The foolish prince counterattacks the concubine

Chapter 73
When Chu Hengnian heard this, he was instantly furious, and he glared angrily, "Nonsense! It's complete nonsense! I dare to swear to God, Jin Xi and I are absolutely innocent! Do you believe it or not!"

When Xi Rao heard this, her curved willow eyebrows could not help but raise a hint of worry.In an instant, he grinned brightly again: "If what Prime Minister Chu said is true, then I know where this happened. Don't worry, I will definitely have a way to rescue you!"

Silence, like stagnant water.

The eyes of the people in the cell widened in disbelief, but Xirao's eyes were full of confidence. Lu Shaojun glanced at her and then at Mo Ziyan, who was pretended to be captured by him. .

Mo Ziyan's eyelids moved slightly, and a deep gaze appeared in his eyes. As soon as Lu Shaojun touched that gaze, he knew the deep meaning in it, and looked at Mu Xirao silently.

Chu Hengnian raised his head in disbelief, walked to the prison door in a few steps, and asked in a low voice: "Do you really have a solution? Just rely on you, a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, let alone a trash in everyone's mouth. "

Mu Xirao let out a chuckle, but he was not angry when he heard such disrespectful contempt, the light in his eyes was like autumn water, as if it was covered with stars all over the sky.

She looked up, eyes fixed with confidence.He whispered softly: "If something that is really nothing has become an ironclad fact, wouldn't anyone think that there is something wrong with the ironclad evidence?"

"You mean..." Chu Hengnian's eyes lit up, and he looked at her with a sudden realization. This woman is really not to be underestimated.

Mo Ziyan, who was stunned by the side, also had starlight in her eyes, this woman was smarter and sharper than he imagined, like a tiger with sharp claws hidden, if provoked, it would be fatal.

Mo Ziyan broke free from Lu Shaojun's grip with all his strength, rushed to Mu Xirao, stretched out his hands and waved, shouting: "My lady, save me, I don't want to stay here, my lady, help me out quickly."

Xi Rao reached out and took hold of his hands waving in mid-air, softly but firmly: "Don't worry, I will definitely rescue you out, now you stay here with Prime Minister Chu, don't make noise, just wait for me obediently come to save you."

"Someone is here, you leave quickly!" Suddenly a jailer ran over, Lu Shaojun cast a look at Mo Ziyan, and then pulled Mu Xiluo away quickly.

Mo Yiyang, who was dressed in a black robe, was followed by a young servant. The two of them walked hurriedly, and Xi Rao lowered his head to brush past him.Mo Yiyang also turned his head to look at that person, with an inexplicable look in his eyes, as if disappointed, he looked at the leaving figure.

"Was that woman just now Mu Xirao from the Mu Mansion?" Mo Yiyang asked the jailer who was leading the way.

The jailer's expression froze slightly, but he still lowered his head and replied: "Exactly, he said he was here to give that idiot a ride."

Mo Yiyang stopped talking, and walked towards the cell with his hands behind his back.

"Prime Minister Chu, what's going on? Why didn't you mention such an important matter to me? It's good now, you've put yourself in this prison!" Mo Yiyang's expression was dark and his tone was cold With a questioning accusation again, the corner of his eyes inadvertently slanted over the stupid Mo Ziyan.

"Eldest Prince, you have really wronged me. This is a non-existent thing. Now that I think about it, there is only a problem with the bowl of water at that time. It must have been tampered with secretly." Chu Hengnian had an innocent face, his eyes gleaming coldly. Han Guang, speaking to Mo Yiyang solemnly.

Mo Yiyang remained expressionless, but an imperceptible chuckle escaped from the corner of his lips.

"It was Mu Xirao who came here just now. I'm afraid it came from her mouth?" Mo Yiyang stared at him quietly, with a hint of sarcasm rippling from the corner of his lips. kind of threat.

Chu Hengnian didn't expect to be seen through, so he gritted his teeth in embarrassment and replied: "Yes, it is exactly what she said, does the First Prince think that she is wrong? This is clearly a well-planned plan to kill two birds with one stone. Only That foolish gentleman can't tell the difference!"

Maybe it was because he was wronged and sent to prison, or maybe it was because the dead Jin Xi was worthless, Chu Hengnian just opened his mouth to Mo Zhengxiang with disdain.

Mo Yiyang raised his eyes and forgot to glance at Mo Ziyan who was hiding in the corner, whispered a few words to Chu Hengnian, and left the prison.

Lying on the bed in the inn, Mu Xirao couldn't fall asleep again and again, his mind was full of the bowl of water, what was put in it to make the unrelated blood droplets merge?
Thinking that it was the middle of the night again, she was so sleepy that she couldn't bear it, so Mu Xirao fell asleep for a while in sleepiness.

When she woke up again, she was awakened by the sound of roosters crowing in the inn. She got up and looked out the window at the misty area, and she couldn't help feeling a chill in her heart.

Where did Hua Qingchen go?It's the second day now, if they can't find any clues, they will be questioned and executed tomorrow.

She was full of worries, and she went downstairs and left before the sky was bright.

"The water is really turbid today, Erzi, go get Baifan to fill the water." Xilao just went downstairs when she heard a loud voice coming from the kitchen in the backyard, and then she saw Xiaoer take something and ran over .

Xi Rao wandered downstairs for a while, feeling very upset, thinking that Mo Ziyan was suffering in prison, so she walked into the backyard of the kitchen, wanting to order Xiao Er to make some favorite dishes for Mo Ziyan dishes.

