Qiao Xiao lowered his head and waited for a while, secretly measuring the coming storm.

As her accusation fell, the main hall fell into silence.

But this silence...isn't it too long?

Without waiting for the expected reaction, Qiao Xiao frowned in confusion - why was this reaction so different from the script she had expected?

Ji Guiren is no longer in his glory days, and this is a good opportunity to suppress him.

She had just mentioned Concubine Ji's name. It would have been fine if the concubines didn't speak up, but why did they remain silent?

After a while, someone finally said weakly, "Miss Qiao, did you recognize the wrong person? Lady Ji is usually kind-hearted and would never do such a thing."

This is Jiu's promise. She found that no one around was talking, so she came out and spoke.

Shangpin coughed and said in agreement: "There are many villains in the deep palace, but Ji Guiren is definitely not one of them."

Even if we take a step back, if Concubine Ji really did something bad, they should be the first to know about it.

Now that Concubine Ji said nothing, it showed that what Qiao Xiao said had nothing to do with her.

After saying this, Shangpin's gaze slowly turned to the side and fell on a dark corner of the main hall.

——In the dark corner, Wu Qing was supporting his head, his eyelids twitching, and he didn't pay any attention to Qiao Xiao.

From this point of view, everything is self-evident.

Concubine Ji would even save Concubine Zhao, whom she had never met before, so why would she want to harm Qiao Xiao?

The concubines immediately felt relieved and turned to criticize Qiao Xiao.

Concubine Shu opened her red lips slightly, her voice was a little sharp: "You said you saw the secret of Concubine Ji. How shocking is this secret that Concubine Ji wants to kill you?"

Qiao Xiao took a deep breath, as if he was holding back a shocking secret.

She wanted to keep the secret, but she was drowned by the concubines' questions. Soon, there was no room for her to interrupt in the palace.

"You said you saw her secret. Could it be that... she went to steal desserts from the imperial kitchen again?" Concubine Lin asked suddenly.

As soon as these words were spoken, a low laugh was heard in the hall, and the atmosphere subtly eased a little.

Yuepin then made a guess, "...perhaps Concubine Ji climbed to the top of Jingyi Pavilion during her morning exercise and was misunderstood by Miss Qiao?"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

Yuepin hesitated and said, "Hmm... Did you misunderstand that Concubine Ji had improper thoughts about my beauty?"

Concubine Lin immediately denied it: "There is absolutely no such possibility. Concubine Ji has never peeped at me, so how could she peek at her?"

Yuepin suddenly realized what was going on. She bowed to Concubine Lin and apologized, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense. It was my fault for not thinking it through."

"Mr. Ji is the most honest person, how could there be any secrets?"

"I thought Lady Ji would never do such a thing..."

Qiao Xiao endured it again and again, and finally spoke up in the gap between people talking.

——If you don’t speak up, Concubine Ji will become a great saint in their mouths.

Qiao Xiao said quickly, "Empress, Concubine Ji and the Imperial Academy editor Qin Lixue have been in close contact privately. I'm afraid they are having an affair!"

"Since Lady Ji entered the palace, the two have been exchanging letters. I happened to take a peek at their private letters, and the words were filled with love."

"Unexpectedly, after this matter was discovered by Concubine Ji, she actually instructed her servants to put me to death in order to cover up her previous affair with Qin Lixue."

Qiao Xiao's words contained a huge amount of information, which continuously washed over the concubines' brains.

...Miss Qiao said that Concubine Ji and Qin Lixue had an affair?

The Queen's first reaction was: Impossible, Concubine Ji obviously hasn't gotten the point.

It would be fine if she said that she had an affair with Qin Lixue before she awakened her identity as a celestial maiden.

It is said that Lady Ji is still exchanging letters with Qin Lixue? This is simply a fantasy.

The concubines all felt an indescribable sense of absurdity. The absurdity was that they could not imagine what it would be like for Concubine Ji to be in love as a young girl.

Concubine Ji had hardly ever said anything good about the Emperor.

What would Lady Ji write in a love letter? It would definitely not be a sentimental love poem.

At this moment, Wu Qing in the corner finally woke up.

After she briefly asked about the situation on the female ghost field, she walked slowly to the center of the hall, lifted her skirt, knelt down and said, "Empress, what Miss Qiao Xiao said is correct. Qin Lixue did have correspondence with me."

“…”

As soon as these words came out, the concubines felt a blackness before their eyes, and secretly groaned in their hearts:

Mr. Ji, what are you doing?

Why didn't you say anything earlier or later? When everyone had finished defending you, why did you come out to mess things up? ?

However, Wu Qing remained calm and continued to explain, "Just a few letters are not enough to explain anything."

She tilted her head to look at Qiao Xiao and asked, "Miss Qiao, you and I have never met before, why are you slandering me?"

When Qiao Xiao met Wu Qing for the first time, ripples of emotion arose in her heart.

Rumor has it that Ji Guiren is extremely intelligent. But now, not only does she not deny her affair with Qin Lixue, she even admits that she and Qin Lixue have corresponded... Is she such a fool?

Qiao Xiao put down the snack a little.

Jinxiu brought a letter so easily that she thought it was a trick. Now she saw that Lady Ji was just like that.

Qiao Xiao faced the queen and spoke firmly and clearly: "Everything I said is true and has solid evidence."

After that, Qiao Xiao took out a letter from her skirt pocket. On the cover were five big characters: "From Lady Ji". The author's writing was vigorous and the characters were neat.

"It was because I intercepted the correspondence between Concubine Ji and Qin Lixue that I was retaliated by Concubine Ji."

The Queen raised her eyebrows, "Oh? How can you tell that this is a letter from Qin Lixue?"

Qiao Xiao calmly explained the reason in detail: "Qin Lixue is a disciple of Master Zhao Rumo, and his articles are also well-known. When I was young, I read many of his works and found that the handwriting on the envelope is exactly the same as his."

The queen frowned slightly, as if she was weighing something or thinking about something.

Seeing this, Qiao Xiao knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, please understand that this matter is of great importance, so I have left the letter intact. I only hope that Your Majesty can review it personally to find out the truth."

Wu Qing actually agreed with her approach. "Madam, since Miss Qiao has said so, why don't we all take a look at it together. Let's see if what is written in the letter is the same as what Miss Qiao said, that it is a love letter from Qin Lixue to me."

The queen nodded and then gave Xiao Luzi a look.

Xiao Luzi understood what he meant and stepped forward to take the letter.

He carefully examined every detail of the envelope, making sure the seal was intact.

With a slight "swish" sound, the seal was carefully torn open, and Xiao Luzi slowly pulled out the letter.

There was only one big lonely character on the huge piece of letter paper.

——“Woof.”

The concubines who gathered around looked for a long time and were all confused.

What does this mean?

Wu Qing stood there leisurely, with his hands lightly folded behind his back, as if he had anticipated the contents of the letter.

She said calmly, "Please read this word several times."

Woof, woof, woof. Some people actually said it out loud.

Concubine Sun was one of them.

After she finished reading it, she felt something was wrong and her face turned as red as a ripe peach.

[…Everyone is so honest. ]

Wu Qing coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention.

"Now that things have come to this, I will no longer hide it from you."

Wu Qing sighed and said with difficulty: "Lord Qin has been an official for a long time... and has a strange habit that is unknown to others. He likes..."

Wu Qing paused, revealing an expression of regret and embarrassment.

But she still finished the rest of the sentence: "He likes to be someone else's dog! Oh, I shouldn't have said that."

"This was originally a secret between Master Qin and I, but I didn't expect it to become a raft for others to attack."