It was indeed they who set up this scheme, killing someone with a borrowed knife.
However, it was not Ran who was used to kill Tu Qingyu, but Tu Qingyu who was used to kill Ran.
Let’s test again to find out Tu Qingyu’s true position in the emperor’s heart.
They wanted to confirm whether the favors Tu Qingyu received were because of the life-saving grace or because the emperor really cared about him.
Now it is certain that it is more than just a life-saving grace.
If it was really just a life-saving favor, His Majesty would never spend so much time on it.
After all, the emperor was fickle, and he would feel that a life-saving favor and a high position would almost offset the favor.
It will never be like this now. The news just came out an hour ago and the emperor has already found out everything.
"Heh." Zhao Xiuyi sneered, "Probing? What's there to test?"
Such temptation makes them seem really ridiculous.
There have been more brutal fights in the palace in the past.
The emperor always stands at the highest position. He never bothers to find any evidence. He will believe whoever has evidence to prove his innocence.
How could he have any sincerity towards these women in the harem?
"It's alright, madam." Concubine Wang patted the back of her hand. "At least we got rid of Ran."
In the past, when the Ran family had not yet fallen into decline, Ran entered the palace as a concubine. She had no idea how much she had suffered at the hands of the other party at that time.
The Ran family fell into decline, but the other party was pregnant again.
She climbed up step by step from the lowest concubine to where she is today, but this is just the starting point for others.
Fortunately, I have finally gotten rid of all my anger today.
"Yes." Zhao Xiuyi lowered her head and looked at her belly. "It's just a child. I will have children too."
In this farce, the princess became the only victim and Concubine De Xue Zhiyao became the only beneficiary.
She took the child back to her palace, and all the wet nurses and palace maids were rearranged.
"Sister, she looks so small. Can we take good care of her?" Deng Caiwei lay on the couch and looked at the little third princess with curiosity in her eyes.
Xue Zhiyao: "With so many wet nurses and palace maids, and an aunt like you, how could they not be able to raise the baby well?"
Deng Caiwei's beautiful eyes narrowed into a small crescent, "It's only because I have my sister as my mother that she can raise me well."
She propped herself up and took a sip of the milk tea on the small table, then continued, "That Ran Daixuan is truly cruel. How could he have the heart to kill his own child?"
"She was tricked by Zhao Xiuyi and Wang Jieyu." She thought she was the hunter, but in fact, she was the prey.
"That Tu Zhaoyi seems to be very powerful."
"Yes." Xue Zhiyao nodded. "She is not someone to be trifled with. Just looking at how she can manipulate the emperor, we can only make friends, not enemies."
Deng Caiwei propped up her head and muttered, "The emperor really treats her very well."
"What's wrong?" Xue Zhiyao glanced over, "Are you sad? Weiwei, if you want to win favor..."
"Sister." Deng Caiwei interrupted her, "Why should I be sad? I don't like the emperor. What they are fighting for is only status and position in the palace, wealth and honor, but I don't need that."
"It's good to have a sister." She said it as a matter of course, "I have a good family background, so I will be a concubine when I enter the palace. My sister will temporarily hold the phoenix seal and take charge of the six palace affairs. Even if I don't have the emperor's favor, I can live a good life in this palace."
"Let's talk and chat together. Now that we have a little princess, are we still worried about having a hard time?"
"I'm glad you think this way." Xue Zhiyao nodded with relief. "In this palace, favor is ultimately too illusory. We have family background, so there's no need to fight for it. As long as we don't get in the way of His Majesty, we can live a good life."
"Wait until the future..." She lowered her eyes and thought deeply.
"Waiting for what in the future?" Deng Caiwei asked.
She leaned over and lowered her voice, "Looking at this trend, it's possible that Concubine Tu will become the Empress in the future. As long as we don't make enemies with her, we can live peacefully in this harem until old age."
Hearing that she was going to take over the palace, Deng Caiwei's eyes widened, "But she..."
"Yes, she was born the daughter of a minor official, but it is precisely because she is the daughter of a minor official that it is more likely." She looked at the spring scenery outside the window, her eyes deep. "Have you seen our status changed in the years since we entered the palace?"
The Deng family is a family of civil officials. Mr. Deng has many students and mentors all over the world. However, it happened that this person who holds the right to speak among scholars all over the world married into her Xue family.
Not to mention her Duke Zhenguo Mansion, which holds the military power of 200,000 troops.
No matter how much they say, outsiders will not believe that Deng Caiwei's sister and her brother are in love.
In order to avoid making His Majesty wary, didn't her father ever think of breaking up the couple?
Unfortunately, this blow almost took the lives of two people.
Fortunately, their family is indeed loyal, and His Majesty is indeed a wise ruler, so he is not overly wary of them.
It is also because Your Majesty has her own means and has supported many civil and military officials over the years. In this court, it is not just the Xue and Deng families that are invincible.
But that’s all. It’s absolutely impossible for either of these two families to produce a queen.
Deng Caiwei also thought about this, "I understand. I hope this lady is not someone who is difficult to get along with."
"Don't worry, if she is difficult to get along with, or if she doesn't want to get along with us, I wouldn't do this favor today." This woman is really smart.
Si Chao and Tu Qingyu were silent all the way back to the palace.
It wasn't until he entered Fengyi Palace and sat down to drink a cup of tea that he spoke carefully, "I was wrong about what happened today."
"It wasn't you who did it, why are you admitting your fault?" She leaned lazily on the couch, her face full of fatigue.
"It's me who didn't think highly of the Ran family."
"Is this entirely her fault?"
"No, this is a conspiracy between the Zhao and Wang families."
"So you knew?"
“You can tell at a glance.”
This was the environment he grew up in, and in his opinion, the methods of those concubines were too immature.
He looked at Tu Qingyu, who had no expression on her face, feeling unsure. He moved over and held her hand.
"I know this harem struggle is really annoying, but Qingyu, I won't let you leave." He applied more force to his hands, "As long as you don't leave, I can do whatever you want.
I promise that this won’t happen again.”
He will arrange secret guards and he is confident that he can protect the people.
There is only this pure white around him, and he will never let anyone leave even if he dies.
"I see." She pulled her hand away. "Apart from the Imperial Garden, is there anything else fun to do in the palace? I'm bored."
Si Chao was overjoyed that she was willing to make a request.
"Yes, I'll have someone arrange a polo match later." He grinned. "You can either play or just watch from the stands."
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