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

"I really don't know what's going on, and I didn't try to murder Lady Zhang, wuwu..."

Liu Ruyan is the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou. She is so delicate and weak that she cannot take care of herself. No man would not like such a dodder.

However, there were many women in the harem who looked weak and harmless but were actually vicious. The emperor looked at her with a certain scrutiny.

Xunmei fell to her knees with a plop and kept shouting out her injustice.

"To think there is a scheming person like you in the harem!"

Concubine Liu hated Liu Ruyan to begin with, so she certainly wouldn't miss this great opportunity: "The evidence is irrefutable that the servants of Yilan Pavilion were plotting to murder the heir to the throne. I think Concubine Wan should be banished to the cold palace and executed immediately!"

"What does the Queen think?"

Queen Jiang said compassionately: "The harem has lost another child. I am more sad than anyone else. But as the queen, I must be fair."

"Reverend Wan, the maids in Shufangzhai said that it was your personal maid Xunmei who instructed Yin to commit the evil. Do you have anything to say to defend yourself?"

Liu Ruyan didn't expect that despite all their planning, Shen Zhinian still saw through their plan in advance and caught her off guard!

She was a smart person, so she naturally understood the hidden meaning of Queen Jiang. Only by cutting off her tail and surviving could she get out of this matter.

"Looking for plum blossoms..."

Liu Ruyan's gentle eyes were filled with tears, and she asked sadly, "After entering the palace, I have repeatedly warned you to be cautious in the harem and not to have the intention to harm others. If you make a mistake, not only will you lose your life, but you will also implicate your family far away in Yangzhou."

"Why didn't you listen? Why did you want to murder the heir in Lady Zhang's belly?"

Xunmei's body trembled. She never expected that the master she was loyal to would push her out to be a scapegoat!

But what can she do? She is a child of the Liu family, and her parents and brothers all work for the Liu family. If she doesn't take this matter seriously, I'm afraid her relatives will not survive.

Xun Mei kowtowed several times, her forehead bloodshot: "Your Majesty, Queen, I discovered by accident that Concubine Zhang is pregnant, and I'm afraid she will steal the favor of the young master."

"Once the young lady falls out of favor, we servants will have to live a hard life. That's why I had the evil idea that by getting rid of the child in Lady Zhang's belly, I could ensure that the young lady's favor would not fade."

"All of this was done on my own initiative. I colluded with Yin Ying, and the young lady knew nothing about it from beginning to end. I plead guilty!"

The emperor's heart was filled with rage, and a storm was brewing in his eyes!

Liu Ruyan covered her chest, as if she was about to faint from Xunmei's anger. She said with great sorrow, "You have served me for many years, but I didn't know you were so vicious! How can I face His Majesty after you did such a thing..."

Concubine Liu sneered: "How could a palace maid have such great ability to collude with the imperial concubines? You said that Concubine Wan didn't instruct you to do this, do you think that everyone in the palace is a fool?"

Concubine Zhang's eyes were full of bloodshot, and she cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, I don't believe that this matter has nothing to do with Concubine Wan. I beg Your Majesty to conduct a strict investigation..."

Who knew that before she could finish her words, Xunmei left a sentence "This was indeed done by me alone, and I am willing to die to atone for my crime", and then she hit her head against the pillar, and blood splattered on the spot!

Many timid palace concubines screamed in fear!

The imperial physician came forward to check: "Your Majesty, Xunmei is no longer breathing..."

The Emperor's birthday was a good day, but he lost an heir and blood was seen in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The Emperor's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it, and the pressure around him became even lower!

Liu Ruyan knelt on the ground weakly, crying silently, looking very sad. She had a beauty that had no offensive power, and she didn't look like someone who would do bad things.

Concubine Liu said coldly, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Xunmei committed suicide to protect Concubine Wan! Concubine Wan is definitely responsible for this matter. If we don't punish her severely, how can we rectify the imperial harem?"

Queen Jiang frowned and said, "Your Highness is wrong. I think Xunmei feels that she can't escape death anyway, so instead of going to the Ministry of Punishment to endure all kinds of torture, she might as well give herself a quick death now."

"She also admitted that she did all this without telling Concubine Wan. There is no evidence to prove that Concubine Wan was involved. If Concubine Wan is severely punished, wouldn't it be unfair?"

By now, the matter had become a confrontation between Queen Jiang and Concubine Liu.

Shen Zhinian knew very well that Queen Jiang was right.

Liu Ruyan was very cautious and never showed up in person from beginning to end. From the beginning, she had made a perfect plan. Even if the truth was revealed, at most it could only be traced back to Xunmei.

This woman is so cunning!

In her previous life, Liu Ruyan was able to become the leader of the four concubines. Her father was just the prefect of Yangzhou, but she was able to compete with Concubine Liu, who had a prominent family background, for the position of queen. How could she be a simple person?

Shen Zhinian never thought that he could completely kill Liu Ruyan in one go.

However, the murderer was her personal maid. Even if Liu Ruyan could not be convicted of murdering the royal heir, she could not escape responsibility!

Moreover... after this incident, a seed of doubt will be planted in the hearts of everyone, including the emperor. Liu Ruyan will no longer be known as a virtuous, gentle and kind person in the harem like in her previous life.

You have to know that in her previous life, her most powerful bargaining chip in the fight for the position of queen was her reputation as a virtuous person in the court and the country. But now, it was all destroyed by Shen Zhinian!

What the emperor hated most was women with vicious hearts. Once he had a knot in his heart, he would never dote on Liu Ruyan as he did in his previous life.

These are Shen Zhinian’s real purpose!

As expected, the astonishment brought by Liu Ruyan's stunning dance had completely disappeared from the emperor's mind. The look in his eyes when he looked at Liu Ruyan was filled with a hint of coldness.

"Although there is no evidence to prove that this matter is related to Concubine Wan, it is indisputable that Concubine Wan failed to discipline her subordinates, causing damage to the royal heir. From today on, her title of 'Wan' will be revoked!"

In the harem, being stripped of one's title was a great humiliation! For a concubine, this punishment was even more severe than being demoted.

Because of the title, it means that this concubine is very much loved and valued by the emperor, and the title represents the emperor's recognition of her.

The emperor stripped her of her title, which was equivalent to no longer recognizing the image of her in his mind.

If His Majesty no longer acknowledges her gentleness, isn't that equivalent to telling everyone in the palace that he no longer believes in her!

Looking at the entire harem, she is the only one who has been stripped of her title twice!

After enduring such a great humiliation and looking at the mocking and mocking eyes of the crowd, Liu Ruyan felt a surge of blood in her chest and she spat out blood and fainted!

Concubine Liu covered her nose with a handkerchief in disgust: "The birthday festival hasn't even come yet, how unlucky!"