"Empress Hua, what on earth is going on?"

In Chuxiu Palace, Yongzheng and the Queen sat in the main seats.

At this moment, the Queen began to ask Concubine Hua, who had a gloomy face.

"You brought people to Chuxiu Palace with such fanfare and wanted to search the palace without saying anything. This is really a bit ridiculous!"

When the Queen saw that Concubine Hua ignored her, she was very displeased and her tone suddenly became serious.

"Your Majesty, I have my own reasons for doing this!"

Concubine Hua didn't want to pay attention to the Queen, but she felt the Emperor's eyes were on her, so she had to speak up: "I was informed by the servants before that Concubine Xin secretly took a lot of precious materials and seemed to be preparing a forbidden incense!"

Originally, Yongzheng and the Queen had their own doubts about Concubine Hua's sudden "seizure"-like behavior.

Among them, Yongzheng felt that Concubine Hua was being petty. This was because he had previously punished Huang Guiquan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. So Concubine Hua was angry and wanted to cause trouble for Concubine Xin.

In contrast, the Queen did not have the slightest "filter" of kindness. She knew from the beginning that Concubine Hua had bad intentions and must have dug a big trap for Concubine Xin.

However, Concubine Hua's statement was beyond the expectations of the emperor and the empress.

"Empress Hua, do you have any evidence?"

After a brief silence, Yongzheng slowly asked this question to Concubine Hua.

Although the queen did not say anything, when Yongzheng spoke, she also turned her gaze to Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua is not a good person, but she accused Concubine Xin of secretly arranging forbidden items. The Queen's intuition told her that Concubine Hua's move was probably not just aimed at Concubine Xin.

To put it more bluntly, a mere Concubine Xin, even if she gave birth to a princess, would not be acceptable to Concubine Hua.

What could Concubine Xin achieve if she didn't have the emperor's favor, even if she had a princess?

When it comes to preparing spices, the queen thought of someone.

"Since I dared to bring people here to search, I must have obtained evidence!"

When facing Yongzheng, Concubine Hua was still as complacent as usual, as if she had really come to eliminate the evil in the palace.

"Where's the evidence?"

Yongzheng looked at Concubine Hua deeply and asked, "You said that a servant informed you, who was it?"

Although Concubine Hua no longer holds power in the palace, she can still mobilize palace servants to work for her. Even though her former influence still remains, Yongzheng is worried that she may have placed people around him.

For an emperor, of course he could not allow someone to secretly spy on him, not to mention that Yongzheng was a very suspicious person.

Concubine Hua had not yet heard the dissatisfaction hidden in the emperor's tone, but the queen, based on her understanding of the emperor, heard a hint of it.

However, the Queen did not intend to open her mouth to fan the flames. Anyway, with Concubine Hua's personality, even if she did not say anything, she would invisibly anger Yongzheng.

Rather than making things worse, the queen would rather wait and see what happens.

"No, Your Majesty, when I was managing the harem for the Queen, I wanted to make it easier to manage the palaces, so I just..."

It was only after Yongzheng asked this question and the Empress looked at her meaningfully that Concubine Hua realized belatedly that she seemed to have said some extra words to the Emperor that she should not have said.

At this time, Concubine Hua really wanted to retract what she had said before.

Unfortunately, words once spoken are like water spilled, and Concubine Hua can no longer take them back.

"That's fine."

Yongzheng waved his hand at Concubine Hua, indicating that she didn't need to say more.

At this time, Concubine Hua seemed to be trying to cover up her crime. Yongzheng planned to talk to the Empress about it later. It was time to make some changes in the palace.

But that was a matter for later. Right now, he still had to quickly figure out what Concubine Hua had said about the "forbidden incense".

"I don't know the specific details, but Concubine Xin can't make things up. Those filthy things must be in the palace!"

When Concubine Hua saw that Yongzheng did not pursue the matter further, she felt relieved.

At the same time, Songzhi also came over with several boxes in her hands.

Those boxes were only the size of a palm and looked ordinary on the outside, but before they were even opened, a strange fragrance wafted into the air.

Because the scent emanating from each box is different, each unique aroma mixed together forms an indescribable smell.

"Is this the 'physical evidence' that you, Concubine Hua, ordered people to find?"

The queen finally spoke at this time, and said to Jianqiu: "Jianqiu, go and ask the imperial physician to come and see what this is!"

Few people know that the queen herself is actually very knowledgeable in medicine.

So, when Songzhi brought out those small boxes, the Queen had already noticed something was wrong.

"Yes!"

Jianqiu has always been honest and obedient. Since the queen gave the order, she nodded and was about to go out.

"She intends to develop a forbidden item, I'm afraid she wants to use it to win favor for herself!"

Yongzheng had no objection to the Queen's order.

Concubine Hua did not answer the Queen, but said to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, although I don't know what those things are, as long as Concubine Xin is brought here, perhaps everything can be revealed to the world!"

"By the way, where is Xin Changzai?"

When Concubine Hua mentioned this, Yongzheng suddenly remembered that he had been in Chuxiu Palace for such a long time, but he had not seen Concubine Xin come out as the "party involved". His face immediately darkened.

"This...I don't know either."

Seeing that Yongzheng seemed to be attracted by her, Concubine Hua was secretly delighted and immediately started the next action.

"Your Majesty, I followed your instructions and went to inquire. Xin Chang went to Anpin's Yonghe Palace early in the morning!"

Songzhi has always been Concubine Hua's "good maid". She knows when to speak up to cooperate with her master.

"Anpin——"

When Yongzheng heard this, his brows furrowed.

"oops!"

Concubine Hua looked as if she had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly said to Yongzheng: "Your Majesty! I remember now! Isn't Concubine An very good at fiddling with spices and other things? Concubine Xin is very close to Concubine An on weekdays, this..."

The further she spoke, the deeper Concubine Hua's voice became, and it was obvious that there was something else she was saying.

The Queen saw from the beginning that Concubine Hua had ulterior motives. Since she deliberately brought up the idea of ​​making incense, it could only be aimed at An Lingrong.

However, An Lingrong is still pregnant. Comparing the two, who will Yongzheng prefer?

The Queen was also very curious, so she deliberately said, "Your Majesty, Concubine An has always been well-behaved, but she——"

"Empress An is here!"

At this moment, the sound of singing a ceremony came from outside, interrupting the queen's unfinished words.

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