Steward Zhou followed silently, and after a while he arrived at the inner courtyard and entered the flower hall. He found that he was not the only one who had been called, but there were more than a dozen people, all of whom were servants, maids, and close stewards.
King Lu looked a little gloomy and was looking at a painting on the wall with his hands behind his back. When everyone arrived, he turned around and sat down without saying a word, just slowly serving tea and drinking water.
Manager Zhou didn't dare to take a breath and kept waiting to ask questions.
After a long time, King Lu winked, and the housekeeper frowned: "There is some news outside, you have heard it, right? You are all the people who choose to serve. When it comes to going to Shuiyun Temple, whoever goes will be accompanied by whoever goes there." Please tell me exactly how long you stayed and whether you were really with me the whole time."
After listening to this, Manager Zhou realized that what he was afraid of had happened. The prince had indeed begun to doubt the innocence of the waiter. His heart was beating fast, and he even felt a little cold under the prince's casual gaze.
It was already getting hotter, and my body was so cold that I almost shuddered. I hurriedly suppressed this impulse and made myself look normal.
"Let's talk about the high-ranking servant first."
Everyone looked at a few people, only to see a woman bowing hurriedly: "Your Majesty, all servants know the rules. Gao Xuan has been to Shuiyun Temple, but he was always accompanied by two or more people. On April 7th, That day, I reported to the prince, and I remember it clearly. I set off at three o'clock in the morning and arrived at one o'clock in the morning. I only burned incense, donated five taels of silver, and then returned to the house. I came back in time for noon."
King Lu looked at the butler and when he nodded, he stroked the tea cup without saying anything.
"Zhang Xuanshi."
Another maid bowed and said, "We set off at the end of the hour and came back before the end of the Shenshi period. Manager Fu testified that Xia Juan happened to be assigned at that time and she helped."
After King Lu heard what one maid said, he said oh, and the butler continued to ask the next question.
"I accompanied Chen Xuanshi once. Since the prince called me, he must have known about it. Then I have to think carefully about how to answer when asked later."
The questions and answers continued.
Manager Zhou was flustered when he heard this, especially during the inquiry. He suddenly remembered that when he accompanied Chen Xuanshi to Shuiyun Temple, he was indeed called to have a vegetarian feast, including vegetarian sea cucumber, vegetarian shark's fin, vegetarian goose, etc. , it actually tastes like meat, to the point where it looks like the real thing, it’s called vegetarian meat.
I had a huge appetite, and after eating for half an hour, Chen Xuan was the only one left to pay homage.
This book is nothing. It is the Three-hole Empress who is praying for a son. This is a private matter and cannot be spoken to outsiders. It is extremely normal for a woman to kneel down and pray silently in the temple alone.
It doesn't matter when there are no dirty rumors, but once something happens, how do you make it clear?
As long as he admits it, Chen Xuanshi will be finished.
The prince doesn't care whether he has been paying homage to the gods for half an hour. Half an hour is enough time for anything.
Thinking of this, his legs were already shaking. Fortunately, he hadn't been asked yet. Manager Zhou pinched his thigh meat hard to calm down.
"It's okay, it's okay. I was the only one there at the time. As long as I don't admit it and just say that I have been with Chen Xuanshi all the time, this matter can be dealt with!"
"Chen Xuanshi!"
Immediately, the maid and her mother-in-law said "yes" in a polite manner, and discussed everything one by one. It was Guan Zhou's turn.
"That happened on the third day of May. We went earlier and set off at Chenshi. At that time, it happened that Chen Xuanshi's maid was busy and she was accompanied by a villain."
"God of etiquette during the process, I have been accompanying Chen Xuanshi all the time and did not leave during the process."
"Really?" After hearing this, King Lu nodded, leaned back on the chair, and looked at his face, which looked better than before. After all, after asking a circle of people, these people followed each of the selected attendants, and none of them were selected attendants. Being away from people around him can at least dispel some doubts.
"You all should step back first." King Lu said, "Replace with the next group."
"yes!"
Manager Zhou came out in a daze. After he went out, a small breeze blew and his whole body felt chilly. Only then did he realize that his vest was soaked through. Fortunately, he couldn't see it.
When he returned to his room, the steward who had delivered the food and wine had already left. There were several plates of dishes on the table, and a jar of unopened wine next to it. Steward Zhou closed the door, walked to the table and sat down.
After looking at the bowls and chopsticks put away very carefully, he opened the seal, poured himself a bowl of wine, drank it with the dishes.
As he ate the food and wine, he suddenly felt more and more regretful as he thought about it.
"Hey, I did something wrong!" Manager Zhou put down his chopsticks and slapped himself hard.
This slap made my face heat up, and I almost cried because I was so angry.
"Zhou Liang, Zhou Liang, you are so confused, so confused!"
Why was I so confused just now? I did this wrong!
In fact, to tell the truth just now, this matter is somewhat involved, but he is just leaning towards his concubine's stewardship and has not done anything wrong for Chen Xuanshi. Even if he is disliked by his master because of his tendency, who is in charge of the affairs in the house? Don't have this tendency?
The law does not punish the public, and it will not cause him to suffer any injuries. At most, it will only make him lose face and make him less important.
Why was he so obsessed just now that he lied?
Talking about panic is deceiving the master. This is the first taboo. Why am I confused?
If this is discovered, instead of being scolded and ignored, he will be punished with death!
Zhou Liang's whole body felt cold, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. A small jar of rice wine weighed three to five kilograms, and he drank bowls of it.
He was so drunk that he stood up unsteadily to leave, then sat down again, fell asleep on the table.
I don’t know how long it had been, my head hurt, I frowned, I lay on my stomach and didn’t want to move. When I saw the kitchen steward who had just delivered the food, he bowed and said, "Steward Zhou, the cherries are here, let’s go get them now!"
"Okay, I'll go right away." Zhou Liang got up, but as soon as he went out, the steward was missing. He came to a garden in a daze, which seemed to be Chen Xuanshi's yard. He was surprised to see Chen Xuanshi standing there. He picked the flowers, which were as red as blood, and asked, "Have you heard about it?"
Zhou Liang was surprised: "What's wrong?"
"I heard that Concubine Wei, like me, also worshiped at Shuiyun Temple, so there was a prince."
"I also want to go to Shuiyun Temple and give birth to more sons for the prince."
In a trance, Zhou Liang felt uneasy and quickly avoided it. He walked to a courtyard that seemed very unfamiliar and couldn't see clearly where it was. While he was panicking, he heard a voice talking outside the window. He could identify the person by his voice. It seemed to be Zhang Wang.
"Oh, that old boy Zhou Liang actually dared to lie to the prince. He is such a fool. I have obtained the evidence that he protected Chen Xuanshi, so I will go and expose the crime to the prince!"
The voice was very low, as if coming from afar, it seemed clear and eerie. Zhou Liang was so frightened that he said: "You are talking nonsense, I am not."
"My lord, you must listen to my explanation. He wronged me."
After shouting a few times, and not knowing where the anger came from, Zhou Liang suddenly pounced on him: "Zhang Wang, you Zhongshan wolf, I have tolerated you for a long time, and I will fight you today."
