My eunuch An is a yandere

Yunxiang huddled on the ground, speechless. Bai Ningwei suppressed the urge to yawn and raised her hand to search her body.

"Search to see if there's anything on you first."

It was inconvenient for Hezi to do this, so Yannu came up and touched Yunxiang in several places, and took out two things.

Bai Ningwei took it and examined it. It was a pure gold nine-tailed phoenix hairpin. Nine was the number of the extreme, and its use on a phoenix hairpin was a ceremonial item for the empress. A closer look revealed that the hairpin had been used. Bai Ningwei handed the item to Nanny Qin for her to identify.

When Yunxiang saw that the thing was passed to Nanny Qin's hands, her face turned pale and looked even uglier than when she was caught.

"Yun Xiang!"

As expected, when Nanny Qin saw the things, she didn't care about etiquette or rules. She stepped forward and started tearing Yunxiang apart.

"This is the late queen's belongings. How did it end up in your hands? Speak!"

Yunxiang was beaten so hard that blood oozed from the corner of her mouth. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and banged her head on the ground, crying and begging for mercy from Bai Ningwei.

"Your Highness, I was forced into this. Please spare my life."

It turned out that Yunxiang had been a maid in the palace of the previous queen, cleaning the rooms. After the queen's death, the palace servants were redistributed, and the prominent ones naturally went their own places. A small-time unknown like her ended up with the newly promoted Li Cairen.

Li Cairen, though of low rank, was ambitious. Knowing that Yunxiang had served the late empress, she thought she could be of great use and treated her very well for a while. But when she finally realized she was useless, she changed her attitude.

A palace maid without the protection of her master, even if her master was only a minor talent, would have a very hard time. To make her life easier, she became obsessed with having an affair with a eunuch.

Unexpectedly, this eunuch would steal the palace's treasures and sell them for money. He chose her as his wife because of her former status and threatened her to steal things from the Queen's palace. She couldn't stand the eunuch's torture, so she went back and stole things a few times.

This matter was eventually discovered by Li Cairen, but she did not expose her. Until she returned from a banquet on the night of the winter solstice, she was ordered to steal a piece of jewelry belonging to the late queen and to find a way to hide it in Bai Ningwei's dressing box.

Yunxiang was a habitual thief. She took the opportunity to visit Nanny Qin to reminisce about the past and came to Lingqi Palace. She did not leave afterwards and the brave one hid in another side hall to wait for an opportunity.

Ever since Bai Ningwei moved into Lingqi Palace, one of the two side halls had been given to Xiao Qi, leaving the other empty. Aside from daily cleaning, no one was usually there. It was easy to get into Lingqi Palace, but getting into the main hall or Xiao Qi's side halls was far from easy.

It wasn't until tonight that Yunxiang was so hungry that she had no other choice but to venture out to try. But she had only taken two steps when she was discovered by Hezi.

Everyone gasped upon hearing this. Secretly possessing the Empress's phoenix hairpin was an act of usurpation. If discovered, the punishment would be severe, and if it was serious, death. Imperial authority was inviolable. Even if she could prove her innocence, it would still leave a thorn in the Emperor's heart. After all, the position above the rank of Concubine was Empress. Others might not have the guts to do this, but the same couldn't be said for the position of Concubine. How careless would one have to be to keep such a large item in one's dressing box without taking it seriously?

Bai Ningwei's dressing table has hundreds of small drawers. If she hides in them, it is possible that she will not be discovered for three to five days.

Knowing the purpose of the phoenix hairpin, Bai Ningwei opened another thing and asked.

"Then what's the matter with this talisman paper?"

"This was given by the Heavenly Master. He said that as long as I stick the talisman paper under the Queen's bed, all her luck and fortune will be transferred to my talented woman."

The three Taoist priests who came to the palace to make elixirs for Xiao Duo were called Celestial Masters. After taking the elixir, Xiao Duo felt better and, in his joy, he appointed them Celestial Masters. Although it was an empty title, it attracted countless followers and made him a fortune.

Looking at the two things in her hands, Bai Ningwei rubbed her temples and asked in a listless manner.

