Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Mrs. Pei also knelt down to check on Zhou Xiaohe's condition, and when she touched her arm, it was wet with water. "Good boy, you... what's the matter, why are you all wet?"

Zhou Xiaohe was still crying in Wei Wanshu's arms, she was so frightened that she had already lost her verbal expression.

Seeing this, Lu frowned and moved closer to Fang Yizhi.

"You really didn't bully her?" Lu asked Fang Yizhi in a low voice.

Fang Yi looked at Lu Shi calmly.Lu Shi understood immediately that his son was silently telling her if he hadn't.

"Xiao He, what's going on here?" Seeing her mother Pei's question, Wei Wanshu did not attract any explanation from others.She raised her voice and pretended to ask Zhou Xiaohe.

Zhou Xiaohe was still crying blindly.

Fang Yi didn't respond, as if he didn't hear anything, he still looked at Zhou Xiaohe and the others coldly.

Lu Shi saw through the meaning of Wei Wanshu's question at a glance.I know that the reason why Fang Yizhi explained to himself so patiently just now is out of respect for her.If it was a different person, he estimated that he would not have spoken more than three sentences.And for people he doesn't like at all, he may not say a word like now.

But what exactly happened, Lu Shi was still puzzled.Turning to look at Princess Jinyang, I saw that the princess's reaction was not much worse, and she was quietly watching with cold eyes.

Lu Shi looked at Zhou Xiaohe, who was so weak and weeping, her mind gradually became clear, and she rationally sorted out the situation she had just learned.Although Zhou Xiaohe fell into the water, she was pitiful, but she remembered that Fang Yi told him just now that someone told him that the orb had fallen into the water, so he came.But it was Zhou Xiaohe who actually fell into the water, and Bao Zhu had just talked to her.Why is there such a misunderstanding?Could it be that Zhou Xiaohe is plotting against her son?

Lu looked carefully at Zhou Xiaohe's clothes.It was just now under the night, and she didn't pay much attention to it from a distance. It was also because she had been worrying about whether the princess had something to do with Yi Zhi, so when she saw a girl with a figure similar to the princess there, she immediately misunderstood her. Thought it was a princess.Looking at it after calming down now, Zhou Xiaohe is wearing a light blue dress, which is far from the pink one worn by the princess. In fact, this dress is very similar to her daughter Baozhu's, even her hair is combed in the same double-snail bun.

Lu felt more and more that this coincidence was a bit strange, and this week Xiaohe admired Fang Yizhi, she also learned from Yuchi Baoqi.At that time, she felt that there were many people who liked her son, so she didn't worry about it, but she didn't expect that Zhou Xiaohe was really worried about it.When the coincidences are added together, it must not be a coincidence, but a calculation.

Lu Shi was suddenly furious.Even looking at Pei's eyes is not as friendly as before.The Wei family, which is famous all over the world, is that it?Playing such a stupid and lowly trick?

Feeling that Lu's attitude was not kind, Mrs. Pei was angry and anxious, and felt baffled.Seeing that Zhou Xiaohe was crying very strangely, and the reactions of other people present were not right, she became more and more suspicious of Zhou Xiaohe's inappropriate behavior, which made her feel ashamed.

At this time, Mrs. Pei and Wei Wanshu helped Zhou Xiaohe up, and seeing that Zhou Xiaohe was still crying, she frowned and asked her in a low voice, "What's going on here?"

Zhou Xiaohe faltered and shook his head, still looking terrified.

Pei had no choice but to look at Princess Jinyang and Fang Shizi.

She stepped forward and saluted Li Mingda respectfully, "I wonder if your lord and Fang Shizi know what's going on?"

"It's nothing serious, it's just that she fell into the water. I don't know which blind maid thought she was Baozhu and called Fang Shizi, but Fang Shizi didn't want to save him. Later, Zuo Shanggong happened to pass by and ran into him, so she had to rescue Baozhu." Come up."

