Chapter 67: also rebirth

Chapter 67: also rebirth

No, it's the real "Geography".

She has never seen Zhang Zhe since he was imprisoned in the last life; in this life, she only had a brief glimpse of Zhang Zhe on a rainy night in the sky-high building last time, but failed to take a closer look.

Now this person is close at hand.

When she looked at his back from a low place, she looked more and more tall and silent. Even when she bowed her head to the Empress Dowager Xiao who was sitting high in the hall, her back was straight and she had a strong character.

For a moment she was on the verge of tears.

Although I don't know why Zhang Zhe appeared here, and I know in my heart that he must not know me at this moment, but as long as he stands here, standing in front of her, all the troubles and dangers in this world seem to disappear suddenly. Only a peaceful Enron is left.

Like a lazy rainy day.

Those who watch the rain enjoy a short period of silence in a corner surrounded by hustle and bustle.

In the past, she always complained that God treated her too kindly, gave herself a lot, and took away more; but at this moment, she is very grateful to the gods in the sky.

Grateful for them, and made her meet Zhang Zhe.

Jiang Xuening closed her eyes slightly, but the corners of her lips curled into a slight smile, even though she was in danger at the moment, she didn't care about it.

The inner palace and the outer court have always been separated, and foreign officials are not allowed to come to the harem unless there is a special order.

Although the matter to be investigated is of great importance now, and the Empress Dowager personally spoke, but at this moment, many maids serving in the palace, when they saw Chen Ying and Zhang Zhe, they all lowered their heads in a little panic.

The other companions stood not far from Jiang Xuening.

Chen Shuyi, who had the strictest tutor among the crowd, had already retreated to the farthest place from them at this moment; Zhou Baoying's eyes widened after hearing the word "Zhang Zhe", and she couldn't help but stretch out her eyes excitedly. He elbowed Yao Xi who was beside him.

But Yao Xi didn't respond.

Zhou Baoying turned her head in wonder, only to see Yao Xi staring blankly at the tall and straight figure in the hall, as if dumbfounded.

This is...

Zhang Zhe?

Apart from his cold and indifferent expression, how could he be as scary as rumored by others? Even this cold body, at first glance, is by no means some speculator who clings to the powerful.

Standing there, it is like a bamboo pole.

And this person is his future husband.

Yao Xi's eyes suddenly burst into a more intense look.

It wasn't until Zhou Baoying touched her again that she came back to her senses, realizing how long she had been staring at Zhang Zhe just now, her face flushed immediately, and she lowered her head with a little embarrassment.

Empress Dowager Xiao, who was sitting high in the hall, frowned. She felt that Zhang Zhe's name sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she heard it for a while, so she turned her suspicious eyes to Chen Ying, and said, "Didn't the Ai family only announce you?" come?"

Chen Ying is a cruel official, but he is casual and idle.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he said respectfully: "Back to the empress dowager, Mr. Zhang Zhezhang was recently transferred to the Ministry of punishment, and within half a month he had already dealt with the criminal names that had been accumulated for more than half a year by the Jiangxi Qing Officials Department. A good hand. Today, when people in the palace came to convey your edict, Mr. Zhang happened to have not left, and the lower official didn't know whether the palace affairs were difficult, so he invited Mr. Zhang to come with him, and he and the lower official will investigate together. Tomorrow, it can also better handle affairs for the empress dowager and relieve her worries."

When he said this, Empress Dowager Xiao understood: "In the end, I am a person who is capable of investigating cases. So, I will follow what you said. Since the words of disobedience appeared on the Yu Ruyi a few days ago, the Ai family and the emperor ordered an investigation in the inner palace. After a while, I just realized that there is filth in this palace, and it has already penetrated into the eyes and ears of many treacherous people. You two should check it out now and see what villain is behind it!"

After finishing speaking, her eyes swept over Jiang Xuening.

Chen Ying followed her gaze and glanced at Jiang Xuening, remembering the words Xie Wei sent someone to deliver on the way into the palace, and pondered over Empress Dowager Xiao's attitude towards this matter at the moment, feeling deeply troublesome.

