Perhaps there is such a thing as a conflict of fate. Since Ye Chonghua left, Rong Suiyun's condition has improved a lot in the past few days. His complexion has improved. Ye Chonghua is no longer sick from time to time. Even his food tastes much better.
Ouyang Wu was relieved and cooked food at home every day.
After taking Rong Suiyun's pulse, she would go to Manji to see if the pastry chef had made food that suited her recipe. This kind of life was quite fulfilling.
She just hoped that the days would pass quickly and Ye Chonghua would come back soon.
On this day, Ouyang Wu got up late. As usual, she prepared food and went to Rong Suiyun's courtyard. However, as soon as she entered Rong Suiyun's courtyard, she heard an urgent call from behind: "Princess, Princess..."
Ouyang Wu turned around and saw the servants in her house running towards her. When they came to her, they said breathlessly: "Princess, someone from the palace just came and said that the emperor summoned you to the palace!"
Enter the palace? The emperor usually wouldn't summon her to the palace unless there was something going on. What happened today?
Ouyang Wu raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes were full of confusion. The servant was so anxious that sweat was all over his head.
Ouyang Wu would come here at this time every day. Rong Suiyun didn't see Ouyang Wu this day, so she couldn't help but feel a little worried. Wei Lin glanced at him and knew that his master was anxious, so he found an excuse to go out and take a look at the door. Before he stepped out of the door, he saw Ouyang Wu standing at the door without coming in.
"Princess Ning." Wei Lin stepped forward and saluted Ouyang Wu.
When Ouyang Wu saw Wei Lin coming out, she handed the food box in her hand to Wei Lin and said, "My father urgently summoned me, so I will go to the palace first. You tell Rong Qi to eat these and watch him drink the medicine."
"Yes." Wei Lin took the food box, thanked him again, and then watched Ouyang Wu turn around and leave with the servant.
Rong Suiyun saw Wei Lin coming back alone, and there was no Ouyang Wu behind him, and there was a look of disappointment in his eyes. Wei Lin then told Rong Suiyun the scene just now in detail: "Seventh Prince, Princess Ning just came, but when she arrived at the door, the emperor urgently summoned her, so she went into the palace first. She also brought this food and told you to finish it."
Rong Suiyun's face was slightly relieved, and he couldn't help but repeat: "The emperor urgently summoned?"
Wei Lin nodded, but Rong Suiyun's face flashed with uneasiness.
The emperor urgently summoned, and Ouyang Wu immediately entered the palace, but when she stepped into the imperial study, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat. The emperor was sitting on the high hall, with a serious look and a gloomy face. Ye Feixi stood aside with his hands hanging down, slightly frowning, looking calm and quiet, but for no reason, he gave people a sense of gloom, and the air pressure in the entire imperial study was extremely low.
Ouyang Wu walked forward slowly, and just as she was about to kneel down to salute, she heard the emperor's eyes lingering on her face, and a cold and harsh voice came into her ears: "Ouyang Wu, did you do it?"
Ouyang Wu looked up, with a puzzled look, and frowned slightly: "I don't know what the emperor is referring to?"
The emperor frowned slightly, and looked at Ouyang Wu with a look of scrutiny. Seeing Ouyang Wu's reaction, he seemed to be unaware, but it was related to her at this time, so he must ask clearly. But he was unsure in his heart, and didn't know how to ask for a while.
At this moment, the queen's voice came from behind Ouyang Wu: "Ouyang Wu, you can't be clearer now!"
Ouyang Wu turned around and saw the queen who could be dressed up slowly coming. A pair of beautiful eyes fell on her with a bit of viciousness. She didn't look at Ouyang Wu, but bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The loss of the border map was of great importance, and not many people knew about it. As a woman, the Queen should not have interfered in government affairs, but now he was worried about how to interrogate Ouyang Wu. The Queen came at the right time, so he didn't care and nodded lightly.
The Queen slowly stood up, turned around and looked at Ouyang Wu in front of her, sneering: "Ouyang Wu, since you came to Xiling, how has my Xiling ever let you down? Why do you do this?"
The Queen has always wanted to bring down Ouyang Wu. Now that she finally has such an opportunity to take advantage of it, she must make good use of it. Fei Xi had greeted him with her eyes before, so at this time, as soon as she heard the news, she hurriedly brought ginseng tea and rushed over, so that she could make good use of this opportunity. Thinking of this, the Queen looked at Ouyang Wu with a hint of pride in her eyes.
Ouyang Wu looked at the Queen so aggressively, knowing that everything today was directed at her.
