Concubine Su's eyes widened instantly, and she looked at Concubine Li, who was usually on good terms with her, in disbelief.

She finally understood why Eunuch Yan from the Imperial Clothing Bureau suddenly changed his mind when she exposed Concubine Jia's poisoning.

The eunuch Guo in her palace turned against her and committed suicide, causing the emperor to suspect that she was staging a self-torture trick just to slander Concubine Jia!

Lipin, Lipin! You hid it so well! I never thought you could be hers!

After hearing Daoxin's words, the queen was surprised and asked, "What's going on? Is this child Lipin's?"

Seeing that the emperor's face was terribly gloomy, Dao Xin became very nervous and didn't dare to speak anymore.

He secretly glanced at Concubine Li and thought: Isn't this the person he met at the entrance of the alley when he was chasing the lion dance on the street that day?

Is she really my mother?

"What's the matter with this jade pendant? Why is it in Concubine Jia's bedroom? Tell me!" the Queen scolded Concubine Li.

She trembled and could only bite the bullet and answer: "I dare not put this thing in my palace, so I can only find an excuse to give it to Concubine Jia..."

"Lipin, you have such a cruel heart!" Jiafei suddenly shouted, "At the beginning, the Sitianjian told me that I was afraid of disasters, and the jade pendants were warm and nourishing, so they asked me to hide some in the palace to ward off evil.

"Princess Li said she had a fine jade pendant to give to me. I was delighted when I saw it, so I asked for it. I didn't expect that this was the origin of the jade pendant!"

"You're lying!" Su Fei yelled, "What kind of Hetian jade can we have in the palace? Why do you have to have something of unknown origin?!"

"Concubine Su, the Queen is virtuous and frugal. She always tells us not to live a luxurious life. I am not like my sister, Concubine Su. I have the Second Prince kept in the palace, so my food, clothing and other expenses are more exquisite." Every word Concubine Jia said made sense and she refused to give in.

"you!"

Concubine Su was so angry that her ears turned red. She knew that Concubine Jia was always sharp-tongued, but she didn't expect that even when things had come to this point, she could still remain so calm.

"Lipin! Why are you taking the blame for Jiafei?" Concubine Su turned her spearhead towards Lipin, gritting her teeth in anger.

Lipin kowtowed heavily and said, "I know that I can no longer conceal this matter today. I originally thought that if this child was not discovered, I would serve the emperor in this palace and never think of anything else. But now that things have come to this, this was a mistake I made when I was young, how can I bear to implicate others again?"

"Lies are lies after all! Eunuch Yuan went to Ciguang Temple to send him things more than once! I'd like to see how you explain it!" Concubine Su was furious.

"Oh? Is this true?" Concubine Jia was extremely surprised.

Concubine Su sneered: "You don't know? You didn't send that person?"

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked up: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Yuan is outside the palace."

Concubine Jia looked very surprised: "Eunuch Yuan? Didn't he die in that plague?"

Concubine Su sneered: "Humph, Concubine Jia, that's God's will, so that your conspiracy and trickery will not succeed!"

"Princess Su, I have always been upright and honest, so what is there to be afraid of?"

Ling Cheyun's face darkened: "Bring the person up."

Eunuch Yuan was quickly brought in, and he knelt on the ground to pay his respects, trembling with fear.

He didn't want to show up at all, but he was no match for Amu's sword, and he didn't want to die in Mo Yu's assassination.

"Eunuch Yuan, was it Concubine Jia who sent you to Ciguang Temple?" Concubine Su asked first.

Eunuch Yuan nodded hurriedly: "Yes, it was Concubine Jia who sent this old servant to go..."

"You're lying!" Concubine Jia shouted angrily, "Eunuch Yuan, when did I send you there? What did you send?"

"Every month when I take a day off, Her Majesty sends me some delicious food." Eunuch Yuan said hurriedly.

Concubine Jia suddenly laughed contemptuously: "Eunuch Yuan, you are just talking nonsense, do you have any evidence?"

"Every time the queen asked me to go to Ciguang Temple, she did it secretly and did not leave any evidence."

Eunuch Yuan was sweating all over, and was shaking uncontrollably under the emperor's pressure.

Jia Fei suddenly sneered twice, looked at the maid next to Lipin, and shouted: "I heard that every time you take a day off, you go back to the house outside the palace. Then Bo Lu, the maid in Lipin's palace, also went in."

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!" The maid Bo Lu knelt tremblingly beside Concubine Li and kowtowed for mercy.

Eunuch Yuan was stunned for a moment, his face flushed red, and he murmured, "It is true, but, but..."

The concubines all looked very unhappy for a moment.

It was not allowed for eunuchs and palace maids to have sex in the palace. If anyone found out, the master would be punished.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Jia suddenly shouted, "I am at fault. I shouldn't have allowed Eunuch Yuan and Bo Lu to secretly form a relationship."

"But I only found out about it recently! I thought that Eunuch Yuan died in the plague. I felt sorry for him because he had been with me for so many years, so I sent someone to his house to clean up his belongings and return them to his family. I didn't expect to find such an unbearable truth."

"Your Majesty, please punish me." Concubine Jia kowtowed, "But please also believe me! I really don't know anything about what he and Concubine Li were secretly planning!"

"Empress Jia, you really speak better than you sing! You are trying to completely deny the matter!" Concubine Su snorted coldly, "What did the eunuchs in your palace do? Don't you know?"

Ling Cheyun narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of annoyance flashed across his eyes.

If it wasn't necessary to maintain the previous dynasty, he really wanted to send all these women to the cold palace.

It was simple to support them, but these women were never satisfied, fought for fame and fortune, and quarreled every day, making it impossible for him to have a moment of peace.

"Drag these two away and beat them to death." Ling Cheyun ordered in a cold voice.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life... Your Majesty, please spare my life..."

Eunuch Yuan and Bo Lu were quickly dragged away, and a eunuch came back to report soon that the two had died.

Dao Xin was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking.

The Queen looked at Ling Cheyun, who was clenching his fists slightly. She knew that his patience was almost at its limit, so she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I heard that blood can be used to identify relatives. If the blood of two people mixes, they are biological children. Since the three of them have different opinions, why not let them test it?"

Ling Cheyun then nodded.

The queen quickly told her maid, "Go and bring a bowl of water."

"Yes."

The maid responded respectfully and quickly returned.

The queen looked at Dao Xin and waved, "Come here, don't be afraid. It's just a drop of blood, there's no danger."

Dao Xin's frightened expression finally eased slightly.

The young eunuch came to Daoxin, took out a silver needle, pricked his finger, and dripped a drop of blood into it.

The Queen looked at Lipin again and said, "Lipin, if you believe that this child is yours, come and check it out."

Lipin had a look of despair on her face. She crawled over on her knees, took out the silver needle, pricked her finger and dripped a drop of blood into it.

Everyone craned their necks to look into the bowl, and suddenly they saw the young eunuch kneel down with a plop and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, the blood has merged!"

Everyone was shocked. Ling Cheyun stood up with a gloomy face and went to check the bowl himself. He saw that the two drops of blood had indeed merged together.

His face darkened and he kicked Lipin, hitting her right in the shoulder and ribs. She fell backwards in pain and could hardly get up.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life..." Lipin endured the severe pain and knelt down again, begging for mercy.

Concubine Su's face changed drastically, and she exclaimed, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! There's something wrong with the water! Yes! There's something wrong with the water!"

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