The most beautiful lady in the harem

Li Chongyuan couldn't hear the hidden meaning of Qin Liuse's words, but Concubine Xiao Defei figured out something different.

When they were alone, Concubine Xiao De asked Qin Liuse, "Why did you want to scare Miss Wei?"

Qin Liuse raised her eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "Sister, did you also notice that Miss Wei was a little scared when she heard about the late queen?"

Li Chongyuan had little contact with the late queen and Wei Lanxin, so she couldn't hear or see clearly, but Concubine Xiao De could see clearly and she nodded.

Then he seemed to understand everything and asked, "Sister, do you suspect that she... is related to the death of the late queen?"

Qin Liuse thought for a while and said, "If you don't do bad things during the day, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door at night. My sister didn't hide it from me, I just wanted to test it out."

Fortunately, Wei Lanxin is still young, unlike the Queen Mother Dong who has lived for a long time and is so hard to be stabbed by a needle. Therefore, Qin Liuse has been secretly working hard to make Wei Lanxin reveal some things.

Seven days after the death of Concubine Xian, Emperor Yongjia summoned Qin Liuse to sleep with him. That night, Qin Liuse told Emperor Yongjia about what he had dug up in the late queen's palace.

Emperor Yongjia was surprised at first, as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he seemed to have decided not to hide it from Qin Liuse.

He told Qin Liuse that his people knew about this matter, but they did not dig up any scraps, but learned about it from the late queen's harem.

There was too much incense, and although the smell was not strong and could not be detected, clues could be seen from the incense burner.

The people under Emperor Yongjia had all dealt with many disturbances and cases, and all the small items in the Kunning Palace were moved to the Dali Temple for careful inspection.

The person who did the bad thing was very careful. He replaced the incense burner. Perhaps he was afraid that someone would notice if he suddenly replaced it with a new one, so he changed it around New Year's Eve.

The man probably thought that it was a new incense burner so that it would not leave traces when taking in and out the incense.

Little did they know that, precisely because it was a new copper surface, the people in the Dali Temple were able to infer, based on the traces of copper stains left by smoke on the copper surface, that the incense burner had used too much incense during this period.

When Qin Liuse heard Emperor Yongjia say this to her, her heart skipped a beat. It was hard for her to imagine that Emperor Yongjia's staff could be so meticulous.

It was an accident that she dug up the residue, but it was not an accident that Emperor Yongjia's men found this place, but a necessity due to their ability.

Now that we can find out, we can naturally follow the clues to find out who is behind this.

Although Emperor Yongjia did not tell Qin Liuse who it was, Qin Liuse knew that he was right.

Emperor Yongjia was rubbing Qin Liuse's hand at that time, and calmly spoke to her these words that could decide life and death. He said that the man could not be touched, but the arm could be chopped off slowly.

Qin Liuse guessed that Emperor Yongjia's intention was to boil the frog in warm water and slowly remove Empress Dowager Dong's left and right arms. In this way, no matter how many thoughts she had, there would be no one in the harem to help her.

It’s just that her influence has been ingrained in the palace for many years, and needs to be slowly uncovered.

Thinking of this, Qin Liuse found Wei Lanxin more and more ridiculous these days.

She probably didn't know that Emperor Yongjia would never marry her, and she was still dreaming of a great life.

Qin Liuse would naturally not tell Concubine Xiao De about the private conversation with Emperor Yongjia that night, but since the late queen had done Concubine Xiao De a favor, she didn't need to hear these details, and Concubine Xiao De would favor Qin Liuse.

In the next few days, when Li Chongyuan was away, Concubine Xiao De would cooperate with Qin Liuse and mention the late queen from time to time.

The more she talked, the uglier Wei Lanxin's face became.

As a result, Concubine Xiao De and Qin Liuse became more and more certain that Wei Lanxin was not the mastermind behind the late queen's affair, but she was also involved.

Some people are very busy in the front, while others are so idle in the harem that they have nothing to do all day long.

Qin Liuse finished her work in the afternoon and returned to Shuyuexuan, where she ran into Qin Huaijin's resentful face.

