After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Shang Rou woke up groggily and couldn't see clearly where she was.

Hearing what the housekeeper said, she covered her bandaged forehead and retorted harshly: "You are talking nonsense, I didn't..."

Madam Shang put down the teacup and said, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, so please talk less."

Shang Ming then turned his gaze back to Shang Rou, "How do you feel?"

The tears that had gathered in her eyes could no longer be stopped. Shang Rou staggered to her feet from the chair, wanting to be closer to her father.

As soon as he stood up, he fell to the ground due to dizziness.

She identified Shang Ming's direction with her vague consciousness and slowly crawled forward.

After all, she is still his daughter. Even if there is not much father-daughter love, she is still his own flesh and blood.

Seeing Shang Rou like this, Shang Ming couldn't help but feel compassionate and wanted to help her up and comfort her.

As soon as his arm moved a little, he heard Mrs. Shang cough.

Shang Ming put his arm back to its original place, and Shang Rou also knelt on the ground obediently and did not move.

"Father, I'm fine. I just have a slight headache. I'll be fine after a rest."

Shang Rou also knew how powerful Madam Shang was. She was in a disadvantageous position and could not confront the bitch head-on.

When she is in charge of the entire business in the future, she will never let go of all the people in the business, including those two bitches, one big and one small, easily. She will make them also have a taste of the feeling of being restless day and night, unable to live or die!

The most important thing now is Gong Bin’s matter.

Although I don’t know why I deviated from the expected purpose tonight, as long as I kill Gong Bin, I won’t be afraid that he will deny it!

Shang Rou's thin back trembled slightly due to sobbing, tears silently flowed through her fingers, she cried in a daze: "It's over, everything is over..."

"What happened? Daddy is here, don't be afraid."

Shang Rou raised her head and glanced at everyone. Shang Ming thought that she didn't want others to know what she was going to say next, so he wanted to drive everyone out and leave only him and his wife.

Before he could open his mouth to chase them away, he heard Shang Rou trembling and saying, "It was Brother Gong. He gave his daughter... gave his daughter..."

Considering Shang Rou's performance and experience, even though the following words were difficult to say, everyone still guessed what happened between them.

I didn't expect that the master would favor a hypocrite who is a beast in human clothing. It's true that you can only judge a person by his appearance but not by his heart!

Shang Ming finally believed Shang Rou's words.

For him, Gong Bin is just a bridge to get close to His Majesty. His knowledge is trustworthy, but his character may not be.

Rou'er has a gentle personality and looks delicate and charming, so it's no wonder that she makes people fall in love with her.

Thinking of Gong Bin's frequent visits to Cangxianglou a few days ago, Shang Ming suddenly clenched the armrest and said through gritted teeth, "Go and invite Gong Bin over."

Yuan Qing had been waiting for this moment, so naturally it came quickly.

Looking at the maids and servants kneeling in the hall, she raised her eyebrows and bowed to Shang Ming, "Uncle, why did you send someone to call me here so late at night?"

Even though Shang Ming had doubts, he had no intention of breaking off relations with the person in front of him.

"Where are you, nephew, tonight?"

Yuan Qing thought for a moment and said, "I was reading in the room. At the end of the hour of Hai, I turned off the lights and went to bed."

"Who can prove it?" Shang Ming asked.

Yuan Qing smiled. Shang Ming seemed to be suspicious of her.

Although what happened to Shang Rou was her fault, she was just giving someone a taste of his own medicine. She felt that she had done nothing wrong, but now she was being questioned in public by Shang Ming, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

It seems that sometimes treating others with sincerity does not necessarily result in the same sincerity in return.

"Everyone in my courtyard can testify to this. Uncle, you may call them all to question them. Although I don't know what happened, I have only four words to say -

I have a clear conscience. "

Perhaps it was because Yuan Qing's eyes could see through people's hearts, Shang Ming suddenly felt embarrassed and had to drink a sip of tea to suppress his irritability.

Shang Ming sent the servant boy to invite the maid who served in the East Courtyard.

Since this matter has been revealed to everyone, there is no need to cover it up. Shang Ming first asked Shang Rou: "When did you meet him?"

This is a polite question.

Shang Rou understood immediately, wiped away her tears with her torn sleeves, and said, "It is the beginning of the hour of Hai."

The meeting was at the beginning of the hour of Hai. Gong Bin said that he had been reading in the room until the end of the hour of Hai, and no one knew whether he was there or not. Wang Po probably heard the shouting at the hour of Zi, and when she went there she only saw the crazy Shang Rou.

The time basically matches, with nearly half an hour in between, there is a lot to do.

Shang Ming then asked the maids in the East Courtyard, "When does the young master study and when does he rest?"

A maid came forward and said, "I don't know when I started reading, but I definitely finished it at midnight."

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

The maid shook her head and said, "The young master never lets us servants enter the house to serve him, so when we saw the candlelight go out outside the house, we thought he had gone to bed."

Since he didn't see it with his own eyes, what Yuan Qing said cannot prove that it was him who was in the room.

The candlelight is dim at night, and anyone sitting in front of the window may create the illusion that someone is in the room.

At the signal of her master, Xiaoyu knelt in front and said, "Miss was originally sleeping in the room, and the eldest master suddenly sent someone to say that Young Master Gong was unconscious due to a little fruit wine, and wanted to ask Miss to go and take a look.

Everyone in the mansion knows that my young lady knows some medical knowledge. Maybe the eldest master felt it was not appropriate to trouble others so late at night, so he had to ask the young lady for help.

The young lady had no doubts, so she packed up and followed. Unexpectedly, both I and the young lady were knocked unconscious and taken away.

When I woke up, the young lady had already disappeared, so I didn’t dare to make a fuss and could only look for her everywhere…”

This was the idea Xiaoyu came up with in a desperate situation.

In public, her master couldn't tell her the solution, so she had to make it up herself.

Shang Rou lowered her head, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.

Xiaoyu's heart was trembling, afraid that he had messed things up.

"I didn't go to see my second sister tonight!" Shang Zhe walked in from outside.

He first bowed to his parents, then looked at the silent Yuan Qing in confusion, "I only saw Brother Bin tonight, and the two of them drank a little wine and then went back. What happened?"

Shang Ming looked at everyone involved in this incident with a sullen face.

If it was really just Gong Bin who attacked Rou'er because of her beauty, then there are too many people involved.

This situation reminded him of what happened to Rui'er a few days ago, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Even the look in his eyes when he looked at Shang Rou no longer had the same pity as before.

In order to verify the little trust he had left in Shang Rou, he signaled his lady to send a maid to check.

The old woman was Mrs. Shang's maid who came with her as a dowry, and she had no so-called sympathy or affection for Shang Rou.

She walked up to her without hesitation and tore off Shang Rou's already tattered sleeve, revealing a smooth arm covered in bruises but without the small scarlet mole.

Yuan Qing had already looked away before this.

Hearing the sound of people gasping one after another, she knew what was going on over there.

After all, she had already explored it before.

Although the Shougongsha is only a feudal product of ancient times, it cannot prove whether a woman is innocent.

But it was the first time in ancient times that she had seen someone so courageous as to ruin his own reputation and put the blame on her.

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The hour of Hai is from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.