Chapter 158 Jade Trace 3

"Just because you didn't do anything!" I was cold and approached her and locked her eyes. One by one, "You should know how important that painting is to the emperor, but you boldly sent it to my Deqing Palace, saying that you would report to the emperor, but in the end. Oh, you just wait for the emperor to look for the painting, and then tell him that you have seen the painting here in this palace and ask him to come to Deqing Palace to look for it. I don't believe that you are timid and dare not tell it!"

Picking the sadness between the eyebrows and said bitterly, "My concubine... I have no intention. My concubine is indeed a timid person, so I will never neglect the disappearance of the jade pendant.

I grabbed her swinging hand and whispered, "Do you think I don't know what to pay attention to in your heart? I won't let you get what you want!"

Suddenly, an angry scold came from behind: "Princess De, what are you talking about!"

I turned around and saw the Empress Changsun standing outside the door of the palace. Empress Changsun stared at me angrily, stepped into the hall, stood between me and the picker, called someone to help the crying picker to the side, and then turned back to point me. It turned out that the chip under the pressure was the queen. This woman who desperately wanted to make the harem harmonious and happy, she couldn't see who relied on her own advantage to bully the lower palace concubines, and our behavior, in the eyes of outsiders, is what she hates the most. Picking theqian won this step and found a person with more power than anyone else to support himself. The next step could not be more reasonable.

Empress Changsun moved to the upper seat and stood there, looking down at me in the hall. Her cold tone rolled with a little anger: "Chong is just looking for jade pendants. Why is Concubine De so generous that she won't let her get what she wants?"

I pressed the sharpness below and looked at her and said firmly, "I have never seen a jade pendant."

The close maid of honor who picked qian suddenly shouted, "It's the jade pendant stolen by the maid of honor around the Empress De!"

Qing'er was a little at a loss because the Empress Changsun suddenly arrived. The maid's words shocked her and immediately said to Empress Changsun, "I didn't take the jade pendant. I'm wronged!"

And the maid shouted again, "Then what are you going to do when you sneak into the palace!"

Qing'er was stunned and her eyes were at a loss. I looked at the qian fiercely, and there was a trace of pride in her pity. She should have taught these questions from the maid of honor. She didn't ask herself, but she still had concerns about this matter and left a way out. She is really a person regardless of loyalty. I really don't understand how Li Shimin can spoil her for so many years.

Qing'er bit her lips uneasily and didn't answer for a long time, and a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead. The maid of honor asked again, "Is this your own thing, or is it dictated by someone?"

I couldn't bear it and stood up: "It was I who let her go..."

Before he finished speaking, his leg was hugged. I lowered my head, and Qinger knelt on the ground and hugged me and shook her head with tears: "No! Mother, don't talk for Qinger! It was Qinger who went to listen to the Bamboo Pavilion by herself. It was Qinger who did it herself. No one knows!"

Empress Changsun didn't seem to believe it all and frowned: "Oh, is it yourself?"

Qing'er stressed: "Yes, the Empress De didn't know at all, so Cai Chongrong had been talking for the slave at that time."

Empress Changsun asked again, "Then what are you going to listen to Zhuge?" Is the disappearance of Yupei related to you?

Qing'er nodded, her trembling fingers firmly clenched in her fist, and said firmly, "Yes, it was done by the maidservant!" On that day, the queen gave the beautiful jade, and the maidservants were very happy, so they were illegitimate.

Empress Changsun asked, "Where's the jade pendant?"

Qing'er lowered her eyes and whispered: "I'm a maidservant...I'm a maidservant..."

She stood there and said innocently to Empress Changsun with a handkerchief: "My concubine asked many times when listening to the Bamboo Pavilion, but the maid of honor just refused to say anything, which overwhelmed the Deqing Palace and hoped that the Empress Deqing Palace could enlighten her."

Empress Changsun was muffled, closed her eyes, and her eyes were full of fierceness. She glanced at Qing'er on the ground and said in a low voice, "Go to the prison!"