Fortunately, he was alert, and had expected this errand to be difficult, so he simply brought Zhang Zhe here.

This person is tough and straightforward, and he has nothing else to do except investigate the case and treat the law. If he is pushed in the front, even if something happens after all parties struggle, he will stand in the way, so that it will not be a disaster. himself.

Chen Ying thought about it, answered "Yes", and then looked to the left and right of Empress Dowager Xiao: "May I ask where the physical evidence of today's case is now?"

Empress Dowager Xiao waved her hand.

Wang Quan, the head of the inner palace, immediately presented the page of paper that had been placed in the lacquer tray to Chen Ying.

Chen Ying took a look at it and frowned.

But he was just putting on a show.

After a while, he handed the page to Zhang Zhe who was next to him, and said, "Master Zhang, take a look too."

White deer paper.

Regular letter size.

The characters are in regular italics.

Zhang Zhe closed his eyes, took a look, and saw the faint feeling of coldness on his brows, which shivered with his slight movement of eyes, and said: "The size and style of the writing are the same as those engraved on the Qinghai Jade Ruyi a few days ago." generally."

There was no ups and downs in the voice, and it seemed extraordinarily cold.

He needs to try his best to control himself, so as not to look behind him, so as not to respond to that long-lost gaze. It's just that he couldn't help but end up with a knot in his heart: now that she is not even a queen, how could she have something to do with this matter?

Chen Yingdao: "Then who has this thing, who has something to do with the rebellious party?"

Zhang Zhe glanced at Chen Ying, knowing that this person is a cruel official who always puts his own interests first, so he probably doesn't want to get involved in this mess at the moment, but he didn't say anything to expose it, he just said: "Not necessarily."

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned: "Not necessarily?"

Chen Ying fell silent.

Zhang Zhe replied calmly, "Things related to the rebellious party are inherently complicated, and the law has its own words, and there is no crime without evidence. A single page cannot be used to convict, and we need to find out the reasons before we can make an assertion."

Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly felt that this person seemed to have a disdain for other officials in the court, and his speaking posture was very similar to those officials and direct ministers in the court who did not give anyone face.

This kind of person is always the hardest to deal with.

She couldn't help but gloomy, but she thought Chen Ying had brought this person here, so she didn't have a fit, and said coldly, "Then how do you investigate?"

Zhang Zhe stared down at the four sentences written on this page, and only asked, "Who did you copy this thing from?"

This is knowingly asking.

But everyone also knew that this was a routine inquiry in the yamen when investigating a case.

Wang Quan stood up and said: "Our family took people to investigate in person. In Yangzhizhai, we found out from the room of the second girl of the servant's family from the household department who accompanied His Royal Highness the eldest princess, and put it on the case. in this book."

Zhang Zhe said, "What book?"

Wang Quan was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at a young **** in the corner.

The little **** stepped forward knowingly, but he was a little embarrassed when he answered: "Responding to the words of the adults, the young one can't read well, so he knows that there are four characters on the book cover, and he only recognizes the word '话'."

Zhang Zhe frowned suddenly: "Didn't you bring the book with you?"

Chen Ying couldn't help curling his lips.

But I didn't expect that at this moment, there was a very calm voice from behind them: "It's "Wailu Poetry Talk". There is only that one on the minister's desk, and it was just an hour before Wang Gonggong brought people to search. No. The rest of the case is written in pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so I remember it clearly.”

Everyone was startled, and couldn't help turning their heads after hearing the sound.

Jiang Xuening only looked at Zhang Zhe.

Zhang Zhe was silent.

She knelt for a long time and was tired. She knew Zhang Zhe had such a temper, so she didn't think much about it. She turned her head and said to Empress Dowager Xiao, "Your Majesty, since all the adults from the Ministry of Punishment have said 'no crime without a certificate', can you Please give me an edict to let my daughter get up? My daughter has been weak since she was a child, and her qi and blood are not flowing well after kneeling for a long time. If she faints for a while, she may be difficult to be interrogated, and the case may be delayed."

