Seventh Master, Madam didn't go back to the mansion today.

"Concubine Mu! It's none of her business, I'll bring a witness up here!!" After entering the hall, Master Xiao Qi knelt down next to Song Yitao, beckoning his subordinates to bring him up.

A little maid walked in from the door and knelt on the ground with her head bowed: "The maidservant is the embroiderer of Jingheyuan. During the Spring Festival banquet two months ago, all the people in the palace gathered in the Yanchun Terrace. The maidservant sent new brides to each room. It is reasonable to say that there is no one in each hall at this time, but I heard a strange sound in the garden at the front foot of Qianyin Pavilion. According to the embroidered shoes, the woman was the deceased Su Wan. I was frightened and ran away..."

"Su Wan... seems to have been forcibly molested and then killed." The little girl lowered her head and said that she was still a little scared at the end.

"Who is that man?" asked the side princess.

The little maid shook her head: "The servant did not see clearly."

"Hmph! Just relying on your little girl's words?! We have so many people to testify!! In my opinion, this woman killed Su Wan!! Put her down!!" Fifth Madam I was a little anxious, if this girl overturned her confession at this time, not only would Song Yitao not be exonerated, but she would also be charged with framing.

"The girl died two months ago!! Taotao just entered the palace a month and a half ago!! They don't know each other at all!! Fifth sister-in-law, isn't your lie a bit too far-fetched??" Qi Yutao's eyes were sharp and his voice Sonorous and powerful.

"How do you know that she died two months ago?? When did this woman come??" Fifth Madam continued to argue.

"There is a record of all personnel comings and goings in the Palace. If you don't believe me, you can check the files and you will know exactly when and who entered the Palace." Qi Yutao made a gesture and asked someone to bring the files. .

"The one who killed Su Wan was someone else." Qi Yutao said.

The third master panicked when he heard this, and quietly tugged on the sleeve of the fourth brother beside him.Fourth master rolled his eyes, looked at the style of the purse, and thought of the girl who was helping Hongsheng Cloth sell cloth on the street when he came back from the outside, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Just when the fifth lady was choked speechless, the fourth master suddenly came out, pointed to the purse and asked, "Seventh brother! Look at this purse, what kind of fabric is it made of?"

When Qi Yutao saw the purse, his eyes were startled.

"This is the smoked satin of Hongsheng Cloth! It also has their unique copper coin imprint on it." Seeing the reaction of the seventh brother, the fourth master felt a little more confident, and continued.

"Seventh Brother, the slave files do have the time when Su Wan and Miss Song entered the mansion, but Miss Song's name does not indicate when the contract of sale was signed or not. The file can be added later. , but this contract of sale is dead, and it has the seal of the palace."

The fourth brother's wolf-like eyes approached them: "Excuse me, Miss Song, is there a deed of sale from our palace? If not, then this is an easy sum that anyone can write on it? Then how can we prove when she came?" The palace? The servants of our palace have to be carefully selected through identification, not everyone can come in casually."

"Fourth brother!!" Qi Yutao stared into his eyes.

But Qi Yuze ignored Xiao Qiye, turned around and said lightly: "Send someone to search the palace, who used the fabric of Hongsheng Cloth, wouldn't everything be understood?"

The old lady next to the concubine got the signal, and immediately led people to search the whole courtyard.

The third master glanced at the boy next to him, who nodded and followed him...

Half an hour later, a young servant came in and reported: "Reporting to Fourth Master, in the entire palace, only Miss Song's room in Qianyin Pavilion found fabrics from Hongsheng Cloth."

"Chef Zhao, didn't you say that this wallet is yours?" Fifth Master snorted coldly, staring at Chef Zhao who was kneeling on the ground and asked.

The Fifth Madam coughed, and Chef Zhao crawled out trembling again: "I didn't see this pouch clearly just now, it's the same color as the one I used before, she probably stole it and made a new pouch, But the money in it was indeed stolen by her."

"Hmph! What nonsense!! How dare you lie in front of the side concubine!" Fifth Master was so angry that he kicked Chef Zhao to the ground.

"I think everything he said is justified!!" The fifth lady stood up again, "So many witnesses and evidence pointing to this woman, even the fourth brother has said that this file can also be faked, I think it's because of the Seventh Lord to cover up She killed someone, so she faked it and wrote it!!"

"Shut up!!" Fifth Master was really angry, it was the first time he scolded his wife so loudly in front of so many people.

Concubine Side looked at Song Yitao who was kneeling on the ground coldly, and thought of her two sons speaking for her, scolded Humei tens of thousands of times in her heart, and finally waved her hand: "Don't say anything, put this girl down and shut her down!" Put it in the prison and deal with it another day."

