The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 54 Confrontation

Terrified, Lu Jiao picked up the pen and wanted to write something on it. After hesitating for a long time, he put down the imperial pen, and with tears streaming down his face, he pointed at himself and then nodded to the ground.

Seeing this, Li Longji waved his hand impatiently, the Jinwu guards dragged her out as usual, a few servants pressed her on the spring stool, and the four Jinwu guards took turns changing hands. After a while, there was no sound, and Lu Jiao's body was dragged away by the Jinwu guards and buried there.

Li Longji looked around, and said in a cold voice: "Today, in front of me, there are still people who are not true, so follow this example!"

Everyone's heart trembled when they heard it, and they bowed and shouted their promises.

Li Longji said: "Fifth brother, did you find out that this hairpin belongs to Zhong Meiren?"

Li Yedao: "I went to ask Liao Sizhen, and she said that this cloud-footed pearl tendril hairpin was specially made for Zhong Meiren because she likes pearls during the New Year's Eve."

The queen leaned forward and said: "The concubine saw that Zhong Meiren was pitiful staying in the Ye Ting Bureau, so during the New Year's Day, I rewarded her with the clothes and jewelry as Baolin's position."

Li Longji said calmly: "It really should!"

Concubine Hua said: "Your Majesty, this beauty Zhong was punished for beating Concubine Li angrily, and she also cursed Concubine Li in the past in Ye Ting Bureau, could it be that she did it?"

Liu Cairen wondered: "How did she know that Concubine Li would go to Hua'e Tower? Could it be that she would know the future?!" Liu Cairen didn't know why Concubine Hua would criticize Meiren Zhong to Wang Meiren and the others, so he interjected presumptuously.

When Gao Lishi heard these words, he suddenly thought of something, and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty once gave an oral order to allow Concubine Li to participate in the family banquet. I am afraid that someone with a heart will tell Zhong Meiren after hearing it, but I don't know!"

Li Longji nodded slowly, remembering what he said that day.

The queen sneered a few times inwardly, this Gao Lishi is really good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, that day when Concubine Li was injured in Huae Building, everyone insisted that they had murdered Huangfu Deyi's flesh and blood, and mistakenly made Concubine Li a scapegoat , At that moment, why didn't he remind His Majesty of this matter, and only said it this time, could it be true that he just remembered it?

Wang Meiren sneered and said: "Zhong Meiren has been demoted to Baolin and is still being imprisoned in the Yeting Bureau. She can also enter Huae Building to set up such an institution? It is clear that someone is behind it!"

The queen said indifferently: "Is Wang Meiren referring to this palace?"

Wang Mei said humanely: "How dare a concubine? But the empress's move really means that there is no silver 300 taels here!"

Yu Zhaorong smiled and said: "The empress has always been kind, and she doesn't care about the concubines in the harem because of trivial matters, but this doesn't mean that the younger sister can commit crimes and talk nonsense. Besides, sister Zhong really has a history with younger sister Fenglu. It’s not a surprise to do this!”

Chang Xi raised her head in surprise, and looked at Yu Zhaorong, didn't she befriend Zhong Meiren!How could you talk like that!Concubine Hua and her kept pushing everything to Belle Zhong, could it be... .Abandon the car to protect the handsome?

Feng Lu was surprised and said: "Festival? The concubine and sister Zhong have always been in harmony, so where is the festival?"

Guo Shunyi said: "Perhaps it's because my younger sister took the prize from younger sister Zhong last time when she performed the Returning Wind Sending Yuan Dance, which made her hate because of jealousy."

"Oh!" Feng Lu gave a meaningful grace, and sat down slowly with a straight body.

Mei Er, who was not interrupting, shook her head and said, "I don't believe that Sister Zhong is such a cruel and merciless person!"

Seeing Meier's reaction, Chang Xi was very relieved, thinking that although she was a virtuous lady, she didn't have the wisdom to protect herself, so she stepped on Zhong Meiren with them.

