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"Miss Chu, although this servant is soft-spoken, you cannot accuse me of such a big crime." The little eunuch kneeling on the ground spoke tremblingly. Although he looked respectful and nervous, there was no panic in his words. .

Chu Huanyan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Then I dare to ask this father-in-law, why do you appear around the forbidden area at night?"

"The slave was going back to his residence after finishing his errands. He thought it was already very late, so he took a shortcut and took the road outside Merlin."

After finishing speaking, the little eunuch added another sentence.

"I just wanted to take a shortcut and did not get close to Merlin. I will never dare to trespass into the forbidden area."

"Did father-in-law take that road?" Chu Huanyan pointed to the stone path to the west.

The little eunuch nodded immediately, "Yes, you can go directly through this road. You don't need to detour through the imperial garden, but you can get back to the slave's residence quickly. But the slave didn't expect that he would bump into..."

The young eunuch paused for a moment and glanced timidly at Xiao Jinzhi and Chu Huanyan, "I will catch His Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Chu entering the forbidden area privately."

"Miss Chu, this little eunuch has a low status and would not have the courage to frame you. If you really enter the forbidden area, you'd better tell the truth and ask for the emperor's forgiveness. Don't worry, I will also intercede on your behalf." Empress Wei He spoke again to persuade.

"Miss Chu probably hasn't finished asking her questions yet. Is the queen mother so eager to convict us?" Xiao Jinzhi's tone was faint, revealing a bit of the chill of the autumn night. "Or, the queen mother was afraid of exposing something, so she wanted to hurry up. Are you going to put the crime of breaking into a forbidden area on us?"

"Jinzhi, what do you mean by this?" Queen Wei's face turned cold, "I am your mother after all. Could it be that this is your attitude when talking to me?"

"Queen, please don't be impatient. Why don't you wait for me to finish asking you questions before making a decision?" Chu Huanyan comforted her.

"What else do you want to ask, Miss Chu?" The little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground raised his head and spoke awkwardly, "I have said everything I know, and every word is true."

"My father-in-law, I don't question what you said, but since you saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I breaking into the forbidden area, why didn't you report the news quickly in such an emergency and still have time to go back and change clothes?" Chu Huanyan asked curiously.

The little eunuch looked at Chu Huanyan in confusion, "Where did Miss Chu start talking about this? I naturally took the time to report the news, so how could I go back to change my clothes?"

"You have never gone back?" Chu Huanyan frowned slightly, "Then after reporting the news just now, didn't you return to your residence?"

"No." The little eunuch answered very simply, "I thought that maybe the emperor and the empress wanted to summon me, so I always obeyed the order and waited not far away."

"Haha, that's strange." Chu Huanyan chuckled.

"What's so strange?" Emperor Xiao asked in a deep voice.

Chu Huanyan gestured to the little eunuch's feet, "Your Majesty, please see, this little eunuch's shoes are very clean."

Emperor Xiao was confused, "What does this mean?"

Chu Huanyan raised her lips and explained with a smile, "Your Majesty, my daughter and the Crown Prince just happened to walk along the road indicated by the little eunuch. Maybe it was windy today and a lot of berries fell on the road. , it fell to the ground and stepped on the juice. If you come along that road, some of it will be stained on your shoes, but this little eunuch's shoes... are very clean. "

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on the little eunuch's shoes.

Because he was kneeling on the ground, with the soles of his shoes facing up, he could clearly see under the candlelight that there was no berry juice on them except for some dust.

Emperor Xiao glanced at the guard beside him, who immediately went to the road to check.

"For your information, Your Majesty, there are indeed berries on that road, and many of them have been trampled, and there is still juice on the road."

"Whisper, have you ever walked that path?" Emperor Xiao looked stern.

The little eunuch suddenly trembled with fright and immediately buried his body again, "Slave, slave... maybe I remembered it wrong. I didn't go that way, but from, from..."

"If you want to take a shortcut through this plum forest, there is only one way." Xiao Jinzhi said leisurely, blocking the little eunuch's next argument, "The palace road on the other side is clean, but it only leads from the harem. Headed here.”

The little eunuch became more and more panicked and hesitated for a while.

Queen Wei frowned tightly, glanced at Emperor Xiao from the corner of her eye, and the next moment she spoke sternly to the young eunuch: "Did you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Chu entering this plum forest? If you don't tell me honestly, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will never forgive you lightly!"

The little eunuch trembled, knelt on the ground, and suddenly did not dare to speak again.

"Father, it seems that the matter is very clear. My son and Miss Chu have never been to this Merlin, let alone break the law and break into the forbidden areas of the palace. I don't know who ordered this little eunuch to bite like this. "Xiao Jinzhi obviously meant something.

Queen Wei narrowed her eyes and then said: "Prince, could it be that you have offended this little eunuch in some way? He is narrow-minded and deliberately revenges, so he arranged you like this?"

"Mother, I have never seen this little eunuch before. What's more, if he is just an ordinary eunuch in the palace, how could he be so bold and dare to use matters in the forbidden area to frame him, and also alarmed the mother and father." Xiao Jinzhi's eyes fell on Queen Wei's face.

Those words just now were clearly a reminder to the little eunuch, asking him to use them as a reason.

"Who can be sure about courage? Although he is just a humble slave, there are many things in this world where dogs will jump over the wall in a hurry." Empress Wei sighed, "It's just that this is very stupid. I don't know if he has any family members. When the time comes, Don't let your family get hurt because of your impulsiveness."

Chu Huanyan keenly noticed that the little eunuch on the ground trembled violently again. Queen Wei's words were simply a threat.

Emperor Xiao looked at Xiao Jinzhi and Queen Wei with a dark expression, "You two don't need to say anything more. Someone, take this little eunuch down and interrogate him strictly!"

"Yes." The guard next to him immediately took the order and dragged the little eunuch down.

Emperor Xiao glanced at Xiao Jinzhi with complicated eyes, "Since what happened tonight was a misunderstanding and the prince did not break into the forbidden area privately, then..."

"Your Majesty." Empress Wei interrupted Emperor Xiao.

"Is there anything else the Queen has to do?" Emperor Xiao glanced at her.

The latter blessed his body and said, "Your Majesty, although the incident of trespassing into the forbidden area may be a misunderstanding, I still have something unclear."

Queen Wei stood up straight and stared at Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhidao.

"I heard that Miss Chu had already left the palace this afternoon. Why did she appear in the palace again now? Also, your guards and maidservants were hesitant and looked like they were covering up. I wonder where you two went just now?"