The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

As soon as the emperor walked to the gate of Yikun Palace, he heard Concubine Qi's last words and looked a little displeased.

"The Emperor has arrived!" As Su Peisheng's voice rang out, the Emperor strode into the Yikun Palace, followed by Songzhi.

"Your Majesty, your servant pays respect to you." Upon hearing Su Peisheng's message, the Queen, Nian Shilan, and Concubine Qi hurried to the courtyard to welcome the Emperor and pay their respects to him.

"My beloved concubine, please stand up." The emperor deliberately didn't even look at the empress and Concubine Qi. He walked straight to Nian Shilan and helped her up.

"Your Majesty..." Nian Shilan looked up at the Emperor. This was the first time she saw the Emperor after her rebirth. Thinking of everything in her previous life, and thinking that this was the man she had fallen in love with since she first fell in love, her heart couldn't help but feel sad.

Before I could even open my mouth, my eyes were already red...

When the emperor saw Nian Shilan like this, he was in a trance. It had been a long time since he saw Shilan acting like such a little woman.

"What's wrong with you, my beloved concubine? Who has wronged you?" When the emperor said this, he glanced at Concubine Qi on purpose. The empress and Concubine Qi turned pale.

Does the Emperor really dote on Concubine Hua so much? From the time she entered the Yikun Palace until now, he has never looked at the Queen or herself. Concubine Hua only has red spots in her eyes, but she is so worried, Concubine Qi thought indignantly in her heart.

The Queen was relatively calm, but she was also worried that the Emperor would blame her. After all, she had been with the Emperor for so many years, and she could guess what the Emperor was thinking. The reason why the Emperor doted on Concubine Hua so much was simply because she was a member of the Nian family. Otherwise, with her flamboyant personality, the Emperor would have been tired of her long ago.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me. Some time ago, the Queen awarded me a maid named Fuzi. She is the one you saw before." Nian Shilan said aggrievedly.

"Well... I have some impression of her. What's wrong with her? But she didn't serve you wholeheartedly? Then just send her away." The emperor thought for a moment and said without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, a female corpse was found in the well in the Imperial Garden today. The deceased was Fuzi." The Queen was afraid that Nian Shilan would say something unfavorable to her, so she spoke quickly.

"Yes, it was because Fuzi was dead that the Queen brought Concubine Qi to my palace to question me. Concubine Qi also slandered me and said that..." Nian Shilan pretended to be furious, took a handkerchief and held it to her chest, her face slightly flushed. The emperor was puzzled when he saw it.

"What did she say?" The emperor's voice sounded intimidating without him getting angry. Concubine Qi felt uneasy. If she had known that the emperor would come, she would not have gotten so angry with him just now. Now she regretted it.

"She said that I was not blessed with childbearing, so I thought of using Fuzi to seduce the emperor, hoping to bear a child through her surrogacy. Unexpectedly, the emperor did not like Fuzi, and I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I killed her to silence her."

"Your Majesty, you know that it's not that I'm unworthy of giving birth. I already have children. There's absolutely no need for me to do this. I hope Your Majesty will help me." After saying this, Nian Shilan knelt down at the emperor's legs and cried. She looked so pitiful, completely different from her usual arrogant appearance.

"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. I..." When Concubine Qi heard Nian Shilan say this, she certainly couldn't admit it. She quickly knelt down and wanted to explain, but was interrupted by the emperor's angry shout.

"enough!"

When the emperor suddenly heard Nian Shilan mention the child, he couldn't help but think of the male fetus that he had planned to send away. His heart ached, after all, that was his own child.

Nian Shilan was also very clear that as long as the emperor heard her mention the words "unblessed to have children", he would definitely feel guilty, and the matter would be left unresolved. It would no longer matter whether she did it or not.

The emperor shouted angrily, "I heard it clearly at the gate of Yikun Palace. You said that Concubine Hua had no children. Could it be that I would wrongly accuse you?"

When Concubine Qi heard what the emperor said, she knew that she was doomed this time and stopped making excuses.

"Concubine Qi has been a concubine and has lived in the palace for a long time. She slandered the concubines, was jealous by nature, and did not repent. She is not suitable to take care of the prince. From today on, you will be demoted to Concubine Qi, and you will have to reflect on your mistakes facing the wall in Changchun Palace for three months. You will be fined for half a year, and the third prince can be moved to the prince's residence." The emperor said without any room for argument.

The Queen closed her eyes. She had lost the game after all. She had lost since the moment Concubine Hua mentioned the child. Whatever, she would be confined to her house. It was not like she was banished to the cold palace. There was no need for her to offend the Emperor at this time.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I dare not do it again. I know I was wrong." Concubine Qi, oh no, Concubine Qi wanted to explain something but was asked to leave by Eunuch Su.

When the Emperor, Empress, and Nian Shilan were the only ones left in the bedroom, the Emperor spoke first, "Fuzi's matter must have nothing to do with Concubine Hua. I think that maid is not a worry-free person either. I'm afraid there must be other reasons. Let the Empress investigate this matter."

When the Queen heard what the Emperor said, she understood that no matter how she investigated, it would not be related to Concubine Hua, so she said, "Yes, I obey your order."

After saying that, he stood up and left Yikun Palace.

The emperor and Nian Shilan were the only ones left in the palace. Nian Shilan looked up at the emperor and asked cautiously, "Does the emperor trust me?"

The Emperor actually suspected that this was done by Concubine Hua, but when he thought of the child and the purpose of his visit, he decided to save some face for Concubine Hua and simply dealt with a palace maid sent by the Queen, which was not a big deal.

Looking at Nian Shilan, the emperor was very perfunctory and said insincerely: "As long as my beloved concubine says it's not you, then I will believe it."

Nian Shilan also knew that the emperor did not believe her, and she could not help but sigh in her heart how could she be so stupid. As soon as the queen sent the maid over, she arranged for someone to deal with her, and sent her handle to the door. As expected, she was really stupid in her previous life.

Complaining as she might, Nian Shilan still looked at the emperor sincerely and said, "I know that the queen may have some misunderstandings about me, so she wanted to send Fuzi to my palace. I am willing to do so, as it is just to keep another idle person in the palace. But Fuzi is a little clumsy and broke the Huanyi incense given to me by the emperor. I was so angry that I said a few words to her, and she ran out crying and never came back. At first, I just thought she ran away to complain to the queen, so I didn't care."

Nian Shilan saw that the emperor's eyes had not changed and he was not displeased, and continued, "No matter how domineering I am, I would not be so stupid as to punish this palace maid at this cusp of the storm and openly oppose the Empress."

"Even if I don't care what others think of me, I don't want to make His Majesty worry about such a trivial matter. His Majesty is already busy enough with state affairs, and I don't want to make His Majesty worry anymore."

The emperor felt a little emotional as he listened to Nian Shilan's words. Shilan always regarded herself as more important than anyone or anything else.

It was really fresh to see Nian Shilan being so humble, and the emperor couldn't help but waver.

Although Shilan was willful and had a strong temper, she was not so vicious as to treat the palace maid casually.