Chapter 34

Gu Ling sobbed, crying softly, "Empress, my concubine has never had any enmity with you, and I usually respect you a lot, praying for you every day, why did you instruct Xiuxue to steal my concubine's things?"

Hearing her talking nonsense with her eyes open, Su Mianyue also showed doubts, "Stealing things, when did I order Xiuxue to steal from you? Isn't this Xiuxue one of yours? How can I order it around?"

Since this Gu Ling pretended to be innocent, how could she not accompany her in a good show.

Gu Ling glanced at Xiuxue, and Xiuxue was so frightened that she fell to her knees in front of Su Mianyue, "Your Majesty, you can't turn your back on it. This servant was indeed instructed by you to steal Concubine Ling's Jade Buddha in a daze."

"What a girl full of nonsense." Su Mianyue pretended to be angry, "You are the concubine Ling, and you dare to plant spoils on me. According to you, I ordered you to steal the concubine's things. This is what I did. What's your intention?"

"Empress, you... you are short of money, so you sold it." Xiuxue stammered and flustered, facing Su Mianyue's harsh accusation at this moment, she simply couldn't explain it.

This is what Su Mianyue was waiting for, and she suddenly smiled slightly, "Xiu Xue, what do you mean, I am so poor that I want to exchange the things in the palace for money?"

She knelt down straight in front of Mu Ting, and immediately put on a mournful look, "Your Majesty, you are a Mingjun, you are magnanimous in the court, and you are also tolerant of the harem, but this little maid, dare to talk nonsense She is clearly implying that you, the emperor, treat the people in the harem harshly, and the concubines are the masters of the harem, and she actually said that the palace is so poor that you want to sell things. Isn't this a disguised form of satire on you?"

She glanced at Gu Ling, and said pointedly, "How dare a little court lady speak such nonsense, she must be instigated by someone to slander my palace."

Saying that, Su Mianyue lowered her head, looking extremely aggrieved.

Gu Ling was wiping away tears at the side, waiting for Mu Ting to vent his anger on the queen when the truth came to light, but now hearing that Su Mianyue kicked this incident onto herself again with a single mouth, she was so angry that there was no place in her heart However, she suddenly plopped and knelt down again, with tears in her eyes, "Empress, how can you slander your concubine with empty words, Xiuxue stole things from the palace, everyone can see clearly, And Xiuxue also made a confession, you can't treat your concubine like this."

Su Mianyue sneered in her heart, but said slowly, "Concubine Ling, you said that this palace is slandering you with empty words, but who is this Xiuxue instigated to frame this palace for no reason?"

Gu Ling was immediately speechless by her words, and glared at Xiuxue, "Xiuxue, tell the truth, how did the empress order you to steal things."

Caught in the middle of several people, Xiuxue couldn't protect herself, so she bit the bullet and made up the story of Su Mianyue ordering her to steal the Jade Buddha that day, and made it clear.

"Your Majesty!!" Gu Ling wailed, "The concubine was wronged!"

"Is there a need for me to steal it?" Su Mianyue was not afraid at all, the little eunuch and Xiuxue were on the street from the beginning to the end of this matter, she would be foolish to admit it.

"Enough." Mu Ting was disturbed by the women in the room. He looked at Gu Ling with a dark face, and then at Su Mianyue.

He took a deep breath, really hesitating in his heart.

What Xiuxue said was sincere, and it didn't look like it was a lie. With the financial resources of the Su family, Su Mianyue grew up in the brocade family, so she still needs to do something like steal?

Besides, she is the Empress of the Central Palace, and her food and clothing are indispensable, and her share is even thicker than that of other concubines. If she instigates a little maid to steal items in the palace and sell them for money, what can I say? It's impossible.

Su Mianyue doesn't have anything in her house. She has probably seen more gold-threaded emerald Buddhas from the Western Regions, merman tears from the Eastern Japan, and rare luminous pearls from Tianzhu. After seeing this white jade Buddha statue, why not take it out for money?It's nonsense!

"Your Majesty, you have to decide for your concubine." Seeing Mu Ting's hesitant expression, Gu Ling immediately showed a pitiful look, and threw himself at Mu Ting's feet.

Mu Ting sighed heavily, the affairs of the harem are so intricate that they are far more annoying than the affairs of the court.

"Xiu Xue has always been well-behaved and obedient. She has been with her concubine for many years and has never had anything to do with anyone. If she hadn't been ordered by the queen to do this kind of thing now, how would she have the guts?" Gu Ling cried tenderly, The spearhead was directed at Su Mianyue.

Seeing Gu Ling crying sadly, Mu Ting's heart softened a lot, "Qingqing, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, so don't cry yet."

With the emperor's guarantee, Gu Ling stopped sobbing, and said softly, "My concubine thanked the emperor."