"Your family's talented person asked you to do these things. Didn't she ever think that you would fail? If you fail, how can she escape my wrath?"

Bai Ningwei felt that the person who could think of overstepping this line to frame her must have some brains and shouldn't just cause trouble without leaving any way out.

Yunxiang couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing what Bai Ningwei said.

"Your Majesty is right. My wife is already three months pregnant."

"Is there no one from the Imperial Hospital to check Ping An's pulse?"

"After knowing she was pregnant, Saito took her pulse to check for safety."

This is possible. Since the talent is of low status, no one will rush to serve him if he tries to shirk his responsibilities.

"I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl, but Li Cairen is quite confident."

"The Heavenly Master has calculated it, and it's the prince."

I really don't know whether to call her clever or stupid. Not wanting to waste any more words, Bai Ningwei inserted the phoenix hairpin into Yunxiang's head and instructed Hezi.

"The palace maid Yunxiang stole the palace's treasures and was sent to the torture chamber with both the stolen property and the stolen goods."

Going to the torture chamber was equivalent to execution. Yunxiang was confused and struggled desperately.

"Why, Your Majesty? I can identify Concubine Li. Please have mercy on me and spare my life."

Yunxiang wouldn't understand that with Concubine Li pregnant, anything she did would be seen as an opportunity to stir up trouble and eliminate dissidents, which would only make the Emperor suspicious of her and serve no purpose. It would be better to just deal with it this way, then give her a little shock so she wouldn't dare to attack her easily in the future.

Bai Ningwei got up and went back to sleep. Hezi took out a handkerchief, stuffed it over Yunxiang's mouth, and dragged her away. Yan Nu took the talisman paper and left.

Early the next morning, when Li Cairen opened her eyes, she saw that the talisman paper that was supposed to be pasted in Concubine De's palace was above her head. She screamed and rolled off the bed.

Yunxiang never came back, which made her nervous to begin with, and now she was even more frightened. After a lot of tossing and turning, her lower abdomen began to ache.

She no longer cared about hiding it and hurriedly called for a doctor. However, as a talented woman, she only had one personal maid, and without Yunxiang, her cries were in vain.

She stumbled to the palace door and tried to call for help, but the palace was cold and indifferent, and no one would bother to interfere. The Empress in the main hall was surprised to hear Li Cairen say that she had a miscarriage and needed to see the imperial physician. She gave orders and said that she was still hungover from last night.

It was not until Concubine Li started bleeding that someone went out to find the imperial physician, but it was too late and the child could not be saved.

Xiao Duo was furious when he heard about this, but it was of no use. Li Cairen had no way to express her suffering. She did not dare to confess the matter of the talisman paper, so she could only hold the Empress of the Main Hall accountable, accusing her of deliberately delaying and refusing to find an imperial physician to see her.

The empress in the main hall was not someone to be bullied. She said she did not know that Concubine Li was pregnant, and what was Concubine Li's intention in hiding her pregnancy?

The two fought each other, and Xiao Duo lost his patience and beat the palace maid to death, ending the matter hastily. As for Li Cairen, she lost not only her wife but also her soldiers, and lost her personal attendant Yunxiang. She died before the middle of her confinement period.

It was already three days after the incident when An Jiu learned from He Zi that someone was trying to frame Bai Ning Wei. He calculated the days and realized that he had been so busy outside that he hadn't seen his beloved in over a month. So that night, he broke into Bai Ning Wei's bedroom.

Seeing that it was him, Bai Ningwei became angry and threw a pillow at him.

"It's all because of you. My Lingqi Palace is almost like a vegetable market. Anyone can sneak in."

"I've heard about your Majesty's affairs. This matter is indeed my fault. Tomorrow I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide you with a few more palace maids."

An Jiu took the blame for Bai Ningwei's mistake and came up with a plan to make amends.

Bai Ningwei didn't refuse. She had always felt that she didn't need so many people around her, so she reduced the number of maids in Lingqi Palace. Now it seemed that her idea was inappropriate.

An Jiu looked at Bai Ningwei and gave him a cold look, which made him feel itchy, so he made a suggestion.

"Your Majesty, would you like to leave the palace and relax?"