Prosperous Concubine

Chapter 528 Hitting Shangguan Yan (3)
Shangguan Yan was unmoved, looked at her coldly, and said word by word: "The reason why thieves are called thieves is because they are clever, and they steal things in front of their masters without letting the master notice." ..."

The ladies in the court looked at Su Biying with a strange look. The empress had entertained many guests in the inner hall, and this was the first time she lost something. The daughter of a dignified general's mansion has such unclean hands and feet, and her character is really bad...

Seeing everyone's contemptuous and mocking gazes, Su Biying felt very uncomfortable. She looked up at Mu Yutang, with a little hope in her clear eyes: "Yutang, do you trust me?"

Mu Yutang looked at her and nodded heavily: "I believe it!" Su Biying didn't know martial arts and was sitting next to Mu Yutang. If Su Biying stole something secretly, she would definitely be able to detect it.

"Thank you!" Su Biying's dark eyes shone brightly, and Shangguan Yan frowned tightly as she watched, and said coldly: "The lotus blossoms and stalks symbolize the harmony between husband and wife, one heart and one mind, and love is steadfast." , Ms. Su has been seriously ill and has not yet recovered. She stole the lotus blossoms and stalks in order to find a good husband by taking advantage of its beautiful meaning..."

"Cousin doesn't need any external force to find a good husband." Mu Yutang interrupted Shangguan Yan's words, her voice was as cold as ice: "She didn't steal the lotus blossoms, but someone else stole them. body!"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. Women from famous noble families valued their reputation the most. If Su Biying was found guilty of stealing, she would be despised and ridiculed by the nobles, and the entire Su family would be implicated by her for the rest of their lives.

If she was really framed by someone, what kind of hatred did that person have for her, to frame her in such a despicable and shameless way?
Seeing that everyone frowned slightly, Shangguan Yan became suspicious about this matter, her eyes flashed, and she said proudly: "There are so many people in the inner hall, and they all saw the lotus blossoming and stalks falling from Su Biying's body with their own eyes, which is enough to prove that the thing is real. She stole it."

Mu Yutang retorted unceremoniously: "A thief who steals the lotus blossoms and stalks quietly under the eyes of everyone must be a very careful thief. She will be careless enough to drop the stolen goods in front of everyone. Have you been caught?"

Shangguan Yan's face was gloomy. Mu Yutang was really smart and eloquent. With just a few words, she overturned all her conclusions. Who is that?"

The maids and nuns looked at each other, looking at their noses and their hearts: there were only Shangguan Yan, Mu Yutang, and Su Biying in the inner hall. If Su Biying was not a thief, there must be someone between Shangguan Yan and Mu Yutang. It's a thief, Shangguan Yan is the crown princess, and even the daughter-in-law of the Empress Empress, if she doesn't know how to steal lotus blossoms, then the thief is Mu Yutang.

Facing everyone's scrutinizing eyes, Mu Yutang looked at the lotus in full bloom. The emerald green leaves seemed to be infused with water, floating gently crystal clear, and the white stamens were also bubbling with faint water. , like a fresh lotus flower.

"Is there grease on the lotus blossoms?"

The little maid was stunned, and said softly: "Returning to the concubine, this servant will wipe the lotus blossoms and stalks with a special fresh oil every seven days."

Shangguan Yan's heart skipped a beat, her small face turned slightly pale.

Mu Yutang smiled slightly. The lotus blossoms and stalks are made of jade, and the best way to raise jade is to wear it, so that the jade can absorb the oil of the human body and become more and more translucent. This lotus blossom and stalks are decorations and cannot be worn. , cannot be nourished by the human body, but it is bright in color, it must have been exposed to oil frequently and received enough nourishment.

"The thieves don't know the special maintenance of the lotus stalks. When they stole the lotus stalks, they touched the lotus stalks with their hands. Just check carefully to see who has similar oil on their hands, and whoever is the real thief."

Su Biying's eyes lit up, and she hastily stretched out her hand: "My hand, you can check it at will."

The small hands are shiny and white, exuding a lustrous luster in the sun, without the slightest trace of oil. She is not someone who steals lotus blossoms and stalks.

Everyone's eyes fell on Mu Yutang, and Mu Yutang stretched out her hand slowly, her white hands were slender and delicate, without any trace of oil.

Everyone looked at Shangguan Yan. Shangguan Yan's hand under the sleeve was tightly clenched, and slowly stretched out. The left hand was white and tender, and there was nothing unusual about it, but the white palm of the right hand was glowing with water-colored luster, with delicate palm lines. Inside, a little oily.

Mu Yutang looked at her with a smile that was not a smile: "Why are there oil stains on the palm of the Crown Princess?"

Shangguan Yan glanced at her, raised her brows, and said proudly: "It's not oil stains, it's water stains. When I drank hot tea, I splashed a few drops on my palm..."

"Really? Tea stains on the sleeves, it doesn't look greasy." Mu Yutang's cold voice was filled with indescribable sarcasm.

Everyone followed her direction, and saw an incomplete oil-colored palm print on the inside of Shangguan Yan's sleeve: it turned out that the Crown Princess stole the lotus blossoms and stalks, deliberately blaming others for Su Biying... …

Everyone looked at Shangguan Yan, with deep sarcasm flashing in their eyes: the dignified princess, stealing things with cheap hands, and planting the blame on others, her thoughts are really vicious!
"I didn't steal it... I really didn't take the lotus stems..." Shangguan Yan's face was pale and bloodless. She had only seen lotus blossoms once or twice. Grease was applied to the opening handle. When she was holding the jade just now, time was tight, and she didn't feel greasy in her hands, so she didn't care much. She didn't expect to cause a big disaster, but Mu Yutang wanted to punish her, but she didn't. So easy: "Before I came to Kunning Palace, I ate a small piece of pastry, dipped in oil..."

Listening to her excuses, Mu Yutang laughed mockingly: "The oil on the jade is a specially refined fragrance oil, which is completely different from the cooking oil used to make cakes, and the taste is also different. The fragrance of the oil on the crown princess is just The smell of fragrant oil..."

Shangguan Yan choked, and gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart. She was dealing with Su Biying, and Mu Yutang actually came forward to fight against her. It's really abhorrent!It's not that easy to bring her down: "Mother, you believe me, I was wronged..."

The queen looked at her beautiful eyes full of tears, her face was gloomy and terrifying: witnesses and physical evidence are all there, so what grievances can she complain about?In front of so many court ladies and nuns, she failed to frame others and was charged with theft. She was really stupid. Tianjun's face was completely lost to her: "Go back to the room and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. Without the order of the palace, Don't take a step outside the Prince's East Palace!"

Shangguan Yan was startled, her eyes filled with tears: "Mother..."

"Don't make me say it a second time." The empress's cold voice was full of sternness, and Shangguan Yan's body trembled when she heard it, she didn't dare to say any more explanations, and responded aggrievedly: "Yes!"

The queen closed her eyes not to look at her aggrieved appearance, her brows were tightly frowned, and there was a trace of fatigue floating between her brows.

(End of this chapter)