"There is no need to come over and report to me. Just tell Miss Tao what you found out."
After remembering Xie Lan's deep voice, everyone remembered that he was also involved in this matter.
What he is doing now is telling everyone that he and Tao Yaoyao have the same attitude at this time and will never tolerate it. Of course, it also has the meaning of provoking His Majesty's ridicule just now.
For a moment, an undercurrent surged above the hall. Chang Geng ignored the probing looks of everyone and went straight to Tao Yaoyao. After Tao Yaoyao got the information he found, the whole hall suddenly lit up like the scorching summer sun.
"Empress, I am trying to protect you from disaster this time."
When Beauty Wang heard this, she frowned immediately, "What do you mean by this? I am His Majesty's woman. Even if there is something, I will only let Your Majesty protect me."
Thinking of her situation, a flash of disdain flashed in Wang Meiren's eyes, "You can't even protect yourself, but you are still in the mood to tease me, you are so brave."
"Don't worry, Madam." After Tao Yaoyao finished speaking, she came to Xiao Shuo. At this time, his interrogation was almost done. She handed him the note and then sat back down in her seat.
When Beauty Wang saw this, there was deep dissatisfaction in her eyes.
What does Tao Yaoyao mean by this? She aroused everyone's curiosity, but she gave up the choice. What kind of place does she think Beauty Residence is, and who does she think she is?
Originally, she wanted to use her to deal with Concubine Xian. If she had known this, she should have...
"Which of you will speak first?"
After Xiao Shuo read the note, he stuffed it into his sleeve and looked at the maids.
Several palace maids looked at each other, but no one was willing to be the first to stand up. In the end, Xiao Shuo clicked on someone, and they stopped pushing.
"You just need to tell everyone what you just told me."
The first maid called out was named Caiwei. She was from Princess Anping's courtyard. She was called here to help today. She had been following Aunt Dong at first.
Later, after Aunt Dong was assigned to the side hall, she and her sisters received guests in the courtyard.
"The slave accidentally saw Aunt Dong pushing someone. But the slave was too scared, so she hid immediately."
When Caiwei said this, her face became paler.
At that time, she really thought that as long as she hid for a while, she would act calmer after going out, and the matter would be over. Who knew that she had seen Aunt Dong pick up a porcelain bottle.
When she was running away in a panic, Chang Geng saw her and was called over for questioning.
The other two people were not as unlucky as her. They were just passing by. The remaining palace maid saw Aunt Dong sneaking into an abandoned house.
And Xiao Shuo had just sent people to search the house.
"The evidence of Aunt Dong pushing Miss Tao is complete. Next, let's talk about the grudge between Aunt Dong and Dong Zhi."
As soon as Xiao Shuo finished speaking, Dong Xue said immediately, "My brother doesn't know Aunt Dong at all..."
"Miss Dongxue, although you are brothers and sisters, you don't say everything to each other, right? What's more, Aunt Dong hasn't spoken about this yet, why are you anxious?"
This... Dongxue frowned.
"Aunt Dong, should you say this yourself, or should I say it for you?" Xiao Shuo looked at Aunt Dong with a half-smile.
Aunt Dong has seen this expression too many times in her many years of life. She knows that Xiao Shuo already knows everything. He is asking him this now just because he hopes that she will take the initiative to tell the truth.
But what if you say it, so what if you don’t?
Things have already been settled. Doesn't it mean she doesn't have to die if she says it?
Just when everyone was waiting for Aunt Dong to speak, she suddenly kowtowed three times to His Majesty and Beauty Wang, and then said in a weathered voice, "Dong Zhi was killed by slaves."
What?
Was Winter Solstice really killed by a woman? Still using that cruel method, this...
Although Miss Tao looks a little more fierce and unruly, she is so smart that she solved such a difficult case so quickly.
In the past, I only thought Master Xiao was very powerful, but now there is another person in Kyoto City who is very capable in handling cases. It is a pity that she is a woman, otherwise there would be many fewer unjust, false and wrong cases in Kyoto City.
Hearing this, Dong Xue's eyes flashed with anger.
"Why did you kill Dongzhi?" Wang Meiren said displeased.
The Dongzhi brother and sister were her confidants, but they all fell apart today. The most important thing is that the person who killed him was actually one of Xian Fei's people. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face by Xian Fei.
You know, today is her birthday party, how dare she?
Aunt Dong wanted to protect the person behind the scenes, and planned to take on everything by herself and end the matter, but Beauty Wang did not allow it. She changed her attitude of watching the fire from the other side and looked at her with an angry face. She looked like her. If you don't understand the matter clearly, you won't play.
The emperor noticed something was wrong with Beauty Wang and opened his mouth to say something, but he thought that today was her birthday, and since the matter had been investigated to this point, it wouldn't hurt to dig a little deeper.
Then he raised his head and looked at Xiao Shuo.
"That's what was written on the note." Chang Geng and the others did not shy away from them when they gave the note. His Majesty sat on it and could see it even more clearly.