Li Mingda briefly described the process, but used words to ridicule everywhere.She first said that Zhou Xiaohe just "just fell into the water", then she said that the maid who spread the news was "blind", and then she said that Fang Yizhi "was dying and would not save her", and finally said that Zuo Qingmei's act of saving people was "have to save".

Although she is the wife of a courtier and Princess Jinyang is a princess, she should give herself the respect she deserves.To Pei's ears, what the princess said was thorny and offended many people.While Pei was secretly angry, she didn't lose her mind.She knew very well that the princess had always been sensible and her virtue was praised by others, so she would not say such things casually.There must be something strange about Xiao He's falling into the water, which made the princess angry.

When Pei Shi looked at Zhou Xiaohe again, the heat in her eyes disappeared.But she is her aunt after all, and she shares honor and disgrace outside, so at this moment, she should try her best to keep Zhou Xiaohe from embarrassing herself.

Mrs. Pei then said: "Since falling into the water is frightening, I should hurry up and change into clean clothes, so as not to catch a cold and be impolite."

After Mrs. Pei finished speaking, she sent Wei Wanshu to help Zhou Xiaohe go to Xunfeng Hall to change clothes.

Wei Wanshu nodded, and immediately helped Zhou Xiaohe go.Li Mingda silently watched the two of them take a few steps in a panic, and then called out to stop them.

Zhou Xiaohe's body trembled, and Wei Wanshu assisted her to turn around stiffly.

Li Mingda: "Do you have any clothes prepared in advance to change?"

Zhou Xiaohe shivered again, and looked at Wei Wanshu.

Wei Wanshu narrowed her eyes and explained: "In order to participate in the palace banquet, I will bring an extra set of clothes for fear of accidents where the wine will be spilled on me."

Mrs. Pei rolled her eyes and quickly agreed, "This is a habit I developed for them. Before I was married, I made a fool of myself at other people's banquets. Later, when it was my son and daughter's turn to attend the banquet, I would give them Everyone prepare an extra set of clothes."

"Madam is very thoughtful." After examining their mother and daughter, Li Mingda smiled slightly, then walked a few steps towards Zhou Xiaohe's direction.Zhou Xiaohe pursed her lips and grabbed Wei Wanshu more forcefully.

Wei Wanshu's face remained unchanged, she still smiled to maintain elegance.

"You'd better explain clearly what happened when you fell into the river first. Don't wait until after the fact to make a theory. When everyone is not at the scene, it will be difficult to explain clearly."

Seeing that her attempt to protect her weaknesses was in vain, Mrs. Pei simply obeyed Li Mingda's wishes and questioned Zhou Xiaohe, "I'm also surprised why you fell into the water, and you didn't jump in for no reason."

Wei Wanshu grabbed Zhou Xiaohe's arm at this moment, telling her to calm down.

"Just now, a few young ladies from nowhere saw me here alone, so they teased me and asked me if I was meeting my lover here. How could I be so slandered and refuted them a few words. But I didn't expect them to say a few words to them. I hit, I resisted and struggled, and then... just... I was pushed into the river."

When Pei Shi heard this, she was very angry, and asked who pushed her.Zhou Xiaohe shook her head, she could only describe her appearance, but she didn't know her specific identity.

Pei frowned: "Oval face, cherry mouth... There are too many daughters from aristocratic families who grow up like this. Today's palace banquet, everyone painted cherry lips makeup, where to find who."

"The night was dark, and I was in a panic at the time. I didn't see clearly. Also, I didn't know why Fang Shizi came. When I was calling for help in the water, I saw someone on the shore, so I called for help desperately. But the people on the shore But holding the lantern, I didn’t move, no matter how I shouted, it was useless... I thought I had run into a ghost.” Zhou Xiaohe cried again as he spoke.

Li Mingda could see how terrified Zhou Xiaohe's face was when he mentioned Fang Yizhi's "willing to die".I don't know what kind of posture Fang Yizhi looked at her at that time, it scared her into such a state.

But this is not what she wants to pursue right now, first expose the so-called "plan" of Wei Wanshu and Zhou Xiaohe, and let them know that this palace is not just a joke. .

"The two maids said that you are Baozhu, so why did they go to inform Fang Shizi?" Li Mingda asked.

