God favors the troublemaker, and the protagonist is forced to become evil

"Sister, if I tell Concubine Jing that you were the one who did what happened to the eldest prince, do you think she will believe it?" Zi Ning stood up and broke off a plum blossom from the vase.

"You you you..." Zhu Yuling was stunned.

Regardless of the facts, Concubine Jing will definitely doubt herself. Once she has doubts, it will be like a crack in a mirror, and the relationship between them will never be repaired.

I depend on Concubine Jing to survive in the palace. If I am rejected by Concubine Jing, not only will my life in the palace be difficult, but my family will also be in decline and will never be able to make a breakthrough...

"Of course Concubine Jing will believe it. Sister, do you want to see my skills?" Zi Ning threw the flower bud in his hand and sat back in the main seat.

Zi Ning was smiling the whole time, but the coldness in his eyes was not unnoticeable.

"What exactly do you want to do? Just tell me." Zhu Yuling was sure that she had failed this time.

"What I want is very simple. I just want my sister to tell His Majesty that you framed me for Yin agreeing to the miscarriage. I was wrongly accused."

Zining walked forward and held Zhu Yuling's hands, looking like, "Good sister, we are good sisters."

"You! You knew? How did you know?" Zhu Yuling shook off Zining's hands in fear.

"Sister, these are not important. What's important is that you make a decision quickly." Zi Ning smiled evilly and prepared to leave.

"Oh, my sister doesn't have enough charcoal. I'm sure you won't mind if I take some of my charcoal away from you. Ranmo, take it."

Before leaving, Zi Ning took away most of Zhu Yuling's charcoal for this month. If Zhu Yuling didn't want to be cold, she had to spend more money to buy charcoal.

But the weather is bad this winter and it will get even colder in a few days. I'm afraid charcoal will be hard to come by.

Zhu Yuling angrily overturned all the teacups on the table, "Ah - Wei Zining!"

The next day, Zhu Yuling took off her hairpins and rings, put on plain white clothes and went to the Zichen Palace to apologize.

I don’t know what she said, but His Majesty issued an edict that Zhu Guipin, who had created trouble out of nothing and framed the imperial concubines, should be demoted to a concubine;

Concubine Rou was kind and innocent, but was framed by others. She spent a year in the cold palace and was promoted to Concubine Rou as compensation.

Zhu Yuling only framed others, and she herself did not know who caused Concubine Yin to have a miscarriage. Because it happened so long ago, many things were difficult to verify, so she was only demoted.

Dongfang Yu felt even more distressed for Zi Ning. His Ning Ning was really too naive. She was framed and had to spend a year of hardship in the cold palace.

He said that his Zi Ning was so kind and wonderful, how could he possibly poison the royal heir.

It turned out to be a misunderstanding. There was no stain on his Zi Ning anymore. She was pure and flawless.

Zhu Yuling returned to Rouxi Palace in a cold body. Noticing that the temperature in the palace was too low, she asked someone to light another charcoal fire.

"Your Majesty, there is not enough charcoal. Let's use it sparingly. Please go to bed and cover yourself with more layers of quilts." Gancao said considerately.

Zhu Yuling recalled what happened in the afternoon and she lay on the bed in a daze.

Without giving it much thought, she went to the emperor to apologize as Zi Ning requested.

She felt extremely aggrieved. The eldest prince's affairs had nothing to do with her. She didn't even know why the eldest prince had a fever.

But if Zi Ning instigated or guided the development of the matter, Concubine Jing might think that it was her own doing.

Concubine Jing was a person who kept her word. Once she doubted herself, the relationship between them would never be reversed.

Moreover, her father was working under Concubine Jing's father, which was what she feared the most. Because of this relationship, she took refuge with Concubine Jing as soon as she entered the palace, and to this day, she has also managed to get a seat as the main lady.

She really regretted her decision. If she had not done something that was unacceptable to His Majesty out of her momentary confusion, and had been law-abiding, her life would probably not have been so difficult.

Zhu Yuling had a very hard winter. Without charcoal fire, she basically spent her days lying in bed. Because of Zi Ning's secret instructions, her food allowance was also cut by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This winter, Concubine Jing's mind was entirely focused on the eldest prince. She had no time to pay attention to anyone else, and did not notice Zhu Yuling's hard life.

Xu Yinying did send a few pots of charcoal out of old friendship, but this winter, charcoal became a scarce commodity and every palace was short of it.

Zhu Yuling has been living a life of luxury since childhood, so she would never be willing to beg for favors or please others' faces. She is a typical example of someone who would rather save face than live up to it.

Zi Ning just smiled when he heard that. He just wanted her to have a taste of the original owner's suffering. This was what she deserved.

On a winter day, Dongfang Yu was having a meal in Zining Palace.

Because Zi Ning was promoted to the position of concubine, she needed to move to a new palace. However, the palaces near Zichen Palace were already occupied, so Dongfang Yu planned to build another palace for Zi Ning.

Zi Ning refused. She didn't want to be called a witch who brought disaster to the country. Isn't this a label for a tyrant who built large-scale projects and wasted people's money and labor?

By then it would be obvious that it was all the emperor's idea, and then all the blame would be put on her, a weak woman.

She doesn't deserve it.

Zi Ning persuaded Dongfang Yu with gentle words for three days and three nights before he finally gave up his idea.

Later, Dongfang Yu decided to renovate the Shuihua Palace to the east of the Zichen Palace, and asked Zining to move there in the spring of the following year.

"Your Majesty, please have mercy on the master! There is no charcoal in the master's room and he will freeze to death! Your Majesty..."

Zi Ning and Dongfang Yu were flirting inside the house, and someone was shouting outside, and they couldn't stop them.

"What's going on outside? Come in and answer." Dongfang Yu was displeased. It was really annoying that bad people were doing good things.

"Your Majesty, I am a maidservant of Concubine Zhu in Rouxi Palace. Concubine Rou took away your charcoal fire a few days ago. Now your Majesty has no charcoal fire to burn, and she has to eat leftovers every day, staying in bed all day..."

Dongfang Yu looked at Zining, "Did you take her charcoal?"

"Your Majesty, that day I went to see Sister Zhupin. I saw that the charcoal fire burning in your room was smokeless, which was very different from that in my palace, so I asked her a few questions. Sister Zhupin gave me a few basins. What... is going on? Doesn't Sister Zhupin have enough for herself? Then why did she give me some?" Zi Ning looked puzzled.

"No! It was clearly you, Your Majesty, who robbed it!" Gancao was shocked when he heard Zining's words.

She thought that if she came to the gate of Yinghua Palace and howled a few words, His Majesty would hear her, and the Empress would have charcoal to burn. At least she had to take back the charcoal that belonged to the Empress!

How could someone be so shameless?

"Your Majesty! How could I possibly snatch the charcoal? Why did Sister Zhupin treat me like this?" Zi Ning was shocked and looked at Dongfang Yu with red eyes.

Now who can tell the difference between her and the frightened rabbit?

"I went to Concubine Jing's place before and saw a beautiful plum blossom handkerchief. I wanted to ask for some advice from you. When I learn how to make it, I can embroider a sachet for Your Majesty. Your Majesty said that this was embroidered by Concubine Zhu, who is very kind and asked me to learn from her. That day, I felt that I had nothing to do, so I went to Concubine Zhu. After getting along with her for a while, I found that Concubine Zhu is really a kind and gentle person. However, I didn't expect that she was the one who framed me in the first place. Is she going to repeat the same trick now? To make Your Majesty despise her..."