"Your Majesty, I understand! Precisely because I understand, I dare not make any rash judgments!"
"Do you know that having an affair with a concubine in the imperial harem is a capital offense punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family?"
"Your Majesty, I understand!"
A person who can disregard the life and death of their entire clan and do such a thing would have had their entire clan wiped out long ago. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so defenseless and willing to risk everything!
"Aren't you afraid of dying if you expose Consort Jin now?"
"Your Majesty, I was originally deeply in love, but now I realize that I have done something monstrous and despicable! I cannot stand by and watch the royal bloodline be defiled in this way, so I confessed everything myself!"
"hehe!"
Suddenly, Consort Xu let out a cold laugh.
"You just said you wanted to be a pair of star-crossed lovers with Consort Jin, but now you say you've come to your senses for the sake of the imperial heir. Such inconsistency between your words and actions shows that your words have no credibility!"
The other concubines looked at each other in bewilderment.
Who in the harem doesn't know Consort Xu's status?
Relying on his family's outstanding military achievements, he didn't even put the Empress in the eyes of the Emperor in the harem!
Not to mention a mere concubine like Consort Jin.
But why is she speaking up for Consort Jin now?
Sun Hai panicked for a few seconds, then immediately spoke.
"I dare not lie. The child in Consort Jin's belly is mine."
Consort Jin immediately stood up: "You're lying!"
Qiuyue immediately helped her up.
The Empress Dowager glanced at Consort Jin.
"Consort Jin, please sit down first, don't disturb the fetus."
The Empress frowned.
Did the Empress Dowager not hear what Sun Hai just said?
The child in Consort Jin's womb is not the Emperor's, so why is the Empress Dowager still protecting the unborn child?
[Your Majesty is wise! She wasn't bewitched by that vile Sun Hai! Your Majesty, you must believe my mother; she truly hasn't been having an affair with anyone. Qianqian is indeed Your Majesty's granddaughter! This is a trap! Your Majesty, you must see through this! Protect my mother!]
The Empress Dowager never believed Sun Hai's one-sided story.
She was no stranger to the tricks of framing people in the harem.
Naturally, she wouldn't arbitrarily dispose of anyone before the facts were clear.
[Mother, you've fallen into a self-justifying trap! The more you deny your innocence, the more others think you're just making things up! Now is not the time to prove your innocence, but to muddy the waters! The more people say you've done something despicable, the more you try to shift the blame onto them, diverting everyone's attention away from you! Once you've stirred up a complete mess, then you can slowly prove your innocence!]
The Empress Dowager and Consort Jin heard these thoughts.
The Empress Dowager was instantly shocked!
Is this really the kind of cunning a fetus would possess?
She's only a five-month-old fetus, yet her scheming is as deep as it was during her palace intrigues!
The Empress Dowager was also framed in the same way back then.
The Empress Dowager single-handedly shifted everyone's attention to the concubine who framed her. The concubine immediately became full of holes and her words were incoherent. She eventually admitted that she was the one who orchestrated the framing.
The Empress Dowager, of course, knew how to help Consort Jin.
But she wanted to see first how her little granddaughter would devise a plan for Consort Jin while still in her mother's womb to prove her innocence!
After each death, Ye Qianqian...
You can see the plot of that lifetime in the underworld.
In each of her lifetimes, the time of her death was different, and naturally, the ending was different as well.
But there are some things she remembers.
For example, what kind of person is Sun Hai?
Although Sun Hai was Consort Jin's childhood sweetheart, he had one major flaw—gambling!
Back then, Consort Jin discovered that he frequented casinos and knew that he was not someone she could entrust with anything, so she rejected him.
[Mother! Tell everyone about Sun Hai's gambling addiction! Let everyone here know about his bad character! Let Grandmother see how credible a gambler's words can be!]
The Empress Dowager remained silent.
She waited quietly for Consort Jin to say what she would say next.
"Your Majesty! It is true that I have known Sun Hai since childhood, and Sun Hai has also considered marrying me. However, I have seen Sun Hai frequenting the Golden Hook Gambling House many times. I will not choose a gambler as my husband!"
Sun Hai was taken aback after hearing this!
What he had been trying so hard to hide, Consort Jin had actually known all along?!
The Empress Dowager noticed the change in Sun Hai's expression.
She immediately understood!
"Heh! So you're a gambler. The moment a gambler sits at the gambling table, they're no longer human. How much credibility can you get from the words of someone who's not human?"
It was Consort Xu who said this.
Consort Jin didn't understand why Consort Xu was speaking up for her, but in a situation where everyone was afraid of kicking her while she was down, Consort Xu was the only one pulling her up.
Naturally, he felt even more grateful to Consort Xu.
"Consort Xu is right!" the Empress Dowager said. "A single portrait is not enough to prove that Consort Jin and Sun Hai were having an affair. It is possible that Sun Hai coveted Consort Jin's beauty and was delusional. If so, Sun Hai has committed a crime punishable by the extermination of his entire family!"
The Empress saw that the Empress Dowager and Consort Xu, who held higher ranks in the harem, were pleading for Consort Jin.
I'm incredibly panicked!
He immediately gave Consort Lin a meaningful look.
Consort Lin said, "Your Majesty, there are witnesses in Chuxiu Palace who saw Sun Hai entering and leaving Consort Jin's side hall at night! He stayed there for several hours!"
The Empress Dowager said calmly.
"Announce."
Soon, two palace maids entered.
One is spring orchid, the other is winter snow.
Consort Jin was unaware that the two of them had always been spies sent by the Empress.
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