The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"...until two days ago, Fangfei caught a palace servant who was sneaking into my room and putting something there."

Liu Shuyi said that a palace maid was bribed by Concubine Xu, and took the opportunity to change the water in the vase in the room to put medicinal powder that would gradually make people insane. When Fangfei checked, she found that the color of the water was wrong, and arrested the palace maid on the spot.

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Xie Weizhen felt relieved immediately.

The most important thing about the drugs produced by the Qiyao System is that they are “strange”. They have strange effects and strange uses.

The medicines exchanged from the system mall are all in pill form, but can be ground into powder or dissolved directly in water when used. Regardless of the type of medicine, the only common feature they have is that they are colorless, odorless, and silent.

So the color of the water in the vase that Liu Shuyi mentioned was wrong must have been caused by someone, or it could have been Liu Shuyi who deliberately framed her.

"That day, I secretly asked the imperial physician Wei to check the potion. As expected, it was a forbidden drug commonly used in the previous dynasty! It is called the God-confusing Incense!" Liu Shuyi said confidently, "I tortured the palace maid who drugged her, and she confessed that she was instructed by Concubine Xu. I originally wanted to take the palace maid to report directly to the Queen Mother, but unexpectedly, the soul of Concubine Huaijing disappeared..."

She acted as if she was feeling guilty and nostalgic at the right moment: "But the maid and the potion are still in my control, and the imperial physician Wei can testify again. In order not to cause more trouble in the palace, I will temporarily put this matter aside and wait until the imperial concubine's funeral is over before exposing her."

"But who knew that Concubine Xu was so arrogant that she had the guts to deliberately come to me and cause trouble on the first day of the funeral, and even wanted to use the same old tricks to make me do something inappropriate!" Liu Shuyi kowtowed heavily and recalled her words in her heart to make sure that she had not remembered them wrong, then she raised her head with tears in her eyes.

It was through Fang Fei that she learned that there was something strange about Shen Nanliu's madness before her death, and she had also made a backup plan at the former residence of the long-dead palace maid Susu.

The Bewitching Incense was indeed, as she said, a secret medicine from the previous dynasty. It had been lost for a long time during the Great Sheng Dynasty. Only some older aristocratic families might have some stocks of it. The family of Liu Shuyi's mother, Hong, had been practicing medicine for generations. Although they later gave up medicine, they still had some secret medicine prescriptions in the family that could not be shown to others.

As Hong's most beloved daughter, Liu Shuyi also brought some prepared pills when she entered the palace.

What prompted Liu Shuyi to set up this situation was another matter.

After traveling back in time, Liu Shuyi replaced all the palace servants who had served her. She no longer beat, scolded or punished the new ones, but was very kind and considerate to them.

Finally, her kindness was rewarded.

On the day when she found out someone had drugged her, Fang Fei hesitantly took the initiative to tell Liu Shuyi something - she had a sister.

This sister's name is Jiaqi, and she serves in Yuchunju.

Concubine Xu had been secretly bribing the palace maids in Yanzhang Palace for a long time, and Cui Liu was the best example.

Fangfei confessed that Concubine Xu somehow knew that she was Jiaqi's sister, and threatened her sister's life to force her to set up a trap to frame Liu Shuyi.

How to frame him?

Concubine Xu was weak and could not keep the baby alive even if she was pregnant. She simply bribed the imperial physician who diagnosed her pulse and pretended that the baby was stable.

What she wanted Fangfei to do was to secretly learn Liu Shuyi's usual embroidery technique to sew a sachet, put things that would harm the fetus into the sachet, and then pretend that it was Liu Shuyi who deliberately had someone secretly replace Concubine Xu's sachet, which would cause the royal heir to become increasingly weak.

Concubine Xu would also take the sachet and look for an opportunity to deliberately cause a conflict with Liu Shuyi, so as to frame Liu Shuyi for the miscarriage of the fetus, which could not have been saved for long.

Fang Fei explained to Liu Shuyi the plan planned by Concubine Xu in detail, and then immediately stated that Liu Shuyi was the only master who treated her well since she entered the palace, and she could not bear to see such a kind-hearted Liu Shuyi being framed, so after much hesitation, she finally chose to tell Liu Shuyi about the matter.

