Chapter 169 Special Hairpin

"Your Majesty, I found some interesting things in the maid's room in Lan Ying's palace. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Nian Shilan glanced at the queen and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

For some reason, the queen suddenly felt a little uneasy after seeing the look on Nian Shilan's face. Then she kept telling herself that nothing unexpected would happen, all traces had been dealt with cleanly, and they would not find out anything related to her.

"Oh, what is it? Take it out and let me see it."

The emperor didn't like the fights in the harem, but sometimes he had to turn a blind eye in order to balance the power of all parties. But this time, they actually hurt his own offspring, which made him feel intolerable.

"Zhou Ninghai, come in."

At this time, Zhou Ninghai, who had been waiting at the door, walked in silently with something in his hand, and everyone's eyes fell on the tray in his hand.

"Your Majesty, these are the things we found in the maid's room."

Speaking of which, this maid was also greedy. She had accumulated so many precious jewelry without realizing it.

This Lan Da Ying was originally given the title of Da Ying just because of the emperor's original thought. She was originally just a little maid, without any support from her mother's family. She only lived on the occasional rewards from the emperor and the monthly allowance from the palace. It is conceivable how precious the things in her hands were.

Unexpectedly, even in such a situation, she did not realize that the maid beside her had secretly replaced so many of her jewelry. She probably still doesn't know that the things she uses have been replaced with fakes.

Nian Shilan walked over and stood in front of Zhou Ninghai. She reached out and pushed aside the jewelry, picked up a small box, and opened it for everyone to see.

"Your Majesty, this Imperial Physician Wen confirmed that the garment contained musk, exactly the same as the one found in Concubine Xi's courtyard. The reason the garment was torn was because she used the missing piece of fabric to wrap the musk and placed it in Concubine Xi's courtyard."

Nian Shilan showed everyone the contents one by one. "All of this is enough to prove that what the maid named Ying'er said was true. She was indeed acting under the orders of the maid Lan promised to accompany her, the girl named Ping'er who fell into the water last night."

Having said that, Nian Shilan paused for a moment, then glanced at the queen as if inadvertently.

"I find this very strange. Lan Ying had no grudge against Concubine Xi, so how could someone close to her be so cruel to her? I don't believe there is hatred without reason in this world, so I had them carefully check every corner of the house, and finally they discovered this."

Nian Shilan picked up a hairpin from the pile of jewelry and showed it to everyone.

It can be seen from the appearance that this hairpin is extremely precious and it is definitely not something that a little maid can own. According to the accounting records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lan Da Ying has never been rewarded with such exquisite jewelry.

"It's a coincidence. I once saw Rou Changzai wearing this hairpin. I took a second look at it because it was so exquisite. I was deeply impressed. I just didn't expect that such a precious thing would end up in the hands of a little maid."

If Ping'er was dishonest and stole things from the room that Lan agreed to stay in, it would be understandable, but Rou Changzai was always alone with someone, so Ping'er would never have the chance to get close to Rou Changzai's bedroom, let alone steal things.

"Rou is always there."

The emperor uttered the name softly.

"Su Peisheng, go get Rouchang to call Dujiaojiao over, go now."

"yes."

After Su Peisheng left, the Yangxin Palace fell into silence.

Nian Shilan raised the corner of her mouth to smile and looked at the queen again.

She originally thought that Lan agreed to do it, but she later found out that Rou Changzai was also involved. It seems that the person behind the scenes wants to hurt others by borrowing a knife.

Nian Shilan had investigated Lan Da Ying before and found out that it was Lan who wanted to gain the emperor's favor on her own and was not instructed by Rou Chang Zai.

It seems that the relationship between Lan Da Ying and Rou Chang Zai is not as harmonious as outsiders think. If this is true, then the Queen must have discovered the grudge between them. It's just that I don't know whether she wants to use Rou Chang Zai to get rid of the useless Lan Da Ying, or use Lan Da Ying to get rid of Rou Chang Zai. In any case, the Queen will not suffer any loss.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Rou is here."

Soon, Su Peisheng came in with Rou Changzai.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor."

"Greetings to the Empress and all the sisters."

"Get up."

The emperor was somewhat fond of Rou Changzai. It was not because she was extremely beautiful, but because she was very good at understanding a man's temperament.

Nian Shilan has always been arrogant and spoiled. Although Zhen Huan is gentle and virtuous, she is a lady from a noble family after all. She is not as open as Rou Changzai in matters between men and women.

Rou Changzai is even more willing to let go of herself in front of the emperor, and shows her weak side all the time.

The emperor was very pleased with Rou Changzai's performance. He especially enjoyed this feeling. In this world, no man could resist a woman showing weakness in front of him, let alone the emperor who always thought he had everything in his hands.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened. Your Majesty even asked Eunuch Su to summon me here."

The usual gentle voice sounded very pleasant to the emperor's ears. He slightly restrained his previous anger and looked at Rou Changzai who was standing in front of him.

"I called you here to ask you, are you familiar with the people in the palace that Lan promised?"

"The people in Lan's palace? My relationship with Lan was naturally deeper than others. I would occasionally visit her palace. I have some impression of the people around her, but I can't say I'm familiar with them."

What Rou Changzai said was reasonable in the eyes of the emperor. After all, he was the master of a palace and would not pay too much attention to a maidservant.

"You really aren't familiar with it? Does Rou Changzai still remember this thing?"

Nian Shilan saw through Rou Changzai's scheming at a glance. Her so-called tenderness and sweetness were just her means to gain the emperor's favor, but Nian Shilan scoffed at all these.

Looking at the hairpin in Nian Shilan's hand, Rou Changzai felt a little surprised.

This idiot, why does he still have this thing in his hand?

In order to gain her trust, Concubine Rou spent a lot of money and even gave her her favorite hairpin, and even promised to help her gain the emperor's favor later.

Because Lan Da Ying was originally a little maidservant beside Rou Chang, but now she has turned from a chicken into a phoenix and has become their master. All these maidservants are secretly envious.

It can be said that Lan's previous promise really tempted the other maids, so after Rou Changzai proposed such a plan, they agreed without any hesitation. However, they did not expect that it would be so useless and now they would involve her.