The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Lan Ying heard this and said, "Miss Ge, I know you are always upright, but it is because it is difficult to seek justice that I resort to lynching."

"That's right." Zhao Lian agreed: "Lan Ying must have made this decision because she could no longer tolerate it. I won't offend others unless they offend me!"

Then, she turned to Lan Ying, "Lan Ying, talk to me, I will go with you."

Ge Yuanhui's noble face showed an expression of deep sorrow, but he did not walk away.

Zhao Lian watched, secretly feeling contempt in her heart: Ge Yuanhui's noble and perfect image had already collapsed during the Changqing Garden banquet. There was no one else here, and he didn't know who he was acting this fair and selfless act for. It was so disgusting.

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Jianzhang Palace.

When Xue Zhiyi came back, she was about to go to the main hall to ask the Queen Mother for instructions, but Chuizhu stopped her and said, "Sister, don't go in. His Majesty is in there."

"Your Majesty?" Since she entered the palace, she had only followed the crowd from a distance and knelt down to pay homage to the emperor.

"Why is your majesty in Jianzhang Palace right now?"

Chuizhu replied: "How would I know that? Can I eavesdrop?"

"Got it, thank you." Xue Zhiyi said.

Since the Queen Mother had no time to spare at the moment, she also had no time to wait here, as she had her own tasks waiting to be done.

Just then, Jingchun came looking for her with a wooden box in her hand: "Sister Zhiyi, the palace flowers have been packed up. Shall we take them to the Imperial Garden first?"

Today, the Empress Dowager will bestow palace flowers upon the new scholars. There are 134 people who have passed the list this year. The number of these palace flowers had been counted a few days ago and they had been prepared according to the number of people. They will be used after the banquet starts.

Jingchun opened the box and let her take a look. She saw that the palace flowers inside were different from the other palace flowers made of silk. The branches and leaves were made of pure silver, and the jade was carved into emerald feathers. It looked very exquisite and unique.

This is the palace flower of the number one scholar. Different from the flowers of the other winners, it is the most delicate and precious, so it is specially sealed in a box and placed separately.

Xue Zhiyi saw nothing wrong with it, so he nodded and said, "Send it there. You will be in charge of these palace flowers when we get to the Imperial Garden. Don't let anything go wrong."

Just as Jingchun said yes, he saw a young eunuch about to go to the main hall. Chuizhu stopped him and said, "Your Majesty is inside."

The young eunuch simply said, "Then please tell her that Miss Ge is here to pay her respects to the Queen Mother."

Because of Concubine Ge's favor, Ge Yuanhui had been in and out of the palace since he was young. Before the Changqing Garden Banquet, the Empress Dowager had always loved her very much, so it was expected that she would come to pay her respects.

But Xue Zhiyi was vaguely wary, after all, Ge Yuanhui hated her so much.

Chuizhu agreed and went to the main hall.

Ge Yuanhui also entered from the main gate of Jianzhang Palace. She walked slowly into the courtyard. The palace maids lowered their eyes, knelt down, saluted, and stepped aside to make way for her.

Seeing this, Jingchun held the box tighter.

But just as she was kneeling to salute, for some reason, she was suddenly caught off guard and fell forward.

"careful!"

Xue Zhiyi wanted to hold her back, but it was too late. Jingchun fell out with the box.

Xue Zhiyi turned around suddenly and saw Lan Ying, who had returned from some unknown time, behind Jingchun. She was putting her hands behind her back. When she met Xue Zhiyi's sharp eyes, she felt guilty for a moment.

But at this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Jingchun. She didn't even care that she was covered in dust, and she just picked up the box in a hurry.

But the box was already open, and the palace flower fell to the ground. The silk flower and silver parts were fine, but the green feather was made of jade and had been broken into pieces.

"How could this happen..." Jingchun was panicking as he held the palace flower in his hands: "What should I do..."

Xue Zhiyi stepped forward, picked up the person on the ground, and took the palace flower to look at it. He saw that the green feather was broken into three or four pieces. It would be difficult to repair it. Moreover, the Qionglin Banquet was about to start. How could he have the time to repair it?

