Tangled

"Musk is something that hinders pregnancy, why would I carry it with me!" Beauty Duanmu denied it.

"I don't know if someone made my younger sister carry this thing without anyone noticing." Song Guifei's light words made the already ugly people even more uneasy. Murdering a concubine is a crime, and using musk to murder the emperor's heir is even more uneasy. It is a death penalty.

"It's better to find out where the musk comes from first." Mu Xiaoxiao said, "My sister is still young, so I can't cut off the fate of descendants."

"Since Ruan Jieyu is proficient in spices, let Ruan Jieyu check it out." Concubine An Xian raised her eyes cold and sharp.

Mu Luoluo stood behind Su Qingwan, quietly watching Ruan Jieyu get up with a calm face, walked to Duanmu beauty under the scrutinizing eyes of Concubine An Xian, and asked her to take off the jewelry sachet on her body.Concubine An Xian was already suspicious, Mu Luoluo lowered her eyes, and waited to see how Ruan Jieyu would respond.

Ruan Jieyu's composure is enough to show that this matter is not just a plan between her and Ban Shi, Su Qingwan is stirring the handkerchief in her hand, who is the other person?

"This bracelet is soaked in a lot of musk." Ruan Jieyu picked up a string of agate bracelets and handed them to Zisu, indicating that she would present them to Mu Xiaoxiao for a look. But now it is soaked in musk and worn for a long time, it will be difficult to conceive."

"Who has such evil intentions?" Mu Xiaoxiao frowned.

"This bracelet was a gift from Shumei a few days ago. It is said that my concubine has a fair complexion, and it looks very good wearing red agate." Duanmu said humanely, with crystal eyes, which made people feel distressed.

"Go and invite Shu Meiren." Mu Xiaoxiao ordered.At the door, a little maid responded and left.

Su Qing twirled the teacup in her hand, and looked at the beauty Duanmu who was about to cry with great interest. When she could learn this ability to cry when she said it, wouldn't she have another sharp weapon to act like a baby to Luoluo.

Looking at Su Qingwan's expression, Mu Luoluo knew what she was thinking, shook her head helplessly, and secretly raised her hand to pinch Su Qingwan's shoulder, signaling her to calm down.

Su Qingwan turned her head slightly, and met Mu Luoluo's eyes, the two glances were full of tenderness, Su Qingwan smiled slightly, that's right, why bother to act like a spoiled child to Luoluo with tears, Luoluo will not object to whatever she does.

Shumei was invited for a while, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little depressed.

"You gave this bracelet to Beauty Duanmu?" Mu Xiaoxiao raised her chin, signaling Zhu'er to present the bracelet to Beauty Shu.

"Yes, it was my concubine who got this thing and thought it would be more suitable for Duanmu beauty's complexion, so she gave it to her." Shu Mei was full of doubts, but she had to answer truthfully.

"Do you know there's musk on it?" Concubine An Xian said abruptly.

"Musk?!" Shu Meiren was shocked, and then looked at Duanmu Beauty's resentful eyes, immediately guessed seven or eight points, and hurriedly knelt down, "I don't know, this matter has nothing to do with me!"

Mu Xiaoxiao glanced at Concubine An Xian. Now that the Shu family is in the side palace of Zihua Palace, if something goes wrong, it will be because the supervisor of Zihua Palace is not good at teaching. No wonder Concubine An Xian is in a hurry.

Su Qingwan waved at Jin Qing, motioning her to listen to her, and after whispering a few words, Jin Qing quietly retreated without disturbing anyone.

Seeing that Mu Xiaoxiao remained silent, Shu Meiren became a little flustered. She looked around and fixed her eyes on Jin Jieyu who had just picked up the teacup: "It's her! Empress Empress! This bracelet is originally Jin Jieyu The reward for me must be Jin Jieyu who tampered with it!"

"I am wronged." Jin Jieyu hastily put down the teacup and saluted "This object was sent to the palace when my mother's family was sent to the palace. The Secretary of the Inner Court has inspected it a long time ago. Besides, there is no problem with the rest. , how can there be a problem with the bracelet that was rewarded to you alone?"

"Speaking of which, Jin Jieyu also gave me a jade bracelet made of ice, but there was no musk." Zhou Zhaoyi added lightly.

"I..." Shu Meiren was at a loss for words for a moment, and when she turned her head and saw Mu Xiaoxiao propped her head in silence, her heart became more and more uncertain.

"The emperor is here!" Zhao Desheng sang, and all the concubines hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Everyone get up." The emperor waved his hand and sat on the main seat, motioning for Mu Xiaoxiao to sit down next to him, "I heard that something went wrong in Fengyi Palace, so I came here to take a look."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty's lesson! The concubine is wronged!" Seeing the savior, Shu Mei immediately knelt down in front of the emperor, "Someone must have framed the concubine, Your Majesty!"

"On the way here, I also heard a general idea, Mo Zhu, since you rewarded this bracelet, why do you tell me why this musk has nothing to do with you?" The emperor waved his hand, signaling Shu Mei to stand up.

"The concubine is nearly three months pregnant." Jin Jieyu replied, "How dare you touch Musk?"

Su Qingwan was naturally surprised when she heard the words. She never thought that such a thing would happen. She turned her head to look at the emperor. His eyes were full of surprises. At this moment, it is not difficult for a discerning person to see that the emperor believed Jin Jieyu's words.

"The day when Jin Jieyu gave the bracelet to Shu Meiren was February 21. I went to go to Sister Wu to drink tea on that day, and I happened to meet. The day Shu Meiren gave the bracelet to Sister Duanmu was at the beginning of March. Two, don't the days in between be just used to soak bracelets in musk?" Ban Jieyu said suddenly, her words were well-founded.

