Chapter 387: Investigating Spies
Next, everyone began to talk about the mistakes they had made in secret, and some even told about the confrontation with a young palace maid in the courtyard.
Even the Queen Mother couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after hearing all these varied answers.
However, Gu Jinxi remained calm throughout the whole process.
The little child is calmer than an adult.
The Queen Mother could not help but admire him even more.
This child is truly born to be an emperor.
And all of them just sat in the yard, listening to the servants describe what they had done one by one.
And after they finish speaking, the guards will immediately verify it. If they are found to be lying or concealing something, they will be exposed.
Gu Jinxi would directly order the person to be chopped to death.
The knife came down quickly.
The palace maids and eunuchs who were still hoping for a lucky break were frightened and told everything in detail.
By the time everyone had finished speaking, only one palace maid was left kneeling on the ground trembling with fear.
Gu Jinxi finally stood up and looked at the palace maid.
"Tell me, what did you do?"
The palace maid looked at Gu Jinxi's face and spoke tremblingly.
"I didn't do anything..."
“Swish——”
Luo Ziqian pulled out his knife and placed it on the ground, making a slight sound as it rubbed against the ground.
The palace maid was so frightened that she trembled and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Your Highness, I did not lie. I really did nothing."
As she spoke, she kowtowed again. When she raised her head, she seemed to have thought of something again. She slowly raised her head and said hesitantly:
"Oh, right, I... I remembered that I... broke one of the Crown Prince's dolls a few days ago..."
She said, and quickly added.
"I know this doll was made for you by your mother. I was afraid that Your Highness would be sad if you saw it, and I was also afraid of Your Highness's punishment, so I secretly brought the doll back and wanted to repair it..."
As she spoke, she raised her head and glanced at Gu Jinxi secretly. Seeing that he looked normal, she continued to kowtow and said:
"Please spare my life, Your Highness. I have repaired this doll and can give it to you now."
When Luo Ziqian heard this, he immediately scolded him angrily.
"You are so brave, girl! How can you touch the Crown Prince's things so casually?
You also know that it was made by the Crown Prince's mother herself, so what's the point of you secretly repairing it?"
"I was wrong. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
The little palace maid knelt on the ground and trembled.
Luo Ziqian: "Hurry up and get the things!"
Upon hearing this, the palace maid stood up tremblingly, looking obviously frightened.
And at the moment she turned around.
Luo Ziqian suddenly said: "Catch her!"
The palace maid wanted to run away immediately, but was stopped by the guards. Seeing that she could not escape, she slapped the guard who was blocking her way.
Suddenly, she opened a gap in the densely packed crowd of guards and was about to escape when someone suddenly rushed towards them from behind.
When Luo Ziqian discovered that this woman was not an ordinary person, he immediately rushed over with a knife and fought with the palace maid.
The palace maid saw that there was no hope of escape, so she turned her eyes and set her gaze on Gu Jinxi.
Taking advantage of the break in the fight with Luo Ziqian, he immediately rushed towards Gu Jinxi.
Luo Ziqian immediately chased after her, but he was still a step too slow. Seeing the palace maid's sword stabbing straight at Gu Jinxi, he was immediately shocked.
Just before that, Gu Jinxi was worried that the Empress Dowager's body could not hold up, so he asked Xiaoman to help the Empress Dowager go to the room to rest first.
Therefore, he is now surrounded by only ordinary palace maids and eunuchs.
When they saw the palace maid's sword coming towards them, they immediately rushed forward to protect Gu Jinxi, but they were still a step too slow.
Just when everyone thought that Gu Jinxi was going to be injured or die on the spot.
Gu Jinxi finally raised his eyes and raised his hand slightly.
In an instant, the table beside him was lifted up and instantly blocked the sword that the palace maid was stabbing at him.
And because of this action, the palace maid's movements became slow for a moment.
It was this delay that caused Luo Ziqian to rush over, and also caused all the people around Gu Jinxi to stand in front of Gu Jinxi and protect her tightly.
This also gave the other guards time to come over and capture the palace maid as quickly as possible.
Soon, the palace maid was caught and forced to kneel on the ground.
Luo Ziqian placed the sword on the maid's neck and sneered, gritted his teeth.
"You girl, you are really good at hiding things. I almost fell into your trap."
Gu Jinxi walked up to the palace maid, but her small body looked down at her.
The palace maid's eyes were full of resentment.
"How did you find out?"
She is a professionally trained killer who is best at hiding herself and has extremely sharp senses.
At that time, when the nanny asked them all to come out, she even wondered if she had been exposed.
But then I thought, Gu Jinxi is just a child, how could he find out?
Only then did he relax his vigilance.
But now, she saw clearly that Gu Jinxi was obviously coming for her.
Everything I did today was for her.
She raised her head and looked at Gu Jinxi, her eyes full of unwillingness.
"How did you find out?"
Gu Jinxi didn't answer, but just looked at her and said sternly: "Tell me, who do you belong to?"
The little palace maid kept her mouth shut and did not speak.
Luo Ziqian lifted her face up with his sword.
"I'm asking you a question, why don't you speak?"
Gu Jinxi: "You don't need to tell me, I know you are Mo Junxing's man."
These words made the little palace maid's pupils shrink suddenly for a moment.
But it was at this moment that Gu Jinxi caught it.
He curled the corners of his lips slightly.
"Oh, you guessed right."
The young palace maid then realized that she had fallen into a trap. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and her face turned red.
Gu Jinxi smiled and continued:
"My mother said that it's impolite not to reciprocate. Since you told me where you came from, I also want to tell you how you died."
Gu Jinxi: "Because, except for the people around me, no one knows that the doll was made by my mother."
The little palace maid never expected this to be the reason.
The reason why she took this doll was because Mo Junxing once mentioned that Gu Jingchun liked to make dolls for Gu Jinxi.
After all, she had been with Mo Junxing for many years and had seen the doll before.
So, with just one glance, he was sure that this doll was made by Gu Jingchun himself, not to mention that it had Gu Jinxi's name on it.
So, she immediately chose the doll and gave the thing away.
But I never expected that this would be the reason I exposed myself.
Thinking of this, she suddenly smiled at herself.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
""What a joke!""
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