The virtuous concubine looked at Fei Wan with a smile.

The smile showed her demeanor as a girl from a noble family, but in her heart, she was already furious.

Fei Wan had grown to this point without her noticing! She had favor, status, authority, and even the courage to use any incident to provoke her!

No... She suddenly realized that Fei Wan didn't grow to this level slowly, but she was not an easy person to deal with from the very beginning!

Concubine Chun, the Queen, the Queen Mother...when these people in high positions confront Fei Wan, it is always Fei Wan who escapes unscathed.

Is it my turn now?

Concubine Xian suppressed her anger and smiled dignifiedly, "I have been very worried about Concubine Ying's bleeding. If I weren't so busy, I would have personally investigated the cause. I didn't expect that Sister Zhao, under orders to investigate this matter, would have found her way to Changle Palace."

She paused for a moment and glanced at everyone in the hall.

"My dear sisters, what do you think of what this kitchen servant said?"

"Of course I don't believe it." Someone from the Xianfei faction immediately spoke up for her. "Her Majesty the Xianfei is very capable in managing her subordinates. The maids and eunuchs in Changle Palace are all very sensible. How could there be a servant passing on drugs that could harm people? The kitchen must have made a mistake."

"That's right. Concubine Ying's bleeding may not be caused by external forces. Perhaps it is because her own qi and blood are weak and she cannot conceive. What does it have to do with Changle Palace?" someone else said.

Everyone in the palace started talking at once, and at the suggestion of Concubine Xian, they counterattacked Fei Wan, either openly or covertly.

They don't help Concubine Jian, but they will help Concubine Xian.

After the virtuous concubine and the others discussed the matter for a while, she looked at Fei Wan and said, "Sister Zhao, you've just taken on this job, so it's inevitable that there will be omissions. Let the servant in the kitchen tell us what he has found. If there are any omissions, I'll check it for you. What do you think?"

He looks very tolerant and generous.

She faced the suspicion frankly, not only not caring about the disrespect that Fei Wan had found out about her, but also helping Fei Wan to clean up the mess.

This gesture...

Fei Wan looked at her and found that she looked a bit like the queen back then.

Is it true that once people gain power, they gradually develop those bad habits? If you ever reach a high position, you should take this as a warning.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity." Fei Wan did not argue with the Empress, but spoke only with facts, and ordered Jin Shou to tell the whole story from the beginning.

Jin Shou had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, and finally it was time for him to perform.

So he stood up and recounted in detail how he had secretly received the order, how he had discovered that there was something wrong with the tree stump in the kitchen, and how he had made arrangements everywhere and finally caught the tree stump and went through the twists and turns to get the medicine.

Whenever he got to a certain point, he would call in the subordinates who were working at the time and could serve as witnesses to verify the facts.

For example, the one who was watching from the beams of the toilet reported everything he did every night after he came in. He had a small notebook in which he recorded every time and every person went to the toilet, whether they went for a long time or not, how long they stayed, and even whether they had toilet paper.

But everyone in the hall felt sick after hearing it.

There was also a stench on his body that even incense could not cover up, probably from squatting every night.

After he finally finished his report, Jin Shou quickly asked him to leave: "Go back and take a good bath before you continue your work."

In this way, by the time everyone had reported, half an hour had passed.

At this time, the expressions of the people in the hall were different from before.

Because Jin Shou was not making up stories, there was evidence of this!

When Fei Wan took out the medicinal powder that Jin Shou had found and summoned Zhao, the imperial physician that Concubine Xian usually used, to take a look, and Zhao confirmed that it was a medicine that could invigorate blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis...

The physical evidence has also been confirmed!

"Jin Shou, do you know what crime you will be punished for forming a gang to frame a concubine?" a concubine sitting on the throne asked in a low voice.

Jin Shou said, "I am here on a mission, and everything I do is to complete the mission and find the bad guys. I don't understand what you mean, young master."

Fei Wan smiled at the concubine who had spoken: "Does this so-called Jin Shou gang include me?"

"That's not what I meant..." The concubine lowered her head and stopped talking.

Fei Wan said, "But what you said does make sense. While it's unlikely that over a dozen people could have framed Changle Palace, and the details were so meticulously detailed, it's possible someone was behind this. So, I think we should get to the bottom of it. Since they've found Zhang Xiaosi, the eunuch of Changle Palace, why don't we ask him for questioning?"

Fei Wan looked at Concubine Xian, waiting for her response.

The virtuous concubine's smile did not fade: "Send Zhang Xiaosi."

She wanted to see what kind of things would come out of her palace!

Linglong immediately went out and personally asked someone to bring Zhang Xiaosi.

This man originally worked as a handyman in Changle Palace. He had just arrived and Linglong didn't really know him.

It was the eunuch steward who was in charge of the menial work who went to fetch the man. Ever since Zhang Xiaosi was called by Jin Shou in the hall, the eunuch steward had ordered someone to keep him under guard. At this moment, the eunuch steward was ordered to fetch him. He entered Zhang Xiaosi's room and even searched the boxes under the bed, but he couldn't find him!

"What about people?"

"Ah... in the house. He was just complaining that he was hungry and asked us to get him some cakes, but we ignored him..."

"When did this happen?"

"A quarter of an hour, er, two quarters of an hour ago?"

The eunuch in charge looked carefully at the rear window and saw shoe prints. "Fool! Go chase him! He's gone!"

When the news reached the palace, Concubine Xian's face darkened.

The key witness actually ran away!

Fei Wan said, "Don't worry, Madam. Let's look for him first. Maybe he went to visit someone somewhere. How about calling the other people involved first?"

The virtuous concubine remained silent.

Then the eunuch in the kitchen, whose name was Shudun, was called in.

"Why did you take the powder and add it to Sakura's dish? Who ordered you to do that? How many times did you add it? When? Confess everything!"

Soon the tree stump arrived and people from the Palace Administration Office came forward to ask questions.

Shudun said nothing and did not kneel after entering the hall. After glancing at each concubine, he suddenly sneered.

With a leap, without any warning, he rushed towards Fei Wan.

The incident happened suddenly and no one reacted for a while.

Fei Wan was pushed to the ground along with the chair.

"I will kill you!"

Shudun yelled and grabbed Feiwan's throat with both hands.

"Save Empress Zhao!"

"Let go! You slave!"

Xiangyi, Xiaolinzi and others were so frightened that they rushed forward in a swarm. Jinshou and other people brought by Feiwan, as well as everyone in Changle Palace, also followed to rescue.

They quickly pulled the stump up, dislocated his shoulder, and pinned him to the ground.

"Tell me! Why did you try to assassinate Empress Zhao!" Jin Shou wished he could beat him to death.

Fei Wan was helped up from the ground, with a red mark on her neck.

He covered his neck and coughed continuously.

"My queen, how are you? Where does it hurt? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Xiang Yi was angry and anxious, shouting, "Call the doctor! Call the doctor quickly!"

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