The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"I was in the Lizheng Hall and saw some memorials." Xie Yuzhen said softly.

The queen was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted: "But is it related to me?"

She was not surprised at all, and her voice was still very calm: "Judging from your expression, it should be something very serious."

"Have you already anticipated this, Your Majesty?" Xie Yuzhen was shocked by the Queen's attitude and the message revealed in her indifferent words - it seemed that the Queen had decided to die much earlier than he thought!

"There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. Once something is done, how can it not leave traces?" The Queen looked at the worry on Xie Yuzhen's face and hesitated for a moment. She was unsure whether to tell Xie Yuzhen about the incident in the past. Now she didn't know what the memorial Xie Yuzhen mentioned was about her, and she couldn't judge whether the hidden danger left over from that incident had occurred...

"I'm not a good person either." The queen tried to curl the corners of her lips.

Xie Yuzhen held her hands and said, "If the queen is not a good person, then this world will really become a hell where evil spirits run rampant."

She was one of the evil ghosts wandering in the world. Xie Yuzhen was very clear that her character was fundamentally different from that of the queen, so she said: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The memorial said that there are some outrageous rumors recently, saying that there is another hidden reason for the death of the late emperor, and that it was because of the poisoning of Concubine Ning..."

The queen frowned: "Concubine Ning?"

Immediately, her frowning brows suddenly relaxed as if she didn't care at all: "They really can only make a fuss about Concubine Ning first..."

When he found the late emperor, Concubine Ning and others, he was already close to death, and was only breathing intermittently. Even if the empress had hurriedly called for the imperial physician at that time, the patient would definitely not have survived. However, the death of the late emperor could be pinned on Concubine Ning and her sisters, thus clearing the empress and even the emperor of the suspicion of guilt today.

but.

When the queen saw the horrifying and inhumane scene, she couldn't bear to ask the two victims to be buried with the culprit.

Seeing that she seemed to be thinking about something, Xie Yuzhen continued to reveal the cards in her hand: "After I read those memorials, Your Majesty was quite frank and told me everything that happened in the past."

"Hmm?" The Queen looked up in surprise. "You... that's all. His Majesty is probably worried about the fact that I just lost my child, so he wants to suppress this matter temporarily. Even if you know the inside story, you can't get involved. His Majesty trusts you, so no matter what you do, it will be good in his eyes. But if he ever withdraws his trust, everything you do now will become evidence of your guilt!"

"Of course I know this truth, but your majesty, even if His Majesty suppresses this matter temporarily, the person behind the scenes will definitely not let it go. Now that impeachment has failed, I am afraid that tomorrow, the matter will be made even more heated and force the emperor to deal with it."

Xie Yuzhen looked into the Queen's eyes with a firm look, "And His Majesty... always says that he is affectionate and kind to the concubines. As long as we don't do anything too out of line, we won't be overly criticized. But he is actually the most heartless. I now know a little about Concubine Ning's situation. Your Majesty has never favored her. Even though the late emperor was secretly hostile to Your Majesty later, that was his biological father after all, the enemy who killed his father. When he gained supreme power because of his father's death, he might be willing to forgive him a little."

"But now..."

"He already holds great power, and the person who once removed the biggest obstacle for him to succeed to the throne, even if he is already insane, even if he is already trapped in a cage, as long as someone sees through this loophole and brings up the past to embarrass him, then..."

"He will definitely take the opportunity to abandon Concubine Ning." The Queen and Xie Yuzhen spoke at the same time, expressing the same conclusion.

The Queen was once again showing signs of fatigue and sadness. Seeing this, Xie Yuzhen immediately said, "Your Majesty has temporarily suppressed this matter. I'm afraid it's all for the Queen's health. What will he do next..."

"Then he will find an excuse to send me out of the palace, either to relax or to recuperate. In short, he will not let me get in touch with any news in the capital, and will let me know after the dust settles." The queen said bitterly, "I can't let him do this."

Seeing that the topic had finally been led to the most crucial point, Xie Yuzhen immediately followed up: "Then what is your Majesty going to do?"

"I..." The Queen paused.

Her mother and mother had passed away one after another, and the Dongxiang Palace had long ceased to exist. Only a few members of the Wang family would occasionally visit the palace in her name during the New Year, but the queen was not close to them, and the relationship was strained because of her refusal to choose an heir from the Wang family to inherit the Dongxiang Palace in the early years.

Now, her only child died, her close friend of many years betrayed her and also lost his life...The queen found that she actually didn't have much attachment to this palace anymore, and even to the human world. She still had concerns, but they were as thin as a spider thread, and she was too tired to continue holding on to this shallow connection.

And Concubine Ning... The Queen looked at Xie Yuzhen and her selfish desire grew. The words to entrust Concubine Ning to Xie Yuzhen were almost on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say it.

Xie Yuzhen waited for her to react for a while before he saw the change in the queen's expression and spoke: "Your Majesty, please don't tell me that you are planning to use your life to exchange for the future of Concubine Ning. Please think about it carefully. Concubine Ning is already a burden to your majesty. If you die because of her, how will she gain a foothold in the palace in the future?"

The queen was silent, her eyes solemn, but she seemed still not to have given up hope on Xie Yuzhen, the woman she had high hopes for.

Xie Yuzhen struck while the iron was hot: "If your majesty feels that I am someone you can trust, then I can only say that your majesty has made a mistake."

"Maybe I'm not born selfish and vicious, but... just think about how I dealt with the Zhou family, Concubine Xian, and Mrs. Hong. I can no longer be a kind person who cares about others."

"You shouldn't say that about yourself." The queen shook her head slowly. "Just based on what you said, you want to dispel my bad thoughts even if it means defaming yourself, I know you are not that kind of person at all."

She looked sad.

Xie Yuzhen saw that the opportunity was ripe, and secretly urged the world consciousness to cooperate. She suddenly moved closer to the queen and said, "Your Majesty, please take a good look at me, take a close look at me."

The queen was a little confused by her sudden action, but she still stared at Xie Yuzhen carefully as she was told.

The beautiful eyes and eyebrows of the woman in front of me seemed to glow in the night, but a black wound gradually appeared on her cheek, followed by her shoulders, chest, arms...

Countless cut marks appeared before the queen's eyes. She suddenly forgot to breathe and stared blankly at the beautiful woman in front of her who seemed to be made up of pieces of corpses. Her chest began to ache.