The maids and eunuchs are very obedient, and the investigation is quick, and the investigation is over in a while, no!
Is it really necessary to check the ladies in front of me next
Concubine Ya Gui was also in a dilemma, her face darkened, all the ladies in front of her were noble daughters-in-law, if they were really investigated, it would be a humiliation to them, but if they were not investigated, the matter had become like this, it had to be resolved.
"Are all the maids and eunuchs here, are there any omissions?" No girl wanted to be checked, so someone couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah, there are quite a lot of court ladies and eunuchs who came and went here just now, maybe they passed by here occasionally to fish in troubled waters." If one person speaks, it will be much more convenient to speak next time. I've been searched, how can I show face to others after this.
"Your Majesty, check again to see if anyone has passed by here." Someone stood up and bowed respectfully to Concubine Ya, and suggested.
This proposal is exactly what Concubine Yagui wanted, and she also knew that she couldn't search the bodies of those ladies, otherwise there would be a big trouble, so she nodded immediately and motioned for the girl to sit down, and asked the maid next to her to just show up here today. The maids and eunuchs at the banquet were all brought here.
There were passers-by, some came here to pick plum blossoms, and some fetched things. After a while, they brought another twenty or thirty court ladies.
Looking at one of the court ladies, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Ning Xueyan's lips, it really was her!
The maids were about to take this group of people down to search, when suddenly Lan Ning pointed to one of the maids and said, "Girl, she is the one who stole your bracelet. Look, she is still wearing it now."
Someone stole the bracelet again, and was caught. Everyone was in an uproar, and they all looked at the pointed lady, and sure enough, they saw an extremely exquisite gemstone-studded bracelet on her wrist.
When the palace maid saw that everyone was looking over, even Concubine Yagui and Concubine Shu who were sitting on top turned to her, she was so frightened that she stretched out her hand to cover the bracelet, she felt that no one could find the bracelet on her hand, she subconsciously said: "This ... This is the servant's own, no... not stolen... "
"Your own?" Lan Ning took two steps forward, walked in front of her, held up her wrist for everyone to see, and said angrily: "This kind of bracelet is left by our wife to our girl, and it is engraved with our Madame’s name is taboo, do you want to say that this bracelet was given to you by our madam?”
This bracelet was brought to Ning Xueyan by Ming Feiyong. He said that it was Ming's favorite to wear before marrying Ning Zu'an. One was broken later, and the other one was not worn. After that, he kept it. Ming Fu, I don't know if it's because the Ming family was still young at that time, so mischievously asked people to ingeniously engrave their own name on the bottom of the bracelet.
The Ming clan shut himself up in the Mingshuang Courtyard, not to mention entering the palace, he never even left the Mingshuang Courtyard, how could he enter the palace and give the bracelet to a court lady? If you say this, you will know it is not true.
Ao Chenyi's handsome eyes narrowed into a slit, and he looked calmly at Ning Xueyan who was standing next to Lan Ning with an anxious face, then at the pale palace maid, and Ning Qingfan on the other side, with her bright red lips She raised her horns slightly, with a sneer of unknown meaning, this little girl really has a big heart, and she won't suffer at all!
But, it's quite to my liking!
"Slave... Numaid..." The maid also reacted at this time, she knelt down with a plop, pointed at Ning Xueyan and said, "This... this is given to the servant by Miss Ning Wu."
"What's going on?" When something like this happened at the banquet, Concubine Ya Gui, who presided over the banquet, also lost face, frowning and asked the maid to be brought in front of her.
At the same time, Ning Xueyan and Lan Ning were brought over.
Ning Qingshan was sitting close to her, she could see clearly without moving at this time, she had a bad premonition that made her restless, the handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball, what is Ning Xueyan going to do !
Concubine Shu sat on Concubine Yagui, looked Ning Xueyan up and down, a gleam of light flickered in her eyebrows and eyes.
What they did here also alarmed the men's seat. Many young masters looked at this side curiously, daring to steal things at the palace banquet, it is really desperate.
Listening to Concubine Ya's questioning, Ning Xueyan stepped forward, gave a respectful blessing, and said softly: "Young concubine, how can you use such a precious item for rewarding a servant? This is a relic left by my mother. Even more unusual."
Ignoring the maid's pitiful and pleading eyes, she said slowly.
Indeed, it is just to bring water and serve fruits, why do you want to reward such a precious bracelet, and the meaning of this bracelet is not unusual, Concubine Ya looked at the presented bracelet, it was so exquisite and luxurious, exactly as she remembered , It is indeed Ming's bracelet.
Concubine Yagui put down the bracelet in her hand, her face turned cold, and she was about to speak.
"Fifth girl, you forgot, the servant gave you a note, yes... yes... this father-in-law asked the servant to give it to you, father-in-law, do you still remember, the note you asked me to send must be given to you?" The fifth girl sent it over, and she said that someone else picked it up." The maid who checked her face couldn't see it well, she was anxious to distinguish, her eyes wandered, and suddenly she saw a eunuch dodging behind Concubine Ya, and shouted at him. shouted.
