"Sister, Concubine Hua is too suspicious! We can't just let it go like this!" Chun'er said to Zhen Huan angrily, her little face flushed red with anger.

"Chun'er, I also know that there is something wrong with Concubine Hua, but we have no evidence and cannot act rashly!" Zhen Huan frowned helplessly.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch her continue to stir up trouble in the harem?" Chun'er stomped her feet.

"Let's take a long-term view and we'll find a solution." An Lingrong said, "We can investigate further into the matter of the palace maid and the mysterious man."

"Lingrong is right, we can't miss any clues." Zhen Huan nodded.

At this time, Concubine Jing came.

"Zhen Huan, I have heard some new information." Concubine Jing looked solemn.

"Empress Jing, what's the news? Tell me quickly." Zhen Huan asked hurriedly.

"I heard that the palace maid appeared near the Imperial Hospital before the incident, and she behaved suspiciously." Jingpin said.

"The Imperial Hospital? Could it be related to the people in the Imperial Hospital?" Zhen Huan's eyes lit up.

"It's possible. We need to go to the Imperial Hospital to check." An Lingrong said.

So, Zhen Huan, An Lingrong and Jingpin brought several palace maids and eunuchs to the Imperial Hospital.

"Your Excellency the Judge, we would like to ask you something." Zhen Huan said to the Judge.

"Miss Zhen Huan, what do you want to ask?" the judge asked after bowing.

"We want to know if there have been any suspicious people entering or leaving the Imperial Medical Bureau recently? Or if there has been anything unusual happening?" Zhen Huan asked.

"Suspicious people? Unusual things?" The judge pondered for a moment. "My lady, there hasn't been anything unusual lately. It's just that a few days ago a palace maid came to get some medicinal herbs, saying they were needed by Concubine Qi's palace."

"Palace maid? Is she the palace maid beside Concubine Qi?" asked Jingpin.

"This...I haven't noticed it." The judge replied.

"Do you still remember what medicinal herbs she took?" An Lingrong asked.

"It seems to be some nourishing medicinal herbs, nothing special." said the judge.

"Nourish medicinal herbs? How can they be related to poisonous wine?" Zhen Huan asked puzzledly.

"My lady, could it be that someone used the tonic herbs as a cover to actually take away other things?" A young eunuch said beside him.

"You make sense! We have to find out." Zhen Huan said.

Just then, an imperial physician hurried past, looking somewhat panicked.

"Stop! Why are you so panicked?" Jingpin shouted.

"In reply to Your Majesty, I... I am fine. It's just that a patient's condition suddenly worsened, and I am worried." The imperial physician answered, but his eyes were a little evasive.

"You are lying! Do you know something?" Zhen Huan stared at the imperial physician and asked.

"My lady, I really don't know what you mean." The imperial physician shook his head quickly.

"Search him!" Jingpin ordered.

The young eunuchs came forward to search the doctor and found a letter on him.

"What is this?" Zhen Huan took the letter, opened it, and her face changed drastically.

"What's in the letter?" An Lingrong asked.

"This is a secret letter. It mentions Qi Fei's maid going to get medicine, and...it's also related to Hua Fei!" Zhen Huan said angrily.

"What? It's Concubine Hua!" Jingpin said angrily.

"Hmph! Let's go confront her!" Chun'er shouted.

"Chun'er, don't be impulsive. We need more evidence," Zhen Huan said. "Although the letter mentions Concubine Hua, there's no conclusive evidence that she was the mastermind."

"Then what should we do?" Chun'er asked.

"Let's put this letter away first and continue our investigation," Zhen Huan said.

After returning to their residence, Zhen Huan and others began to carefully study the contents of the letter.

"Sister, this letter mentions a place, which seems to be a remote corner of the Imperial Garden. Is there any clue?" An Lingrong said, pointing to the words on the letter.

"It's possible, let's go and take a look." Zhen Huan said.

They came to the remote corner of the imperial garden and looked for clues everywhere.

"There are some footprints here, they look very new." Chun'er said, pointing to the ground.

