The following day, Lanqin went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to request an audience with the Emperor. She couldn't rest easy until the matter of Lady Fucha was resolved.
Lanqin followed Su Peisheng into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The Fourth Prince was engrossed in reviewing memorials. Lanqin stepped forward to pay her respects, "Your Majesty, this concubine greets you!" The Fourth Prince looked up and saw Lanqin. His eyes were full of smiles. He rose from behind his desk, walked to Lanqin's side, and helped her up with his hand. "My beloved concubine, please rise."
Normally, Lanqin would go to Changchun Palace by herself, and rarely came to the front court. The Fourth Prince thought something had happened and asked anxiously, "Qin'er, do you have something to ask me?"
Lanqin nodded, considering how to tell the Emperor. Lanqin knew that although the Fourth Prince favored her, she and Lady Fucha were still imperial concubines and could not be dealt with arbitrarily.
"Your Majesty, I have come today to discuss the matter of Lady Fucha."
Fourth Master frowned. Had Lady Fucha been causing trouble again? "What little tricks has Lady Fucha been up to lately?" Lan Qin took out a sachet of seductive medicine and handed it to Fourth Master. Fourth Master opened the sachet and saw the powdered medicine inside. "What's this?"
"Your Majesty, this drug is called the Soul-Hooking Drug, something that makes a man lose his mind. It was found in Consort Sun's possession." As a man, the Fourth Prince naturally knew from the drug's purpose that Consort Sun intended to use it on him, and he was furious. "How dare you! A mere Consort Sun, how could she have such thoughts? Where is she now?"
"Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. Consort Sun is currently imprisoned in the Censorate, but in fact, the real mastermind is someone else!" Lan Qin added.
The Fourth Prince was furious. How could someone in this small harem scheme against him like this?
Lanqin glanced at the Fourth Master and continued, "The real mastermind is Lady Fucha!" Lanqin told the Fourth Master the whole story.
The Fourth Prince was taken aback. He knew that Lady Fucha had always behaved improperly, but he never expected that she would do something so outrageous.
"How dare you! It's Lady Fucha again! I have been so tolerant of her all this time, and not only is she ungrateful, she dares to challenge my bottom line!" the Fourth Prince said.
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, with both witnesses and physical evidence, there's nothing more to say." After returning to the Dragon Case Office, Fourth Master wrote something on a piece of paper.
After finishing writing, the Fourth Prince summoned Su Peisheng and instructed him to handle the matter concerning Lady Fucha.
Lanqin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lanqin, come to my side." The Fourth Prince's voice was weary. Lanqin quickly walked to the Fourth Prince's side, and the Fourth Prince raised his arm and embraced Lanqin.
Lanqin tried to break free, "Your Majesty, this is the Hall of Mental Cultivation..." The Fourth Prince tightened his grip, holding Lanqin even more tightly.
Lanqin thought that the Fourth Prince must have been worried about the border issues these days, and now there was the matter of Lady Fucha. She hugged the Fourth Prince back.
Su Peisheng arrived at the prison with the Emperor's edict and found Fucha's location. "The edict has arrived!" Fucha, dressed in white with disheveled hair, knelt on the ground, thinking to herself, "The Emperor's edict... does this mean I can't escape death?"
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decreed that Fucha was plotting treason, and therefore a white silk ribbon was bestowed upon her, and her body was returned to her family and not placed in the imperial mausoleum."
The eunuch opened the cell door, and Su Peisheng went in and looked at the disheveled Fucha woman, saying, "Fucha woman, please come in!"
After saying that, Su Peisheng threw a white silk ribbon to her.
Lady Fucha grabbed Su Peisheng's trouser leg and cried out, "Eunuch Su, Eunuch Su... I want to see the Emperor, please... take me to see the Emperor." Lady Fucha's face was panicked, her eyes were red, and she cried out that she wanted to see the Emperor.
Su Peisheng looked at Fucha with impatience, "Don't even think about it. This is the Emperor's order. Just do as he says!"
Empress Fucha couldn't believe the Emperor could be so heartless. She stumbled to her feet and tried to rush out, but Su Peisheng quickly ordered two eunuchs to stop her. Empress Fucha bit and hit, cried and laughed, completely delirious, muttering, "I am a reborn person, I know the future, I want to see the Emperor..."
Seeing that Lady Fucha was in such a mad state, Su Peisheng ordered his men to take out the white silk and strangle her to death. Before she died, Lady Fucha uttered the name Lanqin...
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