The General and the Princess

"See empress empress." Everyone saluted.

The queen waved her hands to let everyone stand up.

Looking at Concubine Wan and the others, he said, "My sisters, what's going on?"

"Report to Empress Madam." Yu Gui took a step forward and spoke first, "Since Concubine Li entered the palace, the palace has been very troubled recently, just now the fifth princess fell into the water, and the eldest princess was almost ruined. Everything is unlucky, do you want to ask Si Tianjian to have a look?"

Yugui's mind moved quickly, seeing that Xiao Yunfu's plan to frame Xiao Yinxue failed, she immediately left this matter to Concubine Li,

Concubine Li has only been in the palace for a few days, and she has been favored by the emperor, and the concubines in all palaces have long been dissatisfied with Concubine Li.

The emperor didn't even see the queen asking for an audience these days, presumably the queen was also very dissatisfied with Concubine Li in her heart.

Mr. Yu's move can be regarded as giving the queen a chance to get rid of Concubine Li.

Hearing this, Di Shengyue took a deep look at Yugui.

This nobleman is too smart, no wonder he can reach the position of nobleman step by step without the support of his mother's family, and he can even teach a daughter like Xiao Yunfu.

"Yugui be careful. The so-called ghosts and gods are just people pretending to be ghosts." Di Shengyue did not know when she had reached the place where Xiao Yunfu fell into the water just now. She stepped on the hard ground below and said with a frown, " As far as I know, this 'Playing Lotus Pond' has just been renovated not long ago, and the surrounding soil is piled up a few feet high. Now it's autumn and it's dry. How could it be so slippery? First, the five princesses fell into the water, and the guards passed by just now. It seems to have slipped a bit."

As Di Shengyue spoke, she looked at the guard next to her.

As soon as the guard saw Di Shengyue stepping down the steps for him, he immediately replied: "Yes, yes, I just slipped and almost fell."

"You mean, someone deliberately put some slippery things by the pool, in order to assassinate the people in the palace?" The queen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at Di Shengyue.

"That's exactly what I mean." Di Shengyue said, "So I would like to ask the empress to check this place carefully before making any plans. Otherwise, if the fifth princess accidentally fell into the water today, it may be the empresses who accidentally fell into the water tomorrow. .”

"Bold, are you cursing the empress?" Concubine Wan Gui shouted sharply.

"Sister Wan, why should you be so excited?" The Empress gave Concubine Wan an indifferent look, and said, "I think what the son-in-law said makes sense. If that's the case, please ask Eunuch Ma to carefully investigate the place where the fifth princess fell into the water."

Eunuch Ma quickly walked to the place that Di Shengyue had checked just now, and began to check carefully.

After a while, several pearls were found from the cracks in the soil.

Eunuch Ma observed these pearls carefully, and said, "Your Majesty, this old servant has found a lot of pearls. These pearls look like pearls from Zhenguo."

"Bring it to Ben Gong to see." The queen stretched out her hand.

Eunuch Ma handed the pearl to the queen.

The queen glanced at it and said: "It is indeed the pearl of the Zhen Kingdom. I remember that a few days ago, I gave a string to each princess in each palace. These beads were embroidered by the embroiderer in the palace with a specific embroidery method. If there is no special technique, it will not be so easy to break, it seems that someone deliberately tore it off."

With that said, the queen looked at Concubine Wan, and said, "What do you think, Sister Wan?"

"Your Majesty, do you mean that someone assassinated the fifth princess?" Concubine Wangui kicked the question back to the queen, but looked at Xiao Yinxue.

"Your concubine, since this is the case, this matter is much simpler." Di Shengyue stood in front of Xiao Yinxue and said to Concubine Wan, "As long as you know which princess lost the bracelet, you can know which princess did it. gone."

As Di Shengyue said, she grabbed Xiao Yinxue's right hand and raised it up. On her wrist was a pearl bracelet.

"Where is the fifth princess's pearl bracelet?" Di Shengyue looked at Xiao Yunfu.

Xiao Yunfu froze for a moment, touched the bracelet on her hand, and then remembered that when she fell into the water just now, the bracelet seemed to have disappeared together.

He opened his mouth and said, "Maybe I accidentally dropped it when I fell into the water just now."

