Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Who knew that after some of the guards who searched the palace came back, they looked at Concubine An meaningfully, paid their respects to Nangong Xuanyu, and presented the things they had found.

"Your Majesty, we found a bottle of ointment buried in the soil under a big tree in Xianfu Palace."

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Concubine An.

Anpin's heart skipped a beat. Before she could figure out what was going on, she had a bad feeling in her heart...

When they met Nangong Xuanyu's eye contact, the imperial doctors hurried forward to check.

Concubine An tightly grasped the armrests of the chair and comforted herself in her heart that this matter might not be related to Jiang Wanning's death. Perhaps some ignorant palace maid had hidden something in private.

However, the doctor's next words completely shattered her hopes: "Your Majesty, the ingredients of this bottle of ointment are exactly the same as the medicine that Doctor Li used to treat Concubine Jiang's face."

Li Hui was a trusted imperial physician of Queen Jiang. Although he did not appear to have participated in the murder of Jiang Wanning, he was her attending imperial physician after all. He bore the brunt of Jiang Wanning's poisoning death and had long been dragged to the Ministry of Punishment.

Queen Jiang looked at Concubine An sharply, with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.

Ever since her health deteriorated, the concubines below her began to become restless. Could it be that she guessed wrongly, and the real culprit behind the scenes was not Concubine Liu, but Concubine An who had set her sights on the position of empress, so she attacked Wan Ning?

But her plan has already begun...

But it doesn’t matter. At worst, we can get rid of Concubine An and Concubine Liu together!

Concubine An was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly stood up and knelt on the ground to explain, "Your Majesty, Queen, I really don't know what's going on! I have no grudge against Concubine Jiang, and there is no reason to murder her. I beg Your Majesty and Queen to understand!"

Nangong Xuanyu's eyes were dark. "The ointment was secretly developed by Li Hui. After Concubine Jiang used it, her face gradually recovered. Even I didn't know about it. Tell me, if this matter has nothing to do with you, why do you have the same ointment in your palace?"

Concubine An hurriedly said, "Someone must have framed me. Please, Your Majesty, help me!"

Nangong Xuanyu snorted coldly: "Everyone who has done evil says that they are being wronged. I have heard too much of this. I only believe in evidence."

Anpin's current attitude is completely different from the arrogant look when she slapped her. Shen Zhinian retracted his gaze and hid the coldness in his eyes.

The ointment was presented by Shen Zhinian. When Concubine Liu saw this scene, she naturally knew what was going on and looked at Shen Zhinian calmly.

She disliked every woman in the harem, so getting rid of Concubine An would be a good thing.

Concubine An suspected many people, but never thought of Shen Zhi's thoughts. After all, how could a mere concubine have such ability?

"Your Majesty, I am truly wronged! I really don't know why this bottle of ointment appeared in Xianfu Palace..."

Just as she was hurriedly explaining herself, the remaining guards came back. They first glanced at Concubine Liu, looking increasingly embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates... your subordinates..."

Concubine Liu was the legitimate daughter of Duke Dingguo and the most favored of the six palaces, so they couldn't afford to offend her. But due to their duty, they didn't have the courage to hide it.

"Just tell me what you found out. Why are you hesitating?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. We followed your orders and searched the six palaces thoroughly. We didn't find anything related to the death of Concubine Jiang anywhere else, except... Only in the Yongshou Palace of Concubine Guifei did we find the snow cypress..."

Of course, they also found some things in other palaces that were not convenient for people to see. But those items had nothing to do with this matter. The guards did not want to offend the concubine, so they naturally would not bring them up openly. This was the way to survive in the palace.

"What did you say?!"

Concubine Liu's face instantly turned extremely gloomy, and she said sternly: "There is absolutely no way there is such a thing in my Yongshou Palace. How dare you frame me?!"

Not to mention that her subordinates had already dealt with all kinds of evidence. From the beginning to the end, no one from Yongshou Palace was involved in this matter. How could there be Xuebai in her palace!

The head of the imperial guards quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness, please calm down! Even if we have ten thousand guts, we dare not frame you. We are just discussing the matter..."

Shen Zhinian found that he had guessed right again.

Queen Jiang aroused the emperor's sympathy, causing him to order a search of all six palaces. The purpose was not to find evidence, but to fabricate evidence.

Regardless of whether Concubine Liu did this or not, it is enough as long as there is evidence pointing to her.

Even though she was terminally ill, had experienced the pain of losing her sister, and the blow of the shattered hopes of her legitimate lineage, she was still able to come up with a way to deal with the enemy in such a short time. She is worthy of being the Queen!

If her health was better, Concubine Liu would not be her match even with the support of Empress Dowager Liu.

Concubine An thought she was finished, but she didn't expect that Concubine Liu also found evidence in the palace, and it was more powerful than hers!

Could it be that Concubine Liu killed Concubine Jiang and then framed her, wanting to make her a scapegoat?

Although Concubine An thought so, she did not dare to say it out loud because she could not afford to offend Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

"Concubine..."

Queen Jiang covered her chest with her hands, looking heartbroken: "I know that we are both daughters of the Duke's Mansion, and you hate me for being a burden to you for many years. All these years, no matter how you looked down on me, I never held it against you."

"No matter how much resentment you have, just come to me. Why do you want to attack Wan Ning? She has just come of age and is still as young as a flower..."

Shen Zhinian couldn't help but sigh. The queen was really powerful. With just a few words, she exposed Concubine Liu's arrogance and domineering behavior in front of the emperor. This also made everyone believe that Concubine Liu was the murderer.

Concubine Liu was not stupid, so she naturally figured out the key point: "If it was really me who harmed Concubine Jiang, why would I leave such obvious evidence in Yongshou Palace, waiting for people to find it?"

"Could it be that the Queen cannot tolerate me and wants to use Concubine Jiang's death to throw dirty water on me?"

Then, she changed her domineering look, looked at the emperor delicately, and said in a voice full of infinite grievance: "Your Majesty, you know that although I am a little spoiled by you, I will never do anything to harm someone's life. You must not listen to the slander and wrongly accuse me."

A hint of helplessness flashed across the emperor's eyes: "I will investigate this matter myself."

Concubine An was so shocked that she fell to the ground.

When something similar happened to her, His Majesty showed no mercy and said he only believed in evidence. Concubine Liu was more suspicious than her, but His Majesty's attitude was so gentle and he said he would get to the bottom of the matter.

So this is the difference between being favored and being unfavored...