With Qi Lan's help, Wan'er slowly walked to Consort Zhang. She took Consort Zhang's hand and raised it high, saying, "Everyone, look! How come Consort Zhang's hand has so many scars? Did she cut herself while holding the broken pieces?"

Despite such obvious evidence, Consort Zhang still tried to refute it, saying, "Nonsense, this was a cut I made when I fell."

Wan'er's smile deepened. "If she really fell and got injured, how come Zhang's clothes are still so clean?"

"That's because... I changed my clothes." Consort Zhang was so guilty that she could barely speak.

"Hehe!" Wan'er laughed loudly, "Burning books on the grave, trying to fool the ghosts. Anyone who isn't blind can tell whether you've changed your clothes or not."

Her words drew laughter from everyone.

Consort Zhang turned pale with rage. Suddenly, she went berserk, forcefully shoving Wan'er and shouting, "That's right, I planted the fragments, so what? What can you do to me?!"

She knew that further explanation would be useless, so she might as well admit it.

Fortunately, Qi Lan reacted quickly and caught Wan'er, preventing her from falling to the ground.

Seeing this, Jing'er, who was sitting in a high position, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"How dare Consort Zhang push the Imperial Noble Consort away, knowing she was pregnant!" Qi Lan gritted her teeth in anger.

"It's all thanks to you, you lackey, that I knew she'd be alright." Consort Zhang glanced at Qi Lan with disdain.

"You..." Qi Lan trembled with rage, wanting to pounce on Consort Zhang, but Wan'er stopped her, "Stop!"

After all, Consort Zhang is the mistress. If Qi Lan is allowed to hit her, those with ulterior motives will first accuse Qi Lan of disrespect.

Qi Lan stopped in mid-air, glaring hatefully at Consort Zhang.

"Aren't you afraid of dying?" Wan'er threatened.

But Consort Zhang laughed, "Anyway, you're alright. Does the Emperor really intend to take my life?"

"Who told you that just because I'm fine, you're safe and sound?" Wan'er raised an eyebrow and asked, already realizing that she had been fooled.

"That's how the palace rules are. Even if you take that pregnancy-preserving medicine, as long as you don't die, I'll at most get a beating. The Qing Dynasty has always governed the country with benevolence, how can we just kill you like that?" Consort Zhang became even more arrogant.

"How stupid!" Wan'er couldn't hold back any longer and scolded her, "I'll let you listen carefully to what palace rules are!"

After saying this, he summoned a eunuch and had him recite the palace rules.

"Article Twenty: Concubines are forbidden from plotting or murdering each other. If discovered, regardless of whether the plot succeeds or not, they will be executed immediately!"

Upon reading this, Consort Zhang froze, as if she couldn't believe her ears. She tremblingly raised her head and looked at Wan'er, "Is this really a palace rule?"

Wan'er snorted coldly, "If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."

Consort Zhang reluctantly got up from the ground, staggered to the eunuch's side, and carefully read the document.

By the time she finished reading the twentieth item, she had collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted.

"Impossible!" She shook her head repeatedly. "That's not the palace rule I heard." But in the end, she had no choice but to believe it.

Normally, at this point, the proper course of action would be to simply drag Consort Zhang away, but Wan'er insisted on getting to the bottom of things, "Who told you that as long as people don't die, you can keep your life?"

Consort Zhang looked up at A'ge and said, "It was... Fengcai, who is by Consort Ge's side, who said it."

Age thought that as long as she kept quiet, everything would be fine. She didn't expect that Consort Zhang would point the finger at her.

"Nonsense, Fengcai knows the palace rules best." Ag hurriedly denied, "You must have mistaken me for someone else."

"No, it was because I saw her stuff a handful of shards into the mouth of a second-class palace maid with my own eyes, and I also heard her talk about palace rules. That's what gave me the inspiration," Consort Zhang said earnestly.

Ag's face turned deathly pale. "Nonsense!" she roared.

“Is it nonsense? Can’t we just have Feng Cai testify?” Wan’er interjected, then added, “It’s really strange. I saw Feng Cai when I came here, but she’s nowhere to be seen now. Is it really as Consort Zhang said?”

Upon hearing this, Age quickly defended Fengcai, saying, "This servant ate something bad at Chenshi (7-9 AM). After arriving at Jingren Palace, she experienced severe abdominal pain, so I let her return to the palace to rest."

"Is that so?" Wan'er glanced coldly at Agge. "Is there anyone who can testify?"

“This…” Ag hesitated for a long time, unable to give a coherent answer.

"This servant can testify!"

A childish voice rang out, and everyone looked over to see a little eunuch standing by the door.

"This servant greets Your Highnesses."

No need for formalities.

At Jing'er's prompting, the little eunuch dared to come in.

However, Wan'er was not worried at all, because this person was none other than Li Dequan.

"Tell me, how can we attest to your talent?" Jing'er asked leisurely.

Li Dequan knelt on the ground and respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, this servant is not testifying for Feng Cai, but to prove that Consort Zhang's words are true."

"What?" Ag's heart plummeted from its peak to the bottom of a cliff. She thought this was the rescuer arranged by Feng Cai, but she never expected that this was the Black and White Impermanence who would take her life.

Wan'er glanced coldly at Agge and said to Li Dequan, "I know you. You are Li Dequan, who serves the Third Prince. What you say has a certain degree of credibility."

Li Dequan nodded, "This servant dares not deceive Your Majesty. It is indeed as Consort Zhang said. Fengcai stuffed the fragments into the mouth of that second-class palace maid. This servant witnessed these things with his own eyes."

“Words are no proof. What if you betray your master and frame Fengcai?” Ag gritted his teeth, refusing to admit it.

"This servant wouldn't dare. If this servant is lying in the slightest, may this servant die a horrible death." Li Dequan knelt down and solemnly swore, "If Consort Ge doesn't believe me, the injured palace maid is in this servant's room right now. You can call her here."

Before Ag could speak, Jing'er interjected, "In that case, let her come to the palace."

Li Dequan responded and then got up and left.

Ag kept her head down, unsure how to salvage Fengcai's reputation. Should she really sacrifice her pawn to save the king?

Not long after, Li Dequan arrived with a palace maid who was about twelve years old. Due to her injury, she could not even make a sound when she bowed.

But no one blamed her, after all, she was innocent.

“Since you’re not able to speak, I’ll ask you a question. You can simply nod or shake your head,” Jing’er said.

The palace maid's lips had already turned purple, and her expression was extremely painful, but she still nodded stubbornly.

Jing'er's questions were nothing more than whether Feng Cai had hurt her and what Feng Cai had said about the palace rules.

Upon hearing this, the palace maid nodded several times in succession.