After Nian Gengyao's death, almost everyone in the palace believed that Yinzhen would deal with Nian Shilan by sending her to the cold palace or executing her.

But Yinzhen did not move for a long time, as if he had ignored this person.

Just when everyone thought that Nian Shilan could only be like this.

One night, news of the death of Nian Shilan and Songzhi came from Yikun Palace.

Yinzhen was in a trance for a moment, and after a while he asked Su Peisheng: "What did you say?"

Su Peisheng bent over with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, the noblewoman from Yikun Palace and the girl from Zhiguan committed suicide by hitting her head against the wall."

"impossible!"

This was Yinzhen’s first reaction.

"I have never issued an order to execute Shilan, so how could she commit suicide? Someone must have murdered her. Su Peisheng, go and investigate it yourself!"

After giving instructions to Su Peisheng, Yinzhen also rushed to Yikun Palace with Xiao Xiazi.

At that time, all the people in the harem gathered at the gate of Yiku Palace, but Yinzhen had issued an order that no one could go in to visit, so Yi Xin and the others waited at the gate.

Seeing Yinzhen rushing over, everyone bowed and greeted him, but Yinzhen ignored them all with a cold face and went into the Yikun Palace by himself.

Yi Xin would not let herself squat in the middle of winter, so she stood up after Yinzhen went in.

At the same time, she held the mentality that the law should not punish the masses, and said to the other concubines: "It is freezing cold, sisters, please go back first. As for the funeral ceremony of the nobleman next year, I will discuss it with the emperor."

After everyone left, Yi Xin also entered the Yikun Palace.

The first thing I saw was two blood splatters next to each other on the wall.

As well as the two women lying horizontally under the wall, and Yinzhen standing above them.

Yinzhen squatted down and looked at Nian Shilan's calm and pale face, which was covered with blood and tear marks.

In Yinzhen's impression, Nian Shilan was always unrestrained and passionate.

But now.

A tear fell uncontrollably, he picked up Nian Shilan and laid her on the bed embroidered with a tent with hundreds of children and grandchildren.

"Shilan, you and I have been married for many years. You are much younger than me. Why are you going to leave me and go ahead of me?"

Perhaps because Zhen Huan did not appear in this life, Yinzhen's feelings for Nian Shilan, although not as deep as when they were in the palace.

Yi Xin didn't say anything until Yinzhen recovered and noticed her.

"Why did you get in?"

There was a cold tone in these words.

Yi Xin knew that Yinzhen must have suspected that someone had said or done something to Nian Shilan, which led to her suicide.

Yinzhen's attitude at the door just now was to suspect all of them equally, naturally including Yi Xin.

But Yi Xin was really wronged. She had no grudge against Nian Shilan, so why would she harm her?

In order to avoid leaving any doubts in Yinzhen's mind, Yi Xin followed.

"Your Majesty, after I heard about Concubine Nian's suicide, I felt that she was not someone who would commit suicide, so I wanted to help Concubine Nian find out if anyone had harmed her."

After she said this, Yinzhen's suspicion of her instantly dropped by more than half, but he asked her again.

"I know that Shilan has sinned against many people in the past, and many people wish she would die. Don't you think so?"

"Of course I don't think so!"

Yi Xin explained: "Although I always have verbal disputes with Lady Nian, I have never harmed her, and she has never harmed me. If you wish someone to die just because of a quarrel, that would be too vicious."

In fact, God is telling her that she not only does not want Nian Shilan to die, she also wants her to live well. Otherwise, she is the only one in charge of the harem now, and Yinzhen will start to be afraid of her sooner or later even though he doesn't feel anything now.

"I have already sent Su Peisheng to investigate this matter, so you don't need to continue investigating. In addition, I plan to posthumously confer the title of Imperial Noble Consort on Shilan, with the posthumous title of Dunsu. Her funeral ceremony will be left to you and Concubine Jing."

"Yes, I will go to discuss it with Sister Jingfei right away!"

When Yi Xin left, she passed by Song Zhi who was still lying on the ground.

Alas, her position as a concubine was in vain, and Yinzhen didn’t even mention her.

The ancestral rules of these funeral ceremonies are still there, and they can be carried out just by following them. However, in order to show her intentions, Yi Xin specially placed the crab powder that Nian Shilan liked on the left side of the incense burner. On the right side, she asked the embroidery workshop to make peony flowers with velvet flowers overnight.

Yinzhen didn't say anything when he came to burn incense, but Yi Xin could tell from his eyes that he was satisfied.

According to palace rules, if a concubine committed suicide, it would bring disaster to the family.

Although Nian Gengyao and Nian Fu were dead, relatives of Nian Shilan's father Nian Xialing and eldest brother Nian Xiyao were still alive.

Nian Xiyao was different from Nian Gengyao. He was a man who knew how to be a minister and was also loyal to Yinzhen. Yinzhen did not want to punish them and make Nian Shilan feel uneasy in the underworld, so he announced to the public that Noble Consort Dunsu died of heart palpitations.

Now that Shilan's position is Imperial Noble Consort, all concubines below this position need to keep vigil for her.

The same is true for Yi Xin.

After finally guarding the soul for seven days.

Concubine Duan is also gone.

Yi Xin immediately thought of Nian Shilan’s death.

Concubine Duan clearly held on to the end in the drama. Now that Nian Shilan is dead, she should come out of retirement. It is impossible for her to disappear so quietly. It can only be because Yinzhen found out that Nian Shilan's death was related to her.

Or rather, she was the one who forced Nian Shilan to death.

As for how to force?

She just needs to tell the origin of the bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine and the secret of Huan Yi Xiang.

Sure enough, Yi Xin’s guess was correct.

Yinzhen ordered that the palace be short of funds. Concubine Duan was a person who was indifferent to fame and wealth, so her funeral was held according to her status as a noble lady. There was no need to stop the body, and the body could be taken away directly.

The disdain in his expression was almost obvious.

The people in the harem are not fools, and they have guessed something to some extent.

Even though Yinzhen had not entered the harem for two months this time, no one dared to go to the Yangxin Palace to seek favor and bring bad luck to Yinzhen.

After the New Year, it is now May.

Yinzhen suddenly announced that he would bring back Concubine Yu and the Fifth Prince from the Rehe Palace, as well as the Fourth Prince from the Old Summer Palace.

Yi Xin knew that Yinzhen was afraid of her.

After Nian Shilan's death, there was no one in the harem who could compete with her.

This was a huge violation of Yinzhen's balance.

So this time, Concubine Yu did not simply return to the palace. Yinzhen also arranged for her to go to Chengqian Palace and promoted her position. Now she is Concubine Yu.

If you didn't know, you would probably think how much Yinzhen liked her.

Only then was the palace that had always been the favorite concubine given to her.

In fact, it was only because Jingren Palace was the former residence of the Queen and could not be lived in, and Yikun Palace was the former residence of Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu, that Yinzhen also ordered the palace to be closed.

Among the twelve palaces in the east and west, apart from these two, the only two palaces without a main seat are Yonghe Palace and Chengqian Palace.

However, the Empress Dowager's distant niece, Guiren Rou, lived in Yonghe Palace. Everyone with a discerning eye knew that the Empress Dowager would definitely support her to become the head of the palace and would not give the main hall to Concubine Yu. So Concubine Yu could only live in Chengqian Palace.

It's impossible to banish the prince's biological mother to the remote Suiyuxuan and Yanqing Palace, right?

The Fourth Prince did not arrange for an adoptive mother. I guess Yinzhen himself felt that a sixteen-year-old boy was old enough to get married and did not really need an adoptive mother.

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