Princess is stubborn

Hearing this, the people kneeling on the ground and the magistrate panicked a little.

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is against the law! This criminal has only committed the crime of adultery|pollution. According to the law, he should be sentenced to three years in prison. The crime is not punishable by death!"

"The crime of adultery is a crime that does not warrant death, but he still carries the woman's life on his back!" Xu Yuyao said angrily, "It's only right and proper to kill a person! Even though he didn't kill the person directly, it is still his crime. Killing."

"Returning to Your Highness, this woman hanged herself, so why did he... the criminal force her to death?"

"That's true," Xu Yuyao said with a sneer, "It wasn't the criminal who forced her to death alone, it was everyone who was happy for the Chastity Arch today, and the criminal together forced her to death!"

The county magistrate wanted her to shut up and stop talking nonsense.But he couldn't, not only couldn't he, but he could only bow down and listen to her continue "babbling nonsense".

"If the criminal hadn't bullied her, how could she have thought of committing suicide? If each of you hadn't thought that a woman should commit suicide in order to show her reputation, why would she let the criminal go unpunished and die by herself!" Xu Yu The more Yao talked, the more angry she became, probably because she remembered the fear she had when she was helpless, "Every one of you is an accomplice in killing her!"

The magistrate thought she was crazy.It was her own business that the woman committed suicide for the sake of fame. As a county magistrate, she was willing to set up a memorial archway to reward her. What could not be done well?

Seeing that he was silent, Xu Yuyao said, "Come here!"

The guards came in together: "What orders does Your Highness have!"

"Drag this thief down and chop it up!" Xu Yuyao pointed at the person kneeling next to her, and then at the county magistrate, "And this one, drag it out and chop it up together!"

"Your Highness?!" The county magistrate looked at her and pointed at him, almost thinking that he had read or heard wrong.

"It's you stupid officer."

The guards looked at each other.

Seeing this, Xie Bai came out to relieve the siege and said, "Your Highness, please be safe and don't be impatient. In my opinion, there is still something strange about this matter."

Hearing this, the county magistrate looked at the thin young man next to him, met his eyes that seemed to see through everything, and immediately shuddered.

"What's so strange?" Xu Yuyao raised his hand and stopped the guards from moving.

"Does your Highness feel that the prisoner was caught too smoothly?"

When Xie Bai said this, Xu Yuyao suddenly said: "It really seems to be a little too smooth."

"Now that the deceased has committed suicide, it stands to reason that as long as the perpetrator dies and refuses to admit that he is himself, then there will be no witnesses to identify him, and it is often difficult to obtain physical evidence in cases of adultery..." Xie Bai said in an unhurried voice, But the words sounded, "That is to say, there is no reason for the perpetrator to be caught."

The county magistrate hurriedly defended: "It's him...it's him who heard what the princess said today, so he regretted it."

"How could the person who committed the crime turn himself in because of just a few words?" Xie Bai continued to analyze, "Besides, if this person really committed the crime, he could still go to the place where the memorial archway was erected to watch the excitement. It can be seen that this person He didn't regard this crime as a mistake in his heart, on the contrary, he regarded this crime as a show off! If this is the case, how could the perpetrator turn himself in?"

Xu Yuyao nodded: "That statement makes sense."

"From what I see, this person must be the county magistrate, in order to deal with His Highness's wrath today, he arrested a random person, threatened and lured him, and made this play for the princess."

"Okay, you dog officer, you can't catch the real criminal, yet you still dare to ask someone to pretend to be the criminal to fool me? How dare you!"

The county magistrate found out that this young master had guessed their plan completely, and at this moment, cold sweat was running down his forehead: "This... this young master, don't spit blood!"

Xu Yuyao didn't look at him, but turned directly to the man kneeling on the ground, looked down at him and asked, "I'm giving you a chance to tell the truth. Are you really surrendering yourself, or are you pretending to be a criminal?"

The man looked up at the county magistrate, then lowered his head: "Caomin... Caomin was recruited by the county magistrate to fool His Highness."

"You..." The magistrate wished he could rush up and give him a kick right now.

