Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

Chang Ning cried and cursed Zhizhou for making her suffer, but after a while, she fell silent.

Zhizhou didn't hold on for long and died with hatred in his heart. However, he didn't know until his death that he still couldn't save his family.

Although he was unaware of it, everyone present knew it, and they all looked at him with pity, the poor scapegoat.

The emperor wanted everyone to know that taking the blame for someone who doesn't deserve it will only result in nothing in the end.

Everyone was terrified by this horrifying scene, and their faces turned pale.

Only Shen Zhiyao watched calmly as the two were dragged away like garbage.

After a while, the bloodstains on the open space of the execution ground were thoroughly washed away by the eunuchs of the Ministry of Punishment carrying buckets of water.

Everything was as if nothing had happened, and it was as if Zhizhou and Chang Ning had never existed in the palace.

Shen Zhiyao stood at the end and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

This incident also gave her a warning. If she didn't work hard to climb to a high position, she might end up like this if she wasn't careful...

Qiuyue and Qiuling were frightened and burst into tears on the spot, but Zhe Ni was the calmest one, with the same expressionless face as Shen Zhiyao.

"I told you to cover your eyes and not look, but you didn't listen. Are you scared?" Shen Zhiyao shook her head helplessly.

"Master, I want to watch it carefully as a warning. But, I am useless..." Qiuyue said, and then she started crying again.

"Okay... I'm glad I'm useful. From now on, you just follow me. Just be brave. As long as you don't do anything reckless and don't betray me, I'll take care of everything." Shen Zhiyao comforted patiently.

These palace maids were actually just girls in their teens or twenties. If they were born in modern times, they would still be enjoying their youth on campus.

But in this deep palace, they can only face survival challenges every day, and they are all pitiful people.

Qiu Ling cried, "We are so lucky to have met a capable master like you. We will follow you loyally..."

Shen Zhiyao touched the heads of the crying maids one by one and said softly, "Stop crying, your makeup will be ruined. Go to Qiuyue later to get ten taels of silver each, which will be used as a 'suppression of your souls'."

Everyone laughed and cried and thanked him.

The person who was most worried and frightened that day was Qi Baolin, who had just been demoted.

She looked at Queen Mother Zhao and Concubine Zhao, and they had no intention of protecting her at all. She was like a rag that would be completely discarded after use.

The emperor and the empress stirred up trouble in the harem. Queen Mother Zhao and the emperor were competing with each other, and she was just a victim.

Qi Baolin would either be angry to death or scared to death.

Almost all the valuable things in Shu Ningxuan were smashed by Shen Zhiyao and her friends, even the rewards from the emperor were not spared.

But until today, the emperor and the empress are still playing dumb and have never given her anything. Facing Shu Ningxuan's penniless home, she can only shed tears.

What bothered Qi Baolin the most was Baodie, who was taken to the Ministry of Punishment. She was really afraid that the girl could not withstand the torture and would be sold.

As expected, starting from yesterday, the Queen personally began to take command and started to thoroughly investigate those palace maids and eunuchs who were spreading rumors. Many of them were severely punished.

The queen's iron-fisted approach was clearly effective, and the palace began to become much more orderly.

That afternoon, Cuiweixuan received the news, and Bo Muxi ordered Shen Li to safely escort the Prince of Ying and his entourage back to the border between the two countries.

The emperor also personally gave a farewell banquet to General Wang Shenli of the Zhenjun Army today.

From now on, Shen Li will officially take office as the first-rank general of the Zhenjun Army, personally commanding 300,000 elite troops to guard the border.

After hearing this news, Shen Zhiyao felt much more at ease. If Shen Li could return to the border, then the Shen family and she would be much safer.

Shen Zhiyao thought to herself that she had to find a way to warn Shen Li not to go back to Dadu easily again.

As long as Shen Li doesn't come back, Bo Muxi will have to take this relationship into consideration all the time.

That afternoon, Shen Zhiyao went to Concubine Zhuang's Yongfu Palace to pay her respects and presented her with many valuables.

Of course, she didn't go there in vain. Next, Concubine Zhuang would become a very important part of her plan.

Just because Concubine Zhuang is the only pregnant concubine at the moment and is very valuable, it is worth it for Shen Zhiyao to make good use of her.

Of course, even if she was being used, Shen Zhiyao would never deliberately murder the baby in her belly.

Shen Zhiyao would never do such a sin, as she strongly believes in cause and effect and reincarnation.

Sure enough, just as Shen Zhiyao expected, the incident happened the next day.

"Master, Master, something bad has happened..."

Shen Zhiyao had just returned from paying respects at Fengyi Palace in the morning when she saw Chu'an running back to Cuiweixuan with a pale face.

"What happened that makes you so panicked?" Shen Zhiyao asked with a faint smile.

"There's a big incident in the palace right now... Musk was found in Concubine Zhuang's Yongfu Palace... My master, you just went there yesterday..." Chu An said timidly.

"So what if I've been there? Just because I've been there, does this matter have anything to do with me?" Shen Zhiyao asked back.

"This shouldn't be directly related to you... But, I just heard from someone in Yongfu Palace that they found your handkerchief in the palace, and that handkerchief... actually smells like musk..."

Chu An was obviously terribly frightened at this time, and even his voice was trembling.

Upon hearing this, Qiuyue and the other palace maids were all terrified. If they were accused of murdering the royal heir, would they still be able to survive?

They couldn't help but think of the horrific scene they saw when they watched the execution yesterday. Even the calm Zhe Ni's face turned pale in an instant.

"Look at you guys, nothing has happened yet and you're so scared." Shen Zhiyao smiled and said calmly.

Seeing that Shen Zhiyao could remain so calm, everyone felt less panicked.

"What other information have you heard?" Shen Zhiyao turned around and asked Chu An.

"I heard from the maids in Yongfu Palace that the emperor and the queen were alarmed and rushed to Yongfu Palace together. At this moment, they are questioning everyone."

Chu An then remembered that he had forgotten to report this key information, and replied hurriedly.

"Well, I will probably be summoned for questioning soon. Qiuyue, go get my eyebrow pencil. I need to dress up nicely and can't lose the battle." Shen Zhiyao said calmly.

Everyone was already full of admiration at this point. It had come to this critical moment, and their master was not panicked at all, so why should they be panicked?

The palace maids were no longer so scared and began to help Shen Zhiyao make careful preparations, each doing their own job.

"Zhe Ni, are you sure that everything I asked you to prepare a few days ago is correct? I will take them away in a while, and there can't be any mistakes." Shen Zhiyao asked, staring into Zhe Ni's eyes.

Zhe Ni hurriedly said, "Master, rest assured, everything has been arranged. I have placed the bait just right, and there cannot be any mistakes."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyao nodded with satisfaction. Zhe Ni was good and was a good talent worth cultivating.

As expected, just as Shen Zhiyao had prepared everything, Lin En came to Cuiweixuan in person.

After paying his respects, Lin En went straight to the point and said that the emperor had specifically asked him to bring Jin Wanyi to Yongfu Palace for questioning.

Lin En's attitude is lukewarm, which is quite intriguing.

Shen Zhiyao seemed unusually calm. She asked Chuan and Qiuyue to accompany her and followed Lin En to Yongfu Palace...