The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Zhen Huan took a look at the so-called evidence of Guarjia Wenyuan and sneered. She looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you find a servant in the palace who can distinguish handwriting to see if the letter in your hand and the one presented by Wen Ying were written by the same person?"

When the emperor heard what Zhen Huan said, he lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a while. He also realized that the handwriting was wrong, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Guarjia Wenyuan changed.

Wen Ying said, "Your Majesty, you must believe me. I have a palace maid to testify that Concubine Xi and Prince Guo have been in a relationship since they entered the palace. Prince Guo often buys jewelry from girls outside the palace and gives it to Concubine Xi."

When Zhen Huan heard Wen's words, she sneered, "Oh? All my jewelry was given to me by the Emperor. Do you know more about the things in Yikun Palace than I do?"

Guarjia Wenyuan looked at Zhen Huan with a look of disdain and said, "You know what's wrong with you."

Guarjia Wenyuan continued, "I brought a witness with me."

After saying this, Guarjia Wenyuan summoned Xiao Dongzi from the imperial kitchen without the emperor's consent. After Xiao Dongzi entered the palace, he saw everyone in the palace and bowed: "Your servant greets the emperor, and greets all the ladies and young ladies."

Concubine Chun looked at Xiao Dongzi and wanted to say something, but the emperor spoke before him, "You are the one who slandered Concubine Xi? Do you know what crime you should be punished for slandering a concubine?"

Xiao Dongzi was frightened by the emperor's majesty and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I dare not, I am just telling the truth."

The emperor sneered and said with great momentum: "Don't dare? Let me see if you dare."

Zhen Huan said at this time: "It's okay, I am upright, why not take this opportunity to sort things out, so as to avoid constant disturbances in the palace in the future."

The emperor looked at Zhen Huan's cold face and knew that she had really made her sad this time. But the emperor didn't know why, when Nian Shilan was sad, his heart would feel torn and painful. But when Zhen Huan was sad, the emperor would only feel a little guilty, without too much emotional fluctuation.

Zhen Huan looked at Xiao Dongzi and said with a slightly mocking tone, "You said that this palace and Prince Guo had a secret relationship?"

Xiao Dongzi looked at Zhen Huan, feeling a little flustered, but thinking of the promise that Prince Guo had made to him, he steeled his heart and said, "Yes, you have always threatened Prince Guo to go out of the palace to buy jewelry for you, saying that there are no beautiful jewelry in the palace. You also said that if Prince Guo did not obey, you would ask the emperor to punish Prince Guo on the grounds that he harassed you."

Zhen Huan sneered, "If it was really me who threatened Prince Guo, how could a mere eunuch like you know about this? Could it be that this palace is so powerful that it can be so open and aboveboard in this palace?"

When Xiao Dongzi heard what Zhen Huan said, he was a little hesitant and couldn't answer. Seeing this, Guarjia Wenyuan stretched out her foot and kicked Xiao Dongzi's chest hard, causing Xiao Dongzi to stagger.

The emperor looked at Guarjia Wenyuan and said, "Mr. Wen, what are you doing? Are you going to force me to give false testimony in front of me?"

Seeing that the emperor was a little angry, Guarjia Wenyuan shrank back in fear and said, "I didn't, I dare not."

Xiao Dongzi then spoke up, "Prince Guo once saved my life, so I naturally wanted to repay him, and I always kept an eye on Prince Guo, so I knew this."

Zhen Huan laughed when she heard what Xiao Dongzi said: "As a servant, you don't serve the emperor wholeheartedly and do things for the emperor, but you always pay attention to the emperor's brothers. You really have a complicated mind."

When Xiao Dongzi heard this, he wanted to refute it, but was interrupted by the emperor impatiently, "Just tell me if you have any favorable evidence to accuse Concubine Xi and Prince Guo?"

After hearing this, Xiao Dongzi quickly said, "I was ordered by the prince to give some gold and silver jewelry to Concubine Xi. There are white jade hairpins and white jade hairpins."

The emperor looked at Xiao Dongzi and asked, "Did you hand it over to Concubine Xi in person? When? Where?"

Xiao Dongzi shook his head and said, "I gave it to Miss Huanbi who was beside Concubine Xi."

Upon seeing this, the emperor called Huanbi over. Although Huanbi was dressed as plainly as usual, she had a white jade hairpin on her head, which was carved with the pattern of a cassia flower.

When Huanbi saw the emperor, she bowed and said, "Your servant greets the emperor, and greets all the ladies and young ladies."

The emperor saw the hairpin on Huanbi's head and asked with a smile, "This hairpin of yours is quite exquisite. Was it given to you by your mother?"

Huanbi shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, this hairpin was not given to me by my mother. It was given to me by the son of my mother's former good friend."

The emperor was a little surprised when he heard Huanbi's words. He looked at Huanbi and said, "The son of my old friend? But is it Prince Guo?"

Huanbi nodded, "I don't know if it's true or not. That day, Prince Guo found me and said that I looked a bit like the person he had been looking for. He asked me my mother's name, and then said that my mother and his mother were good friends in the past. Later, Prince Guo often went out and gave me some girls' jewelry. I couldn't refuse, so I accepted it. I thought that when I see Prince Guo next time, I will make it clear to him not to give me these things anymore. I dare to say that I can't see Prince Guo very often on weekdays. Can you ask the emperor to convey this to me?"

The emperor did not expect Huanbi to dislike the gift given to her by Prince Guo, and asked in confusion, "You don't like these styles?"

Huanbi shook her head. "Since I entered the palace, my queen has warned me that I am a maid in the Forbidden City and I can only accept rewards from the emperor and my queen. Other than that, I must not accept anything from others, otherwise I would be betraying the emperor."

The emperor looked at Zhen Huan and praised her with satisfaction: "You have disciplined your servants very well."

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor calmly, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

At this time, the emperor looked at Guarjia Wenyuan and Xiao Dongzi, "What else do you have to say?"

Xiao Dongzi was shocked by the development of this series of events. How could the emperor be so patient to interrogate this matter? Shouldn't he be furious after finding out, execute Zhen Huan, and then let his connections take over?

Guarjia Wenyuan wanted to grit her teeth and argue, but she rushed to the emperor's legs and grabbed the corner of the emperor's dragon robe, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is talking nonsense. She arranged all this in advance because she was afraid that the truth would be exposed."

After the emperor shook her off fiercely, he looked at Guarjia Wenyuan, "Wen agreed, as a concubine in the harem, you believed the slander of a servant and made up stories to slander the concubines in higher positions. Considering that you have just entered the palace, I will give you a chance and confine you to house arrest for three months to learn the rules of the palace.

The emperor looked at Xiao Dongzi again and said, "The servants in the palace are gossiping. Drag them out and give them 50 strokes of the cane. If they survive, they will be sent to Xinzheku to do hard labor."

Xiao Dongzi still wanted to beg for mercy, but the emperor was too disdainful to even look at him and simply had him dragged away.