Strange love across time and space

The emperor had actually noticed the phantom standing behind Su Qing a long time ago. He was surprised that Su Qing had such an outstanding bodyguard beside him. However, he still frowned and asked Su Qing, "Ning'an, ministers and their families are not allowed to bring bodyguards with them when they enter the palace." , don’t you know this rule?”

Su Qing was not polite, "Your Majesty, I naturally know that I, but something will happen to me every time I enter the palace. I cherish my life, but I can't help myself."

"Father, if the Lord of Ning'an County had not brought his bodyguard with him today, I am afraid he would have met with something unexpected." King Jin interrupted at the right time.

The emperor's frown relaxed a little, and he stopped delving into the issue. He turned around and asked the middle-aged eunuch, "You said you often send messages to Concubine Shu. Then through what channels do you send messages?"

"Back to the Emperor! Every time, this slave will write down what he saw and heard in Qifeng Palace on a small piece of paper, put it in a bamboo tube, and then put the bamboo tube in the gap of the rockery in the Peony Garden. People from Yunxia Palace will pass by it every day. There, sometimes, when Concubine Shu wanted the slave to inquire about something, she would ask the maids around her to pass the message to the slave in this way. By the way, the person who contacted the slave every time was the eldest maid next to Concubine Shu. Caiyue!" After the eunuch finished speaking, he pointed at a maid next to Concubine Shu. When the palace maid named Caiyue saw the eunuch pointing at her, she panicked and shouted casually, "Ma San! You are such a mouthful!" As soon as she finished speaking, she realized something and quickly covered her mouth.

"Haha, I still know his name! It seems that you have known each other for a long time!" Su Qing said coldly.

"No!" Caiyue quickly defended herself, "I accompanied Concubine Shu to Qifeng Palace to pay her respects to the Empress. She went there many times and got to know this father-in-law, so she knew his name. Not surprising.”

"Then why are you covering your mouth?" Su Qing asked.

"Because,, because..." Caiyue hesitated and couldn't say anything.

King Jin looked at Su Qing and said to the emperor, "Father, I think it would be better to search the residences of Caiyue and Ma San."

When Caiyue heard that the house where she lived was going to be searched, she trembled. Su Qing happened to see it. Su Qing sneered in her heart. It seemed that there was something shady in Caiyue's house.

The emperor nodded and waved to Eunuch Xi. Eunuch Xi immediately sent several people to Ma San's residence and Caiyue's residence in Qifeng Palace.

Since Caiyue's residence was in Yunxia Palace, after a while, the people sent by Eunuch Xi to search came out. The leading maid was holding a tray in her hand. On the tray was a bulging purse. Grandpa Xi opened his purse and saw that it was full of small notes, which he quickly handed over to the emperor. The emperor opened the notes inside and read them one by one. After reading a few pieces, he threw his wallet in front of Concubine Shu and said angrily, "Concubine Shu! What else do you have to say!"

Concubine Shu looked at the scattered notes in front of her, picked them up and looked at them. She suddenly turned her head to look at Caiyue, with murderous intent on her face. Every time Ma San sent a message to herself, Caiyue went to the gap in the rockery to get the note, read it and told herself the content. At first, Concubine Shu asked Caiyue to burn the note. She thought Caiyue had followed the instructions. She did what she was told, but she didn't expect this bitch to dare to keep the note. What did she want to do with it?

Caiyue knew that she was done for the day as soon as she saw Concubine Shu's expression. She has been with Concubine Shu for many years and knows that Concubine Shu is not as gentle and virtuous as outsiders see her. She also knows that she has done many bad things for Concubine Shu and will not have good results. However, out of her instinctive desire to survive, Caiyue still secretly She kept these evidences, hoping that if something came to light one day, she would be willing to give it a try even if there was only a glimmer of hope. I just didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Caiyue knelt down in despair, put her head on the ground, and cried, "You deserve to die! This slave can do anything! These are the notes from Ma San to the empress. A year ago, I followed your empress to Qifeng Palace to deliver to the empress." During the greeting ceremony, she accidentally saw Ma San being punished by the Empress to kneel down because she accidentally broke a flowerpot. Afterwards, Concubine Shu asked her slaves to buy Ma San with a lot of money. From then on, Ma San became the Empress and was placed under the Empress If something happens in Qifeng Palace, Ma San will send a message to the servant. Your Majesty! I am just following orders, please spare my life!"

The emperor felt depressed, but still asked, "I think Concubine Shu asked you to destroy all the notes. Why did you keep these evidences?"

"I know that these things that your Majesty does are disrespectful, and I don't want to do these things. However, I am my master, and I dare not disobey your Majesty's orders! But I am also afraid of death, so I will stay here." With this evidence, I hope that one day something will happen and this slave will have a chance to atone for her sins." Caiyue burst into tears.

"You bastard! How dare you betray me! I'll beat you to death, bastard!" Concubine Shu pulled Caiyue's hair with one hand like crazy, and beat Caiyue hard with the other hand.

"That's enough!" the emperor said angrily, "Pull Concubine Shu aside!"

Immediately, two palace ladies came forward to separate Shu Fei and Cai Yue. Shu Fei wanted to step forward to hit Cai Yue, but was held down by the two palace ladies. Concubine Shu's hairpin was crooked and her hair was messy. She shouted at the palace maid who was holding her down, "You two cheap maids, how dare you be unreasonable to me! I will punish you with death! Let me go! Let me go!"

The third prince saw that his usually virtuous and gentle mother-in-law looked like this, and then looked at the disgusted expression on the emperor's face when he looked at Concubine Shu. He suddenly had a bad feeling and hurriedly stepped forward to support Concubine Shu. " Mother! Stop making trouble! Father is still watching!"

After hearing her son's words, Concubine Shu came back to her senses. She looked at the third prince, then at the emperor, and knelt down crying, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

At this moment, the palace servant sent to search Ma San's residence came back with a small box in his hand. The queen was followed behind her. The queen walked in angrily and bowed to the emperor first, then asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that Ma San, the eunuch in Qifeng Palace, committed a crime. Ma San is from my palace, so , I’m here to ask you clearly.”

The emperor pointed to the seat next to him and said to the queen, "Sit down first." The queen was not polite, walked to the emperor and sat down, but her eyes swept over everyone in the room.

The palace servant holding the wooden box walked to Eunuch Xi and said, "Back to the emperor, these were found in Ma San's wardrobe." Eunuch Xi opened the wooden box, and everyone saw that it was full of silver ingots and banknotes. And some jewelry. A eunuch had only two taels of silver per month. Obviously, the origin of these things was unknown.

The emperor closed the lid and asked Ma San, "Where do these come from?"

"This is what Concubine Shu has given to me intermittently for more than a year!" Ma San answered without hesitation! In fact, the emperor already knew the answer, because he just saw a jade hairpin in the box that Concubine Shu once wore.

"What's going on?" the queen asked angrily, "Why does Concubine Shu give so many rewards to the eunuchs in this palace?"

The emperor waved his hand and said to Eunuch Xi, "Tell the queen about it." Eunuch Xi quickly told the queen the whole story. After hearing this, the queen was furious. She pointed at Concubine Shu and scolded her, "Well, Concubine Shu. I usually see you as an honest person, but I never thought you could do such a thing as poaching! I really misjudged you!" He said to the emperor, "Your Majesty! Concubine Shu dares to put an informant in Qifeng Palace. This is the following crime. It is disrespectful! Even if Concubine Shu has merit in giving birth to the third prince, she will have to be relegated to the cold palace!"