Huo Qiu nodded slightly, motioning for her to continue talking, Zhong Yuxi seemed to have received some kind of encouragement, and continued: "One of them has a thicker voice, and the concubine can hear it more clearly. That person asked the other person and sent him out. No, the other person only said one thing, this is what the empress told me, you must mix people in the waterwheel and send them out of the palace."
After all, she looked at Tang Zhuozhuo timidly, with a face full of dilemma, finally kowtowed heavily, and said: "The man also specifically asked that no one should find out, and said that he was a member of the Zhu Jiu clan." mortal sin."
Seeing that the faces of the two of them hadn't changed, she picked up the handkerchief on the ground again, her fingertips trembling a little, "The concubine Yuan thought the two were joking, until the two men came out of the stone mouth in a hurry, and one of them fell down." After wearing this veil, the concubine dares to come out to take a closer look after the person is completely gone."
"It's all because the ministers and concubines are cowardly and have never seen such a battle. When they returned to the palace and regained their senses, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong, and their hearts were burning like fire. That's why they disturbed the emperor and empress in the middle of the night."
The more Tang Zhuozhuo thought about it, the more something went wrong, what kind of nonsense did Zhong Yuxi make up? Who can she smuggle out of the palace? Besides, the crime of implicating the nine clans in her mouth does not seem to be aimless, so what exactly is she referring to
She looked down at the steaming tea, and frowned.
Is this an attempt to forcibly put an adulterous hat on her head? But this twists and turns seems to be not all the case.
Tang Zhuozhuo turned his head to look at Huo Qiu, his eyelids drooped slightly, and he couldn't see any other emotions, and his tone couldn't be more light, but he was very serious, "I don't have any."
Compared with Zhong Yuxi's words, the four words are light and delicate, which is not convincing.
Huo Qiu's eyes fell on her fingertips that were turning white with anger, and then slowly moved to her frowning brows. He gave a noncommittal hum and lightly tapped the armrest of the red sandalwood chair with his long fingers. After a while, he said: "Two Two hours ago, Wang Yi was rescued from the prison, and now he is missing."
He didn't seem to care about the understatement of every word, but Tang Zhuozhuo clearly saw a large haze that could not be ignored in his eyes, which was so thick and frightening.
It was only at this time that Tang Zhuozhuo finally understood why Zhong Yuxi wasted so much time, not to mention anything else, just the rumors between her and Wang Yi are hard to defend, and now she has her handkerchief as a testimony, obviously she wants to make this A large basin of sewage was poured on her head.
It also told her that there was no way for her to stand up, and the position of queen would not be guaranteed, and even everyone in the Tang family would be implicated.
In just an instant, Tang Zhuozhao understood that such an idea must have come from Mr. Zhong, and Zhong Yuxi did not have the ability and courage to set up such a seamless situation.
So now, how should she break the situation
Or just sit and wait
Tang Zhuozhuo was silent for a moment, then slowly got up and walked to Zhong Yuxi, picked up the handkerchief and looked at it carefully under the eyes of everyone, caressed the handkerchief with jade-like fingers, and then in front of everyone Nodding, "It is indeed Bengong's handkerchief."
And she embroidered it herself, there are not many pieces in all.
Zhong Yuxi's face was suddenly a little surprised, and he couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Originally thought that no matter what, Tang Zhuozhuo would deny it flatly, so that she could logically ask the emperor to search the palace and find out her handkerchief, and then she would know that all the excuses would be useless.
Huo Qiu paused for a moment when he turned the Buddha beads with his left hand, and for some reason, a faint smile flashed across his eyes.
This little thing really doesn't play cards according to common sense.
The moonlight was like silk, with a cold and soft light, and Tang Zhuozhuo's heart inevitably burst into anger. She was not a good character to get along with, let alone now that she was framed like this, and she had to endure it. Explain with temper.
What a mess!
