No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 547

Soon, the servant girls who went out with Liu Ruoqiu today, and the servants who came back to help Liu Ruoqiu were all brought into the lobby.

The lobby, which was originally quite spacious, suddenly squeezed in a group of people, and it suddenly seemed very crowded.

Seeing the people sitting in the lobby, these people were even more frightened and could only kneel on the ground without saying a word.

Luo Junyao sat in the seat vacated by Eldest Young Master Liu, but she did not go to take the head seat of the Liu family.

Sitting next to her were Qin Ning and Xu Xinyu, and across from her were Luo Niangzi and Zheng's brothers and sisters.Xu Hui didn't sit down, but hid beside Qin Yao'er, watching the situation in front of her curiously.

"Don't help the second girl up yet." Luo Jun glanced at the Liu family in the lobby, and said calmly.

Only then did everyone come back to their senses, someone hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Ruoqiu.

Liu Ruoqiu struggled to stand up, and was helped to sit down beside Xu Xinyu.

Luo Junyao looked at the servants of the Liu family who were kneeling on the ground, and said, "Now, each of you tell what happened today."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one dared to speak first.

Qin Ning's face darkened, and she said coldly, "What's the matter? The regent princess can't order you anymore?"

Everyone was startled, and one person tremblingly said: "Servant... Nuservant, I went out to the pharmacy with the second girl today... On the way back, the second lady said that there is something to do, so, I went to that teahouse."

Liu Ruoqiu looked at the little girl indifferently, without any emotion on her face.

The other two maids also hurriedly said: "Slaves...The servants accompanied the eldest lady to go out to the teahouse... We just opened the door, and saw a person jump out of the window. Then, then I saw the second lady, lying on the bed. On a soft couch."

The girl who spoke blushed, lowered her head and said, "Second Miss... lying on the bed in disheveled clothes."

In addition, there were a few women who looked like they were in charge, and hurriedly said: "The old slaves brought the second girl to recover under the order of the young master."

Everyone looked at Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu nodded and said: "Yes, I received the news that Ru Xia sent someone back to the mansion, and immediately sent someone to the teahouse, and asked them to quietly bring Ruo Qiu back."

There was some silence in the hall, Luo Junyao smiled and asked the girls sitting on the side, "I heard it, is there a problem?"

Qin Ning blinked her eyes and asked, "What's the problem?"

Xu Xinyu hesitated and said, "Shangshu Mansion...it seems quite far from the teahouse."

Xu Hui couldn't help raising her little hand, and when everyone was looking at her, she shyly hid behind Qin Yao'er, but she still couldn't help showing her little head and said, "They said they saw Brother Zheng Qi jumping out of the window to escape, but Brother Zheng Qi said that he went home without much delay after running out. Cheng Guogong’s mansion is not far from the teahouse, and it is also very close to the place where we went to find the princess. But according to Liu’s house, it seems a bit far away. Why can Miss Liu send someone? Go back and inform, Young Master Liu sent someone to arrest the second girl, and then interrogated the second girl when we got home, but we can only run quickly to find the princess and brother Zheng Qi, and then come to Liu's house?"

"What do you mean?" Zheng Jingchuan couldn't help asking.

Zheng Jingxi said lightly: "You mean stupid."

Xu Hui's eyes brightened, "I calculated it. It takes about sixteen miles from Liu's house to the teahouse three times. We went to find the princess, and then came to Liu's house. The distance is nine miles. And we walked very fast all the way, it stands to reason... Even if we can't go back to Liu's house at the same time as Miss Liu'er, it won't be too late. But people in the Liu's family seem to have said just now that Miss Liu'er has been here for more than a quarter of an hour."

Zheng Jingxi said: "When Miss Linglan, who is beside the princess, came to Zheng's house, it was just at the right time. We rushed over without stopping for a moment."

Qin Ning raised her eyebrows and said, "When we left the teahouse, it was just past three quarters in the afternoon. I wonder when Miss Liu Er was brought back?"

Everyone was silent and looked at Liu Ruoxia who was standing aside.

Liu Ruxia bit the corner of her lips lightly, her eyes drooping in silence.

Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Ruxia anxiously, "Ruxia, what's going on?"

Liu Ruxia's eyes were red, she knelt down on the ground and said, "Please forgive me, father and mother, Ruxia did something wrong."

Mrs. Liu was taken aback, "What the hell is going on? What did you do? Could it be you..."

Liu Ruxia quickly shook her head, and said: "I... what happened today is indeed not accidental, I received an anonymous message from an unknown person a few days ago, saying... my sister... today, I went to catch the adulterer on purpose. .”

Liu Ruxia seemed to be having trouble opening her mouth, and hesitated for a while before saying in a low voice: "I'm a little scared by myself, so I notified elder brother in advance."

Luo Junyao said with great interest: "Someone sent you a message anonymously? What about the letter?"

