161. Chapter 161 Setting up a bureau

Author: La Bi Xiaoxin

Chapter 161 Setting up a bureau

Yan Ji, who was dressed as a maid standing beside the empress dowager, saw this, her bright red lips curled up a smile of success.

Xu Ruqing, you are about to die!

It turned out that the Jiuyu Fengchai was not missing or stolen, but was given to her great-granddaughter before leaving, which was Ouyang Biqian, who was just born. Ouyang Biqian was the second daughter of the Executive Governor Ouyang. Although he was the second daughter, he was born to the princess and was the destined daughter. Later, Ouyang Biqian died of labor like a princess, and few people knew where the hairpin was going.

"The wife was frightened and didn't know where to anger the Queen Mother. Please calm down."

"I don't know the reason? Haha, Xu Ruqing, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? The Ai family asks you again, where did you get this Nine Feathered Phoenix Hairpin from?!"

Xu Ruqing blinked innocently: "Nine-Yufeng Fengchai? The Empress Dowager made a mistake. What the wife gave me was just an ordinary hairpin, not the Jiuyu Fengchai."

The pleats on the face of the queen mother paused clearly: "What?"

"The Empress Dowager's understanding is that the head of the golden hairpin given by the wife is a phoenix bird rather than a phoenix bird, and the tail of the bird has ten feathers instead of nine feathers, which has nothing to do with the nine feathers phoenix hairpin mentioned by the Empress Dowager."

After hearing this, the empress dowager picked up the hairpin and watched it carefully.

Yes, she was right. This is not the Jiuyu Fengchai, but it is very similar to the Jiuyu Fengchai.

The Empress Dowager felt that she had been teased and threw the hairpin to the ground. "Xu Ruqing, you are so brave, you dare to tease the Ai family!"

"The Empress Dowager calms down. My wife has never seen the Jiuyu Fengchai before. How could she tease you for this?"

How could the two hairpins be so similar? The Queen Mother believed that Xu Ruqing was interfering with it.

"All lies! Xu Ruqing, today is the birthday of the Ai family. The Ai family doesn't want to be rude. Do you think you should go down and receive the punishment yourself, or should the Ai family ask someone to send you down?"

Xu Ruqing knelt down, nodded and lowered her eyebrows: "Now the emperor governs the country with "reason". The empress dowager easily condemned me without evidence, and the wife was dissatisfied."

The last four words were resounding, which really shocked the ministers present.

Su Yichen watched the changes and looked at Xu Ruqing with great interest.

"Okay, Xu Ruqing, I still want to argue now. Okay, since you said you want evidence, then the Ai family wants to ask how you can prove that you are innocent?"

"The wife is incompetent and she really can't produce any substantial evidence. But if the empress dowager really wants to punish her, then she will be punished with Yan Ji."

The Queen Mother frowned: "What's wrong with this Guan Yanji?"

"Has the Empress Dowager forgotten that Yan Ji was ordered to go to the Prince of Wei's Mansion to discuss the birthday party with the prince a month ago. This hairpin was created by the wife of Yan Ji's wishes."

"Xu Ruqing, don't talk nonsense!" Yan Ji saw that the fire had affected her, so she had to stand up and defend herself.

"Doesn't you tell me nonsense? If it's really not your idea, then what did you do at the order of the Empress Dowager? If you did nothing, wouldn't you beg me to be entrusted by the Empress Dowager? Yan Ji, when you were in the Wei Palace, the Japanese concubines thought they were treating you well, but you repeatedly provoked my concubine, and now you have even beaten the empress dowager with bad ideas. What should you blame?"

Xu Ruqing's words are like a pearl, and she is as clever as a spring. This statement made her say that it is not right, and it is not right if she doesn't say it.

If she admitted to participating in the birthday ceremony under the order of the empress dowager, she would confirm the charge of playing with the empress dowager. But if she denied it, then she had no reason to stay in the Wei Palace for a month. Ask the reason for this, everyone must think that she was going to Su Yichen!

She is an innocent woman, but she does such shameless things. This is not only slapping herself in the face, but also slapping the queen mother in the face!

Yan Ji came to the empress dowager and knelt down: "The Empress Dowager clearly checks that Yan Ji has never done anything to be sorry for you. This idea is all done by Xu Ruqing. I clearly stated that it is inappropriate to give this hairpin, but Xu Ruqing insisted on doing it alone. Now she is even more slandering me, wanting to pull me into the water. Empress Dowager, you have to make the decision for me!"

"Yan Ji's identity is low. Even if she has the intention of persuasion, she cannot resist you threatening her with her identity as a princess. This makes sense."

"The Queen Mother's words determine that Yan Ji is innocent?"

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly: "Xu Ruqing, you said that you should tell me about evidence when doing things."

"Evidence...it's not easy to deal with."

Xu Ruqing walked to Yan Ji and walked around her and analyzed: "Since you can replicate a hairpin that is very similar to the Jiuyu Phoenix Chai, it means you must have seen the Jiuyu Phoenix Chai. Since the Jiuyu Phoenix Chai is of special significance, you will definitely not put it randomly... I guess that it will be placed on you all the time, right?"

Yan Ji was angry and confused when she heard this.

What is this bitch talking about? What the hell is the hairpin given to her? How come it still has it on her?

Could it be...

She felt a bad premonition in her heart.

"What the hell do you want to say?"

"If you really have a clear conscience, then let's ask someone to search. Isn't it clear which one is true or which one is false?"

"No!" Yan Ji refused without thinking.

She knew very well that if she was searched, even if she was white, she would turn into black.

"You don't dare?"

"Me, I..." Yan Ji panicked. The incident happened too suddenly, and it was not as she had expected before. She didn't know what to do.

Just as everyone was hesitating, a striking voice sounded in the hall. "Do you still have to continue this banquet? It's so chaotic that it's just because of a hairpin?"

Everyone looked at Ye Xiao, and saw him smiling with a bad intention.

"That's it, just a hairpin, why do you need to mobilize others to make such an ugly thing? Xu Ruqing, today's birthday, are you thinking that the Ai family is not satisfied?!"

Xu Ruqing: "??"

Empress Dowager, wasn’t it the trouble you took first? Why did it become mine now?

Before Xu Ruqing could speak, Ye Xiao said again: "I think the Queen Mother misunderstood the prince's meaning. What I mean is that since both of them have rifts, it's as Princess Wei said to search it clearly and you will know it. Because a hairpin is delayed for so long, it's not worth it."

"Empress Dowager, Yan Ji really didn't lie to you. Everything was caused by Xu Ruqing's plan to harm me. You must believe me."

"You are really innocent, just follow the maid to search your body, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the Ai family." The empress dowager said in a low voice with a look of embarrassment.

"The Empress Dowager doesn't need to make things difficult for you. This prince can help you."

The Empress Dowager was wondering how Ye Xiao would help him, but suddenly she saw Yan Ji Teng floating in the air, and a powerful internal force imprisoned her.

Yan Ji's body was weightless and could not move. Then Ye Xiao Xiao's big palm moved gently, and Yan Ji turned 360 degrees like a windmill, which was even more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

With a "click", the Jiuyu Fengchai fell out of Yan Ji's body.
Chapter completed!