Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Ji Chen bowed to the emperor and said, "I was invited here. After I arrived, I realized that the person waiting here was the Concubine Xian. If I had known it was the Concubine Xian, I would never have come here. I know my crime."

Yun Fang received Su Tingwan's gaze and said with an exaggerated expression, "The concubine in the harem is having an affair with a man outside the palace. Is it the virtuous concubine? She is a lady from a scholarly family. She knows etiquette and shame. Maybe she can't stand the loneliness in the deep palace, so she communicates with people outside the palace."

"Miss Yun knows the whole process so well. Could it be that she did this because she was lonely in the deep palace?" Jiang Fenghua retorted to her.

Yun Fang was stunned and couldn't say a word, "How could I do such a thing?"

The Queen said, "Don't be angry, Concubine Xian. Lady Yun didn't mean that. It was Prince Ji who said he was invited..."

The emperor said coldly, "Back off!"

He walked up to Jiang Fenghua step by step, and glanced around. There were two lanterns floating in the lake. He said coldly to the guard, "Go and fish them out."

The guards took the order and left.

Ji Chen begged for mercy quickly, "Your Majesty, I was really invited here. I have evidence here, and I really didn't know that it was Concubine Xian who invited me." What he meant was that Concubine Xian was alone in the palace, seducing men outside the palace, and he was just one of them.

Then he took out some handkerchiefs and handed them to the emperor.

Steward Cao took it and examined it carefully before handing it over to the Emperor. Everyone saw some very explicit erotic poems on it and the embroidery was of high skill, so it was obvious that it was done by one person.

Ji Chen took out another handkerchief and handed it to the emperor. "I got it by chance, and I was bewitched to come here as promised."

It says: I miss you every day but I can't see you, we know each other but we don't know each other, I only hope your heart is like mine.

The emperor threw the handkerchief on her and asked coldly, "Did you embroider these handkerchiefs?"

Jiang Fenghua took it and was suddenly shocked. From the look in her eyes, he could tell that it was she who embroidered it. How could she not recognize her own embroidery? But she did not write these poems.

"It shouldn't have been embroidered by Concubine Xian. She is the empress in the palace. How could it be possible that these things she embroidered were lost outside the palace? Is there some misunderstanding?" said the Queen.

"I embroidered it." Jiang Fenghua admitted, "But the words on it were not written by me. I don't know why these words were there, and I don't know how these handkerchiefs ended up in Prince Ji's hands."

"If it's not embroidered for Prince Ji, then who is it embroidered for? Is there another man in contact with Concubine Xian?" Someone suddenly asked this question.

"Why did you embroider so many handkerchiefs and let them flow outside the palace?" the emperor asked her.

Jiang Fenghua stared at Su Tingwan, only to see her staring at Jiang Fenghua with a smile on her lips.

"I was just embroidering for fun... because I was bored." Jiang Fenghua gritted her teeth, with so much grievance in her heart that she couldn't utter it out loud. The child was in Su Tingwan's hands, and she was the queen now. As long as she gave the order, her and the child's life would become even more difficult, and she might even not be able to see the child.

Lian Ye couldn't help it any longer, and knelt before the emperor, "It's not like that, the queen embroidered the handkerchief in exchange for silver. Your Majesty, the queen is your first wife, you love your country and the people, and you care about the people, why do you ignore your first wife?"

"Lian Ye, shut up." Jiang Fenghua stopped her.

"Have I lost your money? Are you still short of food and clothing in the palace?" The emperor's eyes seemed to glow green with anger. He stared at her face fiercely, his eyes were icy cold and made her shiver.

Jiang Fenghua felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She had entrusted her second sister to sell the embroidery outside the palace. This would not be a big deal for an ordinary family, but she was a concubine in the harem. Once this matter was exposed, it would implicate her second sister and the Jin family.

The Jin family's life was already difficult enough, she couldn't drag them down further.

Jiang Fenghua quickly shook her head, "No, I just embroidered it for fun, I don't sell it."

