Lanqin, however, was not buying it and said to herself, "But His Majesty has already entrusted the management of the six palaces to me, so Your Majesty should go back and rest and recover. This is a small matter, so please don't trouble Your Majesty with it."
The Empress was furious and said, "Are you trying to use the Emperor to intimidate me?! Consort Xi, how dare you!"
Lanqin curtsied to the Empress and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. That's not what I meant. I was just stating the facts."
The Empress was furious, but she couldn't vent her anger because what Lanqin said was true. Ever since Hongshi's incident, the Emperor had entrusted Lanqin with the management of the six palaces. Although she knew that Lanqin had orchestrated the whole thing, she couldn't do anything to Lanqin without evidence.
The Empress brushed her sleeves to calm herself down and said, "I can ignore this, but now that Lady Fucha has been cleared of suspicion, shouldn't you release her?"
Lanqin hesitated and said, "Well..." Lanqin knew that without evidence, she couldn't let anyone arrest Fucha. Helpless, Lanqin had no choice but to order Fucha to be released.
Lanqin said to Eunuch Duo, "Eunuch Duo, please release Lady Fucha."
Eunuch Duo released her grip, and Lady Fucha was helped up by her maid. She glared at Lanqin with murderous intent, wishing she could kill her.
Seeing that Lanqin had ordered Fucha to be released, the Empress said to Lanqin, "There's nothing more to do here, you can go back now."
"Your Majesty, would you like to come with me?" Lanqin asked.
"No, thank you," the Empress refused. "I have something to discuss with Lady Fucha."
Lanqin knew that the two of them would definitely be plotting against her behind her back, but she had no choice but to leave first.
Lanqin bowed to the Empress and said, "In that case, I shall take my leave."
Empress Fucha, still shaken by the ordeal, immediately ran to the Empress and knelt down to express her gratitude after Lanqin left.
"Your Majesty, I thank Your Majesty for saving my life!" Empress Fucha said while kowtowing.
Then, with a look of resentment, she said, "I never expected Consort Xi to be so despicable, to come up with such a vicious scheme to frame me. Fortunately, Your Highness arrived in time, otherwise I would have been in grave danger."
The Empress said, "I originally thought that Niohuru would not do anything to frame people, but I did not expect that she would resort to such methods now."
The Empress glanced at Empress Fucha and said, "You are my person, so it is only right that I help you. But I may not be able to help you next time."
Empress Fucha understood the Empress's meaning and hurriedly pledged her loyalty to the Empress with trepidation, "Of course, I will always be loyal to Your Majesty the Empress. I also hope to work with Your Majesty the Empress to get rid of our greatest worry, Consort Xi."
"However," Empress Fucha asked疑惑地, "Why didn't Her Majesty order the investigation to continue? This was a perfect opportunity to bring down Consort Xi!"
The Empress snorted coldly and said, "If Consort Xi were so easy to bring down, I wouldn't have kept her alive until today. She's right. The Emperor has now entrusted her with managing the affairs of the six palaces. Although I am the Empress, I have no right to interfere. So we must find Consort Xi's weakness as soon as possible and try to deliver a fatal blow."
Meanwhile, after Lanqin returned, the palace maids quickly came to greet her and asked, "How did Your Highness's matter go?"
Lanqin said, "Don't even mention it, all our efforts were in vain."
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