Yixiu is reborn, fights against her elder sister, and becomes the queen mother

After Xia He helped Huanbi go to bed, she sneaked to the corner of Sui Yuxuan alone.

A young eunuch also came here stealthily. Xia He pretended to bump into him accidentally. "Noble Concubine Hua wants to win over Noble Lady Bi to deal with Concubine Wan. Noble Lady Bi wants to pretend to submit to Noble Concubine Hua, but in fact she wants to threaten the Zhen family to take back her biological mother's tablet."

The young eunuch lowered the brim of his hat and left.

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Gyeongin Palace

"My Lady, we must intervene in this matter."

After Xiudong reported the matter, he lowered his head and asked.

Yixiu shook her head and said calmly, "Don't worry about this matter. Things outside the palace have been dealt with. Nian Gengyao won the battle and will be returning to the capital soon, right?"

Xiudong said, "Yes, Empress. Madam has secretly had her trusted confidants in the army whisper a lot of gossip into Nian Gengyao's ears. Now General Nian probably thinks his sister has been neglected by the Emperor. I'm afraid we'll be in for a good show when we return to the capital."

Yixiu smiled dignifiedly, but her tone was like a girl joking with her close friend, and the first thing she said was to decide matters of life and death.

"Let this wind blow harder. If I can't see the emperor's sullen face when General Nian returns, I will have to accept the punishment myself."

Xiudong smiled and said, "I understand. I will do my best to serve you, Your Majesty."

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"Your Majesty, something's wrong. Concubine Bi has been poisoned and has passed out. A palace maid has pointed the finger at Concubine Wan, who has been detained by Concubine Hua. However, this matter is of great importance, and Concubine Hua dares not handle it on her own, so she has come to ask Your Majesty for your decision."

After listening to the palace maid's report, Yixiu curled her lips with a smile. It seemed that Concubine Hua and Huanbi moved their hands quite quickly and they couldn't help themselves.

After one person finished singing, I took the stage. Yixiu also changed her face and pretended to be angry and went to Yiku Palace to deal with the matter.

In Yikun Palace

Shen Meizhuang was extremely excited when she saw Yixiu coming. She felt like she had found a life-saving straw. She hurried forward to greet her and asked Yixiu to make the decision for Zhen Huan.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress, and may Her Majesty be blessed with good health. Today, Noble Consort Hua and Noble Lady Bi asked Wan Changzai to come here and play the flute for them. Wan Changzai has been feeling unwell recently and wanted to refuse, but the Noble Consort still forced her to come.

After Wan Changzai arrived, she played only a few tunes before Concubine Bi fainted, clutching her stomach, for unknown reasons. Cai'er, the maid from Sui Yuxuan, suddenly came to accuse Wan Changzai of poisoning Bi Guiyuan's food. This is truly absurd. Please, Your Majesty, investigate this matter."

"How outrageous! What did the Empress say? Huipin is so anxious to exonerate Wan Changzai. Could it be that Huipin has any evidence to prove Wan Changzai's innocence?"

Concubine Hua led everyone in bowing to Yi Xiu, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Empress. May the Empress be blessed with good health."

After everyone entered the inner chamber, the imperial physician emerged. He bowed to Yi Xiuxing and said, "Your humble servant greets the Empress. Concubine Bi has consumed something extremely cold, which is extremely harmful to a woman's body. Long-term consumption can cause infertility. However, a small amount is difficult to detect. Today, Concubine Bi drank a blood-activating herbal meal from Concubine Hua's place, and the two drugs counteracted each other, causing her to suffer from persistent abdominal pain."

Yixiu nodded and continued to ask, "How is Concubine Bi now?"

The imperial physician said, "Fortunately, the disease was discovered in time. I have treated Lady Bi with acupuncture and combined it with herbal remedies. I believe the effects of the drug will be removed in a few days. However, you must be more careful in the future."

Hearing that the person was fine, Yixiu felt relieved.

She sat upright on a chair, looking at the kneeling palace maid Cai'er, and asked, "Are you saying that Concubine Wan ordered you to poison Concubine Bi's medicine? What evidence do you have to prove that Concubine Wan was behind it?"

Cai'er kowtowed several times and trembled as she spoke, "Noble Lady Bi used to be a maid serving Concubine Wan. Now that Noble Lady Bi has been favored, her rank has surpassed Concubine Wan's. Concubine Wan has come to hate Noble Lady Bi to the core. One day, she secretly summoned this servant, gave her some rewards, and told her to add a packet of medicinal powder to Noble Lady Bi's medicine every day, saying that it would teach her a lesson without her noticing."

Zhen Huan kowtowed and explained, "Your Majesty, I am truly wronged. I never gave this maid any poison. Even if I truly intended to harm someone, I would have chosen someone I could trust. Today, as soon as Concubine Bi got into trouble, this maid immediately reported me. I think this is simply too much of a coincidence. Please investigate, Your Majesty."

The maid stared at Zhen Huan, her tone filled with grief and indignation, "Wan Changzai, how could you be so vicious? You lied to me, saying that the powder would only make Concubine Bi soft for a few days? You told me that Concubine Bi was deeply favored by the Emperor, and if she fell ill, the Emperor would be able to focus his attention on you. This medicine would only make people soft for a few days and would not kill them!"

Zhen Huan was so angry that her eyebrows were raised. "How dare you! I never said such words! You are slandering me. I swear, if I ever ordered you to poison Concubine Bi, I will die a miserable death!"

Shen Meizhuang also stood up and assured Yixiu solemnly, "Your Majesty, I am a close friend of Wan Changzai and I know her very well. She would never do such a thing. Please be careful, Your Majesty. It is impossible to conclude that Wan Changzai poisoned Concubine Bi based solely on the words of this palace maid. Was this palace maid instructed by someone else?"

A hint of coldness flashed across Concubine Hua's brows. She looked at Yixiu and said meaningfully, "Now Wan Chang and this palace maid are arguing with each other, and I don't know who is telling the truth. Why not send this palace maid to the Ministry of Punishment and torture her severely? I believe that this will reveal the truth, right?"

Cai'er's face turned cold, and she looked at Zhen Huan with sorrowful eyes: "Wan Changzai, even now, you still refuse to admit your evil deeds! Very good, very good! That servant will die today to expose your crimes, so that the world will know that justice is clear!"

After saying that, Cai'er suddenly pulled out the hairpin on her head and stuck it into her neck.

Her movements were so smooth that by the time everyone reacted, it was already too late to stop her.

A slender hairpin was stuck in Cai'er's neck. She was still breathing. She stared with round eyes, pointed at Zhen Huan, and said incoherently: "Wan Changzai, Wan Changzai, you will not die well!"

This scene was so terrifying that Zhen Huan was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground and couldn't recover for a long time.

Even Shen Meizhuang turned around helplessly and closed her eyes, not daring to look at Cai'er's face that was still filled with regret.

When Concubine Hua saw Cai'er was dead, her eyes rolled. She pointed at Zhen Huan and said in a deep voice, "How dare you, Concubine Wan, murder the concubines in the palace. What crime should you be punished for?"