When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, then pulled her closer.

Tong Jia Rubi is almost sticking to Yinzhen.

Now, Tong Jiarubi's smile just now disappeared, replaced by fear and unpreparedness.

Yinzhen was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't notice at all. He just thought Tong Jia Rubi was extremely beautiful.

A man's possessiveness and desire to conquer a beautiful woman who is indifferent to him is so strong that it cannot be ignored.

The same goes for emperors. The more difficult it is to obtain something, the more they want to possess it.

"Your Majesty." Tong Jiarubi stretched out her hand and placed it against her chest.

She may not know that her coquettish tone of rejection is seen by the man as an invitation that he cannot extricate himself from.

Tong Jiarubi gritted her teeth, her dignity was no longer apparent, "Your Majesty, this is the Yangxin Palace..."

She tried to wake Yinzhen up so that she could escape.

But Yinzhen had already held her face and was about to kiss her.

Just when she was about to accept her fate and close her eyes, a voice came from outside.

It was Xiao Xiazi, "Your Majesty, Censor Zhang Lin wants to see you, saying he has something important to report."

Tong Jiarubi pushed Yinzhen away as if she had grabbed a lifeline.

Yinzhen also came to his senses, let go of Tong Jiarubi's hand, and looked gloomy.

Tong Jia Rubi tidied her clothes and said, "Your Majesty has important matters to attend to. I will take my leave now."

"Well, let's go down."

Tong Jiarubi held Liu Zheng's hand, her heart still uneasy, and left the Yangxin Palace.

She happened to meet Su Peisheng who had just returned from Suiyuxuan, but his face looked even worse than Tong Jiarubi's, and he had a secret letter in his hand.

"Your servant pays respects to the noble lady Chen."

Tong Jiarubi looked at him suspiciously, "What's wrong with Eunuch Su? He looks so scary."

Su Peisheng sighed, "I just came back from Suiyuxuan, and I met Noble Lady Yan on the way. Noble Lady Yan handed me this secret letter, saying that it was the Queen's order, and asked me to pass it to the Emperor, but this..."

Su Peisheng seemed to be in a dilemma. "My lady, you know that the Empress is not liked by the Emperor and is imprisoned in Jingren Palace. If I deliver this letter to him, I wonder if the Emperor will be unhappy. Please ask, my lady, is the Emperor in a good mood?"

Tong Jiarubi looked at the letter and had a bad feeling.

"The Emperor is talking to the Imperial Censor right now. If you want to go in, you'll have to wait a while. But, do you know what's in this letter?"

Su Peisheng paused for a moment, then forced out a normal gentle smile and shook his head, "How could I guess what the Queen was thinking? I guess it was just a letter from the Queen asking for the Emperor's forgiveness."

Tong Jiarubi didn't think so and thought about it carefully.

Su Peisheng said, "In that case, I will go in later."

"Ah."

Tong Jia Rubi left the Yangxin Palace. After thinking about it, she still felt that something was wrong. "Liu Zheng, hurry back to Yikun Palace and tell the Imperial Concubine about this."

"My lady, do you suspect that the letter contains something unfavorable to the imperial concubine?"

"Su Peisheng came to tell me, doesn't it prove this point? Otherwise, why would Su Peisheng go to the trouble of asking me?" There was some sharpness in Tong Jiarubi's eyes.

Everyone in this palace is a shrewd person.

Su Peisheng is the most elite of the elite.

Every move he makes has a purpose.

Just now, Su Peisheng must have been suspicious.

That's why he deliberately bumped into her and came to talk to her, just to pass the matter to Concubine Hua as soon as possible.

The two of them quickly went to Yikun Palace.

Tell this to Nian Shilan.

After hearing this, Nian Shilan felt a little strange and remained silent.

"Your Highness, could you guess what the Queen is going to do?"

Tong Jiarubi did not have any hatred towards the queen. After all, the queen had never harmed her.

It can also be said that the queen had not had time to harm her.

But if she had to choose between these two.

She just hoped to do her best to protect Concubine Hua.

"She finally made a move..."

Nian Shilan murmured, but she didn't know what Yixiu wanted to do.

Then she looked at Fudong, stretched out her finger, motioning Fudong to come closer, and then whispered in her ear.

Soon Fu Dong nodded seriously and walked away quickly.

Before Tong Jiarubi had the chance to ask Nian Shilan what she was planning to do, someone came from the Yangxin Palace.

It was Xiao Xiazi, asking Nian Shilan to go to the Yangxin Palace as soon as possible.

