Chapter 74(2/4)
There was also a hint of smile in Concubine Hui's eyes. Meng Qianxun would definitely die this time. Once the jade and pearl necklace was found on her body, no one could help her.
This time, Meng Qianxun did not resist anymore and allowed the two palace maids to walk to her side, with a slight smile on her lips.
Now that the Queen Mother agreed to her request, the scene became fun, and of course she had to cooperate with their search.
"Search, search carefully." The Queen Mother saw the chuckle at the corner of Meng Qianxun's lips, but her eyes suddenly sank, and she became more ruthless. This dead girl is still smiling when she is about to die. Look at her
How can I still laugh later?
The two palace maids began to search Meng Qianxun's body. Summer's clothes were thin and there were not many places to hide things, and the chain was quite long, so it was very easy to search.
The two palace maids searched all the places where things could be hidden, but found nothing.
"Look what's hidden in the bulge behind her waist?" Seeing that the palace maid didn't find anything, the Queen Mother was annoyed and reminded her coldly.
One of the palace maids then looked at the back of Meng Qianxun's waist, and sure enough she saw a bulge, which was obviously where something was hidden.
Concubine Hui narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled proudly and sinisterly.
"Hmph. See you still don't admit it." The Queen Mother snorted slightly, and she was sure that the jade pearl chain was hidden there.
The queen was overjoyed when she saw this situation. She never thought that the jade pearl chain was really on Meng Qianxun's body. If she had known this, she should have had her body searched directly.
One of the maids reached out to the bulge at the back of Meng Qianxun's waist and turned it over. At this moment, everyone's eyes were staring straight at the back of Meng Qianxun's waist, especially the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui.
His eyes never blinked.
"Hey, what is this?" However, after the palace maid opened it, she took out something that didn't look very good and asked with a strange look on her face.
If you look closely, it should be a sachet, but it is really ugly, and there are some fragments of silk cotton on it, and there is a not too thin rope on it, and the outside of the sachet is even more...
There are some green things stuck on it. It’s really as ugly as possible.
"Oh, this is the sachet I haven't made yet. I plan to make it and give it to others. Don't let me break it." Meng Qianxun looked at the thing in the palace maid's hand and exclaimed in a low voice, with a very serious expression.
She looked like a baby, and when she spoke, she was deliberately shy.
The corners of the palace maid's lips twitched visibly. This is also called a sachet? Are you giving it away? Oh my god, let's kill her?
The palace maid turned over the unfinished sachet. It was empty and there was nothing inside. It was just a little wet.
Although the palace maid was a little strange, she didn't think much about it and threw the sachet to the ground.
Meng Qianxun picked it up very preciously. Everyone just looked at her with disdain and didn't think much about it. They didn't pay much attention to the sachet.
However, no jade pearl necklace was found from Meng Qianxun's body. Concubine Hui was shocked and stunned. How could this be like this? Xinmei clearly said that the jade pearl necklace was hidden there. Why,
Why did it suddenly turn into a sachet? Where is the jade and pearl chain?
Concubine Hui looked at Xinmei in shock, but Xinmei was also stunned and confused at the moment.
The Queen Mother was also completely shocked. She looked at Concubine Hui blankly and asked her secretly what was going on?
However, Concubine Hui was so shocked that she didn't know what was going on, let alone how to answer the Queen Mother.
"You two, search more carefully." The Queen Mother was secretly frightened and ordered the two palace maids angrily again, thinking that the two palace ladies did not search carefully.
The two palace ladies trembled with fear and searched forward again and again, searching Meng Qianxun's entire body, but nothing was found. Except for the sachet, there was nothing on Meng Qianxun's body.
"Back to the Queen Mother, I have searched carefully and found nothing." The two palace maids did not find what the Queen Mother wanted. They were scared, but they had to bite the bullet and said, after all, they could not change that thing.
The Queen Mother's body froze slightly. She had just seen that the two palace maids searched Meng Qianxun's entire body and found nothing missing. If the jade and pearl necklace was really on her body, they would definitely have found it.
Therefore, the only explanation now is that the thing is not on her body at all.
The Queen Mother was extremely angry. When she looked at Concubine Hui again, her eyes were obviously a little colder. Isn't Concubine Hui trying to harm her?
Normally, Concubine Hui always behaves very steadily, but today there was such a loophole.
Meng Qianxun naturally saw the way the Queen Mother looked at Concubine Hui, and sneered in her heart. It seemed that the effect was good. The Queen Mother was already dissatisfied with Concubine Hui.
Of course, this is just the beginning. Since Concubine Hui wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife, she will let Concubine Hui try it herself today.
"Queen Mother, we have already searched everything, and nothing was found on Qianxun's body." Meng Qianxun raised his eyes to look at the Queen Mother and said slowly word by word. Although he did not explain it directly, the meaning was already there.
Obvious enough.
The Queen Mother was already angry, and now she was even more angry when she heard what she said. And when she thought about the fact that she agreed to Meng Qianxun's matter just now because she believed that the thing was on Meng Qianxun's body, her face instantly turned black.
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"Meng Qianxun, don't be too arrogant. Maybe you stole something and hid it somewhere else. If I didn't find a jade pearl necklace on you, it doesn't mean you didn't steal it." The queen roared again angrily.
, I really want to inflict a crime, so why bother?
