Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

The queen was so angry that her face turned blue. Was she scolding her for not knowing how to write? She was already trying her best to learn.

What’s the point of learning these ancient poems? The emperor likes her innocence anyway, and she and the emperor are truly in love.

She said coquettishly to the emperor, "I am in charge of the harem, and I am afraid that the concubines in the harem will do something immoral. I am just taking precautions. I don't quite understand what Concubine Xian wrote. I think Concubine Xian's handwriting is exactly the same as the one on the handkerchief..."

"Has the nanny who went to take samples come back yet?" The emperor was a little impatient.

After the nanny came back, she looked at the empress and handed a stack of manuscripts to the emperor. After flipping through them, the emperor's eyes lit up. They were not some love poems, but the Four Books and Five Classics, and the handwriting was the same as what she had just written.

He asked Jiang Fenghua, "Did you write these words?"

Jiang Fenghua said, "Yes."

The Queen also took a glance at it. It was written very beautifully. The Emperor's eyes almost fell off the book. What was so beautiful about it? She interrupted, "Your Majesty, since the Concubine Xian can also write this kind of words, doesn't it prove that she can't clear herself of suspicion?"

The emperor only said, "Now that the matter has been clarified, it has nothing to do with Concubine Xian. Don't gather around." How could he not see that the words on the handkerchief were deliberately imitated, and the lotus leaves also imitated the words on the handkerchief, so the handwriting on the lotus leaves was closer to that on the handkerchief.

Jiang Fenghua finally breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor was a wise ruler. He just didn't like her.

She thought the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, the nanny beside Su Tingwan suddenly stood up and said, "The palace maid secretly resold the palace's things outside the palace. According to the palace rules, she should be punished with a cane."

"She sold my things, so I should be the one to punish her," Jiang Fenghua said to the nanny.

The maid continued, "Reporting to the Emperor and Empress, when I went to the palace of Consort Xian to get the manuscript, I secretly searched the Dawn Palace and found that the Empress and other concubines' jewelry were hidden in the Dawn Palace. I guessed that Lian Ye was not only selling handkerchiefs, but also secretly selling things in the palace. I asked the Imperial Guards to go with me just now, and sure enough, I did find stolen goods in the Dawn Palace."

I saw the royal guards carrying several bags, which contained palace utensils and gold and silver jewelry in front of them.

At this time, concubines came forward one after another, "This gold hairpin is mine, this one is mine, this bracelet is mine, this earring is mine..."

Everyone came forward to claim them. Jiang Fenghua and the two maids were dumbfounded. Even a maid from the Chenxi Palace came out to identify them. “I often see Lian Ye and Hong Xiu sneaking around. It turns out they stole things from the palace and hid them…”

Lian Ye stared at the palace maids, eyes full of disbelief, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did we act sneaky? When did we steal things from the palace and hide them?"

One of the palace maids, Cui Ping, pointed directly at her, "Sister Lian Ye, just admit it. No matter how well we hid, they found everything. I have no use for the silver you gave me, so I'll give it back to you."

She took out a big bag of silver from her purse and threw it in front of Lian Ye. Lian Ye had no room to deny such a huge amount of silver. She was caught red-handed and had no way to defend herself.

Lian Ye said, "Cui Ping, your conscience has been eaten by dogs. Your mother is sick and you don't have money to treat her illness. Who gave you money..."

"Sister Lian Ye, please stop making up these things. You always make excuses like this every time you leave the palace. My mother died a long time ago. I don't have a mother at all."

Lian Ye felt like the sky was falling. The palace maids had the opportunity to go out of the palace to visit their families twice a month. She did ask Cui Ping to do this, but Cui Ping also cried bitterly for her. Her family was very poor and she had no money to pay for her parents' medical treatment...

The Queen frowned, "Xian Fei, why do you still allow the people in your palace to steal things from the palace and sell them? This... this... this is how I can protect you. With such a character, how can I rest assured to leave the little prince and princess by your side to raise them?"

"No, we don't." Jiang Fenghua denied. What did Su Tingwan want to do? Did she want her child? No.

"Your Majesty, I don't have it, and neither does Lian Ye. Please believe me." Jiang Fenghua pleaded.

The emperor saw this and asked the imperial guards, "What's going on? You went to get the manuscript of Concubine Xian, but how did you find so many jewelry?"

"Your Majesty, these things were indeed searched out from the Dawn Palace, and were placed together with these embroidered handkerchiefs. They must have intended to take them out of the palace and resell them together." said the Imperial Guard.

The emperor looked at the handkerchief and saw nothing written on it. "Xianfei, how do you explain it?"

"I didn't, and I don't know how those things appeared in Chenxi Palace, Your Majesty..." Jiang Fenghua denied.

Her face was pale, and she felt as if someone had woven a net for her and trapped her tightly. She was like a dying fish struggling, but could not get out.

"Xian Fei, do you still not admit that you were involved in stealing things from the palace? Did you embroider all these handkerchiefs? Did you really embroider so many handkerchiefs just for fun? Does it really have nothing to do with you?" The Queen asked her repeatedly.

Even if she complained to the emperor, he would not be able to find anything if he went to Chenxi Palace to investigate, because the monthly silver and clothes and jewelry she provided to Chenxi Palace were all intact in Chenxi Palace.

There were even people who sent money to the Jiang family on a regular basis, and it was all her money. Where did this money come from? Wasn't it the money that Jiang Fenghua stole from the palace and used to support the Jiang family?

Jiang Fenghua, go ahead and make your excuses. Let’s see how the emperor finds out that the Jiang family is also involved in this matter, and then Master Jiang’s reputation will be ruined.

You asked your second sister to sell the handkerchiefs. The Jin family is a business, and the emperor ordered the Jin family to be sealed off...

Jiang Fenghua understood Su Tingwan's threat, and she said, "These handkerchiefs were embroidered by me..."

Lian Ye said, "It wasn't the Concubine Xian, it was this servant who did it alone. These things were also stolen by this servant alone. Cui Ping also stole them. She wants to get away with it by taking out such a small amount of silver. She is dreaming. If we have to die, we will all die together."

"Lian Ye..." Jiang Fenghua yelled at her, "You didn't do it, why are you admitting it? It was obviously not you..."

"It's me, your majesty. I did everything. I'm sorry. I have done so many wrong things behind your back. I'm really sorry." Lian Ye's eyes were firm and she was ready to die.

"She has admitted it herself. Why should Concubine Xian protect her? She is just a maid." Ji Chen said sarcastically, "No wonder she can recite so many love poems. She almost implicated me. It's obvious that she is not a good person. If she stays with Concubine Xian, she will really teach the little prince and princess bad things."

The next moment, Lian Ye said to him viciously, "If Prince Ji had no evil intentions, how could he be deceived by a few love poems from a slave? Since you knew that these handkerchiefs came from the palace, why did you take them out now? Why didn't you inform the emperor in advance, but broke into the harem without permission to meet with me? It takes two to tango. I love you, don't you love me too? Prince Ji can't escape the blame for having privately exchanged with the women in the harem."

"Who loves you?" Ji Chen was so angry that his eyes turned red. "Nonsense, nonsense, I didn't tell the emperor because I was tempted by the handkerchief." He was also afraid that the emperor would misunderstand.

"What a sharp-tongued maid! This is how Concubine Xian taught them. They are simply lawless." The Queen scolded, "Madame Wang, how should we deal with such a maid?"

"Reporting to the Queen, according to palace rules, she should be beaten to death." Normally, the concubines and maids in the harem should be under the control of the Queen, and the Emperor would not interfere.