The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Xie Yuzhen burst into tears immediately, and the hand holding the sword began to tremble: "This thief broke into Kunning Palace without permission, slandered Concubine Ning and the Queen, and even brought people to execute Concubine Ning, causing the Queen to be frightened and die..."

Her voice was mournful, and she choked from time to time. Every word she spoke took a lot of effort, and contained great sorrow and hatred. However, the hand holding the sword suddenly calmed down, and as if full of strength again, she raised it again towards the royal concubine hiding behind her, and looked straight at the emperor: "Your Majesty, for this bitch who is full of lies, you can sentence Concubine Ning to death. Is it my turn next?"

"When did I order Concubine Ning to be executed?!" The emperor woke up from the shock brought by the news of the queen's death. He knew that he really couldn't tell whether the various emotions and attitudes displayed by the woman in front of him were performances or not. But he also knew that although Xie Yuzhen was very rebellious in her actions and behavior, she would never lie about such a big event!

The emperor suddenly turned around and looked at Wang Xianshi, who was trembling and hiding behind the table. She had been chased all the way by Xie Yuzhen with a neurotic smile and a sword in hand. Wang Xianshi's mind was close to collapse at this moment. She only knew that as long as she exposed the queen's crimes, she could overthrow her opponent and gain benefits from it. The queen had always been weak and had just experienced the loss of her son. If she was frightened to death, it would save the previous dynasty a lot of trouble.

As for myself who had the courage to expose the truth...even if I will inevitably be punished for frightening the queen to death, at least I should be considered a meritorious official. With the help of the previous emperor, even if I cannot be favored for the time being, I will no longer be ignored and bullied in the harem!

She tried her best to think about how she could use the lie that "Concubine Ning has been sentenced to death" to give the Queen the greatest shock?

He also couldn't help but imagine what kind of reward he would get as a meritorious person after the Queen was convicted and executed.

The only thing she had never considered was that the queen was a hundred times more upright than herself. Even though the concubines in the harem were not close to her, they all subconsciously believed that the queen was framed, and no one was willing to agree with the outrageous words uttered by Wang Xuanshi.

What she could not have expected was that Concubine Zhao, who was already notorious as a "mad dog" in the eyes of some concubines, would actually protect the Queen so much - she had never noticed anything unusual between the two of them in the past. At most, their interactions were just a little more frequent than those between ordinary concubines.

This was the first time that Wang Xianshi truly faced Xie Yuzhen's crazy side that was like a demon. She was able to hold on and not run in the wrong direction to seek help, which was already very rare for her.

At this moment, facing Xie Yu's half-true and half-false questions, the exhausted Wang Xianshi couldn't utter a complete sentence to refute. She tremblingly met the emperor's shocked and angry gaze. She could only shake her head frantically and said that Xie wanted to kill her and begged His Majesty to save her.

The farce at the top shocked the ministers below and made them speechless.

Those who thought faster had already lowered their heads, raised their tablets to hide their expressions, and quickly sorted out the connections between today's events in their minds.

Those who were a little slower in thinking, such as the Minister of Rites Wen who was too old and too pedantic, not only failed to react, but also blurted out: "The stone tablet appeared in the Jing River, warning that there was a demon in the palace, and it deserves to be dealt with in such a fierce way. Your Majesty is wise and is a blessing for our dynasty. Please expel the woman who trespassed into the Lizheng Palace and punish her severely to correct the atmosphere!"

"I said, I did not order the death of Concubine Ning!" When the emperor received the impeachment letter, he really wanted Concubine Ning to take all the blame and execute her for knowing about the matter, but for the sake of the queen's health, he planned to suppress the matter for the time being.

But what was unexpected was that only one day had passed and Minister Cao and others, seeing that the last impeachment memorial was kept and not sent out, were so bold as to come up with the Jinghe Stone Stele in an attempt to force their lord to deal with the matter. That would have been fine, but what the emperor really cared about was that this guy submitted a new memorial this morning, which still impeached Concubine Ning and the Queen, but the content was much more detailed than before.

Surprisingly...it clearly described the process of how the emperor prepared the poisoned wine and how he later put the blame on others!

If he only impeached Concubine Ning for poisoning, the emperor would still have a chance to shirk the blame. However, if he really investigated according to the information in the memorial, in the end, all the civil and military officials in the court would find out what a filial son the emperor sitting above their heads was.

The emperor was already annoyed and furious because of this incident. Xie Yuzhen suddenly broke in and blamed him for ordering the death of Concubine Ning. The queen also died of fright... After a series of blows, the emperor no longer had the heart to continue playing the "wise monarch and virtuous ministers" game with these court officials.

He looked at Minister Wen coldly, "I only found out about the stele in the Jing River this morning. No one has entered or left the Lizheng Palace. Minister Wen, if you are too old to distinguish right from wrong, why don't you take off your official hat and save some dignity for yourself?"

Minister Wen's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that what he had said before was not appropriate. He immediately knelt down and explained, "This old minister is rude, please punish me, Your Majesty. But this Lizheng Hall is not a place for women..."

"You old bastard! Which of our Great Sheng laws stipulates that women cannot enter and leave the Lizheng Palace?!" Xie Yuzhen pouted and turned the tip of his sword towards Minister Wen, "Stop using your own pedantic and Confucian arguments. If you don't know, you might think you can change the Great Sheng laws with just your mouth and make decisions for His Majesty with just a word!"

"You..." Wen Shangshu was trembling in fear in front of the emperor, but he was bolder in front of the emperor's woman. He looked up at Xie Yuzhen and was about to raise his finger to point at her and repeat his old saying that "women should not interfere in politics."

But see it again.

Xie Yuzhen leaped forward, the tip of his sword pointed directly at Minister Wen who only had a tablet in his hand: "Empress Ning and Empress Empress were plotted against by someone with ulterior motives, and you cheered for it. You are unworthy of being a son! The death of the Queen Mother is a national mourning event, and you, as the Minister of Rites, don't think about your own responsibilities, and you twist the law with your mouth. You are even more unworthy of being a minister!"

"You have no loyalty at all. I think you are just an old bitch who is colluding with that thief surnamed Wang!" With the sharp edge of the sword, Xie Yuzhen stabbed at the terrified Minister Wen without any hesitation, "Bitch, die!"

"Xianming!" The emperor didn't care about being angry and hugged Xie Yuzhen from behind, "Calm down, calm down!"

Xie Yuzhen struggled symbolically for a few times, then turned around and threw herself into the emperor's arms and cried: "Your Majesty said that you did not order the death of Concubine Ning, I believe you, but Concubine Ning was indeed killed by a female official and her people... and Concubine Ning... her body is right in front of me, I... I..."

She tightly grasped the sword in one hand and pushed the emperor away with the other. She took a few deep breaths, as if trying to suppress her collapse: "You have sentenced the concubine to death without the emperor's order, and you can swagger into Kunning Palace and speak nonsense... I am really... scared."

"Who knows when we open our eyes and find the deadly wine in front of us?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers became silent and the emperor's face was as gloomy as water.