The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Concubine Jin glanced at Su Peisheng and said nothing. She just told Jinxiu calmly, "Jinxiu, come with me to Qianxi Palace."

Jinxiu was somewhat reluctant, but she also knew that since the emperor had summoned her master, she had to go. If her master went alone and the emperor blamed her, she would be in trouble.

Jinxiu hung her face and said nothing. She followed Concubine Jin silently. Concubine Jin glanced at Jinxiu and said, "If you still look like this when you see the emperor later, you'd better go back to the palace. If you make the emperor dislike you, I can't protect you."

Jinxiu sneered in her heart. If she really angered the emperor and was punished by him, let alone whether Jin Guiren could save herself, she would probably be so happy that she would want to add more crimes to herself. Thinking of this, Jinxiu's expression eased a lot. There was no news about Lord Longkodo yet, so she must protect herself and wait for Lord Longkodo to take her as a concubine.

Concubine Jin looked at the change in Jinxiu's expression and was too lazy to think about why it happened. As long as she was not implicated, it was fine.

As soon as Concubine Jin entered the main hall of Qianxi Palace, she saw masters and servants kneeling on the ground. Concubine Jin thought something was wrong and quickened her pace. She walked to the side of Ulanara Yixiu and Guaer Jia Wenyuan and knelt down. "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I wonder why you sent me here?"

The emperor looked at Jin Guiren with a cold gaze and said, "I want to ask you, there was a snake incident in the Imperial Concubine's Changle Palace. Was it you who did it?"

When Concubine Jin heard the emperor's question, she knew that the emperor must have enough evidence, otherwise he would never ask her like this. She looked at Ulanara Yixiu and Guaer Jiawenyuan who were kneeling beside her. They both looked unhappy and trembled all over. Concubine Jin said in her heart, "Your Majesty, I know about this matter. If it is related to me, it is not entirely my fault."

Jinxiu was very surprised to hear Jin Guiren admit it. She looked at Jin Guiren and said, "My lady, you..."

Concubine Jin's face was extremely ferocious at this time. She slapped Jinxiu hard and angrily said, "I am talking to the emperor, how can you, a lowly servant, interrupt me? You came from my palace, and you did what I did. All this is due to my poor discipline. I will accept whatever the emperor does to me!"

After Jin Guiren finished speaking, she looked at Jinxiu with a cold look, as if she was looking at a living dead person. Jinxiu was frightened by Jin Guiren's gaze, and the chill spread from her heart to her whole body. She stammered, but in the end, she didn't say a word.

When the emperor heard what Concubine Jin said, he asked with a half-smile, "Is the discipline ineffective? Is there something else going on? Is it all the fault of this lowly maid who pretended to be you?"

When Concubine Jin heard the emperor's question, she knelt straight, spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant voice, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, I don't want to shirk my responsibility. Every mistake made by the servants in Chunxi Palace is due to my poor discipline. I am willing to bear all the consequences."

After hearing what Concubine Jin said, the Emperor was so angry that he threw the things on the tea table at Concubine Jin again and roared, "You are responsible? Murdering the heir to the throne! Murdering the emperor's body! Are you responsible for all this? How many heads do you have?"

When Concubine Jin heard the emperor's question, she looked at him in surprise and said, "What do you mean by plotting to murder the heir to the throne? Plotting to murder the emperor's body? None of this was done by my people!"

At this time, Concubine Jin's eyes were wide open, and she looked at the emperor innocently, as if she was very unfamiliar with everything the emperor said.

The emperor was very angry at Jin Guiren's expression and glanced at Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng had no choice but to step forward and said, "Jin Guiren, didn't you just admit that you were involved in the release of snakes in Changle Palace? That day, the emperor and the imperial concubine were preparing to go to bed, and a group of poisonous snakes entered the palace and almost killed the emperor and the imperial concubine."

After hearing what Su Peisheng said, Concubine Jin knelt down and kowtowed so hard that blood flowed from her forehead, staining the floor of the main hall of Qianxi Palace red. "Your Majesty, this is not what I admitted. The poisonous snake in Changle Palace was not my fault. Even if I have the courage, I would not dare to murder Your Majesty and the heir. I beg Your Majesty to understand!"

The emperor snorted coldly, "Who else could it be if not you? Then tell me, what did you admit?"

Concubine Jin shuddered and lowered her head and said, "What I admit is that Jinxiu knew the snake trainer Haitang, but everything that happened afterwards really had nothing to do with me. I only know that Haitang secretly came to my Chunxi Palace to find Jinxiu at night and asked Jinxiu to keep her for a night. Although I felt that it was a bit inappropriate, I saw that she was a girl running around in the palace late at night, and I was worried that she would encounter some danger, so I made an exception and kept her for a night. The next morning, I sent her out of the palace."

The emperor looked at Jin Guiren sharply, "How can I believe your one-sided statement?"

Concubine Jin kowtowed quickly, "Every word I said is true, not a single word is false. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can summon Haitang to confront me."

The emperor turned to look at Su Peisheng, "Go and bring Haitang here."

Soon, Haitang was brought to Qianxi Palace.

The emperor asked Haitang, "Is what Concubine Jin said true?"

Haitang nodded, "Your Majesty, that is true. That night, I was forced by Concubine Yi and Wen Ying to release the poisonous snake into Changle Palace. But when I was in action, I was discovered by the patrolling guards and hid in Chunxi Palace in a hurry. Fortunately, Concubine Jin took me in and I escaped."

The emperor's face turned ugly when he heard this. He looked at Ulanara Yixiu and Guarjia Wenyuan, "You are really great!"

Jinxiu knelt blankly behind Concubine Jin, unable to understand why Haitang did not bite her and Concubine Jin, but instead said that Concubine Yi and Wen Ying forced her to do it.

The emperor looked at Ulanara Yixiu and Guerjia Wenyuan and said in a cold voice: "Su Peisheng, pass on my order. Ulanara Yixiu and Guerjia Wenyuan have assassinated the emperor, killed concubines, and murdered the emperor's heir since entering the palace. Their crimes are extremely serious. From today on, their titles will be stripped, demoted to garrison soldiers, and dragged away to be executed. Their families have failed to discipline their children, and from today on, they will be exiled to Ningguta and will be slaves to the armored men for generations."

When Guaerjia Wenyuan and Ulanara Yixiu heard the emperor's treatment of themselves and their families, they cried out, "Your Majesty, please don't do that. I really didn't do that."

The emperor was too lazy to listen to their excuses and was about to leave Qianxi Palace.

At this time, Su Peisheng stepped forward and asked quietly: "Your Majesty, what should be done with Lady Jin and her maid Jinxiu?"