concubines

Chapter 207 Jade Hairpin

Something seemed to be very wrong, Zhou Shuxuan walked up to her and poked her lightly, then asked: "Why are you out of your mind, is something wrong?"

Only then did Miaoli come back to her senses, but she was still in a daze, and answered incorrectly: "You can eat whatever you want at night, I don't care."

How to eat what?

"What the hell are you thinking? I asked you if something happened?"

Miao Li didn't even think about it, she just shook her head, "Nothing happened, just a little distracted, I didn't hear what you just said."

It was so strange, Zhou Shuxuan asked someone to come in and light the lamp, added some charcoal and took off his robe before sitting down beside her, wanting to have a good talk with her.

After sitting down, he felt that there was something under the cushion. Zhou Shuxuan lifted the cushion and took out an envelope with no name on it.Miao Li is still in a restless mood, and has not noticed what he is doing.

Zhou Shuxuan was full of doubts. The place where he was sitting now was within reach of Miaoli. He reached out and took out a jade hairpin and a piece of paper. It said, "I only hope that your heart is like mine." , will live up to the lovesickness."

Love poems?

Zhou Shuxuan couldn't react for a while, and it was still within easy reach of Miaoli, a man would think wildly.

Zhou Shuxuan told himself not to think about those messy things, and raised the hairpin in front of Miaoli and asked, "What is this?"

Miaoli was still absent-minded, glanced at his hand, and said perfunctorily, "Did you give this to me? It's so beautiful." Without looking at the expression on his face, Miaoli took it and held it in her hand. superior.

Zhou Shuxuan's face was full of question marks. He would give this kind of thing. Jade is not a good jade, and the workmanship is also very rough. He can't sell this kind of thing. These craftsmanship can only be from outside the palace.

But looking at her appearance, it seems that she doesn't know that thing at all.Strange, but what was she thinking absent-mindedly?
Zhou Shuxuan asked again, "What are you thinking?"

"It's really nothing." Miao Li looked at the hairpin in her hand again, played with it for a while, and then handed it to him, "It's really beautiful, please help me put it on."

Zhou Shuxuan's hands froze in the air, whether he was wearing it or not.He squeezed the letter tightly in his hand, almost sweating in his fist.In the end, he took the hairpin from her hand and threw it on the table, "This one doesn't seem to suit you, so don't take it."

Miao Li didn't respond any more, Zhou Shuxuan asked again: "Is anyone here today?"

Xu Meitang was recognized by her at the time, and the ladies in the palace saw her too, so she definitely couldn't hide it, so she said: "The princess came here, maybe she was angry, she said a few words in a strange way, and then left."

Zhou Shuxuan kept staring at her while talking, and Miao Li's eyes were a little dodged, which was a sign of lying.

"Is what you said true?"

Miao Li was afraid of his questioning, so she said with certainty: "It's all true, what am I lying to you for, what I said is absolutely true."

Constantly affirming what he said, but not revealing exactly what Xu Meitang said at that time, this is still a sign of lying.

Impossible, Miao Li has always been good, and this behavior has never occurred before.At this point, Zhou Shuxuan still chose to believe her, forced a smile and asked, "Is there some little secret hidden in your heart that you didn't tell me?"

Miao Li was startled, and felt that Zhou Shuxuan seemed to have something abnormal today, and kept asking her these questions, as if she knew something.But if he knew, he wouldn't be so calm. He probably didn't know, or he was testing her.

Miao Li's head is in a mess now, and she can't think normally.Still sticking to my answer, "I don't have any little secrets. Only the princesses have been here today. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

Zhou Shuxuan glanced at the hairpin on the table, and something still in his hand, and really got up to ask.

Miao Li looked at his back and felt that he was weird, as if he didn't trust herself.She shouldn't have this strange feeling, after all, she really has something to hide from him.It seemed that after Xu Meitang left, she couldn't think anymore.

Zhou Shuxuan went outside, Zhu'er was waiting outside, this is Miaoli's close girl, she knows what Miaoli does.Zhou Shuxuan approached and asked, "Who did the girl meet today?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are some embroiderers, and there is also the Crown Princess, but the Crown Princess came in dressed as a court lady, as if sneaking in."

Zhou Shuxuan now feels a little crazy, and he can no longer calm down when he hears the word "sneaky".Forced myself not to think too much, and asked: "Then who did she meet yesterday?"

Zhu'er thought about it for a while, "Just a doctor who set up a stall, the girl seemed to know him very well, and the two talked for a while."

It should be Lu Guangbai who was talking, Zhou Shuxuan asked again: "Did they just talk?"

"The doctor seems to have given the girl something back."

"what?"

"A small medicine bottle, it seems to cure the deficiency of Qi and blood."

"Is there only a small medicine bottle? Don't you have this?" Zhou Shuxuan raised the envelope in front of Zhu'er as if he was pressing the prisoner.

