At this moment, all eyes on the palace maid fell on the palace maid.
The emperor is majestic, pressing down from above.
For those who knew that the emperor had life and death in his hands since entering the palace, it was a powerful deterrent and terror. Everyone could see that her face quickly lost the color of blood, and the palms that were pressed tightly on the ground were clenched hard, as if they were caught in a huge struggle.
She kowtowed to the ground in panic: "Reporting to the sage, there is no one behind the slaves, but I saw Jiang Er girl just read with me, but after entering the palace, she slandered the eldest princess and coaxed His Highness, and everything must be different from other companions. The slaves and others were serving them wholeheartedly, but when Her Royal Highness the eldest princess came out of her room, she wanted to say that the slaves and slaves were not well served, and that the Ministry of Internal Affairs treated them harshly. The slaves and servants were angry for a while, and when they heard the news of Wang Gonggong leading people to investigate the palace, he was confused. Then I came up with this frame-up plan. I also asked the saint and the empress dowager for forgiveness..."
"Bang!"
All the decorations on the long red sandalwood carving and lacquer case were swept to the ground!
Shen Lang is also someone who has experienced court battles, so how could he not see that the palace maid was lying, and immediately became furious, saying: "It's nonsense, and she will not die at this time! Wang Xinyi, ask someone to drag her outside the palace gate. Tingzhu, hit her until she tells the truth!"
Wang Xinyi will take orders.
Empress Dowager Xiao frowned at this moment, glanced at the palace maid below, raised her hand gently, pressed her temple, and sighed faintly.
Wang Xinyi's footsteps stopped immediately.
Shen Lang also looked at her: "Mother, is there something wrong?"
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "I openly fought and killed outside the palace gate at night, and all the six palaces came to listen to her call? Can't the eunuchs of the concubines and concubines still sleep? It's a headache to think about. Who is the ghost, now that such a thread has been uncovered, it will be a matter of time. Even if you want to interrogate, don't leave it at the gate of the palace.
When Jiang Xuening heard this sentence, he only felt irony: This is suddenly unseemly to fight and kill? Not long ago, the old witch waved her hand and ordered her to be interrogated by the court stick. The words she said were the same as those of Shen Lang. How long has it been since then, have you forgotten about it
Zhang Zhe frowned suddenly and glanced at the queen mother.
However, Shen Lang came to his senses and said, "It's the negligence of the son and the minister, forgetting that the mother and the queen are ill, it's better to recuperate. Wang Xinyi, instead, throw this palace maid to the Department of Shen Punishment, and tell them not to sleep tonight. Ask me about it."
"Yes."
Wang Xinyi was half of Zheng Bao's master, and he was able to get into the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the lijian. He had already trained as an old fox. He lifted his wrinkled eyelids and glanced at the little palace maid with a bit of pity. Then waved his hand.
Immediately left and right came up and escorted the palace maid away.
A piece of cloth was immediately stuffed into his mouth, and he didn't make a sound when he was dragged out, just staring at a pair of frightened eyes in vain.
Shen Lang looked down at Jiang Xuening high, and said, "Jiang Shilang did his best for the society and the imperial court in the previous dynasty. Although there is a reason for today's incident, it has also caused Jiang Er girl to suffer a lot of grievances. Wang Xinyi, you will kiss tomorrow. Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask someone to allocate a reward to relieve your heart. When the results of the torture from the Department of Prudence and Punishment come out, you will be given justice."
Jiang Xuening said: "The minister and daughter kowtow to the saint for his grace."
But she had a vague hunch in her heart that this "fairness" would probably never be returned.
People were escorted to the Judgment Bureau for interrogation, but no results could be obtained for a while.
Cining Palace is the residence of Empress Dowager Xiao, and she wants to rest.
At this moment, there are one eunuch and palace maid, two foreign ministers who have been summoned to the palace to investigate the case, and three accompanying readings from Yang Zhizhai. The people are messy, and Shen Lang said: "Today's business is over for now, let's all retire."
The crowd retreated in unison.
The outermost eunuchs and palace maids withdrew first, followed by Yang Zhizhai and read with them, and finally Chen Ying and Zhang Zhe.
As soon as they left the Cining Palace, everyone surrounded Jiang Xuening.
Fang Miao kept patting her chest: "Scared me, scared me!"
Zhou Baoying showed her admiration: "Sister Ning is so powerful in the palace!"
Even You Yue couldn't hold back and said, "It's really worth your life..."
Chen Shuyi was cool: "Everyone else is fine, but you are the only one who suffers in vain. It can be seen that you are not a good person at ordinary times. Otherwise, who can hate you and make fun of you like this?"
Yao Rongrong looked at this, looked at that, and did not dare to speak.
Yao Xi looked sullen.