Liu Ruxia said: "It's in my room, I'll let someone pick it up right now."

Liu Ruxia told the steward in the lobby where she put the letter, and the steward got Liu Shangshu's permission and went to get the letter.

Looking at Liu Ruxia's calm expression, Luo Junyao looked indifferent.

Liu Ruxia was able to prepare so thoughtfully, but she had some thoughts.

"Take advantage of this time to talk about other things." Luo Jun shook his eyes and fell on Liu Ruoqiu's accompanying maid, "You said, Ruoqiu is going to the teahouse by herself?"

The little girl seemed a little scared, she nodded anxiously and said, "Back... back to the princess, yes."

Luo Junyao chuckled lightly and said, "But, that's not what others seem to say."

"Don't... someone else?" The little girl looked at Luo Junyao dully, as if she didn't understand what she meant.

Luo Jun said: "You said that she went by herself, she said that she was knocked out suddenly. But the teahouse is there, and people can't appear there out of thin air. The shopkeeper and the staff of the teahouse all said that Miss Liu Er was not there today. I have entered through the main entrance. The teahouse only has two doors, the front door and the back door. When you send people in through the back door, don’t you pay attention to whether there is anyone on the opposite side? "

The little girl was stunned, unable to speak for a while.

Not only her, but the expressions of the other girl and the coachman beside her also began to change.

They really forgot to pay attention to whether there was anyone on the opposite side of the back door, and for a while they couldn't even remember whether the back door of the teahouse was a laneway courtyard wall or a house pavilion.

Luo Junyao continued: "Also, even if it's the back door of the tea house, it's impossible that no one is guarding it? Do you think...he will hide it for you in front of the Prince Regent's Palace?"

The faces of the three of them suddenly changed, and they couldn't help trembling.

"I...we..."

Seeing them like this, how can everyone not know that there is something tricky in it?
The two young masters of the Liu family couldn't help looking at Liu Ruoqiu who was sitting silently, with complicated eyes.

Mrs. Liu looked at the three of them in shock, pointed at them and said tremblingly, "You... you guys are so brave!"

"Still telling the truth!" Luo Jun shook his voice and said coldly.

"Princess, please spare me!" How can an ordinary little girl have such a strong psychological quality?Facing the high mountain of the Prince Regent's Mansion, he was so frightened that he couldn't even turn his head.

"My concubine, please forgive me! This servant knows I was wrong! This servant was temporarily delusional, please forgive me!"

If one person collapses, the other two will naturally not be able to hold on.

At that moment, the three of them all sat down on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly to beg for mercy.

Liu Ruxia quietly clenched the veil in her hand, her face pale.

"Finally, what's going on?" Qin Ning sneered and said.

The girl couldn't help but looked up at Liu Ruxia who was standing on the side, Liu Ruxia raised her eyes and glanced at her calmly.

The girl couldn't help but flinched, and quickly lowered her head.

"Slaves... Slaves are temporarily obsessed with ghosts..."

Qin Ning turned her head and shook her head at Luo Jun: "Yao Yao, this girl is dishonest, this kind of girl who betrayed her master will be beaten to death. The family members...have to be sent to the army too?"

Luo Jun shook his head, "It's really dishonest, what kind of army is it? It's a disaster for such a person to go to the border."

"That's right." Qin Ning said with a serious face: "It's better to sell it as a lowly one. The males in the family should be sent to the palace. It's a way out."

The three trembled even more, and the girl who spoke was so frightened that tears and snot came out.

"Princess, please spare me! Servant... woohoo, Servant really..."

Qin Ning said: "I can send my young lady to the house just by being obsessed with ghosts... Then if you are not obsessed with ghosts, why don't you directly slaughter the Liu family with a knife? Are you two planning to talk to her?"

The other two were also serious, they looked at each other, the coachman gritted his teeth and said: "Please forgive me, the princess, the little one is ordered by someone!"

Luo Junyao asked, "Who is it?"

The coachman said: "Yes... he is the steward of the Marquis of Qiyang."

"Where's the evidence?"

The coachman swallowed, and said: "Young one, you can correct that person face to face, and you can remember what that person looks like!"

Xu Xinyu looked curiously at Zheng Jingxi, did Liu Ruxia really have something to do with Qi Yanghou?

Zheng Jingxi sneered, and looked at his brother sitting next to him with disgust.

Zheng Jingchuan is just a little more simple-minded, but he is still a normal person in essence.

If he still doesn't understand what's going on when he hears this, it's only possible that he's pretending to be stupid.

But Zheng Jingchuan's treatment of Liu Ruxia obviously hasn't reached this point yet.

He was willing to fight against his grandparents and parents in order to marry her, but that didn't mean he could tolerate being cuckolded and even bit him back.

Zheng Jingchuan looked at Liu Ruxia and said, "Ruxia, we made an appointment to meet at the teahouse yesterday. Miss Liu Er was supposed to be studying at Anlan Academy yesterday. How did she know the news?"

