Rou'er shook her head in shock: "That's not the case!"
It was obviously Concubine Liu who was in the wrong, but after Aunt Yu's eloquent words, it all became her young lady's fault.
"That's the truth!"
Liu Mingyue's personal maid Yuezhu stood up, pointed at the master and servants, and said sternly: "When Princess Cai pushed my concubine into the water, I saw it clearly from the sidelines!"
The little maids below all nodded and added:
"good!"
"We all saw it!"
As the saying goes, people who fall behind the wall will fall with the wind. King Yu only favored Concubine Liu, so all his servants naturally stood in Concubine Liu's camp.
Rou'er cried anxiously: "My young lady is innocent, please let the prince know clearly!"
Yuezhu's voice was extremely powerful: "One person testifying may be lying, two people testifying may be colluding, but what if three people, five people, or so many people testify?"
"Have everyone agreed on the same tone in advance?"
Her voice was aggressive.
The servants also echoed in unison: "We all saw it! It was the princess who pushed the concubine!"
Chu Yuci pursed his lips and looked at Ye Jinxiao with a gloomy expression, only to see Ye Jinxiao's brows were clear and his eyes were full of magnanimity.
There seemed to be a bit of disdain in the corners of her eyes...
His brows immediately frowned.
Without him opening his mouth, Ye Jinxiao had already guessed what he was thinking, and he thought she was vicious, narrow-minded, cruel, and so on.
Before, she would have looked for evidence to prove her innocence.
But every time at the end, Liu Mingyue would pretend to be faint, pretend to be pitiful, cry, and end the matter hastily.
Now, she doesn't care.
Since Chu Yuci couldn't be fair and impartial, he kneaded himself into a pot of porridge and relied on his strength to speak.
"Concubine Liu took advantage of my absence and lynched my people. I was just settling a score."
Rou'er's injuries were unknown, and her clothes were stained with a lot of blood. The four-year-old Cui'er's eyes were red and she bit her lower lip tightly, looking particularly pitiful as she dared not cry even if she wanted to.
Chu Yuci asked back:
"When a servant makes a mistake, you should teach him a lesson. Is it too much for you to push Yue'er into the water?"
Aunt Zhu, who was standing on one side and remained silent from beginning to end, raised her eyes when she heard these words and looked at King Yu, with something in her calm eyes overflowing.
Ye Jinxiao pulled her lips: "How dare I touch my people without her order?"
To capture a thief, capture the king first, then hit the snake within seven inches.
To teach servants, there can be one, two, three, four or countless servants.
But only by letting Liu Mingyue know that it hurts and that she is afraid, will she stop causing trouble.
"So, you admit that you pushed her into the water?" Chu Yuci did not punish her immediately, but searched for the facts. Aunt Zhu was still here, and he would convince Ye Jinxiao.
"What if I don't recognize it?"
Chu Yuci glanced at the servants.
With so many people witnessing it, how could she refuse to pay?
"Ah."
Ye Jinxiao doesn't need his trust.
"You can't make decisions fairly, so I seek justice for myself. I hurt two people, and she must do the same to be fair."
Chu Yuci's eyes turned cold.
She always said that he was unfair, used public affairs for personal gain, and favored Liu Mingyue. In her eyes, he seemed extremely bad.
But everyone who knows him knows that he was born in a military camp and grew up on the battlefield. He abides by rules and pays attention to justice. As long as the investigation is clear and the evidence is conclusive, he will severely punish no matter who the other party is.
Only Ye Jinxiao used his power to bully others, made trouble unreasonably, and challenged his bottom line again and again.
"Just now, who hurt her?"
The servants looked at each other, and after a while, two little maids stood up hesitantly.
"Your Majesty, it's us."
"The princess is not in the house, but you actually lynched her people. You don't take the princess seriously. Someone comes and drags these two people down and beats them with twenty big boards each as punishment."
The two men's expressions changed with fright, and they were caught by the guards. They struggled in panic and screamed for mercy.
However, it is useless.
Outside, the muffled sound of a board falling on a flesh wound and a shrill scream were soon heard.
"Now, is this king fair?" Chu Yuci looked at Ye Jinxiao.
