Following the direction Zeng Xiwen pointed, Granny Gan and Granny Wei looked and saw Gao Xiyue and Su Lufu.
Su Lufu was scared, and she secretly tugged at Gao Xiyue's sleeve from below.
Gao Xiyue shook off her hand and gestured with her eyes for her not to be afraid.
Granny Gan asked the two of them, "She says you framed her. Do you have anything to say about that?"
Gao Xiyue said innocently, "How could that be? We didn't do it. We didn't know anything about it. She's just making excuses to cover up her body odor."
Su Lufu chimed in, "Yes, yes, we haven't done that."
Zeng Xiwen screamed, "You're lying! You did it! You, you're jealous of me and you're deliberately framing me!" Of course, Zeng Xiwen couldn't say that she had tampered with Su Lufu's clothes beforehand, which led to this retaliation.
Gao Xiyue laughed and said, "Who said we're jealous of you? What do you have to be jealous of?" Then she seemed to remember something, "Oh! I forgot, I can't compare to your scent."
Zeng Xiwen said, "What did you say! Do you believe I'll tear your face apart?"
“Come on!” Gao Xiyue said.
Zeng Xiwen rushed at Gao Xiyue, and the two began to fight. The other women quickly moved away to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
Granny Gan said, "What are you doing! Let me go."
Su Lufu was terrified. She quickly tried to pull Gao Xiyue away, but neither of them would give in, and no matter what they said, neither would let go of the other.
Granny Gan got angry. She summoned several eunuchs and pointed at Zeng Xiwen and Gao Xiyue, saying, "Pull those two apart."
The two, even after separating, continued to shout at each other, resulting in a stalemate.
Unable to reach an agreement, Granny Wei had no choice but to separate the three of them from the others. After everyone else had been checked, Granny Wei personally checked each of the three of them.
The examination revealed that Zeng Xiwen indeed did not have any body odor or similar problems. Granny Wei, being an experienced old woman who had seen many such cases, discussed with Granny Gan, "This Zeng Xiwen doesn't have body odor; it seems someone is deliberately trying to harm her."
Granny Gan nodded and said, "It seems so, but whether it's Gao Xiyue or not is unknown."
Granny Wei said, "Even if it wasn't her, this matter is still related to her. She started harming people when she was a candidate for the imperial concubines. It seems that Gao Xiyue is very scheming!"
Granny Gan said, "And there's that Su Lufu. She looks frail, but people's hearts are unpredictable. Maybe this idea came from her."
Granny Wei agreed.
Granny Gan then asked, "How do you plan to handle this matter?"
Wei Mama said, "Let's go to Changchun Palace and report to the Imperial Concubine, and let her decide how to handle it."
Granny Wei suspected that someone was deliberately targeting Zeng Xiwen. Therefore, she went to Changchun Palace to report this to Lanqin.
She sent all the young ladies back to their residences, then ordered someone to keep an eye on Gao Xiyue and the other two, and then went directly to Changchun Palace.
Lanqin was drinking tea in the room when she heard from Baoqin that Granny Wei had arrived.
"Let her in," Lanqin said.
Granny Wei knelt before Lanqin, who asked, "Why are you here? How's the talent show going?"
Granny Wei said, "Your Highness, something happened during the selection of concubines today, and I don't know how to handle it, so I came to report to you."
Lanqin asked, "What happened that made you come all this way?"
After listening, Granny Wei told Lanqin everything that had happened that day.
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