"My lord, Caomin just agreed to pretend to be a criminal, but my lord didn't say that if you pretend to be a criminal, you will be beheaded!" The fear of death made him unable to hide anything. I won't do such a stupid thing!"

Xu Yuyao turned to look at the magistrate: "Officer dog, what else do you have to say?!"

"He spouted blood!" The county magistrate didn't know how to argue now, so he could only use this sentence to refute feebly.

"Take him down and cut him off!" Xu Yuyao raised her right arm, bent her hand forward, and signaled the guards to do it.

This time without waiting for the guards to hesitate, Xie Bai had already stood up: "Your Highness, don't worry. If His Highness kills him at this time, Suizhou will lose the county magistrate. I'm afraid there will be troubles at that time. It's better to let him stay here first." Sit in this position for a while, and after returning to Beijing in the next day, the princess will explain to His Majesty and hand over this official to the Ministry of Punishment."

"Give it to the Ministry of Punishment, can it be chopped?"

Seeing Xu Yuyao's obsession with killing people, Xie Bai couldn't help thinking of his previous panic.It's no wonder she was afraid to pretend to be sick. In Xu Yuyao's eyes, the heinous crime must be cut.

"Maybe." Xie Bai had no choice but to fool her first. If she knew that it was impossible to be executed, he would definitely kill the county magistrate on the spot.

"perhaps?"

Xie Bai gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness can ask His Majesty, if His Majesty agrees, then of course he can chop her off." Thinking about it, His Majesty will not agree no matter how much he spoils her.

"Then let him live for a few more days!" After Xu Yuyao finished speaking, she saw the person still kneeling and said, "Dare to deceive me. Although you are not the perpetrator, you have also committed the crime of deception. I will punish you - push that broken archway away!

The man was stunned, and then quickly waved his hands and shook his head: "Caomin would never do such a thing!"

Xu Yuyao sneered: "It's okay if you don't do it. Do you know what happened to those people who dared to lie to me before?"

The man shook his head: "I don't know..."

"They're all dead," Xu Yuyao grinned, "There are no dead bodies, they were fed to wild dogs."

The man immediately shook like a sieve: "Caomin... Caomin will do it, Caomin will definitely push that archway away."

Coming out of the county office, Xie Bai asked: "Why did Your Highness lie to him?"

How could anyone have dared to lie to Xu Yuyao in the past? In this way, the only person who lied to Xu Yuyao was himself?Xie Bai was in a daze for a while.

"If you don't lie to him, why would he be willing to push the archway?" Xu Yuyao got into the carriage, stood on the shaft, and looked down at her, "If you don't make good use of this kind of cowardly and bad person, how can you be worthy of him?" To lie to me?"

A thought suddenly popped up in Xie Bai's mind: Maybe, all the liking she showed for me was just to...use me?

The sun was shining brightly, but Xie Bai felt that he was in a cold sweat.

Xu Yuyao entered the carriage, looked back at Xie Bai, who was still in a daze, raised his eyebrows and said, "Not coming up yet? Why? I still have to go down to invite you?"

"……coming."

As soon as Xu Yuyao came back, the queen wanted to hide upstairs, but it was too late.

"Is the empress awake?"

"En." The queen who couldn't escape had no choice but to respond, "Did you go out just now?"

"I went to the county government office. How dare this dog official find someone to pretend to be a criminal to deceive me!" At this point, Xu Yuyuan became angry, "Mother, anyway, the daughter's identity can't be hidden anymore, but she can't hide her identity." It is better to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

The queen was afraid that she would take the opportunity to ask today's question again, so she changed the subject forcefully and said, "Oh? Can't wait to go back and get married?"

Xu Yuyao also didn't refute: "This is one aspect, and another aspect is that my daughter has something to ask her father."

Hearing that Xu Yuyao wanted to find the emperor, the queen was relieved: It's fine to go back to Beijing, but the emperor will be troubled if he goes back.

"So when do you plan to leave?"

"Tomorrow?" Xu Yuyao thought that the sooner the better, so that she could settle these matters before getting married, and then marry Xie Bai with peace of mind.