"Let's follow the footprints." Zhen Huan said.

The footprints extended behind a wall, behind which was an abandoned small courtyard.

"Why is there a yard here? I haven't noticed it before." Chun'er said in surprise.

"Let's go in and take a look." Zhen Huan said.

Walking into the yard, it was dark and filled with dust and cobwebs.

"Sister, it's so scary here!" Chun'er held Zhen Huan's arm tightly.

"Don't be afraid, let's be careful." Zhen Huan comforted.

Suddenly, An Lingrong discovered a secret door.

"Look, there is a secret door here!" An Lingrong shouted.

"Open it and take a look." Zhen Huan said.

They opened the secret door and found a basement filled with various bottles, jars and some papers.

"What are these?" Zhen Huan picked up a piece of paper with some incomprehensible symbols and formulas written on it.

"It looks like a poison recipe!" An Lingrong said in horror.

"Is this where they develop poison?" asked Concubine Jing.

"It's very likely that we have to take this evidence away and hand it over to the emperor." Zhen Huan said.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside.

"Oh no, someone is coming! Let's hide first." Zhen Huan said in a low voice.

They hid in a corner of the basement and held their breath.

The door opened and Concubine Hua and the imperial physician walked in.

"Hmph! Those bitches actually found their way here. We can't let them ruin our plan." Concubine Hua said viciously.

"Your Majesty, we have to move these things quickly." said the imperial physician.

"It's too late. We have to find a way to deal with them." Concubine Hua frowned.

"Your Majesty, we can make some changes in their residence, just like we did last time," said the imperial physician.

"No, the last incident has already aroused the emperor's suspicion. We can't use the same method again." Concubine Hua shook her head.

"What should we do then?" asked the imperial physician.

"Let's get rid of the things here first, and then look for an opportunity." Hua Fei said.

Zhen Huan and others heard it clearly in the corner and were filled with anger.

"Hua Fei, you are such a vicious woman!" Zhen Huan couldn't help but rush out.

"Zhen Huan? Why are you here?" Concubine Hua was shocked.

"Hmph! Concubine Hua, we've seen through your conspiracy, and you still want to quibble?" Zhen Huan said angrily.

"Don't even think about leaving here alive!" Hua Fei shouted, "Someone come! Kill them!"

A group of guards rushed in and started fighting with the palace maids and eunuchs including Zhen Huan.

"Sister, what should we do?" Chun'er asked fearfully.

"Don't be afraid, we will fight them!" Zhen Huan said.

In the fierce fight, Zhen Huan and others gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Zhen Huan, today is the day you die!" Concubine Hua smiled triumphantly.

At this critical moment, the emperor arrived with the royal guards.

"Stop!" the emperor shouted.

The guards stopped.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Concubine Hua was panicked.

"Humph! Concubine Hua, I already know everything you've done." The emperor said angrily, "Capture them all!"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Hua Fei cried.

"The evidence is irrefutable, yet you still dare to quibble?" the Emperor shouted angrily, "Send Concubine Hua to the cold palace, and punish that imperial physician as well!"

"Your Majesty, don't!" Concubine Hua was dragged away, still struggling.

"Zhen Huan, are you okay?" the emperor asked with concern.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm fine." Zhen Huan bowed.

"Thanks to you for discovering Concubine Hua's conspiracy this time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." said the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this is what I and others should do," Zhen Huan said.

After this incident, Hua Fei's party was completely eliminated, and the harem seemed to be temporarily calm.

"Sister, this was really thrilling. Fortunately, we are fine." Chun'er said with lingering fear.

"Yes, we are really lucky to have escaped danger this time. However, we cannot let our guard down, as the struggle in the harem will never stop." Zhen Huan said with emotion.

"Well, we must continue to support each other and deal with possible dangers." An Lingrong said.

"Yes, we still have to live a good life and can't let these conspiracies and tricks affect our mood." Jingpin said.

In this harem, Zhen Huan and others experienced many hardships and finally got rid of a major crisis temporarily. However, there are more challenges waiting for them in the future, and their story continues.

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