Harem for a living

Chapter 157

Not long after, Liqiu and Lidong came out first, and Liqiu, who was walking in front, was holding a bead hairpin in his hand, on which was a peony flower glued with pearls, but the stamen in the middle seemed to have a pearl in it , but it is indeed blank at the moment.

As soon as the bead hairpin was taken out, Tang Wan'er's expression changed first, Zhu Lirong's expression was shocked, and Sun Yun's expression was also puzzled.Zhang Caiyun suddenly turned her head and stared at Tang Wan'er firmly.

Tang Wan'er quickly waved her hand: "I really don't know what's going on, this hairpin was indeed lost a few days ago, as you all know, I also said a few words at that time and told the little maid in our room to look for it. Several times."

Sun Yun hesitated: "I do remember that you said at the time that this thing was given to you by your sister and it was very important, so you asked someone to report it to the aunt in charge."

The anger on Zhang Caiyun's face eased a little, presumably because he recalled what happened at that time.

Chen Manrou glanced at these people, then turned to look at Li Qiu: "Where did you find this?"

"I found the words from Miss Zhu's pillow." Li Qiu replied respectfully, Zhu Lirong was stunned for a moment, then her face turned pale, and she quickly saluted Chen Manrou: "Your Majesty is very careful, I don't know about this at all. It was in the pillow of the courtier. When the hairpin was lost, the aunt in charge had searched the house, but could not find the hairpin. I beg the empress to clear up the grievances of the courtier and find out who put the hairpin there. .”

Chen Manrou rubbed her forehead, the person who thought of this idea is really brave enough.Using Tang Wan'er's bead hairpin, and then planting Zhu Lirong, disfigured Zhang Caiyun by the way, and immediately included the top three candidates in this draft, it was really well calculated.

Thinking about it, Chen Manrou turned to look at Sun Yun.Those who can live in the same room have similar status.Three of the four show girls had accidents, and the only one seemed to be a suspect.

Sun Yun probably also thought of this, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on her forehead. When she met Chen Manrou's scrutinizing eyes, she was startled, and immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, my daughter has something to say."

"You say." Chen Manrou raised her hand, Sun Yun gritted her teeth, and lowered her head, said: "A few days ago, Miss Tang and Miss Zhu were summoned to Ci'an Palace by the Empress Dowager, and it took a long time before they came back. A hairpin, Miss Zhu has an extra bracelet in her hand, the courtiers heard from their own words, these are all gifts from the empress."

Chen Manrou nodded, she knew about this, and she had a different attitude towards these two people at that time, just to provoke them to fight among themselves.The empress dowager is behind one, so she needs to support the other.

"At that time, everyone was just envious for a while, and then they did their own things. Then, Miss Zhang said that she was going to talk to Miss Wang about poetry, and she went out. Because of a little sewing problem, the court lady went to ask for advice and lived in the west. Miss Bai was in the third room. Miss Tang and Miss Zhu were left in the room. When the court lady came back, she saw that the door was closed and there was a low voice coming from inside. The court lady was curious ..."

Speaking of this, Sun Yun's face turned red, still embarrassed.Not only do gentlemen pay attention not to listen to indecent words, but the Four Books on Women's Precepts for Women all require women not to eavesdrop at will. Sun Yun's behavior, if it is serious, is bad morality, and if it is spread, her future will be over.

But compared to the harming Xiu Nu and framing Xiu Nu in front of him, this matter is nothing.

And Tang Wan'er and Zhu Lirong next to her didn't know what they thought of, and their expressions were not very good.

"Your servant heard that Miss Zhu and Miss Tang were quarreling. Miss Tang said that Miss Zhu was just a concubine who would never become a phoenix in her life. Miss Zhu said that Miss Tang just relied on having a queen mother behind her, and the days are still long. Maybe it’s the Phoenix.”

When Sun Yun said this, her face turned pale, and the faces of the people around her also turned pale.What you said is very treasonous, what is a phoenix?In this world, there is only one person who can be called a phoenix!

Not to mention, behind these words is the implication that the Empress Dowager will not live long, and will die sooner or later.

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhu Lirong pointed at Sun Yun angrily: "Sister Tang and I are in love with sisters, how could we quarrel? After the empress rewarded us with things that day, we discussed jewelry. At that time, I said, Sister Tang's hairpin It's very beautiful, the flowers on it are the same as the real ones, and Sister Tang said that my bracelet matches my skin tone very well, so you are totally framed!"

Sun Yun's expression was not very good, she looked at Zhu Lirong and said, "I didn't hear what you said alone. As I said before, I went to ask Miss Bai for sewing, and later I invited Miss Bai to sit in our room. , It depends on the purse I embroidered before, the two of us heard this together."

Chen Manrou looked up: "Miss Bai?"

A girl in pink clothes came out of the crowd, her body was relatively thin, and she walked like a weak willow supporting the wind, as if she could be blown away by the strong wind if she didn't pay attention.The white girl stepped forward to salute Chen Manrou: "My servant Bai Qiangwei has seen the empress, please greet the empress."