However, Concubine Hua smiled and said: "You know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart. Although Sister Zhong and I have been together for a long time, how can you guarantee that she will not do anything outrageous because of the fight for favor!"

Everyone said something to each other, Li Longji sat beside the case silently, thinking quietly.Li Ye bowed and said, "Third brother, why don't you send Zhong Baolin to ask!"

Li Longji said: "Alright!"

Zhong Baolin was driven to the Ye Ting Bureau, and her life was extremely miserable. Even the slightest powerful slaves dared to bully her. At this time, when she went to the hall, she was still wearing a shabby white gray cloth shirt that had been washed, and her long black hair was oiled. Greasy, with a thorn hairpin on his head, his originally plump and round face has thinned out a sharp chin, and his ten slender fingers are already red with cold, he leaned over and saluted timidly, :"His Majesty!"

Li Longji threw the pearl tendril hairpin at Yunjiao at her feet, and said, "Is this your hairpin?" His voice was as vague as the white clouds in the sky, and there was no emotion.

"En!" Zhong Baolin picked up the hairpin, checked it repeatedly, and said suspiciously: "This belongs to a concubine, how did it end up in His Majesty's hands?"

Li Longji snorted and did not answer.

Li Ye stepped forward and said, "Bao Lin has to be careful, is this really your hairpin?"

Zhong Baolin looked at the strange eyes around him, with sympathy, disdain, suspicion, and joy... She became even more frightened. This time, when she learned that Li Longji had summoned her, she thought she would leave the hell of Ye Ting Bureau. Unexpectedly, this matter is so complicated, so she tremblingly said: "Indeed! This is a gift from sister Yu Zhaorong to my concubines during the New Year's Eve according to the empress's benevolence!"

Li Ye said: "Baolin, have you kept the hairpin on your head?"

Zhong Baolin hesitated and said, "Yes... it is worn on the head all the time!"

Li Longji saw that she was hesitant to speak, and her eyes flickered, and said: "This matter is at stake with your life, don't talk nonsense, don't deliberately conceal it!"

"This!!" Zhong Baolin turned pale with fright when he heard Li Longji say that his life was at stake, and hurriedly said: "A few days ago, my concubine gave it to a personal maid!"

The queen said in a deep voice, "Why didn't you say it just now!"

Zhong Baolin said in a trembling voice: "The ornaments bestowed by the Empress should not have been given to the servants... The concubine knew that she violated the palace rules, so she dared not say anything." After speaking, she dared not look up at the Empress's face.

The queen snorted and did not answer.

Sensing her displeasure, Zhong Meiren quickly explained: "The concubine didn't do it on purpose, the concubine... the concubine is really suffering too much! That's why she rewarded this hairpin to her close maid, because she can freely When entering and exiting the Yeting Bureau, the concubine hopes that she can bring some daily necessities for her, but the concubine does not have anything around her, so she has to give away the things that the empress rewarded! Come on, forgive my concubine!"

Seeing that she was indeed desolate, the queen said, "No problem!"

Li Longji said: "What's the name of your personal maid!"

Zhong Baolin replied, "It's called Bi Chuan!"

"Bring her into the palace! Send the slave who works in the same place as her, I want to ask carefully!" Li Longji murmured.

Bi Chuan was summoned into the palace, kowtowed a few times, and said: "Servant Bi Chuan kowtows to Your Majesty!"

Li Longji remained silent, Li Ye handed the hairpin in Zhong Baolin's hand to Bi Chuan, and asked, "Is this your master's gift to you?"

Bi Chuan looked at it, and reluctantly said: "The master rewarded the servant!"

The queen said: "Do you always wear it?"

Bi Chuan said awkwardly: "No... such a precious hairpin, how could the servants be willing to wear it all day long! If it is broken, Zensheng is good!"

"Pass the rest of the servants who share the same room with her to the palace!" Li Longji obviously didn't believe her words.

A servant shuffled up to the hall, and they all knelt down to pay their respects.

The Queen said: "Are you all Zhong Baolin's servants?"

(End of this chapter)