Xiao Shu glanced at her, frowned slightly, and only reminded everyone: "If you have something to say, let's go back to Yangzhizhai and talk about it, if such a big thing happens, you can't keep your mouth shut, how can you know that disaster will not come out of your mouth in the future? ?"
The crowd fell silent.
Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes from beginning to end without saying a word, and when she heard the words, she just raised her head and looked at Xiao Shu one more time.
She was worried.
He only took two steps forward when he bumped into Shen Jie and Shen Zhiyi who were hurriedly walking towards the Cining Palace from outside at this time.
Shen Zhiyi was a little flustered. Seeing them from a distance, she quickened her pace, walked in front of everyone, and looked at Jiang Xuening: "Is Ningning okay?"
It's obviously heard the news.
Shen Jie also followed behind, looking at Jiang Xuening with some worry: "Is Miss Jiang okay?"
The siblings were almost in unison.
Jiang Xuening originally wanted to say something comforting, but this time, he didn't know what to say, so he could only reply dryly: "There is no danger, there is nothing, everything is fine."
Shen Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Jie looked at the worry in her eyes, but it was still a little deep. He remembered what happened outside the palace tonight, and Yan Lin's entrustment. He wanted to explain something to Jiang Xuening alone. give up.
Shen Zhiyi turned her face and asked Xiao Shu, "Is the emperor here?"
Xiao Shu looked at his brother and sister's frantic appearance, it was as if they had sneaked out of the palace, only to return now, and only said: "The sage came more than half an hour ago, I haven't left yet, it's time to Talk to the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace."
As soon as Shen Zhiyi heard it, she lifted the corner of her skirt and walked quickly to the Cining Palace.
Shen Jie sighed heavily, but after all, she still didn't speak to Jiang Xuening, and quickly caught up with Shen Zhiyi's footsteps.
Jiang Xuening looked back and saw that the two brothers and sisters were tall and short. When they walked along the long palace road, they happened to meet Chen Ying and Zhang Zha who came out behind.
The two stopped to greet each other.
Shen Zhiyi and Shen Jie hurriedly greeted each other and left.
Yangzhizhai is to the south, and its location is closer to the outer court, so the direction of Chen Ying and Zhang Zhe out of the palace is the same as the direction of the companions reading back to Yangzhizhai, but to avoid suspicion, the two turned to the other side when they passed the fork in the road. A slightly farther road.
Jiang Xuening looked at the road and stood still.
Fang Miao asked strangely, "Miss Jiang?"
Jiang Xuening was listening to the constantly clear and reverberating voice in her heart, when it disturbed her heart and caused waves, she suddenly made a decision and said, "If there are no two adults Chen and Zhang today, I am Jiang Xuening. I'm afraid that I'm already in a different place, and I should thank you for your great kindness. I went to thank you, so you can go first."
Fang Miao rolled her eyes.
The crowd was also shocked.
Yao Xi was even more startled, and Huo Ran looked up at her!
But Jiang Xuening didn't look at anyone's expression, and didn't mean to explain anything to himself. After speaking, he turned around and went directly to the path that Chen Ying and Zhang Zhe had gone.
Leaving the crowd looking at each other.
Chen and Zhang had come out later, they were behind them, and they were not walking very fast, so she quickly caught up.
The little eunuch who was holding a lantern to guide the two of them at night saw her first.
Then came Chen Ying and Zhang Zhe.
Jiang Xuening stood behind the two of them, bowed and bowed, but raised his head and said, "Thank you two adults for saving their lives, the little girl came here to express her gratitude to Lord Zhang."
Chen Ying raised his eyebrows when he heard it: "Thank you to Sir Zhang, it's nothing to do with me."
He's used to being shrewd.
Having received Xie Wei's reminder before, I knew that there was something special about the second girl Jiang in front of me, and it was calculated that he was going to paddle, so he was not dissatisfied with Jiang Xuening's words. Zhang Zhe said: "Master Zhang stays and chats first, and Chen will wait ahead."
Zhang Zhe was speechless.
Chen Ying had already turned around and left with the little eunuch.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening felt very much like a previous life.
It's just that the person who took the initiative to walk was Xie Wei at that time.
Zhang Zhe was dressed in an official uniform, with a wide robe and long sleeves, and folded his hands in front of him, looking at her.
The surroundings were a little dark, and his figure was dark.
Seeing Chen Ying leaving, Jiang Xuening took a step forward in his direction. Unexpectedly, there were few people walking on this palace road on weekdays. A corner of the stone brick that was originally laid flat was sticking out of the ground, and it happened to trip over her toes.
How to react in a hurry
The body suddenly lost balance and fell forward.
At this moment, Zhang Zhe heard his heart say to himself, don't provoke her; however, his hand so naturally went against his will, he stretched out completely subconsciously, and gave her a hand.
