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The six people kneeling in the hall became more and more nervous. In the end, Si Yu trembled with fear for not even doing anything.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Si Yu said lightly, "Start with the first one on the right and tell me what's going on."

The first one on the right is a little eunuch. When he heard Si Yu point him, he was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly. "Your Majesty, I'm on duty tonight, but I'm guarding the palace gate outside. I don't know how the water is inside. I really don't know at all. Just this afternoon, the girls in the palace made a lot of paper lanterns and hung them on some trees in the palace..."

He stopped at this and looked around in fear, but he didn't see anything from Si Yu. He had to brace himself and continue to say, "When I heard someone in the palace calling for water, several trees in the yard near the house where the noble lived burned..."

"Hmm." Si Yu nodded and looked at another little eunuch beside him.

"The slave Xiaoshu followed him to guard the door outside the palace. What he saw and knew was exactly the same as the summer solstice." The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and said, "It's just a little more, this afternoon..." He paused for a moment, looked up at Si Yu and hurriedly kowtowed hard, and whispered, "It was only in the afternoon that I saw Miss Xialian next to the imperial concubine coming over and said that she had been ordered by the imperial concubine. It is said that the things used to make lanterns were all the last time the imperial concubine came down..."

Lin Su, who had been watching coldly, didn't expect that the fire would burn on him. Hearing this, he was slightly stunned, and then slowly stood up and saluted.

"It's just a Lantern Festival. Naturally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will distribute it one by one in the harem. My concubine has already told the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how can I specially reward the noble people separately?" Lin Su was not in a hurry and spoke in a clear way. She looked straight at Si Yu and even had a smile on her face. "What's more, my concubine clearly knows that nobles usually serve the empress dowager. Even if someone is sent as a reward, I'm afraid I will send someone to tell the empress dowager."

Zhou Shude then stood up and knelt beside Lin Su. "I really didn't hear that the imperial concubine gave me anything." She turned her head and looked at Lin Su, and then looked at the kneeling maids. "And after returning to the palace, I didn't hear anyone say that the imperial concubine rewarded the bamboo sticks, paper and other things with * lanterns."

Si Yu stretched out his hand and raised it slightly. "You two get up and sit down and listen carefully to what these slaves will say."

Lin Su just got up and held Zhou Shude. Only then did he realize that the other party's hands were trembling slightly, and he didn't know whether he was afraid or for something.

The two sat down next to each other. Zhou Shude picked up the teacup and held it in her hand in a panic, while Lin Su calmly looked at the other four maids present.

"These four maids of honor are served by the nobles. Let's talk about how they are doing in their daily life, right?"

"This is Qiqiao, Zhongyuan, Shangyuan, and the Dragon Boat Festival." Zhou Shude then looked up and was a little uneasy in her voice. "There was an accident tonight. It was Qiqiao who woke up my concubine in time to save my concubine."

"Begging for Qiao?" Si Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's going on?"

Then Qi Qiao looked up and whispered, "I was vigil, but in the afternoon, I accompanied my sisters in the palace to make palace lanterns, so I fell asleep in a daze in the middle of the night." She trembled slightly, "There was a sudden fire in the middle of the night. The fire reflected the window and the concubine woke up. Seeing that the momentum outside was not right, she immediately rushed into the inner room to wake up De Guiren..."

"The imperial concubine sent Xia Lian to the reward in your palace...?" Si Yu took a deep breath and looked at the four maids kneeling on the ground. "Since the eunuch who guarded the door said he saw Xia..." He looked at Lin Su, and Lin Su nodded: "Xia Lian, I have been learning to do things with Xia Yan over the years, and now she can be alone, so my concubine often sends her out to send something to everyone in the palace. Sister."

"Xia Lian, has she really given a reward?"

Qi Qiao looked up hesitantly, looked at Zhou Shude, and then whispered, "Yes."

Zhou Shude suddenly widened her eyes and wanted to speak, but Qiqiao suddenly said, "In addition to sending some * palace lamps, Miss Xia Lian also sent a lot of candles. It is said that it was specially used in the Fuliu Hall, but not in other palaces, and it was given to us nobles alone. There are still some of those candles that have not been used up..."

"Changfu and noble." Si Yu shouted in a low voice, and Chang Fugui immediately stood up and bowed for the order, "Go and get those candles." Unexpectedly, he didn't even look at Lin Su. Lin Su slightly raised the corners of his lips and glanced slightly at Zhou Shude. Zhou Shude seemed to have been looking at her. Seeing this, she immediately shook her head slightly, "I really don't know anything about this..."

Lin Su put his hand on her hand and patted her gently to indicate that she should not be impatient.

Such an easily debunked frame-up does not seem to be made by the delicate Zhou Shude. However, it is not easy to buy through the eunuch maids around her. And those who can easily do this in the harem...

Lin Su only felt a slight chill in her heart. If it hadn't been for the Fuliu Hall, which she had always strictly controlled herself, she was afraid that... would have been framed by such a means.

It's just Zhou Shude... Lin Su's eyes darkened slightly, and he knew in his heart that even if this matter could be found out clearly in the end, I'm afraid that Si Yu would completely get tired of her.

The person who did it was really vicious... If she directly burned Zhou Shude, she was afraid that the truth would be found out and could not hurt Lin Su at all. On the contrary, it made Si Ye feel even more distressed for Lin Su. And now, even if the truth is found out, I'm afraid that Si Yu will still have one or two doubts about her?

Thinking of this, Lin Su looked up and happened to look at Si Yu's four eyes. Seeing that there seemed to be a trace of concern in Si Yu's eyes, somehow, he felt as if he had been burned. My nose is slightly sore, and I actually feel like I want to cry.

She quickly lowered her head and suppressed the feeling of crying. When she looked up again, Chang Fugui came in, and Si Yu had already looked away.

"There was a fire in the noble palace. It is said that the candles given by the imperial concubine have almost burned. I looked for it for a long time before I found that most of them had not been used up. Emperor, please look..." Chang Fugui said and took a step forward with the tray and bowed to Si Yu.

Si Ye looked down, and his face became gloomy in an instant.