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

"Two years ago, I arranged for a maid named Yongying to stay with Concubine Zhuang. Yesterday afternoon, the maid reported to me in a hurry that when Shen was visiting Concubine Zhuang, she accidentally dropped a handkerchief in the hall of Yongfu Palace."

Concubine Zhao nervously observed the Queen Mother's expression and continued, "When I was checking the handkerchief, Bao Luan said that there seemed to be a faint musky smell on it, so I asked my trusted imperial physician to come and check it out. After confirming that the handkerchief was stained with musk, I..."

"You want to use this handkerchief to frame Shen, but I don't care. But how could you not listen to me and almost cause Concubine Zhuang to have a miscarriage? I have advised you many times to have the bearing of a mother of the country! You really are making no progress!" Queen Mother Zhao said angrily.

"Aunt... I am really wronged... I only told Yongying to use a smaller dosage. Maybe that girl didn't control the dosage well, which caused Concubine Zhuang to almost have a miscarriage that night, leading to such a disaster! Aunt, you must believe me!" Concubine Zhao said anxiously.

Queen Mother Zhao looked at her coldly for a long time. Although she was upset, what could she do if she didn't believe her at this moment?

At this point, the truth no longer matters.

"Okay. Calm down. You are too impatient about this matter." Queen Mother Zhao sighed.

"Aunt, I know I was wrong..." Concubine Zhao said with her head down.

"Well, fortunately, I had foresight and made a prompt decision last night to get rid of that girl Yongying. Next, I'm afraid we have to investigate the Ministry of Pharmacy..." Queen Mother Zhao suddenly fell silent and just looked at her coldly.

Concubine Zhao suddenly remembered something else and her eyes widened again.

"Go and handle the matter at the Ministry of Pharmacy yourself, and don't leave any handle behind!" Queen Mother Zhao looked at her disappointedly.

Concubine Zhao Guifei said with a guilty conscience: "Yes, aunt, I will take care of it, don't worry."

Rest assured? With such a "good niece", how could Queen Mother Zhao rest assured?

At this point, Queen Mother Zhao understood that the musk in Shen Zhiyao's sachet was also a good deed done by Concubine Zhao...

"Forget it. Just remember, things must be as foolproof as possible. Keep your mind right and act more naturally these days. Also, you must take good care of the eldest prince. Remember?" Queen Mother Zhao warned.

"Yes, aunt." Concubine Zhao replied.

After returning to Yuquan Palace, Concubine Zhao could no longer sit still and hurriedly arranged for people to deal with the aftermath.

That night, outside Ningshuangxuan where Zhao Wanyi lived, in the garden on the south side, in a dark and remote corner.

Two tall and strong eunuchs were carrying a maid with her hands and feet bound and her mouth gagged, and were dragging her deep into the garden.

The palace maid opened her eyes in fear, making a "wailing" sound and struggling with all her might.

Ningshuangxuan is already remote, and it is now night. The eunuch on patrol just passed by here, and at this moment, no one else would pass by here.

Deep in the garden, there is a well. The well mouth is only wide enough for one person to enter, but it is very deep.

The two eunuchs threw the maid head downwards into the well with expressionless faces.

With the sound of water, the palace maid's "woohoo" sound disappeared.

After a few more rapid sounds of water, it finally returned to complete calm.

The two eunuchs looked at each other and threw a handkerchief in their arms into the well.

Then, the two of them cleaned up all traces of footprints on the ground as they walked.

As the night grew darker, and as the moon was completely obscured by a few dark clouds, the two of them also went their separate ways into the darkness.

Everything returned to calm as if nothing had ever happened.

Another day passed and there was new progress in this matter.

After the connection with Yongying, a maid in Yongfu Palace, was broken, because both Concubine Zhuang and Shen Zhiyao were harmed by musk, the blame was directed at the Shangshi Bureau's Pharmacy Department, which provided incense and scented bait to the concubines.

The Queen then ordered a thorough investigation of the Pharmacy Department, from the eunuch in charge to the palace maids, no one should be spared and all should be investigated in detail.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened that night.

In the Siyao Department, a eunuch named Zi Feng, who had access to spices, hanged himself.

After two key figures died mysteriously one after another, Bo Muxi was furious and ordered people to investigate the relationship network between Yongying and Zifeng.

Yongying's side was clean and no clues were found, but the eunuch Zifeng from the Ministry of Pharmacy found new clues.

Zi Feng had an "old lover" of a palace maid with whom he had been in love for more than a year. She was Qing Miao, the palace maid who served in Zhao Wanyi's Ningshuangxuan.

The emperor and the empress immediately sent people to take Qing Miao to the Ministry of Punishment, but strangely, the eunuchs searched the harem several times but could not find Qing Miao.

Qing Miao, the maid in Ningshuang Pavilion, mysteriously disappeared out of thin air...

When this happened, the emperor was furious.

On that day, the Queen personally interrogated Zhao Wanyi, but no matter how soft or hard the Queen tried, Zhao Wanyi just answered with tears in her eyes that she didn't know.

At this point, all clues were lost, and everyone thought that the matter was over.

Who knew that out of the blue there would be a storm.

Three days later, at daybreak, a thin eunuch carrying a bucket entered the garden on the south side of Ningshuangxuan to fetch water.

This well is located in a remote area. Generally, only the eunuchs on duty who are responsible for watering the garden will come here to fetch water for irrigation every two days.

The young eunuch lazily hooked the bucket onto the wheel. When he was about to throw the bucket down, he discovered that there seemed to be a strange thing floating in the well.

"Oh! Good God!"

When the young eunuch saw what was in the well, he was immediately frightened out of his wits. He ran to report to the eunuch in charge, screaming and pissing his pants.

This incident caused a lot of discussion among the palace people.

Chu An had just come out with some preserves from the Shangshi Bureau when he met the eunuch Xiao Dengzi who had entered the palace with him at the door.

Little Dengzi smiled evilly, patted Chuan's shoulder, and said enviously: "Boy, you must have been blessed in your previous life to be able to serve Jin Wanyi in Cuiweixuan. I'm so envious!"

Chu An smiled shyly and said, "You are not bad either. You are getting better and better in the dining hall now."

"I can't compare to you! Without a master, how can I get rewards!" After Xiao Dengzi sighed, he winked and said, "Something big happened in the palace again. Have you heard about it?"

"Oh? What's the matter? Tell me quickly." Ever since Chu An became keen on collecting intelligence, he becomes particularly excited when hearing new news.

"This morning, the director of the Ministry of Punishment personally led people to fish out a palace maid in a pink dress from the well in the garden on the south side of Ningshuangxuan!" Little Dengzi said vividly.

"Ah? Is there such a thing?" Chu An was surprised when he heard it.

"The surprise is yet to come! Although the body has been soaked so badly that the face cannot be seen clearly, some palace maids still recognized it. It is Qingmiao who suddenly disappeared recently!" Little Dengzi deliberately lowered his voice.

"Moreover, I heard from the eunuchs who were at the scene that a handkerchief was fished out from the well. Guess what?" Little Dengzi asked mysteriously.

"What's the matter?" Chu An asked after swallowing.

"That handkerchief turned out to be Concubine Zhao's! Isn't it scary?" Little Dengzi said with a sigh.

Chu An was surprised when he heard this, but he felt that the news was very important. He quickly said a few words to Xiao Dengzi and ran to Cuiweixuan.