Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

However, this sentence made everyone's expression change in the room.

Especially Lin Yu and her servant, their minds were blank, and the queen on the throne also had a gloomy expression.

Gu Youning's face showed confusion and happiness.

"It was Miss Lin who ordered this servant to frame the master."

Jinhua's next words exploded like thunder in the small Tingyu Pavilion.

"You bullshit!"

Shanhu's eyes widened and she said angrily, "What kind of family background does Lady Wen have? How could our master possibly bribe the senior palace maid beside her? You are..."

Before Shanhu could utter the word "false accusation", Jinhua took out a pearl necklace from her bosom.

"This is the necklace that Lady Lin gave to me."

Before the Lin Yu and her servant could open their mouths to defend themselves, Jin Hua continued, "Because a few days ago I advised the master not to get too close to Concubine Gu, lest it bring trouble upon herself, the master was very angry and punished me to reflect on my mistakes in the room."

"When Lady Lin discovered this, she had Shanhu secretly come to me and tell me that my master had always treated her harshly. She then bribed the people in the Shanggong Bureau to send all of Lady Lin's silver frost charcoal to the Lanfang Pavilion."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my master has been wronged."

Shanhu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she knelt on the ground. "Not to mention that the entire Zhaoqing Palace knows that my master has no charcoal for heating. Even the Empress's people found that the charcoal in Concubine Wen's room exceeded her quota. This must be Concubine Wen deliberately framing my master."

"Since Miss Lin has let the entire Zhaoqing Palace know that she is short of charcoal for heating, and she doesn't intend to endure humiliation or swallow her grievances, why doesn't she report this to the Empress?"

Gu Youning supported Lady Wen and sneered.

"This……"

Shanhu was speechless for a moment, but Lin Yunv spoke timidly, "It's all my fault. Shanhu and the others felt sorry for me because I was cold, and they were also worried that my hands were stiff and I wouldn't be able to copy the blood for the Queen Mother, so they were a little anxious."

After saying this, Lin Yunu seemed to casually gather her cuffs, and the dark bloodstains on her left wrist were particularly obvious.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is not feeling well. Lady Lin has been feeling guilty about what happened at the last birthday banquet. This time, she copied the blood sutra for the Queen Mother as a token of her gratitude."

"If the court officials outside knew about this, they would only praise your majesty's filial piety and say that the concubines in the harem share the same aspirations with you."

Queen said.

The emperor values ​​his reputation the most. No matter what the truth is about Lin Yunv, her copying of the blood scriptures is indeed beneficial to the emperor's reputation, and it was Concubine Wen who ruined it all.

She knew that the emperor had indulged Concubine Wen because of what happened that year, but today she wanted to use the punishment of Concubine Wen to create a rift between Gu Youning and the Wen family, so that she would lose control of the Wen family's people in the harem.

"Your Highness, just now you have been reminding me not to be confused by friendship and plead for Lady Wen, fearing that the crime of disrespecting the Queen Mother will fall on me, but I am not speaking for Lady Wen without any basis."

"The extra charcoal in Lanfang Pavilion was all moved from my Changchun Palace. Lady Wen did not encroach on the silver shuang charcoal allotment of the lower-ranking concubines."

Gu Youning explained first.

"Gu Zhaoyi, even if you are on good terms with Lady Wen, you shouldn't use this as an excuse to exonerate her."

The queen frowned, her face full of disapproval.

"Every word I said is true."

Gu Youning did not mention anything else, but only said that what he said was true, which made the queen feel that Gu Youning was relying on the emperor because he was here.

"Gu Zhaoyi, Your Majesty is in charge of the harem and has always been thorough in her work. This matter has already been verified with the Shanggong Bureau. It is true that the eunuch who delivered the charcoal accepted the money from Concubine Wen and also sent Lady Lin's money to Lanfang Pavilion."

Zhichun bowed respectfully to Gu Youning.

"Is it true that Tingyuxuan didn't get any Silver Frost Charcoal this month?"

Gu Youning suddenly asked Shanhu.

"Of course, if Concubine Gu doesn't believe it, she can have someone search Tingyu Pavilion."

Shanhu's eyes were full of resentment towards Gu Youning. Her master had always been speaking in a low voice to Gu Zhaoyi because of the eldest prince's matter. She tried repeatedly to make amends, but Gu Zhaoyi just wanted to make things difficult for her master everywhere.

"This month?"

At this time, the emperor on the throne smiled softly.

"emperor?"

Seeing the emperor's slightly sarcastic smile, the queen instinctively felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, the guards have found a eunuch behaving improperly at the gate of Zhaoqing Palace."

At this moment, the eunuch of Qianming Palace reported outside the door.

"Bring people in."

Cao Zhong received the emperor's signal and called out.

Soon, a eunuch with a panicked look was brought in.

"If you don't want to go to the Ministry of Punishment, then stop talking nonsense."

The eunuch was about to protest his injustice when Cao Zhong stopped him coldly.

"Reply... Reply to the Emperor, I am here to ask Lady Lin for something. The things Lady Lin asked me to sell last time were worth less than a thousand taels of silver, and I'm still a hundred taels short."

"Are you saying that Lady Lin secretly stole items from the palace and sold them?"

Hearing the eunuch's words, Jinqin's face suddenly became excited. Although it was a bit beyond the rules, her heart of serving her master was reasonable.

"Yes, Your Majesty, spare my life! I really won't dare to do it again next time."

The eunuch cried and begged for mercy.

Cao Zhong waved his hand, and the guards outside the door dragged the man out again.

"Lin Yunu."

The emperor's majestic and cold gaze fell on Lin Yunv.

"I know I was wrong. What I wanted to do that day was..."

Just as Lin Yu Nu was about to open her mouth to explain, the emperor interrupted her coldly: "Lin Yu Nu framed me to gain the throne, fabricated accusations, disregarded palace rules, and has ulterior motives. From this day forward, I will demote you to a commoner and banish you to the cold palace."

"emperor!"

The Queen cried out in a loud voice, losing her composure.

"The Queen has any objections?"

The emperor's eyes were cold.

"The Queen must have misplaced the silver frost charcoal in Lady Wen's room. She paid Concubine Gu Zhaoyi for it with real money. I was there when Lady Wen gave her the money."

Before the empress could react to the emperor's words, she heard the emperor's cold question: "The empress asked such a hypocritical person to copy the blood sutra to pray for the empress dowager. Aren't you afraid of ruining the empress dowager's blessings?"

"Your Highness...that charcoal..."

The queen always felt that she had fallen into a trap today.

But what happened today happened on its own, how could this happen?

"The Queen thinks I'm intentionally favoring Concubine Gu. There were quite a few palace maids present that day. The Queen can call them all in and question them. Are my words less trustworthy than the eunuchs from the Shanggong Bureau?"

"Chen and concubine dare not!"

The queen quickly stood up and bowed.

"The rest of the matter will be left to the Queen."

The emperor stood up with a sullen face and walked out.

Gu Youning hurriedly told Jinqin to take good care of Lady Wen, then quickly took off his cloak and chased after her.