The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Nian Shilan looked at Wen Yi in her arms and called out to Concubine Cao, "I am worried about others right now. You take Wen Yi back to Yikun Palace first and take good care of Wen Yi for me. If anything happens, ask the palace servants of Yikun Palace to come to me."

When Concubine Cao heard what Nian Shilan said, she immediately agreed. Concubine Cao was worried about Princess Wen Yi, and now she could take care of her by her side, so she was naturally very happy.

When the emperor heard what Nian Shilan said, he did not stop her and allowed Concubine Cao to take Wen Yi back to Yikun Palace.

The Queen suddenly spoke up at this time: "The frequent accidents at the birthday banquet are due to my poor performance. I hope the Emperor will punish me."

The emperor looked at the queen and smiled meaningfully without saying a word. The queen just knelt there.

Su Peisheng returned with two eunuchs from the imperial kitchen. "Your Majesty, I have investigated carefully and found that the meals in the imperial kitchen only passed through the hands of these two people."

The two young eunuchs were named Xiaosongzi and Xiaobaizi, and they were brothers.

When Xiao Songzi and Xiao Baizi saw the emperor, they were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and cried out that they were wronged: "Your Majesty, we are wronged, we know nothing."

The emperor shouted angrily, "Why don't you tell the truth?"

The queen also quickly said: "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family."

At this time, Xiao Songzi looked up at the queen. The queen gave her a vicious look, which scared Xiao Songzi so much that she trembled all over.

Nian Shilan also spoke up at this time: "If you tell the truth, I can consider letting your family go. Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless."

Xiao Songzi thought about it, then made up his mind. He kowtowed and said in a serious voice, "Your Majesty, I did everything. It has nothing to do with my brother. It was Concubine Hua who ordered me to do it. She said she didn't like the princess and asked me to do it at the banquet and put the blame on the Empress. Please understand your majesty."

The emperor heard what Xiao Songzi said, "Do you have any evidence?"

After hearing this, the queen breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Nian Shilan. Nian Shilan was not as panicked as she had imagined, nor did she cry and appeal to the emperor. She just stood there calmly.

Xiao Songzi said, "Empress Hua has arrested my family and threatened me. Your Majesty, I did this only because my family was forced to do so. I still have the silver bills that Empress Hua gave me in my residence."

The emperor looked at Nian Shilan, "Noble Concubine Hua, do you have anything to say?"

Nian Shilan looked at the emperor and chuckled, "Your Majesty, I have never done this, what do I have to say? Ask him to bring the banknotes over. It's a good opportunity for me to see what the banknotes look like."

The Queen did not understand what Nian Shilan said, but the Emperor did. When Wanpin and the others first entered the palace, and the Emperor stayed at Yikun Palace, Nian Shilan acted like a spoiled child to him, saying that she had no money, and begged him to give her some gold and silver ingots, saying that the silver bills were too little and not enough to spend. The Emperor also knew that Nian Shilan had always been accustomed to extravagance, so he agreed to her request.

The emperor looked at Xiao Songzi and said to Su Peisheng, "Send someone to his residence to bring the banknotes to me."

Su Peisheng took the order and went down. Concubine Jing looked at Nian Shilan with some worry. Nian Shilan gave her a look that told her to stay calm, and Concubine Jing felt a little relieved.

Concubine Hua looked at Xiao Songzi again and spoke slowly but with great momentum, "If I really arrested your family, and you openly pointed out my name, aren't you afraid that I will secretly execute your family?"

Xiao Songzi looked at Nian Shilan, and then quickly kowtowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, what I said is true, please save my family."

The emperor stared at Xiao Songzi, his face showing no emotion. "You said that Concubine Hua colluded with you, but who contacted you for her?"

Xiao Songzi said quickly, "It was the eunuch from Yikun Palace. He also told me that Concubine Hua hated Princess Wen Yi very much and she only wanted to raise her own child. But after all, she took the initiative to ask the Emperor for Princess Wen Yi just to win his favor. Now she doesn't want to raise her anymore, but she dares not tell the Emperor, fearing that he would say something bad to her. So she resorted to this desperate measure. Princess Wen Yi is gone, and she is just a mother who lost her child. Naturally, the Emperor will not suspect her."

When the emperor heard what Xiao Songzi said, he snorted in his heart. It turned out that someone was deliberately framing Shilan. The Queen Mother asked Concubine Hua to raise Wen Yi on her own initiative. He had also communicated with the Queen Mother. Shilan had indeed never mentioned to the Queen Mother that she wanted to raise a child.

Moreover, the emperor went to Yikun Palace on a whim many times without letting anyone know, just to see whether Shilan was sincere to Wen Yi. But nine times out of ten, what he saw was Shilan holding Wen Yi, coaxing her patiently, and playing games with her. Children are the least likely to lie, and by looking at the way she relies on Shilan, one can tell whether Shilan's feelings for Wen Yi are sincere or insincere.

The emperor ordered Nian Shilan to bring the eunuchs from Yikun Palace and let Xiao Songzi identify who had contacted him.

Nian Shilan understood what the emperor meant, and whispered a few instructions to Songzhi, and Songzhi went out.

Su Peisheng came back faster than Songzhi. Su Peisheng didn't look very good. He quietly ran to the emperor, whispered something, and handed the emperor a note. The emperor looked down and nodded at Su Peisheng, and Su Peisheng hurried out again.

When the queen saw this scene, she felt a little panicked. She always felt that something seemed to have gone wrong and things were not going as she expected. However, the emperor did not say anything, so the queen could only continue to kneel on the ground.

The room was quiet at this time and no one spoke. After a while, Songzhi brought a group of young eunuchs over.

Nian Shilan looked at Xiao Songzi and said, "These are all eunuchs in my palace. Look carefully and see who contacted you."

Xiao Songzi looked at the young eunuchs standing in a row and pointed at one of them casually, "Your Majesty, he is the one who contacted this servant."

"How dare you!" Nian Shilan's angry voice rang out, "How dare you speak nonsense and slander me in front of the emperor? Do you know the charges?"

Xiao Songzi kept kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, I dare not deceive you."

The emperor sat on the upper throne and asked Xiao Songzi with a half-smile, "Are you sure? Are you sure it's him?"

Xiao Songzi nodded quickly and said with certainty, "Your Majesty, I will not make a mistake. This is the servant he is looking for."

The queen took a look at the servant identified by Xiao Songzi and fell to the ground. It was over... everything was over. The queen frantically thought of a way to solve her problem.

Concubine Jing spoke up at this time, "Do you know who you are pointing out?"

Xiao Songzi said without hesitation: "I don't know. I only know that I just identified the murderer behind the scenes."

Concubine Jing sneered, "Do you mean that the emperor will personally send people to frame the concubines and his own children?"

When Nian Shilan heard what Concubine Jing said, she sneered in her heart, isn't it? The emperor would really do that.

When Xiao Songzi heard what Concubine Jing said, she was slightly stunned. Your Majesty?