However, the Queen's words just resolved the Queen Mother's embarrassment, and then continued, "The Queen is right. After you went to Changwan Pavilion, the jade and pearl necklace was lost. You are the biggest suspect."
How could such aloof and self-righteous people like them admit that they were wrong and apologize to a commoner?
"Your Majesty, Qianxun went with Concubine Hui at that time. If according to the Queen Mother's statement, Concubine Hui is the most suspect." Meng Qianxun's lips twitched slightly, but her voice was still gentle, as if she was extremely pretentious.
Said casually.
"How could it be Concubine Hui? The emperor has awarded Concubine Hui countless treasures. How could Concubine Hui take Chang Zhaoyi's things? You girl, you are really disgusting. Concubine Hui defended you like that, and you actually framed her.
Concubine Hui." When Xinmei heard what Meng Qianxun said, before the Queen Mother could speak to Concubine Hui, she shouted angrily, avenging her master's injustice.
It's also thanks to her that she can still scold so confidently.
However, Meng Qianxun smiled slightly. She had long expected that the palace maid would react like this, and it was exactly what she wanted.
"You can't blame her. I did go there at that time and there is indeed suspicion. It is normal for her to say so." Concubine Hui sighed slightly and said helplessly, but she looked at Meng Qianxun with her eyes.
At that time, it seemed a little more painful.
"Empress, you are so kind-hearted. She framed you, and you still protected her." Xinmei still had an angry look on her face, and her face was not red or breathless as she spoke. They are indeed masters and servants.
Anyone can wear it.
As Xinmei spoke, she took a few steps closer to Meng Qianxun. She looked at Meng Qianxun with her eyes, secretly doubting in her heart that she had obviously put something on her body, and it was hidden in her body.
Why can't I find the ones at the back, and the place where she originally hid the treasures turned into a sachet?
She put the thing on Meng Qianxun when she came in. It was only a few steps away from the threshold, and she didn't drop it. Can she still see it if she dropped it? However, there is nothing on the ground.
What on earth is going on? Could it be that the treasure has wings and is flying?
Therefore, Xinmei still suspected that the two palace ladies just did not check carefully.
She is a martial arts practitioner, and her eyes are sharper than ordinary people. She wanted to get closer to Meng Qianxun and take a closer look.
However, Meng Qianxun suddenly looked at her neck in astonishment and exclaimed loudly, "Oh, why does the chain around your neck look so familiar? It seems to be the same as the one the emperor awarded to Chang Zhaoyi.
the same."
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not wearing one at all." Xinmei was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously retorted, "What kind of chain?"
When Concubine Hui, the Queen Mother and others heard Meng Qianxun's words, they couldn't help but look at Xinmei's neck.
When Concubine Hui saw the chain around Xinmei's neck, she couldn't help but be shocked, and her eyes even widened a little.
The chain looked indeed the same as what I saw at Chang Wan'er's before.
However, the colors are different. The emperor gave Chang Wan'er a green jade, but the one Xinmei is wearing at the moment is dark gray. At first glance, it is not a valuable thing.
However, she had not seen Xinmei wearing a chain before, and she did not remember that Xinmei had such a chain.
Others have not seen the chain that the emperor rewarded Chang Wan'er, so they don't know whether what Meng Qianxun said is true or false.
Xinmei saw everyone looking at her neck in surprise, and couldn't help but feel something strange on her neck, so she reached out and touched her neck. When she really touched a string of beads on her neck,
I couldn't help but froze in shock, and my hands trembled slightly.
She, when did she have a chain around her neck? How could she not know it? And, is this really the jade pearl chain that the emperor rewarded Chang Zhaoyi?
The more Xinmei thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her body was shaking uncontrollably.
"The look is similar, but the color is different. The one the emperor gave me is green." When Chang Wan'er saw the chain around Xinmei's neck, she explained repeatedly. As she spoke, she glanced at Concubine Hui carefully.
, obviously, she made Concubine Hui unhappy.
When Meng Qianxun saw Xinmei with a blank look on her face, a slight smile appeared on her lips, but she deliberately said in a quiet and enlightened voice, "Yes, the color is different. The one the emperor rewarded is green.
She's wearing gray."
Xinmei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't help but wonder in her heart. She wasn't wearing a chain, so why was there suddenly an extra chain around her neck?
"You damn girl, are you making such a fuss to divert everyone's attention, right?" The queen glared at Meng Qianxun fiercely and said through gritted teeth.
Concubine Hui also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was indeed startled by Meng Qianxun just now.
"Oops." However, Meng Qianxun exclaimed again, and this time the voice was louder than the last time, with more surprise, and her eyes were still staring straight at the hair on Xinmei's neck.
chain.
"What are you yelling about? Is this the place where you go crazy?" The queen glared and shouted angrily. What did this damn girl think she was yelling about?
Concubine Hui's heart skipped a beat when she heard her exclamation, and saw her staring at the chain around Xinmei's neck. What happened next? However, she didn't find anything strange, so her heart skipped a beat.
Putting it down, he couldn't help but whisper softly, "Qianxun, this is the queen's palace, please stop making trouble."
At this time, Concubine Hui was still pretending to be a good person.
"Queen Mother, Concubine Hui, look, the chain around this palace maid's neck can actually change color." Meng Qianxun's eyes widened as much as possible, still staring straight at the chain around Xinmei's neck,
To be continued...