Concubine Ye never spoke. Only after seeing Princess Dingbei's eyes did she look at Xie Ruzhuo's hand. As soon as she saw the marks on her wrist, she immediately walked over and grabbed Xie Ruzhuo's wrist. After carefully opening her clothes, she saw a circle of purple bruises.
Looking at the mark again, there is no doubt that it was caught by a man!
"Miss Xie, what's the matter with the marks on your hands?"
Hearing Concubine Ye's question, Xie Ruzhuo's eyes immediately filled with tears, "Back to Concubine, this is, the fifth prince didn't let me go and caught him. He said that I saw this scene and wanted to kill me." Silence!"
Xie Ruzhuo made a shocking statement, and the words immediately caused an uproar among everyone.
At this moment, the emperor shouted and asked, "What happened here?"
Zhenghe Hall is not far from here, and the emperor has vaguely heard the movements here. He originally planned to ignore it, but someone from the palace came to report it, saying that the fifth prince had been injured!
The emperor came in a hurry, but happened to see the scene in front of him. The fifth prince's face was still flushed with alcohol, but the vital part hurt terribly. At this moment, his face was red and white, which was strange.
As soon as she saw Emperor Jing, Concubine Hui immediately shed tears. She looked at the emperor with a pair of watery eyes and said with tender pity, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and the fifth prince!"
Just as Emperor Jing was about to speak, he saw Concubine Ye Guifei saying slowly, "Your Majesty, the Xie family's daughter just fell into the water. It's freezing cold today. Even if she's going to be interrogated, she should be allowed to change her clothes, right?" If a minister with a daughter's fortune goes to the palace for a banquet, but returns home sick and ill, it will be detrimental to the emperor's reputation if word spreads about it."
Only then did Emperor Jing see Xie Ruzhuo, who was surrounded by people from the Xie family. He nodded immediately and said, "Well, in that case, let's go change clothes." After saying that, he looked at Xiao Junyi who looked ugly and said, "Since the fifth prince is injured, let's consult the imperial doctor first."
Concubine Hui was a little reluctant and said, "Your Majesty, someone is trying to slander the reputation of the fifth prince! I beg your Majesty's permission to send all the relevant people to the nearest palace to tidy up and ask the Emperor for justice!"
Over the years, Concubine Hui had a solid foundation in the palace. In addition, she always guessed the emperor's thoughts very accurately, so she was quite favored. Hearing what Concubine Hui said, the emperor frowned tightly and said, "In that case, let's do what Concubine Hui said."
Hearing this, Concubine Hui was overjoyed and glanced at Concubine Ye provocatively. Then she hurriedly ordered people to help the fifth prince back to the nearby Zhaoyang Palace.
Xie Ruzhuo was supported by Hong Ruizhu, while Qian Bi carefully supported the frightened palace maid from behind. After the group went to the inner hall of Zhaoyang Palace and changed clothes, they then went to Zhaoyang Main Hall.
Due to Concubine Hui's instructions, Mrs. Qiao could not enter the inner hall and could only wait anxiously in the main hall. Although she didn't know the cause and effect, she felt very distressed when she saw Xie Ruzhuo like this. Seeing Xie Ruzhuo come out at this moment, she was so busy that she rushed forward to greet him, but she was concerned about the emperor and Concubine Hui who were sitting in the front seats, and looked like she was hesitant to speak.
Xie Ruzhuo understood what Mrs. Qiao meant and gave her a reassuring look. Then she walked slowly to the center of the hall and said, "My lord, please send your regards to your majesty, and to all of you ladies and gentlemen."
"No need." Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "Exactly what happened, please tell me in detail."
"Yes." Xie Ruzhuo glanced at Concubine Hui in the main hall, and then said loudly, "My daughter is not feeling well today. When I went out, I met the fifth prince who violated the palace maid and kicked him into the water. My daughter went into the water to save him, but instead He was verbally threatened by the fifth prince. Maid Qiachen arrived and screamed for help. Only then did the guards arrive and prevent the fifth prince from further actions."
"You are spitting blood!" Concubine Hui immediately stood up, pointed at Xie Ruzhuo and said, "What a Xie daughter with evil intentions. You keep saying that it is my emperor who threatens you, then let me ask you, how many guards are there? How dare you hit the fifth prince of the current dynasty? It's obvious that you hit the prince first and then insulted him!"
"Reporting to Concubine Hui, I did push the fifth prince in a fit of impatience just now. Please ask the emperor to punish you for this. But everything I said is true, and I hope the emperor will tell you the truth." Xie Ruzhuo recognized the matter simply and neatly. , raised his head and looked at the emperor without hesitation.
Hearing this, the emperor avoided Xie Ruzhuo and looked at the shivering palace maid aside, "I ask you, is what Miss Xie said true?"
When the palace maid heard the emperor's question, she raised her head tremblingly. Without thinking, she immediately met Concubine Hui's warning eyes. The palace maid's body trembled involuntarily, and she hesitated to speak.
After such a big thing happened, Concubine Xian was sitting in the front hall and couldn't stay any longer. Although the second prince's prestige has grown in recent years, Concubine Hui's position in the palace is stable, and with the emperor's favor, it is not without her support for the fifth prince's rise to power. Concubine Xian maintains her own identity, and sometimes she inevitably fights with Concubine Hui like a black-eyed chicken.
After hearing such good news coming from behind, she immediately ordered the palace servants to serve the ladies well, and she hurried to Zhaoyang Palace.
