Dao Xin looked completely ignorant. With his small brain, he really couldn't understand the twists and turns in adults' minds.

If you want to see me, just see me! Why do you have to hide it?

Moreover, most of the things she gave him actually never reached his hands, but were divided up by his senior brothers.

So Daoxin was quite resentful. He shouted, "I don't believe it! Who are you to me? Why didn't you come to save me when they were beating me to death?"

The woman seemed quite nervous. She looked towards the entrance of the alley and whispered, "Didn't I just tell you? I can't come out to see you without permission!"

Daoxin felt aggrieved and tears fell in an instant. The woman took out her handkerchief and gently wiped away his tears.

A woman who was guarding the alley entrance came hurriedly: "Miss, someone is coming, we should leave."

The woman nodded, touched Daoxin's head, and whispered: "Remember, don't tell anyone that you saw me today, otherwise you and I will be in big trouble, okay?"

Dao Xin thought about it and nodded slightly.

The woman was reluctant to leave, and hurriedly left through the other side of the alley, looking back every few steps.

Amu used his lightness skills to leap over from the alley entrance.

"Tao Xin!"

"Brother Amu!" Dao Xin quickly retracted his gaze and looked over.

"What are you looking at?" Amu was relieved when he saw that Daoxin was unharmed. He looked towards the entrance of the alley and asked in confusion.

Daoxin thought about it, then shook his head and said, "Look at the birds."

Amu asked curiously: "Little bird? What little bird?"

Dao Xin replied vaguely: "It's a black bird. It's really big... Brother Amu, let's go watch the lion dance!"

Before Amu had time to think, Daoxin pulled him away.

After returning to Lianxinju, Daoxin decided to hide the matter of this woman from Lin Zhuwei.

He just wanted to ask her everything clearly when he saw her again.

But what he never expected was that the two met again in such a scene!

At the same time, in the Queen's Yiying Palace, after the concubines greeted each other good morning, the Queen asked them to leave and return to their own palaces.

The queen has always been pure-hearted, without any desires or demands, and she is tolerant and generous to the concubines in the harem.

And because the eldest prince had difficulty walking, the empress devoted herself to worshipping Buddha, and the affairs of the harem were shared by Concubine Jia and Concubine Qu.

Even the three times a day that the concubines in the harem had to pay their respects to the Queen was reduced by the Queen to only once a day in the morning.

Seeing the queen stand up and go back to the room, all the concubines said yes in unison and were about to leave.

Who would have thought that at this moment, a clear and loud voice would be heard: "Empress, I have a grievance to appeal! Please, Queen, help me!"

When the concubines heard this, they all stopped in their tracks and looked at Concubine Su with strange expressions.

Although Ling Cheyun was not interested in women, the number of concubines in his harem was much smaller than that of the previous dynasty, so the disturbances in the harem were naturally reduced by half.

But since she is in the deep inner court of the palace, she cannot avoid competing for favor and beauty, and naturally there are some things that cannot be shown in public.

There were many busy affairs in the previous dynasty, and the concubines would never dare to go to the emperor unless it was an important matter.

The empress, on the other hand, preferred to keep things quiet, and would often let things go lightly. She would either give the perpetrator a few scoldings or deduct a year or two's monthly salary. Both parties would be given fifty lashes of the cane, as a warning to the harem to stay away from trouble.

Therefore, when the concubines heard Concubine Su's shouts, they couldn't help but laugh in their hearts and just watched the fun.

Anyway, the Queen will definitely not do anything.

However, they could not help but grumble: the eldest prince was born with disabled legs and feet and could no longer inherit the throne.

The third prince is still young, and because of the Yu family incident, he is not popular to begin with, so it is probably difficult for him to continue.

Concubine Su gave birth to the second prince, who was the favorite of the emperor and the empress dowager. Although the emperor had no intention of appointing a crown prince, everyone with a discerning eye knew that the second prince had a better chance of winning.

Therefore, there are many people in the entire harem who are opportunists and do everything they can to please Concubine Su. Who is so reckless as to dare to openly go against her?

The queen was also extremely surprised when she heard this, so she quickly sat back on the throne and said in a gentle voice, "Concubine Su, why are you so angry? You all should sit down, don't all stand."

Everyone sat down again, but Concubine Su refused to sit down. Instead, she stared at Concubine Jia with a furious look on her face.

