Chapter 274 Finding the Traitor
The people in Wenquan Villa knew that the princess had been released from the palace, and they had been waiting anxiously for the whole day. They didn't see the princess come back, but they saw their own prince returning to the manor with his shadow guards.
Butler Cheng came out with a happy face, followed by Princess Wei and several children.
Butler Cheng and the children came forward to greet the prince, and Qin Wang Zhao Defang bowed to Princess Wei. After Princess Wei returned the bow, she asked anxiously: "Uncle, where is Li'er? Why didn't she come back?"
"Sister-in-law, Li'er has been locked up in the palace to learn etiquette. She is exhausted these days. She should rest in the palace for two days before coming."
Yu Li muttered unhappily, "Miss, you are such a fool. If you don't want to learn etiquette, just throw a tantrum and don't learn it. Why make yourself tired?"
Zhao Wuzhi was also filled with righteous indignation, his little face puffed up with anger, "The uncle is back. From now on, let's see who dares to bully the empress again and force her to do things she doesn't like. thing!"
The King of Qin touched his nephew's head approvingly, "Yes! Wu Ji, the emperor's uncle is back, and he will not allow anyone to bully your aunt."
Little Wu Ji looked up at the King of Qin and said with firm eyes: "Imperial uncle, now you are responsible for protecting the aunt, and when our "Guardian Phoenix" team members grow up, I will take them to protect the aunt!"
Several members of the "Guardian Phoenix" team straightened their chests, each with a look of determination!
King Qin Zhao Defang was secretly happy in his heart. Li'er, this smart guy, was afraid of death and cunning. She organized a big-footed female army guard and created a "Tai Chi Sect" to recruit peerless masters. These smart and extremely smart children formed their own "Wei Feng" team. After a few years, the guards around her will definitely be an incomparable force.
After entering the Wenquan Villa, the King of Qin said to the housekeeper Cheng who was following him: "I came to the Wenquan Villa to investigate the princess who was framed and detained in the palace by the emperor. Do you know who the traitor is?"
Housekeeper Cheng replied in panic: "I am also a little suspicious about the emperor's sudden decree to summon the princess to the palace and detain her.
My lord, the maid next to my cousin Xiangcao, I have secretly asked this old servant several times these days whether the princess has left the palace. She looked a little suspicious because of her panic. When I interrogated her, she refused to say anything and only said that she had something to report to the princess. "
The King of Qin's eyes turned cold, "You bring the maid Xiangcao to my Tingyuxuan, and I will interrogate her in person."
Butler Cheng bowed and accepted the order, and hurried to Qiushui Pavilion where Madam Lin and her daughter lived.
Lin Xian'er and her mother were playing with some jewelry that they bought from the capital yesterday. Lin Xian'er picked up a jade hairpin inlaid with emeralds and put it in her mother's bun. She stepped back to look at it and said with a sweet smile, "Mother, this jade hairpin is elegant and gorgeous without being cliché. It is just right for your embroidered Sichuan brocade dress. Wear it to Mrs. Liu's birthday party tomorrow!"
Mrs. Lin looked in the bronze mirror and smiled with satisfaction, "Xian'er, you have always had a very good eye. I will listen to you and wear this jade hairpin to Mrs. Liu's birthday party tomorrow."
"Miss Lin, the prince has ordered his subordinates to invite you to Tingyuxuan."
Yun Yi's voice came from the courtyard outside the door.
Lin Xian'er's heart was pounding with surprise. My cousin has returned to the capital and is at the Wenquan Villa. He wants me to go and meet him?
"Mother, I'll change my clothes and go see my cousin!" Lin Xian'er's voice was filled with suppressed surprise.
Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "Go! It's not easy to see your cousin once, Xian'er, you must seize the opportunity."
"I know, mother." Lin Xian'er responded shyly, and hurried back to the room to change into the most beautiful clothes that her cousin would definitely like.
"Xiangcan, where is Xiangcan?" Lin Xian'er called the maid she had been using for these days.
