Ahaya was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and saw Xie Jie slowly walking towards her, his lips slightly raised, staring at her teasingly.
"See Your Majesty."
Yun Meiren had already knelt down, her expression on the verge of tears, coupled with her red and swollen face, looked a bit ridiculous.
"What?" He ignored Yun Meiren, but took a step forward, held Ahaya's wrist, and pulled her up from the ground, "I didn't notice for a moment, and I was wronged again?"
The emperor's doting words made people's hearts tremble, and they couldn't help but feel a hint of sweetness.
The frost on Ahaya's face gradually melted away, and she changed into a sad and strong look.
"His Majesty!"
Before she could open her mouth, Yun Meiren lost her composure and started screaming.
"She pushed my concubine into the lake first, and then lost the golden hairpin given by the emperor..."
"I don't seem to have asked you to speak."
Xie Jie interrupted her coldly, and the aura around him made Yun Meiren shivering and lowered her head.
Ahaya pulled his sleeves, her voice was sweet and raised upwards, like a little peacock who had gained power.
"I didn't!" She snorted and pointed at Yun Meiren to complain to Xie Jie, "She obviously wanted to push me but failed, so she fell down, and she still wants to blame me!"
"Really?" Xie Jie answered the question at the right time. The completely different attitude made Yun Meiren's eyes red and she almost broke her teeth.
His bias was so obvious that the palace ladies kneeling behind Yun Meiren couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
Don't tell me that this thing is a lie, even if it is really done, this person will protect the person regardless of conscience.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Du Juan's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she kowtowed heavily, attracting everyone's attention.
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me!" She huddled up and shivered, as if she had been coerced by something. She kept begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, have mercy on me!"
Today's trick is untenable. It may be possible to fool Aheya, but it will never be a good thing in front of Xie Jie.
There were tears in her eyes and her forehead bled.
Xie Jie narrowed his eyes slightly and rubbed the fingertips on Aheya's wrist, as if he was thinking.
Ahaya was a little itchy by the calluses on his fingertips and couldn't help but shrink back. She glared at him secretly and spoke angrily.
"Which show is this being played in?"
"In front of His Majesty." Zhou Zhong glanced at Xie Jie and stood up, half-warning, "Whatever you know, just say it."
"It's Yun Meiren!"
Du Juan seemed to be assured, and immediately shouted out: "She ordered us to find an opportunity to push this girl into the ice lake. She also lost the golden hairpin given by the emperor!"
She pretended to be excited, but there was no emotion in her eyes.
Ahaya was stunned for a moment and looked at her suddenly, with a bit of surprise in her eyes.
Carrying this name is the most unspeakable crime in the palace. Even if it is for self-protection, no one will dare to ask her to do anything in the future.
Unless...unless from the beginning, her real master never thought of sacrificing such a useful maid for Yun Meiren, or to be more ruthless - Yun Meiren was one of her targets in the first place.
It's a stupid plan to kill her and then kill a Yun Meiren. Kill two birds with one stone, what a good plan.
Yun Meiren is a member of Concubine De, and it is necessary to be able to send people to her. Apart from Concubine De, there is only He Jieyu in that family.
Concubine De's concubine...
She went through all the intricate relationships in her mind, but a look of panic immediately appeared on her face. She raised her eyes to look at Xie Jie, the corners of her eyes were reddish, and her eyes were water-colored, as if she could hardly help crying.
"Your Majesty! Hantian Binghu, she really wants to kill me!"
Xie Jie's eyes were cold and solemn, with murderous intent, but he did not look at Yun Meiren. Instead, he focused on the back of Du Juan's bowed and submissive head. After a long while, he twitched the corners of his lips and spoke in a calm tone, but it made people feel cold inexplicably.
"Meimei Yun, you are so brave."
"You dare to disobey what I have said and what I have issued." He asked with a half-smile, "Is there anything in this palace that you take seriously?"
What he cared about was the decree he had given not to embarrass her, not this person.
A trace of self-mockery flashed through Ahaya's eyes. Looking at Yun Meiren's figure who was as frightened as a quail, she couldn't help but feel a bit sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead.
If she were a saint, she would have interceded for this beauty who was as stupid as a pig and had been instigated.
It's a pity that she was born with evil intentions.
"Your Majesty, does disobeying your will count as bullying?"
She blinked and spoke innocently, like a question, but she directly pushed Yun Meiren into the abyss.
"You're talking nonsense!"
Yun Meiren couldn't help but scream, staring at her with hateful eyes, as if she wanted to carve out a piece of flesh from her body.
"Your Majesty! I didn't! They framed me for this!" She crawled and tried to get closer to Xie Jie, with hope in her eyes, "A maidservant, how can I believe her words!"
Xie Jie frowned and looked at her face that was swollen and covered in red rashes and was so ugly that it hurt his eyes. Disgust flashed in his eyes and he avoided her hand.
"You guys are talking! What's the point of raising you!"
Yun Meiren did not expect that he would react like this, and the hope in her heart was suddenly shattered. She gasped a few times, almost like crazy, pointed at the kneeling palace people in the pavilion and cursed.
"Are you mute! Others framed your master, and you just stayed like this? You are a naturally despicable slave!"
idiot.
Even though she had already guessed it, Ahaya couldn't help but frown at this farce.
Sure enough, the whole pavilion was kneeling on the spot in fear, and no one dared to say anything.
By refusing to speak, they already acquiesced to Du Juan's words.
"This palace maid is a slave, and the beauty is the master." Zhou Zhong's voice was sharp and sarcastic, "It is clear enough that no one said anything at this time."
"Ren Meiren, you want to harm others, but you also take out the items given by His Majesty to make rafts. This is deceiving you!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I didn't!" Yun Meiren collapsed to the ground after what he said. She finally understood the situation and could only murmur her injustice.
It is a capital crime to deceive the emperor!
Ahaya frowned slightly and secretly raised her eyes to see Xie Jie's face.
But Xie Jie was expressionless, just looking at Yun Meiren coldly, as if the embarrassed person in front of him was not the woman he had doted on, but a stranger.
He rubbed Ahaya's wrist, and there was no emotion in his tone.
"You should die if you deceive the emperor."
He paused, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and spoke casually.
"Yun Meiren, do you want to live?"
Yun Meiren's eyes lit up, and she almost rushed forward, trying to grab Xie Jie's clothes, but was stopped by his cold and stern gaze.
"Think, think!" she cried desperately, almost incoherently, "Your Majesty, please spare me this time!"
"Then you jump down."
Xie Jie raised his chin and motioned her to look at the frozen lake.
"Didn't you say that Ahaya threw down the golden hairpin that I rewarded you with?"
"Pick it up and I'll spare you the death penalty."