She took a breath from the bottom of her heart, suppressed all the emotions in her eyes, took a few steps forward, spread the veil in front of Huo Qiu, pointed to the pattern on it and said: "This is the veil embroidered by my concubine herself. There are not many sons, and they are the works of courtiers and concubines to kill time."
"Look, Your Majesty, the pattern on it is the fish and bird pattern that was popular two years ago." After finishing speaking, she took out the handkerchief in her hand for comparison, rubbing the big pattern with her fingertips, and said: " This is the handkerchief that the concubine carries with her, and it is embroidered with the jade pendant pattern that is only recently in fashion."
"Even the satin used for the two veils is much worse."
When Zhong Yuxi heard this, she couldn't help interjecting: "What does this mean? The left and right are all embroidered by the Empress herself."
Tang Zhuozhuo didn't bother to look at her, put the two handkerchiefs into the man's hand, and then replied with a little sarcasm: "That's right, Mrs. Zhong herself will show around with the things from two years ago."
Zhong Yuxi was blocked for a moment, and she hated it so much that her vicious thoughts grew like poisonous snakes.
Zuo just let you chatter for a while, and see how you manage to get through this situation.
The two handkerchiefs in Huo Qiu's hands were soft and comfortable, with the residual warmth of the woman's palm, pressed to his heart, he glanced at them casually, keeping his eyes on her.
Tang Zhuozhuo couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, whether he believed her or not, so he could only bite his lower lip and say, "All the handkerchiefs I embroidered in the past were in the hands of a maid who carried the master back."
Her eyes are like the two brightest stars in the night, and when she looks at people, she has a condescending and questioning aura. At this moment, her tone is aggravated because of her anger, and she asks Zhong Yuxi, who is kneeling on the ground, with no deep meaning, "Concubine Zhong, how about you?" Tell me, where is that servant girl in this palace now?"
Zhong Yuxi's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't understand why the scene of catching rape turned into this appearance.
Tang Zhuozhuo also had a lot of doubts about this matter, such as the matter of Wang Yi being robbed, and looking at the conversation between the two in Zhong Yuxi's mouth, it didn't seem like a fiction.
So is this someone trying to use Zhong Yuxi's hand to pull him down, or is it a big show that the Zhong family has planned long ago
If it was the latter, it would be too far-fetched and absurd. There are many secrets in the harem. If it is really for favor, why bother to go around in circles and even break into the sky prison to rescue people
Such a big move, Huo Qiu will definitely notice, will do harm to the Zhong family, but no one with any brains can do such a thing.
Tang Zhuozhuo was in deep thought, but was pulled back by Zhong Yuxi's forced calm voice.
"Your Majesty asked this question, how does the concubine know?"
Zhong Yuxi looks delicate and soft, very much like the official lady from a Jiangnan family, she has a charming style in her bones, but the emperor just doesn't understand the style, he only loves the extremely beautiful peony flower in Kyoto, and he knows the taste by eating the marrow.
Huo Qiu's gaze fell on Tang Zhuozhao from the beginning to the end, and he didn't give half of it to others.
It is clear that every time late at night, I really can't hold back the thoughts in my heart, and the majestic nine-five-year-old would climb over the palace wall like a thief, hug the careless delicate bag in his arms, and kiss his eyebrows and eyes again and again.
But far from enough.
Looking at her now, she looks like a dewy flower bud in the morning, graceful and sweet, with a bit of glamour between her brows, which makes people unable to move their eyes away.
He was no exception, he simply lost his seven souls and six souls.
Tang Zhuozhuo walked up to Huo Qiu and sat down, took out the two handkerchiefs from his hands, his cheeks were flushed with anger, and said: "Your Majesty, you know the servant girl who entered the East Palace with the concubine. , after being sent out of Yiqiu Palace, it was Zhong Concubine's Yuxi Palace that went to."
