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It is well known that Meng Chuji didn't like to run around the palace when he first got married, and he seldom paid respects to the queen, so the words of getting lost did have some credibility.

Immediately, Emperor Sui ordered: "Send all the maids near the Palace of the Late Qing."

Meng Chuji said that he had a witness, so he invited his witness to see if she could clear himself of the suspicion.

The maids of the Late Qing Palace entered the palace one after another, kneeling in a row tremblingly. Meng Chuji walked up to them, stopped in front of the maid who guided her, and said, "That's her."

The palace maid didn't know what happened at all, she raised her eyes in fear and trepidation, her eyes were so watery that she was about to cry.

Meng Chuji stepped aside and asked her to face Emperor Sui, and Emperor Sui asked, "Are you leading the way for the princess concubine?"

The maid's knees softened, she knelt down on the ground, shivering and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, yes."

"Did you stay with the Crown Princess all the time?"

"Yes."

"What time is that?"

The maid tried her best to recall, and said: "It was the middle of Haishi, the princess concubine was wandering around the Wanqing Palace, and she asked a servant to guide her. Two quarters of an hour later, the lady returned to the palace, and the servant stayed with her all the time and never left. "

Pei Xian was beaten not long after the middle of the day. If Meng Chuji was going to the toilet at that time, it would be impossible to beat Pei Xian.

Meng Chuji glanced sideways, looked at Shangguanting, and said with a smile: "It seems that Princess Qinghe has misremembered, Princess Yan and I are both innocent, and there is a third lady who has gone out in this palace."

Shangguan Ting's face was stiff, and she said without avoiding it: "Biao sister-in-law, Qinghe is very sure that I remember correctly, Qinghe's memory is always good."

Meng Chuji threw the topic to Princess Yan exaggeratedly and in surprise, "Ah, is that you, Princess Yan?"

Concubine Yan's face turned cold: "How could it be me? What I said is the truth. The evidence is solid. Isn't it enough to prove my innocence?"

"There are only two empresses in total, neither you nor me, Princess Yan, you said that Princess Qinghe swears that only our two empresses have gone out, who among us is he targeting?"

As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the people in the palace were all subtle.

It is almost an open secret in the royal family that Shangguan Ting loves Pei Jing.

Outsiders may not know it, but they often go in and out of the palace, how could they not know that Shangguan Ting chased and intercepted Pei Jing, and pursued her as hard as she could.

Isn't it self-evident who she is targeting?

Shangguan Ting almost exploded in anger, stood up and argued: "Biao sister-in-law should treat a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, Qinghe is just telling the truth, and never intends to target anyone."

Meng Chuji slowly brushed the dust off his body, walked up to her, and said in a calm manner: "After all, it's about my innocence, I'm just raising some doubts, and next, please ask my sister-in-law. Singing and dancing, the jade plate is full of delicacies, the cousin is not busy eating and watching singing and dancing, why do you pay so much attention to the movement in the hall? I don’t think there is another person in this hall who can remember other people’s comings and goings so clearly, right? Cousin What exactly is the intention?"

"I..." Shangguan Ting choked for a moment, and quickly followed up with her own words, "Qinghe just paid attention to the movement in the lower hall because he was bored, isn't it okay?"

Of course, it was because she didn't spend her mind on the New Year's banquet at all, and she was focused on staring at Meng Chuji to find her flaws, so she noticed many other things.

Meng Chuji smiled, "Of course, let's get back to the point, Princess Yan and I both have alibi, my cousin might as well think about it, whether I missed someone by mistake, this is a major matter related to the life of the emperor."

Shangguan Ting curled up her fingers, and said firmly, "No."

"Oh——" Meng Chuji concluded calmly, "It seems that the assassin deliberately said such a sentence pretending to be a person in the harem to confuse the public."

As he said that, Meng Chuji said to Emperor Sui: "This matter is very mysterious, my daughter-in-law begs the emperor to step up the investigation, and don't let the real culprit go unpunished."

What Meng Chuji said in a few words was another sign that things were going to be done hastily.

Pei Xian immediately stopped it and said, "Wait!"

Everyone turned their eyes, only to see Pei Xian gouging Meng Chuji fiercely, his eyes were poisoned, as if there was some deep hatred between the two: "This king has never entered the palace to participate in the New Year banquet before, and the assassin was impulsive. The manpower must also be adjusted according to local conditions, and the court lady must not have lied when she said that she is the mother's order, and this assassin is definitely one of you!"

After a pause, he got up from the ground and faced Emperor Sui, saying: "Brother Emperor, I suggest that these maids be dragged down and tortured, and I will definitely hear useful words from them."

As soon as the words fell, the prostrate maids on the ground all turned pale with fright.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, my lord, forgive me."

Meng Chuji was suddenly sullen, and stepped forward to stand in front of these maids, "Uncle, we are all heartbroken that you were assassinated, but how can you get angry with these innocent court ladies?"

Damn Pei Xian.

I really regret that I didn't beat him directly, so that he couldn't even crawl back.

Pei Xian grinned, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said darkly, "Why do I blame them for not telling the truth? Are you guilty of being a thief by covering them up?"

Meng Chuji sneered impressively: "How does the emperor know that they are not telling the truth? Forgive my nephew and daughter-in-law for being disrespectful, but my nephew and daughter-in-law want to ask the emperor's uncle, does the emperor have a deep hatred with Princess Yan?"

"No."

"Then the emperor's uncle has a deep hatred with me?" Meng Chuji's eyebrows were cold and aggressive, "I don't know how my niece and daughter-in-law have offended the emperor by entering the palace, and made the emperor think that my niece and daughter-in-law will attack you."

