The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Your Majesty, this is exactly it."

At one point, Xia He knelt before the emperor again, holding an unfinished wooden ornament.

Under the glazed lamp, an unfinished wooden pavilion rockery, one foot square, was presented to everyone.

The rockery has not been carved in detail and seems unfinished, but the paths and flowers at the foot of the mountain and the octagonal pavilion with flying eaves on the mountain are all exquisitely carved and very realistic.

"Isn't this... the viewing pavilion in the Imperial Garden?"

A concubine was the first to recognize it.

When everyone saw it, it was true.

In the viewing pavilion, there is a little wooden figure with a silk skirt trailing on the ground and long hair blowing in the wind, looking like a palace concubine.

There is also a delicate groove next to the little figure, which obviously indicates that there is another figure waiting to be placed here, but it has not yet been placed.

"It's quite beautiful." The concubine praised.

Everyone thought it was good, but the current atmosphere was tense and thrilling, not suitable for praising the carving.

So no one answered.

The palace maid Xia He urged a low-ranking palace maid in blue who was brought over from behind.

"Come here and explain to His Majesty and the ladies what this is, quickly!"

The thin and petite palace maid trotted to the front and threw herself in front of the imperial carriage.

Cao Bin was so frightened that he thought she was going to assassinate him.

After a closer look, I realized that she was too nervous and she wanted to kowtow but ended up falling down.

Xia He quickly pulled her up and identified herself for her:

"This is Xiaohui, a maid assigned by the Imperial Household Department to serve Lady Zhao before Guanlan Courtyard was closed. She was bored and carved patterns on the handles of her brooms. Lady Zhao liked them and asked her to make them into ornaments.

To surprise His Majesty, I kept it a secret, so no one else knew about it. Little Cat Hui has been working tirelessly in her room day and night for several days now."

"Yes...that's right." The palace maid named Xiaohui nodded nervously in agreement.

He also told me that he was tired from carving today and went out for a walk, but accidentally lost the unfinished small statue.

She was dark and thin, with an ordinary appearance and freckles on her cheeks. At first glance, she looked like an insignificant servant from the lower class, with nothing outstanding about her.

"Nonsense!"

Yu Tingjin was the first to disagree.

He walked over and pointed at Xiaohui and said, "How could you, such an idiot, carve such an exquisite ornament? It's obvious that you are trying to cover up Zhou's crimes and lie to the emperor!"

Xiaohui was frightened by the imperial concubine's aura and shrank her neck, but she took out a piece of cork and a small carving knife from her sleeve tremblingly and started carving on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, he had carved out the prototype of a skylark, flapping its wings and ready to fly, so vivid that everyone present was amazed.

Cao Bin's brows twitched when he saw her, and when she finished carving, he quickly urged her, "Put away your knife and move away!"

Xiao Hui quickly stepped back, kneeling far enough away before she frantically explained, "...I truly carved that rockery pavilion. The statue the Imperial Concubine brought out and said was a voodoo figure was also carved by me. It was lost before I could even carve it in detail. I don't know how it ended up being mistaken for a voodoo artifact. It's truly not, it's truly not!"

Yu Tingjin's face turned pale and he wanted to say something, but the emperor spoke impatiently.

"Cao Bin."

"The slave is here."

"look carefully."

"Yes!"

Cao Bin took the wooden doll that was mistaken for a witch and compared it carefully with the wooden carvings on the pavilion.

After a moment, he bowed and reported carefully:

"Your Majesty, the carving techniques on these two pieces appear to be identical. The wood and grain used also appear to be from the same source. However, I am not a woodcarver. Should we ask someone from the workshop to come over and examine them again to confirm?"

At this point, things are already very clear.

The evil villain that Yu Tingjin described with such certainty was just a sculpture.

Then the words she said in unison with the "traitor" Yun Liu were already full of doubts, and now they were even less credible.

"Do you need a craftsman?"

Xiao Yu sneered, "It's so obvious, can't you see it?"

The light from the glazed palace lanterns is bright, illuminating every detail of the wood carvings. The wood grain and carving style are clearly the same.

You can tell at a glance.

Cao Bin compared it for a long time before saying that it was similar, but it was a serious matter and caution was the priority.

Yu Tingjin's face had already turned pale, and his lips began to tremble with fear.

The virtuous concubine was delighted and was the first to step forward and speak:

"Yes, it's obvious that they are all the same thing! Anyone who can't see that is blind, or deliberately pretending to be blind. I just don't know who this unfinished figure is of."

Xiao Hui bowed her head and replied, "The carving is of... His Majesty."

"Oh, so the woman in the pavilion is the statue of Zhao Cairen?"

