When Wen Yu saw that something was wrong, he immediately stepped forward and slapped the palace maid in the face!
"Where did this lowly servant come from? How dare you slander the Concubine?! I was just looking for Taoist Yu to pray for Princess Zhaohua as usual, what are you yelling about?"
"Oh... Auntie has such a bad temper! In the middle of the night, a man and a woman alone, there are so many other times we can pray. Why does she have to wait so late?!"
This palace maid obviously has a powerful figure behind her, so she speaks with confidence.
Wei Shuyi watched all this silently, exchanged a glance with Yu Pei, and then pretended to be panicked and looked outside the door.
"What are you all arguing about?" Su Changzai passed by and scolded impatiently, "A bunch of palace servants are blocking the Qingming Pavilion. Don't they have anything to do?!"
"In reply to the young lady, I discovered Concubine Jia's affair! I was about to tell the emperor! But who knew that the aunt next to her was so powerful that she actually hit me..."
"oh?"
Su Changzai walked around the palace maid and bowed perfunctorily to Wei Shuyi, with a hint of pride on her face.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Madam Consort. What are you and this old Taoist priest doing? Is what the maid said true?"
"Nonsense, you don't believe it?"
"It's hard to say. I'm new to the harem and don't understand many things. If I make a mistake and wrongly accuse the Concubine, it will be my fault. If the Emperor punishes me, I will lose more than I gain."
As she spoke, Su Changzai whispered a few words to her attendants, and then ordered the palace servants under her command to surround Qingming Pavilion.
Wei Shuyi sat down on the rattan chair, his voice trembling with fear: "What are you going to do?! Are you trying to trap me here?"
"I don't have the ability to do that. I just want to clear the name of the Concubine Jieyu. Madam Yuluan will be here soon. I believe she will be able to enforce the law impartially."
"The harem is managed by the Empress. If all else fails, you can go to Shoukang Palace..."
Su Changzai interrupted her sharply, "What are you talking about, Concubine Jia? Everyone in the palace knows that the Empress is not in good health and is still recuperating. We must not call her out and let her catch a cold. As for the Empress Dowager, she is old and has already gone to bed at this time. How can we disturb her for such a thing?"
Every word and sentence is written with those people in mind.
It seems that in the entire Yonghua Palace, only Madam Yuluan can handle this matter.
Wei Shuyi increasingly understood that she had been plotted against. The assist Wen Wanyi had just given her was her only hope for a comeback.
Perhaps Madam Yuluan had been waiting in Chengqian Palace for a long time. When she heard the news, she rushed over without stopping, fearing that she would miss anything.
When the two met again in Qingming Pavilion, the hatred in their eyes was not concealed.
"You are so brave! The emperor treats you well, why would you do such a shameful thing?!"
"Is this how Madam solves a case? Based solely on a few slanderous words from a lowly maidservant and the sight of us at the scene, you insist that I, as a concubine, came to Taoist Yu late at night to have an affair?"
Wei Shuyi looked over with a faint smile, his tone full of provocation.
"I know that Madam has always disliked me. But you can't make a big deal out of this, right? Since you want to make a big deal out of this, why not bring it before the Emperor? I'd like to see if the Emperor will make the same judgment as Madam, without any clear reasoning, and send two innocent people to the Ministry of Prudence and punish them severely?"
"You sharp-tongued Concubine Jia! I usually tolerate you, but I'm giving you face, aren't I?!" Madam Yuluan couldn't stand such provocation and immediately ordered those around her, "Concubine Jia is committing treason. She is of low birth and I don't know where she learned these palace rules from. Add to that the sordid thing we've seen, and there's witnesses and evidence! Quickly arrest this adulterous couple! Arrange for the Ministry of Punishment to conduct a thorough investigation overnight! Once I've gathered all the evidence, I'll report it to the Emperor in person!"
Wei Shuyi gently stroked her belly and shouted at her almost hoarsely, "Madam, you are so cruel! You knew I was pregnant, but you wanted to bypass the emperor and send me directly to the Ministry of Punishment?! That place is a place that eats people without leaving any bones! You clearly want to kill my child!"
"You're having a late-night rendezvous with an old Taoist priest, and you even have the nerve to mention the royal heir?" Madam Yuluan sneered, sizing up her belly. "I don't even know whose child this is!"
Yu Pei, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but coughed. "Madam, please be careful with your words! As everyone knows, I was castrated when I entered the palace and I am infertile! Madam, what is your intention in publicly questioning whether the child is not the emperor's biological child?"
Madam Yuluan was speechless after being confronted by him. She pointed at the two of them and said, "What a pair of bastards! Even their way of speaking is exactly the same! Come on! Take them away quickly! I'm really stupid. Just send the guards to guard them to prevent them from destroying the evidence!"
Wen Yu trembled as she held Wei Shuyi's hand. She smiled faintly, then pulled it out, signaling her to move aside and not to stop her.
So, on what was supposed to be an ordinary night, she was inexplicably imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment.
The people there naturally felt a little uncomfortable when they saw Wei Shuyi with a bulging belly.
"This...this Concubine Jia is at least a legitimate mistress. The Emperor hasn't spoken yet! Madam has given such an order without authorization, so we can't do anything!"
"But now, Madam Yuluan is the emperor's most favored concubine! If we offend her, our future will be difficult!"
"What should we do? I heard... Madam Yuluan bypassed the Emperor and ordered someone to send her here..."
A few old women were discussing something in low voices nearby, and Wei Shuyi could hear it clearly.
She no longer cared about her own safety, including that of her unborn child. All she wanted to do now was to make her situation even worse.
"Since Madam has spoken, what are you worried about? I am right here. You can treat me the same way you normally would. I have done nothing wrong and have a clear conscience."
"Jia Jieyu, if you really admit it, we can also waive those procedures. However, if you continue to be stubborn, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
Wei Shuyi recognized the man in front of him. He had appeared in several cases involving Madam Yuluan.
There is no need to think too much, he must be Madam Yuluan's confidant planted in the Ministry of Punishment.
"You are nothing more than my lady's dog. You should obey my master's orders. Now you are pretending to be a good person and trying to force me to admit something that doesn't exist. Do you want to get the job done quickly?"
The palace servant was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, and he picked up the red-hot iron and was about to press it on her body!
Seeing this, the people around him immediately grabbed him and said, "Are you trying to kill yourself?! Concubine Jia still has a child!"
"Madam Yuluan has already given instructions! The child's father may not be the current emperor! If she accidentally miscarries during the interrogation, it will be to eliminate harm for the emperor! If a scandal breaks out in the palace, it will be the emperor who will be embarrassed. We are all working for him, so don't have these concerns!"
She turned her head to stare at the torture instruments and began the countdown.
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