"What kind of maid, Xiaohe really doesn't know." Zhou Xiaohe was very surprised, and turned to look at Wei Wanshu secretly.

However, Zhou Xiaohe's overly surprised look was too exaggerated, so Li Mingda could tell at a glance that she was telling lies.

"It seems that Mrs. Zhou was too busy crying just now and didn't pay attention to listening. Maid can explain to you again. Just now, two maids ran to tell Fang Shizi that Fang Erniang fell into the water and asked him to help, but when he came After the accident, I found out that the person who fell into the water was you." Zuo Qingmei said.

Zhou Xiaohe was stunned for a moment, tears falling more fiercely. "I don't know what's going on, I don't know what a court lady is. Auntie, I really don't know what's going on!" Zhou Xiaohe hurriedly grabbed Pei's arm and cried for grievances after explaining.

Mrs. Pei looked at Mrs. Lu, Princess Jinyang and the others, "Could this be some kind of misunderstanding?"

"Yes, maybe it was a misunderstanding. Maybe some palace maids passing by just saw it at that time. Because of their humble status, they couldn't intervene, so they went to Fang Shizi for help. Cousin's clothes today are somewhat similar to Baozhu. This skirt has only recently become popular in Chang'an City. A lot of ladies wore it today. Maybe the two maids just recognized Baozhu, and when they saw this dress, they mistakenly thought that their cousin was Baozhu, so they went to Fang Shizi for help." Wei Wanshu explained.

"Excellent, it makes sense." Li Mingda said to Wei Wanshu.

Wei Wanshu heard that Li Mingda didn't believe it, and couldn't say anything, so she was silent.

Fang Yi Zhi Mo's pupils were dark, and he looked at Li Mingda burning, without saying a word.He knew that the princess could settle everything, and he just had to wait and see what happened and let things develop.But the favor of the princess, he will take good care of it.

"Woooo...I really don't know what's going on with the maid." Zhou Xiaohe cried again.

Unconsciously, a sharp gaze flashed across Zhou Xiaohe's body.

Wei Wanshu hurriedly went to persuade Zhou Xiaohe.

At this time, footsteps came from the west, coming this way, Li Mingda also recognized the voice of her acquaintance.

Li Mingda sent Pei and Wei Wanshu to take Zhou Xiaohe to change clothes, let Zuo Qingmei lead the way, and lead Zhou Xiaohe to the nearest Wangyun Palace instead of going to the Xunfeng Palace.

"Fang Shizi and Fang Sanlang go too, take that road, there are people coming from the west." Li Mingda said straight to Fang Yi.

Although Fang Yizhi had something to say, after hearing Li Mingda's words, he took his younger brother and left immediately.

Hearing that the princess only ordered her two sons, Mrs. Lu didn't call himself. Knowing that the princess kept her on purpose, she didn't go with the two sons.

"Please Madam Lu to be a witness for me." Li Mingda smiled and stretched out his hand, took Madam Lu's arm, and went with her from the nearest road to Wangyun Temple.

At this time, several women from the aristocratic family came over talking and laughing, led by Xiao Wuniang.

A group of people walked to the edge of the canal, Xiao Wuniang saw Princess Jinyang at a glance, and hurriedly brought all the daughters of the family to salute her.

Xiao Wuniang is Xiao Kai's fifth sister and Xiao Cairen's cousin.Since childhood, Li Mingda and Li Mingda have met each other at various palace banquets, so the two are old acquaintances.

Li Mingda knew very well that Xiao Wuniang's mouth was so powerful.As long as she encounters a scene where she can gossip, she can make up 380 different stories and spread them quietly among the daughters of the aristocratic family.In terms of creating rumors and gossips, Li Mingda really couldn't beat her, so he could only hide.

After Xiao Wuniang saluted the princess, she came close and pulled Li Mingda to join them.

"How do you remember this?" Li Mingda asked Xiao Wuniang.

"I heard people say that this is the place where the cranes stay forever, and there is a lot of immortality. Putting lanterns here and making wishes will come true." Xiao Wuniang said.

