Mo Qin frowned, and seeing that he couldn't get any information out of her, he had to put the matter aside for the time being.
Only after Concubine Shu and the babies disappeared in the hall did everyone gradually come to their senses.
Concubine Xiang leaned sickly in the emperor's arms, touching her abdomen with her weak hand.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't do those things. I don't know why the demon exorcists want to slander me. I'm worried..."
Concubine Xiang paused for two seconds, her brows furrowed.
"I can take good care of the child myself. I also hope that Your Majesty will prevent these demon exorcists from appearing before me."
First she was frightened, and then the deceased was brought out to slander her as the murderer. It was not excessive for her to make this request.
The emperor readily agreed, "Very good! I will definitely not let them appear in front of you. My beloved, please go back to your room and rest. Leave this to me!"
Concubine Xiang was reluctant. She glanced at Mo Qin and the others, but still didn't want to leave until she heard them being driven away.
What else could the emperor do? He could only wave his hand and said, "Come here, send these Taoist priests back."
The eunuch standing by immediately stepped forward and gestured to the door, "Young Taoist priests, please come in."
Concubine Xiang watched them leave with a gloomy look, obviously very dissatisfied.
Of course, Mo Qin and the others were not sent out of the palace, but were sent back to their residence.
The emperor saw the dead concubine and the stillborn child with his own eyes, and he also believed that Mo Qin and others did have some abilities.
As a man, and an emperor at that, he certainly hoped to have many sons and grandsons and an outstanding heir in the future.
He didn't believe that Concubine Xiang was the murderer, nor did he think that Mo Qin and the others would deliberately slander Concubine Xiang.
There is no grudge between us, so it doesn't make sense.
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After this episode, I definitely can’t go to the harem to investigate today.
After returning to her residence, Mo Qin asked:
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Mo Qin's gaze wandered between Jiang Yisheng and Yao Yao.
Jiang Yisheng glanced at Mo Qin and felt aggrieved.
He is obviously the senior brother, why does Mo Qin speak to him in such a tone?
"Those concubines in the harem insulted me and Yao Yao for no reason and even tried to hit us. I just punished them slightly. One of them accidentally fell into the water, and unexpectedly, Concubine Xiang fainted from fright."
Jiang Yisheng picked out the key points and said that he didn't want to talk about it in detail, then he started to change the subject.
"What about you? What happened to that woman? Was it really Concubine Xiang who did it?"
Mo Qin felt strange after hearing what Jiang Yisheng said.
Jiang Yisheng always talks about kindness. No matter how you think about it, he shouldn't be the kind of person who would easily conflict with others or fight with them.
Shouldn't I say a few words about this first?
Mo Qin asked some more details and Jiang Yisheng answered.
"Junior sister, do you think I was too impulsive today?"
"You don't know what they said about Yaoyao! They even wanted to hit someone..."
Jiang Yisheng didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He didn't want Yao Yao to suffer any injustice.
More than just an impulse?
There's something wrong with those concubines!
How could he just rush up and beat someone up when he saw them? He must be taking drugs.
Concubine Xiang was also present. Could it be that she was the one who instigated this incident? If so, why was Jiang Yisheng completely unaware of it?
Combined with her subsequent actions, it is very likely that Concubine Xiang wanted to get rid of them.
There was something wrong with Jiang Yisheng too. In order to protect Yao Yao, he obviously took actions that were inconsistent with his character.
This is most likely Yao Yao's fault. Compared to Jiang Yisheng's eagerness to protect her, Mo Qin is more inclined to believe that Yao Yao used some means to manipulate and influence Jiang Yisheng.
When a person cannot control his emotions, no matter how smart he is, he will only do stupid things.
When people later realize they did something wrong, are there more people who reflect on why they behaved that way, or are there more people who try to make excuses and shift the blame?
Mo Qin stopped there, after all, she didn't have any definite evidence at the moment.
"Brother, you are not an impulsive person. No matter how domineering those concubines are, they won't just come up and hit people."
Jiang Yisheng pursed his lips and gave up the thought of defending himself.
"Are you saying that what happened just now is suspicious? Do you think it has something to do with Concubine Xiang?"
After hearing what Mo Qin said, Jiang Yisheng also became a little skeptical.
But Mo Qin was not present, so what she said was undoubtedly a question of her own ability.
With him present, it was not only that so many people were bewitched by the monster, but they actually didn't even notice it afterwards.
"Yaoyao and I were both there, and we didn't notice anything wrong."
Yao Yao rubbed her skirt with her fingers on her legs. "I really didn't find anything. Sister Mo, could you have made a mistake?"
They met two concubines who had lost their children and asked a few questions. The one who was with Concubine Xiang happened to be the third one, and unexpectedly, something happened to her.
Reason told her that there might indeed be something wrong here, but she didn't want them to delve into the matter too deeply. With different reasons, Yao Yao and Jiang Yisheng agreed.
Mo Qin glanced at Feng Jun, who shrugged his shoulders, looking as if he was not involved.
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By the way, this is not her main task!
"Junior sister, should we ask that Concubine Shu first?"
The deceased Concubine Shu had already passed away, so of course they had to ensure the safety of the witnesses before finding out the truth, so Concubine Shu and the babies were also brought here.
At this time, Concubine Shu had obviously calmed down.
She sat in the formation on the ground, with several babies surrounding her, some of whom were climbing on her.
Shufei was holding only one baby in her arms, and that was her biological child. The rest were babies that were killed by other concubines.
Perhaps because Concubine Shu died of childbirth, she had a maternal aura, so the children liked her particularly and regarded her as their mother.
Concubine Shu tried hard to recall, but still could not recall any useful details.
The reason why she insisted that Concubine Xiang was the murderer was that only after her death did she discover that Concubine Xiang was different from what she thought, and that there was something about Concubine Xiang that frightened her.
"Believe me, Concubine Xiang is really the murderer. There must be something wrong with her!"
"If she were an ordinary person, how could I not even be able to enter her palace!"
She wanted to go into Concubine Xiang's palace to take a look, but something blocked her and she couldn't get in.
Jiang Yisheng's face was solemn:
"We can't even enter the harem now, let alone Concubine Xiang's palace."
If it is true as speculated that there is something wrong with Concubine Xiang, it would be difficult for them to sneak in secretly.
If I get caught red-handed, I won’t be able to explain myself.
"Hey, it looks like you caught something interesting."
Song Tan suddenly appeared with his hands in his pockets, a smile on his face, as if he had just come back from hanging out outside.
Song Tan found an empty seat and sat down. He poured himself some tea while looking at Concubine Shu.
After a while, an irrelevant sentence came out.
"I heard that you were almost kicked out of the palace today?"
Jiang Yisheng's face turned pale. "Uncle Master, how did you know that?"
Song Tan glanced at him sideways, as if he understood everything.
Mo Qin was not surprised that Song Tan had put something on Jiang Yisheng, a small paper man.
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