The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

By the time Concubine Xian came to her senses from her stupor, her maid Yuzhu had already gotten into a fight with Concubine Zhuang's maid Shuqi.

The scene was chaotic and confusing for a while.

In the end, it was the guards brought by Concubine Xian who forcibly separated the two fighting maids.

Concubine Xian was slapped hard in the face by Concubine Zhuang in public. She was anxious and angry, and wished she could punish Concubine Zhuang right there and then.

There was anger flashing in her eyes as she stared at Concubine Zhuang fiercely. Rage and humiliation were intertwined, as if she wanted to burn everything to ashes.

"There are so many eyes watching today during the palace search, they are all witnesses."

"This pottery jar and package were clearly found in your palace! If you deny it, someone will naturally admit it!"

After that, Concubine Xian ordered the guards to arrest all the palace maids in Yongning Palace and asked them:

"Have any of you seen this?"

"If anyone stands up and tells me the truth, I will reward him handsomely!"

The palace servants lowered their heads and lined up in silence.

There was a suffocating silence in the air, as if even breathing seemed unnecessary.

Suddenly, a trembling voice was heard among the crowd.

"Your servant...your servant...has seen it."

This was a little palace maid of about eleven or twelve years old, with disheveled hair and dirty coarse clothes, which bore traces of her hard life in the palace.

You can tell at first glance that he is the one who is often bullied.

"Oh?" Concubine Xian raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Since you said you have seen it, then tell me what is in the pottery jar and the package?"

That little palace maid had already been bribed by Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu ordered people to control her mother who was outside the palace, and promised that after she succeeded, she would be transferred to Xianfu Palace, promoted to a second-class maid to serve Concubine Shu, and given an additional reward of ten taels of silver.

Under coercion and inducement, the young palace maid had no choice but to agree.

The words she used to identify Concubine Xian at this moment were something she had rehearsed long ago.

The young palace maid stuttered as she continued, "Reporting to Her Majesty, this... the pottery jar contains Rhodiola rosea juice, and this package... contains the dregs left after boiling Rhodiola rosea."

When Concubine Zhuang heard the little palace maid's slander, she instantly understood what she was thinking - she had already betrayed her.

An indescribable anger surged in her heart, and she clenched her fists so tightly that her fingertips almost pierced her palms.

"How dare you slander me like this? This is simply treason!"

"You are a traitor! When did I ever tell you to do these things?!"

Concubine Zhuang's voice became increasingly harsh, and every word she said was like a hammer hitting the little palace maid's heart.

The young palace maid was so frightened that she was shaking all over and kowtowed to the virtuous concubine, begging for mercy.

"Your Highness, please help me! What I said is true!"

"Every time Miss Shuqi gets medicine from the Imperial Hospital, she tells me to pick the Rhodiola rosea and boil it separately."

"He also ordered the servant to dye a piece of cloth with the juice and send it to the clothing bureau."

If the young maid exposed the matter on the spot, she would be pushing Concubine Zhuang into the fire pit. The implication was that the palace dress that caused Li Xuansheng to have a rash came from Yongning Palace, right?

Shuqi was so angry at the words of the little palace maid that he was shaking all over. He took a step forward, pushed the little palace maid to the ground, and kicked her hard several times.

"You bullshit!"

"When did I ever tell you to do these things?!"

A hint of determination flashed in Concubine Xian's eyes, and she quickly made a gesture, indicating the guards beside her to press Shuqi tightly to the ground.

She sneered inwardly.

Concubine Zhuang and Shuqi, the master and servant, are simply cast in the same mold. They are both equally reckless and will resort to violence when they cannot reason with others.

Even if Concubine Zhuang imitated him in every way, she could only learn the basics.

He is so stupid and impatient in his bones that he is no match for Liu Huining!

Seeing her maid being pinned to the ground, Concubine Zhuang was furious. The only way to turn the situation around was to get rid of the suspicion.

She thought of Doctor Liu who treated her every day.

She remembered that the herb Rhodiola rosea was not included in the prescription that Imperial Doctor Liu wrote for her some time ago. Since the little palace maid kept saying that Shuqi got the medicine from the Imperial Hospital, she might as well call Imperial Doctor Liu to testify for her!

"Xianfei! How can this little palace maid's one-sided statement be used as evidence?"

"I have always been cared for by Imperial Physician Liu, who has never prescribed Rhodiola rosea for me. How could Shuqi have taken Rhodiola rosea back from the Imperial Hospital?"

"I would like to summon Imperial Physician Liu to testify for me!"

Concubine Zhuang spoke with certainty.

After hearing this, Concubine Xian immediately agreed, with a barely perceptible sneer on her face.

——What Concubine Zhuang did was exactly what she wanted!

This Imperial Doctor Liu had been bribed by Concubine Shu with a large sum of money, and it was he who modified the medical records.

Concubine Zhuang, who was kept in the dark, foolishly thought that Imperial Physician Liu would testify for her?

Ridiculous!

After Imperial Physician Liu arrived at Yongning Palace, Concubine Zhuang seemed to have seen her savior and asked hurriedly:

"Doctor Liu, tell me, is there any herb called Rhodiola in the prescription you wrote for me a few days ago?"

Doctor Liu stepped forward tremblingly and saluted, slowly and gently stroking his beard which had turned as white as snow.

"I did prescribe medicine for Concubine Zhuang a few days ago, and the medicine did contain Rhodiola rosea."

"It's just that every time Miss Shuqi goes to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine, she always takes a lot of Rhodiola rosea. I have also specifically told Miss Shuqi not to take too much."

Imperial Physician Liu paused and pretended to be concerned about Concubine Zhuang's health.

"Your Majesty summoned me here today, but is it because of excessive consumption of Rhodiola rosea that my body is experiencing abnormalities?"

Concubine Zhuang felt a chill in her heart.

Oh no! Even Imperial Doctor Liu was bribed!

At this moment, she was completely in the hands of Concubine Xian!

Concubine Zhuang's tone became increasingly fierce, like a sharp sword pointing directly at Concubine Xian's throat.

"Xian Fei! You are so capable! You even bribed Imperial Physician Liu!"

"Don't think you can blame me for the palace dress issue like this! I will personally meet the emperor and explain the matter in detail, so that the emperor can distinguish right from wrong and clear my name!"

Concubine Xian looked at Concubine Zhuang's furious expression and sneered.

"In the entire palace, only your Concubine Zhuang's palace has Rhodiola rosea."

"Now that we have evidence, you can't deny it even if you want to bring it to the emperor!"