"Who told you that?"

"My second brother." Xiao Wuniang replied after blinking her eyes.

Xiao Wuniang's second brother is Xiao Kai.

"Did he really tell you? How could he know so much about the palace?"

Xiao Wuniang laughed and didn't answer.

Seeing her guilty look, Li Mingda knew what he was thinking, and he knew that Xiao Cairen should have told her that she was afraid of hurting Xiao Cairen, so she put it on her second brother.Li Mingda immediately sent them to play, no matter what.

After arriving at Wangyun Hall, Li Mingda waited for Zuo Qingmei first.

"The servant girl led them to the back room to change clothes, she seemed to feel that the maidservant was in the way, so she dismissed the maidservant several times tactfully, but the maidservant had no choice but to return to your lord first." Zuo Qingmei replied.

"It's all right." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he leaned against the table with his chin in his hand, twirling the silk handkerchief with his fingers boredly.

In the room at the back of the hall, Mrs. Pei is questioning Zhou Xiaohe about the accident, to confirm whether she did it accidentally or on purpose.Zhou Xiaohe sobbed softly, but did not admit it.Wei Wanshu chimed in and tried her best to explain Zhou Xiaohe's innocence.The two immediately dispelled all of Pei's doubts.

The three continued to mutter in low voices.

Zhou Xiaohe and Wei Wanshu sang together, they both disliked Li Mingda's harsh words by the canal earlier, and seemed to deliberately make things difficult for them.

Hearing what their sisters said, Mrs. Pei also wondered, "When the princess started to say those words, my heart trembled. I thought you didn't know the rules and did something to offend her or Mr. Fang. After careful inquiry, It's not our fault. It's strange, why did the princess suddenly become unreasonable?"

Wei Wanshu sneered, then pulled Pei Shi and said, "It's easy to understand."

"How to say?" Pei asked her puzzled.

"I heard people say that Princess Jinyang and Fang Consort seem to have a good relationship." Wei Wanshu emphasized the last four words.

"A good relationship? You mean, the two of them still have—" Mrs. Pei cautiously looked outside the house, and chose to keep her mouth shut.

Wei Wanshu and Zhou Xiaohe looked at each other, then nodded to Mrs. Pei.

Zhou Xiaohe also said: "I've heard that too. To be honest with my aunt, when the two of them were in Jinzhou, she and Fang Shizi were flirting with each other, and the people who were traveling together more or less saw the clue. It's just because of the two No one dares to pick out the identity of the person, just make it clear."

Pei's heart sank, then he frowned, and said in surprise: "There are such things, it's not bad."

"Men are unmarried and women are unmarried. Besides, the sage arranged so many sons from aristocratic families to accompany the princess. Everyone knows the purpose." Wei Wanshu explained to Mrs. Pei, "It is not unusual to have such a result now."

"What do you know? It's fine if you're someone else. Fang Shizi never said harsh words in front of a sage, saying that marrying a princess is the most difficult thing in the world. Back then, he refused the marriage for Princess Gaoyang face to face. Now if he contradicts his promise, If you want a man, you need a man. If you want to change your mind, you can marry a princess, and she is the favorite princess of the saint. Do you think the saint will be willing? Princess Gaoyang will have face? Where will the face of the royal family be put?" Pei asked in succession. .

Zhou Xiaohe and Wei Wanshu nodded in agreement.Especially Zhou Xiaohe, couldn't agree more, and wished to applaud Mrs. Pei.

After hearing this, Li Mingda let go of the handkerchief in his hand, slid his fingertips across the table, then straightened his body, stood up, and calmly wandered in the center of Wangyun Hall with his hands behind his back.

Seeing the princess like this, Zuo Qingmei furrowed her brows silently, her complexion became darker.

Not long after, two old maids from the other side entered the door. After saluting, they reported to Li Mingda and Zuo Qingmei: "Recruited."

Then the old maid stepped forward and whispered a few times in Li Mingda's ear.Li Mingda nodded, and the two old maids withdrew immediately.

