"Miaoyu, you..."
The women of the Chen family who attended the banquet with her immediately changed their expressions, walked over immediately, tugged at her sleeves and said.
It was Concubine Cui's bracelet that was smashed. The evidence points to the wife of Li Xianbo. At this time, standing up for her is to offend Concubine Cui. The Chen family has long been on the side of the King of Shu. Her actions now, It is very likely that others, Concubine Cui Gui, will misunderstand something.
"Whether it's slander or not, the truth will come out after the palace guards investigate." The expression on Concubine Cui Guifei's face has returned to calm, but everyone can hear the suppressed anger in her voice.
She lowered her head to look at the broken bracelet on the ground, as the daughter of the Cui family and a noble concubine in the palace, even though she had seen many treasures, the damage of this jade bracelet still made her very heartbroken.
What's more, that woman was actually the wife of the Chang'an county uncle, so naturally she would not let it go like this.
The silver-haired woman turned her head, looked at Ruyi and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Ruyi smiled and said, "Thank you just now."
The concubine Shizi leaned over and said, "Why is the bracelet here? Could it be that someone framed it on purpose?"
Ruyi looked at the maid who was covering her face, and the other side's gaze slightly dodged.
There was the sound of orderly footsteps outside the door, and a group of guards walked in quickly from the outside. The leader of the guards who walked in the front walked straight in front of Concubine Cui, and said respectfully: "See the imperial concubine!"
Concubine Cui Gui said coldly: "Give me a serious investigation, I don't want to wrong anyone, I must find out who did it!"
"Obey!" The leader of the imperial guards bowed in response.
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"My servant, I just ran over there and accidentally bumped into Mrs. Li, and the bracelet fell out of her sleeve and broke..." The maid repeated what happened just now in front of the chief of the guards. Stated it again.
Things turned out like this, which the guard did not expect.
When someone circulated it just now, it just said that the imperial concubine lost her bracelet, and no one in the palace went out. Just let the maids or harem ladies search everyone, it is easy to know who took Cui Guifei's bracelet can find out.
But now there is no need to even check.
"Mrs. Li, is that so?" He looked at the woman standing there and asked, feeling a little tangled in his heart.
Who hasn't heard of the famous Li Xianbo, who is not even considered by the king of Shu, and has His Majesty's favor. If this matter is not handled well, it will cause serious trouble.
Ruyi pointed to the maid and said, "The bracelet fell from her sleeve and fell to the ground."
As soon as these words came out, there was a bit of silence in the venue, and even Concubine Cui Gui had a look of astonishment on her face.
That maid is Concubine Cui's personal maid, could it be that this maid stole the bracelet and accidentally broke it, so she simply put the blame on Mrs. Li
Or, was she simply following someone's order to frame her
The former is naturally impossible. How could a little maid have such courage. Once she is found out, there may be no way out in this harem.
And if it is framed, then the person behind her is also obvious.
Concubine Cui Gui showed a cold look on her face, and said: "You mean, this palace deliberately framed the blame on you?"
"It's clear that you stole the bracelet, and you actually turned around to frame the concubine and empress, how audacious!" A woman in palace attire came out from behind Concubine Cui, pointed at Ruyi, and said sharply.
"Prince Hui, this matter has not yet been settled, please be careful with your words." Miss Chen San walked in front of Ruyi, looked at the woman in palace attire, and said softly.
Seeing her coming out, Princess Hui couldn't help taking a step back. After all, her fierce side just now was still fresh in her mind.
"Prince Hui, let's wait for this matter to come to fruition before saying these things." A beautiful woman in palace costume beside Concubine Cui also said.
Concubine Hui's complexion changed, and even Concubine Yan stood up, so she couldn't say anything more.
Although her elder sister is a noble concubine, in the harem, apart from the queen, His Majesty's favorite concubine is the concubine Yan. If it wasn't for the Cui family, the title of noble concubine would have fallen to others as early as ten years old on the head.
The head of the guards hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter will be decided by Your Majesty and the Empress..."
If it involves the imperial concubine and Mrs. Li Xianbo, he is not in charge. The empress is the head of the harem. It is most appropriate for the affairs of the female family members to be handled by the empress, and the empress and His Majesty are in the palace next to him. can be notified.
"What's wrong?"
A voice came from behind, more than a dozen imperial guards consciously moved out of the way, seeing the two young men walking in from the outside, many people in the hall showed surprise on their faces.
"Li, County Uncle Li..." The chief of the imperial guards walked over and immediately said, "I have seen His Royal Highness, I have seen Uncle Li."
Seeing the familiar face that couldn't be more familiar, Miss Chen San showed a complex look on her face, Ruyi stood where she was, and the Crown Princess walked towards Li Xuan.
"What's going on?" Li Yi asked, looking at the leader of the imperial guard.
"Master Li, it's like this..." The head of the imperial guard described to him what happened just now.
"Is he Li Xianbo?"
"How did he get in here?"
"My lady actually did such a thing, this County Uncle Li, I'm afraid I'm going to lose face today..."
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There was a whisper in the hall, and many people pointed at this side. Concubine Cui looked at Li Yi with an elusive expression on her face.
"I see." Li Yi nodded after listening to the chief guard's words, and walked to the maid.
The maid raised her head and dodged her eyes, a little afraid to look at him.
Snapped!
Li Yi slapped the maid on the face, looked at her and asked coldly, "Who gave you the courage!"
The force of this slap was much stronger than just now, the maid staggered and fell to the ground, bloodshot from the corner of her mouth.
The slap was crisp, and after that, there was a long silence in the hall.
Miss Chen San's slap just now was aimed at the maid's disrespect towards Mrs. County Count. Although her behavior was a bit extreme, even Concubine Cui Gui couldn't say anything.
And this County Uncle Li gave such a slap in the face in front of everyone, so he didn't take Concubine Cui Gui too seriously, right
"Bold! How did you get in here?"
I don't know how long it took, and finally there was a sharp voice. Princess Hui who spoke just now pointed to Li Yi, and then pointed to the guards and said, "Is this a place where anyone can come in? Why don't you hurry up?" He took it!"
"The secret agent is ordered by His Majesty to maintain the law and order in the Furong Garden tonight. The imperial concubine lost her bracelet. Naturally, she must investigate carefully." Li Yi took out a sign, looked at the woman in palace costume and asked: "This aunt, May I ask you are… "
"Big, auntie..." The woman in palace costume opened her mouth wide, her face flushed red.
puff...
Several young women behind couldn't help covering their mouths and laughing.
"Don't be rude." Miss Chen San took a step forward, looked at him and said, "This is Princess Hui."
"It turns out that this aunt is Concubine Hui, I'm rude, I'm rude." Li Yi glanced at the woman, then cupped his hands at Concubine Cui and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Secret Service will definitely investigate this case. "
Concubine Cui Gui glanced at him and asked, "Oh, how do you plan to investigate?"
Li Yi pointed to the maid, and said, "This bold and lowly maidservant dared to steal your mother's bracelet and blame others. Don't worry, my mother will not recruit now. When she arrives at the Secret Service, she will recruit everything."
Countless people in the hall who said this sentence were stunned.
This County Uncle Li is really—really unreasonable.
He didn't even investigate, so he directly came to a conclusion, no matter whether it was the maid who did it or not, when it came to the Secret Service, would it be up to her to make a confession or not
His protection of his wife is too obvious, right
It is said that Uncle Li County is proud of being favored, but now, even Concubine Cui Gui is not in his eyes...