Huo Qiu raised his long and narrow eyebrows, then threw the Buddhist bead bracelet on the table, and said flatly: "Well, the queen told me about it."
Tang Zhuozhao's face became more and more red, hearing the teasing meaning in the man's words, she had no choice but to bite her lower lip.
She never told this man about Zhixia.
Huo Qiu seemed to be smiling but his mood suddenly improved a lot after he had been depressed for a long time, but he didn't show it on his face, he waved his sleeves indifferently, and ordered: "Surround Yili Palace and search!"
There was no extra word, but Zhong Yuxi was scared out of her wits. She sat on the ground with a pale face, like a lifeless doll without support, her delicate face was a little numb and dazed.
She escaped again!
If An Zhi is found later, and then those handkerchiefs with almost the same patterns are found...
Anyone with a discerning eye would know what was going on at a glance, not to mention Emperor Chong Jian who was already very indifferent to her.
The moonlight outside was covered by a few dark clouds, and the fragrance from Yili Palace was so sweet that Tang Zhuozhuo felt dizzy when he smelled it.
Huo Qiu remained expressionless all the time, his thick black eyebrows were tightly frowned, and his whole body was filled with coldness and indifference.
The palace search ended not long after. The leader of the imperial guard escorted out a maidservant whose hands and feet were bound, and at the same time presented a small black box to the two of them, clasped his fists and reported: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister is in the Yili Palace. In the small side room at the back of the palace, I found the maid who was tied up like this, it was An Zhi who served by the empress's side earlier, and this small black box was found in the dormitory of Empress Zhong, please take a look at it."
Underneath, An Zhi kept twisting her body, looking at Tang Zhuozhao, her eyes were full of pleading, her mouth was tied up with moldy cloth strips and she couldn't speak, how miserable it was.
Seeing that the results had come out, Tang Zhuozhuo breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was also unavoidably chilled.
As early as when An Zhi chose to enter Yuxi Palace to serve, she had a premonition of today's scene, because for Zhong Yuxi, An Zhi's role is to stab her unexpectedly behind the scenes.
That's all.
It's just that An Zhi was blinded by the benefits in front of him and dazzled, and didn't realize Zhong Yuxi's intentions at all. Now that he knows it, it's too late.
She won't give her another chance.
Huo Qiu's eyes turned into a puddle of ink, black bottomless, he opened the black wooden box, and playfully picked up a few veils inside. The one Zhong Yuxi took out just now is very similar.
By now, the situation couldn't be clearer.
"Concubine Zhong, what else do you want to say?" Tang Zhuozhuo's voice couldn't be softer, but it was enough for Zhong Yuxi to hear clearly.
She suddenly knelt down towards Huo Qiu, wept until the pear blossoms rained down, and repeatedly denied, "Your Majesty, my concubine doesn't know about this at all, and I don't dare to slander the empress, my majesty trusts my concubine."
Tang Zhuozhuo sneered, and threw the black wooden box in front of her, hitting her forehead, Zhong Yuxi covered her face with a cry of pain, and warm blood gurgled from between her fingers.
Only then did Tang Zhuozhuo feel a little relieved, snorted coldly, and said, "So this palace is forcing Concubine Zhong, and you can't wait to report to the emperor for slandering this palace?"
After all, she turned around Shi Shiran, with the corners of her eyes raised slightly, her expression was like that of a little beast that had been irritated, and finally showed its minions, the look of being so complacent after hitting back mercilessly.
"Please the emperor give justice to my concubine." Tang Zhuozhuo's expression and voice were tinged with grievance for an instant, which made the heart of the man beside her feel hot.
In fact, the veils found were not enough to prove that she was completely cleared of suspicion in Wang Yi's robbery, but no one would believe Zhong Yuxi's accusations.
Huo Qiu only took one look at Zhong Yuxi, who was in pain on the ground, and had already made a decision.
She said she wanted justice, if the justice was not enough, I'm afraid she would not want to see him when her temper came up.