"Yes, yes!" Yang Shu finally got the chance to speak, "If someone splashed dirty water on you, of course you have to clear up your grievances. Your Majesty!"
The emperor said calmly: "Since Miss Wen San has no evidence, it has already explained your grievances, so there is no need to make a fuss. Imperial Master!"
"Your Majesty!" before changing the subject, Mingwei yelled out first, with a bit of stubbornness in his eyes, "My little girl knows that she has a low status, and if she climbs up to the royal family, she will bear more scrutiny than others. If she doesn't care, not only the little girl will
If one person is wronged, His Highness the King of Yue, and even the royal family will become the target of gossip among others. Your Majesty!"
A good woman should be considerate and accept others as soon as she sees good. Mingwei's behavior at this time, in the eyes of the emperor, was unyielding and unforgiving.
This kind of behavior is generally considered to be ignorant of the general situation.
If she chases a man when she's not married, we can't expect her to be a virtuous woman.
The emperor was a little bored, but also a little secretly happy. He frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Everyone else had already heard the emperor's impatience, and some of the ladies kindly nudged Ming Wei quietly, telling her not to go against the emperor.
Unexpectedly, Mingwei didn't appreciate it at all, so she opened her mouth and said: "My little girl won the first lottery first, and then the phoenix lottery, relying on her own luck. I'm really not willing to let someone splash dirty water on me. Please ask your Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation."
"The fact that my little girl can stand here today is definitely not a lie!"
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Oh? A thorough investigation? Starting from the first round of drawing lots?"
"Yes." Mingwei said decisively, "Starting from the first round of drawing lots."
The emperor had originally suspected that she had done something wrong in the first round, but now that he saw her tough attitude, he hesitated.
The phoenix lottery had just been drawn, and it was that fool Wen San who delivered the phoenix lottery to her. But if there was no manipulation in the first round, where would she have gotten the luck? The Imperial Master had clearly said that she was destined to be unlucky.
Just as the emperor was thinking about it, Xuanfei over there turned over the ID card he had checked when he entered the palace. With a look of shock on his face, he stepped forward to lift up the hem of his clothes and knelt down.
"National Preceptor?" The emperor was confused by him.
The Imperial Master is not an ordinary person, and he only performs Taoist rituals when facing the Holy One. What's more, the etiquette of this dynasty is not strict, and kneeling is only done for important events. On weekdays, ministers do not kneel before the Holy One.
Xuanfei suddenly made a grand gesture. Is this a big deal?
"I received the Holy Grace, took charge of the Xuandu Temple, and worshiped me as the national teacher. Unexpectedly, I didn't even do this little thing well. Please be punished by the Holy One."
The emperor looked through the screen at the tray in the hands of the Taoist priest and asked slowly: "What's the problem?"
Xuanfei signaled that the Taoist priest guarding the temple would pass the tray in his hand to the chamberlain, who would deliver it to the emperor.
The emperor saw that there were more than a dozen lots on it, which were the top lots that the ladies had drawn earlier.
"Your Majesty, please look at the end of these thirteen first lots."
The emperor lowered his gaze and paused.
"All the lottery tubes in the temple are the same. Pindao had put cinnabar on the bottom of each top lottery just in case, before drawing the lots. However, one of them did not have cinnabar."
Wan Dabao turned over the thirteen first lots one by one. Sure enough, twelve had cinnabar and one did not.
Xuan Fei's voice came with a hint of coldness: "In the Xuandu Temple, in front of the Holy Master, a poor Taoist has been taken advantage of. I really have no shame in asking the Holy Master to punish me."
When the prince heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he had a bad premonition.
King Xin raised his eyebrows high, not expecting this to happen at all.
Over there, King An couldn't hold back and asked Yang Shu in a low voice: "Did you do it?"
Yang Shu's eyes flashed and he murmured: "It shouldn't be! No, it's definitely not!"
This made King An puzzled.
What is his reaction? Is it yes or no? Logically speaking, first choose one out of ninety-nine, and then choose one out of one hundred. The chance of winning both is very small. If you want a specific person to win, it is almost impossible to do it without using hands and feet.
possible……
King An thought so, and so did everyone else. Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Mingwei.
Yang Shu saw it and jumped up: "No! We didn't cheat!"
As he shouted, his eyes flickered.
Over there, Xuanfei held the phoenix lottery and spoke again: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this phoenix lottery."
The emperor's face darkened: "Send it up!"
The chamberlain once again forwarded the phoenix lot to him. After Wan Dabao inspected it, he whispered: "Your Majesty, please take a look, here..."
There is a black spot a little below the head of the signature. Because the black spot is so small, if you don't pay attention, you will probably think it is wood grain.
Obviously, someone sneaked in with the unmarked first lot and then picked the tampered Phoenix lot.
However, before drawing the phoenix lot, one round was drawn first. This was a sudden change in the method. In a short period of time, a loophole was actually taken advantage of? If this person has ill intentions towards the Holy Driver...
The emperor's face darkened.
"National Preceptor."
"yes."
"You really can't shirk it, but let's suppress the punishment for now and find out the truth first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy."
Xuanfei stood up again, turned around and was about to give instructions to the Taoist priests guarding the temple, when he heard a "plop" in his ears, and someone knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, please be clear, this must be Ming Qi's doing! Do you think?"
I thought, how can there be such a coincidence in the world? His Highness the King of Yue said he wanted to marry her, and she won the first lottery, and then the Phoenix lottery. What kind of luck is this, Your Majesty!"
The person who spoke was none other than Wen Ying.
When Xuanfei handed over the thirteen lottery tickets, the sweat started to fall from her forehead.
Others don't know, but she knows in her heart that the unmarked number one is hers!
Then when it came to the Phoenix Lotus, Wen Ying's guilt doubled and she immediately panicked.
If this is found out...
But the first thing everyone thought about was Mingwei, and the ladies around her also went to see Mingwei. Wenying immediately grabbed this life-saving straw.
Yes, this is a ready-made scapegoat. If we don’t take a preemptive strike now, then when will we wait?
So she immediately knelt down.
Put all the blame on Mingwei!
Anyway, she was so lucky to win the first lottery and then the phoenix lottery, it was impossible to explain. Once it was found that there was something wrong with her, no one would care about her!
Wen Ying planned it very well. When she said this, others actually believed it.
Miss Lu hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, you have already said that the draw is fair. If someone violates your will and acts secretly, wouldn't it be deceiving the emperor? It doesn't matter if we lose, but your reputation must not be tolerated.
damage."
Several other unwilling ladies also echoed the sentiment.
The emperor's eyes flickered and he was about to speak——
The prince stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Father, you must not do this!"
The imperial concubine who was about to speak paused.
I heard the prince say: "This is originally our family matter. The worst we can do is cancel today's concubine selection and just say that no one has won the lottery. If we conduct a large-scale verification, wouldn't it be a joke for the whole world to see the royal family?"
The emperor paused.
That's true. He wanted to embarrass the boy, fearing that his own son would also be involved. The prince probably helped Wen Ying, and it would be bad if they were found out together.
Unexpectedly, before the emperor could say anything, Xuanfei had already called someone over.
He reported: "Your Majesty, this is a mistake made by my Xuandu Temple. I need to investigate it clearly and explain it to you. It is not difficult to find out who did it. It is these disciples who were in charge of drawing lots outside.
Each lot has only one top lot, so they will definitely know the winner!" (To be continued)