The ninth and forty-eighth chapter eclipse rice (two)
Xie Mingxi walked in unhurriedly.
A scene in the dining room came into view.
Sheng Hong's face was full of anger, Queen Mother Yu's expression was stiff, Yu Yan knelt on the ground, crying in grievance. Several palace maids also knelt on the ground, and there was no color on Yu Qiao's face.
Xie Mingxi raised the corner of her mouth slightly, with a look of doubt on her face, and stepped forward quickly: "Mother, Your Majesty, what happened? Why are Yu Qiao and others kneeling here? And Miss Yu Jiu, why?
Kneel here too?"
Queen Mother Yu looked gloomy and said nothing.
Sheng Hong snorted, with an angry look on his handsome face, and told the whole story in a few words.
Xie Mingxi's face darkened, anger welled up in her eyes, and her voice was full of coldness: "There are such daring and ridiculous things in the palace. If word spreads, the emperor will become the laughing stock of everyone. Even this palace will be laughed at.
Everyone laughed at me."
"This palace must investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Yu Qiao's face turned pale, and all the strength in her body seemed to have been drained away, and she almost collapsed to the ground.
Yu Yan stopped crying. She wiped her tears with her sleeves and raised her head hurriedly: "I didn't know anything about this matter from beginning to end. Please tell me, the Queen!"
Xie Mingxi glanced at Queen Mother Yu intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a half-smile: "Oh? You really don't know?"
No matter how shameless Queen Mother Yu is, she still feels a little warm behind her ears.
We can no longer let Xie Mingxi talk!
Otherwise, her old face would have been completely trampled under her feet today.
Yu Yan was still defending hurriedly: "Empress, I really don't know anything..."
"Sister Yan, please be patient." Queen Mother Yu suddenly opened her mouth and interrupted Yu Yan: "You will know the whole story if you examine Yu Qiao carefully. No one will wrong you for something you have not done.
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Then, Queen Mother Yu looked at Yu Qiao and said, "Yu Qiao, you did a huge mistake today. Fortunately, someone discovered it in time and stopped you. Otherwise, your death would not be a pity."
"Who ordered you to do this? Tell the truth. If you have no choice but to do it, the Aijia will definitely make the decision for you."
The implications in these words are full of meaning.
Yu Qiao's heart skipped a beat suddenly and she looked up at Queen Mother Yu.
Queen Mother Yu took a deep look at Yu Qiao.
Yu Qiao's face turned paler and she lowered her head slightly.
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Xie Mingxi had a panoramic view of this scene, and a sneer escaped from the corner of her mouth.
However, she did not reveal it. Instead, she followed Empress Dowager Yu's words and said, "What the Empress Mother said makes sense. Yu Qiao, if you confess honestly, you will be exempted from the death penalty. Who in the end ordered you to do what happened today?"
Yu Qiao breathed a little quickly and glanced at Yu Yan subconsciously.
Yu Yan is still a fifteen-year-old girl who has been pampered and raised. She is not deeply involved in the world, and she does not know how evil and cold people's hearts can be.
Yu Qiao looked over, but Yu Yan didn't know what it meant and stared back blankly.
Yu Qiao gritted her teeth, lowered her head and cried: "This slave deserves death! I should not covet gold and silver, instigate others, and do such stupid things."
After saying that, he kowtowed to Yu Yan three times and cried, "Miss Ninth, I can't help you. But now, I can't hide it anymore even if I want to..."
Yu Yan: "..."
Yu Yanru was struck by lightning and looked at Yu Qiao in disbelief: "You... what are you talking nonsense! I have never bribed you with gold or silver, let alone ordered you to do such dirty and dirty things. How can you do this?
It’s all my fault!”
Yu Qiao had a resigned look on her face and said with red eyes: "Five days ago, Miss Jiu specially asked me to go to the house to talk. At that time, there were only Miss Jiu and the servant."
"Miss Ninth loves the Emperor wholeheartedly and wants to be a palace concubine. However, the Emperor only cares about the Queen and has never looked at Miss Ninth. In order to win the status of a palace concubine and the emperor's favor, Miss Ninth came up with this idea.
Come."
"Miss Ninth rewarded the slave girl a thousand taels of silver and ordered the slave girl to act secretly. The slave girl was stunned by the money for a moment and agreed. Miss Ninth also gave this medicine to the slave girl."
"You can't deny what Miss Ninth has said and done!"
Yu Yan: "..."
This basin of sewage was poured on her!
Yu Yan was anxious and angry, aggrieved and frightened, but she was far less talkative than Yu Qiao Maliao. In a hurry, she kept saying "I'm not" and "I didn't" over and over again.
Sheng Hong and Xie Mingxi looked grave, obviously not believing her explanation.
Yu Yan was so anxious that she cried and kowtowed to Queen Mother Yu: "Aunt, I really didn't do such a thing."
"That day when I went to Yu Qiao's house, I only chatted with her for a few words. I didn't give her any money at all, let alone instruct her to do such ridiculous things."
"Please ask aunt to make the decision for Yan'er..."
Queen Mother Yu's heart, which was hanging in the air, quietly fell.
Yu Qiao was quite smart and saw that the situation was not good, so she blamed everything on Yu Yan. In this way, she could get over the matter.
As for Yu Yan... she has been raised in the palace for two years and has no use. She is only used as a shield.
Queen Mother Yu's face naturally showed anger, and she yelled angrily: "Sister Yan, the Ai family treats you badly, but you have done such ridiculous behavior, which is disgusting and brings shame to the Ai family."
"The Ai family will never let you off lightly!"
"Come here! Go to the Yu family immediately and summon the Zhou family to the palace. From today on, you will follow the Zhou family back to the Yu family. Without the wishes of the Ai family, you are not allowed to leave the Yu family.
Yu Yan: "..."
Yu Yan was filled with grievances and burst into tears.
She was called into the palace to accompany Queen Mother Yu at the age of thirteen. Everyone in the Yu family knew that she would become a palace concubine sooner or later, and even outsiders thought so.
Empress Dowager Yu opened her mouth and drove her back to the Yu family. If anyone inquires, they can find out what is going on in the palace. This stigma will ruin her life.
No matter how stupid she is, she has guessed the truth now.
This is clearly what Empress Dowager Yu did!
At Empress Dowager Yu's suggestion, Yu Qiao dumped the basin of sewage on her head.
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Yu Yan wanted to scream the truth desperately. But when she raised her head, what she saw was Queen Mother Yu's gloomy and cold eyes. Those eyes were like two sharp knives, scraping across her face inch by inch.
She shuddered involuntarily and stopped when the angry shout reached her lips.
She risked her life, what were her parents and brothers going to do?
Queen Mother Yu shocked Yu Yan with her gaze, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what, this level was finally overcome with difficulty.
Sheng Hong and Xie Mingxi watched with cold eyes, having seen enough of the good show.
Queen Mother Yu's plan failed, but she involved her niece. When Yu Yan, whose reputation was damaged, was sent back to the Yu family, the Yu family no longer had the dignity to send people to the palace.
There is also Yu Qiao, who can be spared the death penalty but cannot escape the punishment of living. It happened to take advantage of this opportunity to expel Yu Qiao from the palace. From now on, there will be no one available to Empress Dowager Yu.
It can be said that stealing the chicken is losing the rice!
