Nanny Song was ordered to leave the palace, but when she found out the truth, she was shocked even though she was an old nanny who had been immersed in the palace for decades.
From the moment Nanny Song left the palace, Fu Qianyu knew that the truth would be revealed in a few days.
Sure enough, that afternoon, people from the Empress Dowager's palace dragged Songluo to Ci'an Palace for questioning.
Once he went in, he never came out.
Wan Zhaoyi had been tortured by ghosts for the past few days, and she was no longer human, nor was she a ghost. She finally drank a tranquilizer and fell asleep. When she woke up, she felt thirsty and called out to the outside: "Songluo, Songluo!"
But after waiting for a long time, Songluo did not come in. Instead, a strange palace maid came in. Wan Zhaoyi lay on the bed, staring at her intently: "Who are you? Where is Songluo?"
The maid replied according to the rules: "Your Majesty, your servant Xiaohong, Sister Songluo went to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine for you early this morning, and she hasn't returned yet."
"What?"
Hearing Xiaohong's words, Wan Zhaoyi's heart skipped a beat. She forced herself to sit up and asked nervously, "How long has she been gone?"
Xiaohong thought for a moment and said, "I estimate it's been two hours!"
"Songluo is your aunt. She is missing, so why didn't you go to look for her?" Concubine Wan asked sternly.
Xiaohong was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "I've already looked for her. I heard that Aunt Songluo was taken away by people from the Empress Dowager's palace."
Wan Zhaoyi's eyes darkened, and it seemed as if a thunder flashed above her head. Her heart beat like thunder and she was speechless for a long time.
The Queen Mother would not take her personal maid away for no reason. She must know something.
Sure enough, not long after, word came from outside that the Queen Mother had sent someone to say that incidents were happening one after another in the palace and she wanted to invite the ladies-in-waiting from each palace to come and talk.
There was a loud bang in Wan Zhaoyi's head, and a chill rose from her heels all the way to the top of her head.
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Almost all the concubines in the harem arrived, including Concubine Xi and Concubine Lian, who were confined to the palace by the Empress Dowager during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Since the emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager did not like to have much contact with the concubines in the harem, so she exempted everyone from paying their respects every day, except on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.
People rarely came to Ci'an Palace to disturb the Empress Dowager when she was worshiping Buddha.
Now that all the concubines were present, they looked at each other. Although they had many questions in their hearts, they did not dare to say much.
A few brave ones wanted to ask the Imperial Noble Consort if she knew the reason, but when they looked up and saw Fu Qianyu just closing her eyes and quietly stroking the jade bracelet on her wrist, they swallowed all the words.
Not long after, Concubine Wan came in with someone supporting her, her face pale.
The Qingning Palace has been in turmoil recently. No matter whether it is the people or things inside, anyone who has anything to do with the Qingning Palace is avoided by everyone, for fear of being infected with even the slightest bit of bad luck.
Not long after, the Emperor came out, supporting the Empress Dowager. Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted. After they were seated, the Empress Dowager said, "A lot has happened in the harem recently. Ordinary women would chat about family matters to pass the time when they have nothing to do, let alone you."
Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and spoke in panic. The Empress Dowager slowly moved the Buddhist beads on her wrist. Although her tone was soft, it revealed unquestionable majesty: "At my age, this is the first time I've heard that this imperial palace is haunted. But then again, if you haven't done anything wrong, why should you be afraid of ghosts and gods? Wan Zhaoyi, don't you agree?"
Wan Zhaoyi's whole body tensed up, as if someone had stepped on her tail, and she almost jumped up. "The Queen Mother is teaching me a lesson, and I am terrified."
"You should be terrified." The Queen Mother looked at Concubine Wan steadily and said coldly, "This harem appears harmonious on the surface, but secretly it's turbulent. Some scheme against others for favors, some even dare to murder the heir for status, and some even go so far as to confuse the royal bloodline, implicating entire clans!"
Wan Zhaoyi's eyes went dark and she grabbed the handrail tightly to prevent herself from fainting.
Everyone was stunned.
Concubine Xi was the first to speak up and ask the Queen Mother, "Excuse me, Queen Mother, have you found out who poisoned the Second Prince?"
The Queen Mother sneered, "Not only the Second Prince, but also the Fifth Prince. I called you here to explain all these messes together. Bring the people up!"
At the command.
An elderly woman walked in from outside the door.
When that wrinkled old face appeared in front of her again, Wan Zhaoyi could no longer hold on, her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Everyone was very surprised by her reaction. Someone in the crowd recognized the old woman in front of them and said tremblingly, "Isn't this Granny Liu, the lady in charge of delivering babies for the imperial concubines in the Shang Palace Bureau? Isn't she dead?"
"She really deserves to die." The Queen Mother said coldly, "But if she really died, how could she expose Fa's crimes?"
Zhao Yuancheng was completely confused: "Mother, what is going on?"
"Qingning Palace has been haunted for a while now, but no one except Ming has ever seen the ghost. A palace maid in Qingning Palace heard Ming yelling out Granny Liu's name in her bedroom. If she hadn't done anything sinister, she wouldn't have done this. Plus, Granny Liu was killed by robbers on the day she delivered Ming. It's such a coincidence, so I sent Nanny Song out of the palace to investigate."
The Queen Mother paused and said in a deep voice, "Liu Pozi, tell the Emperor who wants to kill you and why."
Mrs. Liu raised her eyes tremblingly under the scrutiny of everyone. When she saw Concubine Wan, the fear in her eyes gradually turned into overwhelming hatred.
"This servant greets the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and all the ladies and ladies. This servant has aided and abetted the evil, and has committed a grave sin. I beg the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to forgive me."
"Tell me clearly, what exactly is going on?"
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