Qixiang Palace, right hall.
Concubine Lu complained angrily, "It's too hot. I live in a bad location. The room is stuffy and unventilated. If I live in the main hall, it will definitely be cooler. Humph, why did the emperor promote that bitch Yang to a concubine..."
They are both Zhaoyi, but she was promoted to Zhaoyi and lives in a large and spacious main hall...
She had nothing.
and……
Queen Mother Xue recently ordered them to keep a low profile. She is obviously protected by the Xue family, and it is time for her to be powerful!
"Master, calm down! The angrier you are, the hotter you will feel... Only when you calm down can you feel cool..." The maidservant fanned herself with a round fan.
At this moment, the eunuch came to report, "Master, the Queen Mother has summoned you."
…
In the Cining Palace.
Wei Yingya said with a serious face, "Yesterday I passed by the Imperial Garden and met Concubine Lu. I smelled the fragrance of Concubine Lu's fan, which was very similar to the smell of abortion pills..."
"When I was at home, a concubine used this kind of spice to harm my mother, and my mother almost got into trouble...I have a deep memory of this fragrance. I originally guessed that someone wanted to harm Concubine Lu, but she hasn't been in bed recently, so she can't be pregnant, right?"
"I am very confused and feel that this matter is very strange. I want to remind Concubine Lu, but I don't have the opportunity to talk to her alone, so I can only report this to you."
The Cining Palace is full of Empress Dowager Xue's people, which can ensure that Wei Yingya's entry and exit of the Cining Palace will not be known by outsiders.
When Xue Jinyan was still around, Qionghua Garden was full of palace servants from the Xue family, so it was relatively safe.
But apart from that, going to the palaces of other concubines of Xue’s party might cause the news to leak out.
Ning Wanyin also reminded Wei Yingya that meeting Lu Zhaoyi directly would arouse Concubine Shu's vigilance.
Let her go to pay a visit to Empress Dowager Xue first, and she will naturally help her.
Empress Dowager Xue is old and shrewd...
Wei Yingya's words were rambling, but she immediately got to the point.
Abortion pills, Lu Zhaoyi.
It involved the murder of the royal heir and also involved the concubines of Xue’s party.
This matter is of no trivial importance!
Who knows, maybe someone wants to frame the Xue family.
Empress Dowager Xue said in a deep voice, "Come here, call Consort Lü over."
As he spoke, he looked at Wei Yingya with an especially kind expression, "Liu Zhen, give Concubine Ying a seat."
"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen Mother!" Wei Yingya sat obediently on a brocade stool at the side.
After a while, Concubine Lu arrived.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, the Queen Mother!" Concubine Lu bowed. Seeing Wei Yingya standing beside her, she felt a little strange.
What is she doing here?
Empress Dowager Xue's eyes fell directly on the round fan in the hands of her personal maid, "Madame Tian, come forward and take a look."
Nanny Tian is proficient in medicine.
He immediately stepped forward, picked up the round fan in the maid's hand and identified it, his expression changed slightly:
"Empress Dowager, this is Luozixiang, a kind of fragrance that can cause miscarriage. The fragrance is light and it is difficult to detect if you don't distinguish it carefully. This fragrance is soaked into the embroidery thread. Because the amount is light, it needs to be fumigated for a few more hours before it will be effective."
Lu Zhaoyi was shocked. "What? What happened?"
"You idiot!" Empress Dowager Xue glanced at her coldly and asked, "Where did you get this fan?"
Concubine Lu hurriedly said, "Yes...it was allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
As a Zhaoyi, she was given two scented fans every summer.
Concubine Lu also thought that the scented fan had beautiful embroidery and delicate beads, and it was hot summer, so she asked someone to carry it every day. She had no idea that it had been tampered with.
Just as she was panicking, Concubine Lu suddenly realized, "Something is wrong! Concubine Jing has already gone to the summer palace. Who did this? This can't harm her!"
