Chapter 276 Knowing I was wrong, I will dare to do it again next time

Not long after Jiang Xinyue was taken back to Changchun Xianguan by the emperor, Shuangjiang and Xiao Xiangzi also came back.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at Xiao Xiangzi, who was wearing palace maid clothes and had rouge on her face, and almost spit out the flower petal water he had just put into his mouth to rinse his mouth.

Xiao Xiangzi covered his face and knelt down: "I have polluted the emperor's eyes, please forgive me."

"Is this how you escaped the pursuit of the Pei family?"

There was a hidden smile in the emperor's voice: "Is this okay?"

Xiao Xiangzi's eyes showed fear, as if saying: How did the emperor know?

"Don't look at your masters, they are so bold, do you really think I dare not punish you? Your queen is making trouble, you should discipline her, how can you just go crazy with her?"

"Your Majesty~"

Jiang Xinyue pulled his sleeve: "It's all my fault, how dare they, as servants, disobey me? If Your Majesty is still angry, vent it on me, don't make things difficult for them..."

Emperor Xuanwu looked like he had no reason to do anything to her, and tapped her forehead: "How dare you say that? If there is a next time, I will punish you all together."

Jiang Xinyue pouted: "I know, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."

This perfunctory attitude shows: I know I was wrong, and I will dare to do it again next time.

"Your Majesty, the Secretary of State has come with his son to see you."

Secretary of State Pei and his treacherous son who is still addicted to love in his middle age?

Emperor Xuanwu glared at Jiang Xinyue: "Did you see that? You beat the younger one, and the two elders came to your house. Do you think they won't guess it was you if you run away?"

Jiang Xinyue muttered: "What if they guessed it? What evidence do they have? Besides, the emperor will definitely protect me."

Not only is she fearless, she even said it directly in front of you.

Emperor Xuanwu gritted his teeth again, and got angry when he saw Xiao Xiangzi's face full of powder: "Hurry up and wash it off, are you waiting for others to expose it?"

Shuangjiang and Xiao Xiangzi got up quickly and ran to the backyard in a flash.

Jiang Xinyue sat there without moving. The emperor showed her a "fierce" expression again, which scared her so much that she quickly stood up and followed Shuangjiang and the others to run back.

In a panic, she bumped into a chair, rubbed her legs and continued to run.

The emperor chuckled and said that he was not afraid, but in fact, he was scared when he heard that Pei Zhongshu was coming!

It's good to be afraid. If you know how to be afraid, you won't do such dangerous things next time.

"Ahem..."

He cleared his throat, restrained his smile, and showed a serious expression: "Summon Pei Zhongshu to the audience."

Wang Dequan and Tang Shiliang have not returned yet, and the eunuchs below still have to be ordered by the emperor for everything.

If they were there, after the royal concubine left, they would summon people in without the emperor's order.

"Your Majesty..."

Shuangjiang's expression was still fearful: "When I and Xiao Xiangzi were escaping just now, we changed into palace maids' clothes. On the way, we met Pei Zhongshu's people. They caught me and interrogated me. I was worried that they would recognize me and Xiao Xiangzi?"

It would be good if they caught both of them, but I didn't want to implicate the queen.

"So what if they recognized them?"

Jiang Xinyue blinked her eyes: "Three eunuchs went there, but only found two suspicious palace maids. They didn't even match the number of people, but they came to me to seek justice. If you don't know, you would think they are so narrow-minded. Because my father stole their two official positions, they came to avenge me!"

Shuangjiang thought about it. How could her majesty lie with her eyes open?

If she hadn't been one of the participants, she would have believed what her majesty said.

After entering the back courtyard, Nanny Xiang had been waiting for a while holding the Sixth Prince: "Your Majesty, Miss Qin Ruofang is waiting in the side room. Would Your Majesty like to see her?" She

should have been taken to the front hall, but Your Majesty was with the Emperor at that time, and Nanny Xiang couldn't let her disturb them, so she took her back to the backyard.

"Go and see her!"

After all, it was the money bag that the Emperor wanted.

After two days of rest and with the care of the people sent by Jiang Xinyue, Qin Ruofang was no longer as fierce as she had been before.

No wonder Nanny Xiang was on guard against her, she was indeed a rare beauty.

When Qin Ruofang saw Jiang Xinyue, she knelt down with a plop and put her head on the ground: "Please save my life, Your Majesty."

Jiang Xinyue had expected it.

When the emperor traveled, there were three layers of guards inside and outside. How could a weak woman like her, who was being hunted by a big man, break through the siege and kneel before the emperor?

Someone must have let her in on purpose.

Qin Ruofang did not hear the words of the imperial concubine, only the sound of the teacup lids colliding leisurely with the teacups.

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. "My Lady Imperial Concubine, my previous experiences were all true. The magistrate of Guiyang County destroyed my family. My family members colluded with the magistrate and forced me to marry him as a concubine so that they could divide my property legitimately. I refused and was put under house arrest by the magistrate. A few days ago, I was suddenly released. Someone told me that as long as I could enter the palace and be favored by the emperor, he would avenge me. However, it was the emperor and the empress who saved me, and it was also the emperor and the empress who helped me avenge myself. I don't want to destroy the relationship between the emperor and the empress..."

She raised her head. "But if I don't obey the orders, those people will not let me go. I beg the empress for guidance and give me a way out."

"Ting!"

The cups and bowls fell on the table with a very light sound, but Qin Ruofang's heart lifted.

"I deeply sympathize with your experience, but I am just a concubine in the harem. It is related to the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and I cannot make the decision. But you are the victim. If the victim wants to redress his grievances, he must find someone above Minister Pei. Miss Qin, don't take detours again."

Qin Ruofang took a breath of cold air. She clearly didn't say a word about Minister Pei, but the Royal Concubine firmly said that the person behind the scenes was the Minister of the Central Secretariat.

She had seen through their tricks a long time ago!

Shocked, Qin Ruofang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she chose to confess, otherwise she would have been fooled to death by this Royal Concubine.

She suppressed her fear and kowtowed again: "Thank you for your guidance, my lady. I know what to do now."

Jiang Xinyue nodded: "Xiao Xiangzi, Secretary Pei should have finished talking to the emperor by now. You take Miss Qin to rest first."

If she was just taking people down to rest, why did the queen mention the emperor and Pei Zhongshu?

She should have been reminding him to attract Pei Zhongshu's attention and find out that he was the one who put the scorpions in Pei Zhishu's room last night, so that he would rush out to cause trouble.

Then it was natural for Qin Ruofang to meet the emperor, and it was not something they did deliberately.

"Miss Qin, please follow me."

Madam Xiang was a little worried: "Madam, do you believe what she said? I think this old servant has great ambitions in her eyes."