"Noble Lady Yi was poisoned. Are you really unaware of this?"
Xiangpin shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. If it weren't for the order from the virtuous concubine, why would I have sent snacks to Yi Guiren?"
Xiangpin cleared herself of all charges at this moment, and her words and actions reflected the intentions of Concubine Xian.
"However, a few nights ago, I couldn't sleep and heard the palace maids discussing Concubine Yi's pregnancy under the eaves..."
"What are you talking about?"
The emperor was furious and slammed the table.
"They were saying that Noble Lady Yi's child came at an inopportune time, and that I was worse than a new noble lady who had just entered the palace and couldn't bear a child."
Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry again, Xiangpin said tactfully, "Your Majesty, the palace maid who made irresponsible remarks about the master has been arrested by me."
"Bring it up."
The emperor is a smart man, so he naturally knows that Xiangpin would not mention this for no reason.
The innocent girl who was punished to pick red beans is no longer innocent after all.
The people who were brought up were two little palace maids.
"Who taught you to talk about the master like that back then?"
The two palace maids shook their heads like rattles and refused to admit anything. They just said that they made a mistake and no one instructed them to do so.
Xiangpin said in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, these two palace maids, one was sent by the Consort Xian not long ago, and the other was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs half a month ago."
"They are also in charge of the small kitchen."
Once you know the origin, it will be easier to investigate.
After a while, Wang Zhonglu came back.
"Your Majesty, the one sent here by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the one that Consort Xian committed a crime and was expelled from the palace."
What else is there to say? The two palace maids are from the virtuous concubine's palace and work in the small kitchen.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we servants were only following orders to gossip, and we did not harm Noble Lady Yi!"
The two maids kept kowtowing, making loud bangs and their foreheads were all red.
"To murder the heir to the throne is to be cut into pieces!"
After much difficulty, another concubine became pregnant, but before she even became pregnant, someone tried to murder her.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I really didn't poison Concubine Yi!"
The two maids also understood at this time. They just wanted to provoke Concubine Zhang and use Concubine Xiang to harm others, but they didn't expect that the blame would be put on them.
No wonder, no wonder Xiangpin asked them to work in the small kitchen.
The maidservant, who had figured it out, hated Xiangpin at this moment.
"I deserve death, but are you innocent, Madam Xiangpin?
Don't you also hate Consort Yi? If you kill this servant, will you be able to rest easy?
Even if Concubine Yi gave birth to a royal heir, it would not be your turn to raise him!"
This maid is crazy.
Since there is no way out, let's just kill it quickly. One of the maids said this and bumped into Xiangpin's stomach. Xiangpin was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground.
Like a village bull bumping into someone.
After bumping into the person, the maid ran into the pillar without hesitation, her head was bleeding, and she died on the spot.
The other maid was so scared that she didn't expect this to happen.
"Quick! Hold her down!"
Wang Zhonglu came to his senses and quickly ordered his men to kill the remaining maid. If she died, there would be no evidence!
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!"
"If you want to live, why don't you explain clearly?"
The maid was almost scared to death. The person who had been eating with her just now was gone now?
"Your Majesty, all of this was ordered by Sister Feicui. I did whatever she told me to do. I don't know anything else! Your Majesty, please spare me!"
The maid who died by hitting her head was named Feicui, and she had a hot temper.
"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of harming Noble Lady Yi. I am childless, and while I may feel jealous and envious, I absolutely have no intention of harming anyone!"
Because I love the emperor and want to give birth to a prince for him, but I don’t have this blessing.
If His Majesty is happy, I am happy too. If it was my fault that the jade was taken, she wouldn't have scolded or beaten me."
Xiangpin knelt on the ground and explained while enduring the pain in her stomach.
With Feicui's death, she can basically get away.
After waiting for a long time, the virtuous concubine finally arrived.
As the imperial concubine who holds the Phoenix Seal in the palace, she should have rushed to the scene as soon as something happened. The emperor was very dissatisfied with her.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late. The Second Princess suddenly started coughing, and I was really worried."
No matter what happens, the second princess is her reason, after all, these are her only two children!
"Xianfei, do you know this palace maid?"
The emperor pointed at the corpse on the ground and ordered people to remove the white cloth covering it.
"ah!"
The virtuous concubine was frightened and immediately realized that the truth had been revealed, but she had not harmed anyone.
"Your Majesty, this is the jadeite that originally belonged to my palace, but I sent it to Xiangpin's palace long before."
"How could she die? Could it be that Xiangpin poisoned the servants?"
The virtuous concubine turned the tables and Xiangpin wanted to rush up and tear her face apart.
"You still dare to deny it! This palace maid confessed before she died. Concubine Xian, I asked you to take over the Phoenix Seal, and this is how you handle things?
To murder the heir to the throne and frame the concubines?"
Xianfei was really panicking at this moment. Didn't she just send someone to make trouble for Xiangpin? How did it escalate to murdering the imperial heir?
"Your Majesty! I don't have any! Everything I sent to Concubine Yi's palace has been inspected."
As long as she didn't do it, nothing would happen!
But she forgot that as long as she has the intention to harm others, she will be exploited by others.
"Your Majesty, it was you who instructed me to take good care of Concubine Yi." Concubine Xiang said firmly.
"Yes, Noble Lady Yi is pregnant with the royal heir. You are the head of the Acacia Palace and should take care of her."
"Hmph! That's enough!"
The emperor roared.
"Do you really have to make it clear to me?
You deliberately sent people to instigate Xiangpin, and poisoned the snacks when Xiangpin sent them to deliver them to Yi Guiren. Feicui has confessed, and the rest of this statement was instigated by Feicui.
There is no evidence to prove your mistake, Concubine Xian, I never knew you were so cruel.
Did I once have a child, and was it also made disappear by your means?"
When the emperor suspects someone, it is completely groundless and depends entirely on his mood.
The virtuous concubine was regretting so much at this moment. She must have been tricked by Xiangpin this time!
"Xiangpin, you hurt me!"
Xiangpin huddled aside and begged the emperor to punish her quickly.
The only thing the two had in common was probably that they both regretted that Concubine Yi's child was not dead.
"Xiangpin, you are not strict in your administration and I will be demoted to a concubine. You will be moved out of Xiangsi Palace and relocated to the west side of Mingyue Palace from today."
From a concubine to a maid, it was a terrible fall. From the mistress of a palace to now, she did not hate it.
"I thank the emperor for his grace."
Xiangpin laughed happily. Now the person she missed was no longer her, so it didn't matter whether she stayed or not.
It was all worth it after all the planning, at least I got rid of a virtuous concubine who loved to show off her children.
"Xianfei, you have plotted to murder the heir to the throne and have committed a crime of immorality. You have been stripped of your authority to manage the six palaces—"
"Father——"
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