Chapter 140: Turning the tables
The doorman checked the corners inside and out, and came back to say to Xu Miaoyin, "Your Majesty, I didn't find it."
Bihe searched in the closet, on the bed, and in some places on the windowsill, and came back to report, but found nothing.
Nan Yan's breathing became a little tense.
Chun'er searched around and was about to turn back when her eyes suddenly fell on the dressing table. She thought for a moment and then walked over. Fulan said, "Zhaoyi's things were all placed on the dressing table before. That's where I couldn't find the bracelet that day."
The implication is that the thing cannot be there.
But just as she finished her words, Chun'er found a brocade box in her dressing box.
Suddenly, everyone's attention was focused on the past.
She slowly opened it, and the bright red coral bead bracelet inside suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
Fulan's eyes widened suddenly: "How is that possible?"
Chun'er didn't say anything. She took the box and the bracelet back and presented them to Xu Miaoyin. She reached out and picked up the bright red coral bead bracelet, shook it slightly, then raised her head and looked at Xia Yunting, whose face had turned pale in an instant.
"Xia Zhaoyi, what's going on?"
"This - concubine, concubine really doesn't know."
"You don't know? The other day you said you couldn't find it, so you made a big fuss about it, but today, you actually found it in your own dressing box. What do you have to say?!"
Xia Yunting panicked immediately, walked to the front, knelt down and said, "Empress, I really don't know."
Xu Miaoyin looked at her coldly and said, "You are so confused that you can't even tell whether your things are lost or stolen. How dare you say you don't know?"
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"If we hadn't searched again today and found this thing, wouldn't we have wrongly blamed others?"
Xia Yunting knelt on the ground, not daring to look up. Fulan Xique behind her also knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Queen, please spare my life. This is all our fault. Please forgive me, Queen."
This incident happened so quickly that the people around were unable to react.
Wu Wan looked at the box in the Empress's hand, subconsciously turned to glance at Gao Yurong, and immediately said, "Yes, the Empress is right. This matter cannot be let go easily. Xia Zhaoyi, I thought you just didn't know how to judge people, but I didn't expect you to be so incompetent even in managing your own two palace maids. You are so careless even with the things bestowed by the Emperor. What will happen to you in the future?"
After saying that, he immediately turned to Xu Miaoyin and said, "Your Majesty, this matter requires severe punishment!"
Xu Miaoyin snapped the box shut and said, "Come here, drag them both away. They'll be punished with thirty lashes of the cane if it's too serious. Xia Zhaoyi, I'll fine you three months' salary. During this month, you'll be confined to Shou'an Palace to reflect on your mistakes. You're not allowed to leave the palace again!"
Several maids came in immediately and dragged out Fulan and Xi Que, who were kowtowing and begging.
Xia Yunting knelt on the ground, trembling, not even daring to raise his head.
Nan Yan also knelt beside her, but at this time she was not relaxed at all.
It all happened so fast.
Of course she knew that Gao Yurong would find a way to put the bracelet back to Shou'an Palace, but she didn't expect that she would put it there.
If she kept quiet and put it in any corner, it could be considered that Fulan and the others had lost it accidentally. Although they would still be punished, the meaning would be completely different.
Putting it on the dressing table was obviously turning the tables on Xia Yunting.
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