Chapter 559 Huanyi Wood
Feicui came to the Ministry of Justice to meet Li Yao, and as soon as they met, she congratulated her on her redress.
Li Yao's eyes were still red and she said there was nothing to congratulate.
She was a noble concubine, but now she was demoted two levels and became a concubine. It was really hard for her to swallow this.
Jade hurriedly comforted her:
"Your Highness, think positively. You have a prince. Even if you are frustrated for a while, His Majesty has already ordered that the little prince be brought back and you continue to raise him.
Your Majesty, mother and child do not need to be separated. When the Emperor comes to visit the child in the future, are you still worried about not having a chance to regain his favor?"
These words touched Li Yao's heart. She finally smiled, and after a moment she sighed:
"It's a pity that my rank has been demoted. Not to mention building a new palace, even the current Fangmiao Terrace... is not something a concubine like me can live in.
Never mind, it doesn't matter where I live.
As long as the child is with me, I don’t have to worry about the emperor not coming.”
She took two steps and suddenly stopped, her tone becoming more serious:
"By the way, since we are moving away from Fangmiao Terrace, those things..."
"Don't worry, Madam. I have already dealt with it."
…
Li Yao returned to the harem and was about to walk to Fangmiao Terrace where she had lived for many years. The thought of moving away made her feel reluctant.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Qin Yuwei outside the gate of Fangmiaotai.
There were a dozen eunuchs following Qin Yuwei, and it was obvious that they were not here with good intentions.
"What are you doing here?" As soon as Li Yao saw Qin Yuwei, he wanted to pounce on her and scratch her face to pieces.
Qin Yuwei lowered her head to admire her nails painted with red nail polish, her tone revealing a bit of laziness:
"I suspect that your Fangmiao Terrace is hiding something unclean, so I want to check it out."
"You said to investigate? Where is His Majesty's written order? "
Qin Yuwei raised her eyes slightly and said with a smile:
"Now that the queen is away, I will take charge of all matters in the harem.
It's just a concubine's residence, can't I check it out?"
She slowly raised her hand, "Someone, go in and search."
"You dare!" Li Yao was almost mad with rage. If she hadn't been held back by several maids, she would have rushed forward and fought to the death.
"Where is His Majesty? I want to see His Majesty!"
"Hold her down." Qin Yuwei said coldly.
…
After a while, the eunuchs who had gone into the palace to search came back one after another.
"My Lady Concubine, I didn't find it."
Qin Yuwei's brows tightened slightly.
Li Yao beside him laughed grimly:
"My Lady Imperial Concubine, it's not enough that you have framed me once, are you going to do it a second time?
Although I was demoted, I was still a concubine in the harem.
You, Concubine Qin, are arrogant and domineering. You took advantage of your power to bully others. You brought people to search the palace and humiliate me for no reason. I will definitely report this to the emperor and let His Majesty punish you for taking revenge on your own!"
Qin Yuwei was not annoyed. She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. She smiled at Li Yao and said in a gentle voice:
"You don't have to go find His Majesty. I'm right here, waiting with you for His Majesty to return to the palace.
Come, please bring in Concubine Rong and detain all the maids who serve her personally.
Without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave Fangmiao Terrace."
…
Yan Xiuyun had just returned from the Ministry of Revenue when he heard Manager Zhao say that Qin Yuwei had something important to tell him and asked him to go to Fangmiaotai immediately.
As soon as he stepped into Fangmiao Terrace, Li Yao rushed up to him with great grievance and began to accuse Qin Yuwei of her "crimes".
Yan Xiuyun frowned, Qin Yuwei stepped forward and saluted, saying:
"Your Majesty, I suspect someone has hidden poison in the harem, so I have no choice but to perform my duty and bring people to search the palace."
Yan Xiuyun looked serious and asked her if she had found it.
Li Yao said first:
“Your Majesty, I just returned to the palace after my grievances were redressed, and I ran into Qin Yuwei and a group of people who broke into Fangmiao Terrace and turned my residence upside down.
She found nothing, but still insisted that there were dirty things in my palace and placed me under house arrest.
I know that I have offended Concubine Qin. She is forcing me so hard. I might as well die here to save her from worrying so much! "
"The Imperial Concubine has not found any evidence. Has she wrongly accused Rongpin?" Yan Xiuyun said to Qin Yuwei.
Qin Yuwei smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I can't find evidence.
But the time has not come yet."
"It's not time yet?" This was the first time Yan Xiuyun heard that one had to look at the time to find something.
"On my way back to the palace, I passed by the Imperial Observatory and happened to run into the Director, Lord Xu.
Lord Xu is well versed in astronomy and numerology, so I asked him for a divination.
After Lord Xu looked at the hexagram, he said, "If I want to find something today, I must do it at the hour of You in order to find something."
Qin Yuwei smiled and looked outside. It was getting dark.
"Your Majesty, the time has come."
Qin Yuwei once again ordered the eunuchs she brought with her to search the palace again. She also called the leading eunuch aside and said that Xu Jianzheng had instructed them to search in certain directions in order to gain any results.
Li Yao saw that Qin Yuwei was arranging everything in an orderly manner, as if she had it all planned out.
She couldn't help feeling uneasy, and subconsciously looked for the jadeite, but then she realized that the jadeite had been kept in the care of Qin Yuwei.
Now I am alone and helpless.
She lowered her head to hide her guilt and kept comforting herself that everything was fine.
Jade is very thorough, and since she said those things have been cleaned up, there can't be any mistakes.
People with the surname Qin will find nothing.
Jade will not harm itself.
Not long after, a eunuch walked in quickly and said that he had found it.
Yan Xiuyun's expression froze, and he ordered his men to pick up the things and bring them up.
It was an oil paper package covered in dirt. When it was opened, there were some whitish sawdust inside with a strong aroma.
In an instant, Yan Xiuyun realized that the fragrance was very familiar. It was the same scent he smelled every time he came to Fangmiaotai.
"Impossible...you...where did you find it!?"
Li Yao's eyes widened, she couldn't believe it, as if she had seen a ghost.
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