The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

After holding it in for a long time, Xie Yuzhen finally found an opportunity to scold someone. She felt relieved, but she did not forget her purpose - to expand the battlefield. While setting the city gate on fire, she also wanted to catch the fish in the pond and roast them: "You keep saying that it was the queen who harmed Concubine Gong, but you can't produce any evidence. However, considering your IQ, I won't force you to produce evidence that doesn't exist at all."

She spoke clearly and with a clear purpose, but her speed was fast, keeping it just enough for everyone to understand: "Let's talk about something simple. Who helped you send the poisonous grass into the palace, and who told you about Concubine Wang's schedule that day? Most importantly, how did you know that the secret cake of Wen Baolin's family needs to be made with special firewood, and how did you know that Concubine Wang would definitely learn to make that cake?"

She finished quickly.

"Thank you, talented lady." The emperor finally spoke, staring at her.

Xie Yuzhen raised his hand to cover his mouth and gave the emperor an innocent look.

She spoke so hastily and quickly because she was afraid that the Emperor or the Empress would not allow her to say more. But now that she had said everything she needed to say, it was time for her to just happily watch the fun.

Xie Yu was really happy and didn't care at all that Nanny Lu was sweating profusely because of his questions during the conversation.

Even Concubine Ning showed a look of regret - why didn't she remember to ask these questions, and was only concerned with asking about the old man's motives and methods of committing crimes. It seems that she still has a lot to learn.

On the main seat, the empress had already shown the confession to the emperor. After reading it, the emperor raised his head and said, "Will you confess the things that the talented person asked, or will I wait until I arrest your family members and chop off one for each one you confess?"

"...Your Majesty..." Nanny Lu was shaking all over, "My servant's family didn't know..."

"Plotting to murder the heir to the throne is a crime punishable by death for the entire clan!" Concubine Song said coldly, "So what if they didn't know? Just blame yourself for being vicious. Let them go to the underworld and report you to the King of Hell!"

"Ahem, Concubine Shu." The emperor looked over helplessly. His two beloved concubines, one was cunning on the surface and wanted to butt in on everything; the other was gentler, but as soon as the children were involved, she would turn into a furious tigress.

They were all such lovely and unique girls, how could he bear to criticize them? Just calling them a little and giving them a reminder would be enough.

Concubine Song Shu also closed her mouth and leaned lazily back in her chair.

"Shufei must be tired. Why don't you go to the side hall to rest first?" the Queen asked her worriedly.

Concubine Shu shook her head: "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will be fine."

"How is Concubine Xie?" the queen asked again.

"I am very energetic. If I don't finish reading this, I will not be able to sleep at night when I go back to see this old man's fate~"

Just looking at their interaction, Aunt Lu found it ridiculous.

No one doubted the queen, and no one believed what she said.

This made her feel extremely sad, and she thought that her grievances could only be cleared by the snow in June...Even if Concubine Gong's death had been thoroughly investigated by a highly skilled imperial physician and a conclusion had been reached, so what? Could it be that the imperial physician could not be bribed by the queen?

Even if she couldn't find any evidence that the Queen was afraid of Concubine Gong's baby, what kind of mistress wouldn't be afraid of the eldest son of a concubine? Besides, this was the royal family! The heirs were fighting for the supreme throne. Even though Concubine Song Shu was favored and gave birth to the eldest and third princes in succession and raised them safely, Nanny Lu didn't believe that the Queen really wasn't afraid.

But she couldn't think of any rebuttal.

After a period of resentment at not being trusted, Madam Lu finally paid some attention to her family members who were implicated for no reason. She couldn't help but shudder. The obedience she had trained in the palace for many years made her start to confess: "The poisonous grass was bought by me through the eunuch Zhao San from the purchasing department. My mother used to be a wet nurse for a wealthy family. She told me the effect of the grass and asked me to be careful not to touch it..."

"Your mother was so kind to you, but you used it to do evil!" The queen ordered Gao Sheng to take people to arrest Zhao San, and then looked at the emperor, "If her family is really innocent, please spare their death penalty, Your Majesty."

The emperor remained silent: "Let's hear what she has to say."

Madam Lu shuddered again, her heart becoming more and more frightened, but she couldn't help but feel grateful to the queen. She shrank back and continued to explain: "The matter of Concubine Wang... Concubine Wang and the cakes was all told to me by a maid named Aying. She said that her master had asked Wen Baolin for the cake recipe, but Wen Baolin refused to give it to Concubine Wang instead. He also said that special firewood was needed to make a cake. It was really picky..."

Everyone looked at Wen Baolin.

Wen Baolin endured the pain in his legs and stood up again: "Your Majesty, only Concubine Zhu asked me for the recipe. I heard that Concubine Zhu was allergic to peanuts, and that cake happened to contain peanuts, so I refused."

Concubine Zhu had long forgotten about this matter. Seeing that she was about to be eaten, she hurriedly dug this matter out from the corner of her memory and stood up and said, "It's like this, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is no palace maid named Aying in my palace!"

She looked at the female official standing behind her: "Gui'er, do you remember?"

Gui'er knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty, there is indeed no maid named Aying in Zhaoyang Palace. I do remember that there seemed to be a maid named Aying in the needlework shop who ran errands to deliver silk flowers to various palaces."

Concubine Zhu breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, please understand why she is so mean and wants to drag me into this!"

"Okay, everyone sit down." The emperor did not expect that the matter that he thought was over would drag on to such a big scale.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Xie Yuzhen, and he knew that whenever this woman opened her mouth, nothing would be easy.

Soon, the palace people who went to capture the person came back.

As soon as Zhao San came in, he started to kowtow and said that he knew nothing. He just caught Nanny Lu selling items in the palace privately and got on board her because he was greedy for money.

Ah Ying kept crying and saying that it was because Concubine Zhu promised to take her out of the needlework shop and serve her that she said these words to Madam Lu as instructed, and she knew nothing else.

Naturally, Concubine Zhu refused to admit it, but Aying started describing how Concubine Zhu was dressed that day. She also took out a gold shrimp-whisker bracelet with the emblem of Zhaoyang Palace on it. After checking the records, it turned out to be Concubine Zhu's.

Concubine Zhu had no idea when she had given the bracelet to someone else. She was very impatient and when she saw the dirty water being thrown on her, she could not refute it. She was furious and anxious. She lifted her skirt and kicked Aying: "Stop talking nonsense, bitch!"

But Ah Ying screamed miserably, and a mouthful of blood sprayed onto Concubine Zhu. She twitched twice and died on the spot!

Concubine Zhu was stunned for a moment. Her face turned pale and she fell to the ground, trembling and screaming: "Ah!!!"