I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

What Liu Zhirou wanted to see most was undoubtedly the Lianmeng Palace where Chen Fei lived before. Even if things had ended now, there would still be many traces left in the Lianmeng Palace to prove what had happened before. Even if she only looked at these traces, Liu Zhirou was very confident that she could infer things that had not been discovered before.

But it was daytime after all, and the Lianmeng Palace had been burned down. There was no cover, which made it too difficult for the ghost to get to the palace. So Liu Zhirou had to settle for the second best and set her sights on the Queen's Palace.

First, the Queen might know something. Second, the Emperor is now in the Queen’s Palace.

That’s right, the Queen does have some ability. At this critical juncture, the Queen does not believe anyone who claims to be loyal to the Emperor. She can only feel at ease if she takes care of the Emperor herself.

This was not because she loved her husband so much, but because she knew that her husband must not die now. Only when her husband was alive, her daughter would be a princess, receive preferential treatment, and have a better future.

If her husband was not the emperor, her daughter would become a pawn in a court struggle, and might even be sent to marry a foreign prince. She thought she was not very capable, and at most she could only turn the tide in the harem. If she had to compete with those elite people in the court, it would be impossible for her to succeed.

The Queen's idea also brought great luck to Liu Zhirou. Compared with the time it takes for people to travel, the speed of ghosts was undoubtedly astonishingly fast. When the Queen Mother and her men were still on the road, Liu Zhirou had already successfully obtained first-hand information from the palace.

"Is the Emperor still not awake? What did the imperial physician say?" The Empress managed to maintain a bit of composure. She was responsible for this matter, but it was not entirely her responsibility.

As the mistress of the harem, she is of course responsible for its management. However, the group of people who assassinated the emperor did not seem to come from the harem. If such treacherous and rebellious ministers really appeared, most of the responsibility should be on the emperor himself, and the queen cannot be blamed.

The queen had neither the power to manage state affairs nor the ability to control military power. At most, she could stir up trouble in the harem and manage some concubines and newly bought eunuchs and maids. Some concubines would even pose a great challenge to the queen's authority.

In this situation, the queen thought that she was doing a pretty good job as the mistress of the harem, and even the emperor could not go against her without reason.

What she needs to be careful about now is that someone will pin this matter on her head. But she is not too worried. She has been in the palace for a long time and is quite familiar with these palace struggles.

Generally speaking, the concubines would not dare to frame the emperor for such a major event related to the usurpation of the throne. Otherwise, if the emperor woke up and found out about it, not only would they die, but their families would also be in trouble. This is a high-risk and low-profit business, and smart people would not do it.

But she also has to be careful, because some idiots will get carried away and not only give her a gift package that will destroy her clan, but also involve her.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that the emperor has no external injuries, he was just frightened, so he fainted." The palace maid beside her did not know that the queen had thought about so many things in such a short period of time, and had already made a plan to test those concubines who seemed to be not very peaceful.

When she heard the Queen asking about the Emperor's condition, she immediately answered truthfully and respectfully.

"That's good. Those traitors were too arrogant. Not only did they harm Concubine Chen and the baby in her belly, but even the emperor was almost killed by them." The queen said pretentiously, as if she really had deep feelings for the emperor.

"I will never allow this group of thieves to continue to harm the emperor. You take people there, seal off the six palaces, and conduct a thorough investigation. Any suspicious person must be brought to the Ministry of Punishment for severe interrogation."

"Remember, this is a matter that will result in the extermination of all nine generations of your clan. You must be careful, careful, and careful. No matter which concubine is causing trouble, they will all be imprisoned in their palaces and not allowed to come out."

The queen specifically emphasized the importance of this matter. The palace maid beside her also realized it and nodded in fear, then immediately took the order and did it.

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Liu Zhirou listened to the Queen's choice and felt that she did not make any big mistake. No matter how favored those concubines were in the past and how much influence they had on the Emperor, the Emperor was almost dead now, and the most important thing was to protect the Emperor's safety.

But she always felt like she had overlooked something, so she controlled the ghost to spin in circles.

What exactly... was overlooked?

Liu Zhirou noticed the inconsistency in herself and began to think hard about it.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of her good friend Ai Ziyi. She didn't know how she was doing now, or whether she was panicking. Maybe she should reveal some information to Ai Ziyi?

Otherwise, it always feels that Ai Ziyi's personality makes it easy for her to fall into a trap set by others, but she really has no good way to contact the other party now, nor can she explain the source of her information.

If she returned to her main body and then sent people to inform Ai Ziyi in the identity of Concubine Chun, it would be too late, and she would have no way to explain the source of her information.

Liu Zhirou thought so, but sadly discovered that Murphy's Law seemed to have happened. The more she didn't want something to happen, the more likely it would happen.

A young eunuch hurriedly climbed up and reported to the queen: "Princess Lan wants to see the emperor."

"No! Why is she going crazy at this time?" The Queen frowned impatiently: "Even if the Emperor pities her for losing her child and has been indulgent towards her, he cannot let her cause trouble at this time!"

The young eunuch showed an embarrassed expression.

For him, this was really a tough job. On one side was the queen who held great power, and on the other side was the concubine who was loved because she was pitied. He didn't want to offend either of them, but in the end he couldn't be a person who walked a fine line.

With his status and position, if he chooses to be a master of keeping balance, he will only die faster. No matter to the Queen or Concubine Lan, he is just an insignificant servant. For someone like him, the result of being a fence-sitter is a miserable death.

He gritted his teeth and decided to do as the Queen requested. At least the Queen was the nominal mistress of the harem, and there was no telling when Concubine Lan would fall out of favor.