Chu Dichi stood up and saw the slap mark on her face in the dim light. "Your face."
Chu Li quickly covered her face, "It's just a minor injury...Uncle, I didn't do what happened tonight. Even if I hate you, I won't use such a despicable method."
"I believe it."
The two short words were so powerful that they seemed to strike at the tip of Chu Li's heart.
Through the railing, he stroked her face gently, "Xiaojiu, I believe you, someone must have used your hand to murder us."
Chu Li subconsciously followed his words:
"Who wants to harm us?"
"We are useful. Whoever benefits the most will harm us." He lowered his forehead and gently pressed it against hers. His low voice sounded like a whisper:
"I am the powerful regent, and you are the most favored Ninth Prince. If you eliminate us, that person will gain the greatest benefit."
"Xiaojiu, do you remember what I told you, being born in a royal family means you can't trust anyone?"
Chu Li was stunned: "I remember."
"Before, I misunderstood you. I suddenly remembered that when I came to visit you last night, I left in a hurry and my jade pendant seemed to have fallen into your bedroom."
Chu Li thought seriously.
Today, several people came to her bedroom.
Mother, but her mother would definitely not betray her.
Gou Ba and the two young eunuchs had served her for more than ten years and would never stab her in the back.
And there is Chu Aotian.
That heartless guy, when he came to Zhaolan Palace, he either climbed over the wall or climbed a tree to show off his nimble legs and feet. It definitely wasn't him who did it.
That leaves only Brother Five...
If it was really done by the fifth brother, he got rid of the regent for his father and eliminated the biggest worry. His father would be happy and would definitely use him.
Ever since the fifth brother returned to the palace, he has always been highly valued by our father.
Could it be him...
Chu Li's heart sank little by little.
She had always thought that she and the fifth brother were the same kind of people and that they sympathized with each other. But in the end, she was told that he was no different from everyone else. In this deep palace, everyone lived for their own interests.
She suddenly felt depressed.
"It's my fault that I have implicated you, uncle."
"Don't say that, Xiaojiu. It was someone else who harmed us. Someone knew my feelings for you and used that to target you. To be honest, I was the one who got caught in my own trap. I shouldn't have liked you. In the end, I ended up killing myself."
Chu Li stared in astonishment, feeling that these words sounded so strange when they came out of his mouth.
"I shouldn't like you."
It was as if a slap had landed on the ground, my ears were buzzing, I couldn't hear anything, only his words kept echoing.
“What…what did you say?”
Chu Dichi was startled for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses and turned around, "I made a mistake!"
"Uncle..."
"Go now. Don't worry about my life or death. If the emperor asks, you only need to sever all ties with me and put the blame on me, and you can save yourself."
He returned to the wooden bed and sat cross-legged.
Chu Li was left standing there in shock, with ripples in his heart that were difficult to calm down.
I don't know how I got back to Zhaolan Palace. I was in a daze. I tossed and turned for most of the night and lay on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep.
Outside the window, the wind is howling.
There were several flower pots on the windowsill, and the tender green branches were swaying gently in the wind. It was silent, but it disturbed Chu Li and made him unable to sleep.
She tossed and turned.
Finally, he waited until dawn, and with his limping legs, he went to the steps outside the Dacheng Hall to wait for Chu Yeli to leave the court.
Last night, the news that the Regent was arrested and imprisoned had not spread, and the matter had not been publicized, so today's morning court was the same as usual and ended in more than half an hour.
A Yu pushed Chu Yeli out.
"Ninth brother?"
Chu Li looked at him, still with that gentle face, but everyone living in this world wears a mask and tries their best to live, right?
She walked up to him and asked directly:
"Yesterday, when you came to my bedroom, did you see the regent's jade pendant?"
Chu Yeli opened his mouth slightly and was speechless for a moment.
"That drunken night, it was you who pushed me from behind and caused me to fall down the stairs?"
"Xiao Jiu..."
"Did you do this?"
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