The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Xie Yuzhen cursed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he covered his chest and said, "This... did the palace servant tell me who opened the small kitchen?"

"He only said that she was a palace servant in Jinghua Tower, but he didn't know which one." Although the emperor did doubt Xie Yuzhen for a few moments, this somewhat insidious method was inconsistent with the image that Xie Yuzhen usually showed, and he subconsciously did not want to think that he had misjudged her.

Xie Yuzhen did not stand up to apologize, but leaned back lazily: "That's strange, the small kitchen in my Jinghua Tower has never been used or opened. As for the key to the small kitchen, it has always been carried by Xia Zhi. Xia Zhi is steady and gentle, so I asked him to look after Tan Nu. Today, she went out with me."

Xie Yu really didn't need the small kitchen because he didn't have enough people he could trust, and it would be too easy to tamper with the food. It would be better to go to the imperial kitchen. At least Xiaoxi's aunt could help keep an eye on it. Since she had a way to send her only niece to the new favorite concubine, it couldn't be that she was doing it to send away the last bloodline of her family, right?

Therefore, even if she was not loyal to Xie Yuzhen, she would definitely help protect his meals.

"She always carries the key with her and never lends it to anyone else. So, I am curious about where that palace maid from 'Jinghua Tower' got the key to the small kitchen!" Xie Yuzhen said with narrowed eyes.

Seeing that she was calm and composed, some people became anxious: "Why not call all the palace maids in Jinghua Tower and ask Fang'er to identify them one by one..."

Xie Yuzhen looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Shen Xiaoyi.

Shen Xiaoyi bumped into Xie Yuzhen's dark eyes and shrank back subconsciously: "You wouldn't dare, would you?"

With a cold snort, Xie Yuzhen turned her gaze away and looked at the emperor: "Call the palace maids from Jinghua Tower to Baosi Pavilion. Then I will not live in Jinghua Tower anymore. Who knows if something will sneak in when Jinghua Tower is unattended!"

The Queen, who had been silent the whole time, also spoke up: "It is indeed inappropriate to call all the palace maids here."

"But Fang'er has been tortured, and her legs are in that state. If we ask her to recognize them one by one, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on..." Shen Xiaoyi quietly moved her knees that were aching from kneeling.

Fang'er is the cook of Baosi Pavilion. Although she was not brought in by Wen Baolin from his home, she was a cook sent to Wen Baolin through a selection of palace maids under the favor of the Yuyang Marquis' Mansion.

In addition to Fang'er, there was another palace maid named Yan Yu, who was also sent in this way. Not only the Yuyang Marquis's Mansion, but other aristocratic families and nobles would also make arrangements in this way to send trustworthy palace maids to the concubines, but at most they could only send two or three. Even so, Xie Yu was already really jealous.

If she had such ability, why would she have to live so cautiously?

However, Shen Xiaoyi, the adopted daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, did not receive such good treatment.

She only knew that Concubine Wang had suffered a miscarriage in her previous life, but she had no idea how she had the miscarriage. Therefore, she tried to make friends with Concubine Wang and then use her to pretend to reconcile with Wen Baolin.

She believed that since Concubine Wang had suffered a miscarriage in her previous life, she would most likely suffer the same fate in this life. What she had to do was to push the blame for the miscarriage onto Wen Baolin when she found any clues.

Wen Baolin is favored, and there must be many people in the palace who dislike her. Shen Xiaoyi gave herself the opportunity to eliminate the fetus in Wang Xuanshi's belly and a favorite concubine in one fell swoop. She didn't believe that the person behind the scenes would be able to resist and not take action!

really.

As she expected, Concubine Wang had a miscarriage just like in her previous life, except that the place of miscarriage was changed to Baosi Pavilion, and the method of miscarriage was also closely related to Wen Baolin.

However, Shen Xiaoyi could not have imagined that although she was just torturing Fang'er, Xie Cairen would be involved.

Fang'er is obviously Wen Baolin's confidant. If there is any involvement, it should be Wen Baolin. Could it be that Wen Baolin didn't even realize that Wang Xianshi was pregnant and never had the intention to harm anyone?

Shen Xiaoyi didn't believe it.

Where could there be a truly kind-hearted person in this harem who would not be bothered by worldly affairs? If there really was such a person, why would I have been schemed against like that in my previous life?

Although Wen Baolin looked like a pure and innocent person, he was obviously cunning and slippery. Even after his legs were broken, he still asked Fang'er to remain loyal and refuse to reveal her master's dirty deeds, but instead blamed others.

Shen Xiaoyi secretly hated him, but she didn't want others to see her hostility towards Wen Baolin, so she could only follow the words and target Xie Yuzhen.

"Besides, the key was with Xia Zhi, and that was just what the talented person said. If that maid was lazy and gave the key to someone else, wouldn't it be..." Before she finished her words, she saw Xie Yuzhen suddenly stand up.

Xie Yuzhen walked up to Shen Xiaoyi. The queen was afraid that she would do it herself again, so she quickly stood up and said, "Talented lady!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I just want to ask Shen Xiaoyi a question, but I'm afraid we are too far away and she may not be able to hear clearly." Xie Yuzhen put down her foot with regret.

The emperor heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed her little action. He thought to himself that she was so well-behaved. Although she was a little impulsive at times, she would never do anything to harm a fetus. In this way, it seemed that Shen Xiaoyi, who was chasing and biting her, was more suspicious.

Subconsciously hiding beside Wen Baolin, the trembling Shen Xiaoyi didn't know that her actions were originally intended to frame Wen Baolin, but the uncontrollable palace maids implicated Xie Cairen; she also wanted to push the blame to Xie Yuzhen, but instead made the emperor suspect her.

"Shen Xiaoyi, if you were Xia Zhi, you would know that food is of utmost importance to people. Your master entrusted you with the key because of his trust. Would you easily leave the key aside or give it to someone else? Not only would you betray your master's trust, but you would also tie your head to someone else's waistband?" Xie Yuzhen sneered and stared at Shen Xiaoyi. "You look like you want to transfer all the palace servants in Jinghua Tower for interrogation. It seems more like you are in a hurry to find someone to take the blame for you!"

"You...how can you slander me like this?!" Shen Xiaoyi felt chills all over when she was looked at by her cold gaze. That beautiful face covered with frost, now blossomed with a sharp beauty that no one had ever seen before, making people tremble, frightened and heart-beating.

At this moment, Wen Baolin raised her hand to support Shen Xiaoyi who was about to fall. She said calmly: "I believe that the talented lady is not such a careless person. I also believe that the talented lady is also a mother and will not do evil things to hurt children... I believe that you have already made arrangements for the palace maids in Jinghua Tower to be interrogated. This little sister of mine... is usually a little ignorant, why do you have to scare her like this?"

Xie Yuzhen retracted his icy gaze: "Wen Baolin treats others kindly, how can you know what others are thinking of you?"

She pouted, breaking away from the overwhelming momentum, and turned back into the charming little woman the emperor loved the most, saying angrily, "Before I came here, I asked Eunuch Gao to bring people to guard Jinghua Tower. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you really want to summon the palace maids for interrogation, that's fine. But please have mercy on your young son and don't let the people from the Shanggong Bureau scare Tan Nu."

After saying this, she bowed gracefully and sat back down, but she turned around and refused to look at the emperor, who was filled with surprise and admiration.

No matter who wanted to frame me, it was definitely the emperor who came from it. It just so happened that I hadn't lost my temper with him for a long time, so I would take this opportunity to give him a good beating and let him know that it was not a good thing to doubt me without permission!