That day, Lu Yanluo entered the palace and learned that the Imperial Concubine had not returned from Taiji Palace yet. She was bored, so she wanted to go to the West Palace to visit the Seventh Prince.

After Concubine Liang was canonized as Imperial Concubine, she was moved directly to Guanju Palace. The seventh prince Chu Xuan was placed in the West Hall of Guanju Palace with his mother.

In order to show his importance to the Seventh Prince, the Emperor had servants serving him like the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, and he was surrounded by countless eunuchs and palace maids, making him like the moon surrounded by stars.

Lu Yanluo walked all the way into the West Palace, sneering in her heart. Excessive favoritism is a form of flattery. Now, the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince in Guanju Palace have become thorns in the eyes and flesh of countless people.

The emperor had lived in the palace all his life, and she didn't believe that he didn't even understand this most basic truth.

The room was quiet. Lu Yanluo guessed that the child was still sleeping, so she pushed the door open gently. Unexpectedly, a thrilling scene was playing out before her eyes.

A palace maid was holding a steaming cup of tea and was about to pour it on the seventh prince's face.

Lu Yanluo quickly shouted, "Stop!" Then she flew over and kicked the maid to the ground while she was panicking.

When the people outside heard the noise, they rushed into the house and captured the palace maid.

Lu Yanluo didn't care about anything else. She turned around to check on the Seventh Prince. She was relieved to see that the child was fine. Then she looked at the palace maid kneeling on the ground and said coldly, "Who are you? How dare you murder the Seventh Prince! Who sent you?"

The maid struggled to get up and denied it flatly: "You are talking nonsense! It was obviously Princess Ye who wanted to assassinate the Seventh Prince, but I caught you on the spot. Princess Ye has evil intentions. I want to see you!"

The palace maid's name was Hong Rui. She originally served the Imperial Noble Consort and came to Guanju Palace with her. All the palace maids and eunuchs present knew her. When they heard what she said, they were all a little surprised and doubtful, not knowing who to believe.

Coincidentally at this moment, the Imperial Concubine came in from outside the palace and saw that everyone was gathered in the West Palace. She instinctively thought that something had happened to the Seventh Prince, so she hurried over.

"A Luo? What happened?"

Seeing Lu Yanluo here, the Imperial Concubine felt relieved, but Hongrui knelt down in front of her and cried, "Your Majesty, you are finally back. Princess Ye had ulterior motives and sneaked into the West Palace with the intention of killing the Seventh Prince. I caught her on the spot. Princess Ye not only refused to admit it, but also wrongly accused me of murdering the Seventh Prince. I beg Your Majesty to understand!"

The Imperial Concubine looked at Hong Rui in surprise: "Impossible, how could Princess Ye secretly harm the Seventh Prince? There must be some misunderstanding."

She didn't have the slightest doubt about Lu Yanluo. After all, if it hadn't been for Lu Yanluo's help, she and her child would have probably died by now.

Seeing that the Imperial Concubine refused to believe her, Hongrui became secretly anxious and tried every means to extricate herself.

Unexpectedly, a mocking chuckle suddenly came from my ear: "You are really good at lying with your eyes open, but it's a pity that you accidentally let the stolen goods fall out."

Lu Yanluo walked to the place where Hong Rui was captured, picked up a jade pendant from the side, raised her hand and gestured: "You just struggled and accidentally dropped it. Do you think even God won't help you? This jade pendant is very watery and obviously of top quality. Where did you get it from as a palace maid?"

"Oh, by the way, if I'm not mistaken, when I entered the palace a few days ago, I saw this jade pendant on Concubine Xian. Isn't that a coincidence?" Lu Yanluo's eyes were cold.

Hongrui was secretly shocked. She was so flustered just now that she didn't notice that the jade pendant had fallen out. She didn't expect that Lu Yanluo would find it.

"This... this jade pendant was picked up by this servant. I don't know who it belongs to. Please, Madam Queen, please understand!"

Facing Hong Rui's sophistry, Lu Yanluo sneered and said, "Since you refuse to tell the truth, let me help you tell the truth. Concubine Xian was jealous of the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince being favored by His Majesty, so she was unwilling to accept it and bribed you to deliberately attack the Seventh Prince. This jade pendant must be one of the commissions given to you, right or wrong!"

"No...no!" Hong Rui was flustered and tried her best to refute, but her guilty look had already explained everything, so she didn't need to say anything more.

The Imperial Concubine was extremely shocked when she saw this, and she grabbed Lu Yanluo's hand: "How could this happen? How dare she? No... I'm going to find His Majesty, I'm going to tell him that my son doesn't want to be the emperor, and let him train others, and don't come to harm us mother and son!"

Although she has risen from a small noble lady to the high and mighty Imperial Consort, she has not forgotten the despair she felt when she was surrounded by enemies on all sides in Yilan Palace. She was afraid and panicked.

Lu Yanluo quickly held her hand and comforted her, "My queen, don't be afraid. Calm down and listen to me. It will be completely useless to go to His Majesty and tell him about this now. Not only will His Majesty not agree, but he will be angry. Now that you are the most noble woman in the harem, it is easy for you to protect the Seventh Prince. I will help you, so don't panic."

If the Imperial Noble Consort rashly went to see the Emperor at this moment, it would probably be in line with Concubine Xian's wishes, and the Emperor would think she was ungrateful and become furious.

The Imperial Concubine knew clearly that now was not the time to panic. She tilted her head to look at the child who was sleeping peacefully, and a sense of determination slowly welled up in her heart.

That's right, she needs to stay calm and protect her children.

"Then what should we do next? Why don't we send Hong Rui to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide?"

Lu Yanluo shook her head when she heard this. Hongrui was a palace maid in Guanju Palace, and a jade pendant alone could not prove that Concubine Xian bribed her.

What Lu Yanluo did just now was just a trick to trick her into telling the truth. If she wants to bring down Concubine Xian, she must have sufficient evidence.

"Please keep this a secret for now, and pretend that you don't know that Hong Rui has been bribed. We will secretly collect evidence and defeat her in one fell swoop. We must not give her another chance to turn things around!"

The Imperial Concubine nodded in approval, ordered Hong Rui to be punished for the crime of murdering the Seventh Prince, and then remained silent.

In Fenghua Palace, Concubine Xian listened to the report from her personal maid and felt worried. Hong Rui had failed, and not only that, she was beaten to death by the order of the Imperial Concubine herself.

She was very worried that her attempt to bribe Hongrui would be exposed.

At dinner, in order to find out whether the Imperial Concubine had begun to doubt her, Concubine Xian personally brought the soup to Guanju Palace.

"This Guanju Palace is really different. All of these ornaments are valuable. His Majesty really loves the Imperial Concubine!"

In the end, she was still unwilling to give in, and Concubine Xian couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

At this time, Lu Yanluo had already left the palace. The Royal Concubine was calm and showed no signs of anything. She smiled and said, "It's all because your Majesty loves the Seventh Prince so much that he loves everyone in his house."

The Imperial Noble Consort was very modest, but she never expected that her modesty would almost piss off the Virtuous Noble Consort to death.