The turmoil caused by the evil object dug out in the harem was quickly settled, and the harem returned to its superficial calm.

In Huayang Palace, Concubine Lan was worried all day, always afraid that her secret would be exposed. She felt like there was a sword hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment.

After waiting for three days, nothing happened.

Concubine Lan was in a bad mood and didn't eat much for lunch. She paced back and forth in the courtyard of Huayang Palace. The bright chrysanthemums in the courtyard were blooming so brightly that they seemed to be burning, but Concubine Lan had no heart to appreciate them.

She looked at the square courtyard, the carved railings and jade bricks, the pavilions and towers. Even the sky was cut into small pieces by the palace walls.

Concubine Lan thought of the time before she got married when she followed her mother to the outskirts of Beijing in autumn to ride horses and appreciate the autumn chrysanthemums. The sky in the suburbs is boundless, with rolling mountains in the distance and geese flying in the shape of a "human" across the sky.

But since entering the palace, she has never seen such scenery again.

"Master, there's a letter from the master of the family." The maid walked into the yard and handed a letter to Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan was overjoyed. She opened the letter and walked to the inner hall.

The letter is not long.

Her father claimed in the letter that he was inconsiderate about the bronze medal and sent a bronze medal that was out of date. He also asked Concubine Lan to burn all the letters sent by the Xie family to prevent them from being stolen by someone with ulterior motives.

In addition, his father also said that he had been in a depressed mood recently, and several family elders united to force him to send a new daughter of the Xie family to the palace to compete for favor.

After reading the letter, Concubine Lan felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her from head to toe, and her heart felt chilled.

The elders of the Xie family are indeed forcing my father!

Lanpin closed her eyes and suppressed her anger. She asked her personal maid, "Tong'er, hasn't my mother sent me a letter yet?"

Lanpin wrote many letters to her family.

Among them, Lanpin wrote the most letters to her mother, but her mother never wrote back to her.

After entering the palace for almost four years, Lanpin had only seen her mother twice, in the year she was conferred the title of imperial concubine. Later, she was demoted to a concubine and my mother never entered the palace again, not even a letter was delivered to her.

"No." The personal maid replied with a frown.

Lanpin was unhappy: "Father is really something. Every time I write to ask about mother's recent situation, he never replies. Tong'er, I'm really afraid that father can't bear the pressure of the family and send someone new to the palace to replace me..."

The personal maid pursed her lips slightly and was about to remind Concubine Lan. At this time, the eunuch's report came from outside the house -

"Noble Concubine Chen has arrived."

Lanpin was stunned and almost knocked over the teacup in her hand. One never comes to visit for no reason. Why did Concubine Chen suddenly visit?

Lanpin stuffed the letter into the box on the desk and hurried out to greet Chen Wei.

At the gate of Huayang Palace, the imperial concubine's guard of honor was parked, looking very majestic.

Chen Wei wore a Yanluo skirt embroidered with chrysanthemums and had her hair done in an extremely delicate Chaoyun bun. She looked graceful and elegant, like a red chrysanthemum blooming in autumn, radiant and dazzling.

Shen Wei supported the hand of the palace maid and smiled at Lanpin: "It's a bright and refreshing autumn day. I went to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers. I passed by Huayang Palace and came to see you on the way."

Lanpin silently complained in her heart that Huayang Palace and the Imperial Garden were separated by several turns, so they were not on the same route at all.

It was clearly Shen Wei who took the initiative to come.

On the surface, Concubine Lan acted respectful and invited Chen Wei into Huayang Palace.

Shen Wei walked into the main hall of Huayang Palace and took a seat.

Lanpin sent her personal maid to pour tea. Chen Wei held an embroidered round fan in her hand, her eyes smiling the whole time: "Lanpin, were you reading a letter from home just now?"

Suddenly, Concubine Lan felt cold all over.

She stood there stiffly, her mind racing. Could it be that Tong'er was seen by someone else when she took the letter?

Chen Wei waved the round fan in her hand, motioning Lanpin to look at the box on the desk. Lanpin looked back and saw a corner of a letter lying next to the box.

Lanpin smiled awkwardly and quickly put the box away: "Your Highness, you have read it wrong. It is not a family letter. The box contains my daily calligraphy."

Lanpin's forehead was sweating from nervousness.

If Shen Wei ordered someone to open the box on the spot, her conspiracy with the Xie family to murder Concubine Mei would be exposed, and the consequences would be disastrous.

But Shen Wei seemed uninterested in the box and did not ask any further questions. After a while, the palace maid brought out some hot tea.

Shen Wei took two sips and praised the tea for its mellow aroma. Lanpin's heart was pounding. She didn't know what Shen Wei's intention was and felt uneasy.

Shen Wei put down the teacup and suddenly said, "In fact, the bronze tablet dug out from the courtyard of Yuxiu Palace was not buried by Concubine Yun back then."

A string of cold sweat dripped down Lanbin's forehead.

Chen Wei said slowly, "Copper products are buried in the soil for a long time, and the surrounding soil will be mixed with rusty verdigris. In the soil where the copper plaque is buried in Yuxiu Palace, there is almost no rusty verdigris. This shows that someone buried the copper in Yuxiu Palace recently to slander Concubine Mei."

Lanpin felt like she was being tortured by fire.

Every word Shen Wei said made Lanbin sweat profusely and her heart tremble with fear. Lanpin nervously took a sip of tea and said awkwardly, "Noble Concubine Chen is very observant. You should tell the truth to His Majesty. I am just a concubine and my words are not taken seriously."

Shen Wei raised her eyebrows: "You are just a little concubine, but you actually framed Concubine Mei. You are really brave."

Clang——

The white porcelain teacup in Lanpin's hand fell to the ground with a plop, and the warm tea spilled out.

The whole room is filled with the scent of tea.

Lanpin stammered, "Noble Concubine Chen, please don't wrongly accuse me."

Chen Wei held her chin up and said slowly, "Do you dare to hand over the family letter in the box?"

Concubine Lan remained silent.

Cold sweat.

Half a year ago, when Shen Wei had just entered the palace, Concubine Lan did not take this concubine who was born into a peasant family seriously. But later, Shen Wei gradually suppressed the Queen and Concubine Shu and took control of the six palaces. Lanpin knew that this person was not easy to mess with.

Today, Shen Wei came to visit unexpectedly. Every word she said was full of thorns, which made Lanpin feel uncomfortable all over and she had nowhere to escape.

The room was dead silent.

Lanbin's fingernails almost dug into her flesh.

Shen Wei was calm and asked, "Why did you frame Concubine Mei? I want to hear the truth."

Lanpin was silent for a moment, and finally accepted her fate and told the truth: "I can't stand her hypocrisy. Liu Ruyan occupies the position of concubine and can see her family once a year, but she doesn't cherish it. I miss my mother, and I hope so much, but it's hard to see her.

I am born into the Xie family, a noble lady, and I am unwilling to be a small concubine. I am not favored in the palace and cannot bring any benefits to the Xie family. My father, under pressure from the family, will sooner or later send a new person into the palace... Therefore, I hope that I can be promoted to the position of concubine, so that I can at least have some glory. ”

Shen Wei looked at Lanpin in front of her.

Concubine Lan, Xie Fanglan, was born into a prominent family and was extremely beautiful, but unfortunately she was not very smart. When the Xie family sent Concubine Lan into the palace, they should have expected that she would not be favored by Li Yuanjing.

But the Xie family still sent her in.

The water in the Xie family is quite deep.

"It was my fault to frame Concubine Mei." Lanpin was filled with sorrow. "This was my idea alone. It has nothing to do with the Xie family. I am willing to bear all the blame."