Then a concubine said sourly: "The gift that Consort Zhao wants to give to His Majesty must be a sculpture of herself. This sculpture is of her accompanying the Emperor to enjoy the scenery!"

The concubines all felt a little jealous.

It's really scheming to give something like this to Your Majesty.

Let Your Majesty place the ornament in the palace so that when you see it, you will think of her and always think of her?

In this way, although the suspicion of witchcraft was cleared, everyone felt that Fei Wan had escaped a disaster, but they also began to feel dissatisfied with her.

He has been promoted several times and is so favored, but he is still thinking of ways to compete for favor. How annoying!

But Xiao Hui stammered, "No, it's not Miss Zhao. That woman didn't have a face carved. Miss Zhao said there was no need to carve a face, just the image of a palace concubine. Let it represent all the beautiful women in the palace who care about Your Majesty. It doesn't matter who they are, as long as they can accompany Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty, that's all..."

Xia He also hurriedly said, "Miss Zhao said that once the carving is completed, she will give it to Your Majesty. Please enjoy it after your busy schedule and hope it can help you relax a little."

The concubines looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is this Zhao Cairen truly selfless, or is he scheming?

The virtuous concubine was also very surprised when she heard this.

But the most urgent task is to confront Yu Tingjin, rather than figuring out Fei Wan's intentions.

He immediately clapped his hands and praised her, "Although Zhao Cairen comes from a humble background, she is magnanimous in her actions. She doesn't seek to monopolize your Majesty's favor at all, but always thinks of your Majesty. Your Majesty, you must reward her well, right?"

And tonight she was framed innocently, shouldn't she get justice? Otherwise, this palace is really without rules, any servant dares to use a piece of wood to frame the master! "

"That's natural."

Xiao Yu fully agreed with Concubine Xian.

He couldn't take his eyes off Fei Wan for a moment.

Even when she was seriously ill, she still cared about him.

It's really touching.

Carve a palace concubine, carve a him, accompany each other in the pavilion, and watch the scenery hand in hand...

Such beautiful thoughts, just like the girlish feelings she expressed that day, are so pure and lovely.

The item is not expensive, but the thought behind it is truly precious.

He was right about her!

"Zhao Qing, come here."

He stepped down from the sedan chair and waved Fei Wan to come closer.

The undisguised admiration and concern on his handsome face made the concubines present feel uncomfortable.

Fei Wan refused, still standing far away, shaking her head with tears in her eyes: "This concubine has not yet been released from her confinement, and dares not approach Your Majesty..."

"You also know that you haven't been unblocked yet!"

Yu Tingjin quickly interjected, her golden hairpin swinging wildly, showing her extreme anxiety, "But you dared to sneak out in the middle of the night disguised as a palace maid and do such shameful things. Aren't you afraid of spreading the disease to the palace?

Even if the wooden doll isn't a voodoo object, Yun Liu saw with her own eyes that you used my doll to curse me and even went out at night to perform a voodoo ritual. How do you explain that?"

From the very beginning, when a wooden figurine fell out of the bedding instead of the stuffed figurine she had prepared in advance, things seemed to be heading in an uncontrollable direction.

But in front of everyone, she had no way to confirm with Yun Liu, so she had to bite the bullet and use the wooden man to make up for it.

It turns out that this little wooden figure has another origin.

It’s actually a statue of His Majesty!

She was so scared that her clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

But now that things have come to this, Fei Wan’s guilt has to be confirmed, otherwise she’s finished!

"Your Majesty, I beg you to search Zhou's house again. We must find the sorcerer Yun Liu mentioned. There is no place for evil in the palace!"

Yu Tingjin sobbed and knelt before the emperor.

"Empress Chun, have you had enough of this?"

Xiao Yu didn't even look at her.

Standing with his hands behind his back, the heavy sense of oppression made the concubines and palace maids around him dare not look up.

"Decree that Concubine Chun, while under house arrest, has refused to repent and has falsely accused the imperial concubines, causing disturbances within the palace.

She was demoted to Zhaoyi and confined to Chunxi Palace, not allowed to leave without permission!"

"……His Majesty?!!"

Yu Tingjin's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Fei Wan, like everyone else present, showed just the right amount of surprise.

But I was thinking, that’s it?

Being demoted to Zhaoyi is only three levels lower than Guifei!

Her title was not revoked, nor was she sent to the cold palace.

Even the involvement in witchcraft couldn't bring her down.

It seems that Yu Tingjin's position in the emperor's mind is indeed quite important.

No, it should be said that the importance of Lord Yu, the Minister of War, and the Northwest War behind him, in the emperor's heart exceeded Fei Wan's expectations.

There is a long way to go.

If you want to kill Yu Tingjin, it seems you have to do something cruel.

Fei Wan lowered her head weakly, hiding the cold light in her eyes.