The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Xue Zhiyi lowered her brows and closed her eyes. The sound of the door closing behind her made her back feel a little cold.

But the Queen Mother smiled inappropriately: "What are you afraid of?"

Xue Zhiyi replied: "Your Majesty, I am not afraid."

"You're harming people right under my nose, aren't you afraid?"

After thinking for a moment, Xue Zhiyi said in a steady voice: "When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. I repay kindness with kindness and grievance with grievance. I don't feel guilty and I have a clear conscience."

The Queen Mother chuckled, with an ambiguous meaning: "What a clear conscience."

Xue Zhiyi swallowed. Was the Queen Mother going to punish her for what happened today?

She thought for a moment, then answered with courage: "If Miss Ge and Lan Ying had not framed me, I would not have been able to harm them today even if I wanted to. But today, it can be said that nothing can happen without coincidence."

"Oh?" The Queen Mother seemed to be interested in her words: "What do you mean?"

Xue Zhiyi said: "Since the Marquis of Lin'an is determined to take control of the Dali Temple, today's incident can contribute to the Marquis of Lin'an's plan in the future."

The Queen Mother said nothing. Xue Zhiyi wanted to continue explaining, but the Queen Mother changed the subject: "I've already told you not to be afraid. I'm not going to question you."

Seeing that she still lowered her eyes, the Queen Mother said, "Why are you so nervous? Look at me."

Taking a deep breath, Xue Zhiyi raised his gaze and met the empress dowager's eyes. There really seemed to be no intention of blaming her in her eyes.

The Queen Mother said earnestly and firmly, "Since this is related to the matter of getting rid of Tu Yuxian, I don't need to know all the details. Just do it with confidence."

She chuckled: "I have seen how well you can survive in the harem. Let me see what you are capable of in other things."

Xue Zhiyi finally calmed down a little, and she knelt down and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your trust."

The Queen Mother only said: "Don't employ someone you doubt, and don't doubt someone you employ. Since I have kept you by my side, I have no reason not to trust you. However, there are some things that I have to entrust to capable people before I can rest assured."

Xue Zhiyi also smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Queen Mother. Originally, I might only have an 80% chance of success, but after this incident, I will definitely give you a satisfactory result."

The Queen Mother nodded, yawned, and said, "Okay, I'm really sleepy now, you can leave now."

Xue Zhiyi stood up: "Yes."

Then he slowly retreated.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Lan Ying who came to question him: "Xue Zhiyi!"

But Xue Zhiyi said, "Speak softly, the Queen Mother has just fallen asleep."

Lan Ying just sneered: "You rely on the Queen Mother's favor and think you can do whatever you want. Do you think you can't be blamed for what happened today?"

"What happened today?" Xue Zhiyi asked back: "What happened?"

Xue Zhiyi's reaction made Lan Ying laugh: "You still dare to play dumb? You are the one who tampered with the palace flowers, right? It was you who wanted to frame me and Ge Yuanhui! You are so bold, just wait to be held accountable!"

Xue Zhiyi smiled and said, "But the palace flowers were repaired by Miss Ge, using the beeswax from your hairpin. What does it have to do with me?"

"It was obviously you! Why don't you admit it? You had no chance to deny it in front of everyone."

Xue Zhiyi helplessly spread his hands: "So, it was you and Miss Ge who deceived His Majesty? That is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"you……"

Lan Ying was so anxious that her face turned red: "The truth of this matter will definitely come out!"

Xue Zhiyi covered his mouth exaggeratedly: "Yes, the day when the truth comes out is the day when the two of you are convicted of deceiving the emperor. Guess who will die first?"

After saying that, Xue Zhiyi ignored her nagging and turned away.

Behind him, Lan Ying was furious, but she didn't dare to speak loudly, so she could only shout: "Who do you think you are! My father is the Dali Temple Minister!"

Xue Zhiyi didn't look back, but just smiled and replied: "Fortunately your father is the Minister of Dali Temple!"

……

Xue Zhiyi didn't have time to waste with this clown, she still had to go see Huo Wuyou.

In the second half of the Qionglin Banquet, the emperor allowed the guests to stroll around the Imperial Garden. At this time, the Imperial Garden was bustling with activity.

She searched for Huo Wuyou's figure, but heard someone calling her: "Xue Zhiyi."

She turned around and saw someone she didn't want to see.

In a slightly secluded corner, Gu Shichong was gently waving a fan and looking at her with a smile on his face.

Xue Zhiyi's mouth sank in annoyance, but he still stepped forward respectfully and saluted, saying, "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Gong. What instructions does His Royal Highness have?"

Gu Shichong did not answer. Xue Zhiyi lowered his eyes and only saw his slowly approaching steps.

"Are you... okay?" Gu Shichong's voice was very soft, but it seemed to carry a strong sense of pity and concern.

But even without looking at the expression on his face, she knew that Gu Shichong's expression at this moment must be one of condescending pity and charity.

Her voice was as calm as the surface of a river: "Your Highness, under the Queen Mother's grace, everyone in Jianzhang Palace is living a very good life under her protection."

But Gu Shichong laughed helplessly: "Are you blaming me?"

Xue Zhiyi thought: Is there something wrong with Gu Shichong? What on earth is he trying to do at this moment?

Then he said, "You were supposed to be my princess. In fact, I have already thought about it. If you come in, I will at least treat you with respect and honor you as a princess."

Otherwise? Why did he say such a matter of course, as if Xue Zhiyi had taken advantage of something?

Gu Shichong sighed: "Now that something like this has happened, how can you possibly live well?"

Sorry, she is living a happier life than when she was in the Xue family.

But Gu Shichong was still talking to himself: "You are blaming me for not helping you when you were in trouble, right? But I have tried my best."

Xue Zhiyi: “…”

"You admire me so much, but I can't even protect you. I feel guilty."

Xue Zhiyi: “…”

After a pause, she couldn't help but ask, "What exactly does Your Highness want?"

"You still say you are not angry with me?" Gu Shichong's voice was filled with unspeakable sadness: "Don't worry, I will definitely take you out of the palace and will not ignore you."

Judging from Xue Zhiyi's past experience, Gu Shichong is definitely not a person who values ​​love and friendship, and he will not indulge in love affairs. Otherwise, he and Fu Rongxin were so deeply in love in the previous life that they had an affair without a matchmaker. How could he just stand by and watch what happened to Fu Rongxin in this life?

Similarly, he was extremely indifferent to Ge Yuanhui today, and did not even have the slightest intention of pleading for him.

He actually enjoyed the admiration of women and enjoyed seeing several women harming each other for him. From this point of view, he was born to be an emperor.

But the main reason why Gu Shichong went crazy today was probably because he thought there was something he could use on her, right?

For example, he wanted her to become his spy beside the Queen Mother?

Well, so far, this is probably her only use.

Thinking of this, an interesting idea popped up in Xue Zhiyi's mind.

But he didn't notice that behind a tree not far away, there was a person pulling a piece of grass in his hand and looking at this place with hatred.

Just when Huo Wuyou was about to look for Xue Zhiyi, he saw her talking to Gu Shichong about something. He was rubbing his fingers on a piece of grass he had picked from somewhere, and he hated Gu Shichong so much that he seemed to want to strangle him to death.