"Go and call them here." Li Mingda said.

Lu Shi had been sitting quietly waiting, seeing the princess standing up and wandering, so she also stood up and looked at Li Mingda.

"Madam, please sit down." Li Mingda smiled politely.

Lu Shi nodded, and sat down again feeling a little guilty.

Li Mingda also returned to his seat and sat down.

Mrs. Pei on the other side heard the message from the palace maid, and was very surprised when she learned that the princess ordered them to go to the main hall of Wangyun Palace.

"Wangyun Palace?" Mrs. Pei looked at her daughter Wei Wanshu with some puzzlement, she didn't understand what was going on.She thought that after they brought Zhou Xiaohe to change clothes, they could go back to continue to attend the banquet, and the matter was over.But now that the princess invites them to go again, it seems that she still needs to reason.

"From the beginning, the princess's words were a bit thorny. Now the misunderstanding is clear. The princess still seems to want to argue with us. You two really have nothing to hide from me?" Princess Jinyang's abnormality again made Pei's Doubts arose again.

Zhou Xiaohe's heart that had just been let go suddenly hung up, and she hurriedly went to see the backbone Wei Wanshu.

Wei Wanshu smiled, and said coquettishly to Mrs. Pei: "Auntie, what can happen? Didn't you explain it clearly just now? Xiao He is the victim, and she fell into the water, so it's her who suffers, and she doesn't hurt anyone else. Ah, what can the princess do, is it possible that Lai Xiaohe will pollute the water in the Longshui Canal and pollute the entire Tai Chi Palace?"

Pei thought about it too, the princess seemed to have nothing to do with them, so her tense mood became peaceful again.

"Could it be that the princess was wronged when she saw Xiao He fell into the water, and just now she lost her words because of a momentary emotional impulse, and after introspection, she felt sorry for us, so she asked us to come over, thinking to make up for and comfort us?" Wei Wanshu moved Eyeball, continued to guess.

Pei nodded, "It's also possible. Forget it, let's go quickly."

The three of them entered the Wangyun Hall one by one with the elders in front and the young in the rear.

After saluting, Mrs. Pei saw the smile on the face of Princess Jinyang, who was sitting first, and guessed that it might be true as her daughter Wei Wanshu said, the princess must have regretted being too excited before, so she wanted to appease them.

Seeing that Lu Shi was there, Mrs. Pei remembered what Wei Wanshu and Zhou Xiaohe had just said to her.The princess probably really likes Fang Yizhi, so now this is to have a good relationship with Mrs. Lu?

When Lu saw Pei's mother and daughter and Zhou Xiaohe, she still didn't like the three of them, so her attitude was not enthusiastic.

Li Mingda asked Zhou Xiaohe if he felt better.

Zhou Xiaohe quickly responded.

Seeing this, Pei and Wei Wanshu confirmed that Princess Jinyang was guilty of the previous slip of the tongue, so this time they came to express their condolences.

Mrs. Pei straightened her body, raised her chin at an angle, and returned to her usual elegant, dignified and calm demeanor.

"Drink some ginger syrup, so as not to catch cold and feel hot and uncomfortable after going to sleep." Li Mingda said, and motioned to go on.Immediately, a maid came over with ginger soup and brought it to Zhou Xiaohe.

After Zhou Xiaohe thanked her, she drank the ginger syrup.

Seeing this, Wei Wanshu also felt that the matter was over, and she relaxed.

Mrs. Pei once again thanked the princess on Zhou Xiaohe's behalf.Since it was the princess who wronged Zhou Xiaohe just now, Mrs. Pei mentioned Zhou Xiaohe more now to remind the princess that although they don't ask the princess for compensation or rewards, at least the princess should feel a little ashamed of them and be more polite to them in the future Some, respect some.

"Since Zhou Xiaohe has nothing to do, then if we have to argue, then we have to argue. Let's make it clear that everything is clean and clean." Li Mingda suddenly suppressed the smile on his face, and his eyes were sharp.

Mrs. Pei was taken aback by the princess's sudden change of attitude, and she didn't get over it for a while.