Ye Jinxiao said darkly: "Fair, very fair."
"Since one code equals one code, how do you calculate the blame for pushing Yue'er into the water?"
Hahaha!
Ye Jinxiao knew that he had a back-up plan for doing this. After all, he was still protecting his sweetheart, but he could understand that she herself also had a protective character.
"I didn't push her. She wanted to hit me, but she missed and fell down by herself."
"Yue'er can't swim, will she be stupid enough to jump into the water by herself?"
"Oh, I don't know if she is stupid or not. You have known her for so long, don't you know?"
"you!"
Chu Yuci was angered.
She wanted fairness, and he gave it to her, but she still pushed it too far, without knowing what was good or bad. She was clearly deliberately bullying others.
"Come here, let me catch her!"
She was shaken!
Ye Jinxiao raised her lips slightly, walked up to him, glanced at the trembling little concubine in his arms, and raised her hand.
"What do you want to do...ugh!"
Chu Yuci subconsciously protected Liu Mingyue, but the next second, the woman's bare hands grasped the collar and pulled him down, forcing his head to press down three points.
She smiled solemnly in his ear:
"Before leaving the palace, I went to the royal study to reject the imperial edict and exchanged the gold, silver and jewels for another reward. What do you think it was?"
Peace and separation?
Probably not.
My father refused.
Is that something else?
"I," she opened her lips and breathed out a blue breath, "I asked the emperor for a life."
"Guess whose life it is?"
The man's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at her smiling eyes in astonishment. The corners of his mouth were raised, but his eyes were like white frost condensing in winter, with a biting coldness and no warmth.
The cold eyes looked at Liu Mingyue.
"you!"
It turned out that the emperor valued him based on his merits, no wonder he dared to be so presumptuous.
"Ye Jinxiao, if you dare to act recklessly, I will not let you go!"
"Then try it!" Ye Jinxiao raised his voice and pushed him away in disgust.
She is no longer the 'Ye Jinxiao' she used to be. It's easy to kill Liu Mingyue.
Before, she thought that he was the God of War Prince of Nanyuan, who was popular among the people and was fair. She subconsciously felt that he could get rid of prejudice and handle things with fairness, so she would patiently investigate again and again.
It turned out she was wrong.
He will always be prejudiced against her.
And she will never forgive him.
"My lord, you have to take good care of your little lover. It would be a pity if this beautiful girl, who was born in vain, gets stuck on a knife's edge one day and her beauty dies."
Ye Jinxiao pinched Liu Mingyue's chin, causing the latter to shrink into the man's arms.
With a sarcastic smile, he returned to Rou'er and took Cui'er's little hand.
"let's go."
When Liu Mingyue saw it, she suddenly felt anxious.
Just let this bitch go?
She fell into the water and almost lost half of her life. Could it be that she was holding back this tone for no reason?
Ever since she was a child, had she ever suffered such injustice?
Immediately, his eyes turned red, with tears hanging from his curled eyelashes, and he said in a choked voice, "It's all because Yue'er has a low life and is not as noble as my sister. Even if Yue'er dies here today, she has nothing to do with my sister."
"Brother Yuci, don't blame your sister. I believe she didn't push me on purpose..."
Aunt Zhu walked behind Ye Jinxiao. She served Princess Yu on the orders of the Supreme Emperor and had no right to interfere with the family affairs of Prince Yu's house.
But after hearing these words, the stable mentality she had practiced for most of her life finally fell apart.
He couldn't help but say: "Prince Yu, please forgive me for talking too much. Just now when Princess Yu and Concubine Liu were arguing, it was Concubine Liu who made the first move, but missed and threw herself into the water."
"Princess Yu has not even touched the corner of her clothes."
Aunt Yu's heart tightened, and she immediately pointed at Aunt Zhu and cursed:
"How presumptuous! Where did you come from, you dare to confuse right and wrong here, sow discord? You don't want to talk anymore?"
Aunt Zhu's face suddenly darkened.
Chu Yuci's expression also changed drastically.
Ye Jinxiao raised his eyebrows.
Oh, there's something good to watch.