Before Xue Zhiyi could speak, Lan Ying complained, "Zhiyi, the Queen Mother gave you this mission. Now that something has gone wrong, what should we do?"

Xue Zhiyi just looked at her coldly. There were quite a few idiots in the world who were always looking for trouble.

Ge Yuanhui also showed pity on his face: "How could such a mistake happen out of nowhere? The Qionglin Banquet is about to begin. If I delay the palace banquet, I'm afraid I will be held responsible."

Then, he said with great sympathy: "Xue Zhiyi, for the sake of our acquaintance, I can plead with the Queen Mother on your behalf."

Xue Zhiyi raised the corners of his mouth stiffly: "Thank you, but Zhiyi dare not trouble Miss Ge."

After she finished speaking, she just asked Jingchun, "How did you fall?"

At this moment, Jingchun's eyes were red with anxiety. She whispered, "It seems...it seems that someone pushed me..."

She hesitated and looked at Lan Ying who was standing behind her.

In fact, she also thought that it was Lan Ying who did it, but... but when she met Lan Ying's eyes, she couldn't help but avoid it. How could she dare to identify her?

Xue Zhiyi asked: "Lan Ying, you are the only one behind Jing Chun, why did you push her?"

Lan Ying was not afraid. She said confidently, "You also said that I was the only one behind Jingchun. So who saw me doing it? Maybe she stepped on the hem of her skirt and fell out. She was afraid of being punished, so she wanted to drag me to take the blame!"

"I... I didn't!" Jing Chun was so timid that even his rebuttal was timid and weak at this moment.

Lan Ying was used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and seeing her like this, she felt that she was easier to control: "Jingchun, you can't say anything careless, don't let Xue Zhiyi instigate you to slander me with your red mouth and white teeth!"

This time, Jingchun was so frightened that he dared not speak at all.

Xue Zhiyi saw this and no longer placed his hopes on Jingchun.

She clenched her hand holding Gong Hua slightly. It was definitely too late to send this thing for redoing, but that didn't mean she had no way to solve it.

Looking around, her eyes fell on Lan Ying's bun.

It just so happened that Xue Zhiyi had some things on him, which he had originally intended to use for other purposes. But now that Lan Ying was seeking death, then... it would be her.

Lan Ying felt a little frightened by her gaze, and then she saw Xue Zhiyi smile slightly, take two steps at a time, and before she could react, he pulled out the hairpin on her head.

Seeing that her favorite beeswax hairpin was snatched away by someone for no apparent reason, Lan Ying angrily said, "Xue Zhiyi, what are you doing!"

Xue Zhiyi's eyes were cold, and he said sternly: "This incident happened in Jianzhang Palace, and Miss Ge testified. The culprit who damaged the palace flowers is the dispute between the three of us. If this matter cannot be properly handled before the banquet, it will not only be me and Jingchun who will be punished. Do you think you can escape punishment?"

After she finished speaking, she chuckled and said to Ge Yuanhui, "Miss Ge is known to be fair, so I'm sure she won't lie."

Ge Yuanhui frowned slightly. She didn't know what Xue Zhiyi was going to do, so she just said, "Lying and concealing things are what villains do. All upright people would not bother to do that."

"Thank you very much, Miss Ge."

Xue Zhiyi withdrew his gaze and just searched his body for a while.

Lan Ying looked at her warily: "What are you pretending to be for?"

Xue Zhiyi didn't answer, but only asked Jingchun: "Did you bring a sewing kit?"

Jingchun was stunned, then nodded repeatedly. She took out a purse from her waist, opened it and handed it to Xue Zhiyi: "Sister Zhiyi, what do you want?"

Xue Zhiyi did not take it, but took out a small pair of scissors from it.

So, in full view of everyone, Xue Zhiyi used scissors to remove the gold thread on the palace flowers and pried the beeswax off the Lan Ying hairpin.

"Xue Zhiyi!"

"Shut up." Xue Zhiyi didn't even glance at Lan Ying.