When Nian Shilan heard this, her heart was in turmoil, but she tried her best to remain calm. She knew very well that in this deep palace, any trace of panic could become a fatal weakness.

Nian Shilan stood up, and Tong Jiarubi stepped forward subconsciously, "I will go with you!"

But Nian Shilan just waved her hand and said, "Mrs. Chen, the future is uncertain this time. You shouldn't go. If I lose, you won't be implicated."

This is the truth. This was unexpected. Besides, Nian Shilan couldn't figure out what evidence the Queen had in her hands no matter how hard she tried.

There was no way she would let Tong Jiarubi wade into such muddy water for no reason.

Then, Nian Shilan left.

Tong Jiarubi stood there, her eyes full of worry, and she tightly grasped the silk in her hands.

Liu Zheng was a little scared, "My lady, what should we do?"

"Go find Concubine Jing, Concubine Duan, and Concubine Wan. They must have a solution."

"Yes."

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Nian Shilan slowly stepped into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, and glanced around the palace. She found that Concubine Yan was actually kneeling on the ground. She was a little surprised and raised her eyebrows.

His gaze continued to pretend to be indifferent, and finally fell on the queen's face, which seemed gentle but actually concealed a sharp edge.

The corners of her mouth curled up, and then she bowed calmly and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress."

"Kneel down!" Yixiu suddenly spoke.

Nian Shilan narrowed her eyes, "I remember that the Queen is in confinement. I wonder what could have made the imprisoned Queen so concerned?"

Nian Shilan ignored the two words just now, and instead emphasized the word "confinement" when replying.

"you!"

Yinzhen's gloomy gaze lingered on her for a moment, as if he was also examining her reaction, and then he asked in a deep voice: "My Lady, do you know why you came here today?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know."

Yi Xiu sneered, "You don't know, but the Fourth Prince knows everything! Long before, Concubine Yan reported to me that the relationship between the Fourth Prince and the Imperial Concubine was not as simple as mother and son. I didn't believe it at first, but I had to be alert, so I ordered my servants to keep an eye on the Fourth Prince's residence. Who knew that a book would be found today!"

Nian Shilan was in disbelief and frightened after hearing these words, but she pretended to be calm on the surface.

She looked at the book that Jianqiu handed her.

It was the "Zizhi Tongjian" that she first gave to the Fourth Prince.

Yixiu continued, "According to the maid who serves the Fourth Prince, this was given to the Fourth Prince by the Imperial Concubine. The Fourth Prince has always regarded it as a treasure and does not allow anyone to touch it. I can imagine how precious this book is to the Fourth Prince."

After Yixiu finished speaking, the air was dead silent until Yinzhen slowly spoke.

"Empress Hua, do you have anything to say about what the Queen said?"

Yinzhen raised his gloomy eyes and stared at Nian Shilan's face, trying to see some emotions from it.

Fortunately, the emotions he thought he would see did not appear, and he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Nian Shilan took a deep breath, slowly raised her head, her eyes clear and firm.

"I have always treated the Fourth Prince as my own son, and taught him attentively without any personal feelings. As for the Zizhi Tongjian, I did give it to the Fourth Prince to encourage him to study hard, but I did not have any improper thoughts. Please do not misinterpret this love for your child, Your Majesty."

"Misinterpretation?" Yixiu's vicious eyes curved as if he had heard something ridiculous.

A sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. She gently opened the book in her hand and showed it to everyone. There were indeed a few lines of handwriting between the pages, and the content was enough to make people imagine.

"Your Highness is wrong. The Fourth Prince is young and simple-minded, but he wrote down his thoughts and love for you in the corners of the book. So, I have misunderstood it. Didn't you deliberately guide him? Didn't you seduce the Fourth Prince?"

Yixiu spoke louder and louder, pointing out that Nian Shilan was seducing the Fourth Prince.

Nian Shilan's face changed. She felt in her heart that the Queen was framing her.

She didn't believe it.

"Slandering the heir to the throne and framing the imperial concubine is a serious crime. Your Majesty, please don't get the wrong idea! How can you prove that this was written by the Fourth Prince? And how can you prove that someone didn't deliberately imitate the Fourth Prince's notes in order to slander the pure mother-son relationship between me and the Fourth Prince?"

Yinzhen frowned, obviously finding this matter extremely difficult.

He knew very well that the Queen and Nian Shilan had always been at odds. Given Nian Shilan's current status and influence in the palace, it was very likely that the Queen wanted to frame her. After all, in his heart, he was unwilling to easily believe that she would do something immoral.

The evidence before us seems to point to a fact that cannot be ignored.

