"It's her!" Li Qingqing's resentful eyes shot straight at Xia Ruochun, and her voice was trembling with hatred, "It's her, she asked me to push Xie Youwei into the water!"
There is no possibility for her to enter the palace, and her future path must be gloomy.
But why?
She always does things according to Xia Ruochun's preferences.
Why can Xia Ruochun be fine?
Li Qingqing's words immediately caused the crowd to explode.
Mrs. Xie, who had initially stood aside and watched her daughter find a place with ease, and General Xie, who had just arrived, could no longer bear it.
Even Mrs. Xie, who is usually dignified and elegant, couldn't help raising her voice and asking questions full of anger.
"What?!"
Xie Youwei was at the side, and his pupils trembled when he heard Li Qingqing's words.
Naturally, she wanted to get it back for herself when she fell into the water. She was not a kind person.
It’s just Li Qingqing’s words and the current occasion.
Too familiar.
Li Qingqing in the original work was also pushed out because things went bad after she fawned over Xia Ruochun, and she tried to escape from Xia Ruochun in a desperate situation.
Although the current situation is different from that in the original work, they reach the same goal through different paths.
Xie Youwei clenched his hands tightly and couldn't care about anything else at the moment. He suddenly raised his head and watched nervously what would happen next.
If the bear in the afternoon can be regarded as Chu Yan's plan, then what about Li Qingqing?
Can the plot really be changed?
Xie Youwei's face showed obvious uneasiness.
Xiao Jinyan, who was standing in the crowd, had been looking at Xie Youwei, and naturally did not miss the change in Xie Youwei's expression.
Just as he was about to take a step forward, he remembered what the situation was like now, so he had to stop and stood there, his brows under the mask frowning.
Chu Yan narrowed his eyes and his voice became a little colder.
"Push into the water? What's going on?"
Li Qingqing told everything very quickly like she was pouring beans, as if she was afraid that Xia Ruochun next to her would pounce on her and strangle her to death if she spoke too slowly.
But Xia Ruochun didn't.
Xia Ruochun knew very well that she could have fought back before.
But if he pounces now, not only will his face be completely lost, but everything Li Qingqing said will also be completely confirmed and there is no room for maneuver.
Xia Ruochun knelt quietly on the spot, but her body couldn't stop shaking.
When this incident was revealed, she was half destroyed.
After Li Qingqing finished speaking, Chu Yan turned his attention to Xia Ruochun.
"Do you have anything to say?"
Chu Yan did not directly ask Xie Youwei, the victim, but first gave Xia Ruochun a chance to defend himself.
Xie Youwei knew exactly why.
Xia Ruochun is from the Queen Mother.
Even if Chu Yan wants to make a move now, he can't go too far.
After all, a suitable "informant" must be left for the Queen Mother's Party.
After all, this kind of person is most at ease only if he is kept under his nose.
Xia Ruochun trembled, raised her head, grabbed the last life-saving straw with all her strength and began to defend herself.
"My lady is indeed at fault in this matter."
Xie Youwei looked at Xia Ruochun, her eyes changed, and then she understood.
Xia Ruochun is not too stupid.
She is indeed the female supporting character who danced around for a long time in the original work.
The IQ is indeed much higher than this Li Qingqing.
"Your Majesty is at fault. When Li Qingqing had bad thoughts about Miss Xie, she failed to stop her in time. After the incident, she ran away in panic. It was also because of this incident that she and Li Qingqing were at odds and involved.
What happened today."
Xia Ruochun leaned over and kowtowed heavily, his attitude looking very respectful.
"I failed to save Miss Xie, please punish me."
In just a few words, she removed herself from the position of the mastermind and turned into a kind lady who didn't know what to do because her friend wanted to frame someone else.
And he also lowered his posture a lot.
Li Qingqing didn't seem to expect that Xia Ruochun could remove himself in just a few words and put all the blame on her, and his expression suddenly froze.
Li Qingqing then reacted and was about to rush towards Xia Ruochun with eyes wide open.
Xia Ruochun was frightened by Li Qingqing's movements and subconsciously wanted to hide, but then she thought of who was standing in front of her. After her body stiffened, she tried her best to restrain herself, keeping herself in place and kowtowing.
Li Qingqing indeed failed to successfully pounce on Xia Ruochun.
The guard next to him reacted quickly and pinned Li Qingqing down.
Xie Youwei sighed, feeling a little helpless about this farce.
Before she could do anything, they started fighting each other and turned into a pot of porridge.
Later, when Li Qingqing was about to speak again, the Queen Mother took the lead and spoke.
The Queen Mother stood there, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, looking down at the group of people with narrowed eyes.
"Ruochun can be regarded as the child I watched grow up. He has a good heart."
This sentence means that I believe in Xia Ruochun.
As soon as the Queen Mother spoke out, no one present dared to refute.
Xie Youwei just waited quietly.
She was all too familiar with this development.
Dog bites dog, Xia Ruochun takes the blame, the Queen Mother's party protects Xia Ruochun, and Li Qingqing is punished.
Xie Youwei lowered her eyelashes, hiding all the worries and thoughts in her eyes.
"As for Li Qingqing."
The Queen Mother glanced sideways at Li Qingqing, her eyes full of contempt.
In the eyes of the previous palace fighting champion, Li Qingqing's tricks were really not enough.
"The Li family has no way to educate their daughter, and Li Qingqing is jealous and cruel. Your Majesty, you can make your own decision."
Chu Yan shook the hands in his sleeves and then showed a gentle smile on his face.
"Then let's cut off the Li family's current position. Qingzhou happens to be short of a county magistrate, so Li Qingqing will add thirty more staff."
Li Qingqing suddenly lost his soul.
It's over.
Originally, she was the only one who was punished.
Now that her father has been demoted, he will definitely beat her to death when she returns.
Qingzhou...who doesn't know how remote and desolate it is?
No one wants to go there at all.
Li Qingqing fell to the ground unconsciously, but no one wanted to care about what Li Qingqing was thinking now.
The Queen Mother glanced in Xie Youwei's direction and said again.
"Ruochun will be confined for half a month when he goes back to reflect on it."
In half a month, it will be the day to enter the palace.
Compared with Li Qingqing, Xia Ruochun's punishment seemed extremely light.
Xia Ruochun did not dare to express his happiness, but responded respectfully: "Yes."
Just when Xie Youwei thought the matter was over, the Queen Mother's voice rang again.
Only this time, he was talking to her.
"Miss Xie was wronged today."
Xie Youwei didn't expect that the Queen Mother would suddenly say this to her. She was stunned for a moment, but then she came to her senses.
"How could it be? It is already a great honor for me to be able to participate in the hunting meeting and sacrifice."