"Empress, I don't understand what you are saying. What crime have I committed?" Concubine Xuan asked back.

The queen's face turned cold: "You poisoned the ointment used by Concubine Ji. Do you dare to say that it was not you who did it?"

Concubine Xuan's face froze. How could it be possible? How could Concubine Ji find out so quickly? This shouldn't be possible. In the past, she had used this ointment to get rid of many concubines in the harem without anyone noticing, and no one had noticed.

Is there something so special about this Concubine Ji?

The Queen looked at the astonishment and the flash of panic on Concubine Xuan's face and understood everything.

Sure enough, she was the one who poisoned.

"I have never done this. Since the Queen says so, then produce the evidence!" Concubine Xuan snorted coldly.

Even if they found out that there was something wrong with the ointment, they had no hands on it, so they couldn't convict themselves.

"Here is the evidence." Jipin snorted coldly and immediately took out the box of ointment.

Concubine Xuan glared at Concubine Ji: "Just relying on a small box of ointment, you actually framed me, Concubine Ji, you are so bold!"

Jipin also risked her life: "I didn't want to go against Concubine Xuan, but Concubine Xuan wants to kill me. I can't just let her bully me."

"What a joke. You are just a mere concubine and I don't take you seriously at all. Why would I want to harm you?" Concubine Xuan sneered.

"My status is indeed not as high as that of Concubine Xuan, but I have been favored recently. Today, Concubine Xuan went to the Imperial Study to ask to see His Majesty, but he happened to see me inside. His Majesty did not see Concubine Xuan.

So Concubine Xuan held a grudge and poisoned me, wishing to get rid of me as soon as possible. After all, His Majesty only favored Concubine Xuan before, and never failed to see Concubine Xuan." Concubine Ji answered truthfully.

The Queen raised her eyebrows. Concubine Xuan had always been the favorite of His Majesty, a treatment that even she, the principal wife, had never had. Now Concubine Xuan had been humiliated, which made her feel relieved.

This Concubine Ji has some tricks up her sleeve, which is good.

As expected, Concubine Xuan's face turned pale with anger: "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy enough to compete with me for my favor?"

Jipin raised her head, met Xuanfei's angry eyes, and replied coldly: "I am indeed a nobody, but Your Majesty likes me."

"You, deserve to die!" Concubine Xuan was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped him hard.

Concubine Ji could have obviously dodged it, but she did not move and let Concubine Xuan's slap fall on her.

"Ah!" Jipin screamed, her cheeks instantly became red and swollen, and five clear palm prints were so obvious.

"Empress Xuan, first you poisoned me, and now you hit me. Do you really think you have the final say in the harem?" Concubine Ji snorted angrily.

Concubine Xuan sneered: "Although I am not omnipotent, I am more than capable of dealing with a mere concubine like you!"

Concubine Ji was furious, but after all, a higher position in the palace could crush one who was superior to her, and her position was lower than Concubine Xuan's.

Jipin immediately asked the Queen for help: "Please Queen, please help me and give me justice."

The Queen had been watching Concubine Xuan and Concubine Ji quarreling coldly. When she heard this, she spoke up: "Concubine Xuan, you first poisoned Concubine Ji, and then slapped her in front of me. The harem is not a place for you to poison other concubines and act wildly. Someone, take Concubine Xuan down!"

"Let's see who dares!" Concubine Xuan was not afraid at all and took out the jade pendant given to her by the emperor.

When the queen saw the jade pendant, she frowned.

His Majesty actually gave the jade pendant, which symbolized his status, to Concubine Xuan.

He never gave it to her, and the queen was really heartbroken.

"Empress, even if you are the master of the six palaces, you don't kneel when you see this jade pendant. This jade pendant is equivalent to the presence of His Majesty in person!" Concubine Xuan said proudly.

The queen then stood up and walked down, bowing to the jade pendant: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Concubine Ji was also scared to death. She didn't expect that Concubine Xuan actually had His Majesty's jade pendant. How hateful.

"Empress, it's easy to explain if you recognize this jade pendant. You said that I poisoned Concubine Ji. Do you have any evidence? Did Concubine Ji see me poisoning the ointment with her own eyes?" Concubine Xuan asked coldly.

The queen was surprised and immediately looked at Jipin: "Did you see Concubine Xuan poisoning you?"

Jipin's face was a little ugly: "Your Majesty, I didn't see it with my own eyes, but there would be no one else except her. I have not offended anyone else!"

In one sentence, the queen sighed secretly.

It's over. There's no way to bring down Concubine Xuan.

"Haha, Concubine Ji, you said this yourself. Queen, you heard it, right? She didn't see me poisoning at all, but she dared to slander me. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor." Concubine Xuan said proudly .

When Concubine Ji heard the charge of deceiving the emperor, she was frightened half to death and kowtowed immediately: "Madam Xuanfei, please spare my life. I don't want to die. Please let me go. I will never dare to do it again!"

"If I let you go today, other concubines will follow your example tomorrow and frame me. Come, give Concubine Ji fifty strokes of the cane and teach her a lesson!" Concubine Xuan snorted coldly.

The guards outside the door rushed in immediately.

"Empress Xuan, please spare my life. I know I am wrong." Concubine Ji begged for mercy immediately but was pulled away by the guards.

The Queen's face also looked very unhappy. Fifty strokes of the cane would mean the death of Concubine Ji.

Ordinary people can’t even handle being twenty, let alone fifty.

Concubine Xuan looked at the Queen and said, "I think the Queen has been deceived by Concubine Ji. I hope that the Queen will investigate the facts before speaking. After all, you are the master of the six palaces. If you only listen to one side, how can you manage the six palaces and convince the people in the future!"

The Queen was furious, but she had no words to refute and could only watch Concubine Xuan leave triumphantly.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xuan is too arrogant. She actually accused you in person!" Nanny Zhong said angrily.

The queen had a face full of hatred: "Let her be proud for a while. Sooner or later, I will let her know who is the master of the six palaces."

Outside, the guards were carrying Concubine Ji to execute her outside the palace's bedroom. She was lying on a bench, and the guards started fighting.

Concubine Ji froze, because she felt that the guard did not use too much force and it did not hurt at all.

"Oh, it hurts, help, Queen, save me!" Concubine Ji immediately cooperated and screamed.

When the queen in the bedroom heard this, her face turned even colder: "She deserves to be beaten. She didn't see Concubine Xuan poisoning her, but she came to me to complain. She caused me to be punished by Concubine Xuan. It's really abominable. She should be taught a lesson!"

The news that Concubine Ji was caned in public spread throughout the palaces in an instant. After all, the earth-shaking screams made people's scalps tingle and they shuddered.

The other concubines were all terrified. Concubine Xuan was killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.

After a while, Concubine Ji was knocked unconscious. When the guard saw this, he hesitated for a moment and went to report to the Queen.

"Since she has fainted, carry her back." The queen snorted coldly.

The guard looked embarrassed: "But the Concubine Xuan said that she would punish him with fifty strokes of the cane."

The Queen was immediately furious: "I am the master of the six palaces. Why don't you obey my orders?"

The guard was so frightened that he trembled and immediately saluted: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I dare not do that. I will carry the person back right away." After saying that, he quickly retreated.

The Queen's expression softened a bit, "Jipin is in favor now. If Your Majesty knew that she was beaten unconscious by Concubine Xuan, I wonder what you would think?"