The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

As soon as Li Zong said this, Concubine Chen stood up immediately and rushed towards Qian Shunyi: "You evil woman! Give me back my son's life!"

Qian Shunyi's heart sank to the bottom the moment she heard that. The desire to survive aroused her last bit of wisdom. While dodging Chen Guipin's fight, she shouted loudly: "Someone must have silenced Yan Rou to frame me. Your Majesty, please investigate! Investigate!"

"Hurry up and help Concubine Chen get out of the way." The Queen stood up and stopped Xie Yuzhen who wanted to go forward to watch the fun. She walked forward and grabbed Concubine Chen's hand, who was being pulled away by the palace servants. "Concubine Chen, calm down first, Your Majesty."

She turned her head to look at the emperor who was sitting there without moving. Xie Yuzhen followed the queen's gaze. She was standing closer and saw that the emperor's eyes seemed to narrow for a moment, but soon returned to normal. "Where is this palace maid from?"

Li Zong hurriedly replied, "It was a child born to the Qian family. Madam Shunyi brought him with her when she entered the palace. He received a second-class monthly allowance."

When Qian Shunyi entered the palace, she was Baolin and brought only this maid to serve her.

Logically speaking, a maid brought from home would be more trusted by the concubine, but for some reason, Yan Rou failed to become Qian Shunyi's personal maid, but instead became a second-class maid who did miscellaneous chores.

Xie Yuzhen glanced at Qian Shunyi's face and found that although Chen Guipin's attacks on her looked powerful, they had little destructive power, and Qian Shunyi's hair was only messed up.

Seeing Concubine Chen leaning on the Queen's shoulder and crying until she was about to faint, Xie Yuzhen thought to himself that the Queen's health did not seem to be very good. Not only her, but all the concubines who had entered the palace for many years before him, especially the favored ones, did not seem to be in good health. Even the Queen herself looked no different from an ordinary person on the surface, but her fingertips were always slightly and abnormally cold.

"Qian Shunyi, tell me, why would your daughter risk her life to frame you? What reason did she have to risk her entire family just to frame you?" The emperor's tone was unhurried, and he didn't seem to be emotional because he had found the real murderer who killed his son.

Qian Shunyi was speechless again.

Yan Rou was a maid who had served her since she was a child. Her whole family, for generations, had been slaves of the Qian family. They had been taught to be loyal to their master since birth, but after entering the palace...

Qian Shunyi spoke with difficulty, feeling as if she had a mouthful of ice: "...A few years ago, your majesty came to my palace after getting drunk. I was... having a bad day at that time, so it was inconvenient for me to serve you, so I asked Yan Rou to serve your majesty. The next day, your majesty sobered up and forgot about this matter. I..."

It was really hard for her to say what she wanted to say next, but as long as she thought of Chen Zhaorong's expression of wanting to eat her alive, Qian Shunyi gritted her teeth and said, "Two months later, I found out that Yan Rou was pregnant. I wanted to make up for it and report it to the queen, but...but her body was not strong enough. She accidentally got bumped and the baby fell out."

In fact, it was because Qian Shunyi found out that Yan Rou was pregnant. In shock and anger, he slapped Yan Rou. Yan Rou did not stand steadily, and her belly hit the corner of the table, knocking the baby out.

But Qian Shunyi didn't dare to say it.

She now urgently needed to find a reason why Yan Rou would frame her. As for the rest, there was no need to make things complicated.

Qian Shunyi knew that she could not escape punishment, but if the crime of murdering the Fourth Prince was confirmed, it would not only be her, but the entire Qian family would be implicated. Rather than harming the entire family, it would be better to admit to other crimes. She kowtowed repeatedly and cried, "I admit all these mistakes, but I have never harmed the Fourth Prince. Your Majesty, please look into this matter for the sake of my years of obedience in the palace!"

When this man faced a life-and-death situation, he actually started to show some quick wit.

Concubine Deng looked at her and shook her head helplessly: "As a rule, any palace maid who is favored by the emperor, whether she is pregnant or not, must be recorded in the history books to avoid confusing the royal bloodline in the future... Qian Shunyi, you are really confused!"

