As soon as she finished speaking, Nan Yan raised her head and said calmly: "Servant Du Xuan... I said, I broke this snuff bottle."
"..."
"But when did I say that I damaged the tribute?"
"..."
The people around were stunned for a moment.
Isn't this nonsense
Du Siyao immediately scolded: "Si Nanyan, how dare you use your tongue? Empress Empress, such a tricky and vicious servant, you can't be forgiven lightly!"
A faint light flashed in Xu Miaoyin's eyes.
She looked at Si Nanyan, calm as if nothing had happened, and said, "Miss Si, what you said now is evidence, you—you have to make it clear."
"certainly."
Nan Yan straightened her back, and then said: "This snuff bottle was indeed broken by a servant, but this snuff bottle is not a tribute that the Empress will give to the Hall of Chunxi."
"oh?"
"After Ran Xiaoyu got the tribute, she went back to Yeting first because she stained her clothes. But the servant opened the box to take a look because she was curious."
"Then what."
"Then, the servant found out that the snuff bottle in this box is exactly the same as—" She paused for a moment, looked at Du Siyao and the others again, and said, "It is exactly the same as the snuff bottle that the servant got a few days ago."
The faces of everyone changed suddenly.
You know, this snuff bottle is a tribute!
It was given to the harem by the emperor, and distributed by the empress to these concubines.
As for Si Nanyan, she actually got the same thing, could it be - could it be that the emperor gave it to her!
Wu Wan and the others stared at her, their eyes were so cruel that they wanted to see a hole through her body.
Only Xu Miaoyin frowned slightly upon hearing this sentence.
However, she didn't say anything else, she just said lightly: "You, continue."
Nanyan took another deep breath, and then said: "At that time, my servant saw that this tribute was exactly the same as the snuff bottle I got, and I was curious, so I picked up both snuff bottles and compared them. Broke one."
"..."
"Of course, it's the servant's own."
"..."
"The maidservant panicked and hurriedly put the tribute back, but in the panic, she put the wrong box. After Ran Xiaoyu changed her clothes, without knowing it, she took the box containing the fragments and gave it to Attendant Du Xuan."
"..."
"Everything is the servant's fault."
When the people around heard her words, their expressions became extremely strange.
If she really had the snuff bottle given to her by the emperor, then this case would be difficult to settle.
As long as she kills something, it's that one, and no one can do anything about it.
And Nanyan had already said to Ran Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, I'm sorry, I was careless in this matter, and I almost brought you into trouble."
Ran Xiaoyu stared at her with wide eyes, full of doubts.
However, seeing Nan Yan frowned slightly at her, although she had thousands of doubts, she didn't dare to speak at this time.
Nan Yan finally said to Xu Miaoyin: "Empress, now, just go to the servant's room and bring that - exactly the same snuff bottle with a white cat painted on it."
"...!"
Xu Miaoyin frowned slightly.
Upon hearing this, Du Siyao, who had already frowned, suddenly sneered.
She pointed at Si Nanyan and said, "You're lying!"
Nan Yan raised her head and looked at her: "Servant Du Xuan—why did you say that?"
Du Siyao said: "You just said that the tribute was painted with a white cat, but the painting on my snuff bottle is obviously a butterfly!"