The Destiny of Going to Hell

Although she cried and begged outside the palace for a long time but still failed to see Yinzhen as she wished, Nian Shilan's crying was still of some use.

Yinzhen did not exterminate the Nian family because of his past relationship with Nian Shilan. He only stripped the Nian clan of their titles, beheaded Nian Gengyao, and exiled the rest of them, never to return to the court. Nian Fu and Nian Xing were able to save their lives.

From then on, the affairs of the Nian family came to an end, and Yinzhen thought that after Nian Gengyao was eliminated, Nian Shilan was no longer a threat, so he did not demote Nian Shilan.

However, all the concubines in the palace knew about the downfall of the Nian family. Now that Nian Shilan no longer had her brother's support, many people who had been offended by her arrogance in the past were secretly laughing at her.

Cao Qinmo felt that although Nian Gengyao was gone, Nian Shilan was still a noble concubine who could give Wen Yi support. There was no need for her to step on her. Yinzhen had feelings for Nian Shilan.

Just looking at the fact that all the people in the Nian family were executed but Nian Shilan was still a noble concubine is enough to prove this.

If she lost the position of Imperial Concubine Nian Shilan, would Wen Yi also lose her powerful backer? She would not do a business that would make her lose money.

But Concubine Ke Li was stupid. When Fei Yunyan was in the mansion, Yixiu arranged her to live in Nian Shilan's courtyard. At that time, Fei Yunyan was young and beautiful, and was very much liked by Yinzhen.

Therefore, Nian Shilan always used various means to oppress Fei Yunyan, until later Fei Yunyan could not bear it anymore and surrendered. Under Nian Shilan's arrangement, she gradually lost her voice.

She hated Nian Shilan, but Nian Shilan had a powerful maternal family to rely on, so she could only give up.

But now it is no longer her Nian family's world, so the desire for revenge arises.

On the fifteenth day, when Nian Shilan was not there yet, Lipin came out to report, "Empress, I want to report Nian Shilan for having private relations with ministers and accepting bribes."

Meng Jingxian also rarely put on a dignified attitude, "Lipin, you can't say anything without any evidence."

Fei Yunyan swore, "Empress, I have never lied. Not only that, Nian Shilan once had contact with Prince Dun's people. And Nian Shilan had been disgusted by Princess Wen Yi's noises many times and had fed her a lot of calming soup. Sister Cao, please say something."

Cao Qinmo complained in her heart, this idiot, what good would it do for her to bring down Nian Shilan now? He even wanted to drag her into the water.

However, Nian Shilan is in trouble this time. After all, since Lipin dared to speak out, she must have discovered some clues.

Who doesn't hate betrayers? A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and she doesn't want to offend Nian Shilan. Xia Dongchun protects Nian Shilan, and Nian Fu and Nian Xing are also capable. Who knows when they can't repeat the glory of the Nian family?

So Cao Qinmo immediately pretended to be surprised, "Why do you say that? Concubine Hua treats Wen Yi as her own daughter, there is absolutely no such thing, maybe my sister misunderstood something."

Seeing that Cao Qinmo was unwilling to contribute, Fei Yunyan did not force her, "Even if she loves Wen Yi, she is indeed corrupt, Queen!"

Lu Yingfeng raised his eyebrows and gloated, "No wonder she likes luxury. I have always seen her spending money like water in the palace. I thought it was a gift from her mother's family, but I didn't expect that she would dare to accept bribes privately."

Meng Jingxian frowned, "Since you reported it, do you know how much bribes she received in total?"

Fei Yunyan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the exact amount, but it must be no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"The emperor has always hated corrupt officials the most, but I didn't expect that they would be corrupt even in the harem." Meng Jingxian knew, of course, that Nian Shilanhua's money was not just her monthly salary from the palace. Nian Gengyao must have given her a lot, and there were also tributes from her clan.

I think Yinzhen probably only knew that Nian Shilan was rich, but he didn't expect that Nian Shilan was also involved in selling official positions and titles. Otherwise, with his jealous look towards corrupt officials, Nian Shilan would have lost the position of imperial concubine long ago.

Meng Jingxian pretended to be furious and slammed the table, causing the cups and plates on the table to clang. "Having too close contact with foreign officials and accepting bribes from them privately, how could this be done by the emperor's concubine?"

The concubines below were all shocked. Although Meng Jingxian knew that these charges were set in stone, she still had to pretend to check and verify them, and also had to inform Yinzhen.

He immediately wanted to call someone to inform Yinzhen and ask him to investigate the matter, but it would be better for Yinzhen to investigate it himself, and his own people could just do the pretense.

At this time, Nian Shilan was also helped into the door by Xia Dongchun. Meng Jingxian raised her eyes and saw her, "Empress Hua is here."

Everyone looked up and saw Nian Shilan standing at the door with a livid face and clenched teeth. It was obvious that everything Fei Yunyan said just now had fallen into the ears of Concubine Hua.

How could Nian Shilan control his temper? He ignored Xia Dongchun's attempt to stop him and strode to Fei Yunyan, then gave Fei Yunyan a loud slap in the face.

The concubines were also shocked by Nian Shilan's behavior and did not react for a while. Meng Jingxian's face turned black, "Noble Concubine Hua, what are you doing? How can you be so presumptuous in front of me!"

Nian Shilan seemed to be oblivious to Meng Jingxian's words, and continued to point at Fei Yunyan with her long armored hand, "You ungrateful bastard, if it weren't for me, do you think you could still sit on the throne of the first palace? Now this is how you repay me!"

Fei Yunyan knelt on the ground, not daring to look up and argue with Nian Shilan. She had been under the tyranny of Nian Shilan for a long time. Although she wanted to take revenge on Nian Shilan, she was timid and just lowered her head and cried for a while.

Fortunately, Nian Shilan did not pay too much attention to Fei Yunyan. She looked up and said to Meng Jingxian, "I behaved like this when Lian Yixiu was here. I didn't see the late queen criticize me. How can I be so presumptuous in front of you?"

She turned around, still furious, and kicked Fei Yunyan a few times, "Bitch, how dare you betray me? If it weren't for me, how could you have become a concubine with your aging face and stupid brain?!"

Meng Jingxian said calmly, "Come here, bring Nian Shilan to me."

Immediately, several nimble maids rushed out and forced Nian Shilan to kneel on the ground. Xia Dongchun knelt down and begged Meng Jingxian, "Empress, how can you punish the imperial concubine without any evidence?"

Meng Jingxian looked at the still unruly Nian Shilan who was being held captive, and slowly spoke, "Everyone has heard that Concubine Hua herself and Fei Yunyan were close in the past, and she also mentioned betrayal once, so every word of her accusation is true, how can it not be considered evidence?"

She ordered her men to slap Nian Shilan several times, "I have no say in the matter of corruption. I am only punishing Concubine Hua for her disrespect to me, the queen."

Meng Jingxian turned and looked at everyone, "Any concubine should be respectful to me. I hope you understand what being the queen means."

The first time we saw Meng Jingxian’s full aura, everyone was a little scared.

Meng Jingxian then instructed Zhuiyun, "Zhuiyun, go inform the emperor of this matter, and also order the people from the Ministry of Punishment to strictly interrogate the palace maids and eunuchs in Yikun Palace, especially Concubine Hua's personal maids and eunuchs."

After slapping Nian Shilan several times, she was released. It was the first time she was humiliated in front of everyone. She felt very sad but still proud.

Nian Shilan's eyes swept across every concubine present. Her fierce look made people shudder. "Well, you are all very good. You are all taking advantage of my misfortune. You are all hoping that I, Nian Shilan, will fall. You are all a bunch of bitches!"