You are such a shameless slave! How dare you commit treason! What crime should you be punished for? "
The queen looked furious.
A command was given, "Come here, give this slave fifty lashes of the cane!"
"My Queen, I am wronged!"
Tang Zhaoyi knelt down and begged for mercy.
If she is beaten with fifty sticks, will she still be alive?
Moreover, she had no idea how this evil creature got into her bedroom.
How dare she, a mere imperial concubine, offend the queen?
Isn't that seeking death?
Someone must be framing her.
The Queen was someone that a little Zhaoyi like her could not afford to offend or violate.
The only one who regarded the Queen as a thorn in her side was the Imperial Noble Consort.
Could it be that the Imperial Concubine framed her?
Let her take the blame?
"ah--"
Tang Zhaoyi's screams were heard from the bedroom!
The queen even reported the matter to the emperor.
The emperor didn't expect that such an evil thing was hidden in the harem, so he immediately ordered Tang Zhaoyi to be executed.
To serve as a warning to others.
[There is a traitor in the Queen's palace. 】
[This is clearly a figurine made by the Imperial Concubine, and it ended up in the bedroom of Concubine Tang.]
[This Tang Zhaoyi also died unjustly. ]
[But this is the fate of a lowly person in the harem...]
[No wonder so many concubines are trying their best to climb up the social ladder...]
Luo: ...
[This traitor must be found. If not, the Queen will be under surveillance.]
Luo Shi did not dare to speak of the Imperial Concubine without any evidence.
He could only say to the Queen, "Your Majesty, I suspect there is a traitor in the palace. Concubine Tang has been wrongly accused."
The queen's expression was still grim at this time, "So you mean the Imperial Concubine?"
The Queen has not forgotten to this day that Luo stayed for a while in front of the Imperial Concubine's bedroom.
Luo knelt down and said, "I dare not speculate, but the green horse first pointed out that it was in the imperial concubine's bedroom."
"I guess that this might be a spy lurking in the palace who tipped off the situation. If not, can the Queen send someone to check who Concubine Tang has been meeting with these past two days?"
After hearing this, the queen asked the old nanny beside her to find out.
After a while the old lady came back.
"Your Highness, Consort Tang was summoned by the Imperial Concubine before this."
The queen narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip on the teacup.
"Sister, last time you said that my son Che and Shen Meizhuang's eldest son Xiao were poisoned by the same poison and suffered from leg diseases?" asked the Queen.
Luo nodded, "Yes."
The Queen was furious, "That's the Imperial Consort! Her son was canonized as the Crown Prince, but she is still not satisfied and wants to kill him all, even my son!"
The seventh prince of Concubine Yun also has the same name.
There were rumors in the palace that the Seventh Prince was flirting with the Crown Princess.
It just so happened that the Seventh Prince disappeared.
It further confirms this fact!
Luo was stunned. "How did the Queen know that it was the Imperial Concubine who poisoned her?"
The Queen said, "Shen Meizhuang's late husband's concubine and the Imperial Concubine are cousins."
"The concubine was also someone the Imperial Concubine had intentionally tried to win over to the former Minister."
Luo: You clearly know that the condition that the former minister gave when he married Shen Meizhuang was that he would not take concubines in this life.
However, this former minister did not forget to have affairs with other women while pursuing Shen Meizhuang. He even spent his wedding night with a woman outside on his wedding night with Shen Meizhuang.
Mei Yueqiming did not touch Shen Meizhuang in order to prove to the Shen family that he married Shen Meizhuang because he really loved her and cared about her, and he would let Shen Meizhuang remain a virgin until she became successful.
In fact, it is just to put pressure on the Shen family.
Since Shen Meizhuang married him, she naturally couldn't remain a widow and had to have children.
So the Shen family used their power to assist the former minister.
Let him rise to prominence.
What a pity, I didn’t expect that I would raise such an ungrateful person.
Luo was very surprised. "Sister Shen's late husband's mistress was actually introduced by the Imperial Concubine... I never expected it!"
"Well, they are cousins. The Imperial Noble Consort was not yet the Imperial Noble Consort at that time, but she heard through connections that the former Shangshu was going to marry the daughter of the Shen family, who had a bright future. She was also worried that the cousin would enter the palace to compete for favors, so she introduced them to each other." said the Queen.
Luo: You are so cunning.
Yes, when sisters serve a man together, no matter who is favored, they will be jealous and unhappy.
