boudoir

Chapter 335
"I know about this case," Lu Zhao frowned, "but if you want to vindicate Dou Jue, Father will not agree."

"When you are enthroned, the Holy Majesty has already passed away. It is your business to rehabilitate the Dou Mansion, and you have nothing to do with the Holy Majesty." Qi Yunhao, who had been standing with his chest crossed all the time, spoke at this time.

Liuli also said: "Rehabilitation can wait until the prince's event has been decided, but before that, I must pretend to be a loyal and brave prince. Maybe the prince will agree?"

Lu Zhao pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I can promise you."

"Okay." Liuli stood up slowly, "Your Highness is really a straightforward person, so let's make a deal like this. After Zhongyonghou collapses, this decree will belong to His Highness." After she finished speaking, she smiled at Lu Zhao, "Your Highness wants to find Mr. Xu , I can provide a few places right now."

Lu Zhao stayed in the mansion for lunch before leaving, and at the dinner table he returned to his original appearance, Liu Li had seen him both serious and indecent, but he was used to it.

After the meal, Qi Yunhao asked someone to bring Ningshuang over. When Hanxue escaped, the news spread all over the courtyard. Ningshuang naturally smelled something ominous from it. When she came over, her face was pale, and she was trembling when she saw Lu Zhao , so limp that he couldn't speak.Lu Zhao still asked her to get into the carriage decently, charged her with poor service, and took her back.

Without these two, Chaoqingtang seemed a lot more empty, and Liuli didn't ask about Ningshuang's ending, it was none of her business anymore.Although Hanxue's incident happened suddenly, but at the same time, it also removed her worries. Right now, she only needs to concentrate on how to deal with Zhongyong Houfu and Duan Wenhui.

Liuli was thinking about the next step when Chunxiang came to report from outside the door: "Someone is here from the main courtyard, please invite grandma to have tea."

King Dingbei is not in the mansion at this moment, so the people who come are naturally from the Mei family.Last night, King Dingbei and Mei Shi were blocked, no matter whether she was really invited for tea or not, Liuli knew that she should have an explanation to the main courtyard.So he called Laurel Begonia, got up and prepared to go to the main courtyard.Chunxiang chased out the door and said, "Grandma, I heard that Miss Duan is also in the main courtyard."

It's not unusual for Duan Wenhui to be in the main courtyard, but she also witnessed what happened last night, could it be to spy on the inside story of Hanxue?But if they want to get the truth out of Liuli's mouth, it's really a dream.Liuli paused, then continued walking forward.

In the main hall of Rongxi Hall, Mrs. Mei was sitting at the head, and indeed Duan Wenhui was beside her.

Liuli went in and called Madam, then sat down on the left side.Mei raised the corners of her lips and looked at her, and said: "What happened in your yard yesterday, it made people panic."

"If you go back to Madam, it's just that a girl has left, and I don't know what happened." Liu Li said lightly.

"Since it's just a girl who left, why did you detain Miss Duan?" Mei's face darkened, and finally her expression was no longer as brisk as inviting her to drink tea, "Who is Miss Duan, don't you know?" ?! You actually detained her for several hours, are you treating her as a thief, or are you treating her as a thief's accomplice?!"

It turned out to be an issue with this.Last night, Duan Wenhui and Ningshuang were indeed detained in the Xiaohua hall until dawn, but at that time, they could only act in a hurry and not detain her. Could she let her move around?
Liuli looked at Duan Wenhui, and Duan Wenhui was also looking at her, with a sneer on her lips, as if she had a plan in mind.

Liuli withdrew her gaze, and still said calmly: "If it's a thief, of course it's not just as simple as holding it down. Besides, how can I hold down Miss Duan? Obviously I entertained her with good tea and dinner, let her sit in the flower hall for a while, and Let someone guard her, for fear that she will be harmed by thieves. Madam, if she wants to say that, it really leaves me speechless."

Mei took a sip of tea and said, "I know I can't speak up to you, but there are always people in this world who can speak up to you."

Just when Liuli felt that there was something wrong with these words, Duan Wenhui had already stood up, clapped her hands, and suddenly an eunuch with a dust whisk came out from behind the screen.Duan Wenhui walked up to Liuli, pointed to the eunuch and said, "This is the prince of Kunqing Palace. If you have any wishes from the empress, please tell me."

"Cha!" The prince smiled all over his face, leaned over to Duan Wenhui, then walked up to Liuli, squeezed his voice and said, "The empress has a decree, please come to the palace immediately to see the general's wife. Ma'am, this Just please!"

Duan Wenhui has already sued the queen?It seems that this is the first move that the two have already started to join forces.But Qi Yunhao is not in the mansion, how can she go to the palace alone?This trip is more or less auspicious, she can't go!

But if she didn't go, she would be against the order, which she couldn't afford.

Liuli paused for a moment, then suddenly frowned, and called out, "Yuegui, come in quickly! My stomach hurts!"

Yuegui could hear her clearly from outside, seeing her frowning, she immediately came in with Haitang.Liuli whispered to them: "Hurry up and get someone to notify the general!" Haitang nodded, and immediately bowed and retreated.

When Mei saw it, she immediately shouted: "Where are you going?! Stop me!".