Zhou Xiaohe was still immersed in the joy of drinking the princess ginger soup, but fortunately the matter did not come to light. Gang just made eye contact with Wei Wanshu, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.Now suddenly hearing the princess's words of reasoning, Zhou Xiaohe's head went blank, and then he panicked.

Wei Wanshu's reaction was not much different from Zhou Xiaohe's, but the only difference was that Zhou Xiaohe showed it on his face, while she showed it in her heart.

Wei Wanshu also noticed that the princess just directly called Zhou Xiaohe by his full name, which obviously echoed her previous sarcastic remarks.

Wei Wanshu didn't say a word, but secretly gave Zhou Xiaohe an arm to stabilize her.Wei Wanshu really wanted to know how much the princess knew. She couldn't believe that the princess would catch them.After all, when Zhou Xiaohe fell into the water and was arranged to be a "hero to save the beauty", she arranged it cleverly. Even if they failed in an accident, they also had a reasonable reason to explain everything.She didn't quite believe that the princess could find any weak evidence from it.

After being encouraged by Wei Wanshu's gaze, Zhou Xiaohe plucked up the courage to kneel down and responded to Li Mingda's previous words.

"Xiao He doesn't understand what the princess means. Xiao He fell into the water because she was bullied, and she was the victim. What else needs to be clarified?"

"The lady of the messenger." Li Mingda paused, and continued, "In such a remote place, before you were bullied and about to fall into the water, they happened to pass by and mistakenly thought you were the second wife of the Fang family, so they went to find Fang Shizi Asking for help is barely reasonable. But they called someone, and someone made the decision, and after you fell into the water, there was no one else on the shore. They have nothing to fear, and they can stay and make contributions, but they leave, isn't it a bit strange?"

"This..." Zhou Xiaohe was in a panic. Her forehead began to sweat, and her eyes wandered. Finally, she held back for a long time, and said awkwardly, "I really don't know what happened. I didn't even know the maid. I fell into the water and hurriedly I just yelled for help, I don't know what happened on the shore. But after hearing what the princess said, I also think the two maids are very strange."

After hearing Zhou Xiaohe's explanation, Mrs. Pei frowned even deeper, "The maids are indeed strange, but we haven't seen the two court ladies at that time, so it's hard to judge. Maybe these two court ladies are alive, and someone went to beg Xiao He , they left in a hurry to go about their own business.”

"Yes, it's very possible." Zhou Xiaohe hurriedly responded to Pei.

"So you don't know, and you don't know these two maids, right?" Li Mingda asked.

"Of course I don't know him." Mrs. Pei was the first to answer.Wei Wanshu and Zhou Xiaohe then nodded in agreement.

The smile on the corner of Li Mingda's mouth grew stronger, "Very well, since that's the case, I'll invite the two of them to speak up."

"Did your lord find those two maids?" Pei was surprised.

Li Mingda glanced at the panic on Zhou Xiaohe's and Wei Wanshu's faces, "Of course, there are two palace maids who are so unpredictable that they come out of the palace. Of course I have to find out who they are."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he asked someone to bring the two court ladies up.

Pei Shi, Wei Wanshu and Zhou Xiaohe looked over at the same time.Lu Shi on the side was also very curious, and looked over.

After the two maids were escorted up with their heads down, they knelt on the ground and greeted Li Mingda.

Li Mingda didn't ask them to look up immediately, but asked which palace maid they were.

The two were already afraid, but they trembled violently after hearing the questioning, and confessed that they were not maids in the palace at all.

Pei Shi was shocked when she heard this, and immediately stared at the two maids, wanting to know their origins.

Li Mingda asked the two of them to look up and asked Mrs. Pei if they knew each other.

Mrs. Pei frowned and looked at the faces of the two, and felt that they looked familiar, but couldn't remember where she saw them.

"The maids are Miss Zhou's maids." The two 'maids' admitted honestly.

"What!" Pei Shidun felt thunderous, and stared at Zhou Xiaohe in disbelief.Full of regret suddenly hit her whole body.She really shouldn't bring this girl out to embarrass herself.