"Didn't you still order jewelry? If you go back to Beijing tomorrow, you don't want the jewelry?"

Xu Yuyao forgot all about it: "Then...the day after tomorrow? I'll go and remind you tomorrow."

The next day without Xu Yuyao's reminder, the gold shop owner came to the inn with all the jewelry.

"I didn't know it was Her Highness the Princess who was here, so I was so neglectful, I still hope that the Princess Haihan."

Xu Yuyao was very puzzled: "Where did you neglect me before?"

The boss of the gold shop was just a polite remark, but he didn't expect the other party to take it seriously, and was stunned for a while.

And Xu Yuyao didn't seem to notice his embarrassment at all: "Say it. I don't even know where you've neglected me, so how do I know if I want Haihan or not."

The boss raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his brow, regretted his talkativeness, and began to make up where he had "neglected" the princess. After much deliberation, he finally made up a story: "That day, the tea in the little man's shop It's really bad."

"Oh," Xu Yuyao nodded, "I don't care. By the way, what about jewelry?"

"The guys are waiting outside."

Without thinking too much, Xu Yuyao said, "Call everyone in."

When the guys came in, Xu Yuyao realized why the boss asked them to wait outside—there were too many people, right?

The small lobby of the inn was full of people and boxes.

Xie Bai came down from upstairs and could only stand on the stairs.

Seeing her, Xu Yuyao asked Ling Dang to go up the stairs and replaced Xie Bai.

"The jewelry has arrived, but it seems to be... more than what we ordered at the time."

Xie Bai looked at the battle and naturally understood that after the boss heard about Xu Yuyao's identity, he specially gave some...a bunch of them to please Xu Yuyao.

"This is probably the boss's intention."

"I don't know which piece the princess wants to start with?" The owner of the gold shop knew that Xie Bai was threading a needle for himself, so he immediately followed up and asked.

Xu Yuyao felt that the boss's ability to whet people's appetites was really good, no matter how big or small, each box was a box, and he couldn't see anything until he opened it.

Looking around the room, Xu Yuyao casually pointed to the biggest box: "Let's start with the one over there."

The box was slowly opened, revealing the contents inside—it was a very delicate screen, the frame was carved from high-quality mahogany, and the screen surface was made of silk, with four patterns embroidered with gold thread. The meaning is very good painting.

Xu Yuyao took a fancy to it at a glance, and praised repeatedly: "Suizhou is worthy of being a city of craftsmen!"

With Xu Yuyao's praise, the boss was relieved and at the same time a little proud - he was also praised by the princess, and if someone came to buy their things in the future, he could also say that his store is a princess. OK

Xu Yuyao didn't order the next three items, and they didn't go well.

Seeing this, the owner of the gold shop, who had been observing the princess's anger, hurriedly asked someone to open a hairpin that Xu Yuyao had chosen.

Seeing the beautiful hairpin she chose, Xu Yuyao nodded in satisfaction.

After going on and on like this, Xu Yuyao didn't finish reading all the boxes until lunch time.

Finally, the owner of the gold shop opened the one in his hand: "This is the gold chain specially ordered by His Highness."

Xu Yuyao stretched out her hand, touched the chain, gently picked up a section with her index finger, and looked at it carefully.

The boss introduced: "Our craftsmen have been pondering for a long time, and finally made it meet the requirements of the princess, which is both soft and tough. Please see, the princess, this chain can be bent at will, whether it is folded in half or folded three times, it is very convenient. No matter how you bend it, there will be no slight deformation."

Xu Yuyao took out the chain, the knots between the chains were extremely fine, and red coral beads were dropped at both ends of the chain as an embellishment, the red beads matched the golden chain very well.Tie a knot casually, then untie it again, and sure enough, nothing remains the same, Xu Yuyao is very satisfied.

Xie Bai at the side remembered Xu Yuyao's repeated words before, seeing this gorgeous chain, but always felt a chill emanating from the chain.

When the owner of the gold shop left with Xu Yuyao's extra reward, Xu Yuyao reached out and shook Xie Bai's sluggish eyes: "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing."

Xu Yuyao put the chain in front of her.

Xie Bai suddenly became nervous.