Hearing the sound, Ye Tong and Liu Wei rushed in, and the woman next to her who was about to rush up to stop her immediately backed away.Haitang took the opportunity to run out.Ye Tong and Liu Wei didn't dare to take half a step away from Liuli, and stood by her side.

Duan Wenhui stared at Liuli and said, "Do you want to resist the edict?"

Liuli supported her stomach: "Miss Duan saw it too, I don't feel well, so I can't go."

Duan Wenhui snorted coldly: "There are many imperial physicians in the palace, you can't die! But if you resist the order and don't follow it, it will be hard to say."

Liuli didn't think that she could avoid this hurdle by pretending to have a stomachache, but she just wanted to delay the time so that she could deliver a letter to Qi Yunhao.Now Haitang has gone out smoothly, even if she is stopped by people from the main courtyard, as long as she shouts, the people from Chaoqingtang will know.So it wasn't too fierce, so he snorted and said, "It's okay to go, if something happens to me, I will pay for it with your life."

Duan Wenhui said: "That depends on whether you have the ability! ——Wang Gonggong, why don't you lead the way?"

The prince answered yes, glanced at Liuli, and walked out with his fly whisk.

Liuli paused, turned her head to look at Mrs. Mei, and then went out.

Even Liuli's high-grade palanquin has been prepared under Erdaomen, so it can be seen that Duan Wenhui has to get her into the palace today.Liuli got into the sedan chair calmly, let Yuegui accompany her, and then entered the palace with the carriage in the palace.

Not long after I arrived at Kunqing Palace, I got off the sedan chair, and the prince went to report, but someone under the door came to greet him.

This is Liulitou's return to the Queen's Palace, so I won't elaborate on the magnificence of the palace, and she is not in the mood to look at it. In short, she feels that it is more spacious and splendid than the Zhongcui Palace where she stayed last time.

Liuli was introduced into the inner hall, and Duan Wenhui followed.The queen was sitting on the altar in the inner hall, and Duan Wenhui knelt on the ground after saying "My Lady".Liuli followed and knelt down.

The Queen looked at the two of them, and only said: "Madam He, do you know why I called you here?"

Liuli said: "Returning to your mother, Miss Duan said it when she was in the palace. It was because a servant girl escaped from my palace last night. To prevent Miss Duan from being hurt secretly, I sent extra guards. My wife I think there is nothing wrong with this matter, but I don't know why Miss Duan went to the palace to sue and disturb the empress?"

The queen stared at her for a moment, then smiled suddenly: "She didn't come to complain, she also said that the madam treated her very well. But she just didn't understand why she sent people to guard her, but she couldn't even go out the door. I don't understand either. Madam, why not explain it face to face, so that people will be convinced?"

Liu Li said: "The guy who escaped was later found out to be a snitch, but there are still people in the mansion. Miss Duan is a female official who came to the mansion by order. Of course, the minister's wife must ensure her safety first. In case she steps out of the door Something has happened, isn’t the crime of the minister’s wife even greater today? Of course, if the empress still thinks it’s wrong for me to let someone protect Miss Duan, if I want to punish the minister’s wife, the minister’s wife will have nothing to say.”

"Regardless of whether you are really protecting or detaining her, since you know she is leaving according to the order, it is wrong to restrict her actions!" The queen looked down at her, "She has the imperial order of the palace, and no one can restrict her actions." If she still has other secret decrees of the Palace, there are things to be done at that time, and if you detain her, you will make her unable to do things for the Palace? What crime should you be responsible for delaying the important affairs of the Palace?"

"Your Majesty!" Liuli straightened up, "As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty. If Miss Duan still has other secret decrees from the Empress, then the court lady doesn't know about it, so she can't question the court wife's guilt."

"Why don't you know?" The queen snorted coldly, "Wenhui, bring that Yizhi here!"

Duan Wenhui took out the decree, the queen took it, unfolded it and said, "It clearly says that Duan Wenhui has other important tasks, you can see for yourself!" She threw the decree down in front of Liuli's knee.

Liuli looked at the Queen's expression, restrained her doubts, opened the imperial decree, and saw that at the end of the imperial decree, there were indeed the words "I have other important tasks, the palace must provide convenience", but that day when Duan Wenhui arrived at the mansion under the decree, Liuli could clearly see a few words in the imperial decree, and clearly remembered that these two sentences were not at all when Duan Wenhui proclaimed the decree!The imperial decree has always been in the hands of Duan Wenhui, and the imperial decree was issued by the empress, so it is very likely that she sent it back temporarily for the empress to add to frame her!
Glancing at the sunlight on the side window, she calmly moved Yizhi to a brighter position.She has been exposed to calligraphy since she was four or five years old. From the last life to this life, she has long practiced a pair of golden eyes to distinguish handwriting. When she looked carefully under the sun, she saw that the ink color of the last two sentences was different from the previous ones. It can be seen that there is a big difference in the consistency, so it can be concluded that the following line of characters was added later. There are so many capable people in the palace, she can see it, and naturally there will be others!

Thinking about it this way, I have an idea in my heart.Immediately rolled up the imperial decree, and said: "My lady reminded me that my wife has indeed forgotten this sentence. If Miss Duan could have brought out this imperial decree and reminded me earlier, this misunderstanding would not have arisen."

(End of this chapter)