Chapter 783: Continue Pretending
Shen Yijia was originally going back to the Jade Light Hall. Halfway through, she remembered that she had yet to take the oven she had brought out, so she could only return with Zhu Dazhi.
She happened to see Xuanyuan Qi enter the palace next door to the Longevity Palace and guessed that he might be here for Xuanyuan Ye, so she followed him in. Unexpectedly, she happened to hear Bai Zhi talking about her.
In short, she regretted not throwing this girl into the pool at that time.
Xuanyuan Qi’s gaze paused on the roasted meat in her hand. He turned to look at the pale Bai Zhi and guessed that she wasn’t telling the truth at all. He looked at Eunuch Yu unhappily.
"Tell me, if you hide anything, even if you’re someone close to Mother, I can still take your head."
Eunuch Yu complained in his heart. There were so many people present at that time, and this matter could not withstand investigation at all. He could only honestly tell them what he knew, including what Empress Dowager Zhou had said.
"When I arrived, the princess was already in the water. I don’t know how she fought."
This was not a lie. Although another eunuch had already told him that the princess claimed to be acting on the empress dowager’s orders to capture Shen Yijia, he had not heard it with his own ears or seen it with his own eyes.
However, how could Xuanyuan Qi not guess? However, he still got someone to find the other eunuchs for questioning.
In front of the emperor, not many people had the guts to lie.