Pei Xian was simply amused.

Listen.

The words are so righteous and innocent, as if nothing happened between them.

"Is there any deep hatred between us? Don't you understand it all too well, nephew and daughter-in-law?"

Meng Chuji's complexion did not change: "Nephew and daughter-in-law don't know, please ask the emperor to make it clear that if there is any misunderstanding, I can solve it on the spot."

Pei Xian was dumbfounded for a moment.

Well, well, it turned out that he was waiting for him here.

If he speaks out about molesting him, Emperor Sui may take the opportunity to get angry. Not only will he not pursue the matter of his beating, but he will also be punished for his disrespect for his juniors.

If he doesn't say it, he will be convicted of venting his personal anger through the maid.

What a small mouth with eloquent teeth.

Seeing that he was silent, Meng Chuji continued: "Uncle Huang, my daughter-in-law is married to Dasui. Many people don't understand the world and it's the first time I've met you. I hope you forgive Haihan for what I did not do well."

It was only then that everyone remembered that it seemed that Meng Chuji had really met Pei Xian for the first time, and it was unreasonable for Meng Chuji to beat Pei Xian for no reason.

Pei Xian was deflated, Emperor Sui felt very refreshed, and said at the right time: "The elders can't care about the same as the younger ones, King Yun, don't implicate innocent people when you are assassinated."

Pei Xian's narrow heavenly court showed ruthlessness. With a sweep of his eyes, he pulled out the sword of the guard who was escorting the maid in. Everyone was shocked. They were afraid that he would go crazy and injure others with his sword. They all moved away, only Meng Chuji stood there The center of the hall did not evade, and asked, "Uncle Huang, what are you doing?"

Pei Xian turned a deaf ear to it, and pointed straight at the court lady who testified for Meng Chuji, with a bloodthirsty gleam in her eyes, threatening: "Say, who ordered you to send a message to this king, if you don't tell me, I'll let your blood splatter on the spot!"

Emperor Sui was furious, slapped the armrest of the dragon chair heavily and said, "Presumptuous! Take the sword from his hand quickly."

The guard stepped forward hesitantly, Pei Xian held his sword and slashed wildly, Meng Chuji retreated a few steps, and was almost cut in the chaos, only to see Pei Jing leave the table at some point and come to him, hugged his waist, and took He retreated to a safe place, then stepped forward again, went up through the guards and made a move with Pei Xian, kicked him in the chest, and kicked the sword in his hand to the ground, Pei Xian's fat and huge body fell to the ground on the ground...

Standing in the center of the hall, Pei Jing said coldly: "Enough!"

Pei Xian was lying on the ground with a burning pain in his chest, his internal organs seemed to be kicked into pieces, and it was a bit difficult to speak, he glared at Pei Jing, grinned his teeth and said: "You...you dare to do anything to me? I'm your uncle! "

Pei Jing squinted at him, and cupped his fists at Emperor Sui, "Royal father, it's almost time for the child, if the trouble continues, the other emperors, aunts and uncles in the hall will not be able to go back and set off firecrackers in time, why don't the New Year banquet end like this!"

Pei Jing's aura is actually more like the Son of Heaven than Emperor Sui, his aura is so burning that he cannot look directly at it.

Pei Xian on the ground screamed and protested: "Pei Jing, how dare you!!"

He actually called the prince by his name.

The people in the palace Qiqi wanted to hide their faces. Emperor Sui was obsessed with alchemy soon, and the world in the future will be Pei Jing's world. He offended Pei Jing badly here, isn't he looking for death?

And Pei Jing didn't mind, looked down at him who was curled up on the ground, with an indifferent and distant expression: "Uncle Huang, you are tired, it's time to go back and rest."

Strong and domineering, not to be questioned.

Pei Xian seemed to have been stimulated by something, and the sound of howling ghosts and wolves filled the entire hall: "Brother Huang, abolish the prince, abolish the prince, he will attack the emperor's uncle in public, he is not worthy..."

Emperor Sui didn't say anything, but the queen's brows stood on end, she patted the table and said, "Absurd! King Yun speaks carefully."

Just when the commotion was in full swing, someone suddenly exclaimed: "The Empress Dowager!"

There was a silence in the hall, all eyes turned to the Queen Mother, and then there were shouts one after another: "The Empress Dowager! Send the imperial physician, quickly send the imperial physician..."

The queen mother fainted in the hall at some point, unconscious.

There was chaos at the banquet, Pei Jing dashed forward, brushed aside the swarming people, picked up the Empress Dowager, and went straight to the couch in the ear hall.

Pei Xian was left alone, Meng Chuji was forgotten, Zhennan Wang took Shangguan Ting aside, and reprimanded her for being reckless, Shangguan Ting stole a chicken and got a handful of rice, so she obediently admitted her mistake.

All the imperial physicians were announced to the ear hall of Zhitai Qing Palace to treat the queen mother. Meng Chuji silently followed behind the crowd, not knowing what the imperial physicians were talking about, and then he heard Emperor Sui's crying, and Gillian couldn't believe it 's voiceless call:

"Grandma!"

Pei Jing squeezed out from the crowd, and Meng Chuji noticed that his eyes were blank, as if he had lost his soul, so he couldn't help but come up with a guess, and asked cautiously:

"How is Grandma Huang?"

Pei Jing embraced him, the weight of her entire body resting on him, powerless and embarrassed:

"The imperial doctor said...Grandma Huang won't live for two months."