"Miss, Xiangcan was just called away by housekeeper Cheng. May I serve you?" The maid Qiuju stepped forward and said.
"What does housekeeper Cheng want to see her little maid?" Lin Xian'er complained casually, but didn't take it to heart. "Qiuju, hurry up and help me change my clothes."
Lin Xian'er wore a simple and elegant light blue skirt, a set of exquisite white jade inlaid gold headpiece, light makeup, picturesque eyebrows, willow waist, light steps, and walked into Tingyuxuan with joy in her heart.
She knew that this kind of dress was her cousin's favorite. On her eleventh birthday, her cousin was amazed by her and praised her, "When Xian'er wears simple and elegant clothes, she is really out of the ordinary, like a little fairy."
Lin Xian'er walked into Tingyuxuan with joy and hope. After entering the house, she was stunned!
Qin Wang Zhao Defang sat on the main seat with a solemn expression, and a maid was kneeling on the ground, with a familiar back.
"Cousin, when did you return to Beijing? I heard that you have made great achievements on the front line. My mother and I are proud of you!" Lin Xian'er's heart was beating like a drum, and she tried to smile naturally and cordially.
"Lin Xian'er, you don't feel guilty." Qin Wang Zhao Defang called her by her full name, with a cold and disgusted look as if he was looking at a strange stray dog.
Lin Xian'er said in surprise: "Cousin, I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I feel guilty? Why is Xiangcao here? Did this little maid do something wrong and make you angry?" As she said that, she walked forward and sat down on the right.
Prince Qin Zhao Defang felt disgusted the moment he looked at her, he looked at Xiangcao who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Xiangcao, tell me again, after the princess performed surgery on Lin Xian'er and saved her life, how did Lin Xian'er repay the princess for saving her life."
Xiangcao raised her head and glanced at Lin Xian'er. The fierce and vicious warning in Lin Xian'er's eyes scared her so much that she quickly lowered her head.
After gritting her teeth, Vanilla spoke resolutely, "After the princess performed surgery to save her life, Miss Lin was not grateful. Every day when she touched the scar, she would scold the princess for deliberately harming her.
The day before the princess was summoned to the palace by the emperor and detained, Miss Lin dragged her sick body to the capital to stroll around the East Market. She neither shopped nor ate delicious food. It seemed that she was looking for someone aimlessly.
When she met Zhao Zhiya in the teahouse, Miss Lin took the initiative to greet him. She didn't care about being insulted by Zhao Zhiya. She didn't know how to persuade her. Zhao Zhiya went back to the private room upstairs with her.
The maids and followers were all driven out, and the two of them talked in the room for an incense stick of time, and then Lin Xian'er came out with a satisfied smile.
On the afternoon of the second day, the princess... the princess was suddenly summoned to the palace and detained by the emperor. Miss Lin ordered me to go to the gate of the manor to inquire about the news. After learning that the princess was taken away by someone from the palace, she laughed with pride and scolded the princess!
"Every word I say is true, please judge by your Highness." Xiangcao clearly told the details again.
Lin Xian'er felt as cold as if she had sunk into an ice lake. How would her cousin deal with her when he knew that she was the one who betrayed the secret of the silly princess?
Watching Xiangcao's eloquent narration, Lin Xian'er's heart was filled with anger again! How dare this ungrateful slave betray her master?
The cold eyes of Qin Wang Zhao Defang were like knives, sweeping Lin Xian'er, "What a venomous snake that repays kindness with enmity, Lin Xian'er, do you think that my indulgence of you and your daughter is without a bottom line?"
Lin Xian'er quickly went over the whole thing in her mind, knowing that with the means of Qin Wang and those shadow guards, it was useless to resist.
She stood up and stepped forward, raised her leg and kicked the maid Xiangcao to the ground, "The slave who sells the owner Qiu Rong will not have a good end!"
Then she turned around and knelt on the ground, the grievances and resentment in her heart surged up, and tears instantly flowed down her face, "Cousin, I admit that I was the one who revealed to Zhao Zhiya that the princess knew medicine."