Zhang Guiren swayed slightly, clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, and said with a pale face: "Back to the Queen, I didn't mean to bump into the noble concubine just now! I was just watching the excitement, and someone suddenly pushed me from behind.
Concubine! I couldn’t stand, so I fell down!”.
The Queen raised her eyebrows and immediately asked: "Can you see clearly who did it?"
Zhang Guiren stood there, his hands and feet just cold, muttering to himself: "Who is...".
The queen glanced at her, then slowly moved her eyes away, scanning the faces of all the concubines.
Everyone was stared at by Uranala. Except for a few brave ones, the others lowered their heads and held their breaths. The only sound in the palace was the sobbing sound of Princess Hehui.
The queen withdrew her gaze from everyone's faces, only stared at Zhang Guiren, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Guiren, please think carefully about the situation around you before the incident happened."
Zhang Guiren suddenly seemed to have thought of something. She turned around suddenly, her eyes filled with tears. She stared at Concubine Ning, then turned to the queen and loudly said: "It's Concubine Ning! I want to concubine."
Get up! When we were just watching the excitement, Concubine Ning was on the left and rear of the concubine!",
Concubine Ning didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and said with an angry face: "Zhang Guiren! Have you become a god? There are eyes on the back of your head, and you can see clearly what is going on behind you? You are so wanton in making false accusations against me,
Is there any evidence?".
Zhang Guiren's tears had already rolled down, and he only murmured: "The evidence..."
She raised the back of her hand and wiped away her tears. Looking at the Queen, she felt her eyes were sore. Tears kept pouring out and she couldn't stop them. Everything she looked out was blurry.
Seeing that she had nothing to say, Concubine Ning pointed angrily at Guiren Zhang and said sternly to Yin: "Your Majesty, Guiren Zhang, she talks so empty words and slanders me! What a vicious intention! I beg the Emperor to make the decision for me!
”.
Zhang Guiren's eyes were full of tears, his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word to refute. He just shook his head desperately, knelt down in front of Yin, kowtowed: "Your Majesty! I did not slander Concubine Ning, concubine."
What I said is the truth!".
Concubine Ning stepped back step by step, pointed at Zhang Guiren, covered her chest, nodded repeatedly, and said in a trembling voice: "Okay! Okay! You are so good, Zhang Guiren! You are the side of Yonghe Palace, I thought since you are
Living in the first house, you are still young, and I have always taken care of you as my sister, so I treat you well! I didn’t expect you to repay my sincerity like this!”.
She took a breath, raised her chin and said: "You obviously have ulterior motives and want to frame Ji Guiji, but you are so bloody and you just find a reason to frame me! Poor Ji Gui, you still think you really treat her as a child.
Sister, you pretended to fall and bumped into her, so that the bow and arrow in her hand missed the target, and then you caused trouble. I am watching... you are obviously jealous of the favor of the noble noble!"
Zhang Guiren turned pale and shook her head in disbelief. Later, she heard angrily: "Sister Ji is very good to me! I really treat her as my sister! How could it be like what the empress said?
Is it unbearable to harm her with all your heart?".
Concubine Ning just rolled her eyes and sneered: "It's natural for people to know each other. It takes time to see the warmth and warmth of human relationships! But I am looking at you and running to the auspicious nobleman in Jingyang Palace every day. I can't wait to get you."
He is as familiar with her as he is! If he is so anxious to get close, what else can he do if he doesn’t have ulterior motives?”
She slowed down her voice and turned around and said: "Ji Guiji, if you think about it carefully, you feel that you regret it right now?".
Ji Ling looked straight ahead and ignored Concubine Ning.
Concubine Nian was listening at the side. At this time, she suddenly came forward and interrupted as if at random, saying: "Concubine Ning, what you said makes sense, but it doesn't make sense!"
Concubine Ning's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Concubine Nian's eyes, she didn't know what move she was going to use. She just said slowly: "Please give me some advice, Concubine Nian."
The queen was also startled, glanced at Concubine Nian, frowned and said, "What do you think Concubine Nian has to say?".
Concubine Nian calmly glanced at Ji Ling and then at Yin, and saw that although his face was expressionless, he was also looking at Ji Ling with a protective look in his eyes.
The hatred in Concubine Nian's heart became even stronger, she withdrew her gaze and said sternly: "I think Zhang Guiren and Ji Guiren really hit it off. I think there are two sisters who have a deep love for each other, so they worked together to stage a cruel trick and join forces to kill the princess!"
It looks like he fell down, but he can evade the blame invisible. It's really clever!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard the words "kill the princess". When they understood what was happening, the air in the palace gradually became suffocating.
Everyone lowered their heads, no longer daring to look at the emperor's face. Some of the timid ones had already knelt down.
In the dead silence, all of a sudden, Ji Ling's chuckle was heard.
Concubine Nian suddenly turned around, looked directly at Ji Ling, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing!".
Ji Ling slowly raised her head, looked back at Concubine Nian without fear, and said lazily: "Have you finished speaking? It's my concubine's turn."
Seeing the calm look on Ji Ling's face, Concubine Nian felt faint for some reason and could only say reluctantly: "You...".
Ji Ling didn't wait for her to finish her sentence. He turned around and walked a few steps to Queen Yin and Queen, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen, I would like to ask the Emperor and the Queen to see something."
Before the Queen spoke, Yin already nodded without hesitation: "Yes."
Ji Ling said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, the Empress!", and then he stood up calmly. Qixi quickly stepped forward to support her. Ji Ling gently pushed Qixi's hand away and said: "No need.".
Everyone watched her every move, and saw Ji Ling walking up to Zhang Guiren.
Zhang Guiren was still kneeling on the ground and sobbing. Ji Ling reached out and held her wrist. She trembled suddenly. When she raised her head and saw it was Ji Ling, her tears flowed even more fiercely.
Ji Ling pursed her lips and pulled Zhang Guiren up with a strong hand.
Before Zhang Guiren could react, Ji Ling reached out and gently lifted up Zhang Guiren's skirt, grabbed the fabric at the knee of the right inner garment, and pulled hard in two directions with both hands.
There was just a "squeak" sound! The fabric suddenly split open, exposing the skin on Zhang Guiren's knees.
Everyone could see clearly that Zhang Guiren had two inch-long wounds on his right knee. One of the wounds had seeped out a lot of bright red blood beads, forming a red line.
The skin next to the wound was all red and swollen, and you could tell at a glance that it would be blue and purple tomorrow.
The queen only glanced at it, immediately covered her eyes with a veil, turned away, and scolded: "Hurry up and cover your eyes! Your Majesty is here, and it is unbecoming to behave like this in front of the emperor!".