The eunuch who had been standing behind Concubine Yagui, who could tell at a glance that she was Concubine Yagui, was stunned at first, then panicked, and shook his hands sharply after being testified by the court lady: "Don't care about the servant, it's the third girl..."
He will turn around and look for Ning Qingshan.
"Bold!" Concubine Ya Gui scolded angrily. An old nanny standing beside her came up and gave the eunuch a slap in the face. The daughter of the prostitute, who is the second girl or the third girl, speaks nonsense, if you dare to talk nonsense about your mother, you will be shot first."
The old mother looked fiercely at the eunuch and said viciously.
"Yes... yes, slave... what I want to say is that I don't know about the fifth girl, and I don't know about this dog slave. I haven't seen her today. How could I ask her to give you something? It must be her." I stole the fifth girl's bracelet, and I couldn't explain it clearly, so I slandered it on the servant."
The eunuch was beaten so clearly that he rolled his eyes, hurriedly turned his words around, and kept explaining, of course, completely dismissing the matter of asking the maid to deliver the note.
He also regretted it in his heart now, he knew that sending a note for Miss Ning San would cause such a big disaster, no matter what he said, he would never do such a thing just to curry favor with Miss Ning, but now this kind of thing is clearly impossible He said that he understood what the imperial concubine meant. As long as he mentioned Miss Ning San, his life would be gone.
"Slave... slave girl, he really asked me to give it to me. At that time, he gave the slave girl a silver key. If you don't believe me, you can just watch." Seeing the eunuch's denial, the maid was really panicked, and hurriedly touched it from her bosom. Take out a silver key and show it to Concubine Yagui, so that Concubine Yagui can believe it.
"He... why did he ask you to give me a note? I entered the palace for the first time today, and I didn't know anyone in the palace. Why would someone give me a note? It's so strange! You must have stolen my bracelet, Nonsense and deceit." Ning Xueyan's voice was not high, with a soft and soft meaning, it seemed to be muttering to herself, but at this moment of sudden silence, it made the few people around her hear it really.
It is the first time for Ning Xueyan to enter the palace today, and she has not attended any banquets before. If the second wife of the Huguohou Mansion had not died, few people would even know that there is a fifth girl in the Huguohou Mansion. They also said that the fifth girl hadn't left her yard for several years, so of course it was impossible for her to know anyone.
Who in this palace would know her and even send her a note, that means this maid is really a liar!
But someone with sharp eyes suddenly discovered that the eunuch was the one who brought Ning Qingshan to Concubine Ya's palace before, so the third girl he mentioned before was Ning Qingshan. If what he said was true, the third girl was Didn't really send a note to my sister...
This matter seems to be very contradictory, and it seems that no matter how you explain it, you can't explain it.
But there are a lot of smart people here, look at Concubine Ya's angrily just now, then the outburst of the old lady who followed behind Concubine Ya, and the eunuch's sudden backlash, all of them are telling that there is something wrong.
"Giggle" Concubine Shu laughed on the side, and said to Concubine Ya, whose face was sinking like water: "Sister Guifei, please don't be angry, this dog slave will talk about the third girl and the fifth girl at one time. It is about the two girls of the Huguohou Mansion, the third girl passed a note to the fifth girl, and the son went over. Let's talk in a circle."
Concubine Shu's words seemed casual, but in fact she pointed at Ning Qingshan. Everyone followed her words and turned to Ning Qingshan who was sitting on the other side. Seeing everyone's attention, Ning Qingshan also stood up. , started to walk in front of Concubine Ya, bowed deeply to Concubine Ya and Concubine Shu, and said softly: "I have seen Concubine Concubine, Concubine Shu."
"Get up!" Concubine Ya Gui's eyes flashed a gloomy look, and she waved her hand lightly.
"The third girl is so polite. I knew that the third girl is both righteous and filial. Unexpectedly, after three years of seeing each other, the third girl is not only more gentle, but also much more beautiful." Concubine Shu covered her lips with a handkerchief, and looked Ning up and down. Qingshan glanced at her and said with a smile, as if she really liked Ning Qingshan.
Only Ning Qing felt the hostility in Concubine Shu's words with her fan.
"Concubine Shu is too polite." Ning Qing said respectfully, then turned to Ning Xueyan and said, "Fifth sister, since she stole your bracelet, just take it back, the left and right are just the same bracelet. The matter here is decided by the imperial concubine and the concubine Shu, and it is still at the banquet, not in our Hou's mansion."
Her words sounded like she was trying to persuade Ning Xueyan to be magnanimous in her words, as if she were a sister, and she also pointed out that this was in the palace, so she told Ning Xueyan not to speak casually, as if It was for the good of Ning Xueyan, and her behavior was also generous, which made some people who doubted her hesitated again. Could it be that the third girl who was accidentally mentioned by the eunuch just now was not Ning Qingfan.
In this situation, Ning Qingfan was still so calm.
She even slapped Ning Xueyan back in her words. Her natural and unrestrained attitude just set off Ning Xueyan's small family spirit, but she just lost a bracelet and made such a fuss. She really didn't know the general idea.