I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

"At the end of the second beam at the entrance to the palace where Concubine Chen lives, there is a gray package. The package contains the underwear she made for Guo Jieshu. There is also an opened envelope inside, which contains a letter written by Guo Jieshu to her."

"Please ask Your Majesty to send someone to fetch the things immediately. You can tell at a glance whether it was me who deliberately made a false accusation." As soon as Han Cairen finished speaking, the Queen sent someone to fetch them.

The other concubines were all whispering, mocking Han Cairen's wishful thinking. When the time came, she had to come up with such a trick to delay time. But could this problem be solved by just delaying time?

However, Liu Zhirou had already sensed that the truth of what had been said before was hard to tell, but the last thing Han Cairen said was probably true.

In other words, even if it is not true, some people will deliberately make it true.

"Your Majesty, the things are here." A female official with regular features but a very serious expression presented the package.

"Let's open it and take a look." The Queen did not reach out to take it. As a person in a high position, she paid great attention to taking care of her own safety. Although she was confident that no one would dare to poison her at this time, what if there was another fool like Concubine Shu?

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The queen, who thinks she is noble, certainly will not put herself in danger. She will let her servants do things for her if possible.

After getting permission from the queen, the female official immediately opened the package. Inside were indeed several men's underwear and a letter that looked like it had been opened many times and had worn corners.

Chen Fei sneered.

"It seems that you all came prepared! In order to frame me, you are even willing to resort to fraud? Don't forget that the inspection department under the emperor is not a pushover!"

"Princess Chen, why are you so excited? If you are wronged, the emperor will certainly clear you up. If you really did something to let the emperor down, you will of course be punished. Are you behaving like this because you are guilty?" Concubine Liang said this with a smile.

At first she was trying to remain neutral, probably because she had some doubts and was waiting to see what would happen. But now that the evidence has come out, she has chosen the Queen's team.

The situation suddenly reversed.

"I originally thought that this was just a small matter, but I didn't expect that so many things would be involved in the end. Forget it, even if I don't want to, I have to disturb the emperor."

The queen looked very regretful.

She sent someone to invite the emperor, and the emperor came very quickly. He had a dark face and seemed very unhappy.

"Your concubine greets His Majesty." Liu Zhirou stood up and saluted with everyone else. Although the emperor came this time to deal with the matter between Concubine Chen and Concubine Han, they, a group of spectators, could not be rude.

"The Queen sent someone to look for me. Is there something urgent?"

The Emperor seemed to be in a bad mood, and the Empress did not dare to gossip or stir up trouble to incite the Emperor's ill feelings towards Concubine Chen. She simply recounted what had just happened in simple language.

The emperor listened quietly, and asked the eunuch beside him to unfold the contents of the package one by one. The underwear were all worn by men, but they looked a size larger than the emperor's body. After the letter was opened, the handwriting on the letter paper was also written by another man.

"Mei Niang, what's going on?" After hearing this, the emperor seemed to calm down a little and asked Concubine Chen who was standing beside him.

When the queen heard the emperor call her like that, her heart skipped a beat.

Logically speaking, after discovering such a serious matter, the emperor should have expressed his anger in any case. However, the emperor did not even call Chen Fei by her title, but called her affectionately by her nickname, obviously not wanting to punish her.

"In reply to the emperor, this is a frame-up. May I ask this female official, was the package like this when it was taken down from the beam?" Concubine Chen straightened her collar and said calmly.

"Yes, no one touches such things before the Queen's order." After getting the emperor's permission, the female official immediately answered Concubine Chen's question.

"Very good. Because the beams are not often cleaned, there is a lot of dust on them, but this package is clean. It is obvious that someone just put it there." Chen Fei immediately made an inference.

At this time, someone else was dissatisfied and said, "Could it be that it is because Concubine Chen is thinking of her lover and often takes it, so it is clean?"

"You have the right to speak here? Slap your face!" Before Concubine Chen could say anything, the emperor became furious. He ordered his men to drag out this unlucky girl whose name he didn't know, and remained indifferent to her crying and screaming.

"I will prove this point later. Call in the eunuch who is responsible for picking up the package. I have something to ask him." Although Lady Yu had been punished by the emperor, Concubine Chen still answered her question, which was also an explanation to all the concubines present.

The emperor nodded, and immediately someone called in the two eunuchs who were responsible for picking up the package.

The two men knelt tremblingly in the hall and began to kowtow as soon as they came in.

"I have two questions for you. If you answer them well, you will be rewarded. If you answer them poorly, you will be punished. Think carefully about your answers."

The two people nodded in agreement.

"While you were on the beam, was there any dust accumulated on it? If so, was it thin or thick, or thin on one side and thick on the other?"

"To answer your question, there is dust and it is very thick. As for the difference between the two sides... I didn't pay close attention and couldn't see it." One of the smarter ones answered, but the information he got was not quite what people expected.

Upon seeing this, the emperor sent people to investigate the scene.

However, the facts told by the person who reported back were completely biased towards Chen Fei.

The dust was thick and there were no human hand prints, and there was also dust underneath where the package had been.

If nothing else happens, it can basically be concluded that this is a complete frame-up.

Seeing this, Liu Zhirou couldn't help but admire the Empress Chen who was still favored by the emperor.

She was able to be promoted quickly to the position of concubine, probably due to the contribution of the second princess, but she was able to occupy such a unique position in the emperor's heart, and even when things like her affair with outsiders were exposed, the emperor was able to handle it calmly, and it was not just because of the second princess.

Concubine Chen always looked aloof and arrogant in front of the other concubines in the harem, but she also had her own unique personality in front of the emperor. Just look at what she showed today: calm, witty, and neither humble nor overbearing. If Liu Zhirou herself were the emperor, she would also like her.