When it was picked up, the painting was soaked in the rain and the ink was smudged.
This is the homework Princess Jinghua has to hand in today. The bachelor who teaches painting is very strict. If she opens the skylight, she will be punished.
The pavilion was quiet for a moment.
When the little girls quarreled, it was just a matter of temper and they didn't really want to cause trouble. Now you looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't say anything for a while.
Princess Jiayi coughed awkwardly and clarified: "It's none of my business. I'm standing here, so far away!"
"Yes!" Miss Meng's family next to her said, "They are all your own people over there, and they will knock you over if you want to."
When there are more people, it is inevitable that there will be small groups. Princess Jiayi has some good friends here, and Princess Jinghua also has little sisters who go in and out together. When they were pushing each other just now, they also had their own sides.
As soon as this was said, Miss Ye's family refuted it: "You are standing far away now, but when you were pushed over just now, you were standing very close."
Miss Meng denied: "It was just a push, I didn't touch it anyway."
"I haven't encountered it either."
Princess Jinghua was angry: "Who are you? It was you who knocked it over when you pushed it over. If you didn't push it, how could it have turned over?"
Princess Jiayi was not happy: "Obviously you were the one who pushed me first, is it possible that I will let you push me?"
"You are still making excuses..."
"It's obviously you who made the false accusation..."
The two had a heated argument.
The ladies standing next to each other helped from time to time.
Only one voice weakly tried to persuade the fight: "Stop arguing, the prince will be here later..."
Hearing this sentence, a young lady was suddenly awakened and turned to glare at the man: "Liu Xi'er, it's you, isn't it?"
The girl she spotted was none other than Concubine Liu Xian's niece Liu Xi'er.
She had a beautiful and delicate face, and her eyebrows always had a hint of sadness, as if she would shed tears at any time. I really felt pity for her when I saw her.
When she heard the accusation, she was stunned for a moment.
The lady seemed to have grasped the clue and said loudly: "You were standing behind just now, looking like you were trying to start a fight. Who knows what you did? Princess Jinghua said something to you yesterday, didn't you accept it? So you took advantage of the chaos.
revenge."
After saying this, Princess Jinghua glared over.
She did say something to Liu Xi'er yesterday, but she looked like she was being bullied. She might be causing trouble behind her back!
Princess Jiayi glanced over and fanned the flames: "It's hard to say, there were so many people just now, no one even noticed if a tea cup was knocked over, right?"
Liu Xier was accused by both sides at the same time and almost cried.
"No, no, I don't know..."
"Who are you?" Princess Jinghua said arrogantly, "I remembered that you did reach out to pull me just now. Maybe you knocked me over at that time."
"I helped the princess, but she really didn't touch her. It wasn't me..."
The more she behaves like this, the more Princess Jinghua dislikes her and becomes more convinced that it is her.
Seeing that Liu Xier was forced to say nothing, a voice came from the side: "What are you doing?"
Xu Yin turned around and saw the prince and Princess Changning coming together, with the prince reading behind him. Yan Ling was crowded over there and winked at her.
Xu Yin calmly saluted and stood aside.
Princess Changning happily waved to her and pulled her into the pavilion.
Seeing them coming, the little girls all saluted: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Princess."
The prince nodded: "Pingsheng." Then he asked, "What happened?"
He was a wise prince who knew everything last time, and he was a little addicted. Now that something happened again, he wanted to ask.
Princess Jinghua couldn't wait to tell the story, handed over the painting, and said pitifully: "Brother, look, this is the homework I have to hand in today, and now it's all ruined! Bachelor Yuan is the most severe, if not
If you hand it in, I will definitely be punished."
The prince took a look and saw that there were water stains all over it, the ink stains were blurred, and it was a black mess that couldn't be repaired. He felt a little sympathetic: "Why is it like this? Why don't you tell Yuan Xueshi! You have also done your homework.
Yes, spilling tea was an accident."
As soon as he finished speaking, the chamberlain beside him came over and reminded him in a low voice: "Your Highness, your homework today is also given to Scholar Yuan."
The prince was immediately speechless. Although this scholar Yuan was not as tough as Mrs. Lu, he taught him very seriously. Every time he asked him about his homework carefully and sentence by sentence. The prince's homework was usually done by others, so how could he endure this?
Detailed questions? It would be easy to reveal the secret. As soon as the secret was revealed, Xueshi Yuan looked at him with an angry look, which made the prince feel shadowed.
Seeing his reaction, Princess Jinghua knew that the prince had no hope, so she burst into tears. While crying, she scolded Liu Xier: "It's all you, why are you so vicious? Are you satisfied that I'm going to be punished?"
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Liu Xier also cried and defended: "No! It's really not me!"
She turned her eyes to ask for help: "Your Highness, I really didn't do anything! I just pulled the princess and didn't hit the tea cup. It wasn't me!"
"Why isn't it you? You are the only one who is closest." Princess Jinghua said harshly to her, and then went to pull the prince, "Brother, you have to make the decision for me!"
The prince was embarrassed: "This..."
In his heart, he felt that she was not Liu Xi'er. Looking at her pitiful appearance, she was not someone who had done bad things. But Princess Jinghua was not willing to let her go...
The prince racked his brains and persuaded: "Jinghua, calm down. If you say she did it, you must have evidence. Did any of you see that Miss Liu did it?"
The second half of the sentence was about the ladies and maids.
Everyone looked at each other and finally shook their heads.
There was a fight just now, who was distracted and staring at her!
Liu Xier looked at everyone in awe, first hopeful, then disappointed, feeling even more aggrieved.
When the little chamberlain who led Xu Yin saw this, he hesitated and moved the corners of his mouth.
Liu Xi'er saw it and said hurriedly: "My father-in-law, you arrived first just now, right? Did you see it?"
Princess Changning was reminded and turned around and asked: "Ayin, have you been here for a while? Have you seen it?"
Everyone looked over. The prince and young master arrived later and didn't see it. The girls in the pavilion were concentrating on quarreling and didn't see it either.
So the most likely thing to see is Xu Yin and his party who arrived first but did not enter the pavilion.
Liu Xi'er cast her expectant eyes over.
Concubine Liu Xian has nothing to do. She has no cousins with royal blood to back her up. If she doesn't clear up the suspicion today and offends Princess Jinghua, she will be in trouble in the future.
"Miss?" Xiaoman asked in a low voice.
Under the attention of everyone, Xu Yin smiled and said softly: "No. It was too messy just now, and there were bamboos blocking it, so I didn't see it."
Xiaoman and Xiaosang were both stunned for a moment.
The little waiter lowered his head and did not dare to speak.