My best friend is wearing a double body! Marry the emperor! Help me win the throne

Xue Qingyao's chess play was indeed ingenious.

She took advantage of the fact that Concubine Li summoned Xue Youli yesterday to make Xue Youli the biggest suspect in the murder of the little princess.

Once Murong Che believed their words, punished Xue Youli, and took his anger out on Concubine Li, Xue Qingyao would be able to kill two birds with one stone and get rid of two thorns in her eyes.

But despite all her calculations, she had missed one point——

The relationship between Concubine Li and Murong Che was not that of emperor and favorite concubine, but that of superior and subordinate.

Concubine Li would never be jealous because Murong Che favored Xue Youli. In her eyes, Xue Youli was just like her...

No, she felt that Xue Youli was not as good as her. She had already been a mature chess piece, and Xue Youli would need her guidance in the future to grow into a handy knife.

At this moment, everyone was waiting for Concubine Li to speak.

Concubine Li didn't keep everyone waiting for long. She curled her red lips and said slowly, "I can prove that Concubine Xue did not come into contact with Lan Zhuhua in Yongchun Palace yesterday."

All the concubines present were shocked.

Shen Ruolan was furious, unable to understand why Concubine Li wanted to protect Xue Youli. "My Lady Concubine Li, Xue Youli is extremely cunning. Perhaps she didn't do it herself, but instead had her maids collect the pollen!"

Seeing that everyone was waiting for her to change her tune, Concubine Li's lips curved even deeper. "I don't care which of you has a grudge against Concubine Xue, but you can't use me as a pawn just because I'm beautiful and good-tempered! I said Concubine Xue hadn't come into contact with blue hibiscus flowers because I sent all the blue hibiscus flowers in Yongchun Palace to Concubine Chun three days ago. There aren't any blue hibiscus flowers in Yongchun Palace, so how could Concubine Xue have stolen pollen from Yongchun Palace yesterday?"

Xue Qingyao originally thought that she would win this round, but Concubine Li's testimony instantly turned the situation around.

Yes, since there is no Lan Zhuhua in Yongchun Palace, isn’t this a blatant frame-up?

Xue Youli exchanged glances with Concubine Li, a look of grievance on her pretty face. "I just happened to read some medical books and happened to save the little princess, but I was framed like this. Please, Your Majesty, help me!"

Xue Qingyao probably never dreamed that Concubine Li and I were already half-allies. With Concubine Li's protection, I'll have someone to back me up in the harem. That's a pretty good feeling!

Murong Che glanced at Xue Youli, then turned to the others, his eyes suddenly becoming much colder, "Wang Defa, check!"

"Yes!"

When Xue Qingyao saw Wang Defa leading people to Concubine Chun's Yongfu Palace, panic flashed in her eyes.

Her pollen was indeed obtained from Yongfu Palace.

Concubine Chun was a sickly woman with limited energy, so the man planted a secret agent in Yongfu Palace.

If Xue Youli had not opposed her time and again and blocked her chance to contact the emperor, she would not have used this chess piece in advance.

Wang Defa also had some tricks up his sleeve. He went to Yongfu Palace, isolated the palace servants, and began to screen them one by one.

Back in the Imperial Garden, since something like this happened during the flower viewing banquet, it was naturally impossible to continue enjoying the flowers.

Concubine Ning said a few polite words and then asked all the concubines to go back and rest.

Xue Youli was about to leave when Rong Qingyue called her back, "Miss Xue, please stay."

Xue Youli paused and turned to look at Rong Qingyue, "Empress Rong, do you have any further instructions?"

Rong Qingyue's gaze fell on her right hand.

I saw a large red area on her right hand from her fingers to her palm.

It was because he was holding the cup of hot water when rescuing Murong Xi that he got scalded red.

Rong Qingyue handed her the small white jade porcelain bottle in her hand. "This is the burn ointment I just asked Imperial Physician Cheng for. Lady Xue, remember to rub it on your hands."

Xue Youli was stunned for a moment before accepting the porcelain bottle and thanking her, "Thank you, Concubine Rong."

