At this time, the concubines in the palace also began to criticize Yu Jinshu.
Yu Jinshu did not argue, she knew that arguing was useless at this time.
The Queen Mother came leisurely at this time and saw the commotion in the palace. She asked, "What happened?"
As the Queen Mother's closest person, Xu Xueluo was naturally the first to step forward and explain the situation to her.
"Empress Dowager, Concubine An just now deliberately broke the pair of ancestral jade bracelets you gave to the Queen."
Yu Jinshu frowned. Now it seemed like she did it on purpose.
Wei Ruyan walked up to the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes and knelt down before her: "Queen Mother, it's all my fault. I forgot to bring my jade bracelet this morning, so I asked Qiu Cui to go back to Kunning Palace and get it for me to wear, but..."
She turned to look at Yu Jinshu with an aggrieved look on her face, as if she had been bullied by Yu Jinshu.
At this time, the concubines also turned their attention to Yu Jinshu, and told the empress dowager about Yu Jinshu's "evil deeds" just now. It was Yu Jinshu who deliberately bumped into Qiu Cui, which caused the jade bracelet in Qiu Cui's hand to fall.
The Queen Mother looked at Yu Jinshu, and her previous favorable impression of her disappeared. "Anpin, what is going on?"
Yu Jinshu looked calm, even with a slight smile on her lips. She bowed to the Queen Mother first: "Hail Queen Mother!"
Then she glanced at the Empress, the Imperial Noble Consort, and the other concubines, and then said, "Empress Dowager, if I say that I didn't do it on purpose, but that I bumped into Qiu Cui by accident, I'm sure the Empress Dowager won't believe it."
The Queen Mother frowned slightly.
Xu Xueluo said coldly, "Princess An, there are so many eyes watching us in this hall! How can you afford to quibble?"
Wei Ruyan wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
Qiu Cui knelt before the Queen Mother and cried, "Queen Mother, it was Concubine An who deliberately bumped into me, and that's why I accidentally dropped my jade bracelet."
The Queen Mother looked at the broken bracelets on the ground, her facial muscles twitching with heartache. "This pair of bracelets is an heirloom of the Xu family, passed down for over two hundred years, and now they are destroyed in my hands."
Wei Ruyan was so frightened by this that her hair stood on end. She was worried that the truth would be exposed, but she tried her best to control her emotions and looked at Yu Jinshu, "Anpin, I entered the palace on the same day as you. Isn't it enough for you to have the emperor's favor? You still want to harm me like this?"
She knelt before the Queen Mother again and said, "Queen Mother, it's all my fault. I broke the bracelet you gave me. Queen Mother, please beat me to death!"
Yu Jinshu looked at Wei Ruyan and just wanted to laugh. If her acting skills were brought to the 21st century, she would be able to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
Xu Xueluo added fuel to the fire: "Queen, I can testify to this matter. It's not your fault, it's all Concubine An's fault."
The Queen Mother looked at Yu Jinshu and said, "Princess An, I have already given you the priceless ruby and sapphire glass hairpin. The Emperor only favors you, so why did you throw away these bracelets?"
Yu Jinshu bowed to the Empress Dowager as a sign of respect. "Empress Dowager, as you said, you have already gifted me with a priceless glass hairpin, and the Emperor now favors me exclusively. Why would I need to throw the bracelet the Empress Dowager gave to the Queen? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"
The Queen Mother's eyes darkened. She had been in the harem for thirty years and knew how dangerous it was.
Yu Jinshu glanced at Qiu Cui again. "As a palace maid, you should have walked to the side when entering from the outside. But why did Qiu Cui enter from the center and walk to my side? I was some distance away from the Queen, and I was greeting her. I turned around and bumped into Qiu Cui. I guess she was deliberately letting me bump into her."
The Queen Mother's face was extremely gloomy.
I have to say that every word Yu Jinshu said makes sense.
Qiu Cui immediately kowtowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Please understand, Queen Mother. I have just entered the palace and do not know the rules. I did not go to the wrong seat, but I have been very careful. Concubine An bumped into me after seeing me."
Yu Jinshu stared at Qiu Cui coldly. "No matter what I say, you won't admit that you walked over to me on purpose. But everything has a cause and an effect. Take the cause for example. Why did I have to knock the jade bracelet off your hand?"
She shifted her gaze to the ground. "And this pair of jade bracelets was placed in a sturdy wooden box. Yet, you, a servant, were so careless as to carry such a precious item all the way here on a wooden plate. Not to mention the many steps in this palace, there are so many people in this hall, and yet you insisted on squeezing into the crowded area."
Wei Ruyan was panicked, but she was young and guilty, so she didn't know how to save the situation.
Xu Xueluo said coldly, "Princess An, you're completely shirking responsibility. All the concubines saw it just now. You did it on purpose."
Yu Jinshu stared at the concubines standing at the back and walked over. "You were standing at the back, and the front was blocked by Concubine Kang and Concubine Ning. Could it be that you have X-ray vision and saw through Concubine Kang and Concubine Ning that I deliberately bumped into Qiu Cui?"
She turned around and walked to the Queen Mother. "Queen Mother, if you say that only the sisters in front saw me and Qiu Cui, then I have nothing to say. But everyone here said they saw us. That's a bit outrageous. How could they have seen us? Please, Queen Mother, help me. I don't want to offend all the sisters just because I have the Emperor's exclusive favor. I will go back and persuade the Emperor to treat everyone equally."
The Queen Mother looked at the concubines, who were all much shorter, so it was indeed impossible for her to see them so clearly.
Yu Jinshu was favored by the emperor, so she would indeed be envied. However, she did not expect the queen to be so ignorant as to frame her and even take her ancestral jade bracelet. This really made her disappointed.
But she was the one who made her queen, so no matter what, she couldn't let the queen admit it.
The Queen Mother glanced at Wei Ruyan and said, "Queen, I think it's your maid who's causing trouble!"
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