Chapter 743

Zhuang Zhuang picked up the hairpin and took a closer look, "This is a common style in the palace, not only Concubine Mei, but also many concubines."

"Yes, tomorrow the princess can ask Concubine Mei, if she can get it out, then it's not her, if not, it's probably the same," Ling Li said.

"En!" Zhuang Zhuang put away the hairpin, "Is your master still with that attitude? Trust Concubine Mei?"

"Yes, she thinks that Concubine Mei cannot be the one behind the scenes."

"Then did she say who to suspect?" Zhuang Zhuang calmed down a bit, and was not so angry anymore.

"No."

Zhuang Zhuang pondered for a while, "Actually, Concubine Mei really doesn't need to do this, but she once betrayed Zi'an, but Nanny Sun didn't look like she was lying. She insisted on not changing her words after the severe punishment, which shows what she thinks is true. The messenger is Concubine Mei."

"She thinks?" Lingli raised her eyebrows.

"Well," Zhuang Zhuang thought for a while, "but let's not say so much now, I will go to the palace tomorrow and ask Concubine Mei."

In Zhuang Zhuang's heart, Concubine Mei is always the most suspicious.

Although, she also vaguely felt that something was wrong.

In the early morning of the next day, because it was not a day to ask for peace, not many people entered the palace, and Concubine Mei got up a little later.

Zhuangzhuang didn't sleep all night, and entered the palace when the cock crowed.

When we arrived at the palace, the sky was just getting dark.

When she came to Yueqing Palace, no one was allowed to call Concubine Mei, she was only allowed to sleep, and she sat alone in the main hall drinking tea.

Dongmei asked someone to serve her, but Zhuang Zhuang pointed to Dongmei and said, "Don't be so troublesome, just come and serve her."

Dongmei said with a look of embarrassment: "Princess, the slaves are in charge of Yueqing Palace. There are many things to do this day. Now I have to arrange the slaves to work. How about letting Ju'er serve you?"

Zhuang Zhuang glanced lightly at Dongmei's young but sophisticated face, she looked respectful, but her words didn't mean that much.

"What nonsense? If you are asked to serve you, you will serve. If Yueqing Palace is gone, you can't transfer?" Qin Zhi said coldly.

Dongmei hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "Look at what the girl said, serving the princess is a blessing for servants, but the Yueqing Palace is indeed busy. The emperor said that lunch will be served, and the servants have to ask the small kitchen to prepare it." Woolen cloth."

Zhuangzhuang pursed his lips and smiled, "So I still have to serve the emperor? Very good."

Dongmei bowed, "Since the princess is considerate, the servant girl will leave first."

"When did Bengong tell you to go?" The smile on Zhuang Zhuang's face disappeared immediately, and he stared at her coldly.

Dongmei was startled, then frowned, "Princess, please don't embarrass your servant."

"How dare you say that the princess is embarrassing you?" Qin Zhi said angrily.

"Kneel down!" Zhuangzhuang sternly said.

"Princess..." Dongmei was a little flustered in her heart, but she maintained her composure on her face, "I don't intend to offend the princess, it's just that..."

"Kneel down!" Zhuang Zhuang's eyes were cold, "Don't let me say it a second time."

Although Dongmei was not reconciled, she had no choice but to kneel down.

She winked at the maid beside her, signaling her to invite Concubine Mei.

Zhuang Zhuang saw it, but he didn't stop him, he just drank his tea leisurely.

The little maid hurriedly went to look for Concubine Mei. Concubine Mei heard that the princess had come early in the morning and was taking revenge on Dongmei, so she got up quickly.

After changing his clothes, he simply washed up and came out to see Zhuangzhuang.

When she came to the main hall, she saw Dongmei kneeling on the ground, her face darkened slightly. Ever since Dongmei was promoted to be in charge, her attitude had always been rather arrogant, and now she might have offended the princess.

This aunt's temper... hey!

Concubine Mei stepped forward with a smile and saluted, "The concubine sees the princess."

Compared to Concubine Mei's gentle smile, Zhuang Zhuang's face was extremely cold.

"Concubine Mei, I haven't been to your Yueqing Palace for a long time. I don't know how great this Yueqing Palace is now. Even a small manager dares to contradict me."

Concubine Mei knows she is difficult to deal with, so Dongmei is crazy? To offend her.

She glared at Dongmei sullenly, then put on a smiley face and said: "Princess, calm down, it's because the concubine is incapable of discipline, and I will teach her well when I turn around."

Dongmei felt dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to speak out, she just felt that Concubine Mei was useless and weak, and she was unwilling to resist being bullied to Yueqing Palace.

"Concubine Mei, sit down, I have something to ask!" Zhuang Zhuang said calmly.

"Yes!" Concubine Mei sat down, "Princess, please tell me."

"Don't dare to obey the order," Zhuang Zhuang took out a hairpin and threw it in front of Concubine Mei, "You also have this hairpin, can you take yours out?"

Concubine Mei took a look and said, "Yes, there are also concubines with hairpins."

She called out, "Ju'er, go get this hairpin from the jewelry box and show it to the princess."

Her gaze swept across Dongmei's face kneeling on the ground, and seeing her face suddenly turn pale, Concubine Mei couldn't help but thumped in her heart, could it be that something happened?

Zhuang Zhuang kept staring at Concubine Mei, and saw that her expression did not change at first, but when she glanced at Dongmei's face, she was obviously inquiring and suspicious.

Suspicion arose in Zhuang Zhuang's heart, could it be that he really suspected her wrongly? It stands to reason that if she instructs her to take out the hairpin, she should change her face.

However, when she saw Dongmei's pale face, she had a strange look.

This means that Dongmei always does some things that are obedient to others, and she, as a concubine, can't even control her sometimes.

Ju'er came back soon, knelt down with a thud, and said in a crying voice: "My lord, forgive me, my lord, forgive me, I can't find the hairpin!"

"Can't find it?" Concubine Mei was taken aback, "But I found everything? This hairpin is what I like to wear most, and it should be placed in a conspicuous place. Why can't I find it?"

Ju'er is a personal servant, and she has the right to touch the jewelry. Now that it's gone, she can't absolve herself of the blame, so she said with tears: "I have searched for it several times, but I can't find it."

Zhuang Zhuang said coldly: "Then Concubine Mei might as well take a look, is this hairpin yours?"

Concubine Mei looked at the hairpin on the ground suspiciously, and asked Ju'er to fetch it.

Ju'er crawled over and took the hairpin and handed it to Concubine Mei. Concubine Mei looked at it carefully and said, "This hairpin belongs to my concubine. In fact, these hairpins made by the inner palace are different. Concubine Mei belongs to me. Therefore, a plum blossom is carved on the head of the hairpin, but the lines are so faint that you can't see it unless you look closely."

After she finished speaking, she looked up and saw that Zhuang Zhuang's face had darkened, she panicked, "Princess, where did you find this hairpin?"

Qin Zhi replied: "My Concubine Mei, I found this hairpin in Nanny Sun's house."

"Grandmother Sun? Which Grandmother Sun?" Concubine Mei looked suspiciously at Dongmei subconsciously, but Dongmei was already trembling.

"The empress dowager once sent four nanny to be the princess regent, two of them were dismissed, and there are two remaining, one grandson and one Chen, this hairpin and one hundred taels of silver

It was found from Nanny Sun's house. She drugged Zi'an and was caught by Lingli on the spot. She tortured her and confessed, saying that Concubine Mei ordered her to do it. "