The Golden Hairpin

Luo Pei cried out, "But... But if the person got only the hairpin, why can the princess be among so many people, so far away, and see Jiuluanchai at a glance? She can't be that far away. Just recognize the broken hairpin tail!"

Chuizhu desperately shook her head and cried bitterly: "I don't know... I don't know! When the princess called out Jiuluan Chai, I was so scared that my heart jumped out of my throat. I thought... I thought I did. She found out about the incident. But she didn’t expect that she pointed to the crowd and said it. I knew that it was absolutely impossible, just because the Jiuluan head was held in my arms at the time... so I I urge the princess not to go there, who knows that in the chaos, the princess still...or..."

She couldn't speak anymore, kneeling on the ground, just crying hysterically.

The person in the hall can still wait, but the emperor can't bear it anymore. He tried his best to restrain himself, gritted his teeth and said: "Get up! Give me one fifty and ten, make it clear!"

Chuizhu was sad and frightened, she could only press her chest with her hands desperately, and forcefully squeeze out the words behind her. His voice was hoarse and almost uncomfortable: "Yes, slaves...The slaves and a group of people were looking for the princess. The figure of that man was seen in the crowd! Although he still couldn't see his face clearly, the servant girl remembered the cloak... and also saw him take the princess behind the remote wall. So the servant girl squeezed desperately After passing the chaotic and crowded crowd, but... it was too late. When the slave and maid arrived, she happened to see the princess fall..."

When she talked about the scene of the day, her face turned blue, as if the Jiuluan hairpin at the time was pierced in her chest, and it was her vitality: "The slave girl... was so scared that she ran to her and took a look. The one who stabbed the front... is the hairpin of Jiuluanchai! The slave maid... is terrified, knowing that if he is suspected, he will definitely be searched, and the hairpin in his arms will be the evidence of the slave maid’s murder of the princess! The servant girl desperately ran to the princess's side, and when she knelt down to hug her, she quietly threw the head of Jiuluan Chai, which had been in her arms, into the grass beside her, trying to make others think...someone was holding that support. The nine-luan hairpin killed the princess, and the nine-luan hairpin broke because of the princess's struggle... but the servant girl really didn't kill the princess! The servant girl was just one step wrong, wrong step, and finally reached the ending now..."

Everyone in the hall was silent, and they didn't know whether to be astonished or sigh.

The emperor took a breath, and his whole body was weakened. His eyes turned to Huang Zixia: "Is what she said is true?"

Huang Zixia whispered: "It's true. When the princess fell, Chuezhu had just arrived. She crawled to the princess's side at that time, and there really was no chance of killing the princess."

The emperor raised his head, never looked at her again, only waved his hand to signal to take her down.

The servants of Dali Temple came up, grabbed Chuzhu's arms, and dragged it out.

Chuizhu staggered and was dragged out by them. Her eyes looked at Qian Guansuo. Her voice, which was originally low because of crying, finally screamed hoarsely: "Qian Guansuo, in my whole life... From the beginning to the end, it was ruined by you! I will die... I won't forgive you!"

The emperor raised his hand and motioned to the officials to stop.

Chuanzhu knelt down on the ground, stretched out his hands and cried out, "Look, the birthmark on my wrist is gone, why? Because to protect the princess, all my wrists to elbows were burned, and the wounds festered with high fever. Ri almost died, and the princess called me to be loyal and transferred me to her as a personal court lady! When the princess was young, she had a small porcelain dog brought from outside the palace, but she accidentally broke and cut her finger. The emperor and concubine Shu decided that I did not take good care of the princess. They let me kneel all night in the broken porcelain pieces. I was forgiven until I lost consciousness and fell to the ground...Where were you when my knees were dripping with blood? I was burned. When, where were you? When I was dying of high fever, where were you? You sold me, took the money from selling my daughter and made a fortune, and then came to me because of my uneasy conscience, and ruined my last happiness. ,you--"

Her chest rose and fell violently, tears rolled down, her breath was choked, and she could not speak anymore.

"It's Dad..." Qian Guansuo looked at his daughter and murmured. After a long time, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse. After he said these two words, he thought about it, and then changed his words with difficulty, "It's me...I'm sorry, Myolie...I'm sorry..."

He couldn't speak anymore, and cried out bitterly. He was originally an ugly and short fat man, but now he cried so that his entire face was distorted, and he looked even more ugly. But everyone couldn't laugh at him out loud, just looking at their father and daughter, the whole house was silent.

The emperor’s voice interrupted the silence at this time, and said: "You served the spirit emblem with all your heart. Now that you have committed a serious mistake, I am very kind and allow you to follow your master."

Chuizhu gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, did not say anything, did not look at the person in the hall, and let others drag him out.

Concubine Guo Shu looked at her and said angrily: "Tongchang's death, she was one of the culprits, and now she can accompany the spirit emblem after death, why did your majesty give her such kindness!"

