Princess Jiaojiao arrives, teasing the prince to blush and heartbeat

What she said casually made Leng Yu's face darken instantly.

He looked at Concubine Li and said seriously:

"What does Concubine Li mean by saying this? If I colluded with the guards guarding the palace gate to cheat, then I should have colluded with Concubine Li in advance. Otherwise, how would I know that today, on such an occasion, you will be in front of your father?" How about raising doubts about that pot in front of the emperor?"

"I……"

Concubine Li was left speechless by Leng Yu's question. Indeed, no one expected that she would have doubts about that pot, and she raised it in front of so many people.

Therefore, Leng Yu didn't have time to arrange these things at all, and it was useless to rely on Concubine Li's suspicion on this point.

The emperor's face was a little gloomy, he looked at Liu Xi, and said loudly:

"Liu Xi, you go and call the guards on duty that day to confront him."

Liu Xi hurriedly bowed and replied:

"The old slave understands, the old slave will go now."

The emperor asked Liu Xi to send someone to find the guard who was guarding the gate that day. From the perspective of others, he did not trust Leng Yu, fearing that he would take advantage of this time to collude with the guard.

Leng Yu felt that his father was doing this to avoid suspicion, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After Liu Xi left, the emperor ordered someone to fetch the pot from Furong Palace.

During the waiting, the place became quiet for a while, and everyone held their breath and did not dare to make a sound.

Concubine Li Gui and Concubine Li Gui knelt in front of the emperor, the emperor did not let them get up, and they knelt there and did not dare to move.

After about a stick of incense, Liu Xi hurried over with two guards.

After they entered the main hall of Qianqing Palace, they bowed their heads and came before the emperor, kneeling on the ground, Liu Xi took two steps forward and explained:

"Your Majesty, they are the guards guarding the gate that day."

The emperor looked at the two men, frowned, pointed to the copper pot in front of them, and asked loudly:

"Three days ago, did you see this thing?"

The two guards looked at the pot carefully, and one of them said:

"Your Majesty, this servant has seen it before. That pot was brought into the palace by Princess Yu... Princess Yu."

When the guard said these words, he trembled and did not dare to look at Leng Yu and Luo Lan.

He knew that if the emperor checked the pot in front of so many people, there must be something wrong with the pot. He was afraid that what he said would be wrong and offend Prince Yu, so he was very careful when speaking.

The emperor looked at another guard again,

"You saw that too?"

"Back to the emperor, he was the one who checked the pockets that Princess Yu brought into the palace that day. The servant did not dare to check again, but I heard him mention it later that Princess Yu brought a strange-looking pot and some dishes, and she didn't know what she was going to do. .”

Concubine Li looked back at the two of them, raised her voice and asked:

"You guys are talking nonsense. I sent someone to ask at the gate of the palace these two days. Why didn't anyone know about it? Now you say you have seen it. You are lying. You say, are you being coerced by someone to dare to come here?" A liar in front of the emperor?"

One of them hurriedly lowered his head and replied:

"Returning to your mother, the day before yesterday, when my father went to the mountain to collect herbs, he broke his leg and was in a hurry to go back to take care of him, so he asked the gatekeeper for leave."

"What about him?"

Another guard also bowed his head and replied:

"My father and his father worked together. When saving his father, he hurt his waist. I also asked for leave."

Such a coincidence?

Concubine Li looked at the two of them with suspicious eyes, "How could it be such a coincidence? Don't lie in front of the emperor, otherwise, you will commit the crime of deceiving the emperor."

When the two guards heard this, they hurriedly kowtowed,

"I don't dare, the slaves are telling the truth. If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to the slave's house to check and find out if it is true or not."

Liu Xi also said in a loud voice:

"Your Majesty, this old slave can testify to this. When I went to see them just now, the gatekeeper said personally that something happened at home and they asked for leave. They just came to work today. There is no lie in this matter."

This……

Luo Lan saw that Concubine Li was still indifferent, she smiled mockingly,

"Concubine Ligui has a lot of doubts about this pot, but I am very puzzled. This is just an ordinary copper pot, without any mechanism or sharp weapon. It will neither hurt nor harm anyone. It’s just to let people eat a few more delicious food, but you said that there are people in the palace talking behind their backs, and some people have doubts about this pot? I think people who have doubts are not suspicious of this pot, but because they can’t understand the emperor’s treatment. Let’s be in Furong Palace! By the way, may I ask Concubine Li Gui, which blind person in the palace dares to talk about this matter behind her back? Such a sloppy person should tear her mouth apart.”

Hearing Luo Lan defending herself, Concubine Li Gui suddenly raised the handkerchief in her hand, covered her face and began to cry, she still did not forget her grievance and said:

"Your Majesty, I couldn't eat for the past few days. Princess Yu saw that I was pitiful, so she sent me this pot and taught me how to make delicious food. Princess Yu is kind-hearted and wanted to appetize my concubine. So are you, Your Majesty. I came here by smelling the smell, not because I licked my face to invite you. I heard Sister Li say this today, and I don’t dare to let the emperor spend the night in Furong Palace anymore. This pot..."

Speaking of this, she looked at Luo Lan with tears in her eyes, pursed her lips and continued:

"Princess Yu, please take this pot back and destroy it yourself! I can only accept your kindness in my heart. I don't dare to use this pot again, for fear that others will be suspicious again..."

"No..."

As soon as Concubine Li Gui finished speaking, before Luo Lan could answer, the emperor impatiently raised his hand to stop him:

"Since it's Princess Yu's kindness, why should Concubine Ai refuse it, besides, I also like this one, keep it, and make it for me later."

Hearing the emperor's words, Concubine Li's face turned blue and white at this moment, she obviously failed to steal the chicken, and even lost a lot of rice.

Concubine Li Gui stopped crying, she nodded with joy in her eyes,

"Then according to the emperor's wish, keep this pot, and I will learn a few dishes from Princess Yu later..."

There was a faint smile on the corner of Luo Lan's mouth, while the emperor nodded appreciatively at her,

"Princess Yu is really smart and can come up with such a dish, but this time, I don't want to praise you, you made a big mistake, do you know?"

The emperor's words made Luo Lan and Leng Yu tense up. Liu Xi also looked at the emperor with puzzled eyes, while Li Guifei directly pleaded:

"emperor……"

The emperor waved his hand to stop her from continuing, but smiled and squinted, and continued:

"I don't have much appetite recently, why does Princess Yu only think about Concubine Li Gui and not about me?"

Seeing that the emperor was picking on this reason, Luo Lan hurriedly bowed and saluted,

"I know I was wrong, next time if there is something delicious, I must give my father a taste first."

Leng Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Xi also grinned.

Judging from the emperor's attitude towards this matter today, the dish that Princess Yu came up with is very useful to the emperor. The most important thing is that in the past few days, the emperor has never mentioned that he wants to drink the soup made by Concubine Li. Liu Xi was quite happy.

Concubine Li's face had already turned black at this time, the emperor looked at her and waved his hands impatiently,

"Concubine Li has such free time, so let's take care of serious business! Don't waste everyone's time on such trivial matters in the future."

The meaning of the emperor's words was very obvious, what Concubine Li did just now made him very dissatisfied.

Liu Xi raised his head and shouted happily:

"The emperor is riding in the garden to enjoy the flowers and scenery!"

As soon as his voice fell, the emperor stood up from the dragon chair, with one hand behind his back, and striding forward, he walked through the crowd and walked directly to the outside of Qianqing Palace.