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

Ming Jieyu was playing chess with him. When she heard the eunuch's words, she didn't even raise her eyes and asked, "Is it clean?"

Ming Jieyu's personal maid Manxiang said, "My lady... your servant..."

"Hmm?" Ming Jieyu looked at Manxiang calmly.

Manxiang: "My lady, it's cleaned up."

Concubine Rou should not know her.

She was not supposed to put the bracelet away personally, but the person who arranged it that day had an accident, and seeing that Concubine Rou was about to leave, Manxiang had no choice but to do it herself.

In Mengzhu Pavilion, Lu Junze looked at Su Deyuan and said, "Go and call Ming Jieyu over."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ming Jieyu had already made preparations, and followed Su Deyuan as soon as he arrived.

Before leaving, she looked at Manxiang and said, "Go and take the small box in the dressing table."

Manxiang: "Yes, my lady."

"Your concubine pays her respects to the Emperor and the Empress." Concubine Ming walked into Mengzhuxuan and bowed gracefully without any sign of panic on her face.

"Get up." Lu Junze said.

Lu Junze pointed to the bracelet still on the ground and said, "Do you know it?"

Ming Jieyu took one look and said, "Your Majesty, I know him."

"There is a maid in my palace who helped me a long time ago. She made a mistake before, so she gave the bracelet to me and said that if there is a chance, she hopes I can help her hand it over to her family." Ming Jieyushi said without any concealment.

After hearing this, Gu Shijin looked at Concubine Ming in surprise.

Lu Junze nodded: "If that's the case, how come this bracelet appeared in the things that Concubine Rou Guipin gave to Concubine Jin?"

Ming Jieyu frowned and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, but this bracelet of mine is still with me."

"Manxiang."

Manxiang walked forward and opened the box, and inside was indeed a bracelet exactly the same as the one on the ground.

Gu Shijin smiled silently. This Concubine Ming came well prepared.

"Your Majesty, I am sure that it was this palace maid named Manxiang who put the bracelet among my things." Concubine Rou Guipin suddenly pointed at Manxiang.

"And not only did I see it, but Concubine Ning also saw it!" said Concubine Rou.

"That day, Noble Lady Ning was walking in the Imperial Garden, and she helped me up when I was knocked down."

"Go and tell Lady Ning."

More and more people were involved, so a group of people moved to the main house of Mengzhuxuan.

Gu Shijin's chair was padded with thick cushions and was very comfortable to sit on. She looked at Lu Junze and smiled to show her gratitude.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Concubine Ning came in and bowed to greet them.

"sit."

This time the emperor did not speak, so the queen asked, "Lady Ning, do you recognize this bracelet?"

The palace maid walked up to Concubine Ning with the bracelet.

Concubine Ning took a look and said, "Your Majesty, I know him."

When Concubine Rou heard Concubine Ning say this, her expression finally brightened up a bit. She said, "Sister Ning, that day in the Imperial Garden, the maid bumped into me and I helped her up. Do you still remember, Sister Ning?"

Lady Ning: "Remember."

"Manxiang, do you have anything else to say?" Shangguan Yan asked loudly.

Manxiang finally panicked. She didn't expect that such a covert action was actually seen by Concubine Ning.

Manxiang raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, since Concubine Ning was there that day, it is possible that Concubine Ning let her in and deliberately framed me."

This palace maid was very quick-witted and she came up with a way to save herself so quickly.

"Heh..." Concubine Ning chuckled, "I just helped Concubine Rou that day, and didn't do anything else. Could it be that I can also release objects through the air?"

"Yes, Lady Ning just helped me up and left."

"Manxiang, why did you put the bracelet into the things that Concubine Rou gave to Concubine Jin?" Shangguan Yan asked.

Manxiang glanced at Ming Jieyu secretly, and seeing that there was no expression on her face, she knew that she had been abandoned.

"Your Majesty, it was this servant who did it." Manxiang suddenly became tough. She pointed at Gu Shijin and said, "It's all because of you that Xiaohong died."

Xiaohong? Gu Shijin thought for a long time before he remembered who she was. She was the maid who stole the Yuehua brocade from the former Ru Zhaoyi, now Wang Ronghua.

But Xiaohong died because she bullied Chen Changzai, what does it have to do with Gu Shijin?

"If it weren't for you, how could Xiaohong be sent to the imperial kitchen?" Manxiang said angrily.

"Xiao Hong is my cousin, and you killed her."

"Is there someone behind you?" Lu Junze asked.

Manxiang: "No, I did everything."

"I'll ask again, is there anyone who ordered you to do this?"

"No."

Lu Junze raised his hand: "Bring the person up."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Deyuan replied.

After a while, two guards came in escorting a palace maid.

When Ming Jieyu and Manxiang saw the person coming, their faces changed.

This palace maid was none other than the palace maid who had worn this agate bracelet before in Lily Palace.

She was also the palace maid that Gu Shijin saw on the rockery in the imperial garden. As early as when Manxiang started talking, Gu Shijin knew that the other palace maid he met on the rockery was Manxiang.

"Your servant Yu'er pays homage to the Emperor, the Empress, and all the ladies." Yu'er said.

Lu Junze: "Yu'er, is this bracelet yours?"

"Your Majesty, it belongs to me."

"I gave it to Miss Ming before I left." Yu'er said.

"Then can you tell which of these two agate bracelets is yours?" Shangguan Yan said.

"Your Majesty, I can recognize it. There are two scratches on the red agate bracelet of my maid." Yu'er picked up Concubine Rou's bracelet and pointed at it. There were indeed two clear scratches.

"Very good." Lu Junze said.

"Ming Jieyu, Yu'er has confessed everything you did before, do you have anything else to say?"

When Ming Jieyushi saw Yu'er coming in, she knew that she had fallen into someone else's trap, and it was very likely not a trap set by just one person. Because of the poisoning of Jinpin, the emperor had arrested many people in the harem, and Yu'er was one of them. Ming Jieyushi did not think much about it.

Because all the people Lu Junze had captured before were beaten to death without interrogation, she didn't expect that Lu Junze had already suspected her.

Ming Jieyu knelt on the ground and said, "I have nothing to say. I poisoned Concubine Liu, framed Concubine Jin, and poisoned Concubine Jin. It was all done by me."

That person said that she only needed to disrupt Lu Junze's harem. Although she did not complete the task, Lu Junze's harem is no longer as peaceful as before. So she can't be considered a complete failure, right?

Ming Jieyu turned her head and looked outside. The weather was very good today. The dazzling sunlight sprinkled on the ground, reflecting a blinding light, illuminating her pale face and making her look even lonelier.

With a bang, Concubine Ming fell to the ground. Concubine Ning stepped forward to take a look and was stunned. She said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ming committed suicide by taking poison."

Lu Junze was not surprised. Concubine Ming had probably realized that she had been exposed a long time ago, so she had not met with the person behind her during this period of time. This was also the reason why Lu Junze decided to get rid of her today.

Since it has no use value anymore, there is no need to keep it.