Zhu'er's complexion changed drastically when she saw it, she knelt on the ground with a thud, and stopped talking.Zhou Shuxuan was a little frightened by her actions, what does it mean that she knelt down?It can't be a guilty conscience.

Zhou Shuxuan still had a cold face, and asked sharply, "Say, is there such a letter?"

Zhu'er seemed to be very frightened, she knelt on the ground and trembled all over, "Your servant...your servant...you don't know, I was standing far away, so my servant didn't see clearly."

What she stuttered was the words of her imagination that were exposed by others. I don't know if what she said was true or false.

Zhou Shuxuan slowed down his tone and said: "You are not defending her, you are harming her. She talks to other men and asks you what to do. Could it be that she has a ghost in her heart? You'd better be honest. Let Gu explain the matter clearly, otherwise he will be dragged out and killed."

Zhu'er was so frightened that her whole body was like sifting chaff, she kept shaking, and then said: "Return to Your Highness, the girl did take this letter at that time. But she didn't open it all the time, so she let the servants put it away. The other servants don't know, But this afternoon, the girl didn't let the servants go in to serve her."

The whole process has been told, and things have causes and effects, but Zhou Shuxuan still doesn't believe it.

"get out!"

After letting Zhu'er go, Zhou Shuxuan didn't go back to find Miaoli, but went to sit in the front hall by himself, trying to calm himself down.Things should not be as he imagined, how could Miao Li have anything to do with Lu Guangbai?
Miaoli has never been tempted by Lu Guangbai for so long on Zhaoyun Mountain, let alone now, she probably won't either.Lu Guangbai is also an upright gentleman, he would never do such a thing, everything is because of his overthinking.

But without Miao Li's restlessness, how can he explain the letter and hairpin in his hand, and his eyes are still evasive, obviously lying to him.These performances are not fake, and to convince him that they are fake, he has to give a reason.

Impossible, he really believed in Miao Li.It's useless to think about it like this, you still have to find someone to ask clearly, yes, you must ask clearly.Whatever the truth is, it has to be asked.

Zhou Shuxuan went back and found that Miao Li was still in a daze, as if he didn't know that he had been out for a long time.Walking up to Miaoli, she patted the letter on the table and asked, "Who wrote this?"

Miao Li glanced at it, and replied with a normal face: "It's written by Li Zhiyi, a divination operator."

"I'm not asking who wrote this poem, but who wrote this word?"

Miao Li took a look at the handwriting, and the handwriting was rough and powerful, it should be a man's handwriting. "If it doesn't look like what you wrote, then I won't recognize it."

Zhou Shuxuan raised the hairpin again and asked, "Then do you know this hairpin?"

"Didn't you give it to me?"

What the hell are you talking about?Zhou Shuxuan looked at her expression now, she was serious again, and there was no sign of lying, but what Zhuer said just now...

Zhou Shuxuan calmed down and said, "I just found this hairpin and Li Zhiyi's poems under the cushion. They were packed in an envelope without a signature."

Now that Miao Li could hear what he was saying clearly, she sat up straight and asked, "Do you think I hid this behind your back?"

Zhou Shuxuan nodded, this time he wanted to tell the truth.

"Heh!" Miao Li followed his words and asked, "Who do you think gave it to me?"

"Didn't you see Lu Guangbai when you went out of the city yesterday? Didn't he give this to you?" Zhou Shuxuan was still in a state of questioning, and did not get angry.

Miao Li couldn't speak clearly, "I...I...he only gave me a small bottle of medicine, why did he give me this? Why don't I remember that he gave me this?"

Where did this come from, Miao Li flipped over the mat, she had no idea that there was something under it.

Zhou Shuxuan stared at her, judging from his many years of experience in handling cases, all the reactions of Miaoli since he entered the door were true, and there was no trace of lying. "I've already asked Zhu'er, and she said that Lu Guangbai gave it to you. I believe you have nothing, so you don't have to lie to me. This is just the brother's wish for the sister."

This... led her to dig into the circle, writing love poems is still the brother's affection for the junior sister, obviously to let her admit that it was given by Lu Guangbai.

"He and I have nothing in the first place, and the clearer is clear. This is indeed not given by him. I don't know the existence of these things at all. Who are you asking? Let her come in and make it clear in front of me."

Say it face to face, say it face to face, Zhou Shuxuan just heard it clearly, and he is not afraid to confront it face to face.Shouted out, "Pearl!"

Knowing that Zhu'er would stay outside when the incident happened, Zhou Shuxuan came in as soon as he called.

Miao Li took the jade hairpin and the letter and asked: "You told the prince that these were given to me yesterday? Don't you speak against your conscience?"

"Girl, the servant did see it yesterday, and everything he said was true."

(End of this chapter)