Xu Yuyao stood up suddenly, walked up to Xie Bai, and said softly, "Help me tie it."

"En?" Xie Bai was startled: Could it be that the chain was actually used on her body?

Seeing her sitting still, Xu Yuyao tilted her head slightly: "What are you thinking? Are you shy to ask you to tie it on the outside of my clothes?"

It was only then that Xie Bai realized that his train of thought had been completely misled by Xu Yuyao's previous words. He was a little ashamed and angry, turned his head, picked up the chain, and tied it around Xu Yuyao's waist.

Xie Bai had never noticed before, it turns out that Xu Yuyao's waist is so thin!

The gold chain circled Xu Yuyao's waist three times, and there was a large section left at the last two ends. After being tied with a knot, the coral beads just fell on the side of the waist.

After tying it, Xu Yuyao looked down and was very satisfied with the chain, then asked Xie Bai: "How is it?"

"It suits Your Highness very well." Since the chain was just a beautiful belt, Xie Bai naturally praised it without hesitation.

Xu Yuyao was very happy, and ran upstairs again, showing off to the queen, and set off to return to Beijing tomorrow.

In this regard, the queen did not object.

Before leaving, Xu Yuyao specially asked the coachman to drive past the archway. Sure enough, the cold gatehouse still stood there, adjacent to Fengyage Pavilion.

Xie Bai reassured: "Even if it is to be pushed, it will still take some time."

Xu Yuyao snorted, and didn't know whether to accept this statement or not, but no matter what, the convoy drove slowly towards the capital.

For Xie Bai, this trip to Suizhou has two states of mind.

On the way back, Xie Bai felt a little less anxious, but a little more thoughtful.

Xu Yuyao still shared the carriage with Xie Bai, but this time, the queen was very much in favor.

"What are you always peeking at me for?" Xu Yuyao noticed that on the way back these days, Xie Bai seemed to like to peek at himself from time to time, "I'm just sitting here, so feel free to watch if you want."

Xie Bai who was exposed was a little embarrassed.

Her intention was not to peek at Xu Yuyao, but she had been thinking about something these past few days, and as she was thinking about it, her eyes fell on her unconsciously.Moreover, she was discovered by her!

Xie Bai didn't know how to defend himself for a while, so he listened to Xu Yu's rumors.

"It seems that there are only seven days left before your wedding. If Ziqing hasn't seen enough, why don't you watch it slowly after you get married?"

Xu Yuyao's was a bit sweet and greasy, very much like the dumplings he ate in Suizhou before, as if he still smelled of alcohol, slowly forcing Xie Bai's breath in this almost closed carriage.

Fortunately, the carriage finally drove into the capital, Xu Yuyao left the carriage of the Hou Mansion and returned to the queen's carriage.

Xie Bai bent down and stood on the shaft of the carriage, watching the carriage of the palace slowly drive out of sight, then asked the coachman to drive, and headed back to Changping Marquis Mansion.

Hearing that Xie Bai came back early, Mrs. Xie hurried out from the backyard, took Xie Bai's hand and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Xie Bai didn't know how to answer for a while.Although it took less than 20 days to go back and forth, what happened in these days was more complicated than what happened to her in 16 years.

However, if you think about it carefully, these things have nothing to do with Mrs. Xie's worries.

So Xie Bai said, "Mother, everything is fine."

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Xie breathed a sigh of relief, and thought with a smile: I really asked a stupid question. If something really went wrong, how could Xie Bai come back.

"Mother, I'm a little tired after coming back all the way," Xie Bai felt inexplicably sad at Mrs. Xie's relieved smile, and suddenly felt an urge to run away, so he said, "Is there anything you want to say? Let's talk later?"

"That's fine, that's fine." As long as the secret of the crime of deceiving the emperor is not revealed, Mrs. Xie will be fine.

After Xie Bai saluted Mrs. Xie, he turned and walked towards the backyard.

Back in his room again, lying on the bed, Xie Bai suddenly remembered the day when Xu Yuyao brought the imperial physician "killed" in.Looking at the bed curtain above his head, Xie Bai didn't know that the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.