After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Chapter 653 I Really Underestimated You

Nian Susu didn't yell immediately, so Shen Xinran could only keep squatting. After a while, she realized that Nian Susu did it on purpose, and she knew the reason behind it.

Shen Xinran raised her brows and wrinkled them into an "eight" shape. She said aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! It must be these dogs who slandered me and said something that caused Your Majesty to misunderstand!" She glared at Xihua fiercely, and the direction of her words was very obvious.

Zhihua gave a look and someone immediately brought a chair over. Nian Susu held up her skirt and sat down. Although she was shorter than the other person in height, she was much superior to Shen Xinran in terms of momentum and situation.

She doesn't know who Lin Jiayao is, but doesn't she know Shen Xinran's personality?

What the eunuch said was probably true. Shen Xinran had just rushed in angrily, looking like she was going to settle an account. She might have thought that Lin Jiayao was faking illness to deceive people. If she hadn't arrived earlier, Lin Jiayao would have been tortured again.

She looked at Shen Xinran with a half-smile, her eyes were ambiguous, and no one in the palace knew what she meant. Xihua stood behind Nian Susu, secretly looking at this "Empress" who was intimidating without even getting angry, and prayed in her heart that she would never believe Shen Xinran's words.

Shen Xinran was extremely anxious when she saw that Nian Susu still had no response. Her legs were sore and painful that she could no longer hold on. She was shaky and could only barely stand.

She had no choice but to "prove her innocence": "Your Majesty, I didn't steal Lin Cairen's ice cream. She offered it to me!" The more she spoke, the more determined she became: "Yes, she was the one who offered to give it to me! If I had known that she was so fragile and couldn't stand the heat, I would definitely not have taken the ice cream."

"Now Her Majesty has misunderstood that I was too bullying. I feel so wronged!" She felt quite aggrieved.

Shen Xinran was trying to excuse herself between the lines, and even turned the tables, leading Nian Susu to think that Lin Jiayao staged the scene to frame her.

Unfortunately, Nian Susu had already seen through her true face, and today's incident only deepened her stereotype of Shen Xinran.

Nian Susu let out a long breath, "Then according to what Shen Baolin said, is there anything wrong with Lin Cairen giving you the ice out of kindness?"

She had originally planned to proceed step by step, gradually breaking through and letting Shen Xinran reveal her own flaws, but she didn't expect Xihua to be unable to sit still.

Xihua heard what she said and really thought that she believed what Shen Xinran said.

Their master has been harmed like this. If they can't take this opportunity to let the Queen punish Shen Xinran, she will definitely become more aggressive and oppress them even more severely.

Xihua took two steps forward, slammed her knees, banged her head on the ground, and said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "Please, Madam, do justice for my young master!"

Shen Xinran was stunned by this sudden incident. It took her a while to react. She pointed at Xihua and yelled, "You have no right to interrupt the master when he is talking!"

She was afraid that Xihua would reveal her story, so she took advantage of the situation to stand up straight on her trembling legs and ordered Zhu Yuan to slap Xihua's mouth.

"Did I ask you to get up?" Nian Susu said gritting his teeth.

Shen Xinran was so frightened by the momentum that she knelt down directly. Zhu Yuan also knelt down and did not dare to move.

Nian Susu glanced at Xihua and said, "You, continue."

Xihua raised her head cautiously, making sure that the Queen was talking to her. Hope suddenly ignited in her heart. She wiped her tears and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, this is not the first time Shen Baolin has bullied the young lady."

"When the ladies entered the palace on the first day, the Queen Mother often gave many things to each palace, one for each person, and the quantity was the same, but Concubine Lin did not get any."

Nian Susu's heart skipped a beat: Didn't we check and confirm that nothing was missed? How come Lin Jiayao didn't have it?

Xihua continued, "I found out after asking around that it was Shen Baolin who took Lin Cairen's share. He said he was keeping it for the young lady, but it's been a month and he still hasn't returned it. I did see the gift from the empress on Shen Baolin's head. It was clearly a hairpin for each person, but she had two!"

Xihua has tolerated Shen Xinran for a long time. Lin Jiayao is weak and has never dared to conflict with Shen Xinran. She has been tolerant again and again. Today she has a good opportunity to sue her, and she wants to enumerate all the charges against Shen Xinran!

Shen Xinran was shaking like a sieve. She could say that the ice cube was given by Lin Jiayao, but she had two hairpins, one for each person. This could not be faked. Once the Queen sent people to her palace to investigate, the secret would be revealed.

"As for the ice cubes, Concubine Lin never said she would give them to us. When Shen Baolin's maid went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the ice cubes, she used the excuse that the two ladies lived in Zhaoyang Palace together, and brought them back together. As a result, all the ice cubes were sent to Rihui Palace. The people from Risheng Palace could not get them when they went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Shen Baolin did not return the portion that belonged to us."

After saying that, Xihua's tears fell down. Over the past month, she had accumulated too much emotion. She felt sorry for Lin Jiayao and also felt sorry for herself.

Shen Xinran refused to admit it and claimed that Xihua lied and slandered her.

Nian Susu was given a headache by her noise.

"Since you said you didn't take Lin Cairen's things, what's the matter with the two golden butterfly hairpins on your head?"

Of course, she knew the quantity and types of the things she gave. One of the hairpins on Shen Xinran's head was Lin Jiayao's.

In panic, Shen Xinran pulled out the hairpin on her head, accidentally loosening her bun, and a bunch of black hair fell down, covering most of her face. With the undried tear marks on her face, she looked like a real shrew.

"As a concubine in the harem, it's disgraceful to have such unkempt hair and a dirty face..." Nian Susu was disgusted.

Shen Xinran pushed her hair behind her ears in panic, and held two golden hairpins tightly in her hands, as if she was holding on to a secret that she could not tell anyone.

There is no three hundred taels of silver here.

Nian Susu sneered, "Shen Baolin has only been in the palace for a month, and hasn't even seen the emperor yet, but you're already anxious to find trouble for me. I really underestimated you."

Shen Xinran knew that the truth could no longer be hidden, so she immediately changed her mind and admitted her mistake: "Your Majesty, please calm down! I know I was wrong. I... was just impulsive and did not mean to bully Sister Lin. Please give me a chance to make a new start!"

The Queen is the person at the top of the harem. She does not have the ability to fight against him now. She can only endure it and cannot offend her at this time.

Shen Xinran kowtowed three times without hesitation. She kowtowed really hard and when she raised her head, her forehead was red.

She cried, "I really know I was wrong!"

Xihua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she won today's game. Even if the Queen Mother took Shen Xinran's family into consideration, she would give some practical punishment in order to maintain order in the harem.

Xihua didn't ask for much, she just wanted to use the Queen's hand to suppress Shen Xinran, to let her know that she was afraid and would never dare to bully her own mistress again.