"Gone!" Gu Linng was startled. Ignoring that Mu Tinng was still sitting in front of him, he immediately stood up.

She pushed aside the maid in front of her and rushed to the wardrobe where the imperial gifts were usually kept and searched for them herself.

Mu Tinng looked on coldly and did not say a word. He reached out to pick up a pool of snow by the table and took a slow sip.

He had a lot of patience. Even if he turned this palace upside down, he had to find out the reason.

"Where is it?" Gu Linng was so anxious that her forehead was sweating and her chest was heaving up and down. She desperately searched in the closet and threw all her precious clothes and jewelry on the floor.

"Niang, the servants have turned it over several times. The white jade buddha statue is really not here." The maidservants were so frightened that they sobbed softly and their hearts were filled with fear.

Stolen from the palace, the first thing to be considered during the investigation was the palace maidservant. If it was light, it would slap the mouth and if it was heavy, it would kill the staff.

At the thought of the thousand and a hundred terrible punishments in yeting palace, the maids could not help but shiver. They looked at me and you in a panic.

"Noble Imperial Concubine Ling, how is it?" In a flustered room, Mu Tinng asked, as calm as Taishan.

Gu Linng's shoulders stiffened. She knew Mu Tinng's habits well. This was a sign of his anger. He only called her "Qingqing." Only when he was angry would he call her "Noble Imperial Concubine Ling."

Gu Linng's face turned as white as a sheet. She really couldn't figure out who was trying to harm her and who was able to get in touch with her usual collection of jade buddhas.

But it was impossible for these loyal maids to betray themselves.

Gu Linng bit her lips and hastily raised her head. She walked up to Mu Tinng and knelt down in a delicate and helpless manner. She cried out, "Your majesty, your concubines are wronged!"

"Oh?" Mu Tinng sneered. "You mean I was wrong?"

Gu Linng was startled. In her panic, she actually said such outrageous words. She quickly knelt down and sobbed softly, "Your majesty... Please forgive me, your concubine said anything. It's really... It's really... It's really..."

All of a sudden, the corner of her eye glanced at the palace maids who were shaking into a ball, and she suddenly choked!

There was a mole in her palace!

"Say, why do you want to harm this palace!" Gu Linng stretched out her slender hands and pointed at the palace maids.

"Mother, I was wronged!" The maids trembled like chaff and all fell to their knees.

Gu Linng was angry and anxious, full of anger, but it was inconvenient to scold in front of Mu Tinng, so he had to cry softly, "You are so many things that you eat inside and out. This palace has not been lenient on ordinary days. Why did you steal from this palace?"

"Wronged, mother, I really wronged you!" Several palace ladies immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.

Gu Linng knelt down in front of the emperor in grief, wiping her tears with her little hand, which was holding a brocade handkerchief. Tears were streaming down her delicate little face, and her sad look was simply moving.

"Your majesty, I am innocent."

As soon as Mu Tinng raised his hand, Zhao Quan, who was next to him, went up to her and said with a smile, "Your highness is not to blame for the emperor's rage. This white jade buddha statue was personally given to you by the emperor, but recently it was discovered that it appeared at an auction outside the palace and sold for a sky-high price."

Zhao Quan laughed. "Mother, the logistics in the palace are sold to the people and auctioned off. But it's a slap in the face of the royal family, a slap in the face of the emperor."

Gu ling's face turned pale, "Your majesty, this is not the work of your concubines."

Gu Linng knelt down a few steps, tears streaming down the corner of Mu Tinng's clothes and pleaded, "I know that the palace is not strictly governed, but such a big thing has happened. I will make sure that I find out and let this matter have a clear explanation!"

Mu Tinng's heart softened at the sight of her rainy face. After a long pause, he couldn't bear to part with her and reached out to pull her up.

"Tell me, who is the one with dirty hands and feet?" Gu ling stood up with tears still on his face, but his cold face stood still in front of the palace maids. "As long as you tell me the truth, I will let you off lightly."

The palace maids were also speechless. It was strange that the white jade buddha statue locked in the closet had disappeared.

But one thing is certain, that is, there must be a mole in the palace.

"If you don't say it, don't blame me for being rude." Gu Linng's face sank, and his heart was filled with resentment at the incompetence of his palace servants. He immediately ordered someone to come and give the palace maids a scolding and put the instruments of torture in front of the palace maids.

Looking at the whip in front of them, the palace maids were so scared that their faces turned pale, they cried and kowtowed on the ground.

One of the clever maids, in order not to be punished, said in a trembling voice, "Your mother, your servant... Your servant vaguely saw someone that night and ran into the palace."

Gu Linng choked and asked in a soft voice, "Who is it?!"

The palace maid was so frightened by her that she trembled and became speechless.

Gu Linng was also anxious and angry to see her maidservant so wretched, but when it was inconvenient for her to act in the presence of the holy one, she could only speak in a slow voice, "Speak, as long as you speak the truth, this palace will keep you safe, even if you make a mistake, it doesn't matter. If you find out the real culprit, this palace will reward you heavily."