In addition, Tao Yaoyao said something meaningful after seeing the note. After thinking about it for a while, His Majesty knew what was going on.
"Yes." When Xiao Shuo was about to hand over the note, His Majesty looked at Aunt Dong, "Should you say it yourself, or should I ask someone to say it for you."
The invitation in His Majesty's mouth is not a request, but a punishment. There are many more tricks to interrogate people in the palace than in the prison. Aunt Zhou has learned this before.
She never wanted to experience such a scene in her life, so after His Majesty spoke, she spoke almost subconsciously.
"The servant said. The servant said. Please don't send the servant to the Crane Guard."
It turns out that Aunt Dong’s daughter was framed for stealing a year ago and died in Dong Zhi’s hands. Aunt Dong had a grudge against him because of this.
Aunt Dong had originally planned to kill Dong Zhi today. Picking up Chang Geng's discarded porcelain vase was an accident, and the framing of him was also an impromptu thought.
Originally, he wanted Tao Yaoyao to take the blame for her, but he didn't expect that it would be this thing that harmed him in the end.
The old man actually didn't reveal the virtuous concubine. Wang Meiren was very dissatisfied with this explanation.
"The side hall is heavily guarded, and the guards are sure that no one has gone in during this period. How did you get in quietly?" Xiao Shuo asked.
At first, Aunt Dong refused to tell her, but the guards who went to check the abandoned house came back. Seeing that she couldn't hide the matter, she revealed the location of the secret room in the side hall.
"There really is a secret room."
Everyone was once again surprised by Tao Yaoyao's intelligence.
At this point, the matter was settled. When the Yulin Army took Aunt Dong and Dongxue out, Tao Yaoyao looked at Dongxue while playing with the wine glass, "Why do you hate me so much? As far as I know, you and I have nothing to do with each other." There is no grudge, but I don’t believe that your hatred towards me is without reason.”
Dong Xue turned her head and glanced at Beauty Wang, then suppressed the hatred in her eyes and said softly, "My brother died for no reason, and the guard found your things next to him. I was just in a hurry, so I talked nonsense. Please forgive me, Miss Tao."
wrong.
Her dislike for her began at the pond.
She was obviously not like this when she was at the palace gate. How could a person have such a huge contrast?
"Maybe you're overthinking it, or maybe she was this kind of person from the beginning, but she was good at disguising, so she deceived you."
After leaving the palace, Tao Yaoyao talked about the matter with Xiao Shuo, and he explained it this way.
After Tao Yaoyao thought about it carefully, he felt that this explanation was reasonable.
She was really tired today. She wanted to sleep now. As for the other things, she would wait until tomorrow.
After saying goodbye to Xiao Shuo, she took Qiu Gui to the place where the Tao family's carriage was parked. Who knew that when they got there, they discovered that the Tao family's carriage was gone.
"Miss, they really went too far."
If it hadn't been for the young lady, they would never have come to the palace to attend the banquet. Moreover, the young lady even bought them clothes and jewelry for this banquet.
It's okay if they don't thank the lady, how could they treat her like this.
What should we do now? It's already so late, if I walk back, it will be almost dawn.
But now there are no other carriages here... Qiu Gui almost cried.
"Miss……"
"Why are you anxious? There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Even if there is no road, there is still a mountain road. Anyway, don't worry, we will always have a way to go back."
Tao Yaoyao looked around while comforting Qiu Gui. At this time, the carriage of Prince Dingbei happened to be passing by. When she saw it, she pulled Qiu Gui and rushed over without thinking.
The driver didn't expect someone to rush over suddenly. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise...
"Miss Tao."
Chang Geng almost fell down due to the driver's sudden braking. When he opened the curtain and was about to lose his temper, he saw Tao Yaoyao holding her maid and looking at them with a smile.
Chang Geng thought of something, looked up at the empty parking space, and then looked at his master.
"What are you doing standing around? Go back home quickly."
A cold and distant voice came, and Tao Yaoyao remembered what happened in the hall just now, and unconsciously took two steps back to give way to them.
Seeing this, Chang Geng opened his mouth to say something else. At this time, the driver whipped down the horse and the carriage quickly ran forward.
"Miss, the prince seems to be angry."
Tao Yaoyao looked at the carriage that quickly disappeared and sneered, "Then did you see that your lady is also angry with me?"
"Ah, miss, why are you angry?" Qiu Gui looked puzzled.
Tao Yaoyao was almost mad at her, "Whose maid are you? Why do you always speak for him when you open your mouth?"
"Miss, you misunderstood. I was just telling the truth, and the prince really helped us in the hall today."
"When did he help me? He obviously disliked me very much, and even at that time he wanted to clear up the relationship with me. What, am I, your lady, a poisonous snake and beast?
Even though I saved his life several times, he didn't appreciate it, and he still looked at me with colored glasses like everyone else. It was so annoying. ungrateful. "
