"National Master..."
The moment she saw Xu Qingyi, the queen was stunned.
"National Master, why are you here? Shouldn't you be..."
She swallowed her next words as Xu Qingyi frowned slightly, coughed lightly and regained her serious expression.
"The Imperial Master has arrived just in time. This is the incense bag we just found in Changle's room. It's exactly the same as the one the man in black had. Furthermore, we also found some vulgar letters from the man in black to Changle in the bag. Look at this..."
After explaining what happened to Xu Qingyi, the Queen asked questions, but her tone had already confirmed Gu Qingsheng's guilt. This happened in Luofo Temple, so it would be more appropriate for Xu Qingyi to explain it.
Taking the sachet from the queen's hand, Xu Qingyi looked serious and played with it in his hands, as if he was examining and thinking about it.
After Xu Qingyi came in, Gu Qingsheng didn't know where to look.
All the words Xu Qingyi said last time flooded into her heart at this moment, and an unknown sourness surged up.
She folded her hands on her legs and tried to remain calm to face it all.
"Princess...are you okay?"
Bai Lu keenly noticed that something was wrong with Gu Qingsheng. She stood behind him and looked at him from her position. Gu Qingsheng's shoulder seemed...
Are you shaking?
"Master Imperial Master, please don't show favoritism."
Chu Zhiyao smiled coldly
"Now that the matter has been finalized, we should quickly return to report to the Emperor. Protecting the Empress's life and safety is the most important thing."
Thanks to Chu Zhiyao's interruption, Gu Qingsheng's mental cycle was broken. She relaxed and closed her eyes slightly.
"It's okay, I was probably a little cold just now."
However, judging from what Chu Zhiyao said, he was determined to frame me?
He knew clearly what happened that night.
Niu Er was chasing me and I was badly injured. How could I possibly have feelings for Niu Er?
Moreover, Niu Er was killed by Chu Zhiyao himself. He clearly knew the whole story, but he still followed Luo Zhaozhao to frame himself.
Could it be that he really wanted to die so much that he would throw away even his last bit of conscience?
Gu Qingsheng was a little surprised. At least before they got married, apart from Chu Zhiyao's dislike for him, he was a well-known upright general at that time.
How come the current Chu Zhiyao is a bit like his previous life? Not only does he not stop Luo Zhaozhao from doing things, but he also helps her to make it worse.
She always felt that something was strange, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"General, you're joking."
After a moment of silence, Xu Qingyi held the sachet in his hand and walked towards Gu Qingsheng step by step.
As he got closer, Gu Qingsheng's eyes became more focused?
In the end, he just looked calmly at Xu Qingyi who had come to him, and nodded lightly as a greeting.
"National Master, long time no see."
The fragrance of the sachet immediately hit him. By the time he reacted, Xu Qingyi had already placed the sachet heavily in Gu Qingsheng's hands, and his tone was quite serious.
"Princess, when I gave you this talisman, I told you not to throw it away carelessly or let others see it."
"Now that so many people have seen it, it might not be effective anymore. Go find Master Jingyuan and ask for another one."
Her cool fingertips touched Gu Qingsheng's palm. She curled her palm slightly and smiled softly in the doubtful eyes of everyone.
"Yes, Imperial Master, but this is also a helpless move."
"General Chu and Miss Luo are very aggressive. If we don't let them search, they will definitely not give up."
Bai Lu helped her stand up and she opened the sachet in front of everyone.
As expected, the hairpin did not fall out of the incense bag. Instead, a long red wooden plaque fell to the ground with a clang.
"This is the amulet I asked the Imperial Master for for my father a few days ago. The Imperial Master personally told me to keep it safe and that the first person to touch it must be my father."
Gu Qingsheng sighed and glanced at Luo Zhaozhao and Chu Zhiyao one by one, but his meaning was very obvious.
"But I'm afraid it's no use now."
"There's nothing we can do. We can only listen to the Imperial Master and ask for another one later."
No one could have imagined that this was the thing in Gu Qingsheng's sachet. It was obvious that she was going to be punished, but the sudden appearance of the amulet caught everyone off guard.
"How is that possible?!"
Instead, Baolan on the ground screamed and crawled to Gu Qingsheng's feet, picked up the wooden sign, looked at it over and over again, muttering to herself and shaking all over.
"This is impossible, this is impossible..."
"How is that impossible?"
Bai Lu sneered
"Miss Baolan, do you feel that the plan has failed and is not going as you expected?"
Baolan's face changed, Luo Zhaozhao's face turned pale, and her body was shaky. It was Chu Zhiyao who quickly stepped forward and supported her.
"Miss Luo..."
How could the Queen not know what was going on by now?
Her hands were clenched into fists, and she seemed indignant about what was happening.
This is no wonder. Being in the harem, such things happen almost every day.
I finally waited for the annual trip to Luofo Temple. I thought I could get away from all those things and calm down, but unfortunately I ended up watching another good show. And this show gave me the feeling that I was being used as a gun.
Thinking of this, the queen looked at the sapphire on the ground, and there was a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.
"Someone come..."
“Snap—”
Before she could continue speaking, a crisp slap made everyone present's heart tremble!
Luo Zhaozhao strode forward, raising one hand in the air. There was a large red mark on the palm of her hand, and her eyes were bloodshot, seeming very angry.
Baolan had been slapped to the ground, covering her swollen face and looking at Luo Zhaozhao with trembling lips.
"How could you! Baolan! How could you!"
Luo Zhaozhao, who usually speaks softly and treats people kindly, now doesn't care about that at all and yells at Baolan.
"How could you frame the princess! Baolan! How did you become like this?! You were not like this before! What on earth did you go through…"
She suddenly grabbed Baolan's shoulders and tears fell from her eyes.
"Baolan, tell me what happened. The Queen is here, she will definitely seek justice for you!"
Baolan was stunned. After hearing what Luo Zhaozhao said, she was shocked and began to cry heartbreakingly.
"Empress! Empress! You must do justice for Abbot Baolan!"
Gu Qingsheng snorted lightly and found the two people on the ground a little funny.
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