconded in fear of crime!
She didn't come out to clear Chen Xi's name. First, the person involved was not here, so anything she said was useless.
Secondly, she was also suspicious of Chen Xi at that time, and even wondered if she had deliberately destroyed Ling Xiao's capital into chaos and then fled back to her witch clan to take over the power.
In the past few years, her mind has been confused by Mu Shu, and she has no energy to care about anything at all.
All I know is that Emperor Ling Xiao forbids anyone from talking about Prince Gong's Mansion, and forbids anyone from talking about their rights and wrongs.
She didn't know what Emperor Ling Xiao's intention was to avoid this matter.
but--
"Princess, when you speak so categorically, did you witness what happened back then? Did you witness me killing someone with your own eyes?"
Chen Xi responded in a deep voice. For something that she didn't even know about, there was no way she would accept unfounded charges.
She looked at Zuo Mingzhu with cold eyes and choked on her words, and then said: "Crown Princess, you are temporarily in charge of the harem on the order of your father, which shows that you still have some sense. However, I dared to ask the Crown Princess a word, and I heard rumors and spread rumors.
Unjustly accusing others, is this what a person in power should do?"