A sharp light flashed in Di Shengyue's eyes, and she suddenly grabbed Xiao Yunfu's wrist, raised her wrist high, and said coldly: "Then, please explain to the fifth princess, where did the wound on your hand come from?" !"

As soon as Di Shengyue showed it, everyone discovered that Xiao Yunfu had many small wounds on her hands, which looked like they were cut by thin threads.

"I just knocked it in the water." Xiao Yunfu said.

"Knocked?" Di Shengyue sneered, and said, "Fifth Princess, don't be joking. The wound on your hand is clearly caused by forcibly twisting the thin thread on the pearl bracelet."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xiao Yunfu was furious at being wronged by Di Shengyue, "What good will it do me for the princess to break the bracelet and throw herself into the water?"

"Benefits?" Di Shengyue looked at Xiao Yinxue not far away, with a slightly mocking smile on her lips.

The following words don't need to be said by Di Shengyue, the people around will also understand.

The look in Xiao Yunfu's eyes suddenly changed.

Xiao Yunfu became anxious immediately, and hurriedly said, "If the princess wants to harm the eldest sister, there is no need to twist the bracelet at all, as long as she is with the emperor, jumping into the 'playing lotus pond' by herself is enough .”

"Because you are too greedy. Not only do you want to use this matter to ruin the reputation of the eldest princess, but you also want to disfigure her." Di Shengyue said sharply, "You are really capable of stepping on all the high positions of the eldest princess, fifth princess. .”

"You spew blood!" Xiao Yunfu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Di Shengyue.

Di Shengyue looked at the guard kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Besides, I've been thinking about one thing. Is this guard guarding the 'Xi Lian Pond'? Ladies and gentlemen, they don't have contact with the court, so I don't know. Although the guards here are dressed in the same clothes, the subtleties are different, which means that each guard is responsible for a different place. I just happened to catch a glimpse of this guard's cuff, which seems to have the words 'Yuehua Palace' embroidered?"

Xiao Yunfu was stunned when she heard the words.

This guard is indeed the guard of Yuehua Palace, because what she performed today was a bitter trick, in order to prevent herself from falling into the water for too long without being rescued, so she hired a trusted guard to guard at the "Xi Lian Pond".

Unexpectedly, this turned out to be the biggest failure!

"Come here, open the guard's cuffs and take a look." The queen said with a flash of light in her eyes.

Xiao Yunfu was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

If it is confirmed that this is the guard of "Yuehua Palace", her reputation of Xiao Yunfu will be completely ruined.

Deliberately framing the eldest princess, murdering the eldest princess, one by one, is enough to destroy her.

She was used to taking advantage of Xiao Yinxue's reputation in the past, she never thought that this time, Xiao Yinxue's counterattack would be so fierce, so fierce that she had no ability to fight back.

"Empress, it's the concubine's fault. It was the concubine who taught the fifth princess to do this." Yugui immediately knelt down in front of the queen, taking all the blame, and said, "It was the concubine who coaxed the fifth princess by saying that she wanted to do this." A pearl was used as an earring, and the princess twisted the bracelet. It was the concubine who spread the pearls by the pool, looking for an opportunity to trick Li Concubine into the water. No more. The concubine really can't stand it, so she made such a bad plan, but she didn't expect to hurt the eldest princess and the fifth princess by mistake, so I ask the empress to forgive me."

At this moment, Di Shengyue had to admire Yugui's mind, and with a few words, he not only solved Xiao Yunfu's immediate problem, but also turned this matter into consideration for the emperor.

Even if the queen wanted to punish her, she could only punish her lightly.

The queen took a deep look at Yugui, and said: "Yuegui, you behaved disorderly, you are jealous in the harem, you will be fined for half a year, and you will stay in the 'Yuehua Palace' to reflect on yourself for three months."

"The concubine thanked the empress." Yugui gave a salute, and then led them away.

After the matter was resolved, everyone left with the queen.

Before leaving, the queen took a look at Di Shengyue, leaving an intriguing look in her eyes.

"Hiss", the wound on his hand was pinched hard, and the sudden pain made Di Shengyue frowned.

"Is it fun to be a hero?" Di Shengyue turned her head and met Xiao Yinxue's angry eyes, "You are my princess's man, who will allow you to hurt yourself without my princess' permission!"

In that mass of anger, there was more distress.