Quick Travel: Who taught you how to attack villains like this?

Concubine Shu had no idea that her words disgusted all the concubines present.

She wiped away her nonexistent tears with a handkerchief, looked at the queen eagerly, and said, "Queen, why don't you say anything? Is what I said wrong?"

The queen secretly pinched her arm under the cover of her clothes, suppressed her nausea, and nodded in agreement, "Shu Guifei is right, I have the best relationship with you, and others can't stir up trouble even if they want to."

Concubines: "..."

Now even the Queen has started acting, right?

They really want to escape.

However, the only person who was uneasy in the hall was Li Jinhua.

From the moment the two young palace maids were brought up, her pupils dilated and her mind was constantly thinking of a solution. She didn't pay any attention to what the Queen and Concubine Shu were saying.

She looked at the two young palace maids, trying to calm herself down and think about how to deal with the situation.

So her mind was not at all on the conversation between the Queen and Concubine Shu, she just mechanically echoed the reactions of the crowd.

She tried to restrain herself and not let her eyes drift towards the two young palace maids.

At this tense moment, Li Jinhua's brain was working fast. She had to come up with a solution to the problem as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

After the Queen and Concubine Shu experienced another round of fake sisterhood, they finally got to the point.

Concubine Shu looked at the two palace maids on the ground and said coldly, "Tell me! Who ordered you to do this?"

After suffering such torture in the Ministry of Punishment, the two palace maids had nothing to hide and told everything they knew.

"It was a young eunuch who gave us fifty taels of silver each and asked us to say those words on the road that the Imperial Concubine Shu must pass by."

"We didn't know the eunuch, he looked very unfamiliar. He gave us half of the silver first, and said he would give us the remaining half after the matter was completed."

"..."

In order to save their own lives, the two of them talked to each other and told everything they knew.

Wei He waited for them to finish speaking, then waved his hand and ordered someone to bring up a young eunuch.

"Look, is that him?"

Concubine Shu looked carefully and saw that this little eunuch was the one she discovered conspiring with the two palace maids that day.

"it's him!"

The two palace maids nodded quickly and said with gritted teeth.

Wei He sneered, walked up to the young eunuch and kicked him, saying, "What else do you have to say?"

The young eunuch was so frightened that he was shaking all over, and he said tremblingly: "Your servant... Your servant was also ordered around by someone!"

"Oh? Who instructed you to do that?" Wei He asked.

"Yes... yes..." The young eunuch hesitated and dared not speak.

"Hurry up and tell me! Otherwise, I will chop off your head right now!" Concubine Shu shouted angrily.

The young eunuch was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop. He looked at the maid beside Li Jinhua and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, she told me to sit there."

"My maid?"

Li Jinhua's eyes widened and he said in disbelief, "Impossible! How could she do such a thing?"

Concubine Shu glanced at Li Jinhua and scolded, "Shut up, do you have the right to speak here?"

Then, she turned to Wei He beside her and said, "Continue the interrogation."

Wei He nodded and asked some more questions, such as how did they get in touch with each other and whether there was any evidence to prove that it was the palace maids around Li Jinhua who ordered it?

The young eunuch was also afraid. After answering honestly with trembling hands, he took out a jade bracelet that he had obtained.

For a moment, all the concubines in the palace were stunned and subconsciously looked towards Li Jinhua.

Li Jinhua's face looked extremely ugly. She was shaking with anger, and her beautiful eyes were full of anger and disbelief.

She stood up suddenly, walked quickly to the maid, slapped her maid hard, and shouted: "Bitch, how dare you do such a thing behind my back!"

The palace maid was knocked to the ground by the sudden slap, and five bright red palm prints instantly appeared on her face.

Her eyes were red and tears were welling up in them, but she didn't dare let them fall.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to explain something, but before she could say anything, she heard Li Jinhua continue, "Have you ever thought about your family before you do anything? How dare you do such a life-threatening thing? You're such a fool!"

When the palace maid heard her words, her body trembled violently and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

She knew that if the matter got out of hand, not only would she be punished, but her family would also be implicated.

She gritted her teeth, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes, and then she knelt down with a plop, kowtowed to Li Jinhua, and said with a sob: "Master, I am sorry for you. I did so many things without telling you. I deserve to die."

As she spoke, she looked at the queen sitting above her and continued, "The reason why I did this is because two years ago I accidentally angered Concubine Shu, and she punished me to kneel in the rain for two hours. That's why I did this. Queen, this is my fault, and I will take full responsibility. Please don't vent your anger on me, my master."

After saying that, she slammed her head against the pillar at lightning speed.

There was a dull thud and blood gushed out from her forehead, staining her pale cheeks red.

Everyone was stunned and cried out in surprise.

Li Jinhua stood there blankly, staring at the scene in front of her, tears flowing uncontrollably from her eyes. She covered her mouth with her hands, trying to hold back her tears, but her body kept shaking.

"Wow~ Why are you so stupid? Why would you do such a thing? Wow..."

However, no one noticed that when she lowered her head and cried, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a hint of smug smile.

Concubine Shu looked at the maid lying on the ground with cold eyes, sneered and said, "Don't think that you can get rid of suspicion just because your personal maid is dead. Who would believe that you knew nothing about this matter? Everyone knows that this maid is just taking the blame for you."

Li Jinhua raised her head, looked at Concubine Shu with tears in her eyes, and said with grievance: "Madam Concubine Shu, how can you wrong me like this? She has always hated you, so she did this. What does this have to do with me?"

"Are you kidding me? Do you think I and the others are fools? Didn't you just threaten her with her family?"

Concubine Shu was furious and pointed at her and cursed.

Li Jinhua did not answer, but knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily to the queen, and then said sadly: "Queen, please understand, this is really none of my fault! I don't know why this happened, I am really innocent!"

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face and she looked extremely pitiful.

The Queen looked at the people below and said expressionlessly, "That is your first-class maid, who has always been by your side serving you. If you really know nothing and cannot convince others, I will see..."

Before she could finish her words, a eunuch's announcement suddenly came from outside.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

When everyone heard the voice, they immediately stood up and saluted.

The emperor strode in, held out his hand to help the queen up, and asked with concern: "Queen, there is no need to be so polite, get up quickly!"

Then he waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up.

After everyone stood up, he looked at Li Jinhua who was still kneeling on the ground, frowned and asked: "My beloved, what happened? Why are you still kneeling on the ground?"

Li Jinhua raised her head and looked at the emperor with a face full of grievance. She told the emperor everything while crying, and continued to cry: "Your Majesty, I really don't know why this happened. I am really innocent! Please believe me!"