The guard presented what he had in his hand, and the two bracelets were exactly the same as those on the table.
"Huh?" Yun Shang frowned and looked at Emperor Ning with some confusion, "Father, there are only two bracelets in this bracelet. How come two more bracelets suddenly came out?"
"Where is the palace maid?" Emperor Ning asked.
The guard waved, and several guards escorted a palace maid over from behind. The palace maid's eyes were dull and her face was very pale. The guards escorted her to the emperor, and the palace maid fell softly to the ground.
, gritted his teeth and said tremblingly, "I have seen the emperor. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, a thousand live the queen, a thousand live the princess..."
Yun Chang stared at the maid for a while and then said, "Father, I have seen this maid Chang'er before. She is the maid who cleans Chang'er's palace. She is the one who cleans Chang'er's bedroom..."
Emperor Ning nodded and said sternly to the palace maid, "Where did you get these two bracelets?"
The palace maid lay on the ground, her voice trembling fiercely, "Reporting to the emperor, the slave secretly took it from the princess's bedroom."
Yun Shang frowned and snorted, "Why did you take my princess's bracelet?"
"Slave..." The palace maid gritted her teeth and then continued, "It's Princess Hua Jing! Princess Hua Jing had someone arrest the slave's younger brother, and asked the slave to steal Princess Yunshang's bracelet and give it to her.
I dare not not steal. After stealing, I am afraid that Princess Hua Jing will do something detrimental to Princess Yunshang. Although I am eager to save my brother, Princess Yunshang has always been very good to us palace maids and attendants.
I couldn't bear to hurt her. My slave's family is in the jewelry business. I have been making a lot of jewelry since I was a child, so I secretly made two imitations of these bracelets and gave them to Princess Huajing. Originally, I planned to secretly give this bracelet to her.
It was put back to Princess Yunshang, but there was never a chance..."
Hua Jing's eyes turned red when the palace maid spotted her, and she kept saying from the side, "You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense!"
As soon as the maid finished speaking, Hua Jing knelt down on the ground, pointed at the maid behind Concubine Shu, and said, "Father, they all slandered me..."
After saying that, he suddenly said "Oh" loudly, pointed at Yun Shang and said, "Father, it must be her, she must have set up the trap..."
The queen, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but speak, "Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is too strange. It seems that someone has carefully planned it. I am afraid it is to deal with Hua Jing, Your Majesty..."
Before the queen finished speaking, the palace maid spoke again, "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can go to the Xie family who does jewelry business in the east of the imperial city and ask. A few days ago, someone said that he was Princess Huajing.
He said that the slave had committed something in the palace, so he wanted to arrest the slave's younger brother, so he took the slave's brother away. A few days ago was the day when the palace maid visited relatives. The slave's parents came to tell the slave about this, so the slave had to go secretly.
I found Princess Hua Jing’s maid Die’er…”
The palace maid gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and said with great determination, "I also know that Xianglan was taken away by the palace maid next to Princess Hua Jing!"
Hearing this, Hua Jing raised his voice and roared angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about, you bitch!"
Emperor Ning frowned, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said angrily, "Shut up!"
Hua Jing choked, bit her lip and knelt aside without saying anything, but looked straight at Yun Shang, with strong hatred in her eyes.
"As the princess of Ning Kingdom, I have no rules, so shut up." After saying that, he turned to the maid and said, "Go on."
The palace maid nodded and said, "Last night, it was already very late. Everyone had gone to bed. My servant had a stomachache because of the bad food she had eaten during the day. She slept a little late and faintly heard some movement in the room next to her.
, then he got up and walked to the window to take a look, only to see Xianglan and a palace maid walking out of the Qingxin Palace. Although the sky was a little dark, the slave girl remembered that they were the people around Princess Hua Jing, because she had only seen them not long ago.
I remember it very clearly. After a long time, Xianglan did not come back, so I went to sleep. Early this morning, I heard a palace maid saying that Xianglan drowned in the lake..."
The palace maid kowtowed a few times and said, "I was so scared that I didn't dare to speak out, so I went about my business as usual in Qingxin Palace. I was about to clean the princess's bedroom when I heard that the princess had been taken away... Although I entered the palace not long ago, I heard that the princess had been taken away..."
But I really don’t want to murder anyone. They are all slaves. Xianglan’s dead slave is also responsible. Please punish the emperor..."
After the maid finished speaking, she leaned on the ground and did not get up.
Emperor Ning stared at Hua Jing for a long time and then said, "Jing'er, do you have anything else to say? Now with so much evidence in front of you, you first took Chang'er's bracelet, and then put one on Concubine Shu.
There, they then had someone kill Xianglan. First they wanted to put the blame on Chang'er, but failed, and then they put the blame on Concubine Shu..."
Emperor Ning looked at the queen and then continued, "I didn't know that my daughter was so capable. Before she even had hairpins, she was already planning to frame this one and that one. She even knew that the family members who had arrested the palace maid were threatening the palace maid to do things for her!
She is really my good daughter... Queen, you teach me really well..."
The queen stood up, knelt on one knee on the ground, and said softly, "It's my fault. I didn't teach Jing'er properly. Please punish me." Her expression was indifferent, as if what happened just now had never happened.
Emperor Ning looked at Empress Yuanzhen for a long time before saying, "Your empress has mismanaged the phoenix seal, so she took back the Phoenix Seal and left it to Concubine Shu for the time being. The empress and Princess Huajing are confined for three months, and we will make a decision after three months." After that, he stood up.
Get up and walk away.
"Father..." Hua Jing fell to the ground slumped, biting her lip, looking angry.
Concubine Shu stood up, walked to Yun Shang, and said with a smile, "Princess Yun Shang is in shock today. I will ask someone to cook some mung bean soup for the princess later. The princess' place is not clean now, so why not
Why don't you go and sit in my palace first?"
Yun Chang timidly glanced at the queen who was standing silently aside, hesitated for a while and then said, "Shang'er got up too early today and is still a little sleepy. Chang'er wants to go back and take a nap first."
Concubine Shu stared at her face for a long time, then smiled and said, "Since the princess is sleepy, I won't force you..." After saying that, she turned around and took the maid away, but Yun Shang heard, far away
Concubine Shu's murmur could be heard on the ground, "If you don't eat the toast, you will have to drink the wine as a penalty."
Yun Shang lowered her eyes, hiding all her emotions.
"Mother, Chang'er is sleepy. Let's go to bed first. Chang'er excuses himself." After saying that, he bowed and turned back to Qingxin Hall. (To be continued)
