All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

There are ready-made rattan canes in Yuxiu Palace.

It was Mu Xue'e who asked Danzhu to hit Li Yuejiao with it.

It is in the main hall where Mu Xue'e lived before her death.

Aunt Liu took the cane wrapped in cloth and walked directly towards Mrs. Zhou.

"Mother..." Mu Xue'e circled around Mrs. Zhou anxiously, looking at Shen Lingxi, "Miss Shen, you have a lot of adults, and my mother is getting old, so she is so impulsive because she is too sad, please The girl begged His Highness for me, please spare my mother this time..."

Shen Lingxi glanced at her, then turned her eyes lightly, showing that she didn't want to meddle in this business.

In front of so many people, she couldn't speak to Mu Xue'e's dead soul.

On the contrary, those concubines and concubines and sisters spoke in a hurry.

"Little girl, do you know how to ask for help now? When you let the servant girl beat someone yesterday, did you ever think that Li Yuejiao is also weak and sick?"

"Yeah, yes, although we didn't see you beating anyone yesterday, the news spread to all the maids and eunuchs in this palace. I heard that you vomited blood when you beat Li Yuejiao. Your mother's life is your life. The life of others is not life?"

"And when you were young, the little girl named Xiu'er from the Liu family accidentally ran into you. You ran behind her and wanted to push her into the lake. Although Liu Xiu'er was vigilant, you didn't let you succeed. You fell into the water by yourself. But I heard that you, a black-hearted woman, forced the Liu family to marry Liu Xiu'er to a gambler, and you were tortured to death within a few years."

"When Liu Xiu'er died, your mother brought you to this lake to educate you. What did you say, 'If you want to kill someone, you will be inferior if you do it yourself. With your status, what do you want to do? People just go. Since then, there has been this cane, isn't it?"

"You come to this palace every year, and you don't beat people once or twice. Anyone who sees your cane will be afraid. It's just that you are noble, and those who are bullied by you can only swallow your anger and dare not be angry. Dare to speak. In this life of a person, what is the cause and what is the result? Have you ever thought about today?"

"But these years, if you don't like anyone, you always instigate others to do it, and you have never done it yourself. How did you get killed by Li Yuejiao this time?"

These ex-dynasties and concubines wandered around the palace all day long, and whenever there was any excitement, they must be watched to the end.

Even Mu Xue'e didn't expect that her dark history from childhood to adulthood would be wiped out by these female ghosts.

But she has always been sharp-tongued. If it was usual, when she heard other people... oh no, it was the other ghosts who exposed her old background in this way, and would have made troubles a long time ago without showing mercy.

But now when the ghosts mentioned Liu Xiu'er who died because of her, Mu Xue'e closed her mouth in a rare way, her face was stiff and red, and she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"Whatever you say, I'm dead anyway, everything is settled!"

Putting down these words angrily, Mu Xue'e knew that Shen Lingxi would not help, so she hugged Mrs. Zhou tightly with her soul and body.

Mrs. Zhou still had a fluke mentality, and felt that His Royal Highness, although terrifying, might not really punish her.

But it wasn't until this moment that she realized that the other party was serious.

She is the dignified first-rank Duke's wife and the queen's sister-in-law.

If she was really beaten in this palace today, and it will be spread in the future, not to mention her, wouldn't even the Duke of the State be ridiculed in court?

"My lord... my lord... save my concubine..." Mrs. Zhou begged her husband for help.

But Mu Tiangang frowned and shook his head silently at her.

In his opinion, His Royal Highness Ning Wang only punished her for the crime of hurting others according to the law, and did not care about the crime she committed above.

The husband's silence made Mrs. Zhou's heart feel cold instantly.

Aunt Liu walked up to Mrs. Zhou, confessed her crime in a low voice, and asked the maid to put Mrs. Zhou on the spring stool, raised the cane in her hand, and beat Mrs. Zhou's buttocks with the cane.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The sound of rattan being whipped echoed in the silent courtyard.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Mrs. Zhou screamed in pain.

Every time she yelled, Mu Xue'e's soul trembled, and tears were already streaming down her face.

"Aniang, if I knew this earlier, my daughter should have accumulated virtue and done good deeds before she was alive, and she shouldn't have done so many evil things, causing you to suffer along with her daughter, it's her daughter who harmed you..."

At the same time Mrs. Zhou was being beaten, the embroidered clothes envoy carried Mu Xue'e's body from the Dizang Palace into the Yuxiu Palace.

And Dan Zhu, who was lying on the ground before and had his arm joints removed by Shen Lingxi, also endured the pain, got up from the ground tremblingly, knelt in the middle of the palace courtyard, and watched Mrs. Zhou being tortured with dim eyes.