Luo said, "No wonder they used the same poison to cripple the eldest prince and Xiao Shizi."
"But the eldest prince's legs will get better soon."
"But the most urgent task is to find out the traitor."
The Queen looked at Luo and said, "Sister, you have a lot of experience. What do you think?
Mu Yan listened with great interest.
Mu Yan couldn't help but complain:
[It is not easy to catch the traitor. The ancients were most afraid of ghosts. If they harmed someone out of guilt, they would worry that person would come to claim their life.]
[Then spread the rumor that they saw Tang Zhaoyi fooling around and looking for someone to kill in the palace.]
[The traitor hiding in the Queen's palace will certainly be scared, and when people are scared, they are more likely to reveal their flaws.]
Luo couldn't help but praise her daughter for her smart brain.
The new brain is really useful.
Luo then reported Mu Yan's words to the Queen.
Mu Yan listened and clapped her hands in applause.
Her mother is in tune with her.
Whatever she thinks, her mother is thinking too.
It's true that we are in perfect harmony with each other.
Before they knew it, it was time for the Luo family to leave the palace, and the Queen had someone escort them out.
After Luo left, she was stopped by the Imperial Concubine herself.
When Luo Shi saw that it was the Imperial Consort, she immediately hugged Mu Yan and knelt down, "Good luck to the Imperial Consort!"
Yun Moyan looked at the Imperial Concubine and didn't want to salute.
[Brother Mo Ran, be patient and everything will be peaceful! ]
Luo also noticed that Yun Moyan did not salute.
Just when he was about to reach out to pull Yun Moyan, Yun Moyan had already bowed, "Good luck to the Imperial Concubine."
"Stand up." The imperial concubine has been waiting for a long time.
She looked at Luo and said, "I heard that you cured the Queen's face. Is that true?"
The words of the Queen Mother rose in her mind, and Luo Shi also kept them in mind.
If she didn't hear her daughter's voice, she might be in a dilemma.
But she already knew that the Crown Prince and the Imperial Consort would soon lose power.
So she said to the Imperial Concubine, "To answer your Majesty, it is true."
"Then you help me." The Imperial Concubine said as a matter of course.
"I see that the Imperial Concubine has a rosy complexion and is in a very good mood. She doesn't need my help." Luo said.
"Didn't you help the Queen restore her former appearance?" asked the Imperial Concubine.
"Yes, but it's because the Queen is depressed that causes spots and wrinkles. I ask the Queen to relax and make herself happy, so that her skin color can be good." Luo said.
The Imperial Concubine looked at Luo suspiciously, somewhat disbelieving what she said.
Can you feel rejuvenated just by being in a good mood?
However, the Queen has indeed been depressed over the years.
But what she knew was that it was Concubine Shu who poisoned her.
If she hadn't known about it, she would have almost been cheated by Luo.
"I have been in a bad mood recently. You should take care of my body and go back with me. It's not very comfortable here." said the Imperial Concubine.
Luo: ...
[This Imperial Concubine is really smarter than a monkey. Even though she doesn’t dare to expose the fact that my mother cured the Queen’s face, after all, it was her who instructed Concubine Shu to poison her. So, she is determined to sow discord between my mother and the Queen…]
As for the queen, everything she uses is her own, except for those shared with men and concubines.
Luo said, "Your Highness, the city gates are about to close, and I have to leave the palace now."
The Imperial Concubine frowned when she saw that Luo was unmoved.
This person is not from the deep palace. He is not allowed to enter without being summoned, and he must leave the palace at a specified time.
No one can break this rule.
"I'll invite you to the palace for a gathering later." Seeing that her goal had been achieved, the imperial concubine also let Luo leave the palace.
However, the guards around Luo made her feel a strong sense of crisis.
There was murderous intent in his eyes.
It shouldn't be her illusion.
As soon as Luo left, the prince also prepared to leave the palace.
I happened to meet the Imperial Concubine on the way.
"Your son greets you, mother." The prince stepped forward and saluted.
The Imperial Concubine looked at the Crown Prince and said, "Send someone to check the background of the guard in the General's Mansion. From what I see, he doesn't look like a good person."
"After all, the Seventh Prince fled to the border."
The prince took the Imperial Concubine's words to heart and said, "Mother, I will check his identity when I get back."
After a pause, the prince asked again, "Mother, do you mean that he might be the seventh brother?"
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