Zhou Xiaohe lowered her head in a panic. In order to avoid being investigated, she hurriedly said: "I don't know them."

Wei Wanshu looked at Zhou Xiaohe, and her originally calm face became a little embarrassed.

At this time, I heard Zhou Xiaohe's sophistry that they did not recognize their two 'maids', and I was very unconvinced after hearing Zhou Xiaohe's words.He hurriedly proved his identity, showing that all the maids accompanying Zhou Xiaohe knew her two, and some servants in Zheng Guogong's mansion also knew them both.In short, one can find out the identities of the two of them, which cannot be faked.The two servant girls even explained in detail how Zhou Xiaohe ordered them to pretend to be court ladies and lure Fang Shizi to find her.

Li Mingda looked sideways at Zhou Xiaohe, "Are you still saying you don't know them?"

Zhou Xiaohe's eyes were red, tears of panic flowed down her face, and then she knelt down on the ground.

Pei Shi was so shocked that she almost collapsed, she glared at Zhou Xiaohe with a dark face, and asked her what was going on.

Zhou Xiaohe was so frightened that she cried and was speechless again.

Seeing this scene, Wei Wanshu frowned. Looking at the two arrested 'court maids', she never expected to be caught with just such a clue.Obviously after the two of them sent the message to Fang Yizhi, they ran away from the scene, how could they be caught by Princess Jinyang.

Wei Wanshu looked at the maids' attires on the two maids, but she didn't change them.At that time, they ran for a certain distance, so they could change their clothes back behind the rockery, and then hide honestly, waiting to turn around and follow her and Zhou Xiaohe out of the palace.During the whole incident, only Fang Yizhi was the only person who witnessed the two of them, and it was dark, there were so many people, the incident happened so suddenly, Fang Yizhi probably didn't have time to remember the appearance of the two maids, and sent someone to arrest them immediately.

unless……

Wei Wanshu glanced at Zuo Qingmei's direction out of the corner of her eye, and then took a sneak peek at the confident princess.Wei Wanshu felt a sharp pain in her heart, realizing the seriousness of the problem.Unless someone had followed them long ago, and ambushed near the place where Zhou Xiaohe's accident happened, that's why the two maids could be arrested immediately and accurately.

There is only one possibility.But how did the princess predict this in advance?It's incredible!

Wei Wanshu's heart trembled in despair, and then her heart ached again.

Zuo Qingmei has already started to explain to Mrs. Pei, what is the crime committed by this maid outside the palace who pretended to be a palace maid and spread rumors in the palace.If the maid is guilty, her master is also guilty.

Everyone knows that the reason why maids do bad things is because of orders from their masters.

So Zhou Xiaohe must be unclean and have bad intentions.

Mrs. Pei was trembling with anger, she looked at Zhou Xiaohe, and before she had time to question her, Wei Wanshu suddenly heard Wei Wanshu angrily scolding Zhou Xiaohe.

"What the hell did you do? How could you be so disrespectful, ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the earth, and commit such heinous crimes in the palace. Do you know what crime it is that you ordered the maids to spread false rumors and deceive the Crown Prince?" Wei Wanshu spoke fiercely. Grabbing Zhou Xiaohe's arm, staring at Zhou Xiaohe.

Zhou Xiaohe cried out in pain, she was crying out of fear because the incident was exposed, but now she was so frightened that she cried even more, with some incoherent speech.

Wei Wanshu: "I really didn't expect you to do such a thing, to embarrass our Wei family. Don't hesitate to confess to the princess. The reason why the princess called you in private and asked you to clarify these things is probably because you are young, so you can't do it. There is a way out for you."

Zhou Xiaohe was stunned for a moment, and knew that the matter was so unresolved, even if she confessed to Wei Wanshu, it would only make things worse, and Wei Wanshu couldn't plead for her.Moreover, Wei Wanshu said long ago that she chooses voluntarily whether to do something or not, and if she is exposed, even if she confesses, she will not admit it.