Empress Dowager Xiao has been the empress for so many years, and has been the empress dowager for the past few years. She even survived the rebellion of King Pingnan and attacked the capital. She has seen all kinds of people in this world, but no one dares to be like Jiang Xuening presumptuous!

Looking at this posture, if she doesn't agree, she will fall down immediately.

Really tricky!

It's just that Empress Dowager Xiao also knew the truth about how long she could jump for a while, so she didn't care too much about her, so she pretended to be talkative and said: "Look at Ai's family, I forgot, you should get up first. "

Of course Jiang Xuening knew that the old hag was pretending to be a good person, but this was precisely the weakness of a hypocrite. After all, one had to pretend in front of others, how could one say "no"?

That's not the kind of demeanor of the mother.

Thinking so ironically in her heart, she put her hands on the ground and wanted to get up.

There were palace people not far away, but no one dared to come forward to help her.

Jiang Xuening's legs were already numb after kneeling for a long time.

When she stood up with difficulty, she almost didn't feel it, but soon her blood flowed like a needle, and she almost fell down before she could stand still.

At this moment, Zhang Zhe watched and his fingers trembled.

Clenched tightly, restraining the subconscious habit of trying to hold.

He watched her staggeringly in front of him, looking helpless in the huge Palace of Compassion and Ning, and insisted on standing firm with his own strength, then leaned over and gently hammered her calf and knee with his hands, relieving her kneeling for a long time. The stiff numb.

I didn't feel well.

The moment she lowered her head, Jiang Xuening felt a little inexplicable grievance.

Even a little desolate.

But after thinking about it, I erased this emotion from my heart: Who in the world does not walk alone? What's more, Zhang Zhe doesn't know her now.

She felt the sensation of her legs gradually recovering, so she stood up again, bowed to Zhang Zhe, and said: "Master Zhang, please be aware that this page has absolutely nothing to do with my servant, nor is it written by my servant."

Of course Zhang Zhe knew it wasn't her.

But the difficulty now is how to prove that it's not her.

He paused for a moment before he could reply in an ordinary tone: "Isn't it your handwriting?"

Jiang Xuening wanted to say that both Yangzhizhai and Fengchendian had his own handwriting, which can be used for comparison.

But I didn't expect Xiao Shu, who was standing beside Empress Dowager Xiao, to speak at this moment.

She actually said: "Ms. Jiang Er wrote cursive at the beginning. Although she learned regular script with her husband, she is still like a toddler. She can't write this page of handwriting. There is no need to compare her handwriting. I am willing to testify for Miss Jiang Er. These four lines were indeed not written by her."

The rest of the accompanying readers set by His Highness were a little surprised.

No one expected that Xiao Shu would stand up and speak for Jiang Xuening at this moment.

Even the Empress Dowager Xiao took a look at this niece and said: "That's just handwriting written in front of others, how do you know that she doesn't have the ability to copy?"

Jiang Xuening didn't have any special reaction after hearing this, she just said: "Thank you, Miss Xiao."

Zhang Zhe thought for a while, then turned around and continued to ask Wang Quan: "When did Eunuch Wang go to Yangzhizhai to search, and who knows the news?"

Wang Quan was stunned, and replied: "Our family was ordered by the Empress Dowager before the time. We started to investigate from the West Palace. The night inspection of Yang Zhizhai is the right time. Because of the seriousness of the matter, our family is afraid that we will not be able to complete the task entrusted by the Empress Dowager." I dare not announce this matter in advance, for fear that the treacherous people will hide it if they find out, and only our family and a group of loyal eunuchs under our command will know about it, and we will investigate all the way from the West Palace. There are two hours in the middle, Maybe there was a leak."

Before and after the union, Jiang Xuening already knew—

If what the little **** said is true, the person who framed her must have put this page in her book after she put down the book and left the room to go to Liushui Pavilion, and before Wang Quan brought someone to investigate.

At that time, in the Liushui Pavilion, all the accompanying readers were there.

Not to mention who is behind the scenes, the one who did it must be a palace official who walks around the palace without making a fuss.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhang Zhe had already asked: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, where are the palace people in Yangzhi Zhai now?"

Wang Quan said: "After such a big incident, I have been temporarily detained according to the palace rules."

