After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

Chapter 24: Concubine Hua falls into a trap

Not long after, An Lingrong saw Zhen Huan enter Xianyue Pavilion and was walking towards this side. She was a little surprised and hurriedly went to greet her and asked, "Sister, why are you here?"

Zhen Huan smiled, bowed to the Queen and Concubine Hua, and looked at the mess in the yard with a puzzled expression.

"Zhen Huan, why are you here?"

Zhen Huan ignored Concubine Hua and walked over to An Lingrong and Concubine Jing. The three of them smiled and then replied, "I have nothing to do, so I wanted to come and talk with Concubine Jing. I didn't expect everyone to be here. But what happened?"

At this time, the guards and eunuchs who had gone in to search also came out. Each of them had a solemn expression on their faces and shook their heads to tell Concubine Hua that there was no one in the room except Concubine Shen.

When Concubine Hua saw this, she realized she had been tricked. She pointed her index finger at An Lingrong and asked, "Is it you?"

On second thought, with An Lingrong's intelligence, she couldn't think so thoroughly, so she pointed at Zhen Huan and asked, "Or you?"

Zhen Huan smiled doubtfully and innocently, "I don't know what Lady Hua is talking about."

The Queen stood aside with her usual expression, but she was secretly proud in her heart. She remembered that Baojuan told Jianqiu in the afternoon that An Lingrong would come to see Shen Meiyu in the evening. She guessed that Zhen Huan would also come, so she "accidentally" revealed the news to the people around Concubine Hua. She knew that Concubine Hua was the most impatient person and would definitely not let this opportunity go in vain.

Although the news was brought by Baojuan, she was still a little uncertain: Would Zhen Huan and An Lingrong really dare to disobey the imperial decree and visit the confined Shen Meiyu?

After much deliberation, the Queen decided to find out what was going on, because whether she caught Zhen Huan and An Lingrong disobeying the imperial edict or used this opportunity to suppress Concubine Hua, it would be beneficial to her in every way.

"Hua Fei, they are all your people. Now we haven't found anything. What else do you have to say?"

Concubine Hua opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. At this time, the emperor also came.

The emperor swung the beads in his hand, frowned, and asked, "I heard the commotion from a distance. What are you all doing here?"

Fang Ruo knelt before the emperor and told him what had just happened. The emperor raised his hand to signal Fang Ruo to stand up and praised her, "Very good, you are worthy of being my servant!"

Fang Ruo said firmly to the emperor: "I have always followed the emperor's orders and dare not slack off in the slightest."

The Queen followed the Emperor's line of sight and found that he was looking at Concubine Hua coldly, so she stepped forward and said with emotion: "Concubine Hua, you are too unstable. The Emperor has issued an order not to allow anyone to visit Shen at will, but you dared to search the palace openly. It is really disappointing."

Hua Fei raised her head and was about to explain to the emperor, but unexpectedly the emperor roared: "Not only is the queen disappointed, I am also very disappointed."

Hua Fei could hear what the emperor meant, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this matter was a momentary oversight on my part. Your Majesty has granted me the power to assist in the management of the six palaces. I just wanted to do my duty to supervise the concubines in the harem. Your Majesty knows what I did, and I have no other intentions."

The emperor snorted and said calmly, "I saw that you were calm and generous, so I allowed you to assist in managing the six palaces in order to relieve the queen's worries. Now it seems that your temper needs to be tempered.

Su Peisheng, inform the six palaces that from today onwards, Hua Fei's power to assist in the management of the six palaces will be taken away, and the Queen will be in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, and Jing Fei can assist from the side."

After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at the concubines present one by one and left.

The queen also followed the emperor, and the two of them left Xianyue Pavilion one after the other.

In the yard, Concubine Hua struggled to stand up on her knees. Her maid Songzhi reached out to help her, but she pushed her away.

Concubine Hua walked up to Zhen Huan, An Lingrong, and Jingpin, her eyes ferocious and full of hatred, "Today I accidentally fell into your evil scheme, you wait for me, I will not tolerate treacherous villains like you!"

Zhen Huan also stepped forward, her momentum not inferior to that of Concubine Hua, and said with a curled mouth: "Whether you can tolerate it depends on your majesty's temperament, and whether you can make your majesty tolerate it depends on my ability."

Concubine Hua raised her hand, wanting to slap Zhen Huan, but after thinking about it, she put it down. She put her hands on her waist, turned around and shouted loudly: "Return to the palace!"

After everyone left, An Lingrong wanted to take Zhen Huan away as well, but was stopped by Zhen Huan.

"Lingrong, now that we're here, let's go see Sister Mei!"

An Lingrong opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Didn't the emperor say that no one can go to see Sister Mei without his permission?"

Zhen Huan signaled with her eyes, asking her to look at Fang Ruo. Fang Ruo came over at this time. She said cautiously, "My two ladies, you should go in quickly."

After Fang Ruo finished speaking, she sent the guards away with two ingots of silver. Without saying a word, Zhen Huan pulled Ling Rong into Xianyue Pavilion.

In just one day, all the tables, chairs and utensils in Xianyue Pavilion were replaced with old ones. Because the servants moved things last night and no one swept the house, the house was now full of dust. Sister Mei sat on a chair, feeling sad.

Seeing them come in, Mei Zhuang happily held their hands, excited and sad, crying and laughing, "How did you get in?"

Zhen Huan tightly grasped Mei Jiejie's hand and said, "Sister, don't worry about how we got in. Did you hear the scene outside just now?"

Mei Zhuang took her hands away and covered her face with tears. She nodded and said, "I heard everything. I know that you two wanted to let me vent my anger, but by doing this...will it implicate you?"

An Lingrong shook her head. "Not only did the Emperor not doubt us, he also took away Concubine Hua's power to assist in managing the six palaces. Sister Mei, you don't know how worried Sister Wan is that we can't see you in there. I am the same. Sister, have they made things difficult for you? Have they deducted your food?"

Mei Zhuang shook her head and told them that with Concubine Jing to help take care of things, the servants did not dare to go too far.

Zhen Huan looked at Sister Mei's haggard appearance, tears dropping down on her feet. She said, "Sister Mei, Huanbi found Liu Bin yesterday, but... before she could find out everything, Liu Bin died..."

"What? Liu Bin is dead?" Sister Mei took two steps forward angrily, puffing out air from her mouth, and then closed her eyes, saying in a mournful voice:

"I should have known it earlier. You and Huanbi reminded me to be more vigilant that day. It's all my fault for being too careless. Now there is no evidence. I'm afraid it will be difficult to clear my name."

Outside the door, Aunt Fangruo had urged me twice. If I didn't go out, I would probably be discovered.

Zhen Huan held her hand and said in a tearful voice, "Sister, no matter what, I will do my best to defend you. I came here today just to see you. Sister, promise me that no matter how they wrongly accuse you, we must not lose heart, okay?"

Sister Mei closed her eyes, tears fell from her eyes, and she nodded gently twice.

An Lingrong didn't say anything else. She covered her lips and sobbed quietly, but she had a plan in her mind.

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