Chapter 121 There is a stranger here
Fulan agreed, turned around and went to the dressing table, opened a jewelry box, but immediately she froze there as if struck by lightning.
After a long silence, Xia Yunting stretched his neck to glance at her and whispered, "Hurry and bring it over."
Fulan slowly turned around, holding the empty jewelry box with a pale face: "Zhaoyi... bracelet, it's gone."
"What?!"
Xia Yunting suddenly stood up from his seat.
She hurried over, took the jewelry box and looked inside, and sure enough, it was empty.
"how so?"
She was stunned. Fulan beside her turned pale with fear and trembled, saying, "I clearly put it here yesterday. How come it suddenly——"
Xu Miaoyin, who was sitting on the other side, also heard what they said. She frowned slightly, glanced at Wu Wan, who was sneering beside her, and Gao Yurong, who had a sarcastic look on her face, and said in a deep voice, "Xia Zhaoyi, what's going on?"
Xia Yunting came over and knelt on the ground with the box in her hand: "Empress, my concubine's bracelet is missing."
Xu Miaoyin glanced at the box in her hand.
Wu Wan sneered at the side and said, "Did I really get it right? Xia Zhaoyi, what's wrong with you? You just said it yourself, this is a gift from the emperor!"
“Concubine, concubine…”
Beads of sweat dripped down Xia Yunting's forehead, and he couldn't utter a word.
Xu Miaoyin frowned and said, "How did you serve? Although this item is small, it is a gift from the Emperor after all. Besides, it's your Zhaoyi's thing, don't you care about it at all?"
Fulan and Xi Que were so frightened that they fell to their knees, trembling constantly: "Queen, spare our lives."
At this time, Depin Xinqing, who had been sitting quietly by the side, said, "It must have fallen somewhere. Your Majesty, let them look for it first."
She was considered an old employee of Prince Yan's Mansion and had been with Zhu Feng longer than anyone else here. As soon as she spoke, Xu Miaoyin nodded and said, "Let's go look for them first."
So, several palace maids searched through all the drawers and cabinets in Shou'an Palace, but they could not find any trace of the red coral bracelet.
Finally, Gao Yurong said, "Could it have been stolen?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Miaoyin said, "Princess An, please be careful with your words. This is a restricted area in the harem, not many people come in and out, and the only people walking around are the sisters and those around them."
The implication is that if it was really stolen, it was done by one of our own people.
As the head of the harem, in charge of the six palaces, she has no choice but to take responsibility if something like this really happened.
Anpin immediately lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
However, Wu Wan, who was standing by, said coldly, "Your Majesty, that's what you say, but people's hearts are hidden. Besides, this incident has already happened. If someone really stole it and we don't investigate further, won't everyone here be labeled a thief?"
“…”
"In my humble opinion, we should take this opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation. Ultimately, this will clear everyone's name."
“…”
"Besides—"
She sneered and said, "We are all as close as sisters, but there is still an outsider here."
After saying that, he glanced out the window.
Everyone followed her gaze and looked outside, and at a glance they saw the quiet Chunxi Palace not far from Shou'an Palace.
Xia Yunting frowned suddenly.
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