Zhang Zhe nodded, and said again: "It's not enough, all the palace people who have entered and left Yangzhizhai today, from Shenzheng to Youzheng, will be detained for interrogation."

Empress Dowager Xiao was a little impatient listening to the above, she felt that this cover was intended to exonerate Jiang Xuening, she frowned for a while: "Master Zhang's words sound like they want to prove that this matter was framed by others, so I don't say anything about it." Interrogate the most suspicious person first?"

Zhang Zhe didn't move a single expression on his face.

He always acted as if he would reject anyone who came, and said: "Empress Dowager, please be patient. It is not difficult to prove that this thing is related to... Miss Jiang Er."

Chen Ying watched from the sidelines, although the official rank was higher, but he watched the fire from the other side, and didn't say a word for a long time.

It was only at this moment that he said: "Master Zhang has a solution?"

Zhang Zhe glanced down at the page again, pressed his fingertips lightly on the corner, and said flatly: "For example, when a companion enters the palace at the beginning of the palace, one has to verify his identity, and he has to check the passport he is carrying. Therefore, if Miss Jiang Er hadn’t bribed the eunuchs who inspected the palace at that time, the rumors on this page should have come from the palace. There are regulations for every paper product in the palace, and it is not allowed to burn privately. Even if it is used, it will be kept in one place Yangzhi Zhai is the place where the companions live, and this page is the white deer paper used in the palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs should have a record of how much is delivered. The Empress Dowager suspects that this statement is The second girl Jiang wrote it, which has something to do with the case of Yu Ruyi. Why don't you issue an order to adjust the account books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then check the number of papers in Yang Zhizhai. If the number of papers issued by the second girl Jiang is not the same as the one issued, but it is a little less, this is a crime Five points will be added for suspicion."

The use of paper in the palace is very strict, as if someone in the inner palace was passing on private messages. Every page of paper used will be submitted to the higher authorities in the future, and if it is found that what is written on it is "inappropriate", someone will "clean it up".

This is the rule established in previous dynasties.

Jiang Xuening was really surprised when he heard Zhang Zhe's words. He didn't expect to find another way to check from the paper itself. He didn't realize it at first, but after careful study, he felt that the words were a bit hasty. It was not something that a cautious person like Zhang Zhe should have said. .

Her eyes fell on the paper in Zhang Zhe's hand, and she frowned suddenly: The paper issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not of such a size.

At the first glance, others felt that if they wanted to follow the Queen Mother's wishes and prove that Jiang Xuening wrote this page, this was indeed the most direct and effective method, so they all felt that it made a lot of sense.

Only Xiao Shu frowned suddenly.

I don't know if it's the same as Jiang Xuening, but I think his words are too decisive and hasty.

But at this time, Wang Quan's eyes lit up, and he praised: "This is a good idea."

The Empress Dowager didn't notice anything unusual, she just said: "Whether it's her or not, this paper needs to be checked. Even if it's not her, the rest of the companions in this Yang Zhi Zhai may not be able to get rid of their ties."

Wang Quan took the initiative to ask for orders: "I will bring someone to investigate."

Zhang Zhe rolled his eyes, and said, "After all, Yang Zhi Zhai is the residence of ladies, and checking papers is a small matter. Since there are maids who were imprisoned before, it is better to order them to help. After all, they have served companions before, and they know more details. As the night is getting dark, it will be very inconvenient for the lower officials and Mr. Chen's foreign ministers to go to the inner palace to investigate the case, and it may take too long."

Wang Quan glanced at Queen Mother Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao heard Zhang Zhe's words, especially when she was listening to the "Lady's Residence", she suddenly thought of something, and glanced at Yao Xi who was standing among the many companions over there, and her smile was half a smile.

He just said: "Do as Master Zhang said."

The residence of the daughter's house is exquisite but has a lot of privacy, where can a bunch of eunuchs randomly search for it?

Many companions looked better when they heard that Gong'e was assisting them.

Zhou Baoying even winked at Yao Xi.

