Chapter 479: The Untamed Wolf
"Using it as a pillow every day?" Shao Liyi widened her eyes in surprise and looked at Lan'er.
The others also looked at Lan'er.
Lan Er lowered her eyes and said, "I have never slept with a dagger as my pillow. Please don't wrongly accuse me, young lady."
"But the thing was indeed found from under your pillow." Chu Liuzheng blinked, "There are also many witnesses, right, Chen Xing?"
"Yes." Chen Xing raised his voice, "The three people who shared the room with Lan'er saw it. The dagger was under the pillow."
"As you said, the dagger in the Yaohua Palace storeroom had a chip on it, and the one Eunuch Zhou brought back didn't have it, so you're implying that Eunuch Zhou secretly replaced the dagger." Chu Liuzheng held up the dagger for everyone to see. "It seems like the young lady is just crying thief."
Lan'er stared at the chip on the dagger, knowing that Chu Liuzheng had framed her on purpose, but she had no evidence, just like she had framed Shao Liyi.
"Why aren't you talking?" Chu Liuzheng looked at her. "Are you admitting it?"
"No." Lan'er insisted, "This dagger is not mine."
Chu Liuzheng did not argue with her and looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, whether the dagger is in the storeroom or under Lan'er's pillow, it has never left the gate of Yaohua Palace. The assassination should have nothing to do with Shao Liyi."
Since she, the victim, has said this, what else can others say?
"You are right." Xiao Jingfan pointed at the kneeling Lan'er, "Imprison this servant with evil intentions in the Ministry of Punishment and bring the truth to justice."
"Your Majesty!" Lan'er panicked for the first time. "Your Majesty, this servant did not lie. Chu Liuzheng deliberately framed me!"
Xiao Jingfan remained unmoved, and two young eunuchs stepped forward and dragged Lan'er away.
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
"I am wronged!"
Lan'er's shouts continued to come from outside. Chu Liuzheng shook his head, picked up the bowl and drank a spoonful of bird's nest.
[When framing others, they feel justified, but when they are framed, they feel more wronged than Dou E. How can people be so hypocritical? ]
"Zhou Yuande, continue investigating," Xiao Jingfan ordered. "Make sure you get to the bottom of it!"
"As you command, I obey." Zhou Yuande felt somewhat grateful to Chu Liuzheng, but he didn't know that Chen Xing had entered the warehouse before him, put a dagger in it, then wiped the weapon stored in the Ministry of Internal Affairs clean, and placed it under Lan'er's pillow with incredible speed.
The weapon Chu Liuzheng held was a genuine murder weapon. She had originally intended to trick Lan'er, causing her to panic and make a mistake, revealing her true intentions. However, Lan'er was calmer than she had expected, so she had no choice but to give Lan'er a taste of her own medicine.
[I hope the Ministry of Punishment can find out something from this investigation.]
After everyone in the hall left, Chu Liuzheng took the initiative to confess to the emperor everything she had asked Chen Xing to do. She had no confidence that she could hide it from the emperor's eyes and ears.
Xiao Jingfan's face showed no emotion, and he asked, "Why do you want to help Shao Liyi?"
"I'm helping myself," Chu Liuzheng said. "Shao Liyi has been in the palace for so long and has never argued with anyone. She's very kind and treats the palace maids very kindly. I've helped her before, so how could she possibly instigate Xiao Xuanzi to kill me?"
Xiao Jingfan did not comment on this.
"Your Majesty, I'm not trying to help her. I just don't want to let the real murderer go, nor do I want to become his accomplice." Chu Liuzheng looked at him obediently, his bright almond-shaped eyes looking at him. "If you think I've done something wrong, you can punish me as you wish."
[I've certainly bullied the tyrant to his face. If the tyrant really punishes me, I'll accept it, and then... we'll break up! You promised to unconditionally protect my personal safety. Domestic violence is unacceptable!]
Chu Liuzheng was making his own calculations in his mind, not realizing that the abacus beads had already landed on the emperor's face.
Xiao Jingfan didn't know whether to be angry or laugh. He fed her well and protected her, but she actually wanted to take the opportunity to leave. Wasn't she an ungrateful person who could never be tamed?
He drove the man out in a very tough manner.
Chu Liuzheng, who nearly got hit on the nose, grinned at the door. Turning around, she saw Shao Liyi and her servant staring at her with wide eyes. She asked in surprise, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Shao Liyi knelt down and bowed to her, "Thank you for your help today."
"You're welcome." Chu Liuzheng waved his hand. "I believe it wasn't you who ordered Xiao Xuanzi to kill me."
Shao Liyi was surprised and touched, her eyes reddened. "You are a good person. If anyone says anything bad about you in the future, I will scold them back for you."
Chu Liuzheng, who was suddenly given a good guy card, said: "..."
[Don't do that. You're prone to tears when you're excited. You'll burst into tears before you even scold others.]
She smiled and said, "Thank you."
Shao Liyi stepped forward, took her hand, and led her a little further before asking, "Did you displease His Majesty by helping me just now?"
"No." Chu Liuzheng fooled the question with a few words, watched the worried crying princess leave, and then went back to the Yangxin Palace to pack up his things and moved to a side hall to live.
[The tyrant is furious and probably doesn't want to see me. I'd better hide for a few days.]
So, when the emperor came back after not being seen for most of the day, he saw an empty bedroom. Not only were the things on the bed gone, but even half of the wardrobe was empty.
He asked gloomily, "Where are the people?"
Zhou Yuande glanced at him and answered carefully, "Miss Chu came back from Wenhua Hall and moved some things to the side hall. She said she would live there from now on until..."
"Until what?" Xiao Jingfan glared at him.
Zhou Yuande shuddered and said quickly, "I won't move back until you calm down."
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
Normally, shouldn't the woman who made him angry try to coax him?
What is it now?
His Majesty the Emperor went to the side hall in a huff.
The candles in the side hall had gone out. Behind layers of gauze curtains, Chu Liuzheng lay on his side on the bed, clutching a corner of the quilt, sound asleep.
Xiao Jingfan gritted his teeth, sat on the edge of the bed, and started shaking it.
"What, what happened?" Chu Liuzheng woke up in a daze. "Earthquake? Flood?"
She instinctively got out of bed to put on her shoes, but instead ran into an embrace wrapped in coldness and sandalwood.
"Huh? You're back." She wrapped her arms around the man's waist, rubbing her head against his familiar chest, her voice muffled. "Why are you back so late? I told you staying up late isn't good."
Being hugged and nuzzled by the person in his arms, Xiao Jingfan's chest, which was filled with several emotions, felt as if it was pierced by a silver needle, and all the emotions were released in an instant.
Chu Liuzheng hugged him and said, "Go to sleep quickly. You have an early court session tomorrow."
"Okay, you let go first." Xiao Jingfan coaxed in a low voice, "I haven't bathed yet."
"Oh." Chu Liuzheng let go of the person in a half-awake state, rolled into the quilt, tilted his head on the pillow, and fell asleep again.
Xiao Jingfan leaned over, pulled the quilt for her, and went to take a shower.
Seeing the emperor go in angrily and come out with a smile in just half a minute, Zhou Yuande couldn't help but secretly praise that Miss Chu was really good at it!
The person being praised heard the door closing, quietly opened his eyes, and reached out to pull the quilt.
Well...the emperor is not as difficult to please as imagined.
(End of this chapter)
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