Hearing this, Qing'er took a deep breath and exhaled. She lay on the ground and kowtowed her head three times, and when she looked up, her forehead was red. She apologized with tears: "Mother, you trust me so much. I'm sorry for you. I'm afraid that from now on, I can't serve you anymore, and the mother will definitely take good care of herself in the future.

The guard who got the order was already beside him, and one of them raised Qing'er's arm and pressed down the hall. Qinger has never struggled. I actually saw a trace of relief in her eyes. I sighed in my heart, what a stupid girl!

Empress Changsun stepped down the palace and attracted a pair of aggrieved Caiqian to her side. She glanced at me coldly and said, "I heard what Concubine De just said to Cai Chongrong. I have always thought that you are a knowledgeable woman, and I really don't like your aggressive appearance. As for the fact that Qinger, the maid of honor, steals the jade pendant, the palace will definitely find out the whereabouts of the jade pendant. In order to avoid suspicion, don't interfere in this matter, or I will never forgive you!"

Empress Changsun's words were very serious. I responded cautiously and looked up at the nettle picking nettle with a scornful smile on the corners of her mouth, and then raised my eyebrows and left the palace with the Empress Changsun. I stood in the hall, and my mind was blank for a moment. The maids who had a good relationship with Qing'er came up and knelt on the ground and cried, "Mother, I don't think Qing'er will do such a thing. Please help her!"

I don't think so, but I realized at that time that the matter of jade pendant was not so simple. If I insisted on bringing back the grievance at that time, it would only make me and Qinger fall into trouble. In the struggle, only the two parties have always known each other's intentions. If I am also imprisoned, even if Li Shimin intends to excuse me, I'm afraid I can't find an excellent and fast way. This is the struggle between me and the picker, which has nothing to do with others, and this is just the beginning.

To sit and wait for death is to destroy yourself. In order to return Qinger's innocence, the first step must be to let her persist, not because of any grievances. I immediately dredged the prison service and asked them to keep me secret this time, observe suspicious people outside, and inform them in time. I successfully found Qing'er's cell. At this time, she had changed into a prison coat and there was no sign of beating on her body. I secretly took a sigh of relief and coughed gently.

Qinger was sitting in front of the corner of the wall, suddenly turned around, took two lines of tears from her eyes, and rushed to the prison door with the sound of a chain. Just in case, I didn't let the prisoner open the door. I held her hand through the wooden door, and the corners of my eyes were sore. I said with regret, "Qinger, you are suffering."

Qing'er smiled with tears and whispered, "Mother, Cai Chongrong has always regarded you as an eye thorn. If the maidservant doesn't bear it this time, she will still point at you, so I am willing!"

I trembled, smiled gratefully, and my heart was full of indescribable guilt: "No, it's not me this time! Silly Qinger, you are thinking about me, but the person she is going to deal with this time is you!"

Qing'er's eyes were shocked and shook her head incompreh: "Why...why? The maidservant has no power and can't threaten her. Why?

I was astringent, and my heart was even more uncomfortable: "You are the person I trust. You investigate everything for me. If she gets rid of you, she will get rid of my arm."

Qing'er looked down and muttered to herself, "It's inconvenient for me to start many things by myself. If I don't have the help of trusted people around me, I can only... I can only..." She suddenly clenched my hand in shock, became anxious, and trembled slightly in her voice, "I can't leave, and I can't die!" The maidservant is so stupid that she jumped in stupidly and asked the Empress to exof me. The maidservant is really guilty!"

As long as she can understand, I put down this big stone in my heart and told her: "Don't say that about yourself, that heinous person is guilty. Qinger, remember that the queen will hand this matter over to Dali Temple, and I will clear your suspicion in the shortest time. Next, no matter what, you don't confess, or I really can't save you.

Qing'er nodded repeatedly: "I listen to my mother!"

It's not appropriate to stay for a long time. I quickly left the prison and returned to Deqing Palace. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Eunuch Zhou standing in front of the door and bowed to me with a smile. I was surprised and shocked. Soon after the incident, Eung-in-law waited for me in Deqing Palace and saw me coming back from other places. I don't know if he would tell Li Shimin to make him doubt. I felt a little guilty and smiled and asked him, "How did Grandpa Zhou come to my Deqing Palace today?"