Those Habayashi guards, the embroidered clothes envoy directly tied them up and knelt on the ground.

Aunt Liu returned to her seat after finishing her execution.

Mrs. Zhou lay prone on the spring bench, sobbing sobbingly that she couldn't make a sound.

After forty cane beatings, Mrs. Zhou still had the strength to cry. It can be seen that Aunt Liu was concerned about her identity and was lenient.

The servants and maidservants who followed Cheng Engong made a wink, intending to let them carry Mrs. Zhou down.

But Mrs. Zhou pushed their hands away indiscriminately, as if she wanted to fight to the end here.

With a dark face, Cheng Engong raised his eyes to Chu Yan, with a few more pleading eyes.

Chu Yan said coldly, "Since Cheng Engong has come, let's listen here. Come, show Cheng Engong and Mu Shaoqing."

Cheng Engong bowed to Chu Yan gratefully.

Mu Huaian stretched out his hand to help him up, and sat aside.

Everyone ignored Mrs. Zhou who was lying on the spring stool in the middle.

With the lesson of forty canes, even though Madam Zhou was unwilling to show it, she just lay down on the spring bench and wiped her tears sobbing.

Chu Yan waved his hand at Shen Lingxi, "Since this case was tried by Taoist Master Miao Ling just now, and it doesn't bother one person, let Taoist Master Miao Ling continue the trial."

As soon as these words came out, everyone who was present just now did not feel that there was anything wrong.

But the newcomers Cheng Engong Mu Tiangang, Mrs. Zhou and Mu Huai'an couldn't hide their surprise.

Mu Tiangang just felt that this was not in line with the emperor's grandson's usual style of behavior. After all, this His Highness is the most famous person in the Zhou Dynasty who hates monks, Taoists and magicians.

Mrs. Zhou was so startled that her eyes almost popped out, she forgot to continue sobbing for a while.

She moved her lips, wanting to object, but when she thought of the forty canes she had just suffered, she pursed her lips reluctantly, gritted her silver teeth and stared at Shen Lingxi angrily.

Mu Huai'an was surprised that in just over half a month, Chu Yan pushed Shen Lingxi in front of others so unavoidably.

The situation in the court was treacherous and dangerous, he let Shen Lingxi show off in front of others, it would be fine if he could protect her all the time in the future, if there was a mistake, as far as Shen Lingxi was concerned, it would be a catastrophe.

Thinking of this, Mu Huai'an's expression was very solemn, and his gaze towards Shen Lingxi was also tainted with a little worry.

Shen Lingxi didn't think so much, bowed to accept orders, picked up the silver hairpin that Li Yuejiao dropped from the ground just now, and walked to Danzhu.

"Just now you said that Li Yuejiao stabbed you and Danju with a hairpin, and stabbed County Lord Bingqing to death. You and Danju are both in a coma, so you don't know what happened next, right?" she asked.

Dan Zhu lowered his head and replied tremblingly: "Yes."

Shen Lingxi raised her eyes to look at Chunjun, "Where's that maid Danju? Why didn't you see her?"

Chun Jun: "Still in a coma."

Shen Lingxi nodded clearly, and extended the silver hairpin in her hand to Danzhu's line of sight, "But this silver hairpin?"

"The servant didn't see clearly, it should be this." Danzhu replied vaguely.

Shen Lingxi smiled, "Then let me ask you, Lord Bingqing hurt her heart, but where did you and Danju hurt? How did she hurt you?"

"Both Numaid and Danju are injured on their arms." Danzhu quickly replied: "Danju's left arm, Numaid's right arm. Danju was unprepared, she was stabbed first, fainted, she stood up and went out Running, the county lord stepped forward to stop her, she pierced the county lord's heart with a hairpin. The servants stretched out their hands to protect the county lord, but she also stabbed her into the right arm, and then disappeared."

Shen Lingxi's eyes fell on Danzhu's right arm.

The joint of that arm, which was just removed by Shen Lingxi, was hanging weakly by her side.

Danzhu is wearing a green dress and a pink skirt at the moment, and the green dress has been stained by mud and looks dirty.

Even so, there was still a trace of blood on the sleeve of the upper arm.

The blood stain started from the middle of the upper arm and spread to the inside.

Shen Lingxi's eyes froze for a few breaths on the bloody place, and then she asked again, "You really got hurt to protect the county lord?"

Danzhu: "Exactly."

Shen Lingxi elongated her voice "Oh..." and squatted down, her porcelain white fingertips landed on the joints of her right arm, caressing them quickly.

