After Nian Shilan left, Pangju sighed, "Hanhuan, I'm sorry for you and Mei'er." His voice was full of helplessness and fatigue.

Seeing the emperor's gloomy face, Zhen Huan's heart sank. She realized that it would be difficult to get the emperor to severely punish Nian Shilan based on this incident.

However, she was extremely considerate. "This matter is due to the fact that Concubine Hua is too cautious. The Emperor is so busy that he can't pay attention to the trivial matters of the harem. I have been investigating for a long time and finally started from the Nian family. I arrived just as the Nian family attacked Liu Bin. Now that the truth is out, Sister Mei can be cleared of all charges. I have no grievances."

Zhen Huan's tone was soft and gentle. She cleverly put all the blame on Concubine Hua and expressed her understanding and support for the emperor.

"Ah!" Fat Orange patted Zhen Huan's delicate hand, returned to his seat, pulled out a few notes, and said, "These are the notes that the Nian family has sent to the emperor recently. Take a look."

This was not the first time that Zhen Huan participated in political affairs, so when the emperor asked her to read the memorials and letters from the ministers, Zhen Huan did not refuse. Moreover, this time it was obviously related to the emperor's future treatment of Concubine Hua and the Nian family, so after paying her respects, she took the memorials and read them one by one.

My heart sank completely to the bottom.

The war in the front was not over yet, and the two brothers Nian Fu and Nian Xing made great military achievements one after another, while Nian Gengyao began to frequently hint to the emperor that he wanted to promote Concubine Hua.

Although the emperor has always been reserved about this matter, the war on the front line is about to end. Once Nian Gengyao returns victorious, Hua Fei's status will definitely change. Otherwise, the emperor will have no choice but to continue to reward the Nian family.

However, the Nian family is now extremely powerful. If they receive rewards again, I am afraid they will become even more domineering.

Therefore, even if Sister Mei’s innocence can be proved today, it will be difficult to severely punish Concubine Hua and the Nian family behind her.

Although Zhen Huan was unwilling, she did not want to embarrass the emperor, so she had to go against her conscience and hand the matter over to the emperor.

The emperor chose to send Nian Gengyao the memorial he had previously submitted requesting a title for Concubine Hua, as well as the relevant witnesses and evidence related to the two incidents of Shen Meizhuang's fake pregnancy and Shen Meizhuang being poisoned by people from the Yikun Palace in the palace, and the head of the criminal Liu Bin, all to Nian Gengyao as soon as possible.

Finally, Nian Fu stood up and took the blame for sending people to hunt down Liu Bin without permission, and begged the emperor to allow him to atone for his crime in view of his bravery and great achievements in this battle.

Nian Gengyao said that he was busy with the war and did not know what his son was doing. He only asked the emperor to punish him for not educating his son properly.

Concubine Hua refused to admit to framing Shen Meizhuang for a fake pregnancy, saying she only wanted to catch Liu Bin to prove Shen Meizhuang's fake pregnancy and clear up the rumors in the harem. As for the poisoning in the harem, she was completely unaware of it and believed it was all done by her subordinates without her knowledge.

In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, the emperor issued an edict to lift Shen Meizhuang's house arrest order, restored her status as a noble lady, and rewarded her with a large amount of precious jewels as compensation.

At the same time, Concubine Hua was deprived of the power to assist in the management of harem affairs, and Nian Fu was punished by being demoted one level, fined three years' salary, and ordered to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence.

As for Nian Gengyao, he was fined half a year's salary as a punishment for his poor parenting.

This series of actions caused an uproar inside and outside the palace, and people were talking about it.

Some people think that the emperor is too partial to Concubine Hua and that the punishments he imposes on Concubine Hua and the Nian family are too lenient; others think that the emperor is fair and selfless, and that his rewards for Shen Meiyu and punishments for Concubine Hua are just right. This is because Nian Gengyao gave in for Concubine Hua, so Pangju suppressed the incident of Concubine Hua poisoning Shen Meiyu.

Of course, these are just the opinions of bystanders. The real parties involved - Shen Meizhuang, Zhen Huan and Hua Fei - were all dissatisfied with the emperor's handling of the matter.

For Zhen Huan: Shen Meizhuang's reputation was restored, but she and Hua Fei were originally a strong rival, and it was a life-and-death battle for both sides. It was really hard for her to accept that she had put in so much effort but failed to cause any serious harm to Hua Fei.

Her sister Mei was almost poisoned to death during her house arrest. She had clearly caught Concubine Hua's handle, but she still couldn't bring the bad guy to justice. She only gave him a light punishment and a severe warning. How could she be worthy of the suffering that sister Mei had endured?

For Shen Meizhuang, the punishment from Concubine Hua and the Nian family was obviously not enough to comfort her for the humiliation of having her hairpin pulled out and being demoted by the Emperor that night, so her heart towards the Emperor completely turned cold.

Concubine Hua lost her cherished power in the palace, and after being reprimanded by the Emperor, she felt deeply humiliated. She had already been dissatisfied with Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, and now she vented all her anger on them.

Concubine Hua cursed Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu with gritted teeth, and vowed to find an opportunity to take revenge.

Yixiu was quite satisfied. After all, she had always felt that Hua Fei's control of the palace was a humiliation to her as the queen. Now, while the snipe and the clam were fighting, the fisherman was benefiting. Even her old headache had improved a lot.

The old rival Concubine Hua can no longer cause any trouble for the time being, and Yixiu can finally free up her hands to deal with Ning Changzai and Wu Da Ying.

But she never expected that Feng Ruozhao had prepared more than just Ning Chang as a new favorite for the emperor.

Since Yixiu likes to use her sister, Queen Chunyuan, to disrupt the situation in the harem, why can't I learn from her?

So, just as she had instigated Concubine Qi to give Concubine Ning a contraceptive drug for the sake of the Third Prince, the next day, the Emperor favored a palace maid in the Old Summer Palace and made her Rou Dading.

This Consort Rou is already 22 years old. Although she is quite pretty, her appearance and voice are nothing like those of Empress Chunyuan.

But her demeanor, temperament, personality, preferences, and way of speaking and doing things are very similar to Chun Yuan.

The reason why Pangju was so obsessed with Queen Chunyuan was not only because of her peerless beauty, but also because of her talent and soul.

And this Rou Ying is the soul substitute of Queen Chunyuan, carefully selected by Feng Ruozhao for the emperor!

Yixiu was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She asked someone to teach An Lingrong to sing like Rouze in order to find a substitute for Rouze - Zhen Huan's favor did not mean she wanted to see a bunch of substitutes for Rouze in the harem!

What made Yixiu even more angry was that the emperor did not want the queen to hold the palace power alone, and also because his new favorite Ning Changzai and Rou Ying had somewhat neglected Zhen Huan, he wanted to compensate her and issued an oral order for Concubine Qi and Concubine Wan to learn from the queen how to manage the harem.

Yixiu had finally taken back power from Concubine Hua, but before she could even get comfortable with it, she was asked to divide it among the fool Concubine Qi and the soft substitute Zhen Huan. How could she be willing to accept this?

She was so angry that she couldn't eat or sleep!

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