Thinking like this, Ouyang Wu calmed down, only slightly raised her eyes, with a smile on her lips, and said softly: "Wu'er is dull, she has listened for most of the time, but she doesn't understand what you are talking about. Please explain it clearly."
Seeing Ouyang Wu's indifference, Ye Feixi couldn't help but show sarcasm in his eyes. You won't even know how you died by then. He said coldly: "Second sister-in-law, why do you have to play dumb?"
Ouyang Wu glanced at him, with an ambiguous look in her eyes.
Ye Feixi's eyes were filled with resentment: "Second sister-in-law, not many people know about this now. If you bring it out now, father will give you a lighter sentence. Otherwise..."
He looked at Ouyang Wu threateningly, but he couldn't hide the smugness in his eyes.
Although Ouyang Wu didn't know what they were talking about, she could roughly guess that it was some important secret. Otherwise, what else could make the emperor so angry that his lips twitched.
The emperor was stunned by Ouyang Wu's question. Looking at her beautiful face, he was calm and without any panic: "Now all the evidence proves that you did it. What else can you say?"
Ouyang Wu's lips curled up with a hint of irony. After all, the emperor was the emperor. No matter how satisfied he was with her as his daughter-in-law before, now that the unfavorable evidence pointed to her, all the old feelings were written off!
Ouyang Wu lowered her eyelids and said calmly: "Please tell me, Your Majesty, what unforgivable crime did Wu'er commit? You are so secretive, Wu'er really doesn't know."
The emperor's eyes flashed with doubt, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "My Xiling's border map against your Eastern Jin Dynasty has disappeared."
"Oh?" A trace of doubt flashed across Ouyang Wu's delicate face, and then there was a hint of sarcasm on her lips, "Such an important thing is missing, how can you think it was Wu'er's doing? Just because Wu'er is from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, do you have to confirm this false accusation?"
The emperor was speechless for a moment.
Ye Feixi said: "False accusation? Second sister-in-law is really crying until she sees the coffin? Ha, you think you have done it perfectly, but it's a pity that the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. Father has already known that you met with the spy from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. What else can you say?"
Ouyang Wu glanced at Ye Feixi coldly, his face was frozen and frosted, and his expression was calm and unperturbed.
A spy from the Eastern Jin Dynasty?
Uncle Zhong that day came to her mind, and the doubts in her heart were answered.
No wonder Uncle Zhong came to give her specialties that day. It turned out that all this was planned. I'm afraid that border map is now lying in a corner of her Ning Wang Mansion. Thinking of this, Ouyang Wu's sneer became more obvious. Now that Ye Chonghua is not here, the charge of treason is put on her head, but she really can't defend herself.
Ouyang Wu raised her eyes and glanced at Ye Feixi coldly. Ye Feixi's brain was not as good as it is now. She underestimated him. The traps were arranged in a chain. Was it a hidden ability before?
Ouyang Wu looked at Ye Feixi with a cold and sharp look like a knife, cold and chilling, without a trace of emotion.
Ye Feixi looked at Ouyang Wu with such eyes and couldn't help but lower his eyes. Then he glanced at her coldly, and a sense of excitement ignited in his heart. Ouyang Wu, this bitch, is about to die this time. I wonder what it will be like when such a beautiful head is chopped off!
Ye Feixi was initially interested in Ouyang Wu and wanted to taste her, but now he can't be humane, and no matter how beautiful a woman is, she doesn't have much temptation for him.
Ouyang Wu's lips slowly curled up into a cold smile: "Wu'er is just a weak woman, how can she do such a big thing? When has Wu'er seen any spies from the Eastern Jin Dynasty? It's just that Wu'er's father sent someone to send some local specialties from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Now you insist on putting this on Wu'er, but Wu'er won't agree."
Ye Feixi was prepared. With a sarcastic look on his face, he clapped his hands and said, "Bring it up!"
The queen stared at Ouyang Wu with a triumphant smile in her eyes: Ouyang Wu, let's see how you die this time!
As if she had been waiting outside for a long time, as soon as Ye Feixi finished speaking, the maid was brought up. As soon as she came in, she knelt straight on the ground, trembling all over, looking so pitiful.
The emperor looked at the maid on the ground, his face was dignified without anger: "Tell me everything you saw."
The maid was trembling with fear, just lowered her head and repeated what she had said before: "Yesterday I saw the Ning Wangfei coming from the Empress Dowager's bedroom. She was sneaky. I was very curious and secretly watched outside..."
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look up at Ouyang Wu, but happened to meet Ouyang Wu's eyes looking at her. Ouyang Wu glanced at her carelessly, his eyes were extremely cold, as if he wanted to see through her, and that cold look couldn't help but make people fall into an ice cellar! The maid shuddered violently, and said as if she had made up her mind to go all out: "I hid myself for fear of being seen by the princess, and later I saw the princess go out with something unknown."
