Xia Dongchun from Legend of Zhen Huan: I want to live till the last episode

After hearing what Qi Ling said, the Queen could hardly hold back her laughter. She was just worrying about not having any leverage over Xia Dongchun, and Qi Ling was really giving her a pillow just when she was sleepy.

Having been married to Yinzhen for many years, she believed that she knew Yinzhen best. Yinzhen was very suspicious, especially after he ascended the throne. Although this incident might not lead to Yinzhen really punishing Hua Fei in the end, it was enough to make Yinzhen suspicious of Hua Fei.

In addition, she has always been worried about how to legitimately replace Yun Ling, the capable girl beside Xia Dongchun. Now Qi Ling is going to help her a lot.

This is really good news that can kill two birds with one stone.

After Qi Ling finished speaking, she lowered her head and thought to herself: I'm sorry, Sister Yunling, as long as you are around, the young master won't see me. Only without you can I become the most capable person around the young master, and the one who is most trusted by the young master.

"Are you telling the truth? This concerns Concubine Hua and the princess. If you dare to deceive me, you'd better watch out for your head!" The queen pretended to scold.

Qi Ling did not dare to hesitate: "This is a serious matter, I dare not lie."

"Okay, I understand." The Queen nodded. "You can go back first. I will go to the Emperor tomorrow to talk about this matter. If this is true, I will reward you handsomely if you tell me about it."

Qi Ling was pleasantly surprised and responded quickly, then stepped out.

After she left, the queen couldn't help but smile, and stood up and walked towards the inner room: "Tell me, is this God helping me?"

Jianqiu stepped forward to support her and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty is the Queen, blessed by heaven, so naturally even heaven will help you."

"Does Her Majesty really intend to reward Qi Ling afterwards?" Jian Qiu asked tentatively.

The Queen chuckled, "How could that be? For such a stupid person, it is already her greatest blessing to be able to help me once. I will find a reason to send her to the Ministry of Punishment later."

A few words can determine a person's fate.

Jianqiu hesitated: "Madam, after we deal with Yunling, if Qiling can continue to serve Concubine Zhao personally, who knows, she might be able to be used by us?"

"No." The Queen was very sure. "Look at what she said just now. Is there anything that is directly harmful to Xia Dongchun? She just wants to harm that Yun Ling."

Jianqiu didn't say anything else. She always followed orders. Since the Queen had said so, she naturally wouldn't say anything else.

Xia Dongchun didn't know what was going on until the afternoon of the next day, when Jiang Fuhai came to tell her that the Queen Mother asked her to go to Jingren Palace immediately. Only then did she feel something was wrong.

But Jiang Fuhai urged her, saying that Yinzhen was also there, so Xia Dongchun had to rush to Jingren Palace.

When Xia Dongchun arrived at Jingren Palace, she found that the emperor and empress were not the only ones there. Concubine Hua, Concubine Jing, and Noble Lady Cao were also waiting.

Xia Dongchun felt something was wrong, but she didn't know what had happened yet, so she greeted him first: "I greet the Emperor and Empress, and I greet Concubine Hua and Concubine Jing."

"Noble Lady Zhao, I asked you to come here today because I have something to ask you." The Queen spoke first, "Please sit down and talk first."

Concubine Hua glared at Xia Dongchun fiercely: "Noble Lady Zhao is finally here. I only found out today that Noble Lady Zhao is so sharp-eyed and observant, and is so good at making up stories."

Although Xia Dongchun was puzzled, she still responded to Hua Fei's words without any hesitation: "It is a blessing for me to be praised by Her Majesty Hua Fei. I just don't know where this arrangement came from. Please explain it to me, Her Majesty."

"Noble Lady Cao was not feeling well, so she entrusted Princess Wen Yi to my care for a few days. I dare not say that I have made a great contribution, but I have done my best to take care of her. How come Noble Lady Zhao told me that I was a vicious person? Even the rumor that I fed Princess Wen Yi sedatives was spread." Concubine Hua looked straight at Xia Dongchun and said this with gritted teeth.

"What is Empress Hua saying? I don't understand a word she says. Could it be that someone spread some rumors and Empress believed them?" Xia Dongchun looked puzzled.

"The palace maid beside you said it herself, how could it be false?" Concubine Hua said sternly.

Xia Dongchun frowned, and the Queen spoke at the right time: "Noble Lady Zhao, what Concubine Hua said is correct. It was indeed your maid Qi Ling who came to talk to me about this matter."

Xia Dongchun's face changed, and he had already made a decision: "Qi Ling? How could this hypocritical servant come to talk to the Queen about this matter like that?"

The queen instinctively knew that she couldn't let Xia Dongchun continue talking, otherwise she would definitely clear herself of all charges.

But before she could speak, Yinzhen, who had been listening to this for a long time, asked first: "Pretend to obey but secretly disobey, where does this come from?"

"Yesterday, Qi Ling heard some nonsense from somewhere and told me when she returned to the Yanxi Palace. However, I dared not spread such nonsense without any evidence, let alone bring it to the emperor and the empress. So I told Qi Ling to keep her mouth shut and not to make random remarks about her master. Who knew that this girl promised me on the surface, but secretly came to the empress and dared to deceive the empress with these words. It is really abominable."

Xia Dongchun swore solemnly, and looked more and more angry as she spoke: "Although I have been in the palace for a short time, I also know the rules of the palace. How dare I disturb the peace of the emperor and the queen by saying something without any evidence?"

Yinzhen also didn't think that this was Xia Dongchun's order. If Xia Dongchun was really related to this matter and really wanted him to know about it, he would have stayed in the Yanx Palace last night. Why couldn't he have said it then? Why did he have to go to so much trouble to tell the queen in a roundabout way?

"Okay, I know you." Yinzhen said to Xia Dongchun, "You have been in the palace for a year, and you have never said anything to gossip in front of me, let alone expressed resentment towards others. I am afraid that this was done by the subordinates on their own initiative."

Even though the queen was unhappy, she couldn't directly deny Yinzhen's words, so she said tactfully: "Your Majesty, it's not that I believed the rumors. It's really that the palace maid came in a hurry. I think someone must have been behind it. Only by investigating this matter can we completely clear the name of Concubine Zhao and Concubine Hua."

Concubine Hua now had her mind calculated. She began to suspect that the whole thing was arranged by the old lady Queen, and Xia Dongchun was just someone who was dragged out to take the blame. And Cao Qinmo, when she returned she must teach Cao Qinmo a lesson, for daring to collude with the wet nurse behind her back, and for being so careless in doing things that she was overheard by others.

"Your Majesty, Wen Yi is your daughter. I have watched her grow up. How could I have the heart to harm her? I think what Concubine Zhao said just now makes sense. It's just that the servants are talking nonsense. If we really want to investigate it thoroughly, it will show that the masters are incompetent. It is better to simply execute the palace maid who talked nonsense to serve as a warning to others." Hua Fei thought of this and would never let the Queen get her way, otherwise the Queen might put the blame on her.