The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"......If Your Majesty has this intention, then I may have something that can help." Xie Yuzhen said to the queen after thinking about it.

The Queen asked her, "Did you ask Yunrong to do that?"

Xie Yuzhen nodded and said, "The Concubine Wang has connections with those outside the palace who instigated the impeachment of you and Concubine Ning. By chance, I discovered the middleman between them, but I didn't bring the few people around me who are more reliable, so I borrowed Aunt Yunrong to take down the middleman first."

After a moment of silence, the Queen suddenly asked curiously, "If...if you hadn't come back, would they have killed me in some way?"

Unable to help but sigh once again at the Queen's sharpness and intelligence, Xie Yuzhen told the truth somewhat uncomfortably: "Those people outside thought that Concubine Ning and you poisoned the late Emperor with poisoned wine, and then a comet appeared in the sky, which made those bastards think it was a good opportunity to stir up trouble..."

The queen frowned slightly: "If it is just this matter, I shouldn't be unable to bear it."

"I was unable to make it in time that time. In order to provoke you, Concubine Wang falsely claimed that Concubine Ning had been sentenced to death. You were so shocked and angry that..." The sob in Xie Yuzhen's voice had completely disappeared at this moment, and turned into poisonous juice tempered with anger. She gritted her teeth as she spoke of Concubine Wang's actions, but she still remembered how to calmly conceal the part about how she tortured Concubine Wang and interrogated her.

"In fact, I learned about this person's existence thanks to Chen Guipin's reminder." Xie Yu really didn't have much time to think about Chen Guipin. He could only temporarily confirm that the other party had no hostility towards him and others at the moment.

Although the Queen was not very close to Concubine Chen, she obviously knew something about her: "She must have investigated privately after learning that Concubine Xian had done those things. Concubine Chen was not actually shallow, but she was a little naive and sentimental compared to some people in the palace."

"After losing her son, she lost hope in the emperor and secluded herself in the Buddhist temple. But I think she seems to have come out. If you want to achieve great things in the future, you might as well try to see if she can be used." The queen said lightly.

He then said, "Let's get back to business. We did our best to completely block the news of the previous emperor's sudden death. Even though the Meng family had concubines in the harem for generations, they only heard bits and pieces, allowing them to piece together a completely different 'truth'."

"The entire Meng family has been convicted, and the main figures have been executed, but we cannot rule out the possibility that they passed the news on to others while in prison."

The Queen tapped the table three times with her fingers. "The Dali Temple Minister who handled the case was the son-in-law of Marquis Yuyang, and was the only high-ranking official who could see the head of the Meng family before he was beheaded. You see, if you look outside the palace and sort out the relationships between these officials, you will know who is eyeing the Queen's position and stirring up trouble."

"In fact, most of the time, the palace is just a small matter of concubines quarreling. Whenever there is a big event, it must involve the previous dynasty. It is either for the position of queen or for the position of crown prince. In fact, it is easy to deal with the open attack of Marquis Yuyang. The most difficult thing is..."

Xie Yu really knew that the Queen was thinking of Concubine Deng again.

Concubine Deng's methods were more covert and silent, and caused the greatest damage to the concubines and royal heirs in the inner palace. But tracing back to the source, the reason why she did this was ultimately because of the two things that the Queen mentioned - the position of Queen and the position of crown prince.

Seeing that the Queen analyzed the real culprit behind the impeachment in just a few words, and did not forget to remind himself that he must pay attention to the future development of the Yu Xie family and not just focus on the three acres of land around the emperor in the palace, Xie Yuzhen realized that the Queen wanted to use this incident to teach him some very practical knowledge before leaving.

Xie Yuzhen listened carefully and sighed, "I do suspect that the female official who contacted Wang Xianshi is from the Yuyang Marquis's residence. Your Majesty, do you think she is useful?"

"Of course I did. With this person, I know her connection with the royal concubine, and I know in advance how they want to attack me... What I want to do is almost certain, and I have to thank you for all this." The queen said, "When I was still in the boudoir, my mother and the mothers all called me 'Yangyang'. They all thought I was too noisy, always laughing and jumping, and they were so proud of it... Later, when I grew up, they changed the name to mean 'the orchid is luxuriant, and its fragrance is wafting'. This change makes me seem much more demure."

"Your Highness?" Xie Yuzhen was puzzled for a moment as to why the topic of the Queen suddenly jumped to this matter, but then he immediately reacted and replied shyly, "When my mother was alive, she also called me by my nickname together with my mother. My father picked this name from a book at random and picked two good characters. When my mother knew about it, she thought it was both beautiful and real, and a little too full. As the moon is full, it wanes, and so is human life. If you only want perfection, it may be counterproductive, so she privately gave me another nickname, called - Xia'er."

"Yes." The Queen nodded. "I want to take Concubine Ning away, but I'm afraid the Emperor won't allow it. So, I'll probably have to confront him in person again. I'm afraid it won't be a good scene. Xia'er, you don't have to intervene. I'm going to die anyway, so I don't mind forcing him with this death. But you still have to stay by his side, lest he go back on his word in the future and implicate you."

At this moment, the queen had the desire to live again. The illness in her body dissipated a lot at once. The fighting spirit was rekindled in her originally dead eyes, and even her pale cheeks slowly showed color.

She was not wearing any jewelry on her hands, only holding a plain handkerchief, but her expression made Xie Yuzhen feel that what the queen was holding was not a soft and fragile cloth handkerchief, but rather a sharp and bloody weapon in the hands of a warrior.

Maybe you can say that.

As a person who has not yet had time to completely become an appendage of the emperor, the queen herself is a rare weapon that can fight against the emperor.

"Sister Yangyang." This address made Xie Yuzhen feel the long-lost shyness of a younger generation. "If you want to take Concubine Ning away, I have some other ideas - why do you have to let His Majesty know? Anyway, many people have died in the palace recently, and it's not surprising to die a few more. Besides... the frequent major events in the palace, isn't it all because of those villains who tried to control the royal family, who were so bold that they used witchcraft?"

Xie Yuzhen, who had exchanged nicknames with the queen, became bolder and began to try to spit his venom in front of the queen.