I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

"You don't have to talk about this anymore. Lady Lan can be unkind, but I cannot be unjust." Liu Zhirou began to want to move on from this topic as quickly as possible.

She knew very well that in this situation, no matter what he said, it would be seen as an excuse. The only way was to stop talking about it with others.

Is Qiu Ju important? Qiu Ju is certainly not important, but Lv Jin behind her is very important. Lv Jin can be the emperor's personal eunuch. Even if he is just a eunuch, he has more power than most of the unfavored concubines.

Liu Zhirou was not very afraid of Lu Jin, but she didn't want to provoke him for no reason.

She always felt that he was a person with a very deep mind and could be used, but at the same time she must not let this person know her true thoughts.

"I know that Your Majesty has a kind heart and does not want to be the bad person, but in fact, there is no need for Your Majesty to be the bad person. There are people in Weiyang Palace who are eager to do this for you." Qiu Ju talked freely.

Liu Zhirou was shocked. Could it be that Concubine Xian really didn't disguise herself at all? Even Qiu Ju, a palace maid, could see through it?

Liu Zhirou did not have doubts. This was the information revealed by Lu Jin, but she believed that Lu Jin was smart enough to understand that now was not the time to push Qiu Ju out to deal with the emperor.

If Qiu Ju wants to overturn the case for the Shen family, then she must stay with the emperor for a period of time and obtain a special status. Now the emperor is only thinking about his own children, so he has no time to talk about love with other women.

Then it would be meaningless for Lu Jin to reveal the news to Qiu Ju at this time and instruct Qiu Ju to say these things to her, and it would only be asking for trouble.

Seeing that Liu Zhirou did not try to stop her further, Qiuju thought that Liu Zhirou agreed to continue and mentioned a woman that Liu Zhirou had originally ignored.

"Empress Zhang is madly in love with the Emperor. After Concubine Lan became pregnant, she was favored by the Emperor. She was jealous of this and was trying her best to make trouble for Concubine Lan." Qiuju even said with some joy.

"Not only is Concubine Zhang's rank lower than Concubine Lan's, but she has also long lost the emperor's favor. How could she harm Concubine Lan amidst all the protection she has?" Liu Zhirou thought so and asked the same question.

"Your Majesty, please do not underestimate Concubine Zhang. She is not a pushover. She was even originally named a concubine, but later she made a big mistake and ended up in her current state. Do you know what mistake she made?" Qiu Ju deliberately kept the secret at this time.

"I hadn't even been to the capital at that time, so how would I know? Stop playing tricks, little girl. Just tell me." Liu Zhirou had no interest in guessing and urged Qiuju to give the answer.

"She was already suspected of endangering the emperor's offspring at that time!" Qiu Ju said in a low voice.

Liu Zhirou was surprised.

"What you said is true. This is a serious crime!" Liu Zhirou found that what she knew seemed to be very inconsistent with the facts. Everyone said that the emperor and the empress dowager valued offspring, and the emperor also said so when he was with her. Naturally, she thought so at the time.

What was going on? Was she just too naive?

It seems that the emperor does not attach any importance to the issue of offspring. Otherwise, even if Concubine Zhang had a high status and was deeply favored, she would not have been able to escape the disaster.

"At that time, due to insufficient evidence, this Concubine Zhang escaped, but was also deposed as a concubine and sent to the cold palace. Fortunately, the Concubine Xian interceded for her and brought her back to the Weiyang Palace." Qiu Ju described it vividly, as if she was watching it at the time. If Liu Zhirou had not brought her into the palace personally, she would have thought that she was an old maid who had served in the palace for many years.

"After receiving such a lesson, won't she be honest?" Liu Zhirou frowned.

Generally speaking, after a concubine has narrowly escaped a disaster, she will become disheartened and disappointed with the emperor. At the same time, she is unwilling to get involved in the gossip in the harem again, especially falling into the same trap as before.

But this concubine seemed a little different. Did she really disregard life and death just to satisfy her own momentary pleasure?

This is really not a wise choice.

"This Concubine Zhang is extremely courageous, but she can be so arrogant because of her background. Your Majesty, you should know the Empress Dowager's surname." Qiu Ju said with a wry smile.

"Her surname is Zhang." Liu Zhirou immediately responded, "She is a relative of the Empress Dowager?"

"Yes. She is the Empress Dowager's biological niece. More importantly, the Empress Dowager has only one younger brother, her father. And now her parents are dead. This means that she is the only descendant of the Empress Dowager's younger brother." Qiu Ju's tone was quite sad, with a hint of bitterness in it.

Zhang Xuanshi was an orphan.

When Liu Zhirou thought of this, her heart began to lift.

Being an orphan means that Concubine Zhang has no family or loved ones behind her, so she has fewer ties.

Moreover, the Queen Mother could give up Concubine Chen, give up her plans, and give up many things, but she could not give up the only orphan left by her brother.

In this situation, even if Concubine Zhang had done something out of line, the emperor would at most force her to become a nun.

These threats were not enough to make Concubine Zhang give up this idea. If she harmed Ai Ziyi without anyone noticing, as long as she was not caught immediately, the Empress Dowager would definitely mobilize all her connections to protect her as much as possible.

And the emperor has always been filial.

According to Ai Ziyi's current strange luck and interpersonal relationships, this situation might really happen. Even Qiu Ju, who had no grudges against her and even benefited from her to a certain extent, began to advise Liu Zhirou to murder Ai Ziyi. What else could not happen?