"Look, the water is clear, right? The muddy mist has settled at the bottom." The loud voice was still yelling from the side, and Xi Rao leaned over to take a look curiously.

"What did you add to the water? You're not afraid of eating dead people!" Xi Rao said coldly when she saw it, but there was a cold hostility in her beautiful eyes.

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't stop chuckling a few times, and put the remaining alum in his hand into another large water tank.

"I said, girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't know it. This thing is alum, which can clean muddy water. Just put it in the water, and the muddy water will become clean and bright after a while. The mud and sand will sink. The ingot is at the bottom of the water." The waiter explained to her slowly after finishing the work in hand.

Alum?Xi Rao thought about this thing silently in her heart. Since impurities can sink to the bottom of the water, can blood droplets also be immersed and blended?
A strange and bold guess suddenly rose in his mind. He took out a rice bowl from the kitchen, scooped up half a bowl of water in the alum-soaked water tank, then lowered his head and bit his finger. A drop of blood dripped out and was caught in the bowl.

"Xiaoer, let me use your finger." Xi Rao put the bowl beside her, and as soon as the words fell from her mouth, she reached out and grabbed his hand, took the knife on the kitchen board, and swiped lightly. It oozes blood.

The little girl immediately yelled, and Xi Rao ignored his curses and put his blood into the bowl, and then let go of his hand.

The blood droplets in the bowl scattered and melted into the water, but at the last moment when they sank to the bottom of the bowl, they merged with their own blood!

Xi Rao's eyes widened suddenly, could it be that the water was also soaked with alum last time!

Turning around, Xi Rao ran wildly all the way. It is impossible for her to enter the palace now, so she ran to the Lu Mansion and asked Lu Shaojun to take her into the palace.

The vermilion light is round, the carved railings are made of jade, the burning charcoal in the bedroom is sparkling, and the house is full of spring warmth.

When Xi Rao and Lu Shaojun were brought into the hall by the steward, Mo Zhengxiang was lying on the luxurious and noble bed, closing his eyes and concentrating slightly.

Xirao lowered her head, not daring to look up, walked to the couch and knelt on the soft and warm blanket: "Mu Xirao, a commoner, kowtows to the emperor, long live the emperor."

Lu Shaojun also tossed his robe and Xi Rao knelt on the ground: "My subject Lu Shaojun kowtows to the emperor."

Mo Zhengxiang with his eyes closed and concentrated only opened his eyes when he heard Lu Shaojun's voice. He stared at the two kneeling on the ground indifferently, but he didn't let them get up.

"Mu Xirao, Lu Shaojun, the two of you came to see me in the palace early in the morning, presumably to intercede for that idiot. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business, or let yourself be implicated in it and avoid unreasonable disasters."

Mo Zhengxiang's eyes were slightly sunken, and there was a self-deprecating smile in the corner of his mouth. He never thought that someone had been wearing a green hat for 20 years, and he couldn't bear this resentment.

Xi Rao raised her head, and met Mo Zhengxiang's fierce expression with straight eyes. She raised her head neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty, my lord was wronged by others. If you just kill him without distinguishing the facts, you will regret it later." It is also the emperor. When you are old, it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes, but you don’t know how to repent, and you insist on sending your own son to the guillotine. At that time, the name of the emperor’s stupidity will be passed down to the world. Presumably, you will see him after a hundred years. Concubine Jin, how should you explain, Your Majesty."

"You are so bold! How dare you curse and question the emperor like this! Come on, put this daring woman in prison!" The chief eunuch who was waiting on the side heard Xi Rao's rebellious words, and saw the emperor's expression suddenly turned pale. It was cold and without a trace of warmth, but he sternly asked someone to take her down.

"Wait!" Seeing someone approaching, Lu Shaojun stretched out his hand to stop that person, and looked directly at Mo Zhengxiang, "Since Miss Mu can say such treacherous words in front of the emperor's life, it must be just a moment of impatience, but she said Filled with righteous indignation and swearing, doesn't the emperor think that we will have no evidence in our hands?"

"Evidence? Last time in the palace, it wasn't a blood test in public. What kind of evidence are you talking about now? Don't you want to fool people! Leave them all!" People are pulled down.

Lu Shaojun shook his hands and got rid of the two people who stepped forward to suppress him, bowed his head and knelt down, and said anxiously: "I use the head on top of my head as a guarantee, if we can't produce evidence, the emperor will do whatever he wants, even if it is beheaded." It doesn't matter if I get killed! I just want to give us a chance to prove it, don't want to make up for it later, it will be too late, Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Your majesty, the women are also willing to offer their heads as a guarantee. I just ask the emperor to give me a chance to prove it. I beg your majesty to please me!" Seeing Mo Zhengxiang's eyes flickering, Xi Rao hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded. Li still kept nagging and begging.Due to kowtowing too hard on the smooth forehead, there is also a slight redness at this moment.

Mo Zhengxiang raised his eyes, and his deep eyes met the anxiety in Mu Xirao's eyes, and he also had doubts in his heart. In fact, he also thought that it was just an illusory dream.

Mo Zhengxiang got up, walked forward with the eunuch's support, looked calmly at the two kneeling on the ground who kept begging for mercy, and after a long while, he said: "In that case, I will give you a chance , remember, you have made a bet with your own heads!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your success! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mu Xirao breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes curled up into a smile, and a confident smile appeared on her fair little face.

(End of this chapter)