The five fingers with distinct knuckles are a bit thin due to the long-term writing.
It was strong when he held her arm.
The vague warmth of the palm penetrated through the fabric, as if it could be felt by her skin.
Jiang Xuening almost jumped into his arms.
He also accidentally knocked his forehead on his thin and angular jaw, hard, and it hurt a little.
Zhang Zhe doesn't need fragrance, and there is only a very light saponin between his sleeves.
But she covered her forehead in a daze, and when she raised her head to meet his dark eyes, she felt a strong aura surrounding her and suffocating it, making her face hot. It took a moment for him to react, and he quickly retreated to stand still, opening a distance that was in line with etiquette.
—In the last life, she acted arrogantly. When she first met Zhang Zha, she always took the opportunity to tease him, wanting to see him embarrassed. Later, she was respectful and loving, but she didn’t dare to touch him again. In this life, she really didn't want to leave a bad impression on Zhang Zhe, and taught him to think that she was a frivolous person who would throw herself into her arms at every turn.
She was fortunate that the little eunuch took away the lantern, and the light was not good, otherwise the embarrassment of the blushing cheeks at the moment could not be concealed, she secretly calmed down, and said, "I was in a state of anxiety today, and I didn't pay attention to my feet. Thank you Mr. Zhang."
A sweet and soft fragrance suddenly moved away.
Zhang Zhe's five fingers were empty, and there was a cold wind passing through his fingers. He slowly clenched his hands, lowered his palms again, and said slowly: "It's all a matter of hands, and I don't need to thank you."
This also sounded familiar.
He really looks like the previous life.
But after all, it is not the last life.
She hasn't hurt him or hurt him, and she hasn't tired him from being imprisoned or tired of his widowed mother's death. Everything can be a brand new beginning, and she hasn't married Shen Jie, and she doesn't want to be a queen anymore.
Jiang Xuening carefully hid all the secrets deep in his eyes, preventing them from slipping out quietly, and only looked at his figure and said: "The palace is full of dangers and ingenuity, even Chen Shilang's entry into the palace today is just a perfunctory excuse, but Master Zhang is willing to If you find out the truth and return Xuening's innocence, you will be much higher than the corpses in this world."
Zhang Zhe was silent.
After a long time, he said, "Xiaguan is just an outsider. Miss Jiang Er is in the game, so be careful in the future."
Is she also called "Xiaguan" to her at the moment
Jiang Xuening felt that this person was really humble.
She said, "That's natural. I have to stay in this palace for a while. I'm afraid of dying, so how can I let them easily kill me?"
"… "
Zhang Zhe's fingers that fell on his side clenched tightly.
She was afraid of death and pain.
When he was surrounded by the palace at that time, what kind of courage did the former queen stand in front of him to give up to give up his own life in exchange for his
She was defenseless against him.
Zhang Zhe was suddenly afraid that he would stand here looking at her for too long and shake his original resolve, so he lowered his eyes and said, "Miss Jiang is better if she is prepared, late at night, it is not easy to stay in the inner palace, so I will leave first. ."
Jiang Xuening's heart was empty.
But on second thought, it was already good to see him, so I shouldn't ask for more.
So he curled the corners of his lips and watched him.
I just didn't think about it. After walking out for two steps, Zhang Zhe paused and stopped.
Jiang Xuening blinked: "Master Zhang?"
Zhang Zhe turned to look at her, and seemed a little hesitant to ask whether he should ask, but he finally said, "Miss Jiang and Miss Yao are reading with the eldest princess, and I heard that there was a dispute over the matter below. Miss Yao Have you ever thought of various means because of your withdrawal, but I don’t know if it’s true or not?”
"… "
Her quarrel with Yao Xi and You Yue in Yangzhizhai had already spread, and was Zhang Zhe known
Jiang Xuening was startled.
Immediately afterwards, I thought, there is indeed no airtight wall in the world, and it is not uncommon to spread it out. It's just that Zhang Zhe asked at this moment, should she answer
Yao Xi had thought of various means and even wanted to splash people with dirty water, all of which were true.
But she was selfish after all, if she told him it would be like a small report.
What if you hide it
The person in front of her who asked her this question was none other than Zhang Zhe.
Jiang Xuening couldn't lie to him after all, but the word "true" couldn't be said for some reason. Or maybe it was a certain guess and expectation in her heart pressing her down at that moment, making her heart skip a beat and forgetting what to say.
Zhang Zhe looked at her and said, "I see."
Jiang Xuening was taken aback: "But Miss Yao doesn't think so anymore. If Mr. Zhang has read the letter she replied, he should know. Why ask?"
Zhang Zhe lowered his eyes and said lightly, "Retire the relatives."