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"Well, if anyone finds something wrong like Concubine Wan, please report it to the emperor when he comes back and ask him to investigate. Although I am in charge of the harem, I cannot control the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the palace maids."

"Now, everyone go back. I'm tired and need to rest."

"You don't need to come to pay your respects to me again in the next few days. I am not in the mood to entertain you."

Nian Shilan's words were extremely straightforward. The newlyweds had not yet adapted to her speaking style and were stunned. They were all wondering in their hearts, could such words be said so directly? The Imperial Concubine was really different!

For the sake of face and "harmony", the concubines in the harem were polite and smiling when talking to each other, whether in private or in public. Even if they hated each other in their hearts, they would not express it as directly as Nian Shilan.

But it must be said that it was Nian Shilan's straightforward performance that made many of the newcomers who had been suspicious of Nian Shilan because of Zhen Huan's words dispel their doubts.

The Imperial Noble Consort is so upright, so I think the things that Concubine Wan discovered were not done by her.

The Imperial Concubine is of noble status, has power in the palace, the Nian family behind her, and the favor of the Emperor. If the Imperial Concubine really wants to deal with the people in the harem, she doesn't need to use methods like musk.

Using musk to impregnate items and secretly harm the concubines' bodies. Such means do not fit the character of the imperial concubine. I think it is the queen again. I don't know when these new concubines will discover the hypocrisy behind the queen's gentleness.

The concubines were filled with emotion. Except for the concubines who had suffered from the Queen's tricks when she was in the palace and were able to recognize who the musk of Concubine Wan came from, most of the concubines were deceived by the Queen's apparent gentleness as they thought.

"This Wanpin is so annoying. How dare she doubt the Imperial Concubine!"

Ye Lan'yi followed behind Zhen Huan, glaring at her back fiercely. When paying respects at the Yikun Palace, in order to avoid being discovered by others about the relationship between herself and the Imperial Concubine, Ye Lan'yi had to pretend that she did not know the Imperial Concubine and hide among the newlyweds.

Ye Lan'yi was already very unhappy with Zhen Huan's lateness in paying her respects, and her artificial provocation when paying her respects made Ye Lan'yi want to go up and dig out her eyes.

Ye Lanyi is an orphan who has been raised in a zoo since she was a child. Her temperament has become like that of a wild beast, and she is extremely ferocious. After recognizing Nian Shilan as her master, Ye Lanyi is determined to remove obstacles for Nian Shilan. No matter what Nian Shilan wants to do, as long as Ye Lanyi can help, she will help at the risk of her life.

It is normal for Ye Lan'yi to hate Zhen Huan since she dared to treat her master like this.

The other An Lingrong's mentality is different from Ye Lan'yi's. She keeps Nian Shilan's teachings in mind and makes full use of her advantage of being good at observing and discovering secrets. As soon as Zhen Huan appeared, An Lingrong realized that Zhen Huan had ulterior motives. She wanted to find an opportunity to remind Nian Shilan, but when she saw that she was not fooled at all, she was not only relieved, but also admired Nian Shilan even more.

Nian Shilan is the person that An Lingrong has always dreamed of becoming. An Lingrong is even more angry than Ye Lan'yi about Zhen Huan's unreasonable suspicion and behavior.

But she was more patient than Ye Lan'yi. Not only did she not show it at all, she also quickly guessed what was going on through the reactions of Concubine Jing, Concubine Li, Concubine Xin and other elderly people in the palace.

"When Concubine Xin, Concubine Jing, Concubine Li and other senior members of the Qiandi Palace heard Zhen Huan mention musk, their expressions showed a sense of sudden enlightenment."

"It seems that 'musk' must be a common tactic used by someone in the palace."

"With this method and the reaction of the old man in the palace, it seems that it is the queen without a doubt."

An Lingrong remembered that after she took refuge with the Queen, she accidentally heard the name of Jiang Zhongmin, deputy general manager of the Imperial Household Department, from the conversation between Jianqiu and the Queen. The Imperial Household Department was responsible for distributing the allowances to each palace. As the deputy general manager, it was too easy for Jiang Zhongmin to take the opportunity to send items dyed with musk into the concubines' palaces.

"The Queen hid behind the Imperial Concubine and harmed people, but she pinned the blame on the Imperial Concubine..."

After the Emperor and Empress returned to the palace after praying for rain, Zhen Huan indeed found the Emperor with the items that Wen Shichu had found problematic, and requested that the Emperor conduct a thorough investigation.

After that day, the other concubines in the harem who were smart would naturally not forget to invite the imperial physician to their residences to check the items. They didn't know until they checked. They were shocked when they checked. In the entire harem, except for Concubine Jing's Xianfu Palace, Concubine Qi's Changchun Palace, Concubine Li's Qixiang Palace and Concubine Rou's Yonghe Palace, the remaining concubines' palaces were more or less found to have items contaminated with musk.

Now the emperor had no choice but to investigate, because the matter was leaked outside the palace by Nian Shilan and became a big deal. All the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the royal family, were waiting for the results of the emperor's thorough investigation.

The Emperor had no choice but to use his own secret guard, the Blood Dropper, to thoroughly investigate the harem. The incident had become so serious that the Empress naturally became anxious. What she did was not secretive. Even though many items had been "laundered" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was easy to find out that their source was the Ulanara Mansion.

The Queen Mother knew that the Queen was determined to have an abortion, but because her subordinates had been cannibalized by Nian Shilan during this period, she didn't know much about what the Queen was doing. Now that the matter has been exposed and the Queen has come to ask for help, the Queen Mother is furious but can only quickly find a way to help the Queen clean up the mess.

As the Queen Mother gave orders one after another, the Queen finally felt relieved and the anxious expression on her face eased a lot.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager."

"I can't guarantee that the emperor won't find out about this, but I think I can still cover it up for you to some extent. But this is the last time I will help you clean up, Yixiu, you must not make another wrong step."

"Why don't you bring the matter to the Imperial Concubine, Madam?"

The Queen Mother warned the Queen, but she didn't care. After all, the Queen Mother had warned her many times. However, the next time something happened, the Queen Mother would still help her clean up the mess for the glory of the Ulanara family. The Ulanara family had no suitable woman now, and the position of Queen could only be her.

The Queen was fearless and wanted to take the opportunity to let Nian Shilan take the blame, but it was obvious that the Queen Mother in this life did not have the ability to do so, and she could not even help the Queen clean up the mess.

Nian Shilan learned about the arrangements ordered by the Queen Mother and used spies to expose them to the Blood Guillotine. So when the Emperor received the Blood Guillotine's report, what he saw was how his biological mother helped his wife clean up the mess and how she ignored her own children just to make him childless and then wait for the Fourteenth Prince to come back and pass the throne to his younger brother.

"When the elder brother dies, the younger brother inherits the throne. What a great example of a younger brother inheriting the throne!"

"Uya clan, Ulanara clan, they can do anything for their fourteenth brother!"

Now the emperor finally remembered that Nian Shilan had suffered a miscarriage and how the queen had used musk to make Nian Shilan infertile.

"Shilan was right to hate me, but I was wrong. I thought they were doing it for me, so I ignored Shilan's hatred. Now it seems that I was wrong."