All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Li Yuejiao wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday evening, my little girl came out of the palace banquet, accidentally lost her way, and broke into the study near the Zhaode Hall by mistake. When going back, the handkerchief accidentally fell on the steps of the study. Now, just as the emperor and His Highness came out of the study, the little girl was about to go forward to salute, but she was too nervous and nearly fell, but it was Eunuch Zhu who helped the little girl..."

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi turned her head to look at Chu Yan, her almond eyes slightly raised.

She knew about it.

If not, Li Yuejiao would not have angered Mu Xue'e and was beaten by her.

Chu Yan frowned slightly, as if recalling.

He was called to the study by the emperor, and the emperor kept making sidelines about his relationship with Shen Lingxi the whole time.

Without her consent, in order to prevent the emperor from rashly granting their marriage, Chu Yan had no choice but to choose to sway him in front of the emperor.

Chu Yan was completely focused on dealing with the emperor, but Chu Yan really didn't have the slightest impression of other things.

"Is there such a thing?" Chu Yan looked sideways at Zhu Gonggong, and his voice was not angry but arrogant, "I don't remember."

"It's true..."

Hearing his words, Eunuch Zhu didn't seem to be asking, but seemed to be threatening, and hurriedly added: "Your Highness is only focused on talking to the emperor, so he must not have paid attention. Speaking of which, Miss Li's pair of eyebrows yesterday... Interesting, even the emperor found it novel when he saw it."

Having said that, Eunuch Zhu couldn't help but slander in his heart: such a beauty, Jiao Didi, is about to fall on you, don't you remember?
I'm afraid it's hard to admit it in front of Miss Shen, so let him cover it up.

Heh, I didn't expect that His Royal Highness, the emperor's grandson, who has always been stern and selfless and afraid of ghosts, is actually a fear of guilt.

Not to mention that Eunuch Zhu didn't believe it, even Shen Lingxi was surprised by Chu Yan's denial.

However, she knew that there was no need for His Royal Highness to lie about this kind of thing, and she really didn't remember it.

Li Yuejiao wiped away her tears, "The little girl really just lost her way, and everything was just a coincidence, but she never expected to be seen by County Lord Bingqing, who thought the little girl was here to seduce His Highness, and was very angry. After returning to Yuxiu Palace, she took Let the maid come to the door and lynch the little girl."

Speaking of this, Li Yuejiao seemed extremely sad, covered her face with a handkerchief, and sobbed loudly.

Seeing this, the maid at the side summoned up her courage and said in a timid voice: "The maid next to the county lord beat my master's body with a rattan cane. Stop it, the maid next to the county lord is afraid to beat my girl to death."

When Chu Yan heard this, his face was covered with ice.

It's just a woman that he can't remember her appearance at all, and if she appears in front of him for a short time, she can be beaten severely in this palace.

What if one day everyone knew that he was going to marry Shen Lingxi?
Will Shen Lingxi be treated like this in a place where he can't see?

Chu Yan didn't dare to think deeply.

"Aunt Liu, in this harem, as long as the status is higher than others, can you lynch people at will?" He said in a deep and cold voice.

The pressure of displeasure surrounding her made Aunt Liu dare not raise her head.

Aunt Liu braced herself, "Reporting to Your Highness, the Empress has always been kind and generous, and considerate of servants. She would never allow this kind of thing to happen on weekdays... It's just that there are not many palace people accompanying her when she leaves the palace. The girls are all well-versed in the rules, so they didn't send anyone to keep an eye on them, so..."

These are just excuses.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that because Mu Xue'e is the queen's niece, no one dares to control her when she acts in this palace.

Chu Yan gave her a serious and stern look, and said to Eunuch Zhu, "Although the affairs of the harem are under the jurisdiction of the empress, lynching the wives of officials has violated the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. I hope that the eunuch will truthfully report this matter to the emperor."

Eunuch Zhu hurriedly responded.

Chu Yan looked at Aunt Liu with dark eyes, and warned coldly, "If I hear such things in the harem again in the future, I will definitely report to the emperor in accordance with Zhou's law, and envoys will come to the palace to arrest people in embroidered clothes. Aunt Liu Even if you are in charge of the Kunning Palace, assisting the Empress in governing the harem, if you refuse to save her when she dies, do not report what she knows, or deliberately cover up and cause disasters, you will not escape the responsibility, I hope Auntie will take this as a warning."

When Aunt Liu heard the words "take it as a warning", she felt like she was escaping from death, so she hurriedly responded.

Even with these beatings, Chu Yan was still worried.

He thought that by marrying Shen Lingxi, he would be able to protect her under his wings.

But now it seems that he still thinks too little——
Even if they are married, they have to put her under their noses all the time to really protect her.

Shen Lingxi didn't know it at all, but it was just a trial case. In the heart of the emperor's grandson, she had already become the key protection object of "weak and unable to take care of herself".

She just wanted to know what happened last night.

Seeing that Li Yuejiao's crying had gradually stopped, she asked again: "Miss Li has described what happened yesterday in such detail, but because what happened last night is related to this?"

Li Yuejiao choked and nodded.

"I woke up in a daze last night, and found that my eyes were covered, my mouth was gagged, and no one was in my room. I was so scared that I didn't dare to make a sound. I pretended that I was still in a coma, and I accidentally heard Bingqing The voice of the county magistrate..."

"... She asked the maid to hang me on the beam with a white silk, saying that I was just a concubine anyway, so I didn't like my father, and even if I died, the Li family would not pursue it... "

"...She also ordered people to arrest Miss Xu and Daoist Miaoling together. When I die, she will push my death onto the two of them, making them secretly push me to commit suicide. A person who will die without saving. If the two of them have such a reputation, they will no longer be able to rob His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun with the Lord Bingqing..."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed.

Originally, they thought that Mu Xue'e was just relying on the empress' power to bully a weak woman like Li Yuejiao.

Unexpectedly, her thoughts were so vicious that she wanted to use one life to blame the other two.

To encourage others to seek short-sightedness is to violate the taboo of tongue, so that they will no longer be qualified to be the crown prince and concubine.

Chu Yan's deep eyes were already full of coldness.

Shen Lingxi was also speechless.

In her opinion, such a plan is full of loopholes.

This kind of thing, does it mean that you can plant it if you plant it?
Mu Xue'e was too naive.

It was she who really killed Li Yuejiao and wanted to plant it on Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi also has a hundred ways to pour the dirty water back on her head.

"So..." Shen Lingxi thought about it and asked, "If they wanted to kill you, how did you survive?"

Li Yuejiao took out a silver hairpin from her sleeve, "This hairpin is a relic left to me by Auntie. When Auntie was young, she traveled all over the world. This hairpin can hide magic drugs. In times of crisis, it can be used by a cow." I can pour the medicine, and I always carry it with me.”

"I hid the hairpin in my sleeve, and when they came to arrest me, I used the hairpin to pierce the people who came. I impaled two people in total, and I overwhelmed both of them, leaving only the last one..."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red again, "I thought the last one would be able to take the medicine, but I didn't expect someone to knock me out from behind..."

"She's lying!"

At this moment, a voice came from the side, a muddy maid, under the escort of Chun Jun, stumbled in...