If Jiang Xinyue guessed correctly, Pei Zhongshu probably knew about Pei's and Li Gui's concubine's plot to kill her, and was ready to let Pei take all the blame alone and save Li Gui's concubine.
As she expected, Pei Zhongshu had a look of pain on his face under the gaze of all the concubines. He completely ignored the concubines' eyes and knelt down crying: "Your Majesty! I am guilty. I have raised a child." What an unfilial daughter! I am already sixty years old, and she wants to disgrace my old face! Your Majesty... please give me the death penalty! I must die to apologize!"
Emperor Xuanwu had a dark face: "What is Pei Aiqing doing? Get up quickly. What's wrong with Pei Aiqing?"
Pei Zhongshu was a veteran of three dynasties. Not to mention that his daughter had done something wrong. He led people to plead guilty. Even if he himself made any mistakes, the emperor should be lenient. As long as it was not a serious crime of rebellion, Pei Zhongshu could live well.
The emperor has to sacrifice the person.
Otherwise, the courtiers will only feel cold.
Pei Zhongshu was also an old artist who sang and composed. Tears came at the first sign. He pulled the rope in his hand and pulled Mr. Pei out from behind.
He shook his head and swayed slightly: "Your Majesty, I am such a rebellious woman. She was so bold that she brought a snake girl into the palace. She originally wanted her to perform snake dancing for Concubine Li, but the snake girl didn't enter the palace for long. She just ran away and disappeared. The rebellious old lady searched for a long time but couldn't find it. When it was time to leave the palace, she had no choice but to go home. Out of fear, she didn't tell him immediately and only informed her early this morning. Old minister, I came to the palace in a hurry. Although she has good intentions, she does bad things with good intentions. Your Majesty, have you found the snake girl? She didn't hurt anyone, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Xinyue had a new understanding of Pei Zhongshu's shamelessness.
She wouldn't believe it even if she was beaten to death. Pei Zhongshu would not know that the snake girl released snakes into Hexi Palace with the intention of killing two of her.
If you didn’t know, how could it come in such a timely manner?
Don’t you just want to save Concubine Li?
Emperor Xuanwu might not have thought of things that she could think of.
"No one hurt?"
Jiang Xinyue personally cleared away the suspicion of Concubine Liang. Just now Concubine Li was relying on her, so how could she let Concubine Li go?
She lived up to her reputation as a sharp-tongued person, pointing at Pei Zhongshu and scolding: "Why are you Pei family members so shameless? You are the official Zhongshu Ling, and there are always spies in the palace. It is obvious that you have known for a long time that the snake girl almost killed Why are you, the dead concubine, and the child in her belly pretending to be a white lotus? The old and the young are all of the same virtue. If you are so good at pretending, why don't you go to sing in an opera troupe? I think Pei Zhongshu is also a great actor. .”
Yes, Pei Zhongshu knew it, but no one dared to expose him so boldly!
The atmosphere was awkward for a moment, and Pei Zhongshu's tears were still flowing down his folds, making it even more embarrassing.
No one gave me a step to get off, so I was so embarrassed that my toes were scratching the ground.
Emperor Xuanwu couldn't help laughing. He was afraid of being seen, so he quickly calmed down his expression and coughed to cover up his laughter: "Liang Fei, you must not be so presumptuous. How can you talk to Pei Aiqing like this?"
The good concubine meekly bent her knees: "Your Majesty is right. Pei Zhongshu forgives me. Just now, Concubine Li kept saying that the snake girl died in my concubine's palace. She said both inside and outside that she was the murderer. For a moment, I concubine I couldn't hold it back and spoke out what was in my heart, Zhongshu ordered you to have a lot of money, don't argue with this little girl of mine."
She really said everything.
Pei Zhongshu even claimed that he did not dare, and looked at Jiang Xinyue and said, "I really don't know about this. Is Concubine Zhen injured?"
nonsense!
The colors of those snakes are so bright, and you can tell at a glance that there is poison hidden in the teeth. If she is bitten, she will go to see the Lord of Hell. If she is really injured, will she still be standing here alive?
"injured."
Jiang Xinyue didn't follow the routine, she covered her heart and said fearfully: "I feel sick, vomiting, dizzy, and dizzy when I see bright colors... My hands are shaking uncontrollably, I'm living here That room is full of snake corpses. I am afraid that I will be haunted by nightmares every night. I heard that there is a folk custom that snakes that enter the house can only be driven away, not killed, otherwise the house will be uneasy. But. This palace is in the palace, if it really happens in the future..."
She shook her head, too scared to think about it: "I am too hurt, how can I look directly at snake soup and snake meat in the future? This incident will become a shadow for my life, and will follow me throughout my life. Until I die. Pei Zhongshu, do you think I was injured?"
Some wounds are invisible to the heart and are more difficult to heal than visible wounds on the skin.
This is probably what Zhenbi means!
Pei Zhongshu didn't expect that there was someone more shameless than him. He was standing here perfectly, not even a hair missing, yet he was treated by Concubine Zhen as if he was more seriously injured.
He also asked him, could he still say: Why are you being pretentious?
He was here to admit his mistake and keep his posture low.
"Yes, yes... it's all the fault of this rebellious woman, my lord. Your Majesty, Concubine Zhen, please punish this rebellious woman. I have no complaints."
Seeing Ms. Pei being tied up with ropes and kneeling on the ground in a state of embarrassment, Li Guifei felt extremely insulted and her chest heaved violently.
"yes……"
Concubine Li impulsively confessed, not wanting to see her mother humiliated like this in public.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhen, all of this is my own fault. Concubine Ligui has no knowledge of this. Please don't anger Concubine Ligui."
Mrs. Pei shook her head at Concubine Li and interrupted her.
Emperor Xuanwu exhaled a heavy breath from his nose and did not make a decision immediately.
According to what Pei Zhongshu said, Jiang Xinyue was not harmed. This matter can be reduced to a big thing or a trivial matter.
But Emperor Xuanwu felt that Concubine Zhen had to die before he could hold Pei and Concubine Li accountable for their faults.
Concubine Zhen was lucky enough not to be bitten to death by a snake, so couldn't she demand severe punishment for the two of them?
What if Concubine Zhen is unlucky and gets bitten by a snake?
Who can pay for the lives of his concubine and the child in his belly?
Pei's despicable life was not as good as his precious concubine in the emperor's heart.
He subconsciously looked at Jiang Xinyue. Jiang Xinyue only showed a sly smile, as if to say: You have to decide what to do. This matter does not satisfy my concubine. The emperor knows my concubine's temper.
Emperor Xuanwu shook his head. How could her words still have their own voice playing in his mind?
"Ms. Pei brought such a dangerous person into the palace without authorization and put the concubines and me in a dangerous situation. This move is no different from regicide, so let's die!"
The phrase "give me death" was said as lightly as tonight's dinner and fish head soup, so that everyone was stunned and did not react.
