A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Concubine Xian was horrified and glared at Concubine Rong with her eyes wide open.

"Sister Rongfei has the guts to slander me in front of His Majesty."

Having said that, he knelt before the emperor.

"Your Majesty, please investigate. The prince is indeed at fault in this matter. I will teach him a lesson in the future. But Sister Rongfei slandered me in front of the court officials and ladies. Please, Your Majesty, help me."

Emperor Xuande had no intention of venting his anger on Concubine Xian, he just wanted to teach the Crown Prince wrongly.

So he looked at Concubine Rong and said in a deep voice: "If there is no evidence, my beloved concubine, please do not speak nonsense."

Concubine Rong looked across the crowd at her confidant Ruixue who was hurriedly walking towards her. Ruixue nodded slightly at her.

"Your Majesty, I am not making up these words. I have evidence that proves that Concubine Xian is disrespectful to the late Queen."

Emperor Xuande frowned, "Tell me, what evidence?"

Concubine Rong glanced at Concubine Xian, then spoke seriously.

"Your Majesty, do you remember that every year on the anniversary of the late queen's death, Concubine Xian would personally copy the scriptures and pray for the late queen."

Emperor Xuande nodded and said, "I remember that Concubine Xian's heart can be said to be a role model for other concubines."

Rong Fei sneered in her heart and continued, "Your Majesty may not know that Sister Xian Fei said that she copied it herself, but in fact, only the cover of the scripture and the few copies shown to Your Majesty were copied by her own hand."

"The other scriptures were handled by my servants. If they copied them carefully, it would be fine, but I found that the contents were not all scriptures, and they were no different from ghost paintings."

Xian Fei's face changed drastically when she heard this. How did Rong Fei know these things? She did these things secretly, and the people who did these things were all confidants. She thought she didn't reveal any flaws.

Although she was worried, Concubine Xian still held out some hope. Concubine Rong might not have any evidence, and she might just have seen some clues based on hearsay.

After calming down, Concubine Xian said righteously, "Sister Rong, please be careful with your words. You can't talk nonsense about these things. Don't I know whether I copied those scriptures?"

"I have always been devoted to the late queen. How could I do such a treasonous thing?"

Emperor Xuande also didn't believe that Concubine Xian would do such a thing. Since the death of the late empress, Concubine Xian had been copying scriptures for the late empress every day for twenty years. How could it be fake?

Even though the Song family had always been dissatisfied with Concubine Xian, Emperor Xuande believed that Concubine Xian was not a very evil person. Otherwise, he would not have allowed her to take charge of the harem and made her eldest son the crown prince.

So when he heard Concubine Rong speaking so confidently, Emperor Xuande was puzzled for a moment.

"My dear Concubine Rong, do you really have evidence?"

Concubine Rong nodded and said, "I dare not deceive the emperor."

As he spoke, he motioned to Ruixue to hand the thing in her hand to Eunuch Hu.

"Your Majesty, this volume of the 'Sutra of Rebirth' was copied by Concubine Xian for the late Queen. Please take a look at the cover to see if it is Concubine Xian's handwriting. Then please take a look inside to see what is written."

Emperor Xuande took the scripture from Hu Lu and glanced at the cover. It was indeed the handwriting of Concubine Xian, with words of respect from Concubine Xian to the late Empress written on it. It was exactly the same scripture that Concubine Xian copied for the late Empress every year.

Emperor Xuande opened the scripture and began to read it under the gaze of the crowd. After reading only a few pages, his face darkened.

It can be said that the content has nothing to do with the "Sutra of Rebirth". It is indeed appropriate to say that it is a ghost painting.

When Emperor Xuande thought about burning something like this for Zi Ning, the thing in his hand fell directly on Concubine Xian's head.

"Xianfei, you are so brave."

At this moment, Concubine Xian didn't care how Concubine Rong got the scripture. In panic, she could only admit her mistake and beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty is very clear. Someone must have framed me. When I copied the scriptures, I always wrote the cover first and then concentrated on copying the scriptures."

"Did someone steal the scriptures that I hadn't finished copying and scribbled over them?"

The prince also knelt beside Concubine Xian, not caring about his own affairs, and began to plead for Concubine Xian.

"Father, you are wise. When Mother was copying the scriptures, I was watching from the side. This cannot be faked."

