Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

After a few days, Concubine De was naturally reinstated as a concubine.

Because the Gao family had abundant salt production in the salt mines in the south of the Yangtze River, Yongning Marquis Gao Han opened a low-price purchasing channel for the government and provided Emperor Yu with a new refining method. Even though there were still a few ministers in the court who held opposing opinions, the restoration of Concubine De was a foregone conclusion.

Of course, Gao Han's successful cooperation with the court this time was also due to the efforts of the major families to smooth the relationship, so that the ministers in the court had no objection.

The Gao family was the most powerful family in Kyoto at the time, and the foundation they had built ten years ago was slowly regaining its former glory. If it weren't for the fact that they had a benevolent and honest left prime minister above them, the news about the nobility of the Yongning Marquisate would have been spread all over the streets.

At the palace banquet after today's ceremony of conferring the title of Concubine, Emperor Yu and the concubines watched dance and listened to music together to celebrate the restoration of Concubine De.

After the dance, the dancer retreated. Empress Zou raised her eyes, glanced at Concubine De, put down her chopsticks, turned her head and gave a proper smile.

"I am really happy today. Sister Defei has a gentle personality. It is a pleasant surprise that she can return to the palace to accompany us. However, there is one thing that needs your Majesty's decision."

Emperor Yu turned his head and looked at Empress Zou beside him: "What's the matter?"

Empress Zou made an awkward expression and said calmly, "The palace you used to live in is now occupied by Cao Shuyi. Besides, your status is even more noble now, so you should have a better place to live. The three palaces of Taici, Qiongxiao, and Gan Ning are still empty. I wonder where your majesty would like your sister to live?"

Emperor Yu turned his head calmly and looked at Concubine De lovingly: "Since Concubine De lives here, she should choose what she likes."

Defei's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she just wanted to sneer in her heart.

I didn't expect that the Queen's fox tail would be exposed so quickly. I had just restored my throne, but she was already so impatient to think of ways to guard against it.

The Taici Palace was the residence of the late empress dowager. Although it has been vacant for many years, it would be an act of presumption for a concubine to live there. The other two, the Qiongxiao Palace is near the empress's bedroom, and the Ganning Palace is near the deepest cold palace.

The more remote a concubine lived in the palace, the less likely she was to be favored. Queen Zou made it clear that she wanted her to choose the Qiongxiao Palace and live under her nose every day.

But how could she satisfy her?

Concubine De smiled slowly, stood up and bowed to Empress Zou, saying, "I chose Gan Ning Palace. In addition, the Empress was concerned about me and re-remembered Dao Xijing. I am very grateful to her."

Of course, Concubine De was not a fool. The reason why she chose Ganning Palace was not only to avoid being controlled by the Queen and to compromise, but also because it was close to the Cold Palace, making it more convenient for her to find out the details of Concubine Hui's death.

Even if the Queen didn't mention it today, she would find an excuse to ask Emperor Yu to move there in a few days.

Empress Zou seemed to have not expected that Concubine De would choose Gan Ning Palace. Her expression froze for a moment, then she curled her lips and said, "You and I are sisters, you don't have to be polite."

Emperor Yu also recognized Concubine De's performance and nodded in appreciation.

"whispering sound......"

A disdainful sneer suddenly came from the other end of the palace banquet, instantly breaking the seemingly harmonious atmosphere.

Defei looked in the direction of the voice and saw a beautiful woman leaning on a seat. She fiddled with her silk-wrapped pearl earrings, which were bigger than grapes, and looked at her provocatively.

"Whether he is being polite or has some other agenda, Your Majesty, please be more careful and don't let yourself be deceived by those with ill intentions."

If someone else had said something rude in public, he would have been dragged down and slapped in the face. However, Emperor Yu just frowned and gently rebuked her with a hint of reproach: "Cao Shuyi, you must not be rude to the Queen and Consort De."

Hearing this name, Concubine De roughly understood in her mind. No wonder this person was so hostile to her. The Emperor Yu was still so indulgent to her, but it was only because she lost the seventh prince.

The palace banquet was not ruined by this little episode. At the end, Concubine De was sent back to Ganning Palace by palace servants on the pretext of being drunk.

After entering the palace, Concubine De closed the door and asked Rong Xu in a low voice.

"How is it? Did the Queen really leave Cao Shuyi alone?"

Rong Xu nodded: "I just secretly looked back and I'm sure, and the queen seemed to be talking to Cao Shuyi, but it seemed that she was talking to the maid beside her."

