Ji Chengfeng immediately stood up and stood in front of Ji Shu with an ugly expression.
"Brother, it's okay."
Ji Shu pushed Ji Chengfeng away and asked, "Where are the people sent by the Queen?"
"Waiting outside the courtyard."
"Go back and tell me that I will go after I change my clothes. Please trouble them to wait in front of the house."
Xitao responded and turned to leave.
Ji Chengfeng said anxiously: "The queen must have heard some gossip. She told you to go because she wanted to be punished. Don't go. I'm going to see the emperor now and ask him to make the decision for you!"
"Brother! Don't go!" Ji Shu grabbed his arm and said seriously:
"I have to explain this matter myself. Otherwise, no matter who says it, people will think that I am guilty and dare not, and think that I have an affair with the general."
Ji Chengfeng bared his teeth and was so worried that he lost his grace.
"There must be someone behind it! Otherwise, this rumor wouldn't have spread like this in a few days! Don't let me know who did it!"
Ji Shu blinked guiltily, "Brother, don't be angry. Sister-in-law, please accompany me. I'm going to the palace."
Ji Shu held up the hem of her skirt and ran down the corridor. Wen Pingting held Ji Chengfeng's arm and cheered him up while saying with a smile:
"Shu Shu ran really fast. It was obvious that she was going to be questioned, but she seemed quite happy."
"The older this girl gets, the more people can't see through her."
"Shu Shu is very smart. This matter can't hurt her. Don't be anxious anymore. It's useless to be anxious. When Shu Shu comes back from the palace and the matter is resolved, you can deal with the folk rumors."
"I'm her brother. I used to take care of everything she had, but now she doesn't need me."
Ji Chengfeng always felt unhappy, feeling like an old father watching his daughter grow up and being forced to let go.
He shook his head crazily. Was it because he had never had children that he unconsciously raised Shu Shu as his daughter? !
Wen Pingting: "You treat Shu'er better than you treat me. I'm jealous."
Ji Chengfeng was horrified and froze on the spot.
Wen Pingting covered her mouth and snickered, "I'm just joking, go and deal with the matters assigned by the emperor! Otherwise, you won't be punished tomorrow for not taking things seriously."
Wen Pingting made such a joke, Ji Chengfeng felt relieved a lot.
Watching him leave, Wen Pingting breathed a sigh of relief.
She smiled and glanced at the direction Ji Shu left.
Her stupid husband couldn't tell that there was something deeper hidden in Shu Shu's heart.
Since it's Shu Shu's decision, don't let her stupid husband mess with it.
Ji Shu returned to the courtyard, changed into more upright clothes, and got on the sedan chair from the palace.
After a while, the sedan stopped in front of the corner gate of the palace.
Aunt Sun, sent by the Queen, came forward and said:
"County Master, get off the sedan chair. The old slave Lu inside will guide you forward."
Ji Shu got off the sedan, and Xitao was about to follow her when Aunt Sun stopped her:
"Girls are not allowed in."
Ji Shu looked at her and smiled gently:
"You go back first, and don't forget to give the money for accommodation at the inn to Wei Chongguang and the others. When you come back, you have already gone to pay your respects to your aunt."
Xitao understood in her heart, "I will remember this."
Aunt Sun led Ji Shu through several palace passages, and after a while, the Queen's Kunning Palace appeared in front of her.
Passing through the front hall ring corridor and small garden, and coming to the back hall courtyard, I saw two people standing at the door of the hall from a distance.
Both of them were dressed simply and looked like common people. One of them looked at Ji Shu with contempt.
"snort……"
Ji Shu glanced at her twice, and the old lady turned her head away with a snort.
"..."
Ji Shu curled his lips and followed Aunt Sun into the hall.
Across the bead curtain, Aunt Sun said: "My dear, the Lord of Wenyu County has arrived."
"My daughter, Ji Shu, has met the Queen. May the Queen be blessed with peace and prosperity."
Ji Shu knelt down behind the bead curtain and bowed.
Queen: "Sit down and come closer to talk."
"Thank you, Queen."
Ji Shu stood up and Aunt Sun opened the curtain for her and walked into the hall.
She quietly looked around. In addition to the queen sitting above her, there was also a graceful beauty present. Xie Shangshan was also here. She looked to the side.
The look that had been staring at her angrily since she came in came from Mr. Li.
Ji Shu felt reassured.
The Queen looked at her for a moment and then went straight to the point.
"Wen Yu, I came to you today because there is a matter involving you. I want to ask you. There are rumors in the capital that you have an affair with the champion Hou Qiye, and he is your former eldest uncle. Is this true? "
"Return to the Queen, this matter is completely false!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
As soon as Ji Shu finished speaking, Mrs. Li jumped out. She walked to the center and pointed at Ji Shu and said to the queen:
"My queen, she is lying! Don't believe her! This bitch is used to confusing right and wrong, and her mouth is as tough as a stone! She will definitely not tell the truth! Please bring witnesses and adulterers to confront her! My son is really I'm wronged! I was deceived by a bitch, please make the decision!"
Queen: "The Emperor is asking the champion. Ji Shu, I ask you, are you telling the truth?"
"My daughter never tells lies, and I am also very curious as to why the rumors about me and the general spread to everyone within a few days. Everyone said that my daughter and the general have something personal. Even though my daughter is upright, she will not be able to tell the truth in the future. How should you behave! Please make the decision for me!"
"Are you aboveboard? Bah! If you really have no personal relationship with him, why did you go to deliver food! Don't say it's for the sake of the justice of the family and the country! If that's the case, you can tell us to go there in an aboveboard way!"
Mrs. Li knelt down and said, "Madam, when Ji Shu used the pretext of checking the accounts, we had no idea where she was! Didn't she just say this to find a good reason for her secret meeting with Qi Ye? She was in Yan'an I have been here for three months, and I don’t know how many things I have done with Qi Ye in these three months!"
Ji Shu looked at her coldly, "Mrs. Bo was so excited when she said it, and those who didn't know thought you saw it with your own eyes. Why do you make such assumptions about me and the general?"
"I didn't see it with my own eyes! But someone saw it with my own eyes!"
Mrs. Li crawled over to the beautiful woman sitting below her and shouted:
"Your Majesty, please prove to my Xu'er that although he is at fault, it is Ji Shu, a bitch who had an affair with someone else, who is guilty first!"
It turned out that this person was Xie Shangshan's biological mother, Concubine Zhao. She looked at Ji Shu with disdain on her face.
"Are you still unwilling to admit it? I thought you were gentle and kind before, so I sent people to Yan'an Mansion to hear what the people said about you, and planned to give you some rewards privately. But you are just a It’s just a superficial thing! Come and bring the person to me.”
The two women at the door just now were brought into the dormitory.
The queen asked: "Who are you two?"
"Go back to your Majesty, the grass-roots people came from An Mansion, and their surname is Hua."
"Mother, the grass people are from the capital, and this flower lady is a relative of the grass people. She was also one of the victims of the disaster in Yan'an Mansion before. Now she is better. I sent a letter asking her to come to the capital. I didn't expect to hear many things from her about Wenyu County Lord thing!"
The queen stopped the vegetable seller and said to Aunt Hua, "You tell me."