With Noble Imperial Concubine Ling's personal promise in front of the emperor, although the palace maid was afraid, she knew that if she kept her mouth shut, she and the palace maids would be killed on the spot.

She simply threw herself out and pointed at Xiuxue, who was standing next to Gu Linng. "The person that the servant saw that night seems to be sister xiuxue."

Gu Linng suddenly turned around and saw that it was xiuxue who was being blamed. His face changed color with anger, "Xiuxue, the palace of losses has treated you well. You have avenged the palace with kindness!"

Xiuxue had a ghost in her heart. She panicked when she heard this. She threw herself in front of Gu Linng and cried, "Mother, it's not a servant."

"With the stolen goods and the stolen goods, you dare to argue!" Gu ling rebuked.

"Why did you hurt me?" Xiuxue was in a hurry and immediately shouted at the palace maid, "I have nothing against you."

The maidservant cried and said, "Sister Xiuxue, the maidservant is not lying. There has been such a big incident in the palace. If I don't make it clear, I'm afraid the maidservants won't be able to live today."

Gu Linng was angry, but he was suspicious. "Xiuxue, tell me honestly where you were, what you did, and who you were with at that time. As long as someone testifies, you can say it, and you can prove your innocence."

"I... I..." Xiuxue was so flustered that she had no idea who she was talking about. She had stolen the white jade buddha statue and sold it.

Seeing xiuxue like this, Gu Linng also understood something in her heart. She only hated that the palace maid she had trained was not able to fight back. What was more angry was that Xiuxue was the palace maid she had brought along to accompany her. Now that something like this happened, it was equivalent to slapping herself in the face.

Gu Linng turned around and knelt down in front of Mu Tinng. Tears welled up in his eyes as he mourned."

She wiped away her tears and her peach-blossom eyes were already swollen with tears. "I am deeply loved by the emperor and deeply grateful to god. I don't want to share my worries with the emperor. Qingqing only wants to be with him for the rest of my life. Even if I only look at him from afar, I am satisfied. All the items that the emperor bestowed upon them were regarded as treasures and treasured collections. Did you not expect such a disaster to occur in the palace? Instead, you stole the white jade buddha statue behind your back and sold it for money outside the palace?"

She raised her head and sobbed, "It is hard for me to take the blame for my death, but before the emperor punishes me, let me deal with this dirty servant!"

As he spoke, gu ling stood up and gave the palace maid an order in a cold voice. "Give me a beating. This palace is going to beat this bitch to death today!"

The burly figure gave the palace maid a nod, took the whip and walked forward, raised the leather whip soaked in salt water, and was about to hit xiuxue.

Looking at the black and shiny whip, Xiuxue was scared out of his wits. He fell to the ground limply and shouted with all his strength, "Mother, spare your life. It was the empress who ordered the servants to do the stealing of the jade buddha!"

Xiuxue's words were like a huge rock falling out of the air from a calm water surface, causing ripples that startled a huge wave.

Not only were the palace maids stunned, but even Gu Linng froze on the spot and pinched the handkerchief in surprise.

Mu Tinng's face was livid and thunder rolled in his eyes. He slapped the small yellow pear wood table beside him with a heavy hand, causing tea to splash everywhere.

"Tell the empress to come to me immediately!"

The little eunuch who was waiting outside the palace did not dare to show any slight. Knowing that there must be a storm in the palace, he hurried to the fengqi palace without touching the ground.

When the eunuch arrived in Phoenix Palace, Su Mianyue was playing cards with his maids in the yard.

"I won again, okay?" Su Mianyue was elated and took a pile of silver from the table into his arms.

"Miss, your methods are really high." Biwu said with a sad face that Su Mianyue had almost won half of her monthly salary this month.

The spring flowers and autumn moon also had a bitter look on their faces, and they also lost a lot.

Just as Su Mianyue was happily busy collecting the money, a message was heard outside the palace, and then a panicked little eunuch rushed in.

"I have seen the empress. The emperor has sent you to Weiyang Palace at once."

Mu Tinng is looking for her now? What's the matter?

Su Mianyue thought for a while and couldn't figure out what Mu Tinng was up to, but the emperor ordered her to go again, so she had to lift her long skirt and sit in the phoenix sedan chair. "To Weiyang Palace!"

As long as she was gone, she would be at peace. Although Su Mianyue did not know when it happened, from the words of the little eunuch beside the sedan chair, she vaguely had the same idea in her heart. She expected that it had something to do with what happened before.

What are you afraid of? At worst, she won't admit it.

The palace people did not stop all the way, for fear of causing trouble, the phoenix sedan chair soon stopped outside the palace.

Su Mianyue dressed the empress in a red embroidered dress and supported the crown of the phoenix. Then he held the maid's hand and walked slowly towards Weiyang Palace.

As soon as he entered the palace, Su Mianyue saw Mu Tinng's handsome face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot. Looking at the people kneeling in the palace, he understood a little. However, he pretended to be innocent and saluted mu ting. "Your concubines have met the emperor."