On the day the scumbag got married, I lay flat and became his sister-in-law

Chapter 221 The Emperor's Preference
Because of the sudden arrival of Emperor Chengde, the tense atmosphere eased a lot.Everyone had their own concerns, and they were in harmony for a while, until the shopkeeper and assistants of Jixianglou were brought into the hall.

"Who are these people?" Emperor Chengde asked when he saw the people in Jixiang Tower.

The Queen Mother told the whole story.

When Emperor Chengde heard the words, his eyes fixed on Gu Xiyan's face.

If Gu Yatou can really extort 10,000+ taels from Yongjia, that would be Gu Yatou's ability.

The Queen Mother looked at the people present and asked, "Have all the staff from Jixianglou come?"

"Return to the Empress Dowager's words, it's all here." It was Wu Tong who answered.

Today, more than [-] people came, including cooks, cleaners, and waiters.

The Queen Mother picked a fatter cook to ask: "What's the relationship between Gu Xiyan and Jixiang Tower?! The emperor is also here. If you lie, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. I will answer after thinking about it."

The fat cook knelt down on the ground and replied: "Miss Gu sometimes comes to Jixianglou to eat. The grass people only see Miss Gu a few times in a year or so, and they are not familiar with Miss Gu."

He was indeed not familiar with Ms. Gu, anyway, every time he looked back at Ms. Gu, he would be taken up to the third floor by shopkeeper Wu.He is usually busy in the kitchen, how many times will he have the opportunity to see Miss Gu?
The Queen Mother frowned, and then asked the other guys, they all got the same answer.

"Shopkeeper Wu, what is your relationship with Gu Xiyan?" The Queen Mother simply called Wu Tong out for questioning.

Wu Tong is frank: "Caomin not only regards Miss Gu as a distinguished guest of Jixianglou, but also as a friend. Miss Gu is generous and righteous, and she is also a noble daughter of Wanqinghou's mansion. Caomin intends to make friends with Miss Gu."

"That's it?!" The Queen Mother didn't believe Wu Tong's words.

Wu Tong answered truthfully: "This is the case at present, but it may not be so in the future. Ms. Gu once asked Cao Min if she was willing to sell Jixiang Building to her, but Cao Min did not agree at the time."

Princess Duanqing's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Since Gu Xiyan wants to buy Jixiang Building, doesn't she have a motive to frame Yongjia?"

When Zhou Mu heard this, he stood up and spoke: "I was there at the time, and I was also a witness. Xi Yan saw me at that time and said that she wanted to take a picture of a dish for me. Yan said that this dish was good, and wanted to use this dish to congratulate me on my official fortune. I don't want Xiyan to bid, but Princess Yongjia also bid at the same time. Facts have proved that Princess Yongjia is much richer than Xiyan, and the atmosphere at that time There, there were crowds of onlookers, and everyone was booing, and the bid reached 7 taels without knowing it. Later, Princess Yongjia didn't give Xiyan another chance to bid, and shouted to 10 taels in one breath. The dish was sold at 10 taels. There were many witnesses at the scene, and no one had ever forced Princess Yongjia to bid. Didn’t you come here to blame Xiyan?!”

Speaking of this, Zhou Mu said to Emperor Chengde: "Your Majesty, don't say that Xiyan has nothing to do with Jixianglou. Even if Jixianglou belongs to Xiyan, it was Princess Yongjia who first harbored ill will towards Xiyan and followed Xiyan everywhere. This is the final result of Yan Zuo's rush to shoot, please give me your majesty's order."

Emperor Chengde liked to see Zhou Mu talking eloquently, with a kind smile on his face: "You speak nicely, please say more, I love to listen."

Everyone present:  …

Gu Xiyan lowered her head, a smile flashed across her beautiful eyes.

His Majesty's preference for Zhou Mu was so obvious that she couldn't help but laugh.

Zhou Mu glanced at Emperor Chengde helplessly, and continued: "I think that regardless of whether Xiyan has anything to do with Jixiang Tower, the situation at that time was caused by Princess Yongjia first. This shows that evil people can't do good things." If you want to blame, you can only blame Princess Yongjia for being too vicious..."

Princess Duanqing was so angry that she shot the case: "Presumptuous!! How dare you say that Yongjia is vicious in front of Bengong?"

"His Royal Highness dares to take the case in front of the emperor, I will return the word 'presumptuous' to Her Royal Highness." Zhou Mu's posture was loose, and his thin lips were lightly parted.

Princess Duanqing's complexion changed slightly, and only then did she remember that Emperor Chengde was also present.

Emperor Chengde twirled the jade finger on his thumb and glanced at Princess Duanqing.

With his glance, Princess Duanqing's palms were sweating.

She knew that Brother Huang had always treated her kindly. Although they were not real siblings, she also knew how ruthless Brother Huang was when he was ruthless.

Back then the emperor liked Yu Shu so much, but on the third day after Yu Shu's mother and son died, the emperor went to court as if nothing had happened, without any sign of sadness.

After the emperor's brother came to the throne, he used the most ruthless means to wipe out the three princes' party. At that time, blood flowed like a river, and thinking about it now makes her shudder.

Princess Duanqing hurriedly got up and apologized: "My sister lost her composure in a moment of impatience, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chengde waved his sleeves to indicate that nothing happened.

"In my opinion, it's not a big deal. If Xiyan can take away 10,000+ taels from Yongjia with just one mouth this time, it can only show Xiyan's ability. If Xiyan really has such ability, Zimo can't marry her It's a blessing."

As soon as Emperor Cheng De said this, everyone present had different expressions.

From the inside and outside of what Emperor Chengde said, even though Gu Xiyan was the mastermind of this incident, Emperor Chengde did not think that Gu Xiyan did something wrong, but would appreciate Gu Xiyan even more. Is that what it means? ?

The reverse meaning of these words, doesn't it mean that Princess Yongjia will enter the game, because Princess Yongjia is stupid?

Princess Duanqing was so angry that she clenched her fists tightly, but she didn't dare to say a word.

"Okay, everyone in Jixianglou retreats." As soon as Emperor Chengde opened his golden mouth, everyone in Jixianglou retreated one by one.

Zhou Mu quietly moved closer to Gu Xiyan, and Gu Xiyan turned her eyes to look at him, meeting his soothing eyes.

"I have no objection to the revelation of the Jixianglou incident. It's just a waste of money to eliminate disasters, but the disfigurement of Yongjia, we can't just let it go!" Princess Duanqing said in a deep voice, her cold gaze fell on Gu Xiyan's. On the face: "Gu Xiyan, tell me honestly, did you secretly murder Yongjia?!"

Gu Xiyan raised her eyebrows lightly, with confusion in her eyes: "Your Highness's words are wrong. Minnv is a lonely and helpless weak woman, how can she have the ability to attack a noble person like Yongjia Princess? Your Highness thinks highly of Minnv. Furthermore , there is no personal or physical evidence, His Highness wants to frame the girl with empty words, even if His Highness comes from the royal family, the girl must fight with reason!"

Princess Duanqing was dumbfounded for a moment.If she had evidence, she would just take Gu Xiyan down, why would she spend time talking nonsense with her?
Zhou Mu answered coolly from the side: "Perhaps God also can't understand that Princess Yongjia is too vicious, so he punished Princess Yongjia in this way. Her Royal Highness, Princess Yongjia is the biological mother of Princess Yongjia, shouldn't she be punished by herself?" Looking for the reason?"

(End of this chapter)