Ouyang Wu only listened to the maid's fictitious words, and her face remained calm.
Ye Feixi looked at Ouyang Wu with pride, and said: "Second sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say?"
Ouyang Wu pursed her lips and said: "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. But based on her one-sided words, can you convict me of theft?"
What's more, this is not just theft, it is treason.
Unfortunately, just as Ouyang Wu finished speaking, she heard the eunuch's message, and when the emperor approved it, a guard came in to report: "Your Majesty, we have found the spies, but..."
The emperor said: "But what?"
"But they have been killed to silence them."
The emperor's face was extremely shocked, and he looked at Ouyang Wu's face with suspicion.
Ye Feixi asked at the right time: "Where did they die? Have you found out who did it?"
While speaking, he kept staring at Ouyang Wu.
The guard seemed to be a little hesitant, and after a while he said: "They all died in Nanqiao Town... We haven't found out who did it, but... the second prince's troops seemed to pass by Nanqiao Town by chance during those days, this..."
Ye Feixi looked more and more proud, and said to the emperor: "Father, how could there be such a coincidence?"
The queen said at the right time: "Yes, Wu'er just committed a crime, and Feibai hurriedly covered it up for her. It is rumored in Xiling that Feibai was deeply in love with Wu'er, and it is true!"
Ouyang Wu was even more angry, and the dirty water was really thrown!
Ye Feixi and the queen's words seemed to hit the emperor's heart. Yes, he had always seen how good Ye Chonghua was to Ouyang Wu. He had been protecting Ouyang Wu since the six cities.
Thinking of this, the emperor felt furious.
"Asshole!" The emperor angrily smashed an inkstone. Now all the unfavorable evidence pointed to Ouyang Wu. What else could she say?
"Ouyang Wu, do you admit it or not?"
Ouyang Wu still stood there calmly. Now that Ye Chonghua was involved, it seemed that they were not the only ones targeting her. I'm afraid they wanted to take over the entire Ning Wang Mansion while Ye Chonghua was away.
The closer it got to this point, the more she tried to calm down. She said with a firm look, "How can you admit to something Wu'er didn't do?"
The emperor became more and more polite, his face turned blue, and he couldn't help but roared, "Well, I want to see whether it's you, Ouyang Wu, who's stubborn, or the law of Xiling! Come on, throw Ouyang Wu into the prison! Beat her hard until she confesses!"
Ouyang Wu raised her eyes and looked at the emperor sarcastically. Did she confess under torture?
Unfortunately, this trick didn't work on her. She narrowed her eyes slightly. If she really did this, don't blame her for turning her back on you.
Her face was filled with murderous intent, and a bloodthirsty and cold smile rose on her lips.
The atmosphere was tense, and several guards rushed in, reaching out to grab Ouyang Wu, but when they were about to touch her, they heard a majestic voice: "Stop!"
Seeing that Ouyang Wu was about to be thrown into prison, the Queen and Ye Feixi looked at each other, and both saw a smile in each other's eyes.
Suddenly interrupted by the "Stop", her brows could not help but frowned tightly. When she looked up, she saw the Queen Mother appeared at the door, stepped into the imperial study, and sat down solemnly.
She glanced at Ouyang Wu and couldn't help but say: "Wu'er, what's going on? I have been waiting for you in the palace for so long, why are you here?"
When the Emperor saw the Empress Dowager coming, he was about to stand up and salute, but Ouyang Wu got there first.
Ouyang Wu no longer had the cold and calm look she had just had. Instead, she looked aggrieved, with red eyes, as if she was about to cry: "Grandmother, Wu'er doesn't know what's going on. Father urgently summoned Wu'er to the palace, and was very angry. He insisted that Wu'er confess that she stole the border map. If Wu'er refused, he would put Wu'er in the prison and beat her severely until she confessed."
"What? There is such a thing?" The Empress Dowager frowned when she heard the words, and looked at the Emperor with disapproval. She was eating snacks in Fanghua Palace just now. The nanny who had been taking care of Rong Suiyun ran to her in panic and told her that Wu'er might be in trouble.
She waited for so long but didn't see Wu'er come out of the imperial study, so she came to take a look, but she didn't expect it to be such a trouble.
As a woman, she couldn't interfere in the affairs of state, but she knew Wu'er's character very well, and she would never do such a thing?
"Your Majesty, is what Wu'er said true?"