"Empress, I want to report Concubine Jia for attempting to murder me!"

When the concubines heard this, they were shocked and looked at Concubine Su and Concubine Jia.

No matter how dirty the means used by the concubines in the harem are, they are only for the purpose of winning favor.

This is because the inner court of the imperial palace is always the best at flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. If you don't fight for what you want in the harem, you will eventually end up in the cold palace, where your food, clothing and other expenses will be deducted.

But no matter what, no one dared to cross the line, let alone kill people.

Is Concubine Jia crazy? !

The queen couldn't help but straighten up a little, frowned slightly and looked at the two of them, then ordered the personal maid beside her: "Go and invite the emperor."

However, Concubine Jia looked surprised, but she was not in a hurry. She just said in a cold voice: "Concubine Su, I heard from the Imperial Hospital that you have been in very poor health recently. Is it so serious that you have hysteria?"

"Concubine Jia! You are so eloquent that you can even turn the tables now!" Concubine Su said angrily.

The queen's cold voice sounded at the right time: "Concubine Su, you want to sue Concubine Jia, but do you have evidence? Concubine Jia is one of the four concubines. If you have no evidence and slander her without reason, it is a serious crime!"

Concubine Su snorted coldly and ordered Ting He, "Bring the person up!"

Ting He came forward from the side, bowed to the queen, and then retreated with a hunched back.

Not long after, Ting He came back, with Eunuch Yan Guowu from the Shangyi Bureau being escorted and tied up behind him.

The guard kicked Eunuch Yan to his knees.

"Queen, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!" Yan Guowu kowtowed desperately, his body trembling, and begged for mercy desperately.

"Is this Eunuch Yan, the manager of the Clothing Bureau?" the Queen asked in confusion. "Concubine Su, what's the reason for this?"

Concubine Su glared at Concubine Jia fiercely, but she saw that she looked relaxed and even drank a few sips of tea, as if what was happening before her had nothing to do with her at all.

Concubine Su gritted her teeth and answered the Queen's question: "Replying to the Queen, I have been feeling unwell for some time. The Imperial Hospital has prescribed many prescriptions, but my condition has been intermittent! It was not until a few days ago that Imperial Doctor Lin Zhuwei felt my pulse and found that I was poisoned!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was frightened out of their wits.

One concubine even cried out in shock: "Poisoned? How dare someone poison the palace? Will we be in trouble?"

"Concubine Su, are you mistaken? This matter is of great importance, you can't say anything nonsense!"

"That's enough! Stop arguing!" the Queen shouted coldly, "Listen to Concubine Su first! I will make my own judgment!"

Everyone then stopped talking and looked at Concubine Su.

Concubine Su said coldly: "Empress! I have been feeling unwell for a long time, and I have paid more attention to my diet. But I never expected that they would put poison in my clothes and bedding!"

"what?!"

Not to mention everyone else, even the queen was shocked. Such a method of poisoning was truly unheard of.

"The clothing bureau sent some cloth here a few days ago. Doctor Lin personally verified that the cloth was soaked in poison. I wore it for a long time, and the poison seeped into my skin. By the time I found out, the poison had already spread!"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and almost in unison, they pulled their clothes in panic.

Ting He quietly left and soon came back, holding in her hands the clothes and pillowcase that Concubine Su wore every day.

"Your Majesty, this is the poisonous dress worn by Concubine Su." Ting He knelt down and held the dress up respectfully.

When everyone saw this, they quickly covered their noses with handkerchiefs and moved their bodies outwards for fear of being stuck by the poison on their clothes.

"If I hadn't discovered it early, I would have been poisoned by this poisonous clothes day and night and would have died soon!" Concubine Su clenched her fists, furious.

"Yan Guowu! Is this true?" The queen slammed the table in anger.

Eunuch Yan was so frightened that his face turned pale as snow, his body trembling constantly, and he just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Please spare my life, Queen..."

"Tell me! Who ordered you to do this? Tell the truth!" the queen shouted.

Eunuch Yan was so frightened that his lips trembled and he couldn't utter a word.

"Empress, I think this lowly slave will not tell the truth unless he is tortured!" a concubine suggested through gritting her teeth.

"Yan Guowu! Say it again what you told me!" Concubine Su shouted, "Who ordered you to do this?!"

Eunuch Yan shuddered, and finally said tremblingly: "Yes... yes, Jia, Concubine Jia..."

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