Lu stood up at the most appropriate time and became the backbone of everyone. Although Concubine Xian was unwilling, she had no reason to argue and could only swallow her anger for the time being.

"It's all up to Your Majesty." The concubines said in unison.

Lu looked at Qin Xuelin, their eyes met, Qin Xuelin raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose, Lu understood, and ordered: "First, take the Queen's body into the palace, and keep it in Changning Palace for seven days. Bury her after the cause of death is found out. During this period, if His Majesty can wake up, then everyone will be happy. If not, then I will have to take care of the Queen's funeral."

Everyone called the eunuchs, temporarily put Nan Yue into the coffin, and sent her to Changning Palace. They also arrested all the people in Changning Palace. The master of the palace suddenly drowned, and none of the servants in the palace, whether they knew about it or not, could escape.

At first, the servants in Changning Palace said they knew nothing about it. Even when Nanyue left Changning Palace, no one knew. So in the end, they had no choice but to charge them with negligence.

But Mrs. Lu did not intend to let it go. Under severe torture, the servants finally confessed, but it was not about Nan Yue's death, but about the queen's coronation ceremony that day.

This matter was of great importance, so Lu summoned all the concubines to gather at Changning Palace to attend the trial together.

Aning, the head maid of Changning Palace, looked pale. She knelt on the ground and trembled as she said, "Before the decree to enthrone Concubine Yue as the queen was issued, His Majesty had already fallen into a coma and was unable to write an edict, let alone issue an edict. So...so Concubine Yue colluded with the cabinet minister Kong Chenyang to privately forge an imperial edict and secretly stamped the imperial seal, which resulted in the edict to enthrone Concubine Yue as the queen."

Everyone present was in an uproar and looked at Aning in shock. Forging an imperial edict privately and stealing the imperial seal were serious crimes that could destroy a family and exterminate an entire clan. How could Nan Yue be so bold?

Mrs. Lu looked at Qin Xuelin, then coughed lightly, interrupting everyone's discussion.

"Your name is Aning, right?" Mrs. Lu asked indifferently.

Aning nodded quickly and replied, "Yes, I am Aning, the personal maidservant of Lady Yue. I have been serving her since she entered the palace. Over time, Lady Yue no longer shyed away from me in anything she did. The miscarriage of Concubine Hui was also caused by Lady Yue."

Everyone's gaze turned from Aning to Qin Xuelin, their eyes full of pity.

Everyone in the palace knew about this incident at the time, but His Majesty was doting on Concubine Yue at that time and wanted to suppress the matter for her sake. If Princess Ye had not insisted on a thorough investigation, the matter would probably have been forgotten in the end. Fortunately, Princess Ye had the means to help Concubine Hui get justice.

It’s a pity that Lady Yue was very clever and soon regained favor.

"Also, the fire that happened in the middle of the night when the Princess of Night started was also planned by Lady Yue. She wanted to use this to get rid of His Royal Highness the Night King and the Princess. My Lady, everything I said is true!"

"I know that as a servant, I shouldn't betray my master, but Lady Yue's words and deeds are erratic, her mood is unpredictable, and she often takes people down to vent her anger. A few days ago, she had a quarrel with Concubine Hui at the gate of Taiji Hall. After returning, she flew into a rage and severely punished all the palace servants. I... my poor sister..."

Aning Yudai choked up and burst into tears: "My biological sister, she is only ten years old this year, just a little girl who served tea. Just because she made a little noise when serving tea to Lady Yue, she was beaten to death by her!"

At this moment, everyone finally understood why Aning hated Nanyue so much, because Nanyue killed her sister.

With Aning's testimony, the people present could no longer pretend they heard nothing. On the one hand, they began to search Changning Palace for evidence of collusion between Nanyue and Kong Chenyang.

On the other hand, Lu ordered the blockade of the imperial city, strictly prohibiting the spread of the news of Nan Yue's death in order to avoid alerting the enemy.

After hearing the whole story, no one was in the mood to talk any further, so they all stood up and said goodbye and left.

Qin Xuelin and Concubine Xian were left alone, sitting on chairs and facing each other.

"You did all this, Concubine Hui. I never thought that I really misjudged you. I thought you were innocent and kind-hearted. I didn't expect you to be so cunning and scheming. It's true that a barking dog bites. You killed Nanyue, didn't you?" Concubine Xian said coldly to Qin Xuelin.

Qin Xuelin smiled suddenly: "Sister, you are wise, but so what? You have no evidence, and no one will believe what you say. But to be honest, I am helping you by doing this, right? After Nanyue became the queen, she didn't say a word to you at all. You wanted to rely on her to help King Liang ascend the throne. Yes, she wanted King Liang to ascend the throne, but she didn't want you to be the queen. Don't you know that, sister?"

She naturally knew that Concubine Xian clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves. After Nan Yue became the queen, her attitude towards her became worse and worse. She would scold her from time to time, but she tried to win over Prince Liang many times. She was not stupid and saw through Nan Yue's thoughts at a glance.

So when she saw Qin Xuelin sending people to throw Nanyue into the lake last night, she chose to remain silent and watched with her own eyes Nanyue rise and fall in the lake several times and finally die.

She also intended to kill two birds with one stone and use this incident to get rid of Concubine Hui, but she never thought that the matter would eventually fall into Lu's hands.

Qin Xuelin seemed to see through Concubine Xian's thoughts at a glance, and said meaningfully: "Sister, do you want to raise a son for others? The child you raised with so much hardship will eventually become a puppet for others to control the country. Sister, you must think it through."

Xiangui looked at Lu silently, only to see that Lu seemed to have seen nothing and was sipping the tea in the cup.

At this moment, there was nothing that Concubine Xian didn't understand. The two people in front of her had been in the same group for a long time, so Qin Xuelin dared to be so unscrupulous and openly admit what she had done.

"I have never discovered the relationship between Concubine Hui and Concubine Huang. When did this happen?"

When she first entered the palace, Qin Xuelin was still a timid girl who needed her help. Unknowingly, the weak girl had grown into an independent concubine.

Upon hearing this, Madam Lu exchanged a glance with Qin Xuelin, then looked at Consort Xian and smiled, "That's not true, sister. We are both His Majesty's concubines, so we should be closer."

Concubine Xian did not want to dwell on this matter and asked directly: "Nan Yue is dead, what else are you going to do?!"

"You don't need to worry about this, sister. Just forget what happened last night and take care of yourself, and everything will be over soon."

After Concubine Xian left, Lu nervously held Qin Xuelin's hand and said anxiously: "How could she know what happened last night? Will it be bad for you?"

Qin Xuelin was very calm, and patted Lu's hand soothingly: "It doesn't matter, even if she said it, no one would believe her."