Qi Changzai quickly knelt down to argue.

"My Lady, you must not listen to his one-sided words. This man is despicable and cunning. He knows he can't get away with it, but he actually slanders me!"

She pretended to have tears in her eyes and touched the corners of her eyes with her fingertips.

Qi Chang complained: "I have never met him before, and I have no grudge against Concubine Wu. How could I possibly instruct him to frame Concubine Wu?"

The wise monk was furious and shouted, "I don't know Concubine Wu at all. If I hadn't been instructed by you, why would I have framed her for no reason? Don't slander me!"

He knelt on the ground and said loudly: "My Lady, Concubine Qi ordered me to do all this. She ordered me to destroy Concubine Wu's sedan chair and broke her incense, trying to portray Concubine Wu as an unlucky person."

"Seeing that this plan failed, Concubine Qi came up with another vicious plan. She asked me to sneak into Concubine Wu's bedroom late at night and secretly put a man's underwear in her room, in an attempt to create the illusion that she was having an affair with a man outside her home."

After hearing this, the concubines booed.

He actually used so many vicious schemes!

This keeps happening one after another. Lady Wu is so unlucky.

Qi Changzai coldly questioned: "Where is the evidence? You keep saying that I ordered you to do this evil thing, there must be some solid evidence."

The wise monk gritted his teeth.

It was indeed he who smashed Lady Wu's sedan chair.

He was also the one who secretly broke Concubine Wu's incense.

He even personally placed Monk Kong's inner clothes in Concubine Wu's room.

From beginning to end, Qi Changzai never took any action.

The wise monk thought for a moment, and then an idea came to him: "You once gave me ten taels of silver in the name of incense money!"

Qi Changzai laughed: "Incense money? That was clearly my offering to the Buddhist temple. You embezzled the money and you dare to use it as an excuse?"

She turned to Concubine Lin and said, "Your Majesty, this monk is talking nonsense. I am really wronged!"

Concubine Lin ignored Qi Changzai and asked the wise monk: "Where did you get the money for the incense offerings?"

The wise monk humbly replied, "Your Highness, do you know that the palace sends a large sum of money to the Huguo Temple every month?"

Concubine Lin nodded.

As she was in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, she naturally knew about this expenditure.

"There are more than one hundred items in these silver coins, and each item has a different name."

"The silver that Qi Changzai gave me was mixed in with it."

"That's just my tribute to Buddha. What does it have to do with you?" Qi Chang said stubbornly.

The wise monk calmly responded, "This amount is called 'incense fees'. Your Majesty can compare the account books of previous years and find that the incense fees of last month suddenly increased by ten taels."

Qi Chang's face trembled.

Damn it!

There is actually an account book!

She had planned everything, but she had never expected this.

Qi Chang said through gritted teeth: "Who knows if you have changed the account book in secret and framed me!"

"I see. You're afraid that the truth will be revealed, so you've made preparations long ago, waiting for me to take the blame for you!"

Monk Zhihui smiled and said, "Master Qi, you can rest assured. I will never touch this account book. The account book of Huguo Temple has always been kept by Abbot Tongguang himself."

He said to Concubine Lin, "My Lady, you can send someone to the abbot's meditation room to check if what I said is true."

The implication is that as long as the account book can be found, it can be proved that Qi Changzai is the mastermind behind all these conspiracies.

Abbot Tongguang, who was just watching the show, was startled.

Ledger?

Oh no, I’m getting into trouble!

He had a bad feeling and was about to interrupt.

Wu Qing, who was standing aside, slapped his thigh and said excitedly: [Ledger! That’s a good thing!]

【Tongguang recorded every bribe he received in detail in his account book! 】

[Sunpin's money is also on that account book! Sunpin sold her palace jewelry and donated ten golden Buddha statues to the Huguo Temple! Just to pray for a child! ]

[I'm afraid she doesn't know yet that the monks in Huguo Temple are all gay, and it's the most unlikely place in the world for them to have children. Hahahaha, why would she ask for help from anyone else but Huguo Temple, hahaha.]

Sun Bin was silent: "..."

Veins popped out on her forehead and a surge of anger rushed to her throat.

She was already thin-skinned and petty, and now she was so angry that she wanted to walk up to Wu Qing and slap her.

Yuepin was quick to grab her hand and said with a smile, "Sister? Why are you angry? Wu Guiren didn't do anything."

Under the Imperial Concubine's sharp gaze, Concubine Sun's usual arrogance was suppressed, and she said awkwardly: "My Lady Imperial Concubine, please don't listen to those nonsense... How could I possibly sell the jewelry in the palace..."

The palace had a clear rule that no matter whether it was a palace maid or a eunuch, if anyone was found stealing jewelry and selling it privately, they would be beaten to death.

As the head of a palace, if Concubine Sun sold her jewelry without permission, she would be imprisoned in the palace and deprived of her salary at the very least, or stripped of her title and demoted to lose favor at the worst.

She had worked so hard and spent more than ten years to climb to the position of a concubine. If she were to be demoted, it would be more difficult for her to accept than taking her life.

Concubine Sun was very worried.

Concubine Lin raised her lips and said, "Of course I believe you, but if it's recorded in the account book, I can't do anything about it."

She turned around and ordered, "Now that the monk Zhihui has made it clear, all the silver that Qi Changzai gave him should be recorded in the account book. Zijuan, go to the abbot's room and get the account book."

Abbot Tongguang's face twitched twice, and he took a step forward to stop Zijuan.

Zijuan frowned: "What does the abbot mean?"

Abbot Tongguang tried to force a smile and tried to ease the atmosphere: "Madam, why bother yourself? Leave this kind of trivial matter to the young monks."

Zijuan replied coldly: "Abbot, the Imperial Concubine's order is for me to go and get it myself. Are you going to stop me?"

Tongguang refused to give in: "My Lady, this is the Huguo Temple, not your Linhua Palace. How can I let you review the account books of the Huguo Temple?"

"I want your account book today!" Concubine Lin snorted coldly, "Does the abbot want to go against me?"

Seeing the imperial concubine's tough attitude, Tongguang knew that he would not be able to get away with it today.

Tongguang climbed up step by step from a lowly prostitute to the position of abbot of Huguo Temple. Of course, it was not only the "Golden Lotus Technique" that he relied on.

The things recorded in that account book were not just bribes from the concubines in the palace! There were also records of the exchanges between some high-ranking officials in the court!

If he were discovered, his head would fall off a thousand times!

In this case, he could only arrest the imperial concubine's men first and then let his men secretly destroy the account books.

At Tongguang's command, monks from all around came like a tide.

The monks of the Huguo Temple were all tall and strong, holding wooden sticks, and they surrounded the concubines like a high wall.

Tongguang said with a fake smile: "My Lady, please wait here for a moment. The Huguo Temple will present the account book to you right away."

"I was not allowed to go and get it myself. It seems that there are indeed some unspeakable secrets hidden in the account book." Concubine Lin narrowed her eyes.

The two men confronted each other, the situation became increasingly tense, and an invisible storm was about to break out.