"This..." The Imperial Observatory looked at the Emperor, then at Consort Wan, and quickly lowered its head.
"This concerns the Empress Dowager. The Imperial Censor should simply tell the truth, and the Emperor will not blame him!" Consort Wen glanced at Emperor Kangxi, who seemed lost in thought.
"Speak!" Kangxi squinted, thinking to himself, "Let's see what kind of trouble they're up to."
"The Empress Dowager resides in Shou Kang Palace, and the evil spirit is in the palace to the east of the rear." The supervisor said that the palace to the east of the rear is Yong Shou Palace!
"How dare you! Do you know what you're saying! Yongshou Palace is the residence of Consort Chen, how could there be any evil spirits there? The Fourth Prince and Princess Shuwan are also there, and nothing has happened to them." Consort Jing pretended to speak up for Wanyi, but in reality, she was stirring up trouble.
"Your Majesty, to prove Sister Chen's innocence, why not search the palace?" Consort Wen suggested, seemingly on Wanyi's behalf.
"This is not right! A noble consort of the nation being searched like this, it doesn't sound good if word gets out!" Consort Duan quickly tried to smooth things over when she saw that Emperor Kangxi looked displeased.
"Send someone to take a look, but it doesn't have to be a real search! This is also for the sake of the Empress Dowager." Consort Wen changed her words and even brought up the Empress Dowager.
"Liang Jiugong, take a few men to Yongshou Palace and take a look!" Kangxi looked at Consort Wen, who was pressing him step by step. Since it concerned the Empress Dowager, he could only send his men to check.
"Your Majesty, this was found under the bed in Consort Chen's bedroom in Yongshou Palace!" Not long after, Liang Jiugong presented a long pear blossom box to Emperor Kangxi.
"Open it and see!" Kangxi asked in surprise. He also wanted to know what was inside.
"Phew..." Everyone gasped when they saw it. Inside the box was a figure made of cloth needles, with the Eight Trigrams on it, and the figure was covered with countless needles.
"Your Highness Consort Chen, what a cruel heart you have! What did the Empress Dowager do to offend you so that you would harm her like this!"
Before she could even see clearly, Granny Qiu knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager's bed and began to cry loudly.
"Your Majesty, how could I do such a thing? This is not my property!" Wanyi's eyes were still brimming with tears.
"The evidence is irrefutable, how could we possibly wrong Consort Chen?" Granny Qiu shouted, noticing Kangxi's displeasure.
"Granny Qiu is too kind. Why would I harm the Empress Dowager for no reason?"
She's not just looking for trouble, isn't she? Wanyi felt that the Empress Dowager was making a fool of herself.
"To be honest, the fabric of those clothes looks very familiar to me, as if I've seen it somewhere before!" Consort Duan looked closely, but couldn't remember where she had seen it before, and frowned as she spoke.
"Liang Jiugong, go and investigate!" Kangxi also did not believe that Wan'er was the one who did it. After all, Wan'er and the Empress Dowager were on good terms, so how could she do such a thing?
“Oh, isn’t that the Yanyun Brocade?” As soon as Furong said this, everyone fell silent. This year, the foreign country had presented two bolts of Yanyun Brocade as tribute, and Kangxi had given them both to the Empress Dowager at Shou Kang Palace.
"How is this possible!" Granny Qiu exclaimed. She clearly used the most ordinary material to make it, so how did it become a cloud-patterned brocade?
"Why is it impossible? Granny Qiu seems very surprised!" Wanyi said with a smile. The Empress Dowager, who was lying on the bed, couldn't stay still and sat up with a groan.
"Your Majesty must give the Empress Dowager justice, otherwise the person behind this will become even more lawless!"
It's unclear whose side Consort Fang is on now. The Empress Dowager woke up specifically to interrupt, but Consort Fang changed her mind again.
"What happened!" After all, she was unconscious, so it was normal that she didn't know. Granny Qiu beside her explained the situation to her.
"I bestowed one bolt of cloth upon Consort Wen, and used the rest to make an undergarment!" The Empress Dowager's meaning was clear: she wanted Consort Wen to take on the task.
"Her Majesty the Empress Dowager did indeed bestow a bolt of cloth upon me, but I cherished this last bolt and couldn't bear to use it. It's still safely in the storeroom!" Consort Wen wasn't stupid; she was being used as a pawn!
Kangxi instructed Wei Zhu to investigate the truth, but it turned out that Consort Wen's cloth was missing. Consort Wen did not want to take the blame, so she naturally confessed everything, which angered Kangxi.
"Your Majesty, please spare me for the sake of my pregnancy!" Consort Wen had only thought of getting rid of Consort Wan and taking the throne after learning that she was pregnant, but now she had become Consort Wen's lifeline.
"Your Majesty, considering that Consort Wen is pregnant, it would be better to give her a minor punishment as a warning. It would be bad if the imperial heir were harmed."
Wanyi pleaded for Consort Wen, who looked at Wanyi in disbelief, never expecting that Wanyi would plead for her.
Ultimately, the Empress Dowager was sent to Mount Wutai to recuperate due to serious illness. Consort Wen was demoted to Consort, Consort Duan was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, and Consort Wan also took a step forward, becoming Imperial Noble Consort. It wasn't until five years later that Emperor Kangxi officially conferred the title of Empress upon Consort Wan.
over
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
