How can you fight alone in the palace?
Naturally, the more helpers the better.
Wen Guiren took the initiative to surrender, and Su Wanti, knowing her character, gladly accepted it.
Now, inside the palace, Qingye and Ye Zi are keeping an eye on the dynamics of each palace for her, and outside the palace, Ye Zi's cousin from her aunt's family and Dingxiang and Shancha who stayed in the Su Mansion are working for her.
However, cousin Ye Zi is an ordinary merchant, and the two little girls are slaves in the Su Mansion. They have low status and limited circles of contacts, so they cannot find out the news in the officialdom.
Then Lady Wen will come in handy.
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On the third day, Chi Liangdi brought a small package to see the imperial concubine.
"Have you found out?" The imperial concubine asked lightly, leaning on the couch.
"Your Majesty, we have found out, look!" Chi Liangdi had a mysterious expression on her face and opened the cloth bag she was carrying.
When I opened a corner of the cloth bag, a stuffy smell of urine hit me in the face.
The imperial concubine frowned, covered her mouth and nose, looked away, and said with disdain:
"You actually managed to get it here. You're quite capable."
Chi Liangdi continued her movements and whispered:
"I asked someone to buy wheat seeds and spent some money to bribe the maid in the outer palace of Yufu Palace. The maid brought the things here yesterday, and I soaked the wheat seeds last night."
"Your Highness, look, none of these wheat seeds have sprouted."
The imperial concubine then turned her gaze to the cloth bag.
The cloth bag had been completely opened, and dozens of light brown wheat seeds were placed in the middle of the plain cotton cloth.
These seeds have been soaked in water and have swelled up, but the white germ has not appeared at the top of the wheat.
The imperial concubine's eyes lit up, she covered her nose and hummed:
"The wheat hasn't sprouted? According to what you say back home, that means you're not pregnant!"
Chi Liangdi nodded.
"Your Highness, Concubine Su is so bold! She even faked a pregnancy to win favor and deceive His Majesty!"
The imperial concubine sneered, "How could she be so bold? How could she dare to do such a thing to deceive His Majesty? I think it must have been the Queen's idea."
"Then should we do something? If we wait until she gives birth to a little prince, wouldn't that make her more famous?"
Chi Liangdi didn't want Su Wanti to be favored, and she didn't want Su Wanti to give birth to a royal heir smoothly and step on her head.
The imperial concubine lowered her eyes and remained silent for a moment.
Chi Liangdi was calculating in her heart. She wanted to use the Imperial Concubine to get rid of Su Wanti. Seeing that the Imperial Concubine didn't say anything, she turned her eyes and whispered:
"Your Highness, the Emperor already favors Concubine Su. If her plan succeeds, she'll have the Emperor's heir by her side. Sooner or later, her position will be higher than yours!"
The imperial concubine clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand, and asked, "What good ideas do you have?"
Seeing that the Imperial Concubine was unwilling to give in, Chi Liangdi said, "Why don't we find a way to expose Concubine Su's conspiracy?"
The imperial concubine's eyes moved, and the corners of her lips curled slightly.
"We must find a way to make the truth known to the world. We cannot allow the royal bloodline to be confused."
"Your Highness, I have a plan."
The imperial concubine looked at Chi Liangdi and smiled faintly, "You are quite clever, coming up with ideas one after another. What ideas do you have this time?"
Chi Liangdi smiled obediently, "When I work for the Empress, I dare not be careless."
She came closer and began to explain in detail.
Half an hour later, Chi Liangdi left.
Chi Liangdi returned to her residence and called her personal maid, "Come here and take care of this. Do it cleanly and don't leave any traces."
She took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve and handed it to her personal maid.
The maid saw the small cloth bag and looked terrified. She said carefully:
"My lady, if the Imperial Concubine finds out in the future that this item doesn't belong to Concubine Su, and that we just took some from the spring to trick her, will she retaliate against you, my lady?"
Chi Liangdi looked down at her nails and snorted coldly:
"What will happen if she finds out? Let's do it cleanly and put the blame on her. She won't be able to explain herself even if she wants to. Besides, she once harmed Concubine Su and caused her to fall into the water. The whole palace knows about it. When we went to pay our respects to the Queen, she was quite dissatisfied with Concubine Su and her words were very offensive."
"She has a grudge against Concubine Su and always targets her. Anyone with a discerning eye can see this. If Concubine Su had a miscarriage, she would be the most likely suspect."
When Chi Liangdi first entered the palace, she had the highest rank among the newcomers and was the first to serve the emperor in bed, but now, Su Wanti is the most favored.
She was unwilling to give up and tried some tricks to win favor, but failed. As time went on, her resentment overwhelmed her rationality.
She began to think of some crooked ways to deal with Su Wanti.
This time, Su Wanti was pregnant. Chi Liangdi was so jealous that her eyes turned red and she couldn't bear it anymore.
On the day Su Wanti was diagnosed with pregnancy, she saw the suspicion in the imperial concubine's eyes and came up with a way to get rid of Su Wanti.
She first deepened the imperial concubine's suspicion that Su Wanti was pregnant, and then told her a folk method in her hometown to test whether a woman was pregnant.
If the imperial concubine believed it, she would show her the ungerminated wheat seeds, making her think that Su Wanti was not pregnant.
The imperial concubine has always been at odds with Su Wanti, and she is impatient, so she will definitely find a way to expose Su Wanti's "fake pregnancy".
But the imperial concubine definitely doesn't want to do it herself, so she will let her do it.
Chi Liangdi's eyes darkened and she smiled coldly.
Then don't blame her for being ruthless. By then, she will find a way to abort Su Wanti's pregnancy and let the imperial concubine take the blame.
And she herself is clean, with no blood on her hands, isn't that beautiful?
"By the way, have you bought all the herbs I asked you to buy?" Chi Liangdi asked her personal maid.
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