South Garden

When Situ Xunxiao arrived, there was already quite a commotion in Nanyuan.

Following Situ Xunxiao's signal, Qin Xiao did not report and just followed his master, standing quietly at the door, watching the drama inside.

I saw several concubines surrounding Yin Yu and Mo Lian, blaming them non-stop, while on the other side, a concubine was holding her stomach and groaning in her seat.

After a while, when Ningshuang and Qingqing appeared, they were met by several other people who came to complain. For a moment, the place was in chaos, and the accusations were that Yinyu and Molian had poisoned or stolen.

Situ Xunxiao raised a mocking arc. If they were not his subordinates, they would have believed such a sharp statement. He watched the drama performed by the ladies in the room with cold eyes. Some accused them, some testified, and they seemed to have no intention of tolerating them.

What's even funnier is that there's a woman standing by Yin Yu and Mo Lian's side, defending them. In such a noisy situation, there's only one woman in a corner, with her back to everyone, quietly painting.

After hesitating for a moment, Situ Xunxiao finally stepped in.

His natural majesty and nobility attracted everyone's attention as soon as he entered. The noisy voices immediately turned silent. Qingqing and Ningshuang looked at Situ Xunxiao who appeared here with some confusion. After hesitating for a while, they all paid their respects in their hearts.

But just as Situ Xunxiao arrived, Gong Yunluo and her sister hurried over. The people who had just stood up knelt down again. When Gong Yunluo heard that Situ Xunxiao was going to Nanyuan, she hurried over, and her breath was a little short.

"Everyone, get up." Gong Yunluo said indifferently, with a look of contempt and arrogance on her face. After everyone stood up, she scanned everyone present one by one, and finally her eyes fell on Yin Yu and the other two.

Three distinguished persons came at once. As women from commoner families, they were naturally nervous and at a loss. However, some people with more purpose knew that this was their chance when they saw that Zong Zheng Xiaoting was not there. If they could drive these two people out in front of the prince and the other two princesses, they would be able to rest assured.

Thinking about this in their hearts, they couldn't help but pluck up their courage.

"Please, Princess, make the decision for us!" A woman pointed at the pale and trembling woman not far away with tears in her eyes. "Princess, look, she just ate what they gave her, and now she is completely exhausted. There is clearly a laxative in it. Today is our art competition, and these two people are really vicious! Fortunately, the rest of us didn't drink it, otherwise, wouldn't it be the world of the two of them?"

"Oh?" Gong Yunluo glanced at the pale-faced woman not far away, "Is what she said true?"

The woman leaned against his face, looking a little weak, and nodded, "Yes...Princess, please make the decision."

"Hmph, you two are so brave! This princess thinks that you are relying on your beauty to eliminate dissidents even more recklessly!" Gong Yunluo pointed at Yin Yu and the other two, and without giving them an explanation, she ordered, "Such thoughts are simply too much. Give them twenty lashes and kick them out."

"Princess, please listen to me. This is all one-sided!" Lin Yin knelt down hurriedly. "Sister Yinyu and Sister Molian are wronged. Please, Princess, have mercy! Please, Your Majesty, have mercy!"

Originally, long before Zong Zheng Xiaoting said that he was going to choose a concubine for Situ Xunxiao, he had been treating these beauties as rivals in love. So after seeing these three women with good looks, he subconsciously wanted to eliminate them first. What's more, this woman actually begged Brother Xunxiao while begging her. Wasn't this a clear attempt to attract Brother Xunxiao's attention?

Just when she was trying to find an excuse to get rid of these three people, another concubine said, "Princess, they are all birds of a feather. We were all fine before Yin Yu and Mo Lian came in, but in just a short while, we discovered that things were stolen one after another. It is said...it is said that..."

"What are you saying? You don't have to be afraid of anything in front of me! Stop hesitating!" Gong Yunluo frowned.

Gong Yunfei glanced at the person who was speaking, and said to Gong Yunluo with a faint smile, "Sister, don't worry. You will scare them like this, and they won't dare to say anything now."

Situ Xunxiao looked at the Gong Yun and Luo sisters, then sat down beside them, pretending to casually glance at the gaze that had been on him. The look in their eyes made him secretly wonder, wasn't this the person who had just been targeted and rescued by Zong Zheng Xiaoting?

Xiang Bi Chi met Situ Xunxiao's gaze, but did not look away like the other women. This behavior made Situ Xunxiao a little surprised.

Gong Yunluo also calmed down because of Gong Yunfei's words and listened to the other party's narration. Who was this about? Situ Xunxiao's brows wrinkled slightly. It was just a small theft case, but it implicitly implied that they wanted to steal from others because they had no money and were poor girls with limited property. They bribed Zong Zheng Xiaoting. They were so brave.

Before Situ Xunxiao could say anything, Gong Yunluo ordered the people to be dragged down again, but this time she was interrupted by Zongzheng Xiaoting's voice before she could finish her words. "I don't know when the power of life and death fell into the hands of others."

Zong Zheng Xiaoting's voice came, and the confident smile on her face concealed her evil calculations. When she met Situ Xunxiao's gaze, Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked up provocatively, and stood up to greet Gong Yunluo and the others. However, Zong Zheng Xiaoting didn't even look at them, and walked past them and sat in the position where Gong Yunluo originally sat next to Situ Xunxiao. She smiled and glanced at the kneeling girls.

"If I heard correctly, someone is trying to blame me and has accepted bribes!" Zong Zheng Xiaoting glanced at Qingqing, "I never listen to one-sided statements. I only heard half of what happened. Qingqing, you tell me."

Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words made the talented woman who had just exposed her freeze. From the moment the second princess came in, her price was higher than the other two princesses. She knew that she had bet on the wrong horse. Unless the prince was willing to trust her, her only chance to fight for glory and wealth would be gone.

After Qingqing recounted everything, Gong Yunluo was completely enraged by Zongzheng Xiaoting's disrespect for her. This time, she had no intention of giving in. "Princess Xiaoting should know that the Queen Mother asked me to help you. Since there is injustice here, the princess should avoid suspicion. I will handle this matter myself."