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

Shangguan Guiren, who lives in Lixuan Pavilion, is an old lady in the Qiandi Palace. Because of her beautiful appearance, she was quite favored by His Majesty after he ascended the throne.

But no one in the palace was willing to serve her, because Shangguan Guiren was famous for her strange temper and she loved to torture the palace maids.

But her family background was good and her father worked under the Duke of Zhenguo, so Queen Jiang turned a blind eye to it.

Even if the palace maids who entered Lixuan Pavilion were tortured to death by Shangguan Guiren, their deaths would be in vain. She only needed to find a random crime to make people think that those palace maids deserved their punishment.

After Chunhua and Xiao Liangzi received the news, they were so scared that they burst into tears and begged for mercy from Eunuch Liu one after another.

However, Eunuch Liu didn't even give them a glance.

Having betrayed the most favored Concubine Rou, these two servants still want to have a good life in the palace? What a dream!

Even if she hated Chunhua and Xiaoliangzi, she couldn't hate them as much as Shen Zhinian. After all, she had said long ago that she could get the two out of the Xinzheku, but where the Ministry of Internal Affairs would assign them was not something she could decide.

In the end, the two could only suffer in Lixuan Pavilion, missing the time when they served Shen Zhinian...

Of course, this is a story.

Tingyu Pavilion.

Xiao Zhouzi and Xiao Mingzi are both back.

Shen Zhinian leaned on the soft couch and yawned lazily: "How is it?"

Xiao Zhouzi said respectfully, "My lord, I followed Liu Xu in secret as usual. She came back after getting the incense from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There was nothing unusual along the way, and she didn't come into contact with anyone."

Xiao Mingzi made a discovery: "My lady, Xiao Lizi went to the toilet after leaving. I am not as skilled as Xiao Zhouzi, so I am afraid of alerting him, so I dare not follow too closely."

"But not long after he went in, Xiao Chenzi, who was serving in Shufangzhai, also went into the toilet. I have confirmed that there were only the two of them in the toilet at that time. Apart from that, Xiao Lizi never met anyone else."

In addition to the six palaces in the east and west, there are many other palaces in the harem. If there are too many concubines and the six palaces cannot accommodate them, they will move to other places.

But the emperor had just ascended the throne, and the number of concubines in the harem was not as many as during the reign of the previous emperor. Logically, they should all have been arranged in the six palaces in the east and west.

Shen Zhinian asked doubtfully, "Shufangzhai doesn't belong to the six east and west palaces. It's located in a remote place. Who is the young lady living here?"

Madam Xiao said, "My lady, the person living in Shufangzhai is Yin Yingying. She was your majesty's concubine when he was in the palace. After your majesty ascended the throne, she offended the imperial concubine and was demoted from a concubine to a Yingying, and was banished to live in Shufangzhai."

Although Shufangzhai was not a cold palace, its remote location was no different from a cold palace. Yin Da Ying was not favored, and she was probably forgotten by the emperor. Under normal circumstances, it would be harder for her to see the emperor than to ascend to heaven.

Handan guessed, "Could it be that Yin promised to have his palace servants instruct Little Li to bury the red flowers in the courtyard of Tingyu Pavilion?"

"But there are so many beauties in the harem. Even if the young lady falls, it won't be her turn to be favored. What's the point of doing this?"

Shen Zhinian's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly: "No. A concubine who is not favored and lives in a remote place, even if she has such courage, does not have such ability."

At this moment, Yuanbao came back and said respectfully, "My lord, I have already checked what you asked me to do."

"The palace servants of Tingyu Pavilion have never had any contact with the people of Yilan Pavilion. However, I discovered that Xunmei of Yilan Pavilion and Xiao Chenzi of Shufangzhai seem to have had some contact in secret."

A sneer flashed across Shen Zhinian's lips: "It seems that the case has been almost solved!"

"Liu Ruyan is smart. She wants to attack me, but she doesn't want to take the risk of failure. So she won over Yin Yingda and let her be the one to do it openly. This way, even if the matter is exposed, she will not be implicated."

"Yin has been out of favor for many years, so his life must be difficult. Even though he knows that this matter is risky, he is unwilling to let go of this hard-won opportunity. The two of them really hit it off!"

Handan said angrily: "Noble Wan looks weak and unable to take care of herself, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious! If the young lady hadn't been careful enough, she would have fallen into their trap!"

"No wonder Concubine Xue said that to remind you, young lady. She must have discovered something. Young lady, what should we do now?"

Shen Zhinian's eyes flashed with ruthlessness: "I haven't done anything to Liu Ruyan yet, but she attacked me first. In this case, I should teach her a lesson! Otherwise, others will really think that I am easy to bully!"

"First, pretend that you didn't notice anything, and secretly keep an eye on Little Li to see what else he will do. Then quietly collect evidence of the exchanges between Yilan Pavilion and Shufangzhai."

"Something as sensitive as safflower is out of reach for most people. Send someone to investigate where Liu Ruyan and Yin Yingda got the safflower from."

This time, she has to give Liu Ruyan a big gift!

"I will follow the young master's orders!"

It was night in a blink of an eye.

The emperor walked straight into Tingyu Pavilion without notifying anyone.

Seeing the bright yellow corner of the clothes, Shen Zhinian finally reacted and quickly stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, your concubine pays respect to you!"

"The palace servants below are getting more lazy. They didn't even say a word when His Majesty came..."

Nangong Xuanyu helped her up: "My beloved concubine, there is no need to be so polite. I told them not to inform you."

Shen Zhinian glanced at him coquettishly: "Why did your Majesty come here at this time?"

During this period, didn't he give Queen Jiang respect by visiting her in Kunning Palace every day?

After meeting Shen Zhinian's eye contact, Fuqiu at the door quietly retreated and went to Lanyue Pavilion on the right side of the hall.

Nangong Xuanyu had not originally planned to come to Tingyu Pavilion today, but for some reason, after not seeing this young lady for a few days, he missed her so much.

Moreover, he missed the relaxed atmosphere when he was with this young woman. Unconsciously, he came here.

Hearing Shen Zhinian's words, the emperor's tone became somewhat dangerous.

"Why, my beloved concubine doesn't welcome me?"

Shen Zhinian blushed and said embarrassedly: "Of course not! Your Majesty came to see me, I am so happy. It's just... just..."

"Just what?"

Shen Zhinian's face turned even redder: "It's just... my period came suddenly, so I can't serve Your Majesty..."

Looking at her charming face and rosy white skin, the emperor's throat tightened a little, and he asked hoarsely, "Why do I remember that my beloved concubine's menstrual water was not these days?"

The Imperial Household Department kept detailed records of the daily lives of the imperial concubines. If this was the case, Li Changde should have reminded him on the way.

This was of course an excuse Shen Zhinian made up. If she didn't say this, how could she go ahead with her plan?