Yao Xi's face turned red all of a sudden, she didn't expect that Zhang Zhe looked at such a cold and hard person with such a considerate and meticulous heart. If it's just for investigating the case, it's the same to ask the **** to investigate, so why suggest that Gong'e should go?

It must be because of remembering myself.

You must have read her letter, right?

Yao Xi felt that everyone was immersed in honey for a moment, so she couldn't help pushing Zhou Baoying to tell her not to be presumptuous, but she couldn't suppress the shy smile on her lips.

Jiang Xuening stood in the hall with her head bowed indifferently, but did not respond.

Those who went to Yangzhizhai to check the papers and those who went to the House of Internal Affairs to check the numbers were divided into two groups, and it would take a while to return.

The hall was silent for a while.

But after waiting for a long time, a loud voice suddenly came from outside, spreading in the dense night of the Forbidden Palace outside: "The emperor has arrived—"

Everyone was startled, and immediately bowed down to the palace gate.

Only Empress Dowager Xiao sat in the hall without moving.

Soon a figure in black casual clothes embroidered with golden cloud and dragon patterns came in from the outside. Emperor Shen Lang, who had been on the throne for nearly four years, looked thinner than his younger brother Shen Jie, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were also a little dark blue. The facial features are very similar, but there is a faint sickness.

When he came in and saw the situation in the Compassionate Ning Palace, his thin eyelids moved.

He didn't ask everyone to get up, he first put a smile on his lips, went up to greet Empress Dowager Xiao, then turned around and asked everyone to get up, and asked: "I heard the report from the Palace of Compassion and Ning earlier, so I generally know that there is something wrong. What's the matter. Chen Ying, how did the investigation go?"

Jiang Xuening followed Shen Jie and met this "brother emperor" many times in her last life.

On the day of her wedding with Shen Jie, Shen Lang came to the palace to have a drink in person, and returned to the palace late at night.

It's just that the emperor Shen Lang seems to be in poor health, he has many harems, but has never had a child under his knees, so he asked the imperial physician to take a look, but later he didn't even see the imperial physician, probably because the medicine stone was useless.

Later it was...

He died without knowing why.

Jiang Xuening's eyelids twitched when she heard the voice of this short-lived ghost, knowing that this person was responsible for the shocking injustice in the Yongyi Hou's Mansion, and it was also this person who sent Shen Zhiyi to Tatar for marriage in vain of brother and sister.

Chen Ying stepped forward and said: "The key points are being investigated, and people have already sent Yang Zhizhai and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the paper numbers."

Shen Lang raised his hand: "Show me that page."

With a flash of Zhang Zhe's eyelids, he handed over the page of paper that was originally in his hand to the **** Wang Xinyi, the **** who was serving beside Shen Lang. She looks shrewd, but she is respectful to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang took the page over and looked at it, his face was immediately gloomy.

Wang Xinyi immediately said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The rebellious ministers and thieves are just fooling the people with their evil words. They will be uprooted in a few days. It is not worthwhile to be angry with the dragon body."

Shen Lang didn't speak, his eyes fell down.

Jiang Xuening met that gaze as soon as she raised her head, it was cold and depressing, revealing a kind of deep scrutiny—this is a suspicious emperor, but also a cruel emperor.

Ever since Shen Lang entered the palace, no one in the entire Compassionate Ning Palace has moved a single bit.

All of them stood upright.

Only the voices of Empress Dowager Xiao talking to Shen Lang remained in the hall, and occasionally Shen Lang would ask if there were any remnants of Tianjiao or Pingnan King's party running around in the capital recently.

Just by listening, you can tell that the capital has not been peaceful recently.

Jiang Xuening just couldn't feel it in the palace confinement.

Her heart was awe-inspiring.

After another quarter or so, Wang Quan, who had brought the eunuchs and court maids to check the number of Zhai Zhai papers, came back. His face was full of panic, he knelt down in front of the hall, and said in a loud voice: "Qi Zuo Sheng, report back to the Queen Mother, the slave is ordered Checking the number of Zhizhai papers, we found that the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated a total of sixteen pieces of white deer paper, and His Royal Highness Princess Chang ordered Jiang Xuening to add a piece of white deer paper and a piece of ice wing paper, which can be used by the slaves in his room. Counting the unused paper, there is no mistake in the ice wing paper, but there are only seventy-four pieces of white deer paper!"

