I am favored by the tyrant, so what if I am vicious?

All the concubines were facing Zhou Lingge, and Zhou Lingge was standing at the palace gate, which was exactly opposite to their perspective.

So this also led to the fact that she could see people rushing over from a distance, but concubines like Shufei could not see them.

Zhou Lingge deliberately pretended to lead Concubine Shu to say those words... Haha, I really didn't expect that Concubine Shu, such a fool, would be fooled like this.

Zhou Lingge suppressed the smug smile that flashed across her eyes and pretended to be extremely sad.

Tears as big as beans kept sliding down from the corners of his eyes.

"Did...did His Majesty say that himself?"

The concubine's eyes flickered. His Majesty naturally did not say these words.

But in order to strike a blow against Concubine Jia and prevent her from being so arrogant, she doesn't mind telling some white lies.

Concubine Shu raised her voice and replied with certainty, "Of course, that's what His Majesty told me."

"He's just treating you like a plaything. Only ladies like us from aristocratic families are qualified to stand by his side and give birth to his children."

"You are just a lowly concubine's daughter, what do you count for?"

Zhou Lingge's face was pale, without a trace of blood.

Her body was shaky and she was about to faint from grief in the next moment.

Qiao'er held her arm worriedly, lowered her head and her shoulders trembled... Others just thought she was worried about Concubine Jia and cried out of worry.

Little did they know that Qiao'er couldn't help herself and started laughing with shaking shoulders.

Zhou Lingge tried desperately to suppress the corners of his mouth that were curling up wildly.

She looked up with tears in her eyes, looking at the ashen-faced Qin Feiling who was standing outside the crowd, over Concubine Shu's shoulder.

Her voice was shrill and choked with sobs as she asked word by word, "Your Majesty... have you really always treated me as a bed-warming toy?"

"Will you, when I grow old and my beauty fades and my love for you wanes, ruthlessly throw me into the cold palace?"

"No wonder, no wonder Your Majesty has been secretly coming to Yuanchen Palace at noon these past few days to secretly favor me. It turns out that you just treat me as a plaything and don't give me any respect or dignity."

"Poor concubine, I have unknowingly poured all my love into Your Majesty, wuwu..."

The call of "Your Majesty" startled all the concubines present.

They turned around quickly, and when they saw Qin Feiling's ashen face filled with anger, Concubine Li, Concubine Rou and the others all knelt on the ground.

"His Majesty."

Shufei's body was stiff, and her head felt as if struck by thunder. Apart from the rumbling sound, there was only a blankness.

Qin Feiling looked at Concubine Shu coldly, gritting his teeth and asking word by word: "Concubine Shu, when did I ever say that I would treat Concubine Jia as a plaything?"

Shufei's knees softened and she fell to the ground with a thud.

The corners of her lips trembled uncontrollably: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I remembered it wrongly. My memory is confused..."

Qin Feiling looked at Zhou Lingge nervously: "Jia Fei, did you hear that? I didn't say that. It was Shu Fei who misremembered it."

Zhou Lingge covered her ears, cried and shook her head while running into the palace.

"I don't believe that Sister Shufei is mistaken. This must be another conspiracy between Your Majesty and Sister Shufei to deceive me. Woohoo, rather than end up with a broken heart in the future when my beauty fades and my love fades, it would be better for me to move to the cold palace now..."

"Qiao'er, come on, pack up your bags, and we'll go to the cold palace."

Qiao'er quickly agreed and looked at Qin Feiling sadly: "My queen was thinking of embroidering a purse for His Majesty tonight, but now... all the good things turned out to be illusions."

She raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears, then looked at Concubine Shu and the others: "My ladies, you may enter Yuanchen Palace and search the palace. My queen will no longer rely on her favor to stop you. This favor is fake, how can I stop you?"

"If you ladies do find anything, my lady and I will be the meat on the chopping block, waiting for you to slaughter us."

After Qiao'er finished speaking, she chased after Zhou Lingge and left.

There was a sudden silence around the palace gate.

Concubine Shu's heart was beating like a drum. She looked up at Qin Feiling and wanted to explain: "Your Majesty, I just couldn't stand Concubine Jia's arrogance, so I said a few words of rebuttal..."

Qin Feiling slapped Concubine Shu hard on the face.

"I never hit women. You are the first one..."

"Aren't you going to search the palace? Send someone to search. I want to see what kind of weird things you can find in Yuanchen Palace."

He angrily waved his sleeves and walked into the palace.

Shufei covered her painful cheek and looked at Qin Feiling who left angrily in disbelief.

Your Majesty actually hit her?

What had she done wrong? Why was His Majesty so cruel to her?

Xiao Changzai looked at Concubine Shu with some trepidation: "Are you okay, Concubine Shu?"

Concubine Shu roared hysterically: "Get out, all of you get out."

Being slapped by the emperor is the greatest humiliation.

This is not only a slap in her face, but also a slap in the face of her Zhao family!

Concubine Shu was so angry that she vomited blood and fainted.

Concubine Li covered the corner of her lips with a handkerchief and quickly asked the palace servants to send Concubine Shu back to Fenghe Palace.

Concubine Rou looked at Concubine Shu who was carried away. She looked at Concubine Li hesitantly: "Sister Concubine Li, do we still need to continue searching Yuanchen Palace?"

Concubine Li was a little undecided.

But she thought of the Queen's instructions.

She couldn't help but clench her palms and secretly made up her mind: "Search... continue searching."

"We've searched all the palaces, but there are no clues. Now the only one that hasn't been searched is Yuanchen Palace. If we don't search it, we won't be able to find the murderer, nor will we be able to prove Concubine Jia's innocence."

"If the Queen Mother asks about it tomorrow, we won't be able to answer."

Roupin nodded: "Sister Lifei is right, then let's search."

Concubine Li immediately sent people to search Yuanchen Palace.

Qin Feiling entered the inner hall and coaxed Zhou Lingge in a good-tempered and gentle voice.

But no matter what he said, Zhou Lingge covered her ears and refused to listen.

It seemed as if no matter how he explained, it was all just quibbling and she didn't believe it at all.

Qin Feiling was helpless, "Empress Jia, what do you want from me?"

"I really never thought of you as a bed-warming toy. That was all Shufei's nonsense. I just beat her... If you're still not satisfied, how about I find a way to vent your anger for you?"

Zhou Lingge hid her petite body in the quilt.

She wrapped herself tightly, isolating Qin Feiling from the outside.

Qin Feiling could only hold the quilt tightly in her arms.

He said a lot of nice things to coax her: "If that doesn't work out, I'll promote you to a higher position to prove how much I cherish you."

Zhou Lingge's breathing stopped.

There are some ripples in my heart, and then I get promoted?

Is that one of the four concubines?

Or the imperial concubine?