Chapter 1193 Fear of guilt

  Emperor Xuanming continued to interrogate: "Chu Aiqing, how long have you and your wife been in the side hall this morning?"

   "Two quarters of an hour." Chu Heng answered every question.

   "Where did we meet?"

   "Inside the hall."

   "Didn't you go to see the vegetables and fruits in the yard?" Emperor Xuanming raised his eyebrows in surprise.

  Chu Heng shook his head: "My wife is weak, and I didn't dare to let her stay outside the house for a long time, so I went straight into the hall and talked with my wife for a while in the hall."

   "The court ladies who served the wife at that time can testify."

   Concubine Qi sneered: "Lord Chu, that court lady is someone close to the queen, how can she testify."

   "Your Majesty's words are wrong. The entire harem is managed by the Empress Empress. Everyone has the qualifications to testify. As for the truth or falsehood of the words, there will be interrogation in the respect room." Chu Heng reminded the other party lightly, neither humble nor overbearing.

  He is extremely rational, and it seems that Concubine Qi is overly emotional.

   "Your Majesty Chu deserves to be the second place in the list. You really have a bit of a talent for sophistry." Qi Guifei sarcastically said.

   Sure enough, she hated the officials of the previous court. Either she liked to meddle in other people's business, or she used words to block others.

   But she was more disturbed than bored.

   But thinking of her elder brother, she immediately calmed down.

  For a fifth-rank official, the Qi family is like a big tree in front of him, impossible to shake!

  Chu Heng didn't answer any more.

   It was Emperor Xuan Ming who called Yun Yun over to question him.

  Yun Yun did not lie, "If you go back to the emperor, the servant did see Master Chu and his wife enter the side hall with his own eyes. In order not to disturb the lady, the servant waited outside the hall and did not enter."

   "After two quarters of an hour, Master Chu left, and Madam saw him off in person. When she was about to return to the side hall, the imperial concubine came and called Madam over to talk."

  She is a servant in the queen's palace, so she naturally understands that today, for the queen, the grievances must be cleared up, otherwise, life in the middle palace will be difficult in the future.

  Emperor Xuanming squinted his eyes: "You mean, Mrs. Chu did not return to the side hall after sending Chu Aiqing away?"

   "During this period, except for half an hour when the two were in the hall, your eyes never left Chu Aiqing and Mrs. Chu?"

   "Yes." Yun Yun was anxious and knelt on the ground, and she answered what Emperor Xuanming asked.

   Concubine Qi tightened her handkerchief tightly, but with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, you can't just believe what this court lady said. You should send it to the respect room for interrogation."

  Her eyes fell on the face of Yun who raised his head in panic, with a half-smile.

  Emperor Xuanming waved his hand, and Yunyun was taken down.

  At this time, the people who investigated Shangyilou and the colleagues from the Hanlin Academy from outside the palace returned.

   "Reporting to the emperor, what Lord Chu said is consistent with what the colleagues of the Imperial Academy, the shopkeeper of Shangyilou and Xiuniang said."

   "This is the new-style belt picture that this subordinate retrieved from Shangyilou."

"My colleagues in the Imperial Academy saw Master Chu painting flowers with their own eyes ten days ago. Instead of mentioning the loss of his belt, Master Chu did the same in private because he was afraid that his wife would be angry. This also caused the adults in the Imperial Academy to laugh. He's terrified."

   It was the private guards around Emperor Xuanming who went to investigate, but he didn't send people from Dali Temple, the clan mansion, and the respect room to investigate, which shows his determination to find out about this matter.

  After Ye Muyu heard this, her ears turned red, and she noticed that many eyes were looking at her.

   Since when did Chu Heng become afraid of guilt?

   She was wronged.

  At this time, Emperor Xuanming laughed, "I never thought that Chu Aiqing would be afraid of her own crimes."

  (end of this chapter)