As a rule in the palace, there are twenty-five pieces of white deer paper for one knife.

One person from the House of Internal Affairs made a knife, and the eldest princess added another knife. There should be three knifes in total, seventy-five pieces. Jiang Xuening's room was missing one piece, and the paper with the words against the party was the white deer paper. What? !

Shen Lang's face moved, and he was furious.

Empress Dowager Xiao stood up suddenly: "Okay, now the evidence is solid! You Jiang Xuening is eloquent, but tell me, where did the missing page go?!"

Jiang Xuening scoffed in her heart, and stood still.

At this moment Zhang Zhe bowed and bowed, without even lifting his eyelids, he just said: "The Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager, please be safe and not be impatient."

Shen Lang had a headache when he saw him a while ago, but now when he came out to speak again, his voice became impatient: "Zhang Zhe, what's the matter with you?"

Zhang Zhe said: "Please, Your Majesty, let the palace servants who assisted the nuclear paper enter the palace just now."

Shen Lang frowned: "What's the mystery?"

Zhang Zhai said flatly: "The numbers on the verification papers don't match. Firstly, it's possible that the second girl Jiang was involved; secondly, there may be something wrong with the person who checked. Please also invite them to enter the palace, search them one by one, and rule out everyone. Suspicion, Fang Keyan, the second girl Jiang is the biggest problem."

Chen Ying is a quick-witted person. Hearing this sentence, he suddenly understood the purpose of his seemingly hasty words earlier, and suddenly felt a little bit of fear in his heart.

He is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and he doesn't want Zhang Zhe to steal the limelight.

Immediately, he followed up and said: "Although there is Yu Ruyi's case in the past, it has been found out that there are rebels in the House of Internal Affairs, or they were bribed. The second girl Jiang is only a companion, a weak girl, but because of The reason for the Yongyi Hou Mansion is that it is impossible to rule out the suspicion of being involved, but who can be so negligent in their actions, knowing that there is a strict investigation in the palace and there is a case of Yu Ruyi, and still put this piece of paper with the evil words against the party beside him? It's unreasonable, I'm afraid someone is going to use it to frame you. The officials and others have set up a trap before to lure the snake out of the hole. I also ask the sage to follow Master Zhang's words and announce that the **** and the palace servants will go to the palace."

Shen Lang's eyes turned around Jiang Xuening again, and finally said: "Xuan is outside the gate of the palace, search them one by one!"

Those palace eunuchs were all outside the palace.

At this moment when they heard that they were going to be searched, most of them panicked, but there was only one palace lady in apricot yellow clothes whose face was pale with fright, trembling like sifting chaff, almost unable to stand up.

The person in charge of the search saw that she was suspicious and immediately caught her.

That Gong'e cried out: "It's not a slave, it's not a slave..."

However, in the next moment, a folded page of paper was found from inside her clothes, with some traces of pen and ink left on it. After careful identification, it was white deer paper!

The **** who searched outside got the object and sent it to the palace immediately.

Wang Quan was furious, never expecting that someone would dare to tamper with him under his nose, and cursed: "You really ate the guts of a leopard! You little **** doesn't know how deep you are! Tell me, where did you get this paper?!"

Gong'e had already collapsed into a ball, and her panicked eyes flicked around the hall.

She just heard people say that she needs to check the number of papers, and she remembered that the girl only asked her to put papers in Jiang Xuening's room, but she didn't take out a piece of paper, fearing that there would be a loophole, that the frame could not be successful, and that she would be scolded by the girl, so she turned back. When fasting, only take the risk of hiding a page. And because the unused papers were neatly put together, the eunuchs counted them directly, and it was not her turn, so they quietly collected the ink-stained paper from the corner.

However, there was handwriting on it, which should have been written by Jiang Xuening.

This actually proves that she stole this paper from Jiang Xuening, and there is no way to justify it!

