There was an eerie silence in the field.
There was an uncontrollable smile on Xiao Heng's lips. He always knew that Su Yao was fearless. When faced with such a thing, other girls might have been frightened first, but Su Yao was different.
Mrs. Su San disliked her because she grew up in the countryside and had no manners.
But Xiao Heng could only understand more and more how difficult it was for Su Yao, just like when he was a child and escaped from the pursued Wala people with the help of his master, he saw roses in the mountains, swaying in the wind, and blooming from the cracks in the rocks no matter how harsh the environment was.
The palace maid had not expected that Su Yao would be such a person. There were so many imperial edicts here, and it was a day like this, with the princess injured and the emperor furious. If it were an ordinary person who was framed, he would have been unable to defend himself and would not even be able to cry.
But Su Yao was not panicked at all, and his logic was very clear.
Through the moonlight, the maid raised her head and took a quick glance, and saw a hint of sneer in Su Yao's eyes.
This bit of sarcasm immediately made her heart tremble. She subconsciously dug her fingers tightly into the floor tiles and bent down in panic.
How could she have imagined that the clothes the princess wore today would have this feature
On hand...
With Su Yao's words, she pressed her palms against the floor tiles, wishing she could smooth out the lines on her palms.
Su Yao's eyes fell on her hands, as if he had guessed her thoughts. He raised his eyebrows and reminded her sarcastically, "Aunt, this is useless. The silver flakes will take several times to wash off even with water. Even if you rub your hands on the floor tiles, I'm afraid you can't clean them."
The palace maid's face suddenly changed, and she felt as if a needle had pierced her heart, and her eyes suddenly shrank.
Xiao Heng, who had been silent the whole time, had already ordered the Jinyiwei beside him: "Go and see her hand!"
The Jinyiwei in flying fish costumes came closer and closer, like a beast ready to devour people. The maid fell to the ground and trembled. Before the Jinyiwei came to her, she screamed and dodged: "No, no, no! We serve the princess, so we have to touch His Highness. Even if there are silver flakes on our hands..."
Xiao Heng's eyes were filled with a hint of teasing. He said "oh" and looked at Emperor Yuanfeng: "Your Majesty, she is just a palace maid without a rank. She has never served the Eleventh Aunt closely. If she hadn't been able to get the silver piece because she pushed the Eleventh Aunt away, how could she have had the chance to get it?"
The Imperial Guard had already grabbed the palace maid, his palms like eagle claws, tightly clamping her shoulders to prevent her from moving, and then slowly pulled her hands up.
This process clearly only took a moment.
But in the eyes of the palace maid, it seemed as if a lifetime had passed. She was so scared that tears were streaming down her face, and she did not dare to look at the palms of her hands that were already rubbed raw by the tiles.
But Empress Dowager Tian had already seen the maid's palm and couldn't help but frowned slightly: "What silver piece?"
Everyone looked in the direction of her voice. Although it was pitch dark at night, the lantern next to the palace maid illuminated everything around her in great detail, including the palm of her hand.
There was clearly nothing there.
Princess Fenyang stood beside Queen Mother Tian and looked at Su Yao indifferently.
Yunzhang County Lady bit her lip and sneered, "Su Yao, are you out of your mind? Why are you slandering others with such open mouth?!"
She felt a toothache whenever she saw Su Yao, and she wished that Su Yao would be in trouble immediately.
With the new hatred and family grudges added to the mix, and now seeing Su Yao's lies, he couldn't help but get angry.
But Tian Xun beside her was slightly moved, and looked at Su Yao with a deeper look in his eyes - what slander? Su Yao was clearly just deceiving people.
Even when being slandered without any evidence, Su Yao was able to immediately make up a story based on the circumstances to prove his innocence. His scheming was truly... unfathomable.
He will be her strong rival in the future.
Su Yao also burst out laughing, and asked Yunzhang County Lady with interest: "County Lady, you are joking. Isn't it obvious who is slandering whom?"
Princess Mingchang's face darkened. She had always looked down on Su Yao. Not to mention that he had been raised outside for a few years, so what if Su Yao had grown up in the Yongding Marquis's Mansion
There is a huge difference in status between her and her granddaughter. How can the mud on the ground be compared with the clouds in the sky
But at this moment, the granddaughter whom she had always been proud of disappointed her extremely.
Not only is he not as calm and composed as others, but he's also not as smart as others!
The comparison made her feel even more embarrassed.
At the same age, Su Yao was able to perfectly escape from the schemes in the deep palace and bite back, but what about Yun Zhang
She was still like an ignorant child, talking nonsense without knowing the situation even though she had already angered Emperor Yuanfeng.
As stupid as a pig!
Mrs. He was originally very dissatisfied with Princess Mingchang.
It wasn't the first time that everyone had met each other, and they all knew each other's personalities. However, in the past, everyone still cared about their appearance and at least maintained some politeness. If they said something unpleasant in public, what was the difference between them and those ignorant women who were throwing tantrums
But now it was Lady Yunzhang who came up to her again and again, so it was no wonder that others didn't give her respect. She snorted coldly and did not hide her anger in front of Emperor Yuanfeng: "Does Lady Yunzhang think it doesn't matter who pushed the princess down, or do you not want to see the real culprit brought to justice, but only want to see others suffer?!"
These words were said without any embellishment, which was shocking.
Princess Yunzhang was annoyed: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to see His Highness injured? This..."
“That’s enough!” Princess Mingchang was extremely annoyed. She frowned and turned around to slap her granddaughter. Seeing Princess Yunzhang covering her face and looking at her in disbelief, she felt annoyed and disappointed. She also felt disgusted with Madam He and Su Yao. She pursed her lips and scolded in a deep voice: “How can you have the right to speak in front of His Majesty?!”
I really don't know how to keep my distance. Things have been going smoothly for too long and I don't know how to write the words "taboo" and "tolerance".
The square became quiet, with only the crying of the palace maid remaining, which made people feel a little creepy.
Emperor Yuanfeng glanced at Princess Yunzhang with a half-smile, and seeing that Princess Yunzhang was also crying, he didn't dare to say anything more, and then looked at Princess Mingchang.
When Princess Mingchang met his eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
Emperor Yuanfeng had never looked at her like this before. In his eyes, there was a bit of scrutiny and a bit of clear ridicule.
She became even more flustered, pursed her lips, and pulled County Lady Yunzhang to kneel down.