After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

The Emperor has been away from the palace these days due to some matters, and the Empress Dowager is in poor health, so all matters in the palace, big and small, are left to the Empress and Concubine Hua to handle.

Concubine Cao had nothing to do in the evening, so she asked Concubine Hua and Concubine Li to go out for a walk. Concubine Li was a little scared, but after Concubine Hua scolded her a few words, she had to follow them obediently.

The group was walking lazily in the imperial garden when suddenly, Concubine Li pointed in the distance and started yelling, "There's a ghost! Look, Madam, I'm not lying to you. It's Yu, it's Yu!"

"Don't come over, don't come over. The idea was mine, but you did it. It was you who asked someone to drug Concubine Wan, not me! You should go find the person who killed you, don't come to me..." Concubine Li was so scared that she was incoherent and said out loud everything in her heart.

Zhen Huan and her companions realized that the time had come and walked over from the garden.

Zhen Huan walked up to Lipin angrily and asked, "Madam Lipin, what did you just say?"

When Concubine Hua saw these people, she panicked, but she remained calm. She narrowed her eyes and pointed at her viciously, saying, "It's you! No, all three of you are involved!"

Zhen Huan pretended not to understand, "What did Concubine Hua say?"

"Bitch! Why are you pretending?"

Zhen Huan ignored her and turned to Huanbi and said, "Huanbi, go and invite the Queen."

Hua Fei frowned and signaled Zhou Ninghai. Zhou Ninghai limped to Lipin's side and covered Lipin's mouth with his hand.

"Looking at Huanbi's departing figure, Concubine Hua finally panicked, "I am here to assist the six palaces under the order of the Emperor, so I have the right to handle this matter. There is no need to alarm the Empress in the middle of the night, right?"

Zhen Huan did not speak, but walked up to Lipin and asked her, "You just said that you ordered Yu to poison me. I heard it all. If you are willing to tell me who ordered you to poison me, I can plead for you in front of the Queen when she comes."

After hearing this, Lipin looked at Huafei, but she could not speak because her mouth was covered by Zhou Ninghai.

At this moment, the Queen arrived.

Everyone bowed together, "May the Queen be blessed with good health!"

The queen said solemnly, "If the harem is not at peace, how can I be at peace?"

"Zhou Ninghai, you are a slave, how dare you cover Lipin's mouth? Let her go!"

Hua Fei panicked and explained to the Queen that Lipin had gone insane. The Queen had tolerated Hua Fei for so many years and allowed the Emperor to favor Wan Guiren without interfering because she was waiting for the two of them to fight. Now that she finally had the chance, how could she listen to Hua Fei's explanation?

The Queen ordered her to arrest Lipin, put her on the sedan chair and said, "You don't have to say anything more. The Emperor is not in the palace. I will report this to the Queen Mother. I believe the Queen Mother will handle it impartially. You all can go away now!"

Zhen Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the Queen to give her a satisfactory result.

Three days later, in Jingren Palace, the concubines sat upright on their chairs, waiting for the Empress to read out the result of the punishment for Concubine Li.

The Queen sat on the upper throne with a dignified expression, "This time, Concubine Wan was wronged. The Emperor has sent some things to comfort her. But Concubine Wan, we are all sisters. What Concubine Li did was wrong. You should not take it too seriously. The Emperor and the Queen Mother have decided to banish Concubine Li to the cold palace. She instructed Yu to poison you. Her methods were sinister and she deserved this fate."

Zhen Huan couldn't accept it, and asked: "I dare to ask, did Concubine Li tell me who instructed her to do this?"

The Queen said solemnly, "I asked the Ministry of Punishment to torture her severely. Lipin has always insisted that she did it and it had nothing to do with others. Since the Ministry of Punishment can't get any information out of her, I think this result will be correct. I know you are scared, and I feel sorry for you! But the Emperor and the Queen Mother mean that this matter should end here."

Zhen Huan immediately understood what the Queen meant and said nothing more.

After returning to the palace, Zhen Huan was in a bad mood and refused to eat the food brought by the maids. Huanbi felt sad to see her mistress so depressed.

Huanbi and Liuzhu were sitting in the yard. Xiao Yunzi came over and told them that he had just met many unfamiliar faces in the palace. After asking around, he learned that they were people from various ethnic groups in the border areas who had come to pay tribute.

"I heard that in addition to rare treasures and curios, they also brought in a lot of books, such as those about Mongolian and Baiyi peoples... everything you can think of."

Huanbi's eyes lit up and she asked, "Do you know what books they are?"

Xiao Yunzi shook his head and said, "I heard that the Baiyi people have the most books. This is because our emperor values ​​brothers and sisters!"

Liu Zhu was puzzled, "Your Majesty?"

Xiao Yunzi smiled and said, "Prince Guo's biological mother, Concubine Shu, is from the Baiyi tribe."

When Huanbi heard this, her face was slightly stunned, and her mind became active. She was wondering if she could find some clues about the existence of her maternal grandfather's family from those books. If she could find any clues, she could ask the emperor to re-investigate what happened back then.

But she soon became disappointed. The books that could be sent into the palace must have been selected and reviewed by many civil officials. Any books that were not conducive to the stability of the court were blocked outside the palace. Moreover, those were books that the Baiyi people paid tribute to the emperor. How could she read them?

Alas, she sighed inwardly, pulling at the leaves in the garden in annoyance.

Xiao Yunzi and Liu Zhu noticed that Huanbi was in a bad mood, and asked with concern: "Huanbi, what's wrong with you? I see that you don't look good, is it because of the hot weather?"

Huanbi was concentrating on thinking about those books and didn't hear Liuzhu's voice at all.

Liu Zhu looked at her worriedly and continued, "Huanbi, are you really suffering from the heat? Xiao Yunzi, go and report to the young mistress. I will take Huanbi to the porch to rest."

Xiao Yunzi agreed and walked into the house in two or three steps.

Liu Zhu supported Huanbi and whispered, "Huanbi, let's go!"

Huanbi finally came to her senses and looked at Liuzhu in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Liu Zhu explained what happened just now. Huan Bi smiled and said, "I was just thinking about something. Liu Zhu, you are really stupid. I am so strong, what can happen to me?"

Huanbi's complexion returned to normal. The young master and Xiao Yunzi also came out. Seeing the two talking in the yard, they asked Huanbi what was wrong with concern. Huanbi just said that she was a little distracted and nothing was wrong.

Zhen Huan smiled and told them that in three days the Emperor would take his concubines to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat, which was the coolest place in the capital.

Liu Zhu jumped up with joy. When she was outside the palace, she often heard people say that the Old Summer Palace had pleasant scenery and was a summer resort. Now she could finally see it with her own eyes!

But Huanbi was still thinking about those books.

On summer nights, there is only a slight coolness when there are occasional gusts of wind.

At this moment, the emperor was chatting with the young lady in the room. Liu Zhu came in from time to time and stirred the iron fan so that the cool air from the ice could blow on the emperor and the young lady.

Huanbi did not have to be on duty tonight, so she changed into an ordinary maid's clothes, and took advantage of the fact that the emperor was staying in Suiyuxuan tonight and the guards in other places would be very lax, so she sneaked out and came to the library under the moonlight.