Concubine Li fainted because she saw that she had given birth to a monster. When she woke up, it was already the third day. After waking up, she didn't want to open her eyes at all.
Will she be banished to the cold palace by His Majesty?
When Concubine Li thought about losing the favor of His Majesty, she felt dizzy and her whole life was hopeless.
As for the children?
What does that monster care about?
It was all because of that monster that she became ugly when she was pregnant, and His Majesty favored another woman.
It was so painful to give birth, and the result was a little monster.
Concubine Li was full of resentment towards the child. If it weren't for this monster, how could she have ended up in such a situation?
Her family was just a fifth-rank official, and although her parents doted on her, she was not living a life of luxury.
Only after entering the palace, she was favored by His Majesty, and in a short period of time she was promoted from a small Baolin to a Jieyushi, and then to a concubine.
She enjoyed the wealth, splendor, fine clothes and delicious food in the palace, and she really didn't want to spend the rest of her life in the cold palace.
"My lady, are you awake?"
Concubine Li's maid came in to check on her master. Seeing that her eyes were closed but rolling around and her expression was very rich, she asked hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. His Majesty has discovered that Xiao Zhaoyi and the others framed you, and you have not fallen out of favor." The head palace maid seemed to know what Concubine Li was thinking and quickly told her.
Concubine Li suddenly opened her eyes. "Are you telling the truth? I haven't been banished to the cold palace?"
The senior palace maid nodded.
Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief, then she remembered what the head maid had just said. She widened her eyes and asked, "You said that bitch Xiao Zhaoyi framed me?"
Although Concubine Li was favored, she was not a gentle and virtuous person, so when she faced Xiao Zhaoyi, a concubine of lower rank than her, she was very arrogant.
She has always disliked other women in the harem, and the one she disliked the most was of course Queen Mo, who occupied the position of His Majesty's wife.
But she does not have the ability to dethrone Queen Mo yet, so she can only target other concubines.
She didn't expect Xiao Zhaoyi to be so vicious and actually frame her.
"You said that Concubine Xiao framed me. Does that mean that I didn't give birth to a monster?" Concubine Li asked, grabbing the hand of the head palace maid.
The head maid nodded again, "Yes, my lady, you gave birth to a little princess, not that monster."
"That monster is a deformed child brought by Xiao Zhaoyi and the others to frame you." The senior palace maid explained.
"Okay, I knew it... I knew it..." Concubine Li felt relieved.
Very good.
She didn't give birth to a monster.
Although it was a princess instead of a prince, it is better to give birth to a princess than a monster.
"I will not let that bitch Xiao go!" Concubine Li said with a ferocious expression.
Although she is not very smart, she has been in the palace for two years and she is not completely clueless.
If Xiao Zhaoyi dared to frame her, she would retaliate.
"Your Majesty, there's no need for you to intervene. His Majesty has confined Consort Xiao to Xingyun Palace," the head maid reassured her mistress. "The entire Xiao family has also been imprisoned."
"Imprisoned? Everyone in the Xiao family is imprisoned?" Concubine Li was surprised to hear this, "Your Majesty actually cares about me so much..."
Your Majesty really loves her so much that he would do this for her.
For her, even Xiao Zhaoyi's family was imprisoned. If this isn't true love, what is?
Humph, Queen Mo only took advantage of her prominent family background and the fact that she married Your Majesty early, so she occupied the throne of Queen.
It doesn’t matter. His Majesty loves her the most, and he will definitely give her the position of queen in the future.
Humph, let that woman Mo occupy it for now. When she gives birth to a prince, Your Majesty will definitely let Mo return the throne that belongs to her.
It's all her parents' fault for not giving birth to her earlier. If her parents had given birth to her ten years earlier, the throne would have been hers.
Concubine Li thought confidently.
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Wushuang in Qinzheng Hall of course also knew that his adopted mother had woken up and also knew what she was thinking.
When she learned that Concubine Li had such a wild idea that she was Zhou Yunhuang's true love and would become the queen in the future, she did not comment.
Let her think whatever she wants, as long as it doesn't affect her mission.
The Xiao family's affairs soon came to a conclusion.
The Zhou family did annex land, and even harmed the common people in order to annex the land, killing many people.
The women they captured to "produce" placenta, as well as the children they aborted, all brought disgrace upon them.
Of course, apart from these charges, the Xiao family did not have any other charges such as treason that could lead to the execution of nine generations of the family.
But even so, the culprit who forced women to give birth to children and got purple river carts for them to offer to Xiao Zhaoyi was exiled three thousand miles away.
Xiao Zhaoyi's brother, who occupied the common people's land and forced them to death, was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.
Two-thirds of the Xiao family’s property was confiscated, and the land they occupied was also taken over by the national treasury. Of course, after statistics, it was returned to the original owners who were still alive, and the rest of the ownerless land naturally returned to the national treasury.
The Xiao family was defeated overnight. Although the entire family was not executed or exiled, they were doomed to fail after this disaster.
Of course, Xiao Zhaoyi in the harem also waited for her verdict.
She framed Concubine Li and condoned her family's evil deeds, and was demoted to Baolin and sent to the cold palace.
This was because she gave birth to the Sixth Prince, otherwise she might have been sentenced to death like her brother.
Xiao Baolin was banished to the cold palace, and her son, the Sixth Prince, of course could not go with her. Zhou Yunhuang arranged for him to live in the prince's residence.
The princes of the Great Zhou lived with their mothers until they were twelve years old, and would only move to the prince's residence after they were twelve years old.
When they turn fifteen, they can go to their fiefdom to be enfeoffed.
The sixth prince Zhou Cong was only four years old. He originally lived with his mother in Xingyun Palace. However, his mother got into trouble, so he moved into the prince's residence early.
You know, even the eldest prince still lives with his mother and has not moved to the prince's residence to live alone.
Xiao Zhaoyi was banished to the cold palace, and Lu Zhaoyuan was of course also demoted. She was demoted from Zhaoyuan to Cairen, dropping three levels in one go.
This time, the incident of Concubine Li giving birth to a daughter led to the demote of both Xiao Zhaoyi and Lu Zhaoyuan, but Concubine De was perfectly hidden.
Even though Lu Ping knew from Wushuang's thoughts that Concubine De was also involved in this matter, he could not find out what Concubine De did, so Zhou Yunhuang could not do anything to her.
But Zhou Yunhuang also became more wary of Concubine De.
There is actually such a master in his harem, who does things so perfectly that he can't find any evidence. How can this not be scary?
Zhou Yunhuang did not do anything to Concubine De, but he did not favor her as much as usual. After all, he was the emperor, and no one else could interfere with who he favored.
There are so many women in the harem. Although none of them can compare to Concubine Li's appearance, there are many who are prettier than Concubine De.
Therefore, it was not surprising that Zhou Yunhuang favored other concubines and neglected Concubine De. Concubine De also did not suspect that Zhou Yunhuang knew that she was also involved in the "Cat Substituted for the Prince" incident.
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