As soon as they arrived, they heard a palace maid inside replying to the Queen Mother.
Since such a thing happened to a good young lady from an official family in the palace, the empress dowager must of course deal with it.
After some inquiries, she found the palace servant guarding the path leading to that place.
"What do you mean by me? What happened?" Tu Qingyu walked in at this time, her eyes full of surprise, "Oh my God, what happened to Sister Xu?!"
After being surprised, he bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
When the Queen Mother saw that she appeared with Pei Jian, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Pei Jian bowed slightly, "My Lady."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, a smile in her eyes, "Master Pei, please don't be polite."
In fact, she wanted to ask why he appeared with Tu Qingyu.
But she knew in her heart that if the man in front of her didn't want to talk, it would be useless for her to ask.
She fixed her gaze on Tu Qingyu. "Just now, this girl from the Xu family was found lying on the ground with a bruise on her head. A palace maid nearby said they saw you going in and out with her. Miss Tu, do you know what happened?"
"Your Majesty, after I left Chonghua Palace, I exchanged a few words with Miss Xu and then left. I don't know what happened to her afterwards."
She looked at Xu Ying lying on the bed, "This, this servant doesn't know why the Xu family's sister is like this."
"You don't know?" Madam Xu immediately stood up. "Some time ago, you fell in the same place and hit your head. Do you dare to say that this isn't your deliberate revenge on Ying'er?"
She didn't like Xu Ying very much, but she couldn't let a young girl bully her daughter.
Isn't this a slap in her face?
Her voice was a little louder, and Tu Qingyu seemed to be frightened and hid closer to Pei Jian.
Pei Jian just lowered his eyes and watched her movements without dodging.
It was this that made the empress dowager's eyes darken because she did not avoid it.
Immediately afterwards, Tu Qingyu's fingers once again grabbed Pei Jian's sleeve where no one could see.
"Just now, I was with Uncle Pei the entire time, right next to the Liyue Pond. Uncle Pei can testify to this.
I really don’t know why Xu’s sister fell there.”
As she spoke, her eyes turned red. "Mrs. Xu, are you saying, are you saying that I pushed Miss Xu?"
She raised her head and looked at Pei Jian with red eyes, "Uncle Pei, please say something, I really didn't push anyone... How could Madam Xu wrongly accuse me like this..."
Looking at her watery eyes, Pei Jian slowly shifted his gaze and moved his fingers hidden in his wide sleeves.
He said calmly, "Just now, she was with me. I was also there when she said goodbye to Miss Xu."
As soon as Pei Jian opened his mouth, no one present dared to question him again.
Although everyone knew that he was good friends with Tu's father and Tu Qingyu was his future daughter-in-law.
When Mrs. Xu saw Pei Jian had spoken, her expression immediately changed.
"It was indeed my fault for being too careless and wrongly accusing Miss Tu. I, I also..." As she spoke, she used her handkerchief to wipe the few tears that had finally squeezed out from the corners of her eyes.
A lady who was close to her immediately interrupted her, "You're just too concerned. Stop blaming yourself. Anyone would get confused if they encountered something like this."
"That's right. Miss Tu recently..."
"Alright." The Queen Mother spoke at this time, "After all, this happened in the palace. When you go back today, take the imperial physician with you. Also, the medicinal materials in the Imperial Hospital..."
She then spoke and listed a number of things, all of which were given to Xu Ying.
"Your Majesty, Lord Tu and Madam Tu have arrived." Just as she finished giving the rewards, the palace maid came in to report.
"Please come in."
"Greetings, Madam."
"No need to be polite."
After the greetings, Tu's father and mother immediately surrounded Tu Qingyu.
"My Yu'er." They gathered around her, looking her up and down. Seeing that she was fine, they felt relieved. "You don't know how scared we were when someone just said someone fell behind the rockery."
They made no secret of their concern for Tu Qingyu.
Especially Mr. Tu, who looked at his daughter with tears in his eyes without any hesitation.
It looked a little funny, but none of the ladies present could laugh.
None of them had ever received such blatant love from their father.
Not to mention blatant care, even ordinary care is rare.
Some people don't even see their fathers a few times a year.
"Mom and Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law, I'm fine. It's Xu Ying from the Xu family who's in trouble. I don't know why she fell where I fell last time. Logically, she should have been more careful since I fell a while ago, but...
Because of this incident, Madam Xu thought I pushed the Xu family sister, but luckily Uncle Pei testified for me.
As she spoke, she smiled sweetly at Pei Jian.
Pei Jian's eyes remained unchanged, but Tu Qingyu could see a red reflection in his eyes. It was her, and only her.
"What?!" Father Tu's focus was not on the back, but on the front. "How dare the Xu family wrongly accuse you?!"
She muttered softly, "No, they all said that Madam Xu is too concerned and confused."
"What do you mean by 'concern leads to confusion'? Does concern lead to confusion justify wrongly accusing a girl from an innocent family?" He stared at Tu Qingyu with eyes that looked 70% like his. "If this kind of thing gets out, how will my son survive in the capital in the future?"
After saying that, he turned around and knelt down in front of the Queen Mother.
This action scared everyone present.
"Lord Tu, if you have anything to say, please get up and talk."
"Your Majesty!" Father Tu wailed, and began to tearfully act out a scene, "You must make the decision for my daughter, Your Majesty."
"The matter has been investigated. This matter has nothing to do with Miss Tu. What else can we do..."
"My daughter may be a bit spoiled, but she has a kind heart. How could she do such a thing as pushing someone? Madam Xu, with just a word of concern, can you slander my child with nothing more than words?"
After being wronged, can you just pretend nothing happened with a word of concern?
If this reputation gets out, will my children still be able to live as human beings? How will my daughter of the Tu family find a husband in the future? "
The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth twitched. It was just a matter of a word, but he made it sound so serious.
But it's not surprising. Who in the capital doesn't know that Minister Tu loves his daughter dearly and won't let her suffer any injustice?
She picked up the teacup and took a sip. "So, what does Lord Tu want?"
"Since I've wronged someone, I must apologize." He wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve. "Then I'll have to trouble Madam Xu to bow and apologize to my son in front of all the ladies and explain the reason."
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