Liu Ruxia's eyes were reddish, she looked at Zheng Jingchuan in silence.

Looking at her like this, Zheng Jingchuan felt depressed for a while.

Is this still his fault?She was the one who schemed against herself and Miss Liu'er, but what does it mean to act like this now?
Isn't he good enough for her?

"Here comes the letter." The steward walked in holding a box.

Luo Junyao finally opened the box, and there were indeed several unsigned letters inside.

It was indeed written that Liu Ruoqiu and Zheng Jingchuan had something to do with each other, but the content was well written, but unfortunately none of it stood up to scrutiny.

Luo Jun waved the letter in his hand and said with a smile, "Zheng Xiaoqi, would you like to explain?"

Zheng Jingchuan snatched the letter and took a look at it, then angrily patted it on the table and said, "Slander! Labor and management have never seen Miss Liu Er alone!"

"Zheng Jingchuan!" Zheng Jingxi said in a deep voice.

Zheng Jingchuan was somewhat tolerant of this younger sister, sat down angrily, and said, "I have nothing to explain. In the past few months since returning to Beijing, today is the first time I have seen Miss Liu Er."

Liu Ruoqiu said calmly: "I haven't seen Mr. Zheng Qi in the past few months. Every time Anlan Academy is on vacation, I will go to Ci'an Hall in the city to help. I go every morning and return in the evening. The princess can send someone to check."

Luo Junyao glanced at Liu Ruxia with a half-smile, and said, "It seems that the elder girl doesn't know much about the younger sister."

It's not just that Liu Ruxia didn't understand Liu Ruoqiu, the rest of the Liu family didn't understand either.

When the two sons of the Liu family heard that Liu Ruoqiu was helping out in Ci'an Hall during his vacation, they couldn't help showing surprise on their faces.

They usually heard that Liu Ruoqiu was away from home all day, but they never thought about where she went and what she did.That's why, after such a thing happened, they believed it immediately.

Liu Ruxia lowered her head and remained silent.

The atmosphere in the lobby was very embarrassing. In fact, most of the people present knew what was going on here.

Mrs. Liu stared blankly at the daughter she had raised for more than ten years, and then at her own daughter who was sitting silently aside, not knowing what to do for a while.

"master……"

Liu Shangshu's face was very ugly, he pointed to those servants and said: "Pull out these traitors, beat them with forty sticks, and send them to the Yamen for questioning!"

Several people on the ground hurriedly begged for mercy, "Master, I know I was wrong! I beg your master to spare your life!" After forty sticks were struck, people were either dead or maimed.What's more, they have to be sent to the Yamen for questioning?They may not survive three days after going to the Yamen.

"Shut up!" Liu Shangshu said coldly, "Drag out."

The servants were quickly dragged out, and the hall gradually returned to tranquility.

Liu Shangshu sighed, cupped his hands at Luo Jun and said: "I made the princess laugh today. This matter is because the officials failed to understand it clearly and wronged Ruoqiu. I also want to thank the princess for her eagerness and kindness, so that Ruoqiu won't be wronged again. .”

"..." Do you think this princess can't tell that you are mocking me for meddling in my own business?
Luo Junyao said indifferently: "Your Majesty Liu is too polite, why don't you talk about how to deal with the aftermath of this matter?"

Liu Shangshu frowned and said, "This is a family matter of the Liu family, and the lower officials will handle it on their own. If Qiu is wronged, the Liu family will make up for her in the future."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Understood, come!"

"Princess." Ling Lan came in from the outside, respectfully.

Luo Jun said: "Take my concubine's token and go to the yamen to beat the drums, and sue Qi Yanghou for murdering the students of Anlan Academy."

Zheng Jingxi said: "Count us into Cheng Guogong's mansion, we will sue him for adultery with a daughter-in-law who has never been married to the Zheng family, and slander the reputation of my seventh brother and Cheng Guogong's mansion!"

Liu Shangshu was taken aback, "Princess, is this... this matter is related to Ruoqiu's boudoir reputation, is it too, too..."

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Master Liu, if your Liu family is related to Ruoqiu's boudoir reputation, how would we know about it? The people sent by your son just now made a lot of noise."

Liu Shangshu frowned and said, "Ruo Qiu is the Liu family's daughter, this matter..."

Luo Junyao interrupted him, "My concubine doesn't care about your Liu family's affairs. Liu Ruoqiu is a student of Anlan Academy, and I am the head of Anlan Academy. Master and teacher of heaven and earth... Liu Shangshu, I have one, right? "

"You!" Liu Shangshu was angry, looked at Liu Ruoqiu and said coldly: "Ruoqiu, tell me."

Liu Ruoqiu looked at her father calmly, and said: "I will listen to Wangfei."

(End of this chapter)