A few guards took the order and went forward to carry Song Yitao away. Seeing the situation, Qi Yutao immediately knelt down on his knees: "Mother Concubine!! I killed people!!"

Qi Yufeng was startled by Xiao Qiye's words, and immediately came out to stop him: "Seventh brother!! Don't talk nonsense!! This is a crime of rape and murder!!"

Fourth Master also turned pale with fright.

"Concubine Mu, I also have a shirt made by Hongsheng Cloth. I asked Taotao to help me make it. The purse is also mine. I killed the person."

"Prince Rong is here!!" shouted the servant outside the door.

Prince Rong glanced at the group of people kneeling on the ground, then at his youngest son, staring at him for a long time.Listening to the people in the room reporting the development of the matter, the more I listened, the more I couldn't lie down, so I simply got up to take a look, who would want to hear this Nizi say something like this as soon as he entered the door.

"Master...why are you up?" Concubine Side hurriedly got up and helped Prince Rong to sit on the seat.

"It's because I'm not good at raising my son...to raise this kind of son." Prince Rong slumped on the chair, hammering his chest, and said bitterly.

"Master!! This is definitely not the work of the seventh! It is impossible for him to do these things, this lowly maid must have done it alone!! Put this girl down!" The side princess is also anxious, her eyes can't wait to tear it apart immediately Song Yitao.

Qi Yutao panicked, and directly insisted: "Mother Concubine! I just admitted it! One person does things and one person is responsible."

"Little Qiye..." Song Yitao covered her mouth tremblingly, tears welling in her eyes.

Prince Rong sighed, turned his face away, shook his head and sighed: "The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people...Come here...Press Yu Tao into the clan's mansion for me."

"master!!"

"Father!!"

The guards came up and took Xiao Qiye away.

At night, fourth master Qi Yuze avoided everyone and quietly came to third brother's study.The third master cautiously looked outside the door, and after confirming that there was no one there, he extinguished the two lights, and the whole room became much darker.

"If I hadn't helped you around today, the seventh brother would have found you!! Have you lost all the fabrics from Hongsheng Cloth in your room?? You love to go to their house to make clothes on weekdays! Now you are in trouble Right??" Qi Yuze was a little excited, but still lowered his voice.

"I was reckless in this matter. I drank a few more glasses at the family dinner that day, and I was wrong after drinking... That girl kept screaming again, and I strangled her to death as soon as I got drunk Hey..." Qi Yuhan sighed with regret.

"My brother! We are the ones who are going to do big things! You and I are both born to the princess, except for the second brother, you are the eldest son of the father and the king. What a noble status? If this kind of scandal gets out, you, the hereditary Do you still want the prince's chance?"

Qi Yuze gathered himself together, sighed and looked at the third brother, a little embarrassed: "...I wanted that girl to go out today, but who knows that the seventh brother was involved."

"I don't care whether Qi Yutao is dead or not. What I care about is whether his father will take back the military power given to him after such a big incident, and then who will hand it over to him?"

After finishing speaking, Qi Yuhan took two steps forward, putting his hands behind his back: "Even if I inherited the throne, what's the use of it? I'm all civil servants, and only with military power in my hands can I be able to sit firmly under this person in the future." superior position."

In the clan mansion, under the cover of He Yu, Song Yitao found Xiao Qiye's cell in the dark.

"Little Seventh Master!!" Seeing the former high-spirited Little Seventh Master, now with loose hair and wearing a white prison uniform, she couldn't help crying.

Qi Yutao turned his head when he heard the sound, saw Song Yitao stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "What are you doing here! How dare you come to this place? Go back!"

"Little Qiye, you didn't do this, why do you admit it? Go to jail for me?" Song Yitao shed tears.

Qi Yutao couldn't help feeling distressed when she saw it, and stretched out her hand from between the two iron pillars to wipe away the tears on her face: "Don't cry, you look so ugly when you cry."

Then he gently squeezed Song Yitao's small face: "I will be fine, I am a member of the royal family, even if I break the law, I will deal with it lightly and there will be no death penalty, but you are different, if you are imprisoned If you do, you will be executed immediately."

"Execution is execution! Anyway, I don't want to stay in this crappy place anymore!!" Song Yitao shouted excitedly.

"Fool, is it wrong to die like this? You didn't do this." Little Seventh Master persuaded gently.

"That's not what he did." Song Yitao was sobbing, and anxiously wanted to pull Qiye's shackles.

"Then what can I do? In this critical moment, I can only stand up and protect you."

Xiao Qiye turned around and put his hands behind his back, the bright moonlight outside the window shone on his shoulders, as if to wash away his grievances.