Chapter 8: Traveling through time and becoming a concubine, she turned the harem upside down (Part 8)

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I don't know what happened. I suddenly became hot all over and lost consciousness.

I don’t know what I’m doing, nor do I understand why I’m at the rockery…”

Looking at the emperor's gloomy face and his eyes that seemed to want to kill him.

Lin Xier was so scared that she was trembling all over. She knelt there with tears in her eyes and begged him for mercy.

"That's enough, don't say anything, Concubine, you punish them both according to the rules of the harem.

From now on, these two people are not allowed to set foot in the palace again."

Listening to Lin Xier's sobbing, the emperor remembered the noises she and Ji Lin made in the rockery just now.

Fortunately, he did not make his affair with Lin Xier public, so no one knew that Ji Lin had slept with the concubine he was planning to take into the palace.

"Come here, drag Miss Lin away and give her twenty lashes, then send her back to the Shangshu Mansion.

By the way, tell Lord Lin and Madam Lin to discipline their daughter well and never let Miss Lin set foot in the palace again in this life.

As for General Ji, drag him away and give him a hundred lashes with the cane before sending him back to Ji's residence.

General Ji has lost both his parents. He must exercise self-discipline in the future and never make another mistake."

As soon as Hu Xiaomeng gave the order, the palace servants immediately came up to carry out the order.

Just then, someone came from Concubine Xian's palace and said that Concubine Xian's condition had suddenly worsened, so the emperor rushed over with a group of concubines.

"Imperial Physician, what's going on? Didn't you say at the palace banquet just now that the amount of arsenic on Concubine Xian's lips was not large and that she was fine?

Why did the virtuous concubine suddenly fall into a coma? Can you quack doctors cure her?"

When the emperor heard the maidservant beside Concubine Xian say that her master vomited several times after returning, he became furious with the imperial doctors.

These imperial doctors treated his waist for several days but failed to cure it, and he really began to have serious doubts about their medical skills.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am innocent!

The virtuous concubine's health suddenly deteriorated because someone added arsenic to her medicine."

The imperial physician was angered and quickly knelt down to report the situation to the emperor.

"What? You bastards, didn't you try using silver needles when feeding your master the medicine? Drag that palace maid away and chop her off."

After hearing the imperial physician's words, the emperor pointed at the palace maids and maids in Yaohua Palace.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I used a silver needle to test the medicine before giving it to Concubine Xian. The silver needle clearly did not change color."

The palace maid who was being pulled by two guards cried out that she was innocent and that she had actually tried using silver needles.

"Your Majesty, I did not explain it clearly. It is not the medicine that contains arsenic, but someone has smeared a layer of arsenic on the edge of the bowl.

We, your humble servants, have just checked and found that there is no stain anywhere except on the edge of the bowl.

And it wasn't just on the edge of one bowl; the edges of the other four bowls were also smeared with arsenic."

The imperial physician further explained to the emperor that the murderer was truly meticulous.

【Master, you did this? 】

When Ling Guoguo heard this, he asked his master.

"Haha, it really wasn't me. I told Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu to fight among themselves, so I didn't intervene. I was just waiting to reap the benefits."

Hu Xiaomeng rolled her eyes. She would not be so roundabout. She would just kill the man with one knife.

"Empress Shu, why did you want to harm Empress Xian? Just because she discovered that you put musk into the statue of Guanyin that she gave to Empress De a few days ago, you are going to kill her?"

Xianfei's confidant knelt there and loudly accused Shufei, not knowing that things had completely deviated from her and Xianfei's original plan.

"How dare you, a bitch, frame me? Come, drag her away and chop her off."

When Concubine Shu heard someone in Concubine Xian's palace say that this matter was related to her, she was so angry that she stepped forward and slapped her. How could she say such things casually?

"Wait, tell us all about this matter in detail. The emperor is here, and he will make the decision for your master."

Seeing the people around Concubine Shu trying to pull someone away, Hu Xiaomeng stopped them.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is what happened.

A few days ago, the Empress Xianfei specially asked for a statue of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility, for you. I heard it is very effective.

When she brought it back, she placed it in Yaohua Palace and sent it to you in Dexing Palace the next day.

Unexpectedly, the maids in your palace smashed the jade statue and found a large amount of musk inside.

After the virtuous concubine knew about this, she immediately searched the Yaohua Palace from top to bottom and found out the spies in the palace of the virtuous concubine.

It was this spy who helped Concubine Shu to frame my master. Her purpose was to sow discord between you and my master.

When you both suffer losses in the fight, that will be the time for her to reap the benefits."

The confidant of Concubine Xian spoke out all the speeches that he had prepared in advance.

"What nonsense! It's slander! When did I plant spies in your Yaohua Palace?

Find that person for me, and I'll see if you can throw dirty water on me."

After hearing what Concubine Xian's confidant said, Concubine Shu pointed at her nose and asked her to hand over the person.

She was not panicked at all. After all, the spy planted in Yaohua Palace had been silenced by the people she sent.

The confidant of Concubine Xian gave a wink and asked two maids to bring out a palace maid who had been tortured beyond recognition.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I know my death is imminent, and I only want to tell you the truth while I still have a breath. I beg you to spare my family's lives."

The palace maid, who was covered in wounds, knelt on the ground and told the story in detail about when Concubine Shu had placed her in Yaohua Palace and what she had been told to do.

"Your Majesty, someone is trying to wrongly accuse me. Someone must be framing me behind my back."

After hearing what the palace maid said, Concubine Shu complained to the emperor out of guilt and fear.

She couldn't understand how this palace maid knew the things she had ordered others to do, even though the spy was already dead. This palace maid was not sent out from her palace at all.

"My Lady, I have kept all the gold and silver jewelry you gave me, as well as the notes instructing me on things."

The palace maid asked someone to help bring over a bundle, which indeed contained the notes written by Concubine Shu.

This time, Concubine Shu was really panicked. The handwriting was not forged. She didn't expect that the idiot had collected them all and did not listen to her and burn them on the spot.

"Shu Fei, what else do you have to say now?"

After carefully reading the note, the emperor sneered, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had long wanted to take action against Concubine Shu's family, and this was a perfect opportunity.