The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

Looking at Yanwan and Wang Chan being escorted into Yikun Palace by eunuchs, Ruyi was extremely excited.

Ruyi and Yanwan have been fighting for so many years, and she has imagined countless times what it would be like if Yanwan was defeated by her.

Perhaps she was as high and mighty as when she personally executed A Ruo with the cat punishment in front of everyone in Yikun Palace.

Perhaps she was as secretly proud as when she told Empress Xiaoxian on the ship during the eastern tour that she was going to accompany the emperor to watch the moon.

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However, to Ruyi's disappointment, Yan Wan, who was brought here, did not show any sign of panic at all, as if she was just paying her respects to the Yikun Palace as usual.

Yan Wan looked at the tablets and prayer flags in the hall and asked calmly, "It's already late at night. Why did the Queen not take a rest and send these eunuchs to take me to Yikun Palace?"

Ruyi put away her thoughts, thinking that Yanwan was just pretending to be calm, and asked, "Imperial Noble Concubine Ling, are you asking me this? Then I want to know, why did Imperial Noble Concubine Ling stay up at night and take Wang Chan with her?"

Yan Wan said, "The emperor is seriously ill, so I ordered the kitchen to prepare some snacks for him, and prepared to take them to the Yangxin Palace for him to enjoy. But before we even got to the gate of the Yangxin Palace, we ran into these eunuchs, who arrested me and Wang Chan as thieves without giving us any explanation!"

Ruyi said, "Going to the Yangxin Palace to deliver snacks? Imperial Concubine Ling is really good at making excuses. I really admire your courage in the face of danger."

Yan Wan said, "Her Majesty, did you misunderstand something? I've brought the snack eunuchs with me. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

Ruyi saw the food in the eunuch's hand and smiled at Yanwan, "Your Majesty is very cautious and never forgets to disguise herself."

Yan Wan asked, "Disguise? It seems that these eunuchs arrested me not because of misunderstanding, but because of the Queen's order. I wonder if the Queen can tell me what I have done wrong?!"

Seeing that Yan Wan was still pretending to be ignorant, Ruyi immediately said angrily, "You knew that the emperor was seriously ill and intended to secretly appoint a crown prince. You wanted to take Wang Chan with you to steal the emperor's edict when no one was around at night. Now that you have been caught red-handed, why should the imperial concubine deny it?!"

Yan Wan chuckled: "Stealing the imperial edict? I went to the Yangxin Palace, not the Qianqing Palace. How could I steal the imperial edict? And why would I steal it? Are you joking with me, Queen?"

Hai Lan said, "You are doing this for the Fifteenth Prince to become the Crown Prince! If you weren't planning on getting the imperial edict tonight, why were you not surprised at all when the Queen pointed out your crimes?!"

Yan Wan sneered and said, "Oh, ever since I started serving the Emperor, no matter what happened in the palace, the Empress would first suspect me. In the Empress's mind, I am a person who does all kinds of evil. How many crimes have you accused me of over the years?"

"With so much experience, I am not surprised by what crime the Queen accuses me of."

Ruyi was immediately furious and asked, "Your Majesty Consort, do you mean that I have wronged you?"

Yan Wan asked back: "Isn't it?"

Ruyi immediately called out, "It seems that Imperial Noble Consort Ling is unwilling to plead guilty. Come, call Chunchan and the others!"

Chunchan Maoqian Xiuer responded by entering the palace to pay her respects, saying, "Your servant greets Her Majesty the Queen!"

Yan Wan glanced at the three of them and understood, "So Xiu'er is the Queen's person. I was wondering how a little palace maid who used to be silent could suddenly become so clever and talkative."

"And Chunchan, the Queen took advantage of Chunchan's absence from the palace and kidnapped her to alienate us, the master and the servant. The Queen is really good at this!"

Ruyi didn't want to waste time talking to Yanwan. "If you weren't so vicious, I wouldn't have gotten your evidence so quickly! Here is the ruby ​​ring Ling Yunche gave you, and the letter you wrote to the chief envoy of the Imperial Observatory. Why don't you plead guilty?"

Yan Wan said: "The Queen is very powerful. She was clearly confined to Yikun Palace by the Emperor, but she was able to send people out of the palace to arrest Chunchan. She even ordered these eunuchs to kidnap me on the way and accuse me of trying to steal the imperial edict. Naturally, it is not difficult for her to forge some so-called evidence."

Ruyi said angrily, "Chunchan Maoqian is the senior maid beside you. These were all given to me by Chunchan Maoqian. Are you still denying it?"

Yan Wan retorted: "Even so, are their words necessarily true? If the Queen says it is, then Suo Xin was once the Queen's head maid, and was a loyal servant who was willing to serve in the Ministry of Punishment for the Queen's innocence."

"Lingzhi was once the Empress's maid and served her for many years. Why did the Empress deny their testimony against the Empress and Ling Yunche?"

Ruyi was choked by Yanwan and didn't know how to refute. She said angrily: "You are making up a story! The Royal Concubine has committed a crime of murdering the prince. Tonight she stole the edict of establishing the crown prince. She wants to seize the throne. I will force her to come before these spirit tablets to atone for her sins!"

After that, several eunuchs pushed Yanwan down and made her kneel on the futon. Ruyi pointed at the tablets one by one and said, "In order to climb to the position of Imperial Noble Consort, you have harmed so many people over the years, and you even didn't let a newborn baby go!"

"And Yongqi, Yongqi has always been respectful to you, but you actually teamed up with Hu Yunjiao to kill Yongqi for the future of the Fifteenth Prince. You are simply insane!"

Yanwan looked carefully at each tablet and each prayer flag.

He counted: "Ling Yunche, the Thirteenth Prince, the Fifth Princess, Yongqi, Balin, the Sixth Princess, Grandma Tian, ​​Jin, the wife of Duke Cheng'en..."

Ruyi saw that Yanwan had carefully looked at each tablet, but was not as panicked as she expected. Ruyi said angrily: "Don't you feel any guilt in front of their tablets?!"

Yan Wan said: "I didn't kill these people. I have a clear conscience, so why should I feel guilty?"

Ruyi pointed at the tablet of the wife of Duke Cheng’en and said, “My mother had no grudge against you, but you sent someone to tell her that it was me who killed Yongqi, causing my mother to die of anger!”

Yan Wan frowned and said, "The wife of Duke Cheng'en died because she was worried about the Empress. I was very sad to hear that, but how could the Empress frame me out of thin air?"

"When the Empress cut her hair and cursed the Emperor and the Queen Mother, why didn't she think that the Lady of Cheng'en would be overwhelmed by worry? Besides, I have never sent anyone to the mansion, nor have I spoken to the Lady of Cheng'en. What does the death of the Lady of Cheng'en have to do with me?!"

Ruyi said angrily: "You are still quibbling? If it wasn't you, who could it be?!"

Yan Wan retorted, "Why should I admit something I didn't do? It's no secret that the Emperor sent you back to the palace first during the southern tour. How could the wife of Duke Cheng'en not know about it? The Empress suspected that someone was trying to harm the wife of Duke Cheng'en, why didn't she start the investigation from the palace?"

"If there really is someone who wants to harm the wife of Duke Cheng'en, it would be a small matter for the Empress to suspect me for no reason, but it would be a big deal for her to let the real culprit go!"