"hiss……"

Following Danzhu's gasping hiss in pain, only a "click" was heard, and the joints of her arms were restored to their original positions by Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi looked at her with a half-smile, "Now, your arm can move, show me, how did your right arm protect the county magistrate, and even get a hairpin from Li Yuejiao?"

Shen Lingxi's request made Danzhu stunned for a moment, and there was a little panic in his eyes.

But soon, it was covered by her drooping eyes.

Danzhu bit her lip, "Servant...servant was too flustered at that time, no, I don't quite remember how to block the hairpin."

"It's okay." Shen Lingxi said with a smile, "You can make gestures as you like."

Danzhu raised his hand hesitantly, still looking for a place——
Suddenly, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Shen Lingxi's smile faltering, and then a silver light flashed, and she raised her hand and stabbed towards him!

Danzhu subconsciously lowered his head and raised his arms to protect his neck.

However, the expected pain did not come——
Shen Lingxi's clear and clear voice said coldly: "If you use your arms to protect someone, whether it's protecting others or yourself, you will definitely raise your arms to protect yourself. When encountering danger, ordinary people's subconscious reaction, Just put your arms around the most vulnerable part of yourself, like your neck, like you're reacting right now."

She said, pressing the hairpin in her hand against the outer side of her upper arm, "As long as you protect people, the hairpin injury you get will definitely start from here, towards the shoulder area. After the injury, the direction of blood flow, It should also follow the direction of the bones, flowing outward and downward."

"But your hairpin injury is on the inner side of your upper arm, and the direction of blood stains is also flowing inward. If I'm not wrong, this injury should be caused by your self-injury while holding the hairpin in your left hand, isn't it?"

Danzhu was shocked, and quickly denied: "Danzhu didn't understand what the Taoist priest was talking about. The wound on the servant girl's arm was indeed caused by Miss Li. The Taoist priest and Miss Li were on good terms. The girl had a dispute with my master, and now she's turning black and white and covering up the murderer, isn't she afraid that my master will turn into a ghost and seek your life?"

Shen Lingxi glanced at the dead soul of Mu Xue'e next to her.

Meeting Shen Lingxi's eyes, Mu Xue'e's eyes wandered.

However, when looking at Danzhu, it was a little more complicated.

Shen Lingxi pointedly said: "I only heard that Li Gui will only follow the real murderer to claim his life, but I have never heard that he will find irrelevant people to claim his life...

She said, lowering her voice, and said in a gloomy tone: "I feel right now that the evil spirit around you is very strong, and your master seems to have been by your side since last night."

In Danzhu's eyes, a mockery flashed quickly.

On the face, he made a look of grievance, turned to Mrs. Zhou who was lying on the spring stool, kowtowed a few times, and cried: "Ma'am, the county master died unjustly, and now this Taoist girl still has to turn black and white , The slaves have served the county lord for so many years, and even gave up their lives to protect the county lord, a loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon."

"I will never allow others to slander my innocence at will. In order to avenge the county lord, a slave's life is nothing, even if I die at this moment, it is not a pity. I only ask you, you must be the master of the county! "

As she spoke, she quickly stood up, and slammed into the nearest palace wall!
"Stop her!"

Shen Lingxi let out a low cry, and Chun Jun flew forward, grabbed Danzhu by the collar, lifted her up, turned her around, and threw her on the ground.

The two embroiderers stepped forward and put her on the ground to prevent her from seeking death.

Mrs. Zhou originally hated Shen Lingxi to the extreme, but because of the caning punishment she received just now, she swallowed her anger.

Seeing that her trusted loyal servant was going to die to avenge her daughter, Mrs. Zhou was immediately inspired.

For the sake of her daughter, she immediately went all out and shouted: "Your Highness, this Taoist Master Miao Ling is a suspect of the murderer, but you let her interrogate the case. Li Yuejiao is the murderer who killed my daughter. You deliberately cover up that foxy girl!" , You’re so luscious, I don’t accept it! I’m going to see the empress, I’m going to see the emperor, and I want them to uphold justice for my daughter.”

Danzhu, who was pressed to the ground by the embroiderer, heard Mrs. Zhou's shout, and a very strange smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

Chu Yan frowned, his sharp eyes swept back and forth between Danzhu and Mrs. Zhou, and a moment of amazement flashed in his deep eyes.

Not only him, but all the onlookers on the field, and anyone with a little brain can see that there is something wrong with this maid.

She was deliberately instigating Mrs. Zhou to provoke the emperor's grandson to seek death.

Shen Lingxi ignored Mrs. Zhou, and strode over to the eager Mu Xue'e.

She asked in a low voice: "What happened last night? Since you were killed by her, why are you still unwilling to tell the truth? Can't you see that if you don't tell me, your mother will be sent away by this servant girl every step of the way?" Dead end?"