Chen Manrou asked directly: "Did you hear what Sun Yun said just now?"

"Yes, my daughter-in-law heard it. My daughter-in-law testified for Miss Sun. At that time, Miss Zhu and Miss Tang did say that. After listening to it for a while, my daughter-in-law was very frightened. I was afraid that someone else would hear it, so I hurried away. Stay away and speak loudly so Miss Zhu and Miss Tang can hear you."

Bai Qiangwei's voice was clear and melodious, like a lark chirping, very pleasant to the ears.Chen Manrou restrained her desire to pinch her ears, and sneered: "The two of them said such outrageous things, you didn't want to report to the aunt in charge, but instead covered them up for them, do you want to get along with them?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me. At that time, I was flustered. I just thought that if someone heard this, Miss Tang and Miss Zhu would die, so I didn't dare to let others hear it. Besides, it's not good to eavesdrop. She felt guilty for not stopping Miss Sun at that time, so she hurriedly pulled Miss Sun away." Bai Qiangwei saluted in fear and trepidation, her eyelids slightly raised, revealing the fear in her eyes.

Tang Wan'er was also furious, and turned to Miss Bai and said, "You're talking nonsense! We never said such a thing, do you have any witnesses? You and Sun Yun must have colluded and wanted to frame us!"

Miss Bai trembled, looking very frightened.Chen Manrou looked at it with great interest, and then realized that although Miss Bai looked very scared, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitched. In an instant, it was captured by Chen Manrou.

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Manrou understood.Tang Wan'er and Zhu Lirong were suspected of murdering the beautiful girls, Zhang Caiyun was disfigured, and Sun Yun eavesdropped, maybe none of the four would be able to stay in the end, and then no one would press them on the heads of these beautiful girls.Miss Bai will also have a chance to succeed.

Before entering the palace, he began to eliminate dissidents.

Sun Yun's eyes were about to burst into flames. Miss Bai's words not only proved her, but also swayed her, and pulled her out more smoothly. This eloquence is really amazing.

Tang Wan'er and Zhu Lirong said that Bai Qiangwei and Sun Yun had colluded together, and then came to frame them.Both sides insisted on their own words, and even their usual image could hardly be maintained.

Gritting her teeth, Zhang Caiyun rushed to Chen Manrou and knelt down: "I beg your mother to be the master for my daughter."

At this moment, Chuyun and Chuxia also came back, and Chuyun handed the brochure to Chen Manrou: "Your Majesty, the servants have already counted, among these beautiful girls, no one else lost pearls, only Miss Tang lost pearls The hairpin. The aunt in charge also replied, saying that Miss Tang came to report back, and she led people to search Miss Tang and her house, but found no bead hairpin."

"Why didn't you report it at that time?" Chen Manrou asked casually, the aunt in charge was shyly following behind Chu Yun, and now she hurriedly came out to reply: "Going back to your mother, the servant girl reported it to the concubine De."

Chen Manrou was impatient to take care of these show girls, so after the show girls entered the palace.Concubine Hui arranged the residence, and Concubine De arranged the daily food, clothing, housing and transportation of the beautiful girls. This matter was reported to Concubine De, but Concubine De probably didn't take it seriously, so it has been delayed until today.

Now there are three suspects, Tang Wan'er, Zhu Lirong, and Sun Yun.There was an important clue before, that is, Tang Wan'er's hairpin was lost after Tang Wan'er washed up at night, so they could only do it.

Xiu Nu can't walk around at night after nightfall.Even if you want to go to the toilet, you have to ask the maid of the night watch to accompany you.Therefore, it is completely ruled out that there is a possibility that the beautiful women in other rooms will touch their room in the dark and take the bead hairpin.

This bead hairpin may have been hidden by Tang Wan'er herself, or it may have been taken away by someone.If Tang Wan'er hid it by herself, then Zhu Lirong was the one who was framed.If it was really taken away by someone, it is possible that Tang Wan'er was framed, or Tang Wan'er and Zhu Lirong were caught at the same time.

If Sun Yun didn't say what happened later, then Zhu Lirong would be more likely to do it.But Sun Yun insisted on superfluous, so the probability is half divided.

Another question is that the aunt in charge searched the house at that time, so where did the bead hairpin go during the search?When Zhang Caiyun fell down today, Zhu Lirong was not there, she didn't go out early or late, why did she go out at this time?
Chen Manrou pinched the bead hairpin and carefully looked at the expressions of the people below. Although she had already confirmed the basic situation in her heart, there was no actual evidence at the moment.After thinking for a while, he said: "This matter involves a lot, and it also involves the palace and the empress dowager, so let's ask the empress dowager to decide this matter."

She was really difficult to deal with, if it was Tang Wan'er's own trick, then Tang Wan'er would not be satisfied with the result, and it would be difficult for the Queen Mother to explain herself.Others could recognize this pearl as Tang Wan'er's, but Tang Wan'er herself did not recognize it. It is really impossible to say that Tang Wan'er is completely innocent.

(End of this chapter)