Happy Little Scholar

"Miaoyu, you..."

The faces of several women from the Chen family who were attending the banquet with her changed immediately. They came over immediately and pulled her sleeves and said.

The bracelet that was broken was Concubine Cui's. The evidence pointed to the wife of Li County Earl. If she stood up for her now, she would offend Concubine Cui. The Chen family had stood on the side of the King of Shu a long time ago. Her current behavior is likely to make others and Concubine Cui misunderstand something.

"Whether it is slander or not, it will be clear after the palace guards investigate." Concubine Cui's expression has returned to calm, but the suppressed anger in her voice can be heard by everyone.

She looked down at the broken bracelet on the ground. As the daughter of the Cui family and a concubine in the palace, even if she has seen many treasures, the destruction of this jade bracelet still makes her feel very painful.

What's more, the woman is actually the wife of the Chang'an County Earl, so she will naturally not let her go.

The silver-haired woman turned her head, looked at Ruyi and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Nothing." Ruyi smiled and said, "Thank you just now."

The Crown Prince's Concubine came over and said, "Why is the bracelet here? Is it someone who deliberately framed you?"

Ruyi looked at the maid who was covering her face, and her eyes slightly avoided.

There were neat footsteps outside the door, and a team of guards walked in quickly from outside. The leader of the guards walked straight to Concubine Cui and said respectfully, "Greetings, Concubine!"

Concubine Cui said coldly, "Investigate it carefully for me. I don't want to wrongly accuse anyone. I must find out who did it!"

"Yes, sir!" The leader of the guards bowed and responded.

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"My servant, I just ran over there and accidentally bumped into Madam Li. The bracelet fell out of her sleeve and broke..." The maid recounted what happened just now in front of the leader of the guards.

The guard had not expected that the situation would turn out like this.

When someone just passed the message, they just said that the imperial concubine had lost her bracelet, and no one in the palace went out. They only needed to let the palace maids or the harem ladies search everyone, and it would be easy to find out who took the bracelet of the imperial concubine Cui.

However, now there was no need to even check.

"Madam Li, is that so?" He looked at the woman standing there and asked, feeling a little entangled.

Who hasn't heard of the famous Li County Earl? Even the King of Shu doesn't take him seriously, and he is favored by His Majesty. If this matter is not handled well, it will be a big deal.

Ruyi pointed at the maid and said, "The bracelet fell from her sleeve and fell to the ground."

As soon as these words came out, there was some silence in the room, and even the imperial concubine Cui's face showed a look of astonishment.

The maid was the personal maid of the imperial concubine Cui. Could it be that the maid stole the bracelet and accidentally broke it, so she simply put the blame on Madam Li?

Or was she simply following someone's orders to frame Ruyi?

The former was impossible. How could a little maid have such courage? Once she was found out, she would have no chance of survival in the harem.

And if she framed someone, then the person behind her would be obvious.

Concubine Cui's face showed a cold expression, and she said, "Do you mean that I deliberately framed you?"

"It's obvious that you stole the bracelet, but you actually framed the Concubine. You are so bold!" A woman in palace dress came out from behind Concubine Cui, pointed at Ruyi, and said sternly.

"Princess Duanyang, this matter has not been concluded yet. Please be careful with your words." Miss Chen San walked in front of Ruyi, looked at the woman in palace dress, and said softly.

Seeing her come out, Princess Duanyang couldn't help but take a step back. After all, her fierce side just now was still fresh in her mind.

"Princess Duanyang, let's wait until this matter has a result before we say these words." A beautiful lady in palace dress beside Concubine Cui also spoke up.

Princess Duanyang's face changed. Even Concubine Yan stood up, so she couldn't say anything.

Although her sister was a concubine, in the harem, apart from the queen, the concubine most favored by His Majesty was Concubine Yan. If it weren't for the Cui family, I'm afraid the title of concubine would have fallen on someone else more than ten years ago.

The head of the guard hesitated for a moment and said, "Concubine, this matter may have to be decided by His Majesty and the Queen..."

The matter involved Concubine and the wife of Li County Earl, so he couldn't make the decision. The Queen was the master of the harem, and it was more appropriate for the Queen to handle the affairs of the female family. The Queen and His Majesty were in the palace next to them, and they could be notified in a moment.

"What's wrong?"

A voice came from the back, and more than ten guards consciously made way for a passage. Seeing the two young men coming in from outside, many people in the hall showed surprise on their faces.

"Li, Li County Earl..." The guard leader walked over and immediately said: "Meet the Crown Prince, meet Li County Earl."

Seeing that familiar face, Miss Chen San showed a complicated expression on her face. Ruyi stood in place, and the Crown Prince's wife walked towards Li Xuan.

"What's going on?" Li Yi looked at the guard leader and asked.

"Sir Li, it's like this..." The guard leader described what happened just now to him.

"Is he Li County Earl?"

"How did he get in?"

"My lady actually did such a thing. This County Lord Li will lose face today..."

...

There was a whisper in the hall, and many people pointed at this side. Concubine Cui looked at Li Yi, and the expression on her face was unpredictable.

"I know." After listening to the words of the guard leader, Li Yi nodded and walked to the maid.

The maid raised her head, dodged her eyes, and was a little afraid to look at him.

Snap!

Li Yi slapped the maid in the face, looked at her coldly and asked: "Who gave you the courage!"

The force of this slap was much greater than before. The maid staggered and fell to the ground, with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.

The slap was crisp, and then there was a long silence in the hall.

Miss Chen San's slap just now was for the maid's disrespect to the county lord's wife. Although the behavior was a bit extreme, even Concubine Cui couldn't say anything.

And this Li County Earl, who slapped Cui Guifei in front of everyone, was too disrespectful, wasn't he?

"How dare you! How did you get in?"

After a while, a sharp voice finally rang out. Princess Duanyang, who had just spoken, pointed at Li Yi and the guards and said, "Is this a place where anyone can come in? Hurry up and take him down!"

"The Secret Service is under the order of His Majesty to maintain the law and order in Furong Garden tonight. The imperial concubine lost her bracelet, so we have to investigate it carefully." Li Yi took out a sign, looked at the woman in palace dress and asked, "Auntie, may I ask who you are..."

"Auntie..." The woman in palace dress opened her mouth and her face turned red.

Puff...

Several young women in the back couldn't help but cover their mouths and laughed.

"Don't be rude." Miss Chen San stepped forward, looked at him and said, "This is Princess Duanyang."

"So this lady is Princess Duanyang, sorry, sorry." Li Yi glanced at the woman, then bowed to Concubine Cui and said, "My Lady, don't worry, the Secret Service will definitely investigate this case."

Concubine Cui glanced at him and asked, "Oh, how do you plan to investigate?"

Li Yi pointed at the maid and said, "This daring maid actually stole your bracelet and put the blame on others. Don't worry, if she doesn't confess now, she will confess everything when she goes to the Secret Service."

This sentence made countless people in the hall look stunned.

This Li County Earl is really - really unreasonable.

He didn't even investigate, but directly made a conclusion. No matter whether it was done by this maid, when she went to the Secret Service, would she confess or not?

Isn't it too obvious that he is protecting his wife?

It is said that Li County Lord is arrogant because of his favor. Now, he even ignores Concubine Cui...

[ps: Today's update is completed. On the 18th, all channels will only update twice today and tomorrow. For various reasons, I can't save the manuscripts. I will try to stay up these two days and save some manuscripts. After the 18th, I will finish the update as soon as possible. 】