Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

In fact, Ling Youyao has seen this painting before.

She had seen this painting in Fu Mingjue's study yesterday, but she didn't know why it got into the Queen Mother's hands, and it became evidence that she had an affair with Pei Ce.

But the person in this painting is indeed her.

Reminiscent of what Fu Mingjue did yesterday, Ling Youyao guessed that he must have seen this painting, which is why he did such absurd things.

Ling Youyao raised her eyes to look at the Queen Mother, and said, "Queen Mother, everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate. You can find out if the rumors are true or not."

Her tone was affirmative and her eyes were frank, making people want to believe her.

After hearing these words, Su Lingxi, who had been hiding in the inner hall, gradually felt uneasy in her heart.She was raised by the Empress Dowager since she was a child, and her handwriting, Danqing, is familiar to the Empress Dowager. Although she deliberately concealed it, if the Empress Dowager really wanted to investigate, she would definitely find out that this painting was copied by her.

It would be fine if the Queen Mother only found out, but if Fu Mingjue found out, she would really be doomed.
Su Lingxi was restless, and accidentally tripped over the candlestick behind her, and there was a muffled sound, and she withdrew her feet in panic.

Ling Youyao heard the reputation and looked around, just in time to see a piece of moon-white skirt passing behind the screen, she understood immediately.

It turned out that there was an eavesdropping mouse hiding behind
The Empress Dowager's eyes sank, and she said to Nanny Gui: "Go and see who has no rules, is so careless."

"Yes." Nanny Gui immediately went to the inner hall.

The queen withdrew her gaze. Su Lingxi entered the palace this morning and hasn't left yet. Who else is there besides her?
"Empress, since Youyao has said so, you might as well send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly before making a decision. After all... this matter is related to the face of the royal family, so we must not jump to conclusions."

The queen mother snorted coldly: "Even if she and Pei Ce are innocent? Now the capital is full of rumors about them, what face is there to talk about?!"

Ling Youyao looked indifferent, raised her head and asked: "Mother, didn't you just say that, is that just a rumor?"

"You" the queen mother was at a loss for words.

"Since it's a rumor, it can't be trusted." Ling Youyao continued, "I am sincere to the prince, so how can I do something wrong to the prince? The origin of this painting is unknown. To provoke the relationship between the concubine and the prince."

As she said that, she bowed deeply: "Please ask the empress to observe clearly."

The Empress Dowager's complexion was a bit unsightly, and she couldn't move her eyes from staring at the painting for a long time, as if she remembered something.

When Su Lingxi entered the palace this morning, he told the rumors about Ling Youyao and Pei Ce in the city, and then took out the painting.

Those preconceived words made the queen mother ignore the details of the painting because of anger, and now looking at it again, she feels that the painting is inexplicably familiar.

Ling Youyao took in the empress dowager's expression and said: "It is still difficult to find out who made this painting, but it is much easier to recognize the handwriting."

Her eyes fell on the screen, as if she wanted to see the person hiding behind through the screen.

Su Lingxi pursed her lips, and her palms were slightly sweaty. She wanted to see Ling Youyao fall into a place of eternal doom, and bear the stigma of being accused by thousands of people, but now, the spearhead was pointed at her
For the current plan, we can only hope that the queen mother is on her side.

The queen mother held on to the handrail tightly, her knuckles turned white, and said mockingly: "Check? Don't you think the incident is not big enough? Are you willing to let the whole world know about your scandal?!"

Ling Youyao sneered in her heart, the Queen Mother was planning to be biased to the end.

"The queen mother kept saying that my concubine was having an affair with Mr. Pei, but she didn't go to find out who made such insulting remarks to the royal family. People who understand think that you are protecting the reputation of the royal family and don't want to pursue it. People who don't understand. "

She smiled slightly, and the empress dowager's ferocious face was reflected in her clear eyes, and continued: "I still think you are deliberately partial and conniving."

"You Yao, shut up!"

"presumptuous!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, one was the queen and the other was the queen mother.

The Yanfu palace was surprisingly quiet, all the palace people were silent, only the crisp sound of the gauze curtain being blown by the wind and the collision of beads.The orange sunlight slanted in from the window and fell on Ling Youyao's side. It was clear that Chongyang had not yet arrived, but it made her feel a bit chilly.

The queen mother's eyes were about to burst, her hands were shaking with anger, she stared at Ling Youyao: "You are so brave!"

At first, I thought Ling Youyao was weak and bully, but I didn't expect that she was a tough one, and the look in her eyes was very similar to that of Fu Mingjue.
Seeing this, the queen kowtowed her head twice, with a bit of crying in her voice: "Queen mother, please calm down, Youyao is young, and she made a mess for a while, please forgive me, don't bother with her."

The Queen Mother tried her best to suppress her anger, and said: "Queen, you have always kept yourself safe, but today you actually contradicted Aijia for a shameless person?"

"Mother, this concubine is not trying to contradict you, but I just beg you to look at Xiaoqi's face and spare her this time."

When Fu Mingjue was mentioned, the Empress Dowager could no longer restrain her anger, and said sharply, "Shut up! Fu Mingjue is an unfamiliar wolf, Empress, have you forgotten how Your Majesty was poisoned?!"

When Ling Youyao heard the words, there was a chill in her eyes, and said: "Your Majesty was poisoned by Mingyue, what has it to do with the prince?"

"Presumptuous! Aijia talks, it's not your turn to intervene!"

The queen was afraid that Ling Youyao would go on talking, so she tugged on her sleeves quickly, but Ling Youyao didn't seem to notice, and continued: "If my mother's words are spread, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil in the court. Please be careful with your words."

Her cry of "mother queen" was very ironic.

The queen mother was so angry that she got dizzy, stood up abruptly, and shouted angrily: "It's wrong, it's really wrong! Someone, drag her out to Ai's family, and give her fifty sticks!"

When the queen heard this, she quickly persuaded: "The queen mother thinks twice! Youyao is weak, if you go down with fifty sticks, it will kill her—"

As she said that, she pulled Ling Youyao away, and said in a panic: "Quickly admit your mistake to the queen mother, hurry up!"

Ling Youyao shook her head, and said: "Empress, if I admit my mistake now, it is tantamount to pleading guilty. Even if I escape today, I will not be able to escape the criticism of the world."

What's more, the queen mother will never let her go.

The queen was angry and annoyed, but she couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

The queen mother shouted at the palace people: "What are you still doing? Pull the queen away!"

"Queen mother, please think twice!" The queen struggled to get up and pleaded, "If you hurt You Yao, Xiao Qi will be chilled."

Maybe it was because Fu Mingjue had saved her prince. The queen couldn't bear to stand by and watch Ling Youyao being embarrassed by the queen mother. Others said that Xiao Qi was cold-hearted, but she knew that he was not like that.

Ling Youyao couldn't bear to watch the queen pleading for her. Just as she was about to speak, the palace servants suddenly exclaimed——

In the next second, the queen fell limply.

"The Empress!"