When everyone present heard Ning Shu mention Old Princess Consort Yu, they had a feeling that His Majesty would be furious. As expected, His Majesty's face was tense, as if he would order the palace servants to punish Ning Shu for her audacity at any moment.
This was because the late Old Prince Yu was His Majesty's most trusted elder brother. Not only did he risk his life to save His Majesty when Zhao Wenzhong was plotting rebellion in Jingzhou, he also made great contributions to His Majesty when His Majesty ascended the throne twenty-five years ago, helping His Majesty secure the throne. His Majesty had always remembered this kindness in his heart. Now that Old Prince Yu had passed away, Old Princess Consort Yu was the only one left in Prince Yu's household. His Majesty was very moved and treated Old Princess Consort Yu even more favorably as compensation. Even the imperial princess was given to her to raise to relieve boredom. How could he allow a little Ning Shu to offend her? Not to mention putting her in the position of a suspect.
This Lady Ning's guts were as big as ever. Did she not know how to write the word 'death'? It really made people admire her.
Ning Shu fearlessly met His Majesty's slightly narrowed eyes and bowed, "May Your Majesty please calm down. My daughter's guesses are not baseless and have a reason."
Before His Majesty could punish her, she quickly explained the reasons for her suspicions. "Generally speaking, unless it's something urgent, most people wouldn't visit others at such a late time like the Nine Hour Period. Especially when Fourth Miss fell into the water in the afternoon. In order to express her concern, Old Princess Consort Yu should visit earlier to express her concern. However, she chose to do so at such a time. This is one of the reasons.
Secondly, after Old Princess Consort Yu visited, the servant said that Fourth Miss had already rested and it was inconvenient for her to meet. However, Old Princess Consort Yu still insisted on visiting. After pushing the door open to take a look, she retreated and said that since Fourth Miss had already fallen asleep, she would not disturb her for the time being and would come back tomorrow. Doesn't such an action seem abrupt? Did she really not believe the servant's words, or did she come just to help Mother Hui clear her suspicions and at the same time, to obscure the true time of Fourth Miss's disappearance? "
"Clap, clap, clap."
After Ning Shu finished speaking, a few claps suddenly sounded from afar. Accompanying the claps were a few intermittent coughs. Ning Shu looked towards the source of the sound and found that it was none other than Old Princess Consort Yu whom she had just mentioned.
The Emperor asked, "Imperial Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Old Princess Consort Yu sighed softly, "This old one was burning incense in the nearby Miaojing Hall when I suddenly heard the servants say that Fourth Miss of the Qi Family had been burned to death by Imperial Consort Qi in Xuan Qing Temple. How could this old one not be worried when such a big thing happened? I thought that Your Majesty must be very anxious right now, so I came to take a look. Perhaps there is something this old one can help with."
After answering the Emperor, Old Princess Consort Yu turned her gaze and looked at Qi Juanyu's charred body to express her deep regret. Then, she said to Lord Qi, "My condolences." Finally, her gaze slowly landed on Ning Shu. After sizing her up slightly, she revealed an expression of admiration, "You are the Ning Family's girl, right? This old one remembers that when you were born, the Duke's Mansion held a hundred-day celebration. This old one even hugged you once. At that time, I saw that your large eyes were very lively and I told Hexin that when you grew up, you would definitely be intelligent and charming, as clear as jade. I didn't expect it to be true. Her deduction was methodical and indeed worthy of praise. I just didn't expect that at this old one's age, with half of my body buried in the earth, I would actually have the opportunity to be treated as a suspect. This can be considered as experiencing something new before my death. It is indeed interesting. "
The Emperor had always respected Old Princess Consort Yu. At this time, when he heard her say this, he felt that Ning Shu's guess was simply absurd. He coldly said, "Daughter of the Ning Family, how can Old Princess Consort Yu be slandered by you? Quickly kneel down and beg for forgiveness!"
Just as the Emperor was about to punish her, he didn't expect that the one to smooth things over was Old Princess Consort Yu, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. Ning Yatou only said that there was such a possibility and didn't say that it was definitely this old one's doing. Why don't we listen to this child first? This old one is also very curious about the truth behind this mysterious case. "
Old Princess Yu smiled amiably, and looked at Ning Shu with a very tolerant gaze: "Regarding your two questions, this old one can answer them all. First, this old one didn't visit the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss in time because Changping Yatou had also fallen into the water that day and was frightened and suspected. There was an endless stream of people who came to visit the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss, but no one went to see Changping. This old one had taught her for six years after all and had a deeper relationship with her. I couldn't bear to see her like this and went to accompany her first. It wasn't until she fell asleep that I had the time to visit the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss. I ask for Your Majesty and Official Qi's understanding on this point. "
"As for the second point, the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss falling into the water was more or less related to Changping. This old one was worried that if this misunderstanding wasn't explained clearly in time, it would really become a misunderstanding. Thus, in a moment of desperation, this old one didn't care too much. Moreover, this old one thought that the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss was unhappy and refused to see this old one. Thus, this old one insisted on entering the hall. After entering, this old one realized that the servants weren't lying to this old one and that the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss had already fallen asleep. Thus, this old one retreated. At that time, this old one did indeed see the shape of the quilt bulge and had the same long hair as the Qi Family's Fourth Young Miss, so this old one didn't think too much about it. I don't know if Ning yatou is willing to believe this explanation? "
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