The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't act like this in front of Miss Shen..." Cuihu said earnestly, "If the Empress Dowager knew, she would definitely be upset."

Baoshun immediately defended the emperor, saying, "Aunt, things are not what you think. The emperor did not have any affair with the imperial concubine."

"The Empress heard that General Ye was coming back, so she waited for the Emperor in the back garden today, just to ask about the General's situation."

"The Emperor only spoke to the Imperial Concubine for General Ye's sake, and they parted ways not long after..."

Aunt Cuihu thought about the scene at that time and it seemed to be true. The emperor went back not long after, and the imperial concubine did not follow the emperor.

"I guess Miss Shen thought the Emperor would come to the back garden to look for her, but she waited for a long time but didn't see the Emperor, so she felt a little disappointed."

"When Miss Shen returned, she discovered that the Emperor was not in the palace either. She probably thought that the Emperor had gone out again..."

Yan'er wouldn't think that he went out to look for the imperial concubine again, right?

Emperor Yong'an really had a lot of grievances. He glanced at Baoshun and at this moment he really regretted not going to pick her up first.

"I thought I'd let you stroll around the back garden for a while, so I went to the Imperial Study to finish dealing with the memorials before going to pick her up."

"Is the Emperor in the Imperial Study?" Cuihu asked in shock. "But I sent someone to tell the Emperor that Miss Shen was leaving. Why hasn't the Emperor come yet?"

Emperor Yong'an looked at Baoshun suspiciously and said, "When I chased you out, you had already left the palace."

Cuihu said in disbelief, "How could this be? The Imperial Study is not far from the Qianqing Palace, and I even deliberately delayed to comfort Miss Shen. Why did the Emperor take so long to get here?"

Emperor Yong'an pointed at Baoshun and said, "Come and tell me about it!"

Baoshun also noticed that something seemed amiss, and he immediately knelt down to explain, "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter has nothing to do with me!"

"After hearing the news, I immediately came to report to the emperor."

"That maid must have been deliberately delaying the process, otherwise the Emperor wouldn't have found out so late."

Emperor Yong'an's face was gloomy. "Go and bring the palace maid who reported the news to me."

The palace maid was brought in tremblingly. When she saw the emperor, she was so scared that she collapsed to the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"You bold servant, who ordered you to delay time and sow discord between the Emperor and Miss Shen?"

"Baijia, as a maid serving the emperor, I treat you well on weekdays. Why did you betray us?"

Baijia shook her head desperately, "Aunt, I don't have any."

"Your Majesty, please spare me. I didn't mean to delay you. I didn't know you were in the Imperial Study. I went to the Yangxin Palace first, but when I didn't see you, I went to the Imperial Study."

Bao Shun snorted coldly, "You little dog slave, you still dare to quibble? The Imperial Study is obviously closer, but you chose to go the other way and go to the Yangxin Palace first."

"It's your delay in going back and forth that has wasted so much of our time!"

Emperor Yong'an also felt that it was very hateful. Even if the palace maid really did not do it on purpose, she was extremely stupid and wanted to kill her directly.

At this moment, Baijia suddenly thought that someone nearby had deliberately mentioned to her the news that the emperor was in the Yangxin Palace.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Someone has framed me. Auntie, please save me and help me..."

Cuihu felt that there might be something else going on when she heard this. After all, Baijia was usually an honest and decent person, and she had seen it all.

"Your Majesty, why not listen to what she has to say? Perhaps there is something else going on, so as not to allow that traitor to continue his evil deeds."

Emperor Yong'an nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"I remember that when my aunt asked me to go find the emperor, it was Baili who said something beside me. She saw the emperor heading towards the Yangxin Palace, so I went straight to the Yangxin Palace."

"It must be Baili. She must have deliberately misled me. She framed me. Your Majesty, please investigate!"

"Go and capture that Baili. I want to see who dares to do evil under my nose!"

Emperor Yong'an angrily threw the teacup in his hand away. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as he had imagined. He had to get to the bottom of it.

Baoshun took people to Baili's residence, not only arrested the person but also searched her room. Sure enough, he found some tricks, so he quickly took people and things back.

"Your Majesty, I have brought Baili here. This is what I found in her room." Baoshun said as he presented a box to the emperor.

When Emperor Yong'an opened the box, he saw that it was full of jewelry and banknotes, and he became furious.

"Who bribed you?"

Bao Shun shouted loudly: "You little slave, now that we've caught you red-handed, why don't you confess the truth to the Emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me. I am innocent. These are all gifts from the concubines of the various palaces. No one has bribed me."

"As a servant in the Qianqing Palace, you actually often help other ladies in the palace?" Cuihu was very angry at this moment. She knew very well that she also had an unshirkable responsibility.

"I have not been strict with my subordinates. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Okay, you get up first." Emperor Yong'an didn't want to care about anything else at the moment. He just wanted to know who instructed Baili, and he would punish her severely.

"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!"

Emperor Yong'an ordered sternly, "Drag her to the Shenxingsi and torture her severely. Make sure she confesses everything. Baijia acted recklessly and made a serious mistake. Drag her away and give her thirty lashes."

Baili kept crying and begging for mercy, claiming that she was being wronged, but she was still dragged away by the guards.

Baijia, who was standing by, was so frightened that her face turned pale and her body was shaking constantly, but she knew that her fate was a mercy from the emperor, so she did not continue to cry and beg for mercy.

After the guards left, Emperor Yong'an looked at Cuihu and Baoshun, his tone stern: "I will not tolerate any sand in my eyes. If such things happen again in the future, you will go to the Shenxingsi to receive punishment."

The two men quickly knelt down to express their gratitude and said that they would be more cautious in the future and would not let this happen again.

Bao Shun stepped forward and reported, "Your Majesty, would you like me to send someone to the Ministry of Punishment to oversee the execution?"

"I'm worried that the person behind this will bribe someone from the Shen Xing Si to silence Bai Li."

Emperor Yong'an pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you. Make sure to find the person behind this."

"Cui Hu will stay and screen the people in the Qianqing Palace again. All those who are not clean will be expelled. From now on, those who remain in the palace must be absolutely loyal."

After receiving the order, Cuihu began to check the palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace one by one.

She knew very well that this matter was of great importance. If there were other palace maids like Baili who were bribed by others, the consequences would be unimaginable.