In fact, it was not a head-on collision. Qin Huaijin knew that Qin Liuse would come back at this time, so he deliberately stayed here to guard her.

"Don't think that the emperor is favoring you by letting you watch the beauty pageant! It's just that the harem is without a master, so he asked you to help! Don't really think you are so noble!"

Qin Huaijin felt angry when she saw Qin Liuse's look which showed that he didn't care much about her.

If her father hadn't brought her from the countryside to the capital to be selected as a concubine, Qin Liuse wouldn't be where she is today. She might have married some old man in the countryside!

But, she happened to be a concubine and was favored!

This all originally belonged to her!

Qin Liuse is obviously not the biological daughter of the Qin family, but now she is showing off here under the title of Qin family girl.

In Qin Huaijin's eyes, Emperor Yongjia favors Qin Liuse because of the support of their Qin family.

When it comes to these things, Qin Liuse is speechless.

It was obvious that the Qin family was snobbish and was afraid that Qin Huaijin would be chosen by the old emperor and become a widow in a few years. They did not dare to bet that the Ninth Prince would inherit the throne, so they made preparations for both scenarios.

She couldn't bear to send her own daughter to the palace, and couldn't bear to give her to the Ninth Prince who was not favored by anyone, so she tricked her from the countryside to be selected as a concubine.

This is great, he's turning the tables and now he's saying that Qin Liuse got the advantage and is ungrateful?

If she had been chosen by the late emperor back then, it would be her, Qin Liuse, who would be a widow now.

If the Ninth Prince had not become the emperor, and had been exiled to the frontier, or had been eliminated as a dissident, she would be the one suffering now.

If she really did the same as in her previous life and listened to her lies and left the palace, it would be her who died in a foreign land with her mother, not someone else!

Thinking of these past events, Qin Liuse became furious. Everything was decided by this person who called herself a noble lady but was actually more snobbish and dirty than anyone else.

"You yourself are not favored by the emperor, what does it have to do with me?" Qin Liuse said faintly, unable to resist stabbing her heart twice, "I was thinking of my sister, asking the emperor to treat everyone equally, but it seems that the emperor picked someone else's card and did not ask my sister to serve him."

"When you come before the Emperor, whether or not you can win his favor is up to you. It all depends on your own abilities. Father has sent you before the Emperor. If you don't live up to your expectations, who can you blame?"

"You can't bring the emperor in front of me and force him to favor me, right?" The worse Qin Huaijin's expression became, the more happily Qin Liuse spoke. This was more satisfying than slapping her directly.

Qin Liuse said, covering her mouth and laughing, as if she had seen that scene, "You and I are in the harem, both daughters of the Qin family. If we really serve the emperor like that, the other sisters will laugh at us for imitating Ehuang and Nvying."

Qin Huaijin's face turned blue and white, and she was angry for more than just that.

She lived in the same palace with Qin Liuse, and knew what time Qin Liuse would come back from serving the emperor on weekdays, usually around the time when the cockcrowed.

Every time Qin Huaijin heard the noise of Qin Liuse coming back, he would get angry in bed. Coming back so late, one could imagine how many times that vixen had seduced the emperor.

The emperor gave all his favors to her, so it's no wonder that when she served him, she was very conscientious.

Qin Huaijin was new to the world and was naturally fascinated by the emperor's handsome appearance. She liked Emperor Yongjia's shoulders and his body. He was the best man in the capital.

Qin Huaijin felt that being able to crawl under a man like this was a blessing she had earned in several lifetimes.

Think about her previous sisters, some of them married men who were much older than themselves, some married powerful but potbellied men, and some married prodigal sons.

You don't know without comparison. Now that Qin Huaijin has her own husband, she naturally knows the difference and the beauty here. She even feels a little sorry for those sisters who are married to others as second wives.

Most people in other palaces could only guess, but since she lived in the same palace with Qin Liuse, they could naturally calculate how long she had served Emperor Yongjia.

Qin Huaijin was both jealous and angry. On the one hand, he felt that Qin Liuse was being rude, and on the other hand, he felt that she was showing off. In short, he just didn't like anything about her.