In this way, regardless of the right or wrong of this matter, the emperor is temporarily on her side, she is on the sidelines anyway, the only people caught in the situation are Su Mianyue and that damned Xiuxue!
"Empress, please let this servant go, you really asked this servant to do it, if you hadn't threatened this servant, even if you have 1 guts, this servant would never dare to do this!" Xiuxue kowtowed, His forehead was knocked against the blue brick floor, with traces of blood oozing out.

"This matter was not done by my palace, which is right and which is wrong, but the emperor decides." Su Mianyue simply put on a cold face. She has seen the tricks of master and servant before, and now she does not admit it. What's wrong with her?
"Check it out for me!!" Mu Ting yelled angrily, "Check out all the maids and eunuchs in this palace, and if anyone dares to hide anything, I will give you a heavy beating."

The majesty of the Son of Heaven only made everyone tremble, several eunuchs immediately scrambled down to the hall, and summoned people to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Gu Ling pulled Mu Ting's sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes lightly.

Mu Ting bent down slightly, coaxing softly.

Su Mianyue knelt straight, seeing Mu Ting's preference for Gu Ling, she turned her face away, pretending that she couldn't see.

"Report to the emperor!" A big eunuch hurriedly ran up, his face was covered with sweat, "We found a clue!!"

"Say!!" Mu Ting immediately stood up, and Gu Ling followed suit, staring at the eunuch without blinking.

The big eunuch waved to the outside of the hall, and immediately two heavily armed imperial guards escorted a flustered little eunuch into the hall.

"This is the eunuch who helped resell the treasures from the palace, his name is Ah Qi." The chief eunuch bowed and bowed back.

"Emperor... Your Majesty..." The little eunuch had never seen such a battle before, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Mu Ting's eyes are cold, who is making trouble in his harem, today he must find out! !
"Tell me from the truth!! Say it!!"

Under the Emperor Longwei, the little eunuch was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the ground, stammered the story, and cried with tears, "The servant was ordered by two maids."

"Huh? Why?" Mu Ting raised his eyebrows.

"This way...threatening the servant and Xiuxue like this, others will think that Xiuxue really stole something."

"What a hateful slave!" Gu Ling's eyes turned red, he gritted his teeth, turned around and pulled Mu Ting's sleeve, weeping softly, "Your Majesty, my concubine has been wronged, you have to make decisions for my concubine."

"You dog slave!! How dare you pretend to be a ghost under my nose." Mu Ting was also furious, and raised his head and asked, "Which two bold court ladies are they, do you know them?"

"I recognize it." The little eunuch kowtowed like garlic, carefully raised his eyes and scanned all the people in the palace, and suddenly shouted, "It's those two!"

Following the direction of his finger, there are two court ladies behind Su Mianyue, Chunhuaqiuyue.

"Su Mianyue, you are so courageous!!" Mu Ting was so angry that his face turned black. The queen is the master of the palace, and she took the lead in confusing the harem. Did she take him seriously as the emperor?

"It's not a concubine." Su Mianyue glared at the little eunuch, "If you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth off."

"There are people with stolen goods, how dare you deny it." Mu Ting said angrily, "You are simply too daring."

"It's not Bengong!!" Su Mianyue stared at him, looking at Mu Ting without fear, "It's not my palace maid! The emperor just blamed Bengong on the grounds of a little eunuch? It's really unbelievable. convince."

"How dare you deny it! Queen, I really hope for you!"

"Empress, if you want something from my concubine, just say so." Gu Ling leaned in Mu Ting's arms, pretending to wipe her tears with a brocade handkerchief, and said softly, "Is there anything my concubine would not give to my sister? Why let people steal it?"

"Is there a need for me to steal it?" Su Mianyue's eyes were full of disdain and she didn't even bother to perform an autopsy, "You have never seen the world, and it would be impossible for me to be like you. You hide this white jade Buddha statue as a rarity, thinking This palace will also be rare?"

"You!" Gu Lingqi was extremely corrupted. This Su Mianyue used her family background to suppress her, so she relied on her family's wealth and power, "Empress Empress, you are right, although the concubine's family is not as good as yours, no matter what, It is also a noble heir, Empress, what do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean, I mean you are short-sighted." Su Mianyue rolled her eyes.

"I'm afraid it's the person who sent the slaves to steal things from the palace." Gu Ling was in a hurry, and didn't care to pretend to be soft in front of Mu Ting, and confronted Su Mianyue tit for tat, "You...you are nothing more than It is to blame the emperor for doting on his concubines and being jealous, so he finds someone to harm his concubines."

Su Mianyue let out a long laugh, "I don't care, there's no need to blame, you two can do whatever you like, this palace happens to be quiet."

"Presumptuous!!" In front of the whole room, Mu Ting couldn't hold back his face, and shouted angrily, "Queen, it seems that I won't punish you today, I'm afraid you will become even more arrogant in the future!"

"Come here!!" Mu Ting ordered with a sullen face, "Decide my will, the empress will be punished thirty times with a cane!!"

(End of this chapter)

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