When Liu Shuyi heard this, she was of course extremely angry.

Since Concubine Xu took the initiative to provoke me, it’s no wonder that I had to follow the trend!

She decided to use the bewitching incense she brought from home to frame Concubine Xu and pin the blame on her for Shen Nanliu's madness. Not only that, she also wanted Concubine Xu to have an abortion using the most painful method!

Want to use medicine to smoothly slide the fetus out?

Ah!

Liu Shuyi deliberately pulled Concubine Xu and made her belly hit the door threshold.

Thinking of the feeling of revenge, and Lady Xu's instantly distorted face, and smelling the increasingly strong smell of blood in the air, Liu Shuyi felt extremely comfortable - you deserve it!

Today, Liu Shuyi is better at controlling her expression than her former "other self". Her tears are beautiful and her expression is very innocent, making people feel pity for her: "If Your Majesty does not believe me, just summon Fangfei and others to ask. I did have a bad temper before, but I have learned my lesson and am determined to correct it. Only in this way can I live up to the earnest teachings of Your Majesty and the Queen. Who would have thought... who would have thought that there would be such a treacherous villain who would deliberately plot..."

She looks beautiful when she cries.

The previous remarks seemed to make sense.

The emperor looked at the queen doubtfully, and the queen said, "Why not try them together?"

"Zi Tong is right." The emperor nodded and looked at Liu Shuyi, "You get up first."

Liu Shuyi pressed her handkerchief to her eyes and wiped away her tears gracefully. She looked at the emperor with joy and moved, then stood up shyly: "Yes, thank you for your trust in me..."

Xie Yuzhen stood aside with a cold face and said nothing.

It was not until Liu Shuyi stood up that she spoke: "Your Majesty, Madam, what Liu Shuyi said seems to make a lot of sense, but Sisi is dead. How can we conclude that it was A Yuan who caused Shen Shuren's madness based on Fangfei's words alone?"

"Although she is dead, she was bribed by Concubine Xu to do the wrong thing. Maybe there are clues in her belongings." Liu Shuyi followed up on this and said, "Why not search the palace maids' quarters?"

"Oh?" Xie Yuzhen curled her lips. She glanced at Liu Shuyi, then at Concubine Deng, who kept her lips tightly shut as if she didn't exist. "Liu Shuyi seems to be very sure that there must be something unclean in Susu's residence before she died?"

Xie Yuzhen exclaimed, "Oh my!" and suddenly stared at Concubine Xian Deng: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian assists Your Majesty in managing the transfer of palace servants. I have a question now, please answer it."

Being suddenly pointed out by her, Concubine Deng was a little caught off guard, but she still replied in a good-tempered manner: "Just ask me, Concubine Zhao."

"I want to ask, after a palace maid dies, will her room remain empty and her belongings be kept?"

But Susu has been dead for a long time.

Concubine Deng paused for a moment before she lowered her eyes and replied, "Of course not."

She didn't look at Liu Shuyi who had a bad look on her face. "After a palace maid dies, her belongings are usually sent back home. If she has no family, the maids in the palace will deal with her. Since she died suddenly, I think Susu's belongings should be enshrined in the Buddhist temple in the palace maid's house. Now, it's possible that they can still be found."

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Your Majesty, for clearing up my confusion." Xie Yuzhen thanked her.

It turned out that it was right for me to wipe out this tail for A Yuan!

In order to prepare for taking over the palace power in the future, Xie Yuzhen put a lot of effort into understanding how the palace people lived.

When an ordinary palace maid died, even if she had family, her belongings would be sent back home but would be looted by the maids in the palace maids’ house. Not to mention someone like Susu who had no family and no one to support her. It was said that her belongings after death could be enshrined in a Buddhist temple, but in reality, it would be considered good if she could leave behind a small piece of clothing!

Concubine Deng said that her belongings could still be found... If they could really be found, it could only mean that this was another hidden spy that someone had planted long ago!