The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

Gu Shijin: "I will follow the Queen's instructions. I will try my best to handle things on my own and not disturb the Queen."

When the time comes, don’t say that I didn’t tell you and that I don’t respect you as the queen.

"As the queen, it is my duty to handle the affairs of the six palaces. But since Concubine Jin is valued by the emperor, she should exercise more and not let the emperor down." Shangguan Yan also heard some of Gu Shijin's hidden meaning.

Gu Shijin didn't want to talk too much with Shangguan Yan now. She felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to vomit.

"Your Majesty is right. I will definitely learn from you."

"Empress, Concubine Wen is here." The Queen's maid Yunzhi came in to report.

Wenpin didn't know what was going on and was a little confused when she first came in. As a result, she was shocked by the two corpses in the room.

After a while, she said, "I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen."

"No gift."

After Wenpin stood up, she bowed and greeted Gu Shijin and Rongfei.

Seeing her like this, Gu Shijin probably didn't recognize that one of the two people lying there was her maid.

But then again, the face was so damaged that you wouldn’t be able to tell unless you looked carefully.

Wenpin was startled when she first came in, but then she calmed down. She didn't look like she knew about this. Could it be that this matter had nothing to do with her? Gu Shijin lowered his eyes and thought to himself.

"Princess Wen, look, is that your personal maid?" Shangguan Yan pointed at one of the corpses.

Concubine Wen was frightened by Shangguan Yan's words, and then she thought about not seeing her personal maid all day, and her eyes immediately turned red.

Seeing this, Gu Shijin couldn't help but complain in his heart. At this time, everyone has become a person of deep affection and loyalty, and they all have a very good relationship with their own palace maids. If the relationship is really so good, when her personal palace maid disappeared, would Concubine Wen not look for her?

Wenpin stumbled to the side of the palace maid, looked at the palace maid's face, covered her own face, then slowly squatted down, tears falling one by one, "Lotus leaf... Lotus leaf..."

"Your Majesty, this is indeed my personal maid He Ye."

Shangguan Yan frowned, sighed with great regret, and said, "Since she was your personal maid, then you didn't notice she was missing?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Shijin saw that Wenpin's body stiffened noticeably.

Yao Wanyi and Shu Wanyi looked at Wenpin with some suspicion and scrutiny. "Since you are acting so concerned about your personal maid, don't you know that she is missing? And you still have to wait for others to carry the body to find you?"

However, we cannot say that there is something wrong with Concubine Wen based on this.

"Princess Wen, do you remember when your personal maid disappeared?" Shangguan Yan asked.

Wenpin said, "Your Majesty, I asked Heye to go to Mingpin's palace to deliver something today, and she hasn't come back since."

"I was feeling a little unwell today and have been resting the whole time, so I didn't know He Ye hadn't come back yet."

"It's all my fault. If I had discovered it earlier, He Ye... He Ye... might not have suffered such a cruel fate." Concubine Wen was about to cry again as she spoke.

"In that case, then go and invite Mingpin over as well."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yunzhi replied, and immediately asked the eunuch to invite Mingpin.

"Noble Lady Wang, did you see anyone else in that place at that time?" Shangguan Yan looked at Noble Lady Wang and asked.

Concubine Wang thought for a while and shook her head, saying, "Your Majesty, I didn't see anyone else at the time, otherwise I wouldn't have asked my personal maid to go and see. I was also very scared."

She spoke the last sentence in a very low voice, but the hall was very quiet and almost everyone heard it.

Shangguan Yan looked at her and shook his head helplessly. Usually, Concubine Wang seemed quite reliable, but it turned out that she was still unreliable when something happened.

"What about you? Did you see anyone suspicious when you went over to look for people?" Shangguan Yan turned his gaze to Xiao Linzi and the others.

Xiao Linzi raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Shijin. Gu Shijin's expression did not change, he just blinked.

"In reply to the Queen, we didn't see anything when we went there. It was only after searching for a while that we found the two girls in a well." Xiao Linzi said.

"Then what's the matter with the wound on He Ye's face?" Shangguan Yan turned to look at Concubine Wen with a sharp gaze, "Does Concubine Wang know?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know. He Ye has been serving me since she was a child. I treat her like a sister. How could I hit her?" Concubine Wen said anxiously.

"Empress, this looks like a man's palm print." Gu Shijin said after looking at it for a while.

Men's hands are generally bigger than women's hands, making them easy to recognize. The slap mark on He Ye's face does not look like it was caused by a woman.

Shangguan Yan nodded. People in the palace had extremely high requirements for appearance. One could not walk outside with such a face. Even if Concubine Wen wanted to hit someone, she couldn't do it so obviously. She just asked this on purpose.

"Has He Ye offended anyone in the palace?" Shangguan Yan continued to ask.

This question stumped Concubine Wen. It was estimated that He Ye had not offended anyone in the palace, because He Ye was a very tolerant person by nature. However, she had offended many people, and He Ye had been asked to do many things. It was not impossible for revenge to be directed at He Ye.

"Your Majesty, He Ye has a gentle personality and is always humble and friendly when dealing with others. I don't think He Ye would make enemies with anyone." No matter what the facts are or what she thinks in her heart, Concubine Wen will definitely speak up for He Ye.

"Ha ha……"

The laughter was particularly harsh in the empty hall, and everyone looked at Shu Wanyi at once.

"What are you laughing at, Sister Shu Wanyi?" Concubine Wen asked dissatisfiedly.

Although Wenpin is the niece of the Dowager Concubine, Shu Wanyi is not afraid of her. She has a higher position than Wenpin, and the emperor loves her more than Wenpin. Moreover, the Dowager Concubine has recently been...

The concubine moved into the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, and all the smart people in the palace guessed something.

"What you said, sister Wenpin, how could He Ye, a palace maid, offend anyone? Whatever she does is up to you, sister. I remember that you had a conflict with Concubine Wang in the Imperial Garden a few days ago, and you even asked He Ye to slap Concubine Wang's maid." Shu Wanyi's eyes turned to Wenpin and Concubine Wang.

"Oh?" Shangguan Yan obviously didn't know about this. Although she had people everywhere in the harem, she couldn't know everything that happened in every corner. "Princess Wen, Concubine Wang, is this true?"

Concubine Wen and Concubine Wang froze for a moment and glared at Shu Wanyi. Concubine Wang said, "Your Majesty, it was my maid who did something wrong that day. It has been resolved. I can't kill anyone for such a small matter. Besides, my maid is dead."