If An Lingrong was reborn before the draft

"How did you serve the young lady?" The emperor saw that when Mei Zhuang fell into the water, there were no palace maids or eunuchs accompanying her.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me." The palace maids and eunuchs in Cun Ju Tang all knelt down and begged the emperor for forgiveness.

"Tell me more carefully, how did Concubine Shen drown?" Although Jingpin didn't know what happened, she knew that people wouldn't fall into the water easily. She looked at the emperor's face and asked on his behalf.

"I don't know," replied the palace maids and eunuchs.

"This is so stupid. You are Concubine Shen's closest servants, how could you not understand this?" After saying this, Concubine Jing helped the emperor sit down on the chair next to her.

"I am innocent. I really have no idea. The young lady was feeding the fish in the Thousand Carp Pond. I went to get the fish food, but halfway through I heard that the young lady had fallen into the water," said Xiao Shi.

"Where is Caiyue?" Jingpin asked again. These two were the ones who followed Concubine Shen out.

"Songzhi said that Concubine Hua had some good ink for you, young lady, but she forgot to give it to you just now, so she asked me to go and get it." Caiyue was frightened to tears by the solemn atmosphere.

"So, you were not by Concubine Shen's side when she fell into the water," Jingpin summarized their words. Hearing this, Zhen Huan turned around and looked at Caiyue and Xiao Shi.

The emperor watched Meizhuang fall into the water, and he knew that there was no one beside her at the time. He also seemed to see that the person who pushed Shen Meizhuang was Zhou Ninghai, who was beside Concubine Hua.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hua has arrived." Su Peisheng came in from outside to report.

"It's late outside, why are you here?" the emperor asked expressionlessly without even looking at her.

"I heard that Concubine Shen drowned, so I rushed over. Now Concubine Shen is better now." Concubine Hua said, pretending to be worried.

"You go and have a look." The emperor still looked at Shen Meizhuang, and his words were calm. It was hard to guess what he was thinking.

When Concubine Hua heard the emperor's words, she responded and walked forward. She sat beside Concubine Shen's bed and said in a pretentious manner, "How pitiful! Such a beautiful person has to suffer such a punishment." Zhen Huan was a little annoyed when she heard Concubine Hua's words. Although she didn't see it, she didn't think that this matter had nothing to do with Concubine Hua.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The imperial physician said that everything will be fine as long as Lady Shen wakes up." Jingpin said. Seeing that Zhen Huan's expression was not right, she drew everyone's attention to herself.

As she expected, when Concubine Hua heard her words, she looked at her, walked to the side of the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the palace guards did not patrol strictly enough, so Concubine Shen's drowning could not be discovered in time. It was my fault that I failed to help the six palaces. I hope Your Majesty will punish me." Concubine Hua apologized. Although it was her fault that she failed to help, she also said that it was the guards' fault and the palace guards were not under her jurisdiction.

"The guards have their own shifts for night patrols. If you are punished for this, the empress, who is the mistress of the six palaces, cannot escape the blame either," said the emperor.

"You fool, how can you serve your young master..." Hua Fei was interrupted by the emperor.

"What's more, I saw with my own eyes that some scoundrel pushed Concubine Shen into the water." The emperor's words caused a huge uproar, shocking everyone in the room.

Hua Fei's face turned pale. She arrived late and didn't know that the emperor came from the Thousand Carp Pond with Shen Meizhuang, nor did she know whether the emperor had seen the person who pushed Shen Guiren into the water. She thought quickly and replied to the emperor's words, "If someone deliberately murdered Shen Guiren, we should start with these useless servants around Shen Guiren. I think it would be better to send them to the Ministry of Punishment."

When Zhen Huan heard that Hua Fei was going to cut off her sister's arm, she couldn't help but look back at the emperor, who didn't show much expression. She knew that Hua Fei was not clean, and she didn't believe that the emperor couldn't see it. The more silent the emperor was, the more worried she became.

"Your Majesty, this matter is strange. The villain happened to choose to take action when Xiao Shi and Cai Yue, who were by Noble Lady Shen's side, were not around. I'm afraid he must have followed them for a long time before choosing this opportunity." Jingpin interrupted Hua Fei's words of punishment. She knew that in the emperor's heart, Noble Lady Shen was not as important as Hua Fei, so if the emperor wanted to keep things quiet, he would probably do as Hua Fei wished.