"Father, please don't let Mother's heart down. Her love for Mother is evident to all."

The prince said this with great confidence.

Concubine Rong said, "Your Majesty, I got this scroll by chance."

"If Sister Xianfei feels that the evidence is insufficient, why not compare the handwriting and find the person who wrote this scroll of scriptures?"

She had held this scroll of scriptures for a long time, but she had never found a chance to present it to the emperor. Today was a rare opportunity.

Even if we cannot completely overthrow Concubine Xian, we can at least skin her and the Crown Prince.

Even though Concubine Xian tried her best to control herself, a hint of panic still appeared on her face.

Emperor Xuande only took one look and knew that there was no need to proofread the handwriting.

"The virtuous concubine is under house arrest in Zhaohua Palace. She is not allowed to move around without my order. The harem will be managed by Rong Fei for the time being."

Xianfei had been in the harem for more than 20 years, and had encountered danger several times but had managed to survive. She had seen many storms and waves, so she was not overly afraid.

How the emperor dealt with her was not the most important thing. What mattered was the prince's heart. As long as the prince was still the crown prince, she would be able to take charge of the harem again sooner or later.

So the virtuous concubine did not cry or make a fuss, but thanked the emperor for his grace calmly.

Emperor Xuande looked at the crown prince again and hesitated for a long time without saying anything. The change of the crown prince involves the foundation of the country and cannot be done lightly.

Chen Zheng held his breath in his heart. If the incident today was just the prince sleeping with the Saint of Xiyue, it wouldn't be a big deal. But later it involved the late queen, and Chen Zheng felt a little unsure.

Given the emperor's obsession with the late queen, he would not find it strange if he said he wanted to depose the crown prince.

In addition, the prince's performance during this period was not outstanding, and Chen Zheng became more and more unsure.

The entire Fengxian Hall was silent, as everyone waited for the emperor's next move.

After a while, Emperor Xuande finally spoke.

"The Crown Prince's Junior Tutor Chen Zheng failed to teach the Crown Prince well. All officials in the Chancellery failed to advise the Crown Prince on his words and deeds. All of them will be fined one year's salary as a warning to others."

"As for the crown prince...you have disturbed the rest of our ancestors. You must kneel for three days and three nights as a punishment."

"Send the two Saint Ladies of Xiyue to the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince will decide their positions."

Chen Zheng's face was not very good. Being fined a salary was a small matter, but losing face was a big matter. The emperor fined him and the entire Zhanshi Mansion, which was equivalent to directly losing the prince's face.

Although Song Zan, Marquis of Loyalty, was not particularly satisfied with Emperor Xuande's handling of the matter, he knew that this was the limit.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked again: "Your Majesty, it was originally planned that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would go out of the city to train the troops tomorrow. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to kneel for a long time in Fengxian Hall, then this training..."

Over the years, the guards in the capital would take turns going out of the city for training. The rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty was that the crown prince would go out of the city for training.

Emperor Xuande said, "Let King Cheng take care of the military training outside the city."

Song Zan replied with a "yes", then turned around and saw that the prince's face had darkened even more.

At the end of today's incident, Concubine Rong and Prince Cheng and his mother gained all the benefits.

After that, the matter came to an end. Emperor Xuande led his clan members and court officials into the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the late empress.

Later, Concubine Rong will also bring the ladies in.

While waiting outside the palace, Concubine Rong called Su Qingyu over and started chatting with her in a friendly manner.

Concubine Rong has always wanted to win over the third wife of the Shen family.

Su Qingyu knew what Rong Fei meant, and she just responded appropriately. As before, she didn't say a word that she shouldn't say or respond to.

While the two were talking, Concubine Rong unconsciously looked not far away.

Li Chaoyun was saying something in front of Concubine Xian, and the two of them behaved quite intimately.

Concubine Rong was actually a little anxious. Concubine Xian was very close to the Li family of Prince Shan's Mansion, which was not a good thing for her and Prince Cheng.

Su Qingyu suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness should go and thank the Princess for what happened today."

Rong Fei's mind suddenly lit up, and she instantly grasped the deep meaning in Su Qingyu's words.

"Madam San is right. I should thank the princess."

She couldn't miss such a good opportunity to alienate them. Even if she couldn't make them completely hostile to each other, she could at least disgust Concubine Xian.