Just now she saw Rong Qingyue asking Doctor Cheng for burn ointment, but she didn't expect that he was asking for it on her behalf.

Murong Xi was held in Caixia's arms. His face was still a little pale, but he was in good spirits.

The little guy waved to Xue Youli and was carried out of the pavilion by Caixia.

The concubines left one after another, and Xue Youli also led Banxia back to Lingyun Palace.

In the evening, news came that a young eunuch in Yongfu Palace who was in charge of taking care of the flower toilets was the most suspected of stealing the blue hibiscus pollen.

Wang Defa was decisive in his actions and sent the man to the Criminal Justice Department on the spot.

But this eunuch looks young, but he is a tough guy.

He was tortured in the prison, but he refused to reveal the person behind the crime and insisted that he was the only one who did it.

After the young eunuch finished his confession, he could not bear the torture and died in the prison.

Wang Defa went to the young eunuch's residence again and carefully checked his personal belongings, but found no clues.

The clue ends here.

The eunuch who took the pollen is dead, Murong Xi was murdered and Xue Youli was wrongly accused, and the case ended with Concubine Chun being confined to her house for three months for not governing her subordinates strictly.

Poor Concubine Chun was just doing her job at home, but the blame came from the sky and she was the innocent one caught in the crossfire.

Afterwards, Xue Youli wrote ten precautions for Murong Xi to prevent asthma attacks out of gratitude for the burn ointment Rong Fei gave her.

Rong Qingyue accepted all her suggestions without any hesitation.

For some reason, after witnessing the entire process of Xue Youli treating her daughter in the Imperial Garden, she developed an inexplicable sense of trust in Xue Youli.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Lingyun Palace.

"Master, Concubine Xue has gone to the Imperial Garden!"

Xue Youli was practicing calligraphy at her desk when she saw Banxia rushing over to report Xue Qingyao's whereabouts. She paused, "It seems she believed the rumors we deliberately spread."

Banxia nodded, "Yes, so she only brought Lianxin to the Imperial Garden today!"

At the previous flower viewing banquet, although Xue Youli escaped unscathed, Xue Qingyao, the mastermind behind the scenes, remained unharmed.

How could Xue Youli let it go like this without getting rid of her anger?

So, she deliberately asked Banxia to spread false news near Minghua Palace, saying that the young eunuch who was arrested and taken to the Criminal Court confessed before his death that the evidence was thrown into the artificial lake in the Imperial Garden by the mastermind.

Xue Youli had the Book of Heaven's Secrets in her hand, and knew every detail of Xue Qingyao's frame-up.

After reading in the Book of Heaven's Secrets that Xue Qingyao threw the paper bag containing pollen into the artificial lake in the Imperial Garden, he thought of using this method to fight back against Xue Qingyao.

She deliberately ordered someone to bring up the evidence in front of the young palace maids in Minghua Palace in order to lay bait and lure the snake out of its hole.

Given Xue Qingyao's cautious style, she would definitely find an excuse to go to the Imperial Garden to check the situation.

Now hearing Banxia say that Xue Qingyao really went to the Imperial Garden, Xue Youli dropped the wolf-hair brush and stood up directly, "Let's go! Let's go to the Imperial Garden too!" as a return gift to Xue Qingyao.

In the imperial garden, Xue Qingyao sat on the railing of the bridge in the middle of the lake and threw the fish food in her hand into the lake to feed the koi.

When feeding the koi, she quietly threw the rice paper hidden in her hand into the lake, wanting to see with her own eyes what changes would occur after the rice paper was soaked in the lake water.

However, not long after, when she used tree paper to salvage the rice paper, it had become a mess.

The rice paper she used to hold the pollen had been soaked in the lake water for so long that it must have melted long ago.

Got it!

be cheated!

Xue Qingyao suddenly came to her senses and was about to inform Lianxin to leave quickly.

At this moment, someone suddenly kicked her in the back!

Xue Qingyao was caught off guard and fell into the lake before she could react!