Why do you always rush to join me after awakening?

"Master, I don't understand why you accepted the bead when you knew it would be a hellish pit."

"The impact on Chunchan is different when she's alone than when she's in a group. What's more, she just wants to live a better life."

Wasn't she like this before?

【You are really not afraid of getting into trouble. 】

"It's just the two of them who want to fight. Why involve innocent people?"

【You still have some conscience in this life. 】

"Then you're wrong. I do have a conscience, but it's not much."

When delivering ice to each palace, Ai'er successfully distributed all the beads.

Among them were young eunuchs and palace maids who suffered the same hardships as her.

Even Rong Pei got one.

"Yo, what does this mean?"

"Aunt, although I am just a maid delivering ice, you always give me a smile every time I deliver ice to the Imperial Concubine's palace, so I also want to bring you good luck."

Rong Pei looked at the little palace maid in front of her, and finally accepted it with a smile.

The assassination incident was completely forgotten.

"You are quite sensible."

Ai'er smiled knowingly and continued to deliver the ice.

When they arrived at Qixiang Palace, they happened to meet Fujia and his men searching the palace.

This time, there was no conspicuous bracelet on her hand, and Ai'er immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She was just a little palace maid, and Fujia didn't take her seriously.

However, Zhenshu noticed that the bracelet on Ai'er's hand was missing, and she signaled Concubine Jia to look with her eyes.

The tacit understanding between the master and servant over the years is no joke.

Look, Jin Yuyan knew what Zhenshu meant at a glance.

"Huh? Why isn't this little palace maid wearing her bracelet today?"

When Concubine Jia spoke, Fujia glanced at Ai'er beside him, but did not say anything.

Ai'er immediately knelt down and explained in a panic.

"Master, I will divide the bracelets among you."

Jin Yuyan frowned and even raised her voice a little.

"You took away such a nice bracelet?!"

"Empress Jia, what kind of bracelet is this?"

We all work in this deep palace, how could we not hear the hidden meaning behind Concubine Jia's words?

Zhenshu quickly added, "Aunt, you don't know, this Ai'er once asked the master for a bracelet, saying it was for praying for blessings~"

Ai'er felt a chill in her heart. How could such a good wish have such a different meaning when it came into Zhenshu's mouth?

"How dare you! The master is a stranger, and you dare to ask for his bracelet without permission! It seems that you, a little palace maid, are quite suspicious. Take her away for interrogation!"

"I don't have any, Auntie!"

Jin Yuyan stood on a high place and watched Ai'er being carried away, her face full of disgust.

It seemed as if Ai'er was some kind of dirty thing.

A lowly palace maid still dreams of wearing the master's bracelet. She really doesn't know her place.

"Master, something happened to Ai'er after all."

"What did she say?"

"The information I gathered was from Aunt Fujia's personal interrogation. I heard that she distributed the bracelet beads to several palace maids and eunuchs, and their faces turned black."

Wei Yanwan fiddled with the cards in her hand and asked with a smile, "What about the Emperor?"

"Originally, the Emperor intended to punish her with flogging as a warning to others, but then, for some reason, the Yikun Palace came forward to protect her."

"Yikun Palace? This is interesting. She should have chosen to protect herself at this time. Why would she jump into the fire pit that Concubine Jia had dug?"

Wei Yanwan didn't know what went wrong.

Logically speaking, this Ai'er should have nothing to do with Yiku Palace.

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"What does Imperial Noble Consort mean?"

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this maid has not had an affair with the master. If that were true, how could she have torn apart such a precious bracelet and given the beads to someone else?"

"Are you here to plead for her?"

Ruyi sighed, raised her eyelids, and replied, "I am only speaking the truth. I don't want the emperor to wrongly accuse an innocent person."

Just as Hongli was about to continue, Jinzhong walked in with his waist bent and small, quick steps.

"emperor."

"Have you collected all the beads?"

Jinzhong glanced at Ruyi with an embarrassed look on his face, then whispered to Hongli, "Your Majesty, there is still one pearl missing."

Hongli turned his head to look at Jinzhong and said in a cold tone, "What do you mean by one missing? I asked you to collect them all, and this is how you do it?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just learned about the last one. It's in—"

Jinzhong was usually very clever, but now he would secretly glance at Ruyi from time to time, which made Hongli feel furious.

I didn't sleep well last night.

Now, whenever he closed his eyes, all he could think of was the scene of Ruyi falling into Master Anji's arms.

In addition to the token that belonged exclusively to the Imperial Noble Consort, Hongli didn't want to make a small matter out of a big deal this time!

"Jinzhong, when did you start hesitating? Also, why are you always looking at the Imperial Noble Consort?"

Jinzhong saw that the time was almost right, so he quickly knelt down and reported the truth, "Your Majesty! The last bead is in the hands of Aunt Rong Pei, who is beside the Imperial Concubine!"

At this moment, Ruyi was quietly exerting force on the handle with her palm, and slowly raised her head to meet Hongli's deep eyes that were as cold as a pond. Her back couldn't help but feel numb.

"Oh, is this why the Imperial Concubine came to beg for mercy? Great! In that case, Jinzhong! Go! Send all those who took the beads to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation! And send Suo Xin, who is by the Imperial Concubine's side, along with her!"

Ruyi had a blank expression on her face, and looked at Hongli with her mouth slightly open, but she didn't say anything.

She came this time because she saw the beads in Rong Pei's hand and wanted to take the initiative, but she didn't expect to make the emperor even more angry.

In this case, Rong Pei and惢心 will have to work hard for a while.

Let's wait until the storm is over and their names are cleared before bringing them back from the Ministry of Punishment.

A few strings of beads represent a few people entering the Ministry of Punishment.

When Jinzhong finally arrived at Yiku Palace, Suoxin was looking up at the sky.

When Rong Pei saw Jinzhong's happy expression, she was about to walk over to talk to him, but Jinzhong inadvertently dodged her by moving to the side.

"What's going on here?"

Jinzhong sighed, his face showing sorrow, and said mournfully, "Aunt Rongpei, Suoxin, please follow me."

Both of them looked at the imperial concubine who walked in, holding the silk flowers on her temples, in confusion.

"My Lord, Eunuch Jinzhong said that he wants me and Suo Xin to go with him."

Ruyi hummed expressionlessly before speaking calmly, "Go ahead. You two are going to cooperate with the investigation. The Ministry of Punishment will clear your name."

"!!!"

惢心 stood there, her brain completely shut down, and she was almost in disarray.

It seems her eyelids have been twitching for so long because she's been waiting here! ?

Go to the Ministry of Punishment to clear her name!

I'm afraid she's going to go in vertically and come out horizontally!

惢心 looked at Ruyi for help, begging her not to let her in because she had endured so much hardship with her.

But Ruyi just turned her gaze away and didn't even look at them.

What? ? ?

So heartless?