The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

"Meet in the woods near the royal tent. This is an emergency. Come quickly."

It was just a few words, without a signature, and did not mention the purpose of asking her to go.

Mu Yan frowned and asked, "Do you know who asked you to go?"

Mu Xue's eyes dodged and she said weakly, "I don't know, but I heard the other party's tone was very urgent, so I wanted to go over and take a look."

Seeing her expression, Mu Yan guessed something. She must have thought that the note was given to her by King Xuan, so she couldn't wait to keep the appointment.

But even if King Xuan wanted to ask her out, he shouldn't have set the meeting place near the royal camp. If the emperor saw it, he would inevitably be furious.

It’s a pity that Mu Xue missed Jun so much that she didn’t think of this.

"Do you know who gave you this note?"

Mu Xue continued to shake her head: "It was too dark, I couldn't see clearly, but judging from her attire, she should be a maid."

Mo Xiangli snorted: "Oh, do you think you can clear yourself of the matter with just a letter? This excuse is too far-fetched."

Qi Ning also agreed, "The princess is absolutely right. She must be afraid of being discovered, so she prepared false evidence to clear herself of suspicion."

Mu Yan raised her eyebrows slightly: "Even if this letter cannot be used as evidence, think about it, my sister is not of high status and has never been qualified to enter the palace. She only has the honor of seeing the princess's face today. How did she know that the princess has such a precious pearl hairpin and then steal it?"

Qi Ning was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he argued urgently: "Maybe she didn't come for the pearl hairpin originally, but just found a tent to steal and stole Princess Xingrong's pearl hairpin by mistake."

Ah!

Mu Xue curled her lips slightly, and a hint of coldness flashed across her deep eyes.

At this moment she also realized that something was wrong. She recalled that the maid who delivered the letter to her looked panicked at the time. Now it seemed that there must be a trick and someone was deliberately framing her.

"I am just a weak girl who doesn't know martial arts. How can I quietly avoid the guards and enter the princess's tent?"

"Second sister is right, Qi Ning, do you think the emperor's imperial guards are all useless?"

"Mu Yan, stop talking nonsense."

"Qi Ning, you are so bold! You actually questioned the Imperial Guards. Isn't that disrespecting the Emperor?"

The two of them exchanged lips and tongues, neither of them willing to give in.

Mu Yan could see that Qi Ning was eager to punish Mu Xue, and was afraid that this matter had something to do with her.

"That's enough! I'm here to find out who stole the pearl hairpin, not to watch you two quarrel."

Although on the surface Mo Xiangli was talking about Mu Yan and Qi Ning, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was taking sides. After all, if the argument continued, Qi Ning might really be accused of disrespecting the emperor, so she came out to stop it at the right time.

Mu Yan saw through it but didn't say anything. It seems that the two have a close relationship.

But that's true. Given Qi Ning's current relationship with King Xuan, there's a great possibility that she's King Xuan's wife, and Mo Xiangli's legal sister-in-law. It's only natural for family members to help each other.

She glanced at the letter and her eyes suddenly lit up: "This letter was not forged by Mu Xue. Someone must have deliberately lured her here and then placed the pearl hairpin here."

Mu Yan hadn't finished speaking yet, and what followed was that this person would definitely stare at Mu Xue from a distance, and after she picked up the pearl hairpin, he would pretend to appear by accident and catch her red-handed.

And this person is Qi Ning.

It seems that Qi Ning discovered the relationship between Mu Xue and King Xuan, so he set this trap to ruin her reputation.

Mo Xiangli frowned and asked suspiciously, "What evidence do you have? Don't make up stories."

"The proof is on this piece of paper."

Mu Yan held up the letter in her hand. Everyone looked in the direction where Mu Yan's finger was pointing and discovered that there were several dragon marks on the torn edge of the paper.

This paper is obviously the dragon-patterned rice paper used exclusively by the royal family, and ordinary officials have no right to use it.

"Excuse me, if this letter was forged by Mu Xue, why would she use such paper?"

There was an uproar all around. It seemed that Mu Xue was indeed wronged.

"Maybe……"

Qi Ning wanted to argue, but after seeing the paper, he felt guilty and his speech became halting.

She hurriedly tore off a piece of paper while the princess was away in the tent, but she didn't expect it to be rice paper with dragon pattern.

Seeing Qi Ning's guilty expression, Mo Xiangli was fully aware of everything. She had seen too many open and secret struggles in the harem since she was a child, and she quickly connected all the things together. It must be that Qi Ning had set a trap and wanted to use her to deal with Mu Xue.

Although she was indeed angry at the moment, she couldn't lose her temper. Just as she was thinking about how to find a staircase to go down, she heard a sharp voice.

"Princess Xingrong."

Seeing the person coming, Mo Xiangli's expression relaxed.

"Eunuch Feng, why are you here?"

It turned out that this person was the eunuch in charge of Concubine Jing.