Evil Girl Reborn: The Eldest Princess, She Takes Manchurian Civil and Military Affairs

Chapter 25 Framing Theft
Entering the main hall, Song Guo moved a round stool from the side and placed it by Yi Man's feet, then couldn't hide his curiosity, and glanced outside the thick red sandalwood screen.I could vaguely see that the concubines were sitting neatly on both sides of the line, but there was only a bright purple and red, which looked blurry.

Yiman sat behind the screen of Bai Niao Chao Feng behind the queen, listening quietly.

"Is Xia Tongyi still sick?"

"That's right, the Supreme Hospital rushed to the Crane Feather Hall again in the middle of the night last night."

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"Your Majesty, it's good here, you can smell the fragrance of flowers almost all year round."

"...No, at this time of year, the Queen's Palace is filled with the scent of gardenias."

"Ugh"

The Queen hesitated for a moment and looked at Du Baolin who was sighing, "Is Du Baolin feeling unwell?"

"Thank you for your concern, my concubine. I'm fine."

Zheng Baolin, who was beside Du Baolin, answered immediately, "Madam, she is all right. The box of golden hairpins that the emperor gave her is lost. She is afraid that the emperor will blame her."

The queen and Nanny Gao looked at each other, but didn't answer.

Yiman lowered his eyes behind the screen and smiled, this Du Baolin obviously came here to act with a partner.

After all, the queen has been in the palace for decades. How could she not see that she was being used as a gunman for nothing?

This Du Baolin sounded young. Could it be that he had just entered the palace and thought that the palace was like the back house of an official family and that he could achieve his goals by using some boudoir tricks?

Aunt Gao looked majestic and said in a loud voice, "Madams, do you have anything else to do?"

Seeing that the queen didn't answer, Zheng Baolin looked a little embarrassed and glanced at Du Baolin secretly.

Du Baolin gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, my concubine's jewelry has been lost. Please make the decision."

The concubine who had already stood up and was about to leave saw that there was a show to watch, and those who were acquainted with each other looked at each other, and sat back to their original seats.

With a cold face, Gao Nai stood upright and majestic at the head of the queen, "The concubine lost her belongings, and the person in custody didn't take care of them strictly. She must first be sent to the inner court for interrogation."

Xirui, the personal maid behind Du Baolin, immediately kowtowed in fear, "I'm afraid, it's not my fault, it's really someone who wants to steal."

Seeing that the main topic was introduced, Du Baolin finally felt a little confident and looked at the queen above.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Gao's face did not change at all, and she said sternly: "Even if someone steals, you are still responsible for poor supervision. If someone comes, take Xirui first and hand it over to the female official of the inner court for interrogation."

Nanny Gao didn't want to care about it at first, but they planned to act in public, dirty the queen's eyes, and wanted to use the queen as a weapon, so they couldn't be forgiven lightly.

Du Baolin watched the person close to him crying and being dragged out. He became emotional for a moment and walked forward on his knees for a few steps, looking at the queen in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is the one who suffers. If the concubine lost her belongings, why should the concubine's maid be punished first?"

Aunt Gao lowered her eyes and looked at Du Baolin who was kneeling on the ground, "This is the palace rule. If the finer things are improperly kept, you should be punished. Later, the female officials and stewards of the inner court will interrogate and trace Baolin's gold hairpin. Du Baolin will You can send someone to the inner court to inquire. Did Du Baolin learn all the etiquette in vain when he entered the palace? How is it appropriate to kneel at the Queen's feet like this?"

Du Baolin was full of tears and felt aggrieved. He glared at Aunt Gao hatefully, and then looked at the queen, "My Majesty, how can I tolerate a female official bossing me around in front of you? My Majesty, don't you care?"

Aunt Gao held her head high, "This old slave is a first-class minister, and everything he does and says has the Queen's permission."

The concubines around her didn't say a word. For so many years, the empress has been indecisive and a little cowardly. Thanks to this personal nun brought from her natal family, the troubles have been avoided for so many years.

The queen rubbed her temples, and frowned slightly, "Okay, this matter will stop here, and the inner court will report your lost property to me with a booklet, so you can step back."