"If that's the case, what happened to you? How did your handkerchief get lost outside the palace?" Su Tingwan asked, "With your position as a virtuous concubine, you can get a lot of silver every month. The little prince and princess are also raised by you. Their share of silver has been delivered to you. The clothes, shoes, socks, etc. that should be sent to the Chenxi Palace will be delivered on time. Today is the emperor's birthday, and you are still dressed like this. Your maid even asked you why you embroidered handkerchiefs in exchange for silver. Are you doing this to accuse me of mistreating you in front of the emperor?"

At this time, Su Tingwan still felt aggrieved.

Another concubine said, "The Empress has always been fair. From the food, clothing and other expenses of many of the concubines, I think the virtuous concubine is deliberately pretending to be pitiful in front of the emperor. It is obvious that she embroidered so many handkerchiefs that flowed out of the palace, and she didn't know how to pick them up, but now she says she exchanged them for silver."

"Our emperor is wise and brave. Since he ascended the throne, the people's lives have become better and better. But she embroidered handkerchiefs to exchange for silver. Is this lie to accuse the emperor of not being able to support her? I think she just wants to deliberately frame the queen and is jealous of her."

"I'm afraid he wants to have an affair. Wasn't Prince Ji invited here by him? If Lady Yun hadn't seen her and Prince Ji here just now, the emperor would still be in the dark."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chen immediately knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, I really had no other thoughts, and I didn't know that the person who embroidered the handkerchief was Concubine Xian. I was just curious about who the woman who wrote these love words was, so I brought the handkerchief into the palace to find out. I was also bewitched by the love words she wrote on the handkerchief. After I knew that it was Concubine Xian who invited me, I never dared to have any improper thoughts again. I was about to leave when Your Majesty came. I know my mistake and accept the punishment."

Su Tingwan said quickly, "I believe in big brother's character. This matter is not big brother's fault. He got these handkerchiefs by accident and wrote so many explicit poems to hint at them. He thought it was a palace maid who was thinking about love. Big brother has not married a princess yet. If it was really a talented palace maid, maybe it would be a beautiful story of a perfect couple. Your Majesty, I don't think it's big brother's fault!"

Jiang Fenghua looked at the font and handwriting of the poems on the handkerchief and found that they were the same as hers. In addition, except for those about missing their lovers, most of these poems implied that the person who wrote the poems was a resentful woman in the deep palace. This handkerchief was even bolder, as she actually invited her lover to meet her, so King Ji appeared here.

She did not rush to defend herself, because who would imitate her handwriting? It would take more than a day or two to learn her handwriting. Someone must have set a trap for her behind her back.

She glanced at Su Tingwan. She thought it was Su Tingwan who wanted to harm her. Su Tingwan had already sat on the throne of queen. What else could she be dissatisfied with?

Su Tingwan has always created an image of being kind, magnanimous and open-minded in front of the emperor. The emperor would never believe that the queen was the culprit.

Some of the handkerchiefs were embroidered by her and sent out of the palace a year ago. This means that Su Tingwan had already started to set a trap for her. If they went to Chenxi Palace to look for her handwriting, she would not be able to deny it.

Usually, Lianye and Hongxiu would bring fabrics from the Jin family embroidery workshop into the palace, and she would secretly send them out of the palace after they were finished. Her embroidery works were in short supply and often sold out, and she had to use all the money she earned to raise her children.

Now the child is still in the hands of the Queen, and the Queen has the final say in the entire harem. What way out does she have?

The worst outcome now is that she wrote some love poems in the palace to express her emotions, and she did not really meet her lover in secret. King Ji and the Queen wanted to harm her, and they had already thought of a way out.

The emperor saw Jiang Fenghua kneeling on the ground without saying anything, "If you have anything else to explain, I allow you to speak."

Could she say that it was the Queen who wanted to harm her? The Emperor and the Queen were deeply in love, and he probably wouldn't believe her words. What did she say? It was meaningless.

She said tremblingly, "Yes..."