Qin Huaijin was not a pushover. Although he was angry, he suppressed his anger and laughed sarcastically, "You went to see the concubines and found that there are new people entering the palace. Flowers are delicate. Don't let the emperor forget the old one when he finds a new love. Then you will have no place to cry!"

Qin Liuse said with a surprised look on her face, "Speaking of new loves and old lovers, my sister entered the palace later than me, and I followed the Ninth Prince first, so I am considered an old lover, but you see, have I been forgotten?"

This is truly murderous and heartbreaking.

If Qin Huaijin had a beard, he would be so angry that he would be crooked. "Don't be so cocky! The higher you climb, the deeper you fall. Let's see how long you can be so arrogant!"

Qin Liuse was too lazy to argue with her, it was such an endless waste of energy.

With a turn of his eyes, Qin Liuse suddenly came up with an idea, "Sister, please don't hold me back. No matter what I do, I am still your family. The emperor will not treat the Qin family too badly because he cares about me."

"The Emperor is young, strong and energetic. I think Miss Wei is quite favored by the Emperor. The Empress Dowager has even sent her to watch the beauty pageant. She looks like the late Empress, so who knows, she might have the same fate as the late Empress in the future."

Qin Liuse was trying hard to put Qin Huaijin under pressure, and then she continued, seemingly reminding him casually, "The emperor seemed to have gone to the Cining Palace several times in the past few days, as if he was talking about the cause of the late queen's death. Besides, I think the queen mother's thoughts are also obvious, and the emperor cannot be unaware of it."

What Qin Liuse didn't say was that Emperor Yongjia had a lot of free time recently, so he went to pay his routine greetings to Empress Dowager Dong and talk about some miscellaneous matters.

Qin Huaijin obviously heard it and did not take it out on Qin Liuse.

In the harem, the one who wanted the late queen to die the most was Wei Lanxin. Only when the late queen, who was standing in the way, was gone, could the emperor remember her and she could ascend to the throne!

But the emperor had to go to the Cining Palace, and he would be seen by Wei Lanxin every time, and she would show her courtesy to him every time!

Qin Huaijin got angry just thinking about it.

Seeing this, Qin Liuse said, "Perhaps the emperor saw Miss Wei and thought of the old lady. After all, the former queen and the former queen were married and their love was as deep as the sea."

"Sister, if the emperor likes Miss Wei and wants her, she will be as rich and powerful as the late queen."

Qin Huaijin naturally understood this principle. With the support of the Empress Dowager Dong and the similarity with the late Empress, if Wei Lanxin succeeded, there would definitely be another Miss Wei in the harem who would be as popular as Qin Liuse.

No, maybe he is even more popular than Qin Liuse.

Because of Wei Lanxin's personality, she is not as well-educated as the late queen, nor as contented with her duties as Qin Liuse. If she gets in their way, she will definitely be in big trouble.

Qin Huaijin not only resented Qin Liuse, but also Wei Lanxin. He resented the Empress Dowager Dong for favoring her, and also resented Wei Lanxin for being arrogant and domineering. She had not yet become the emperor's woman, but every time Qin Huaijin met her in the Cining Palace, he always treated her as if she was the emperor's favorite concubine.

In fact, not only that, there are also things that Qin Huaijin himself cannot explain clearly.

That is, she saw the vitality in Wei Lanxin that she had not seen for a long time. She always called him "Emperor cousin" in a tender voice.

This was obviously not the case, but Qin Huaijin had heard it so many times that he almost thought that Wei Lanxin's winning over the emperor was a foregone conclusion.

"She is a fake and so shameless before she even gets married. How can she compare to the tip of the late queen's finger?" Qin Huaijin snorted coldly.

Qin Liuse said in a gentle voice, "It seems like it was given by my parents, and it seems like it was given by God. Maybe this Miss Wei is destined to be rich and prosperous. She is a favorite of the Queen Mother, and I am happy for her."

Qin Huaijin had a cold look on his face. "No matter her family background or appearance, she is no match for our Qin family. She relies on her face to come here and cheat people!"

Qin Liuse had a faint smile on her lips and stopped there without adding any more exaggeration.