The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Nian Shilan came out of the inner chamber and saw the emperor looking eagerly at the little guy in her arms. She smiled and congratulated him, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of the Sixth Prince."

The emperor was very happy when he heard this. He held Wanpin's hand and kept praising her, "Great! I have another prince."

Seeing this, the concubines in the harem, no matter how reluctant they were in their hearts, still pretended to be happy for Concubine Hui: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Concubine Hui."

Nian Shilan held the Sixth Prince in her arms and walked in front of the Emperor, and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't you want to hold the Sixth Prince?"

Nian Shilan was deliberately testing the position of the Sixth Prince in the emperor's heart. There has always been a rule that "hold grandchildren but not sons". Nian Shilan was testing like this just to find out whether Shen Meizhuang's shrill screams just now had entered the emperor's heart.

The emperor did not let Nian Shilan down. He reached out and took the Sixth Prince from Nian Shilan's arms, looking at his features carefully.

Zhen Huan also came close to the emperor and looked at the Sixth Prince, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, look, the Sixth Prince's eyebrows and eyes are similar to yours."

When the emperor heard this, he also took a closer look and said, "Yes, it does look like me."

The emperor held the Sixth Prince in his arms, smiling happily, "Pass on my oral order. Huipin has contributed greatly to the birth of a son. From today on, she will be promoted to Huifei, and will be granted a thousand taels of gold and allowed to live in Chengqian Palace. When Huipin is out of confinement, she will move there. Xianfu Palace has contributed greatly to the service of Huipin, and will be rewarded with three months' salary. Jingfei has contributed greatly to the care of the heir, and from today on, Jingfei's mother will be granted the title of Second Class Imperial Lady."

The whole Xianfu Palace was filled with joy, and everyone had a sincere smile on their face. "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Concubine Hui."

When Nian Shilan heard that the emperor did not mention anything else, she glanced at An Lingrong, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have the audacity to ask you something."

The emperor was in high spirits, and without thinking too much, he smiled and said, "My beloved concubine, please stand up and speak."

Nian Shilan was still kneeling on the ground. "Today, Concubine Hui and her child are safe. This is inseparable from the contribution of An Changzai. I dare to ask the emperor to reward An Changzai."

When the emperor heard this, he also thought of what Wanpin had said to him just now, "I was overwhelmed by joy, and it was my beloved concubine who was careful. From now on, I will promote An Shi to Noble Lady An and grant her 100 taels of silver."

An Lingrong was also very happy to hear that the emperor promoted her to a noble lady, "Thank you, Your Majesty. It is my duty to take care of the concubines of high rank."

The emperor looked at An Lingrong and nodded in appreciation, then glanced at Concubine Wan and said, "If all the concubines in the harem were as harmonious as you sisters, I would be relieved."

Nian Shilan continued, "Today, someone poisoned Concubine Hui with spices. Please investigate thoroughly, Your Majesty."

The emperor also became serious. He glanced at the obedient Sixth Prince in his arms and could not help but feel angry. "Su Peisheng, bring all the maids and eunuchs from Xianfu Palace here. I want to interrogate them personally."

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Nian Shilan hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, please take care of your health."

Su Peisheng had already gone down and brought all the eunuchs and palace maids into the hall, even the midwives were not spared. The servants knelt on the ground and no longer looked as happy as they had been when they received the reward just now.

The emperor looked at the servants kneeling on the ground, "I only want to ask one question, who did this today? If you confess, I can spare your family's life."

Hearing the emperor's very serious words, the servants couldn't help but tremble, and no one took the initiative to admit it.

At this time, the maid Caixing beside Concubine Hui said, "Your Majesty, today I saw the maid Xier sneaking into Concubine Hui's bedroom."

When Xier heard what Caixing said, she quickly explained: "Your Majesty, please understand, I didn't, I really didn't."

Seeing that Xi'er denied it but avoided his gaze, Nian Shilan couldn't help but ask, "Are you saying that Caixing wronged you?"

Xi'er hurriedly said tremblingly: "Replying to Concubine Hua, I don't know how I offended Sister Caixing and made her misunderstand me like this."

Nian Shilan felt unhappy when she heard Xier's tea-like words. She rolled her eyes and said, "Please send someone to check where Xier worked before she came to Xianfu Palace to work?"

Seeing that the emperor also nodded, Su Peisheng hurried to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check Xier's financial files.

When Xi'er heard that Nian Shilan wanted to investigate her past, she cried and said, "Your Majesty, please understand. Since I came to Xianfu Palace, I have been serving Concubine Hui wholeheartedly and have no second thoughts."

Nian Shilan sneered: "I am just checking your previous records, why are you panicking?"

The emperor also saw that something was wrong with this matter, and looked at Xier with dignity, "Some people say that you sneaked into Concubine Hui's bedroom. Do you have any explanation? Or can you prove that you have not been there?"

Xier was frightened by the emperor's majesty and stammered, "I...I don't know who can prove it for me."

At this time, Su Peisheng came back after completing his investigation. In front of the emperor and Nian Shilan, he said in a voice that only the three of them could hear clearly: "I found out that Xier was a maid in Yimei Garden before."

When Nian Shilan heard this, she thought, wasn't this a coincidence? Yu Da Ying also used to be from Yimeyuan.

The emperor looked at Xier and said indifferently, "Since you have no way to prove your innocence, I would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go. Come here, Xier attempted to murder the heir to the throne, and all nine generations of her clan shall be executed."

When Xier heard what the emperor said, she panicked, "Your Majesty, it's not me, it's really not me."

The emperor's expression did not change at all. He just watched coldly as the eunuchs dragged Xi'er away. Xi'er was so scared that she quickly said, "Your Majesty, I confess. I confess everything."

Seeing this, Nian Shilan raised her eyebrows with amusement. The emperor ordered the eunuchs with a cold face to drag Xier back.

Xier lay on the ground, crying, "Your Majesty, it was Yu who promised me to do all this, and the things were also given to me by Yu. She threatened me with my family, and I really had no choice."

When the emperor heard Xier's words, he asked coldly, "You said it was her, do you have any evidence?"

Xier nodded quickly, "Yu promised to give me 100 taels of silver if I succeeded. To reassure me, she gave me 50 taels of silver first. The silver note is under my bed. The emperor will find out if he sends someone to check. I also took one of her sachets while Yu was not paying attention and put it under the silver note."

After hearing this, the emperor asked Su Peisheng to send someone to check it out and bring Yu Da Ying over.

Upon hearing this, Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan hurriedly recommended themselves, "Your Majesty, I promise to be your concubine after all. Now that the matter has not been finalized, it is not appropriate to rashly send the eunuchs. It is better to let Eunuch Su accompany me and Concubine Wan to go together."

The emperor saw that Concubine Hua and Concubine Wan had volunteered, and after hearing what Nian Shilan said, he also felt that Nian Shilan was very considerate of him, and with Su Peisheng accompanying her, nothing would go wrong, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then you and Concubine Wan go."