At this moment, Nian Shilan suddenly spoke up, her voice not loud but powerful: "Your Majesty, this matter is too against moral principles, it is really absurd. I don't know where the Queen found such a book, which directly points out the innocent mother-son relationship between me and the Fourth Prince. It really makes people doubt the Queen's intentions!"

"Queen, do you have anything else to say?" Yinzhen looked at the queen with no emotion in his eyes.

Yixiu sneered, "Your Majesty, if there is no solid evidence, I will not disturb Your Majesty."

Then she turned around and looked at Yan Ruofan.

"Noble Lady Yan, you speak."

Yan Ruofan was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he didn't dare to raise his head, let alone look at Nian Shilan's expression.

She lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, I...I have seen it in the mourning hall. The Fourth Prince hugged the Imperial Concubine, and the Imperial Concubine leaned on the Fourth Prince's arms. The two of them behaved very intimately. They really didn't look like an ordinary mother and son."

"How dare you! Lady Yan, you are so bold that you dare to slander me."

Nian Shilan walked up to Yan Ruofan without hesitation and slapped him.

The force was so great that she was knocked to the ground.

Yixiu slammed the table and pointed at Nian Shilan, "Noble Concubine Hua, what do you want to do!"

"Since the Queen can't control Concubine Yan, I will take care of this bitch who is full of nonsense on her behalf!"

Then Nian Shilan lifted up the hem of her clothes a little, stepped on her flower-pot shoes, and put the corner of her clothes on Yan Ruofan's belly.

Yixiu stood up, her face turned green, and her silver teeth were almost broken.

She didn't expect Nian Shilan to be so bold, especially in front of the emperor.

Yan Ruofan was kicked and had a painful expression on his face. His stomach ached as if it was about to burst. He wanted to get up, but he couldn't even hold on.

"How can you be so presumptuous in front of the Emperor! Concubine Hua, you are probably angry because of shame, right?"

Nian Shilan turned around, staring at Yixiu with her phoenix eyes, "Afraid? I have never learned this word. If the Queen is here today to frame me and the Fourth Prince, then please do as you please."

Then Nian Shilan bowed to the emperor and said, "I beg Your Majesty to allow me to personally question the Fourth Prince to find out the truth. At the same time, if Your Majesty wants to investigate this matter, I will certainly cooperate to prove my innocence."

Yinzhen was silent for a moment, his eyes moving back and forth between Nian Shilan and Yixiu.

He didn't really want to involve the Fourth Prince today. After all, whether it happened or not, it would undoubtedly be the biggest smear and shame to the royal family.

Besides, now, the Fourth Prince is the prince he values ​​most.

He can abandon Nian Shilan, but he cannot abandon the Fourth Prince.

But now, looking at Nian Shilan's determined eyes, he closed his eyes.

Finally, he said in a deep voice: "In this case, let the Fourth Prince come and ask him in person."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiazi hurriedly took the order and left. Soon, he brought the Fourth Prince Hongli to the Yangxin Palace.

Although the Fourth Prince did not know what was going on, he was not at all timid in front of so many elders and was very calm.

After he respectfully bowed to Yinzhen and the Queen, his gaze involuntarily turned to Nian Shilan, with a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

Finally, his eyes fell on the "Zizhi Tongjian" on the ground.

Yan Ruofan fell to the ground in a mess. She had never taken her eyes off the Fourth Prince since he came in.

If she had a choice, she absolutely did not want to meet the Fourth Prince in such an embarrassing state.

However, ever since the Fourth Prince walked in, his eyes had never stayed on her for a moment.

For a moment, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Hongli, the Empress Dowager said that you had an unusual relationship with Concubine Hua, and even left a record of your improper feelings for Concubine Hua in the book Zizhi Tongjian. Is this true?"

Although Yinzhen's voice was calm, the rage underneath was all in his one thought.

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Prince's expression changed slightly, and then he shook his head firmly.

"My son has only respect and gratitude for the Imperial Concubine, and I have absolutely no intention of overstepping the boundaries. As for what the Emperor just said, I was not aware of it, and I have not left any mark in the book."

Seeing this, Yixiu frowned. She didn't expect the Fourth Prince to deny it so firmly, but she didn't give up. Instead, she turned to Yan Ruofan and said, "Noble Lady Yan, you saw with your own eyes that the Fourth Prince and Noble Concubine Hua were very intimate. How do you explain this?"

Yan Ruofan knelt on the ground and said with a trembling voice.

"Your Highness... Your Highness indeed saw it with her own eyes. That day, in the mourning hall, the Fourth Prince and the Imperial Concubine..."