The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

Empress Fucha was unconscious, muttering "tit for tat" to herself, and the three people who were taking care of her on the orders of the empress dowager heard it.

Concubine Chun was shocked. Could it be that the Queen heard their conversation and fell into the water because she was angry? If that was the case, the Queen would definitely not let them go!

Although Concubine Chun pretended to be calm on the surface, she was already in a panic in her heart. She wanted to tell Concubine Yu the news after she finished tending to the patient so that they could discuss a countermeasure.

Yan Wan heard Concubine Chun's tangled and uneasy words and sneered in her heart. If you are so timid now, how can you have the courage to control the palace affairs and consider yourself as the next queen after Empress Fucha passes away? It is true that power makes people swell!

Empress Fucha woke up, the Emperor came to visit her, and everyone else left.

On her way back, Concubine Chun accidentally discovered that her pearl flower was missing, but now the place was in such a mess that it was difficult for Concubine Chun to look for it, lest she arouse suspicion. It was just a pearl flower, so she let it be lost.

The Emperor had a long talk with Empress Fucha. The Emperor believed that Empress Fucha was jealous of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin for giving birth to the eldest son, so she killed the mother and kept the son and assassinated her. She was jealous that he had wanted to make Ruyi his legitimate wife, so she joined forces with Imperial Noble Consort Huixian to suppress and frame Ruyi everywhere.

Not only did she banish Ruyi to the cold palace, she also placed snakes and poisoned people in the cold palace in an attempt to kill Ruyi.

Even if Empress Fucha swore on the Fucha family's hundred years of prosperity, she could not dispel the emperor's doubts.

The emperor had already determined in his heart that Empress Fucha had done all sorts of evil things, which was why she could not protect her child.

After hearing these heart-piercing words, Empress Fucha had seen clearly what kind of person the emperor was, and she no longer cared how the emperor viewed her. Anyway, no matter who became the successor, her fate would not be better than hers!

When Empress Fucha passed away, everyone burst into tears. Princess Jingse even laid on Empress Fucha's body and cried loudly. Yanwan knelt on the other side, crying and trying to comfort Princess Jingse.

Imperial Concubine Chun was the highest-ranking concubine in the harem except for Empress Fucha. She learned that Empress Fucha had recommended her to be the next empress before her death, and she cried to everyone.

"The Queen passed away suddenly. Although this place is not as good as the palace, the Queen's funeral ceremony still needs to be held in a dignified manner!"

While everyone was busy with the funeral of Empress Fucha, Su Lian received a message from Concubine Jia, saying that there was something strange about Empress Fucha's falling into the water, so Su Lian went alone to inquire.

"You said that the Queen's fall into the water was not an accident? But is there any evidence?" Su Lian avoided everyone's sight, came to a place, and anxiously asked a woman covered in a wide black cloak.

Zhenshu, who was in disguise, lowered her voice and took out something and said, "That's right! I found this thing where the queen fell into the water. Does it look familiar to you?"

Su Lian looked intently at the thing in Zhen Shu's hand and felt that the pearl hairpin looked very familiar. Just when Su Lian knew what it was and was about to say the person's name, she saw Zhen Shu in front of her suddenly hold her neck and push her into the water!

This place was originally quiet and deserted, but suddenly a drunk guard who was out for the bathroom heard the commotion and shouted, "Who's there?!"

At this moment, Su Lian had fainted and was unconscious. Zhen Shu was panicking and was thinking about countermeasures when another guard came out and said, "Are you drunk? It's pitch dark here. Where did you come from? We are waiting for you to go back and continue drinking. Stop being suspicious!"

"Really? Maybe I'm just dazzled. Let's go back and have a drink."

Seeing that Su Lian was no longer moving, Zhenshu was afraid that someone else would come out soon, so she placed the pearl flower firmly in Su Lian's hand and pushed Su Lian's body into the water.

After Zhenshu left, two young eunuchs emerged from the river and quietly carried Sulian to the shore.

The emperor said to Ruyi, "I have already asked the late empress, and she admitted that the bracelets she gave to you and Imperial Noble Consort Huixian contained contraceptive lindera, but she swore by the hundred years of honor of the Fucha family that she denied having released snakes or poisoned people in the cold palace."

“How can we believe the oath? Since she doesn’t admit it, we still have Su Lian and Lian Xin. Just call them and ask them and we’ll know!” Ruyi knew, of course, that Empress Fucha had not poisoned her in the cold palace, but she had done so many evil things to her in the past, so she might as well add these two to the list.

At this moment, Sanbao came in in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, the guards have fished out Su Lian's body from the river. She was buried alive with the late queen!"

Ruyi felt something was wrong and said, "Sacrificing for the master is an honorable thing. Why do you have to hide and do it secretly? There must be something fishy! Your Majesty might as well summon Lianxin to ask her."

The emperor thought what Ruyi said made sense, so he sent Yu Hu and the coroner to perform an autopsy.

Yu Hu came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the coroner said that Su Lian drowned. However, there are traces of pressure on the back of Su Lian's neck, so she may have drowned! Moreover, I found this pearl flower in Su Lian's hand. I think it must be an important thing, and Su Lian was holding it tightly in her hand."

The emperor took the pearl flower from Yu Hu's hand, looked at it carefully and said, "I remember that this pearl flower was made for the main concubines by me during the Qixi Festival. This gardenia pearl flower belongs to Concubine Chun!"

Yu Hu knew that this was Concubine Chun's pearl, and said, "One pearl flower doesn't mean anything. I will continue to investigate."

The emperor nodded and said, "Don't make this known to the public."

After returning to the palace, the emperor ordered Concubine Chun and Concubine Xian to jointly handle the funeral of the late queen. Since Su Lian was dead, Concubine Jia had nothing to worry about. In addition to taking care of the baby, she spent the whole day flattering Concubine Chun. Concubine Chun had all the power and was very popular in the palace.

That day, Jinzhong came to Yongshou Palace, and Yanwan asked, "How is the matter going? Have all the people been settled?"

"Master, please rest assured that I can do my job well. I have arranged two young eunuchs who are good at swimming to hide in the water, waiting for Zhenshu to push the person in. Then I will use the female corpse prepared in advance to switch the male with the female. When everyone in the palace knows that Su Lian has died for her master, I have already sent someone to quietly send the unconscious Su Lian away." Jinzhong said.

"We must not let Concubine Jia find out that Su Lian is still alive. I want to use Su Lian to overthrow Concubine Jia!" Yan Wan said.

"I know the seriousness of the matter, but if I do this, I'm afraid the emperor will become suspicious of Concubine Chun." Jinzhong said.

Yan Wan laughed disdainfully and said, "She was so panicked on the boat that day, fearing that the late Queen would come after her when she woke up. Now, a few days later, she is flattered by that smiling tiger, Concubine Jia, and she is so majestic as if she is the master of the harem! Little did she know that Concubine Jia is causing trouble for her. Let's just wait and see!"