Zhou Xiaohe obediently kowtowed and pleaded guilty, admitting that the two "court maids" were her maidservants, and that the purpose of her design of this matter was to allow Fang Yizhi to marry her.Zhou Xiaohe also admitted frankly that she has fallen in love with Fang Yizhi since she was in Jinzhou.

"I thought he saved me, so I took the opportunity... In short, with the reason of being close to him, the Fang family can consider me, and my father can ask the Fang family to marry me."

Lu Shi narrowed his eyes, his anger was enough to overturn Wangyun Palace.

"Xiao He asked the maid to pretend to be a maid, that's the only intention, and there is no other malice, Xiao He deserves to die, please punish the princess." Zhou Xiaohe cried and kowtowed.

Wei Wanshu was also busy pleading guilty, saying that as a cousin, she did not fulfill her duty of guarding and supervising Zhou Xiaohe.

Mrs. Pei also kowtowed to Li Mingda to make amends. In the end, she was the one who brought such a niece who didn't know the rules and played dirty tricks into the palace, and she was the one who should criticize and make amends.

"I haven't asked clearly yet," Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe, "Since this matter was designed by you alone, then you are also making up a lie about being bullied when you fell into the water?"

Zhou Xiaohe glanced at Wei Wanshu, hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"The matter is successful. You and Fang Shizi really have a physical relationship. Someone has to witness it. Do you want Xiao Wuniang to witness it?" Li Mingda asked again.

Zhou Xiaohe nodded, then shook her head hastily, "I told my cousin in advance that I would wait for her there. I don't know Xiao Wuniang. But it's useless to calculate so many things. Fang Shizi... doesn't want to save me at all... …he……"

When Zhou Xiaohe mentioned Fang Yizhi, fear flashed on his face, and he choked up again and couldn't speak.

"You deserve it! Even when you met my son, he was kind and refused to save you. If it were me, I wouldn't let you come out of the water." Lu said angrily.

Zhou Xiaohe cried even harder. She felt so ashamed, so she lay on the ground crying with her face in her hands, a little afraid to see people.

Mrs. Pei was also very angry, and scolded her for letting herself down too much. Instead, she kowtowed to Li Mingda, apologized to Mrs. Lu, and begged Zhou Xiaohe to be severely punished, without caring about the face of Zheng Guogong's family.

"She is your niece." Li Mingda said with emotion.

Pei's resolute: "She is my own daughter, and she will say the same thing today. Our Wei family can't afford to lose this person, and we dare not have such a niece. If you are wrong, you are wrong. If you have to confess, you will confess, and you will never escape. .”

Pei once again kowtowed to Li Mingda to apologize, and expressed his willingness to accept Li Mingda's punishment.Seeing this, Wei Wanshu followed suit.

"Don't worry, if you violate the palace rules, I will definitely be punished according to the rules, and I will never be soft-hearted. But for Madam Lu, you have to make amends." Li Mingda said.

Pei's sincere apology did not receive the princess's sympathy and politeness, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had no choice but to accept that this bitter fruit should have been swallowed by them.

Mrs. Pei went to plead guilty to Mrs. Lu again.They were originally the dukes and wives of the country, and everyone was respectable.At this moment, she was ashamed and ashamed.Pei felt that her face was slapped around her face severely, and she had no face to save.

Zhou Xiaohe cried and kowtowed to Mrs. Pei to apologize.

"Don't talk to me. If you have a chance to leave the palace alive today, I will definitely teach you a lesson for your mother. You will never be soft. You go back to Jinzhou as soon as possible. Remember, the gate of the Wei family will be yours forever. Don't take a step further." Pei scolded Zhou Xiaohe angrily.

Zhou Xiaohe begged bitterly, crying into tears.

Suddenly, she shook her body, coughed a few times, and then vomited, throwing up what she ate at the banquet all over the floor.

The smell of vomit immediately filled the hall.

Seeing this, Mrs. Pei was even angrier, and scolded Zhou Xiaohe for being an asshole.

With a bang, Zhou Xiaohe grabbed her neck and fell to the ground with a white face. Immediately, her body twitched twice, and she stopped moving.