As soon as she entered the palace, she saw the appearance of the palace maid. She felt happy, but said solemnly, "Don't be afraid. This is the palace. The emperor is here and the concubine is here. No one can threaten you." There you go."
When Concubine Hui saw Concubine Xian, she became very angry. When she heard this, she laughed angrily, "What Sister Xian Concubine said is strange. Who dares to threaten her in public? However, I The emperor was so drunk that instead of going to his palace to find his concubines, he molested a little palace maid outside. I don't know if the palace maid was unlucky or had bad intentions and saved something that she shouldn't have. Thoughts!"
"No slave!"
The palace maid was still a little hesitant before, but when she heard Concubine Hui's words, she straightened her back and gasped, "This slave is pure and clean. She entered the palace and only served her master. How could she dare to do anything inappropriate?" Thoughts? Tonight, the slave passed the dishes and then left. Unexpectedly, the fifth prince followed closely behind, forcing me all the way to do the evil thing. The slave refused to obey, and then the fifth prince kicked me into the water! What Miss Xie said about this matter is accurate, and I hope the emperor will make the decision for me!"
When she spoke, her eyes were filled with tears. In addition, her appearance was so beautiful, but now it was even more painful to look at her.
"You are so brave, you are so easy to slander the prince! If the fifth prince really did something to you, how could you, a weak and weak woman, escape? Or do you really think that he is so skilled? Did you learn it in vain?" Concubine Hui caught the details in her words and immediately retorted.
After saying these words, she knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know who is so brave, and actually deliberately planned to harm my emperor. But in the conscience of heaven and earth, would the emperor be willing to believe in such an unknown person?" Are you not willing to believe your biological son as well, your palace maid?"
Emperor Jing had doubts at first, but now that he heard what Concubine Hui said, he felt more and more what she said made sense. After all, the fifth prince's kung fu was taught by Wu Zhuangyuan of this dynasty himself. Even if he drank wine, if he really wanted to do something to a palace maid, the palace maid would definitely not be able to break free.
Unless, this is a trap for the fifth prince!
As he thought about it, Emperor Jing couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, and said loudly, "What Concubine Hui said makes sense. Someone, please take off the waist badge of this palace maid, verify them one by one, and then report back."
As soon as he gave the order, the guards came forward to take the waist badge from the palace maid.
Unexpectedly, the palace maid immediately took off the tag from her waist, threw it on the ground, and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty is brave, just go and see everything you want to verify. What I said is true, so naturally you are not afraid of anything. It's just - "
When she said this, she suddenly stood up, pulled out the sword from the guard's waist, and then, amidst everyone's exclamations, she put the shining sword tip on her neck and said miserably, "It's just that this slave is innocent, although I haven't yet." Destroyed, but what happened today has made me lose the face to see everyone in the world. It would be better to die to prove my innocence!"
After saying that, she suddenly wiped the sword away from her neck, and then slowly fell to the ground amidst everyone's shocked eyes.
There was only a "ding-" sound, and the sword fell to the ground. Along with the sword, there was a purple jade hairpin.
At the critical moment, someone hit her hand with a hairpin, causing the palace lady's hand to lose strength. Although her neck was still cut, she was no longer seriously injured.
The person who took action was none other than Xiao Xinyue.
The palace maid fell to the ground, looking at the person who took action in disbelief, and then cried loudly, "Why don't you just let me die? Although my life has been saved now, the fifth prince has been murdered." , after telling the truth, there is no possibility of survival. It is better to die cleanly today, so as to save the pain of being insulted in the future!"
"That's nonsense! If you are alive, there is still hope. But if you die, wouldn't you make those little people proud?" Concubine Xian reprimanded in a cold voice, and asked the maid to help the palace maid up. She finally understood that what the palace maid said was most likely true. If this is the case, then the fifth prince's moral character will definitely be marked down by the emperor. If the second prince could be given the opportunity to show off, it might be possible for the emperor to be disappointed in him from now on!
Concubine Hui covered her chest, pointed at the maid and said, "How dare you expose yourself before the emperor! Do you know that this is a death penalty!" After saying that, she turned around and knelt down again, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, I don't know this. Who is the person behind the scenes? The play has been staged until now, and the only purpose is to harm my emperor. If this is the case, please punish our mother and son, and follow the wishes of the person behind the scenes, so that we can call this The farce is over!”
Emperor Jing stroked his forehead with a headache and said, "What are you doing? Today's New Year's Eve, but you won't let me live in peace, are you all going to rebel?"
As soon as he said these words, the people in the palace immediately knelt on the ground and said in unison, "Your Majesty, forgive me."
Emperor Jing glanced at Xie Ruzhuo, who had been silent since he finished speaking, and sighed, "Where's the imperial doctor? Didn't he say he was going to check on the fifth prince's injury? Why haven't you come yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the imperial doctor walking in from outside the palace with a worried look on his face and said, "See you, Your Majesty. I have been waiting outside the palace for a long time, just waiting for the Emperor's summons."
Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "How is the fifth prince's injury?"
Hearing this, the imperial doctor suddenly became a little nauseous. Afterwards, he could not withstand Emperor Jing's eyes and replied truthfully, "Back to the emperor, there are no other injuries on the fifth prince's body. It's just that the vitality area is slightly injured and he needs to rest for a while." . Simply passing on the family line in the future will have no impact, which is really a blessing."
Concubine Hui was angry at first, but now when she heard that Xiao Junyi's injury was actually her lifeblood, her expression immediately changed, and she knelt on the ground and began to cry, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and the emperor. !”