Chapter 133: Good Lip Talk
[Frog fun! Tyrant, you moody bastard! I didn't even tell you you have kidney deficiency to your face! You're being punished by standing in the corner. Is he acting like a class teacher? He can't control the concubines, so he takes his anger out on the palace maids or something. Ugh~ I'm just a poor little fish in the pond.]
However, Chu Liuzheng only dared to mutter a few words in his heart, bowed on his face, and stood obediently in the corner.
For some reason, when Xiao Jingfan saw her really standing in the corner, he felt even more upset, as if he had punched cotton.
If you have the guts, scold me to my face!
Come and curse each other!!
He frowned and said angrily: "Stand away!"
Chu Liuzheng blinked, silently moved closer to the corner, and leaned against the wall.
He lowered his head, looked docile and well-behaved, as if to say, is this far enough?
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
Even more of an eyesore!!
Chu Liuzheng's entire back was pressed against the wall, and soon he felt the cold temperature of the wall.
[Hiss—I'm not wearing enough clothes, and I'm still cold against the wall. My cold hasn't healed yet. If it gets worse because of the cold, will it affect my recovery? Hmm... Doctor Li hasn't said anything yet. I'll have to ask when I change the dressing tomorrow.]
Wind-cold?
Xiao Jingfan frowned slightly when he heard this.
How could he not know that this woman had caught a cold? How did Chen Xing and Si Yue become so bad at what they did?
At the same time, perhaps stimulated by the coldness of the wall, Chu Liuzheng suddenly felt an itchy sensation in his throat and began to cough muffledly against the wall.
In order to stifle the sound of her cough, she bent over slightly, closed her mouth tightly, and her fair face turned red.
Once she started coughing, she couldn't stop. Her eyes watered, and a few sounds escaped from between her lips. If she could use her hands, she would have covered her mouth.
Moxiang, who was standing by the door, looked at her worriedly. She wanted to go over and accompany her, but she didn't dare to do so without the emperor's order.
It would be great if Eunuch Zhou were here.
Just as this thought crossed her mind, she suddenly heard Emperor Shunguang say, "Come here."
The sound seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth, and there was a lot of reluctance in the gnashing of teeth, as if someone was forcing it to be said.
However, the person who spoke was the emperor. Who could force the emperor?
Moxiang felt strange, and Chu Liuzheng, who was being ordered, also felt strange.
She coughed with her mouth closed and looked up at Xiao Jingfan.
[Sometimes I'm allowed to stand, sometimes I'm not allowed to stand. It changes so quickly. Has the tyrant entered menopause early?]
Although Xiao Jingfan didn't know what "menopause" meant, he felt that it was not a good word.
Seeing Chu Liuzheng coughing non-stop, he ordered again: "Come here."
Chu Liuzheng wanted to wait until the coughing stopped before moving, but after hearing this, he had no choice but to walk over.
Strangely enough, as he got closer, perhaps because he felt the warmth emanating from the charcoal brazier, his uncontrollable coughing gradually stopped.
[Ah, finally I'm done coughing. I'm still warming up by the charcoal brazier.]
Chu Liuzheng let out a long sigh and sniffed hard.
If I keep coughing, I'll cough up snot.
Seeing that she had stopped coughing, Xiao Jingfan's frown slowly relaxed, and he ordered someone to add two more pieces of charcoal into the charcoal basin.
The concubines' eyes flickered between Xiao Jingfan and Chu Liuzheng, thinking to themselves that the rumors were true, His Majesty really had special feelings for this palace maid!
Moxiang saw the unfriendly looks from several ladies and couldn't help but worry about Chu Liuzheng.
I'm afraid there will be no peace in the days to come.
Chu Liuzheng herself didn't feel much because her nose was blocked and she was having trouble breathing.
[The people have been apprehended, why hasn't the tyrant tried them yet? At this rate, when can we go back to sleep?]
She sniffed hard, trying hard to stop the snot from flowing out.
It's not that it's unsightly, but...ah, damn, she doesn't have hands to wipe it.
Just as Chu Liuzheng was debating whether to wipe his nose with the gauze in his hand, Xiao Jingfan looked at the bound Zhu Qing and Xiao Pingzi, who had regained his composure, and asked, "What are your names?"
Xiao Pingzi bowed respectfully: "Your servant Xiao Pingzi greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well and safe."
Zhu Qing lowered her head and said, "In reply to your Majesty, my name is Zhu Qing."
"Zhu Qing?" Xiao Jingfan glanced at Concubine Xiao, who was staring at Zhu Qing. He first ordered someone to gag Xiao Pingzi before saying, "I remember you were from Feiyu Palace. You weren't serving Concubine Xiao, so why did you go to the storehouse and attack Xiao Pingzi?"
Zhu Qing quickly glanced at Concubine Xiao before saying, "My master was worried about Concubine Yun, so he came here in a hurry and forgot to bring his hand warmer. I was ordered to go back and get it, and I happened to run into Eunuch Ping. He said he found my handkerchief and put it in the storeroom, and asked me to go with him to get it."
"That handkerchief was given to me by my master. I have always treasured it. I thought it would not delay anything, so I followed him."
"Unexpectedly, after we arrived at the storehouse, Eunuch Ping suddenly threatened to kill me. Desperate, I knocked him unconscious. Just as I was about to go out and call for help, Steward Zhou suddenly arrived with his men. Without even hearing my explanation, they ordered them to tie me up."
Oh wow, this little girl is quite eloquent. She's twisting black and white, making the perpetrator the victim. She was just a bit hasty in her story, and while it sounds plausible at first glance, it doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Xiao Jingfan agreed with this. He stared at Zhu Qing and asked, "Why did Xiao Pingzi want to kill you?"
"This servant..." Zhu Qing gritted her teeth and said with a chuckle, "This servant used to be a concubine of Eunuch Chang. After Eunuch Ping found out about this, he kept using it to threaten this servant and extort money from him. I was afraid he would tell others, so I gave him money a few times."
"I didn't expect that after he tasted the sweetness, his appetite grew bigger and bigger. I couldn't stand it any longer and didn't want to be threatened by him anymore, so I used the name of the noble concubine to threaten him, and that's when he finally stopped."
[Look, this is the highest level of lying. It's three parts true and seven parts false. Who the hell can tell the difference? ]
[Let me see. The concubine is real, the threats are fake, the money is real, the blackmail is fake, the use of Concubine Xiao's name is fake, and the order is real... Tsk tsk, with these words in front of him, even if Xiao Pingzi really betrays Concubine Xiao later, people will only suspect that Xiao Pingzi is taking revenge. If Zhu Qing takes the initiative to take the blame, won't Xiao Concubine be easily cleared?]
Chu Liuzheng secretly admired him. It turned out that anyone who could be the boss around the ladies had some real skills.
Xiao Jingfan ordered his men to block Zhu Qing's mouth and began to interrogate Xiao Pingzi.
As soon as the cloth was pulled out of his mouth, Xiao Pingzi began to cry out for justice: "Your Majesty, I am innocent! I never asked Zhu Qing to go to the storehouse to get any handkerchiefs. She suddenly came to me and asked me to give her all the perfume and powder that had been replaced in the storehouse."
"When I went into the storeroom to look for perfume powder, she followed me in. I thought she was there to help, but she knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I saw Manager Zhou and the others. Only then did I realize I nearly lost my life at her hands."
Xiao Jingfan grasped the key point: "Did Zhu Qing ask you to change the perfume powder?"
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