"The smell of musk is strong. If you want to taste it, you can take three to five days." Ruan Jieyu added in a timely manner.

"I..." Shu Meiren was in a daze at the moment, what happened today was so sudden that she was given a blow in the face, and there were so many people accusing her at the same time, she didn't know where to start.

The emperor's eyes became deeper and deeper, and Shu Meiren's heart suddenly became confused: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty believes in me! I, I have no reason to harm Beauty Duanmu! I have no grievances or enmity with her, so why bother to ask Baba to give her a hand soaked in musk?" String! Your Majesty! I really don’t know what’s going on today!”

Seeing that Shu Mei didn't say a word, Su Qingwan was already crying like a pear blossom, feeling even more envious in her heart.

"It's them, it's them who are jealous of me, Your Majesty!" Shu Meiren straightened up suddenly, pointing to the three Jinban Duanmu, "Last night I had a sudden abdominal pain, and it was difficult to get up this morning to greet the empress, but Fengyi Palace suddenly In this matter, all the targets are directed at the concubine! Your Majesty! There must be something wrong with this matter, Your Majesty! They must have colluded together to frame the concubine, Your Majesty! You must decide for the concubine, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Shu Meiren who was crying and out of breath, the emperor softened for a moment.

This Shu Mei was also clever, and it was not easy to react so quickly. Su Qingwan gently tapped her knee, watching the changes.

The Fengyi Palace fell into a stalemate for a while, and both sides had already said what they could say, so the decision was naturally up to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, my concubine sent someone to Zihua Palace just now, and brought one person back, so maybe I can say something." Concubine Song suddenly spoke, breaking the deadlock.

"Bring it up." The emperor waved his hand with a headache.

Shu Meiren turned her head and watched an unfamiliar servant girl being pressed up silently, feeling puzzled in her heart, but she had no choice but to stand still and wait and see what happened.

"Why did you bring her here?" The emperor looked at the woman who was escorting the maid.

"Returning to Your Majesty, when this servant girl went to Zihua Palace, it was this servant girl who took the initiative to step forward and said that she could prove what happened today." The woman replied.

Su Qingwan frowned slightly, and looked at Ruan Jieyu, only to find that the latter also looked confused.Apparently, the matter has been completely out of control so far.

"What can you prove?" The emperor looked at the maid who was kneeling on the ground, faintly displeased.

"The matter about the musk was done by the servant girl alone." The servant girl kowtowed, and what she said was beyond everyone's expectations, "It was the servant girl who soaked the agate bracelet with musk."

"Why did you do this! Why did you want to kill me?" Shu Meiren bit her lower lip and glared.

"Why?" The servant girl raised her head and looked at Shu Meiren with a sarcasm on her face, "You still don't understand why the servant girl did this!"

Shu Meiren was stunned by the yelling, and then shook her head hesitantly.

"The servant girl was serving in the front room, but Shu Mei saw how attractive the servant girl was, suspected that the servant girl was seducing the emperor, so she transferred the servant girl to guard the warehouse, and even indulged other servant girls to run on the servant girl, don't you remember all these things! "The servant girl sneered and said, "You are in full bloom now, how many masters in the palace don't like you, you know it yourself, what this servant girl did is to let you see how annoying you are!"

She was trembling, Su Qingwan looked at this maid quietly, what was she afraid of?

"Do you know that murdering a concubine is a capital offense?" Mu Xiaoxiao asked, the meaning behind her words was clear to everyone present.

"Your maidservant knows." The servant girl replied, "This bracelet, this servant girl originally thought that Shu Meiren wore it herself, but never thought that Shu Meiren would give it to others. From the beginning to the end, the only person that this servant girl wanted to harm was Shu Meiren, but now she has harmed Duanmu Beauty. I am ashamed, and I am willing to apologize with death!"

"Stop her!" Zhou Zhaoyi said suddenly, but still took a step slowly, and saw that the maid suddenly broke free from the shackles of the mother-in-law, bumped her head against the corner of the table closest to Shu Meiren, and lost her breath immediately.

Shu Meiren was so frightened by this sudden incident that she stared blankly at the dying maid in front of her for a moment, and then passed out in the next second.

The hall was silent for a while, and the smell of blood filled the air, and everyone had to cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs.

"Procrastinate." The emperor waved his hand irritably, "Let's stop here for today's matter. This servant girl is dead, and she deserves what she deserves. The reason for the incident was that Shu Shi treated his servants harshly, and Shu Shi was punished by confinement for ten days. As the master of the Zihua Palace, the concubine was not disciplined well, so she was punished together."

"The concubine obeys the order." Concubine An Xian stood up and saluted.

Beauty Duanmu wanted to say something, but was held back by Ban Jieyu, so she had no choice but to give up.

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"Today's play is really puzzling." On the way back, Su Qingwan saw that there was no one around, so she put her hand on Mu Luoluo's arm, "What's Luoluo's opinion?"

"Someone helped to break Shu Meiren's predicament." Mu Luoluo let out a long sigh of relief, the maidservant's gaze before she died was really chilling all over her body, "The maidservant's words didn't match the words, and she didn't frame her at all. There is no reason, and there is no reason to admit it, obviously she was pulled to take the blame. Ever since she was beaten into Fengyi Palace, she didn't want to go back alive."

"I also have that intention." Su Qingwan nodded, she was trembling at that time, because she was afraid of this matter, "However, even without this maid, Shu's crime may not be cured today."

"Why did you say that?" Mu Luoluo looked sideways at Su Qingwan.