Concubine Xian spoke out her guess: "Someone knew about my relationship with the Black Shark Gang, so they deliberately spread rumors in order to lead His Majesty to investigate this matter. Since I entered the palace, I have never had any second thoughts about Your Majesty. I used the power of Southern Xinjiang to coerce you because I had no other choice."

"Your Majesty, the heavens can bear witness to my feelings for you. Please investigate! I have told you everything about what happened today. I am sure that Your Majesty must have already abandoned me. I ask to be sent to the cold palace to atone for my sins. I hope Your Majesty will grant me permission."

Concubine Xian took a step back to advance, and lowered her posture very low. Sure enough, the emperor was silent for a long time, and finally decided to raise the matter high and let it go lightly.

"Forget it. I have already sent people to get rid of the Black Shark Gang. From now on, you should stay in the palace quietly and don't have any other thoughts, otherwise I will never let you off easily!"

Concubine Xian felt a lump in her heart. To eliminate the Black Shark Gang would be like cutting off both of her arms. She was really unwilling to accept this, but she had no choice.

She had already calculated that the emperor was concerned about southern Xinjiang, and would not take action against her no matter how dissatisfied he was. However, she forgot that the current emperor was narrow-minded and would not allow others to sleep beside his bed. The Black Shark Gang could not be kept.

The emperor ordered everyone to leave. Concubine Xian did not dare to say anything and could only obey and leave.

Outside the Taiji Hall, Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo had been waiting here for a long time.

As soon as Concubine Xian went out, she saw the two people she hated the most at the moment, and she was extremely jealous.

"Lu Yanluo, Night King! You two are really great! It was you who did it, right? You spread the rumor that I had an affair with someone, which led His Majesty to investigate the Black Shark Gang. You used His Majesty's hand to get rid of the Black Shark Gang. It was all your calculations!"

Lu Yanluo smiled calmly, straightened her dress, and looked at Concubine Xian: "If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. When Concubine Xian used the Black Shark Gang to deal with me, she showed no mercy. I am just giving him a taste of his own medicine. Do you think it's useful, Concubine Xian?"

Concubine Xian turned pale with anger: "You are such a villain! Do you think His Majesty will thank you for this? Do you think he will pull me down like this? Don't dream. The whole of Southern Xinjiang is standing behind me. How can His Majesty decide my life or death so easily? Lu Yanluo, you lose this round."

Lu Yanluo smiled indifferently, walked to the side of Concubine Xian, and whispered, "Who said I lost? Didn't I get rid of the Black Shark Gang with the help of Your Majesty? And this matter will soon spread to Southern Xinjiang. The King of Southern Xinjiang knows that his daughter who was sent to Tianji can no longer be loved by Your Majesty. What will he do?"

"You! How dare you!" Concubine Xian raised her hand to hit him but was stopped by Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan said coldly: "My Lady Concubine, please respect yourself. I am still here, so please do not act rashly."

Seeing that she could not get any benefit from Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo, Concubine Xian shook her hands vigorously, turned around and left.

She didn't believe what Lu Yanluo said. Even if the news was received in southern Xinjiang, what would happen? She was her father's most beloved daughter, and her father would never abandon her.

But it was obvious that Concubine Xian overestimated her position in the heart of the King of Southern Xinjiang.

On the day when the Black Shark Gang was eradicated, Nan Guanglu saw that things were not going well and ran away first. He fled all the way back to Southern Xinjiang and told the King of Southern Xinjiang about Concubine Xian.

The King of Southern Xinjiang felt that something was wrong and did not want the Emperor of Tianji to become wary of Southern Xinjiang, so he thought of sending another woman to Tianji.

After careful selection, the royal family of Southern Xinjiang chose a beautiful princess named Nanyue and sent an envoy to Tianji.

Nanyue's arrival was tantamount to a slap in the face and abandonment for Concubine Xian. From then on, in this huge inner court of the imperial palace, Nanjiang was no longer her support and backer. The thread connecting Nanjiang and Tianji was handed over to Nanyue, and she was nothing.

Nanyue is fifteen years old this year, the best age for a girl. She has red lips, white teeth and a pretty face. She is an absolute beauty. If we go by seniority, Nanyue has to call Concubine Xian "Aunt".

Now the aunt and niece will share the same husband.

On the day Nan Yue was brought in, the emperor showed his affection for her. Unsurprisingly, he sent her to the Taiji Palace to sleep with him that night.

On the second day, Nan Yue was officially canonized as Yue Meiren and moved into Qingcheng Pavilion. From then on, there were two beauties from southern Xinjiang in the palace. Although one was a noble concubine and the other was just a beauty, everyone understood that Concubine Xian had long been rejected by the emperor, and Yue Meiren was the emperor's current favorite.

In Qingcheng Pavilion, Lady Yue ordered the palace maids to pack up the dowry she brought from Southern Xinjiang, which was boxes filled with jewels.

When Concubine Xian came in from outside the palace and saw such a lively scene, she immediately felt jealous and her eyes turned red.

"Oh, I was wondering who it was. It turned out to be my aunt who came to see me when she has time. Aunt, please come in and sit down!" When Yue Meiren called her aunt, Concubine Xian felt so angry that she vomited blood.

Although it was right for her to call her aunt in terms of seniority, but now both of them were the emperor's concubines, and Yue Meiren's calling her aunt was undoubtedly implying that she was old and ugly. How could she tolerate this?

"You are really different after entering the palace. You speak with a much louder tone. I remember when I left Southern Xinjiang, you were still a little girl who knew nothing and only knew how to ask elders for candy. I didn't expect that after not seeing you for several years, we would meet here again."

Yue Meiren raised her hand to cover her lips and smiled coquettishly: "That's right, in a blink of an eye, my niece is already fifteen years old, an adult, and can help aunt to carry the southern border."

Concubine Xian felt a lump in her throat, unable to relieve herself until she spoke it out, yet she had to endure it. She didn't come here today to quarrel with Nan Yue.

"Nanyue, don't say that as an experienced person, I didn't warn you. The forces in the capital are chaotic and complicated. Among them, Ye Wang Chu Xuan and Princess Lu Yanluo of Ye Wang Mansion are both cunning people. This time I fell into their hands. You'd better be careful."

Yue Meiren chuckled and nodded: "My grandfather and Nan Guanglu told me when we left Southern Xinjiang. Don't worry, aunt. I will find a chance to help you get back the debt."

As the two were talking, there was suddenly a noisy sound outside the door, as if someone had come into the yard.

A little palace maid came over quickly and said happily, "Come out, my beauty! His Majesty has sent a lot of rare treasures for you to enjoy. Among them is a bunch of particularly beautiful red corals, which are said to glow at night! His Majesty really loves our beauty. He sent the treasures as a reward just after we settled down."

Yue Meiren looked sideways at Concubine Xian, and with a sweet laugh, she pretended to scold, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aunt is here, how can you talk nonsense here?" Then she said to Concubine Xian, "If Aunt is fine, why don't you accompany your niece to have a look? Your niece has never seen glowing coral before."