"Grandmother, you know Wu'er best, how could Wu'er have the courage to do such a thing? Wu'er left the palace immediately after seeing you that day, but they said Wu'er stole the defense map!" Ouyang Wu didn't give the emperor a chance to speak, and told the story first.
Ye Feixi, who was standing by, saw that the empress dowager seemed to be moved by Ouyang Wu, and couldn't help saying: "Hmph, you have your second brother to clean up the mess for you, what else are you afraid of? For you, your second brother even did such a thing as killing people to silence them, how can you be timid?"
The emperor was very angry just now, and didn't think about it carefully. When Ye Feixi explained it again, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes. Ye Chonghua was very sensible in doing things. Even if it was for a private relationship between men and women, would he do such a thing for Wu'er?
"It's a pity that even if the murder was to silence the witness, I don't know if there are other proofs." Ye Feixi looked quite proud, his eyes were sharp. Ouyang Wu looked aggrieved, pointing at the maid on the ground and said: "Father, how can you convict Wu'er of a crime based on this maid's one-sided statement? As for the spy from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is no evidence to prove his guilt, and we don't even know if such a person exists. How can you say that Chonghua killed him to silence him? Father, Wu'er didn't do it, so she won't plead guilty."
The Empress Dowager listened to Ouyang Wu's words and nodded repeatedly: "Now the whereabouts of the border defense map is unknown, the most important thing is to find it first. Moreover, if Wu'er really took the border defense map, I'm afraid she hasn't sent this secret out yet, and it is estimated that she has kept it on her or in the Ning Wang Mansion. If the emperor still doesn't believe it, just send someone to search the mansion."
Ouyang Wu was shocked when she saw Ye Feixi's ambiguous smile getting bigger and bigger. Since Ye Feixi had set such a trap for her, the defense map must be in his mansion. If he searched, I'm afraid...
The Empress Dowager had kindly wanted to prove for Ouyang Wu, but now she was afraid that she would fall into Ye Feixi's trap. Ouyang Wu's heart was complicated, but she still said firmly: "That's right."
Ye Feixi's eyes flashed with success, and he hurriedly said: "Father, since my second sister-in-law firmly refuses to admit it, then search the mansion."
The emperor also agreed and immediately said: "Come here, seal off the Ning Wang Mansion immediately and search it thoroughly."
The empress dowager looked at Ouyang Wu and said: "Wu'er, don't be afraid, the royal grandmother will give you justice."
Ouyang Wu smiled bitterly in her heart, but she was grateful on her face and said: "Thank you, royal grandmother."
Time passed slowly, and Ouyang Wu's heart flashed with a complicated feeling. Now she couldn't leave the palace. If evidence was really found, what should she do?
Ouyang Wu was thinking about something when a childish voice rang out in his mind: "Master, how come you are in trouble again after just a few days of not seeing you?"
Ouyang Wu's face lit up. This was the voice of the little Qilin, but the little Qilin in his mind had changed. It was no longer the same as before. He only saw a pink baby, blinking at Ouyang Wu.
This cute look plus its annoying expression, if possible, Ouyang Wu would like to rush up and pinch its face hard.
"Why did you become like this?" Ouyang Wu couldn't help but say.
"Because of the Heart of the Ocean." The little Qilin giggled, then turned around in circles, waving its chubby arms, no longer the original two claws, and said: "Master, look, isn't it more handsome than before!"
Ouyang Wu's originally uneasy mind was dispersed by the little Qilin, and he looked at him with a smile.
The little Qilin turned enough and stopped to look at Ouyang Wu's slightly depressed expression, then patted his chest and said, "Master, don't worry, I will take care of this matter!"
Ouyang Wu rolled his eyes at it and said, "What else do you say? Go, help quickly and see if the border map is really in Prince Ning's Mansion."
"I did find it automatically, under your bed, but I haven't collected enough crystals yet, so I can't get out."
Ouyang Wu took a deep breath, but saw the little Qilin puffed up his mouth, no longer as arrogant as before. After a while, he seemed to suddenly think of something, grabbed the Saker Falcon behind him, patted its head, and said, "Xiaoqing, come!"
The Saker Falcon has grown a lot compared to before, and is now half the size of the little Qilin. The little Qilin has been taking care of it all this time. It drinks the water here and eats the fresh meat that the little Qilin brings it, and it is growing better and better.
Saker Falcon chirped at Ouyang Wu a few times. Ouyang Wu understood what it meant. It was probably the same as the little Qilin, saying that it was up to it. She found it funny and said, "Xiaoqing, it's up to you. Find the things and fly back to the space."
After discussing with the little Qilin, although Ouyang Wu was under house arrest in the palace, she took the opportunity to search the body and let Saker Falcon out. Now that he was small in size, he flew as fast as lightning, and no one noticed him at all.