No one agreed with her, and no one answered her.

Even Qian Guansuo still knelt there in a daze, but tears were gurgling down on that gloomy face, and it seemed that he couldn't stop.

The emperor motioned to take Qian Guansuo out too. He looked back at Huang Zixian and clenched his right hand into a fist. Because of too much force, the blue veins and roots burst out, just like the muscles on his face, which was shocking: "Then, instigate Chuizhu Who was the one who stole Jiuluan Chai and killed the princess?"

Huang Zixian bowed to him silently and said, "With only a hairpin, Princess Tongchang would certainly not be able to recognize Jiuluan hairpin. However, there is only one person who is good at making all kinds of lifelike flowers, birds, dragons and phoenixes, overnight. It is not difficult to continue a fake Jiuluan hairpin on the broken hairpin."

Zhou Ziqin shook his head and said: "Chong ancient times, this is impossible. Even if it is crudely crafted, even the most skilled jade craftsman, but it takes several days to carve a jade hairpin, not to mention a complicated jade hairpin like Jiuluan— —Not to mention, where would he find the same piece of nine-color jade?"

Huang Zixian asked in turn: "Why use jade? Anyway, just let the princess look at it from a distance in the chaotic crowd. Then, using wax with adjusted colors to make a nine-luan hairpin, how can she recognize it in a hurry? And Isn't it more than enough to make a jade hairpin out of wax overnight?"

In the silent hall, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Zhiyuan.

Concubine Guo Shu slowly shook her head while lowering her eyelashes, the tears in her eyes slid helplessly and sadly.

The emperor stared at Lu Zhiyuan for a long time, took two steps back heavily, and fell back into the chair. He couldn't speak, only staring at Lu Zhiyuan with anger and resentment.

Lu Zhiyuan's gaze at this time was cast only to the sky outside the hall, silent.

On his side, those wrinkles were like weathered gullies on the rock. He looked into the sky, as if watching his daughter run further and further away, and finally far away from him, far away from this terrible Chang'an-when she didn't know what her father had done for her.

Perhaps, she would never know what she had complained about, what her father had done for her.

Huang Zixia looked at Lu Zhiyuan with complicated emotions in her heart, but she finally spoke and said, "Lao Zhang Lu, you want revenge for your daughter. I understand your feelings. But you should not hide your own feelings. Innocent people are involved."

Cui Chunzhan hurriedly asked the emperor carefully and asked, "Holy, do you want to sentence Lu Zhiyuan to confess?"

"No need, I plead guilty... I killed three people, Wei Ximin, Sun Laizi, and Princess Tongchang, all of whom were killed by me." Lu Zhiyuan interrupted him.

The aura that was suppressed in the hall did not feel like a cloud of fog because of his confession, but it became more solemn.

Huang Zixia sighed and said, "In this case, although Princess Tongchang indirectly hurt your daughter, she was unintentional after all, and with her status, you insisted on killing her. Why? "

"Princess Tongchang... I didn't actually want to kill her. After all, as you said, she didn't directly kill Di Cui into such a person. But I don't know why, why Di Cui surrendered to Dali Temple and said I am a murderer. But I can’t watch my daughter in danger, and I can’t even surrender and surrender to my daughter!” Lu Zhiyuan said, raising his head and taking a deep breath, and reluctantly said, “At this time, I think about it. To Princess Tongchang, I think that all these things are caused by her, and probably only she can save my daughter. So I induced Chuizhu to steal Jiuluanchai for me, but she only gave it to Half of me. But although I could not deceive Jiuluanchai from Chuizhu's hands, I have already seen the appearance of the hairpin, so I guessed that Chuizhu should not dare to give the broken Jiuluanchai to the princess, so Just like what you said, a nine-luan hairpin was made with wax. From a distance, it looks like it really is."

Huang Zixia asked again: "You seem to be familiar with the affairs of Princess Mansion. Did Cardamom tell you?"

"Yes, she has very little contact with my family, but Di Cui's mother is her elder sister after all. When I went to Chunniang's grave this year, she also came. I evened a little spice for her, but she said the princess mansion’s By law, all the valuable things received by outsiders must be handed over to the princess. There is a very greedy Wei Ximin beside the princess, who also has a headache. He will definitely take away any spices, especially for calming the nerves."

"However, the princess had a dream that Jiuluan Chai lost. How did you learn about it?"

"It was when Wei Ximin came to my store that day. After I was fascinated by my incense, I tied him up. He used to think he was in the underworld, so he was so scared that he said everything. I asked him a few words. I talked about the princess’s dream, and also said that I saw the princess secretly see Qian Guansuo. I contacted Qian Guansuo and recently proudly showed off the golden toad that my daughter had given me. I also heard that the maid beside the princess, Chuizhu, had wounds on her hands. , It’s very good to pretend to be the princess, so I guessed that Chuizhu might be Qian Guansuo's biological daughter."