Qin was dead, Lu Yanluo in the side hall woke up, and the emperor left. After all the chaotic things were over, Concubine Xian finally had the mind to sort things out.

From the lotus viewing banquet to Qin's suicide, it seemed that Qin Xuelin had nothing to do anywhere, but her figure could be seen everywhere.

Concubine Shu said that what was put into Lu Yanluo's wine was a laxative, and that Qin Xuelin had given it to her in advance, just to make her look bad on the spot. Others might not believe it, but Concubine Xian did.

She had told Qin more than once that this Lotus Appreciation Banquet was for the purpose of selecting a concubine for Chu Han. On such an important occasion, Qin would never choose to take action against Lu Yanluo and ruin her good deeds, unless Qin betrayed her.

But Qin still has to rely on himself in the palace, and there is no possibility that she will betray him.

There is also the incident of Qin's suicide.

Qin has always been timid and afraid of death. How could she choose to hang herself at this time?

This is definitely not something she would do.

Today's series of events are full of weirdness, as if there is a hand behind the scenes fanning the flames.

The more Concubine Xian thought about it, the more frightened she became. She quickly walked up to Qin Xuelin and asked, "Why did Concubine Shu hang herself? What did you do to her?"

Qin Xuelin's eyes widened in disbelief, with a wave of grievance in her eyes: "Your Majesty... Why did Your Majesty ask me this? I did nothing. I just followed Your Majesty's instructions and secretly went to the cold palace to find Sister Shufei to ask clearly. But... But I was a step too late. When I arrived, Sister Shufei had already hanged herself to death."

"All the eunuchs and maids in the cold palace can testify for me."

After Concubine Shu was taken away, the Emperor was still furious. Concubine Xian could not leave without permission, so he secretly sent Qin Xuelin to the cold palace in order to find out what had happened.

But what Qin Xuelin didn't want to bring back in a hurry was the news that Qin had committed suicide.

Concubine Xian stared at Qin Xuelin coldly and asked, "Then tell me why Concubine Shu hanged herself. She is definitely not someone who takes life and death lightly."

Qin Xuelin shook her head and said softly, "Whether the Majesty believes it or not, I really have never done anything. I have no children, no ambitions, and no grudges against Sister Shufei. What reason do I have to harm her?"

Concubine Xian was half-believing and half-doubting Qin Xuelin's words. Although she didn't know the cause and effect of the whole incident, her intuition told her that this matter was definitely not that simple.

"Okay, I believe you." Concubine Xian didn't want to alert the enemy, so she pretended to agree and said, "You've been tired all day, you should go back and rest early. Let's stop here for today. I'm leaving first."

Qin Xuelin bowed her head and respectfully saw Concubine Xian off.

Looking at Concubine Xian's back, a mocking smile slowly appeared at the corner of Qin Xuelin's mouth.

No matter how Concubine Xian doubts, the matter is bound to be concluded.

From the moment Lu Yanluo entered the palace, Qin Xuelin had prepared everything.

The wine prepared for Lu Yanluo was indeed poisonous, but she had already asked someone to secretly replace the poisonous wine, and then took advantage of the chaos to replace the poisonous wine with non-toxic one.

Lu Yanluo pretended to faint at first, but was later knocked unconscious by an injection from the imperial physician whom she had bribed in advance. The blood was fake, the physician's diagnosis was fake, and only the endless calculations were real.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the cold palace had been bribed by her long ago. Concubine Shu hanged herself, and after the case was concluded, the emperor changed the suicide to death due to illness for the sake of his own face, but what does this have to do with her?

No one would know that she was the one who manipulated the whole thing?

Now that Qin is dead, there is no evidence, so who can identify her?

Qin Xuelin smiled, but did not turn around and leave. Instead, she went to the side hall where Lu Yanluo was.

Looking at the large carved hall, Lu Yanluo rubbed her numb head and looked around at the surroundings. This should still be the side hall from before.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he saw Qin Xuelin push open the door, walk straight to the bed and look at him.

"You..." Lu Yanluo said slowly: "What happened? What's wrong with me?"

Lu Yanluo was a little confused about the situation. She was clearly pretending to faint, but not long after she was carried to the side hall, before she could even open her eyes, she felt a pain on the side of her neck and fainted in the blink of an eye.

Now looking at the appearance of the person in front of the bed, she must have thought that all this was arranged by Qin Xuelin. However, Lu Yanluo didn't know what she was going to do or why she made herself unconscious.

Before Lu Yanluo could ask her question, Qin Xuelin took the initiative.

She suddenly came close and whispered, "Princess, there is no need to ask more questions. I am sorry for offending you today. I will apologize to you in person after this matter is over, but now is not the time."

Qin Xuelin spoke very quickly and said what she wanted to explain.

"You don't have to worry about what happened today. Qin is dead, but I will not let her rest in peace even after death. I will not let a villain like Concubine Xian take the position of Queen Mother. So I will do my best to help King Ye ascend to the throne. Before that, I hope the princess will cooperate with me!"

Lu Yanluo's mind was in a state of confusion. Was Concubine Shu dead? Could it be that during her coma, Qin Xuelin took the opportunity to dispose of her?

Before Lu Yanluo could react, Qin Xuelin raised her hand and pulled off the golden hairpin on Lu Yanluo's head. After a pause, she turned around and stabbed it into her own shoulder.

A shrill cry of pain came from his mouth.

"You..." Lu Yanluo looked at Qin Xuelin in shock.

At this moment, Lu Yanluo instantly woke up from the chaos she had just woken up from, and looked at Qin Xuelin and the wound on her shoulder with shock.

Qin Xuelin smiled palely and shook her head slowly, indicating that she was fine. She then said loudly, "Princess, I just came to see your injuries. Why did you hit me so hard? I have nothing to do with your poisoning. How could you hurt someone so recklessly? I will report this to His Majesty and punish you!"

Qin Xuelin asked loudly while signaling to Lu Yanluo with her eyes that there was someone outside the door.

Concubine Xian was extremely suspicious, and her departure just now was just a deliberate attempt to confuse the enemy, just to see Qin Xuelin's reaction.

At this moment, she was standing outside, looking at Lu Yanluo and Qin Xuelin in the house quietly.

She immediately saw the golden hairpin on Qin Xuelin's shoulder.

She recognized this gold hairpin; it was the one Lu Yanluo was wearing today.

Qin Xuelin was covering her wound and glaring at Lu Yanluo in anger.

Upon seeing this, Concubine Xian gave up her suspicion of Qin Xuelin. She began to think that Qin Xuelin and Lu Yanluo were in cahoots and had done this on purpose.

But now it seems that Lu Yanluo regards Qin Xuelin as an enemy and hurts her, and Qin Xuelin is also dissatisfied with Lu Yanluo's attitude, and anger is rising between the two.

Seeing the two men bleeding, Concubine Xian could not sit idly by and hurried in to separate the two.