Saker Falcon lived up to the title of the God of Eagles. After a moment, Saker Falcon returned to the space with the border defense map in his mouth, turning his dark eyes and looking at Ouyang Wu happily.
The people sent by the emperor blocked the Ning Wang Mansion and searched carefully. They almost turned the entire Ning Wang Mansion upside down, but they found nothing, not even the shadow of the border defense map. When they rushed back to the palace to report this, the faces of several people changed. Ye Feixi narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he couldn't believe it, and said: "Father, she must have hidden the border map somewhere else."
The border map was lying quietly in Ouyang Wu's space at this time. Ouyang Wu was full of confidence and no longer tolerated it. Seeing Ye Feixi's appearance, he couldn't help but sneered: "Fourth Prince, where do you think I can hide the map? You have to have evidence to slander me like this. You put such a crime on my head. The female official has searched me just now, and now the Ning Wang Mansion has also been searched, but there is no trace of the border map. Why are you so sure that the map must be taken by me? Are you really... Do you think you can do whatever you want to me now that Chonghua is gone? Even though Wu'er had some misunderstandings with the Fourth Prince before, the Fourth Prince's behavior is not like a gentleman's behavior. I, Ouyang Wu, never do anything to hurt people behind their backs, because I think God is above, and if you do too many bad things, there will always be retribution. "
Ouyang Wu's words were so aggressive that Ye Feixi was speechless for a moment. When he saw the palace maid kneeling on the ground, he immediately said, "I have a witness!"
Ouyang Wu glanced at the palace maid on the ground and said slowly, "When did I come when you saw me yesterday?"
"At the end of the day." The palace maid answered affirmatively.
"What kind of bun did you wear?" Ouyang Wu continued.
The palace maid was speechless for a moment, and after a long while, she said, "I didn't notice it for a while."
"What color clothes did you wear?" Ouyang Wu didn't care and continued to ask. The maid hesitated and could not explain the reason. She just stammered: "I was scared at the time, afraid that the princess would kill me, so I didn't remember it."
While the maid was hesitating, she heard Ouyang Wu say again: "Yesterday I dressed up to see the empress dowager. I had a flying bun and wore a bright blue dress. How could you not notice it? Could it be..."
The maid was afraid of being exposed. When she heard Ouyang Wu say this, she seemed to suddenly think of something: "I remembered it wrong! I remember that the Ning Wangfei did have a flying bun and wore a blue dress."
Hearing this, the empress dowager's eyes suddenly darkened!
"Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager could not help but roared. Wu'er did dress up yesterday, and she was also impressed. Yesterday, Wu'er's hair was casually tied up, and she inserted a pearl agate hairpin and wore a pink dress, which made her look more gentle, which was in line with the Empress Dowager's preferences. It was only one day, and she had no impression of it. This maid was clearly lying!
"Father, Wu'er was framed!" Ouyang Wu said to the emperor at the right time.
The emperor had been watching the progress of the matter. Now that he saw the Empress Dowager's situation, he knew that the maid was lying, so he raised his foot and kicked the maid hard, kicking her to the ground.
And he had thought about it just now. Although Ouyang Wu came from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was said that she had been at odds with the left prime minister since she was a child, and she was not valued in the Ouyang Mansion. Besides, he was not bragging. Ye Chonghua was indeed an excellent man. Not many women could reject him and choose others. Therefore, Ye Feixi's previous remarks were not valid.
Thinking in this way, the emperor angrily said to the palace maid lying on the ground: "Tell me, who told you to lie? Who took the border map? Who was it?"
The palace maid saw that she had been exposed and trembled violently. From the moment she chose to give false testimony, she knew that she would not be able to escape death. Moreover, the man promised her that if something happened, she would commit suicide to keep her family safe. Otherwise...
Thinking of this, the palace maid showed a resolute look on her face. She bit her lips fiercely, and a trace of blood flowed out from the corners of her lips. She fell to the ground with a dull look in her eyes!
Ouyang Wu's face showed panic, she knelt in front of the emperor: "Father, Wu'er is innocent. I don't know who I offended, but I was slandered like this!"
The emperor sighed dejectedly: "Wu'er, I blamed you wrongly!"
"After all, it's such a big thing that the border map was lost. It's reasonable for your father to be anxious and suspect Wu'er. But Wu'er was so wronged..." Ouyang Wu's eyes flashed with resentment, "I'm really angry. The fourth prince kept saying that it was Wu'er's fault. Could it be that he framed this matter? Please investigate the fourth prince's mansion thoroughly!"