The fireworks in the sky were colorful, as if someone had knocked over the Weaver Girl's brocade box and poured all her dyes into the clouds. But at this moment, no one was in the mood to appreciate them. Fear was like a mountain, pressing on people's backs, making it hard to breathe.
The wind blew, and the light from the fire and fireworks reflected on people's faces, illuminating the pale faces of the palace servants.
Court Judge Sun and Imperial Physician Hu were also sweating all over. After a busy period, they finally stopped the bleeding of the Eleventh Princess temporarily. They asked Emperor Yuanfeng to have the Eleventh Princess carried into the palace first to prevent her from being exposed to the wind again.
Concubine Pang had already pounced over and held the Eleventh Princess in her arms. In her arms, the Eleventh Princess looked pale and her eyelashes trembled a few times, like a flower that was about to wither.
Emperor Yuanfeng leaned over with a livid face and called Princess Eleven several times, but there was no response as before. Princess Eleven seemed to have fallen asleep, lying in Concubine Pang's arms and falling asleep.
He touched his daughter's blood-stained hair and ordered Sun Yuanpan and Hu Taiyi: "I want the princess to be healthy! You should keep this in mind!"
How could Sun Yuanpan and Doctor Hu dare to promise anything at this critical moment? But since Emperor Yuanfeng had said so, could they still tell him about the difficulties? They could only vaguely shout that they would do their best and die hard.
Emperor Yuanfeng naturally knew that this was a perfunctory speech, but he didn't care about it now. He waited until Concubine Pang hugged her daughter and got into the sedan chair before he looked up at the fireworks in the sky.
Then he glanced at the palace servants who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and told Eunuch Chen in a cold voice: "Take him to the Ministry of Punishment and interrogate him strictly!"
They were just trying to serve the princess, but something like this went wrong. Even if these people were just careless, it would be enough to kill them several times.
Eunuch Chen also knew that the situation was serious, so he led a few Jinyiwei to capture these palace servants and was about to leave.
The palace maids were trembling with fear, and their faces were almost pale. Before the Jinyiwei and Yulinwei reached them, some timid palace maids started crying.
Soon after, the crying seemed to be contagious, and the palace maids all started crying one after another. The officials nearby were completely stunned, and they all stood on the steps in silence, not daring to say a word.
In the past, if Emperor Yuanfeng got angry, the ones who dared to stand up and say a few words were Princess Mingchang and Princess Fenyang. These two were the leaders among the imperial edicts, and they were also the most glorious.
But this time, both of them remained silent.
Since they kept silent, others were even more afraid of getting into trouble and wanted to stay as far away from them as possible, so they didn't dare to say anything.
Empress Dowager Tian had a headache. She looked at the many female relatives who were so frightened that their faces turned pale. She called the emperor in a low voice. When Emperor Yuanfeng came to her, she slowly raised her eyebrows and said, "Eleventh's injury is not light. I really don't want to stay any longer. Why don't we go home today?"
However, in previous years, the ladies of the imperial family would stay up with the royal family to celebrate the New Year, and then meet with the two palaces early the next morning before leaving the palace to receive New Year greetings from their own children.
It seems that this year even the princess and the princess consort will have to wait until after midnight before leaving the banquet.
The Eleventh Princess was injured, so Emperor Yuanfeng naturally had no intention of staying up all night. However, after midnight, it was actually the beginning of the new year. It was not a good thing for such a thing to happen at the beginning of the new year. His face looked a little ugly. Just as he was about to speak, a palace maid who had been dragged away suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs: "Your Majesty, I am innocent, I am innocent! The Eleventh Princess was pushed down by someone, it was not because we did not take good care of her, Your Majesty!"
The shrill screams echoed in the silent palace, and everyone realized what she was shouting belatedly. There were gasps on the stairs.
Empress Dowager Tian immediately asked, "What is she shouting?!"
Emperor Yuanfeng walked down the stairs and saw Eunuch Chen personally carrying the maid back. He immediately asked in a cold voice: "You said the princess was pushed down? Who pushed her down?"
The palace maid was shaking all over and lying on the ground, trembling and unable to speak. When Emperor Yuanfeng scolded her, she jumped up like a frightened quail and looked at the women on the steps in shock and fear.
At this moment, none of the female members were able to respond calmly, and they all looked at her in shock and fear.
Under the moonlight, everyone's face looked white as snow. The maid's eyes swept over these people, and she stretched out her hand tremblingly and pointed in a certain direction, as if she had used up all her strength: "Yes, it's her! It's her! At that time, I was serving behind the Eleventh Princess. It was her. While the Eleventh Princess was cheering, she reached out from behind her and pushed her off the high platform!"
Everyone looked in the direction her finger was pointing - the person she was pointing at was Su Yao, who was standing in front of Mrs. He.
Mrs. He felt a chill rising from the soles of her feet, and the blood in her body froze. After the shock, she could not help but angrily refute the palace maid: "You are talking nonsense!"
Before she came here today, her right eyelid had been twitching at home, and she felt a little uneasy at the time, but she never expected that the sign of something going to happen would be here.
The Eleventh Princess was the beloved daughter of Emperor Yuanfeng. If something happened to her, and if it was done intentionally, then once it was discovered, the murderer’s property would be confiscated and his family would be exterminated, which would be the lightest punishment. Who on earth could be so vicious that he would use such a sinister trick and point the finger at Su Yao all at once
As this thought flashed through her mind, Mrs. He's heart trembled, and she subconsciously thought of the Xu family first.
Xu Yuanbo was recently plotted against. Could this be the Xu family’s revenge
But the Xu family... ..
Although Xu Shun was the second assistant, he was still an outsider. Could it be that Xu Shun had already extended his hand into the palace? Those who came today were all women from the inner court.
Even if she is the wife of a minister, she is not qualified to attend.
If they themselves cannot be present, how can they be sure that they will have the opportunity to frame Su Yao
Her mind was in a mess for a moment, but her body reacted faster than her brain, and she pulled Su Yao to kneel down.
Even when she hurried back to Taiyuan that year, she had never been so embarrassed. She kowtowed to Emperor Yuanfeng and explained: "Your Majesty, Yaoyao is standing with me, how could she push the princess? Besides, unless she is crazy, otherwise... she has no grudges against the princess, and the queen and the princess are so kind to her, how could she do such a thing!? This palace maid must have deliberately slandered her, Your Majesty, please understand!"
At the same time, Queen Mother Tian and others breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was not directed at them, it would not be a big deal.