All she knew was to kowtow to the ground, and when she got to a desperate situation, she gave it all up, and she simply burst into tears, saying: "This servant is guilty, this servant is guilty! It was the servant who read this page when cleaning the room a few days ago and only wrote a few strokes. Gui, and I know that the second girl Jiang is too extravagant and won’t use it again, so I put it away for a while, and I also want to keep it for myself to practice calligraphy, and put it back when it is full, and no one will know. But I didn’t expect that today would involve such a This is a big deal, this servant is very afraid, and I didn't dare to say it just now..."

His forehead was red.

But everyone looked at her coldly.

Zhang Zhe walked up to her, lowered his eyelids a little, took out a few pages of paper from his sleeve, and put them in front of the court lady: "I also want to practice calligraphy by myself, I must be able to read. Then you might as well read it." Read, what is this writing?"

The palace maid knelt a little beside Jiang Xuening.

Jiang Xuening could see those pages even when she turned her head, but she recognized the recent official documents at a glance—did Zhang Zhe have the problem of carrying official documents around so early?

Most of the people who will enter the palace are from poor families, and they are desperate to send people to the palace to be maids and eunuchs.

So they are basically illiterate.

Only after a long time, when you go from female officials to eunuchs in charge, can you know a few words-even the eldest princess will be criticized by a bunch of bad old men for reading, how can a woman of ordinary background know a few big characters?

The palace lady panicked, but she couldn't find any reason why there was no flaw.

There was a faint smile on Jiang Xuening's lips, she just looked at the court lady and said: "The above is "Jianjia" from "Book of Songs", I won't lie to you, will I?"

The maid stared at her, trembling with hatred.

Jiang Xuening looked back at her, still smiling: "If it wasn't for someone watching at this moment, I would have slapped you twice in the face, so I can ask which stupid master raised such a waste like you."

Zhang Zhe listened and lowered his eyes.

He had heard about the same thing before.

It was because he couldn't bear her being domineering.

Later, when she was in front of him, she always restrained herself, but she insisted on speaking out to let him know that she was unhappy...

Jiang Xuening said it with a smile, but her eyes were cold.

After speaking, he turned his face to look at the other companions in Yangzhi Zhai, and also looked at Xiao Shu who was standing on a high place.

Then he turned back to the hall and said: "Although the truth has not come to light, if this court lady has no intention of harming others, she will not fall into the trap set by Mrs. Zhang, deliberately hiding a page of paper in order to frame the court lady. A little court lady, who has no grievances or enmities with the courtiers, there must be someone behind the scenes, I hope the Holy Majesty will see the details and uphold justice for the courtiers!"

It wasn't until this moment that everyone understood: Zhang Zhe had already set up a situation with a few words. The reason why the palace maids are deliberately asked to assist is to ask all the suspects to enter Yangzhizhai to fill in the "flaw" of the frame, which is to deliberately give the framer a chance! As long as you do it, you won't be able to deal with it when you come back in a hurry, and you won't think that there are still people waiting to investigate and "get all the stolen goods"!

Jiang Xuening's words are also reasonable.

If there is no one in the palace to instigate, who would dare to take the risk of framing others?

It's just that I don't know if the person behind the envoy is in the temple? If so, how would this person feel when he saw this court lady jumping into the situation set up by Zhang Zhe?

Shen Lang obviously didn't expect that he suddenly turned around, looked at the prostrate maid, and didn't speak for a while.

Empress Dowager Xiao recognized the identity of the maid from a distance, her eyelids twitched.

His Highness's companions were even more astonished, they didn't expect that it was this little court lady who framed Jiang Xuening.

Zhou Baoying remembered something, and looked at Yao Xi cautiously.

Yao Xi was astonished.

Looking at the figure standing in the palace, she suddenly felt an irrepressible sense of loss. Thinking of the shyness she had just made herself sentimental, she even felt very embarrassed: It turned out that the proposal for the maids to check the paper count was just to lure framers. The person who wanted to make a move, not for his "fiancée"...

Shen Lang finally opened his mouth and asked the maid: "Since you are illiterate, you can't read the words on paper, so it is impossible for you to frame it alone. Who is behind you?"