After saying this, Concubine Deng turned to the emperor and said, "Given this past incident, Yan Rou does have a reason to take revenge on Qian Shunyi."

"It was my fault..." Qian Shunyi's eyes lit up, and she looked at Concubine Deng with gratitude, "I put drugs in Concubine Xie's tea, just to make her dizzy and fall accidentally..."

"Mrs. Xie is pregnant. What will happen if she falls down?" Concubine Song suddenly slammed the table, looking very angry.

Xie Yuzhen looked over in surprise, only to see Concubine Song Shu's eyes were cold. When she saw Xie Yuzhen looking at her, she slightly rolled her eyes.

"When has Qian ever taken the life of the heir to the throne seriously?" Concubine Chen's eyes were still filled with hatred. "This is my child... Yan Rou's child, Concubine Xie's child. Hahaha, you still have the nerve to lecture this and that all day long. I'm afraid there's no one in this world who is thicker-skinned than you!"

Qian Shunyi quickly explained: "No, no, I told Huizhu to save Concubine Xie when she fell!"

If she hadn't mentioned it, Xie Yu would have almost forgotten about Huizhu. The show tonight was really too exciting, so this minor character didn't even have a sense of existence. "Qian Shunyi, Huizhu was so clumsy when giving people drugs, and she was so weak after I just lied to her. You actually expected her to save me when I fell. It's ridiculous."

"She will definitely save her! Her parents and brothers are all in the Qian family!" Qian Shunyi was anxious and started to talk without thinking again, "I really didn't want to harm Xie Cairen, I just... I just wanted Huizhu to gain Xie Cairen's trust, so that she can... persuade Xie Cairen to give birth to the child and give it to me to raise..."

The miraculous train of thought caused everyone in the hall to be silent for a moment.

The Queen helped Concubine Chen sit down and sighed, "There has never been a rule in this dynasty that the heir to the throne should be given to someone else to raise while the biological mother is still alive. Let alone whether Concubine Xie is willing or not, even if she is willing, this matter cannot be accomplished."

Even if she took the Fourth Princess away from Liu Shuyi, she would only raise her for a period of time. If Liu Shuyi really corrected her behavior later, she would reunite the mother and daughter. If Liu Shuyi still made mistakes, she would send the princess to the North Palace and ask the palace servants to take care of her. In that way, although Liu Shuyi could not raise her daughter nearby, she could still visit her from time to time. The Fourth Princess was still her child, but she could no longer interfere in the princess's upbringing.

Qian Shunyi sniffed: "When I was at home, I also saw my mother holding my aunt's child, so I got the wrong idea..."

As soon as she said this, everyone fell silent again.

Can the wives and concubines of ordinary families be the same as those of the royal family?

Besides, you are not the emperor’s wife!

Xie Yuzhen was speechless. She looked at the emperor with a blank expression. The emperor was indifferent to Qian Shunyi's pleas, but ordered Li Zong to go to Qian's house to arrest Yan Rou's parents, and to bring Qian Shunyi's parents as well.

"Since Qian came into the palace, she has been involved in many quarrels and has been involved in plotting to murder the heir to the throne and the imperial concubines." After all the noises of the night, the emperor felt a little tired. "Immediately demote her to a commoner and banish her to the cold palace. The rest of the matter will be discussed after Qian's parents come to the palace."

This was definitely the most tiring Mid-Autumn Festival in the emperor's history. He couldn't help but look at Xie Yuzhen, who was jumping around non-stop in all kinds of things, with an innocent look on his face.

The emperor thought about it carefully and felt that he could not blame his beloved concubine. It was those people who slapped the concubine, used the child to compete for her favor, and drugged her who had evil hearts.

It’s right to help Xu Xiaoyi.

The Liu Shuyi incident was just something she happened to encounter.

There was also the case of Qian drugging Xie Yu, who was a pure victim.

Just like that, the emperor once again skillfully convinced himself.

She is so prone to causing trouble, I really need her protection!