The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Yes, the servant that Xiao Songzi identified was Xiao Xiazi who served in front of the emperor.

Just when Xiao Songzi didn't know how to answer, Su Peisheng entered the palace and said, "Your Majesty, the matter has been settled. Xiao Songzi's parents have been rescued."

When the queen heard Su Peisheng's words, her heart skipped a beat. Oh no, how did the emperor know where Xiao Songzi's family was?

When Xiao Songzi heard this, he quickly asked the emperor for confirmation, "Your Majesty, is it true? Have my father and mother been rescued?"

The emperor looked at him and said, "I ask you to tell me the truth now. Who is it?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Songzi quickly told the truth: "Your Majesty, it was Huichun from the Empress's side who came to find me, and it was Huichun who gave me the things. This time I really didn't lie."

When the queen heard Xiao Songzi pointing fingers at the maid next to her, she panicked, but she still said, "Your Majesty, it's not me, it's the eunuch who said that."

The emperor looked at the queen and laughed in anger, "You said that this eunuch slandered you, then why were his parents found in the abandoned house of your Unalana family?"

The queen was in a state of panic, but she pretended to be calm on the surface. "I don't know. There is no reason for me to do such a thing. Your Majesty, you have to believe me."

Nian Shilan said, "If Huipin's pregnancy is aborted and I am framed, it will only benefit Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty is as calculating as ever."

The queen was furious and yelled at Nian Shilan, "Noble Concubine Hua, don't make false statements. Show me the evidence. Why would I want to harm you?"

However, when the emperor heard Nian Shilan's words, he remembered the child that Concubine Fang had lost before, and immediately looked at the queen with extreme disgust.

At this time Jianqiu brought Huichun in. Huichun knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I did all this. It has nothing to do with the Empress. I can't stand Concubine Hua's arrogance and disrespect for the Empress, so I want to punish Concubine Hua. All this is my idea. The Empress is not aware of it."

Nian Shilan looked at Huichun and said sarcastically, "You are just a little slave, and you dare to ask me to punish you? Are you worthy?"

Jian Qiu spoke up at this time: "Madam Hua Guifei, we are the Queen's personal servants, and it is not your turn to publicly humiliate us. You are being disrespectful to the Queen."

The emperor was very angry and dropped the agarwood bracelet he was holding to the ground with a snap. "How dare you! You are all too presumptuous! Queen, this is your maid in the palace. How dare you be rude to my personally appointed concubine in front of me? You are really my good queen."

Before the Queen could speak, Nian Shilan continued, "Your Majesty, they are rude to me. I can ask you to punish them later. But this maid said that she harmed Wen Yi, but she didn't mention Huipin's snacks. I'm afraid there is still a misunderstanding."

The emperor was very angry at this time. "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, I don't care now. It's just that the people in Jingren Palace are in collusion. I have to punish them severely to put an end to the bad habits in the harem."

When Huichun heard Nian Shilan mention the matter of Huipin's snacks, she quickly said, "Your Majesty, I hope you can understand. The matter of Concubine Hui has nothing to do with my master. It was Concubine Hui who..."

At this time, Su Peisheng came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Xia promised to bring Fuling, the maidservant beside Concubine Hui, to see you. She said it was related to Concubine Hui's snacks today."

After hearing this, the emperor asked Su Peisheng to bring them both in.

After Xia Dongchun entered the palace, she knelt down to pay respect to the emperor, the empress and the others, and then she said, "Your Majesty, when I passed by Xianfu Palace just now, I saw this palace maid acting sneakily. I felt it was strange and couldn't help asking her something. Who would have thought that I would accidentally discover the scandal of Concubine Hui's fake pregnancy? Today's dim sum poisoning was all directed and acted by Concubine Hui herself, wanting to take the opportunity to frame the empress, but she didn't expect that Concubine Wan would eat it by mistake."

Jing Fei had always been on good terms with Shen Meizhuang, and Hui Concubine lived in her palace. Upon hearing this, Jing Fei quickly rebuked: "Xia Ying, don't lie in front of the emperor. You said Hui Concubine was faking her pregnancy, do you have any evidence?"

Xia Da Ying did not panic. She slowly snatched a package from Fuling's hand. After opening it, she found some blood-stained clothes.

Nian Shilan did not miss the eye contact between Jianqiu and Fuling just now, nor did she think that Xia Dongchun came to expose Shen Meizhuang's fake pregnancy at this time, but just happened to expose the scandal. Nian Shilan couldn't help but secretly mock herself for being so stupid in her previous life. How many things did the Queen do to add fuel to the fire without her knowing?

After her clothes fell, Fuling also begged for mercy from the emperor, "Your Majesty, I didn't mean to deceive you. It was Concubine Hui who threatened me with my family and forced me to do this."

Nian Shilan smiled and asked Fuling: "Now that you have betrayed your young master, are you not afraid that your young master will hurt your family?"

Fuling continued to kowtow, "I believe that with the emperor here, my family will be safe and sound."

Nian Shilan sneered, "If you were truly loyal, you wouldn't have confessed everything just because a promise asked you a few questions. The truth of what you said remains to be seen."

Fuling looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, I swear on my life that everything I said is true. My mistress had her period a few days ago, and she asked me to throw out the soiled clothes after returning to the palace today. Unexpectedly, I ran into Xia Da Ying, who saw me sneaking around and insisted that I stole the mistress's jewelry and wanted to send me to the Ministry of Punishment. During the argument, clothes were scattered all over the floor, and I couldn't hide it anymore, so I confessed everything. I also felt that my mistress was wrong, and I kept trying to persuade her, but she didn't listen, and I really had no choice."

After seeing this, the emperor didn't know what he was thinking and didn't speak for a while.

Seeing the emperor's silence, Xia Da Ying wondered whether the emperor believed the words that accused Huipin. She looked around and saw the queen winking at her, so she quickly said to the emperor, "I hope the emperor will not protect Huipin. This is already a bad trend in the harem."

Nian Shilan glanced at Xia Ying and said, "I didn't know Xia Ying was so smart. With just a few words from me, she was able to prove Huipin's guilt. This really opened my eyes."

The emperor looked at Nian Shilan and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Nian Shilan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is easy to handle. Ask Eunuch Su to bring Concubine Hui here, and then ask a few more imperial physicians to check Concubine Hui's pulse. We will know whether this is a real pregnancy or a false pregnancy after one check."

The emperor nodded silently, signaling Su Peisheng to do as Nian Shilan said, and Su Peisheng took the order and left.

The palace was quiet at this time and the atmosphere was very depressing, but the queen felt relieved. Fortunately, Xia Dongchun arrived in time. The queen thought that as long as Huipin's false pregnancy was confirmed and Huichun was there to take the blame for Wen Yi's poison, she would be safe.