Old Princess Yu spoke out to protect Xiao Zhangping. Empress Cao discussed with the two old concubines and decided to give her face. They temporarily ordered the palace servants to send Xiao Zhangping back to his own palace. It was said that Xiao Zhangping was frightened when he fell into the water. In fact, it was like putting him under house arrest.
Qi Zhangyu was immediately sent to the Fragrant Hall, which was closest to the Tai Yi Pond. She was asked to change clothes to get rid of the cold.
In one day, two farces happened in a row. One was bigger than the other. It was really tiring and frightening. The banquet was over. The young ladies of the various manors quickly returned to their manors and left the palace with a stomach full of fear and doubts. With their departure, the curse of the eight characters could no longer be concealed. It was believed that before sunset tonight, everyone in the capital would know about it.
Empress Cao accompanied the two tired old concubines back to the palace to rest. Hundreds of palace servants obeyed the Empress' order. They bent down and buried themselves in the fragrant Imperial Garden to search inch by inch to see if they could find any clues.
The black satin in front of Xiahou Qing fluttered in the wind. After hearing what had just happened, he gently twisted his fingers in his palm and calmly said, "How do you feel?"
Ning Shu's eyes moved along with the palace servants' search. She instantly said, "Too arrogant."
The other side clearly knew that the Emperor ordered them to deliberately conceal the curse last night. Today, they revealed it in public. It was so deliberate. It was as if they were saying: The more you are afraid of people knowing, the more I want the world to know! Qi Zhangyu, the future Shizi Fei of Lord Ping Nan's Mansion, was bound to die. No one could stop it.
Tsk, this kind of arrogance is really detestable.
"And it was a little rushed." She paused for a moment and said, "Last night, when the Imperial Astronomer first presented this piece of paper, two hours ago, when the Imperial Concubine was chosen, and not long ago, when Qi Zhanyu fell into the water, another piece of paper was placed in his collar. These several difficult tasks were all completed in less than sixteen hours. If there is a little bit of evidence left, the whole game will be lost. He arranged it so impatiently. Is it because he is overconfident and fearless, or is there something that forced him to end this matter in the shortest time possible? "
"What is this?" Just as they were whispering to each other, a palace servant suddenly discovered a round object at the roots of the flower bushes beside the Imperial Liquid Pool. He used all his strength to pull it out from the dense branches and leaves of the flower roots.
The people around him immediately gathered around to take a look and exclaimed, "Eastern Pearl, this is an Eastern Pearl. With such a huge and round color, it must be worth a lot. How did it end up here? "
"Ah, isn't this the place where Fourth Young Miss Qi and the Thirteenth Princess fell into the water? The Eastern Pearl is here. Could it be that someone deliberately threw it here to harm the two of you? "
"But even if someone deliberately threw it here, wouldn't it be fine to throw a glass bead or a pebble? Why did you throw such an expensive Eastern Pearl? "
The palace servants began to discuss among themselves. Hearing the words "Eastern Pearl", Xiahou Qing immediately said, "Give me that pearl."
What did he want the bead for? Ning Shu looked at him in confusion, but it was not his place to explain to her what His Highness Crown Prince did. She hurriedly lowered her head and went forward to borrow the bead from the palace servants.
The round Eastern Pearl fell into Xiahou Qing's palm. The pearl was lustrous, while His Highness's palm was white. For a moment, it was hard to tell whether the Eastern Pearl was lustrous or His Highness's palm was more beautiful.
Ning Shu was secretly drooling in her heart when she heard Xiahou Qing frown and ask in a low voice, "What color is it?"
Ning Shu leaned closer and carefully looked at it, "It's milky white microns. Under the sun, you can see a colorful luster."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiahou Qing said, "It's mine."
Ah?
Before Ning Shu could react, she heard Xiahou Qing snort and clench his fist, "A few days ago, at the Phoenix Terrace Golden Buddha Ceremony, you exposed Xiao Yunyan's true colors in front of everyone and forced him to take you down with him. At that time, I didn't have anything useful, so I took this Eastern Pearl from the jade pendant and hit his wrist and knee. After that, Jiusi found one for me, but the other one was nowhere to be found. At that time, I thought it was picked up by the crowd, so I let it go and didn't pursue it. I didn't expect it to see the light of day today. "
Moreover, it was in such a situation!
Hearing this, even Ning Shu couldn't help but be slightly stunned. At that time, the Phoenix Terrace Case had not been solved yet, and they were in a tense period. All their energy was invested in that case. However, the other party had already stealthily extended his hand to the next case that had yet to come.
Such a layout, such a plan, such a scheme.
It was simply amazing, but also terrifying.
Previously, they were still discussing whether the curse was targeted at Xiahou Qing or Qi Fei and Qi Zhouyu. Now, it was completely clear. It was never one of them, but two birds with one stone!
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