"Your servant pays respects to the virtuous imperial concubine. May your majesty be blessed with good health. The emperor invites you to the Yangxin Palace."

In the afternoon, Ling Rong had just woken up when the eunuch from the Yangxin Palace came to convey the emperor's decree. She was still half asleep and her mind was still unclear. "Did the emperor say anything?"

The emperor is usually busy at this time, why would he ask her to come over?

"You'll know when you go there, Your Majesty." The young eunuch kept his mouth shut and didn't reveal any useful information. Lingrong knew that the matter must be serious.

When Lingrong arrived, several high-ranking concubines in the palace had already arrived, including the Queen, Concubine Hua, and even Concubine Duan, who rarely appeared. She immediately felt a sense of relief.

"Rong'er, I called you here today because there are some clues about the fire that happened that day, so I asked you to come and listen together." The emperor saw some confusion on her face, so he began to explain to her.

After saying that, Su Peisheng raised his hand and brought over a young eunuch. The young eunuch had been tortured beyond recognition. It turned out that the punishment from the Ministry of Punishment was not so easy to resist.

"It's Concubine Qi." The young eunuch immediately pointed out the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Noble Lady Qi? I pride myself on having never troubled her, so why does she keep harming me?" Lingrong was the first to ask. Not only did she attack herself, but she even didn't let the Seventh Prince go. Guaerjia was no better than her.

"Qi, noble lady Qi envied the majesty's great favor, and later she bore a grudge because the majesty was punished, so, so..." The young eunuch's injuries were so severe that he could not speak clearly, and he collapsed after saying a few words.

"Bring her here." The emperor's face darkened again, and he couldn't help but curse the idiot in his heart for causing him trouble.

Confined to the Chuxiu Palace, Concubine Qi was still cursing Concubine Xian for a horrible death. When she heard that the Emperor had summoned her, she felt as if she were in another world. She immediately followed the eunuch to the Yangxin Palace in high spirits. Before she even entered, she heard her delicate voice say, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. You are finally willing to see me."

But when she turned around and saw everyone sitting in the hall, her heart skipped a beat and there was only one thought in her mind: Not good.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress."

"Noble Lady Qi, I asked you to come here because of this little eunuch. Do you know him?" Looking at the emperor with a sullen expression, the queen knew it was her turn to speak.

Seeing this little eunuch, Concubine Qi was shocked. She hadn't noticed him just now, but now that she saw his face clearly, she knew she was finished. But she didn't dare to recognize him. "He, who is he? I don't know him."

Seeing this, Su Peisheng immediately took a cup of tea from the table next to him and splashed it on the eunuch's face. After being woken up by the splash, the eunuch looked at Concubine Qi who was kneeling beside him, and immediately understood what was going on. He knew without anyone telling him, "My lady, my lady, please save me, I am..."

"Shut up! Who are you and what do you have to do with me? How dare you slander me? Do you know that slandering the emperor's concubines is a serious crime punishable by death for all generations? Don't you want to live and your family to live?"

When Concubine Qi heard him speak, her face changed with fear and she immediately stopped him. If he said anything he shouldn't, her entire family would be in danger.

"Keep talking, the emperor will only keep your family safe." The queen couldn't help but shook her head. This noble lady Qi was so stupid that she dared to make such a naked threat in front of the emperor.

The young eunuch looked at the queen and then at the emperor. He knew that he was definitely not going to survive, so he naturally didn't care. "My lady, I'm afraid you don't know that I have no family. I was sold into the palace by human traffickers. Haha, since you don't want me to live, I naturally don't need to keep any secrets for you."

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