If nothing unexpected happens, Gu Yanrou will frame herself and ask the Empress Dowager to search her bedroom. If she doesn't find that palace maid, the Phoenix Hairpin may be found in her bedroom the next moment.

No wonder the palace maid this morning refused to reveal anything. It turned out that she was Gu Yanrou's maid. She must have heard a lot of bad things about her from Gu Yanrou.

After all, the original Gu Yanyue was a real soft persimmon, and she wouldn't say anything even if she was bullied.

But she is not a pushover and will definitely not be harmed by such a trick.

Gu Yanyue glanced at Gu Yanrou, but the latter actually looked at Gu Yanyue with pride and raised her eyebrows.

Gu Yanrou felt that the humiliation she had suffered in the past few days and just now were all for this moment. She wanted to hit Gu Yanyue hard to prevent her from succeeding.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanrou couldn't wait to say, "Empress Dowager, my mother is grateful every day for the hairpin you gave her. She also loves the phoenix gold hairpin so much that she is afraid of losing it. This hairpin was just brought into the palace by me, how could it be..."

The Queen Mother frowned upon hearing this and glanced at Gu Yanrou in confusion, "Do you know who took the Phoenix Hairpin?"

Gu Yanrou pretended to be very scared and stood up, then pointed at Gu Yanyue who was sitting upright in her seat, "Sister Queen, I have always been at odds with you. Before you came to pay your respects today, you sent a palace maid to my palace... Sister Queen, I don't believe you did it, you..."

"Since you don't believe it's me, then it's not me," Gu Yanyue coldly looked at Gu Yanrou's nonsense. "If Imperial Concubine Rou wanted to identify me, why did she go through all this trouble?"

The Queen Mother also knew what Gu Yanrou meant, and looked at Gu Yanyue with a cold face, "Queen, have you ever asked the palace maids to go to Concubine Rou's Zhaoyang Palace?"

Gu Yanyue was so upright that it was impossible for her to admit it. "No."

After he finished speaking, Gu Yanyue's gaze fell on Gu Yanrou again, his eyes as cold as a sharp blade.

Gu Yanrou was stunned by her look.

"Gu Yanrou, you said I stole the gold hairpin that came with your dowry, so..."

Gu Yanyue paused for a moment, then curled the corners of her lips, revealing an indescribable determination. "Then what would you do if it wasn't the Phoenix Hairpin I took?"

Although Gu Yanrou was frightened by Gu Yanyue's cold eyes, when she thought that the Phoenix Hairpin was in her bedroom at this moment and Gu Yanyue had not been able to go back in time, this plan must be perfect.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanrou suddenly felt more confident: "Since I dared to jump out and identify you, then I am not afraid. If it is not you, please ask the Queen Mother to investigate and punish me for the crime of slander according to the palace rules."

Gu Yanyue couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. It seemed like there was going to be something interesting to watch.

There are ten palace rules. The punishments range from being beaten with a stick or banished to the cold palace at the mildest, to being imprisoned and tortured at the worst.

It seems that Gu Yanrou dares to say anything in order to frame her.

But I'm afraid she will be disappointed this time.

After a cup of tea, a large number of guards stood outside Fengqi Palace and surrounded the palace.

"Queen, I'll ask you one last time, did you take the Phoenix Hairpin? If you admit it now, I can give you a lighter sentence!"

Gu Yanyue simply shook her head, showing no fear at all. "I just want to be cleared of all charges. Besides, why would I need this opportunity for something that didn't even happen?"

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Yanyue, then at Gu Yanrou, and for a moment she didn't know who to believe.

"Then search."

At the Queen Mother's command, all the guards entered Fengqi Palace.

Gu Yanrou raised her eyes and glanced at Gu Yanyue. For some reason, she was not panicked at all. Could it be that the Phoenix Hairpin was really not in Fengqi Palace?

No, impossible!

Gu Yanrou immediately rejected this idea. After all, she was 100% sure that the Phoenix Hairpin was in Fengqi Palace, unless it grew wings and flew away.

Gu Yanrou forced herself to calm down, but she was already extremely panicked inside.

Before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

The longer the time went on, the more uneasy she felt. Why hadn't the evidence been found yet?

At this time, Gu Yanyue spoke slowly.

"Gu Yanrou, I've been staying in the Fengqi Palace kitchen these past few days, thinking about how to cure His Majesty's anorexia. Besides, as the Empress of a dynasty, I don't need this golden hairpin. You're framing me like this, aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

Gu Yanyue's words were like a slap in Gu Yanrou's face.

Gu Yanrou was completely panicked. Just as she was about to open her mouth to refute, she saw a palace maid come out.

Gu Yanrou swallowed nervously, she must find something from Gu Yanyue's palace!

"Your Majesty, we have searched the entire Fengqi Palace, but have not found the phoenix hairpin."

The Queen Mother was completely furious and glared at Gu Yanrou fiercely, "How dare you tease me?"

Gu Yanrou's face immediately turned pale with fright. She glanced at Gu Yanyue, who just raised his eyebrows at her in contempt.

"Impossible! How is this possible! You must be too stupid to find it!" Gu Yanrou pushed the palace maid angrily when she thought about what she had said about being punished according to palace rules if she couldn't find it.

"It's you! It must be you who hid the Phoenix Hairpin to protect Gu Yanyue!" Gu Yanrou was talking nonsense angrily and was about to reach out to hit the palace maid.

But Gu Yanyue grabbed her sleeve and slapped her in the face with a "slap".

Gu Yanrou looked at Gu Yanyue in disbelief, unable to suppress the anger in her heart.

Why did this bitch hit me?!

"Noble Concubine Rou, you are so bold! This is the Empress Dowager's personal maid, Madam Liu. If you say she lied to protect me, isn't that a slap in the face of the Empress Dowager?"

Gu Yanyue said coldly, and Gu Yanrou finally realized that the palace maid was the empress dowager's personal maid, "Empress Dowager, I didn't mean it, I..."

However, it was too late to explain.

"Someone come! Drag this woman out and give her twenty lashes!" The Queen Mother covered her chest in anger. Seeing this, Gu Yanyue hurried forward to support the Queen Mother.

Gu Yanrou knew that she had caused a big trouble, so she didn't react even when the guards pulled her out.

"Rou'er? Let her go!"

When Madam Qin received the news from the maid, she didn't believe it at first. But when she entered Renshou Palace, she saw her daughter being pulled by several guards. Only then did she realize the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly asked the palace maid beside her to stop them.

When Gu Yanrou saw her mother, she immediately pretended to be in tears, "Mom, Gu Yanyue wants to hit me! Mom, save me!"