"Is that the man that Prince Duan mentioned, Xian Zhi?" Defei guessed.

"It's almost certain. I saw that her index fingers were slender, and when I passed by her, I smelled a faint scent of mugwort from the sachet on her body. She is probably familiar with medicine and knows acupuncture."

With the clues that Feng Zhanye had given to Concubine De before, Rong Xu deliberately picked out some key points for observation and was able to easily spot some clues.

"It seems that she is indeed closely related to the Queen. After harming Concubine Hui, she was sent to Cao Shuyi."

Defei's expression turned a little colder. What Feng Zhanye said had been confirmed, which meant that he did not lie to her.

Rong Xu continued to analyze: "With that palace maid tempting him every day, Cao Shuyi, as the biological mother of the Seventh Prince, would naturally resent Concubine Hui for killing her son."

Concubine De did not comment: "Yes... The Queen arranged this so that she could use her to get rid of my sister one day."

What a good trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife. Concubine De couldn't help but sigh. She had been away from the palace for the past ten years and had no idea that the seemingly harmless Empress Zou was so cruel.

If Feng Zhanye hadn't told her the truth, she would never have blamed the Queen for all this.

But she really didn't understand. Concubine Hui and the Third Prince didn't have any powerful forces to support them, and Feng Zhan Ye was surrounded by evil spirits and had no possibility of competing for power. Why would the Queen want to kill these two people so cruelly?

She picked up the whisk and swept the cushion thoughtfully, then knelt in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, the eunuch who was sent out to do some work came back and said that he had learned some information from the guards in the cold palace. Would you like to hear it?"

Rong Xu saw that Concubine De needed to be worshipped, so he went out to get some incense, and came back with the news.

Concubine De turned around and looked at her, took the incense from her hand and bowed devoutly, then stood up and said, "Let him in."

The palace door opened, and a young eunuch in dark red palace robes walked in and knelt respectfully in the center of the hall.

"No need to be polite, just speak directly."

Defei was helped by Rong Xu to sit down and looked down at the eunuch.

The eunuch replied "yes" and stood up to tell the story.

"I have been drinking with the guard of the cold palace every day these days. After a few days, I have become familiar with him. According to him, he was one of the people who was present on the day when Concubine Hui passed away."

Concubine De didn't respond, but picked up the tea set beside her and started to practice the tea ceremony.

Seeing that she didn't respond, the eunuch continued, "He said that he was on duty at the gate of the cold palace that day, and His Royal Highness Prince Duan came to visit Concubine Hui. Not long after, he saw Lan Yi running out in a panic, grabbing him and crying and shouting for the imperial physician. At that time, something had already happened.

He didn't want to get involved, so he stopped Lan Yi for a while, but she pretended to go back and ran around them. Normally, no palace maid could run as fast as them, but that day, Lan Yi ran so fast that they couldn't catch up with her. They just followed her all the way to the vicinity of the Imperial Hospital. "

Defei paused and looked up at the eunuch. The look in his eyes was so chilling that the eunuch's voice trembled with fear.

But she still didn't say stop, so the eunuch had to continue talking.

"It was a coincidence that the Emperor and the Empress happened to pass by that day. When they saw Lan Yi, they asked her about it. Lan Yi said that Concubine Hui was vomiting black blood in the cold palace and urgently needed the treatment of the imperial physician. However, her words did not gain their trust, so the Emperor ordered the two guards to capture Lan Yi and throw her back to the cold palace.

They were about to take Lan Yi away when they happened to meet Concubine Shu coming out of the Imperial Hospital. Under Concubine Shu's persuasion, the Emperor decided to go to the cold palace himself to check the truth. As a result, he found that Concubine Hui had been poisoned and had died.

In the guard's own words, when he entered, Concubine Hui's mouth and nose were full of black blood, and her eyes were not even closed tightly, and she died with her eyes open! Afterwards, the emperor ordered the guards to drag His Royal Highness Prince Duan out of the room, and after several interrogations, they confirmed that it was His Royal Highness Prince Duan who murdered his mother. "

Feng Zhanye has already told you what happens next.

Concubine De was so angry that she almost laughed. Just because of a box of snacks, she so easily convicted a child. She didn't know whether Emperor Yu didn't want to take it seriously or simply hated Feng Zhan Ye from the bottom of his heart.

She never imagined that her sister Concubine Hui would die so miserably and so unjustly. Just a small bag of Poria cocos cake took her life.

"Okay... I understand. You can go down."