Du Baolin looked back in disbelief and saw that he was being treated like a monkey by everyone, and he was immediately ashamed and angry.

Suddenly, he caught sight of Guo Jieyu, who looked innocent. She still didn't understand that she was being used as a pebble to ask for directions, and she hated her for a moment.But now the arrow is on the string and it has to be done.Otherwise, from now on, if I go back in such a mess, how can I raise my head in the palace?
Du Baolin regained his composure, knelt on the ground, lowered his head and whimpered in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this concubine has been rude, please forgive me. It's just that this concubine wanted to tell the empress in private, but I didn't expect someone to say so soon. Come out. After all, this matter has something to do with the empress’s palace.”

All the concubines’ ears immediately stood up.

"Du Baolin dare not talk nonsense. How could the theft be related to the empress?"

Aunt Gao glanced at Guo Jieyu with disdain.

Du Baolin held back the tears in his eyes, "It has something to do with a girl in the empress's palace. I dare not say anything nonsense."

Yiman behind the screen sneered, it turned out that it was aimed at him.

Outside the screen, Aunt Gao suddenly thought of something and shouted angrily: "You are outrageous, is Du Baolin delirious? Why don't you get out of here quickly?"

Du Baolin saw that the queen and Nanny Gao were nervous, and felt that the guess in his heart was right, the woman must have been sent to the palace by the queen's natal family to compete for favor.

"Your Majesty, it's true that a palace maid saw a woman in light yellow palace clothes carrying a box into the Qingning Palace and said that she was very similar to the Queen. What I said is true."

Behind the screen, Yiman whispered a few words to Song Guo, and Song Guo immediately trotted away from the main hall.

"You are so impudent that you dared to peek into Qingning Palace. Someone is here to take Du Baolin into custody."

Following Aunt Gao's scolding, a young eunuch immediately stepped forward and held down Du Baolin.

Du Baolin struggled with his arms and held his head up with tears on his face, "The empress is unfair and allowed the witch in the family to bring trouble to Your Majesty. This is what the Demon Queen did."

"you--"

The queen was so angry that she couldn't speak. Aunt Gao still didn't understand why Du Baolin was so stupid. However, the emperor hadn't issued the edict yet, so she couldn't speak to explain Yiman's identity, so she could only have Du Baolin dragged down first. Let the concubines lower their heads and speculate on their own.

"Du Baolin directed and acted in Red Mouth and White Teeth to slander the Queen like this, but it will implicate the family."

Following the unhurried voice, Yiman walked out calmly in a light-colored dark pattern palace dress.

"It's her, it's her—"

Yiman looked down at Du Baolin on the ground, walked to the Queen's head, saluted, and stood to one side.

"Didn't you say that the palace maid had seen my appearance? How come you could recognize me the first time you saw me?"

Du Baolin knelt on the ground, with a look of resentment, "You are the only one in this palace who is so similar to the queen, who else is it?"

He was calm and calm, with amusement in his eyes, "You said that something was lost in your palace and it was me. Is there anyone who can prove it?"

Du Baolin's eyes were panicked for a moment, and he immediately said firmly, "Yes, it's Xirui. She was escorted away by people from Qingning Palace just now."

Yiman nodded with a faint smile, "Mother Gao, drag her back and confront her in front of the court."

Nanny Gao immediately agreed.

Ms. Song moved an exquisite red sandalwood chair behind Yiman, and Yiman slowly sat down.

"You just uttered such wild words that slandering the queen is already a death penalty. If you prove that you maliciously framed the queen, you will implicate Mrs. Du."

Du Baolin sneered, "You, an unknown woman, dare to speak arrogant words in front of all the ladies. I think the first one to be implicated is the Fu family."

The queen's face turned cold, and she finally understood why Yiman had to be admitted by the emperor two days ago, and was about to be canonized.This is the consequence of being nameless. A dignified princess is misunderstood as a means of competing for favor.

Yiman couldn't help laughing, pursed the corners of his mouth, and waved his hand to stop Gao Nanny who wanted to deal with it directly.

"You said I stole the gold hairpin. Apart from your own maid, is there any other evidence?"

Du Baolin snorted with bravado, "Wouldn't you know it if you just search it?"

(End of this chapter)