Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang knelt side by side, looking at each other with hatred.

"Did you harm me?"

"You dare to harm me?"

They only dared to make eye contact and didn't dare to say a word. When they looked up, they could see the gloomy face of Emperor Xuanwu.

Xuan Ling gently twisted the agarwood Buddhist beads in one hand, and held Sheng Xiyan's hand with the other, and she leaned her head on his shoulder.

Sheng Xiyan felt very depressed for a moment. The person she had saved with great difficulty was gone again, and she felt even more deeply the fragility of life.

After an incense stick of time, Commander Xue came running in. Concubine Liang asked anxiously, "How is it? Did you find it?"

Unfortunately, Commander Xue had nothing in his hands.

"Your Majesty, I have led a thorough search of the Chuxiu Palace but have not found the other enamel bracelet."

Concubine Liang collapsed, "How could this be? ...Your Majesty, someone must have framed me!"

Concubine Shu breathed a sigh of relief, while Empress Duan held Yuqing in her arms and watched coldly.

Sheng Xiyan took in the expressions of these people as she sat beside Xuan Ling, and she sighed inwardly, thinking that this was the true face of the harem.

On weekdays, the elder sister is taller than the younger sister, and they are very affectionate with each other. In private, they try to kill each other.

To compete for favor, to compete for status, to compete for benefits.

The second prince Yuqing is a contender for the throne in the future. This trump card is naturally the object of competition, but Concubine Shen, his biological mother, stands in the way.

Concubine Liang knelt forward and pulled Xuan Ling's robe, "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I beg Your Majesty to re-investigate this matter."

Xuan Ling sat upright, without moving, raised his hand and slapped Concubine Liang hard.

He scolded her bitterly, "You vicious woman, the evidence is irrefutable. I deeply detest your actions. Come, banish Concubine Liang to the cold palace immediately!"

Concubine Liang covered her face and cried, "Aunt, save me! Aunt!"

At this time, the head nanny of the Cining Palace came in with a person, who was Meijuan, the palace maid who served Concubine Liang.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has interrogated this palace maid, and she has something to say."

Meijuan knelt on the ground, not daring to raise her head. "It was this servant who stole the enamel bracelet and gave it to Yueli, my cousin."

Xuan Ling asked sinisterly, "So, Yue Li murdered the master? What was her motive?"