"Shufei has asked you to discuss matters every day recently. Who is sitting around you?" Empress Dowager Xue reacted very sharply.
Besides Concubine Jing, it seems that someone else in the palace is pregnant.
Concubine Lü suddenly realized, "I am sitting on the third seat on the left, Concubine Ning is on the second seat on the left, and Concubine Wang is on the fourth seat on the left..."
Only concubines of the rank of Zhaoyi and above could discuss matters.
There are not many people.
There are two rows of people sitting on the left and right.
The fragrance of this fan is very faint and cannot be smelled from a distance. The only people who can be affected are those on the left and right sides.
Like her, Wang Zhaoyi was a concubine of the old palace and had not served the emperor in bed for a long time.
What's left is...
Ning Wanyin!
"Empress Dowager, could it be that Ning Wanyin is pregnant?" Concubine Lu was shocked.
Wei Yingya looked surprised, "Really?"
Ning Shen didn’t mention this?
"Has there been anything special about Ning Wanyin that you have seen recently?" Empress Dowager Xue looked at Wei Yingya.
Wei Yingya shook her head, "I can't tell..."
Queen Mother Xue thought it was normal. If she could see it, then Ning Wanyin was really not good at hiding it.
"I think that Ning Wanyin is very likely pregnant, and this scented fan is a trap set up to harm her. When the time comes, she will have a miscarriage and you will be executed. The emperor will even suspect that it was I who ordered you to do it." Empress Dowager Xue's voice was cold.
The person who set up the scheme should be Concubine Shu.
Concubine Lu was so frightened that her scalp went numb. "Throw the fan away immediately!"
"Wouldn't that let people know immediately that you've discovered it? I'll prepare you another one that's exactly the same, and you can still use it to fan yourself every day."
This is the scented fan that all the Zhaoyi in the Imperial Household Department have. There are more than one Zhaoyi Lu in the Xue Party, so it is easy to find another fan.
"The Empress Dowager is really thoughtful!" Concubine Lu nodded.
Empress Dowager Xue suddenly asked, "Do you have any of Concubine Shu's belongings with you?"
It was normal for concubines to exchange gifts with each other.
Especially the concubines in higher positions would often give rewards.
"When I first entered the palace, the first day I served, the princess and the two concubines all gave me rewards..." Concubine Lu thought for a moment:
"The Concubine Shu gave me a string of agate bracelets."
Empress Dowager Xue ordered, "Send it over later. I will add something to it. You will wear it starting tomorrow. Cover it with your wide sleeves to avoid attracting the attention of Concubine Shu."
"I understand! The Empress Dowager is smart. If Ning Wanyin has a miscarriage, Concubine Shu will take the blame. These two people who harmed Master Xue will both suffer!" Concubine Lu suddenly realized.
Wei Yingya also suddenly realized.
ah?
So this is what Ning Shen wanted?
Of course, she didn't recognize the smell of this scented fan...
Ning Wanyin told her this morning when she met her.
…
"There are abortion pills on Concubine Lu's fan? Who does she want to harm? Isn't Concubine Jing not here?" Wei Yingya was very confused.
Ning Wanyin smiled faintly, "The Queen Mother will tell you the answer."
Empress Dowager Xue was very shrewd. As long as she knew that Concubine Lu's fan had been tampered with, she would be able to guess the rest...
Concubine Shu will take action when she finds out that she is "pregnant", but what about Empress Dowager Xue?
Queen Mother Xue was just keeping a low profile and not taking any action publicly. Why not frame others and kill two birds with one stone?
Shufei's biggest omission was exactly Ning Wanyin's best hidden card.
Everyone knows that Concubine Ning loves to ask the imperial physician to check her.
The food had to be inspected, the utensils had to be inspected, and even the palace servants who served him closely had to be inspected...
As for her, she certainly didn't know any medical skills, so she had to consult the imperial physician for everything.
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