Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

The sudden visitor in the palace made Ling Youyao feel bad, but Fu Mingjue was not there, so she had no choice but to go into the palace with the palace servants first.

On the way, Ling Youyao was uneasy, and asked the maid leading the way why, "I don't know why the Empress Dowager asked me to enter the palace?"

The round-faced maid turned her head indifferently, with a bit of disdain in her haughty eyes, and said, "You'll know when you go."

Ling Youyao silently retracted her gaze, I'm afraid today will be a day of bad luck
After entering the Yanfu Palace, only the Empress Dowager sat on the throne with a livid face, and Nanny Gui waited beside her, but the steaming teacup on the table next to her hadn't been removed yet.

It seemed that there were other people here just now.

After Ling Youyao finished her salute, the Queen Mother didn't intend to let her get up, she just stared at her coldly and said, "Do you know why the Ai family called you here today?"

"I don't know who I am, please tell the queen mother." Ling Youyao said truthfully.

Looking at her calm face, the queen mother suddenly felt an unknown anger in her heart, and asked with a sneer, "I don't know? The whole capital knows about your scandal, but you don't know?"

scandal?

Ling Youyao was taken aback.

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, her appearance turned into a guilty conscience, and she further believed that Ling Youyao had an affair with Pei Ce, and said angrily: "As Princess Jing, you have done such shameless and immoral things! It's really immoral. !"

Before Ling Youyao could react, she was accused of "not obeying women's morals" by the queen mother.

These days, she hasn't had any interaction with other men, even if she had something to tell Lu Sheng, she sent Lu Bao there, so why didn't she say it in a womanly way?
But the queen mother's angry appearance seems to be true. Is there something she doesn't know?

Seeing that Ling Youyao remained silent for a long time, the empress dowager became even more angry, and then she winked at Nanny Gui: "Bring her the painting, Aijia wants to see if the evidence is in front of her, can she still do this?" calm!"

Nanny Gui responded and handed the painting brought by Su Lingxi to Ling Youyao.

"Look carefully, is the person in this painting really you!" The Queen Mother's voice was like ice.

Ling Youyao frowned slightly, and slowly unfolded the scroll——

The beautiful woman with bright eyes came into view, and she stood under the sycamore tree covered with red silk. The pen and ink are flying freely, with a bit of elegance and dullness in the unrestrained and unrestrained style. Although the original artistic conception is lost, it does not affect Ling Youyao's ability to see the woman's appearance clearly in the painting .

Because, the person in this painting is exactly her.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager pursed her lips into a mean sneer, and said, "The evidence is convincing, can you plead guilty?"

Just when everyone thought Ling Youyao would cry and beg for forgiveness, she straightened her back and said:

"I don't recognize myself."

"Presumptuous!" The queen mother was furious, staring at Ling Youyao, "The evidence is in front of you, how can you deny it?"

Ling Youyao's voice was very light: "Why do I have to admit to being a concubine for an unwarranted crime?"

"you"

The girl kneeling in the hall has a beautiful appearance, her black and white eyes are unshakably firm, and she is obviously delicate and charming, but at this moment, she can feel the tenacity of a literati.

The queen mother glared at her angrily, and when she met her clear eyes, the figure of Fu Mingjue appeared in her mind.

"Okay, okay" the queen mother was very angry, her hand clutching the armrest had blue veins, "You don't admit it, the Ai family asks you, is the person in this painting you?"

"Yes." Ling Youyao did not deny it.

The Empress Dowager smiled sarcastically and asked, "Have you ever been to Foguang Temple?"

"I've been there."

"Then have you ever met Pei Ce in Foguang Temple?" When the last question was asked, the Queen Mother suddenly raised her voice, her sharp eyes seemed to see through her.

Ling Youyao frowned, but after a moment of contemplation, she said, "I don't know him personally."

"Ai Jia asked if you have seen Pei Ce?!"

Ling Youyao hesitated and said, "I've seen it."

As the voice fell, the Empress Dowager seemed to have grasped her big trick, and said loudly: "Come on, drag this shameless bitch down and stick her to death!"

At this time, when Su Lingxi in the inner hall heard this, the smile in his eyes gradually became brighter, the stick was ready, and he beat her down one stick at a time, just like that, beating her to death.
Following the Queen Mother's order, several nuns with big arms and round waists rushed forward and were about to drag Ling Youyao out.

Ling Youyao's eyes darkened, and she suddenly asked in a cold voice: "Is the empress dowager going to kill my concubine privately with a painting?"

She called her empress dowager, not mother queen.

The change in title opened up the identity between her and the queen mother. If she was called the queen mother, she was a junior; if she was called the queen mother, she was the minister's wife.If the mother-in-law executed the daughter-in-law, Fu Mingjue might have to accept his fate as a son of man, but the empress dowager's execution of the courtier's wife was forcing Fu Mingjue.

The difference between one word and the meaning is very different.

The queen mother was startled by her words, remembering that Xuan Yuwei was still in Fu Mingjue's hands, she had to consider the interests behind it

It was said that Fu Mingjue married Ling Youyao because she was similar to Ling Qingwei in appearance, but the queen mother thought that Ling Youyao's status in his heart was no lower than Ling Qingwei's.

If Ling Youyao was executed on impulse today, the Queen Mother would not be sure whether Fu Mingjue would settle accounts with her.

However, the order has already been issued, how can it be withdrawn at this time?
When the scene was at a stalemate, a person hurried in from outside the hall——

The queen's anxious, flustered eyes immediately calmed down a lot when they touched Ling Youyao who was kneeling on the ground.

She bowed to the Queen Mother Yingying: "This concubine took the liberty to come here, and I hope that the Queen Mother will forgive her sins."

The Empress Dowager said displeasedly, "What are you doing here?"

The queen pursed her lips, glanced at Ling Youyao from the corner of her eyes, and then knelt straight down: "The concubine heard the rumors in Beijing and became suspicious. Bewitched by others, listened to rumors, had a rift with Xiaoqi, and hurt the harmony of the whole family."

She was sincere in every word, and did not excuse Ling Youyao, only said that the rumors were not credible.

Ling Youyao looked at the queen's beautiful and gentle side face, and felt warm in her heart. She was ready to fight alone, but she didn't expect that the queen, whom she only met a few times, would come forward to help her.

The queen mother's eyes were full of disbelief, and said: "Queen, don't you want to protect her?"

"Queen Mother, the concubine is not trying to protect Youyao, it's just that the painting is so inexplicable, how can you convict her with just one painting?" The queen said, "Youyao is Princess Jing, your daughter-in-law, her daughter-in-law. Damage to the reputation is damage to the reputation of the royal family."

"Queen, my concubine believes that Youyao is innocent, please think again."

After all, the queen bowed herself.

The Queen Mother was shaken, but when she saw Ling Youyao's face, she was unwilling and gritted her teeth and said, "Just now she admitted that she had met Pei Ce in Foguang Temple. Could it be that someone slandered her?"

"I have indeed met Mr. Pei, but I have never met him. As for this painting"

Ling Youyao's eyes fell on the painting, and said: "I don't know who painted it."