My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

This page depicts a boy going to school in the prince's residence. When a boy opens the drawer of his desk, he finds a bloody rat lying inside.

The boy was frightened and ran out screaming, but was severely punished by the tutor and was slapped several times.

Seeing this, Wan Rongyue's tears welled up in her eyes.

Starting from the ninth picture, each one depicts a boy being bullied in various ways, such as having his completed homework torn up, having rat droppings found in his food, etc.

The last picture shows a boy being ridden by a skilled eunuch. Another eunuch, holding a kettle, is pouring something over the boy's head, and the picture also shows the boy's struggle. Not far away, several older children stand by, watching with cold eyes, even laughing at something.

With a "puff" sound, Wan Rongyue felt something surging in her chest when she saw this, and then a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out of her mouth, staining her snow-white dress red.

From a distance, it looks like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, sad and charming.

"Empress!" Qingye was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to steady Wan Rongyue.

When Wan Rongyue looked up, her eyes, which were originally as clear as autumn water, suddenly burst out with a strong hatred.

She clenched her teeth, as if enduring great pain, and tried her best to suppress the fishy and sweet taste in her throat.

"Qingye, I regret it..."

After Wan Rongyue said this, she closed her eyes in despair. A tear fell from the corner of her eye, and her whole body was filled with sadness.

She really regretted that she had been immersed in the emperor's past favor and sweet words for a year and could not extricate herself, always believing that the emperor treated her differently.

At this moment, she finally understood that for an emperor, a woman's beauty and talent were nothing more than embellishments to highlight his glory and power.

The emperor's love is never pure, but is mixed with political considerations and trade-offs.

"Your Majesty...you must cheer up. The Sixth Prince is still waiting for you to save him." Qingye comforted her while shedding tears.

The last few images lingered in Qingye's mind like a brand.

She had not expected that the servants in the palace would be so bold. Even though the Sixth Prince no longer had the protection of the Queen, he was still a prince after all. How could he allow himself to be bullied by these worthless slaves?

Qingye's heart seemed to be bleeding.

After a while, Wan Rongyue wiped away her tears, and when she looked up again, there was a hint of determination and determination in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I will help Zhier get back all the grievances he has suffered one by one!" Wan Rongyue gritted her teeth and said this word by word.

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After Wan Rongyue calmed down, he thought that in order to successfully regain favor, he would need allies.

So she thought of Qiu Ning. For some reason, she had a hunch that Qiu Ning might be able to help her escape from this cold palace.

She found Qiu Ning again and proposed her desire to regain her favor, and frankly asked for her help. If she could successfully regain her favor, the conditions would be set by Qiu Ning.

Qiu Ning's goal had been achieved, so he naturally spared no effort to help Wan Rongyue. So he said, "Your Majesty, you should know that my father is the prime minister of the current dynasty. He was implicated because he chose the wrong side. Now he and his brother have been exiled to Ningguta. Qiu Ning's only wish is to redress my father's injustice and reunite our family.

If the Queen can lend a helping hand to Qiu Ning, Qiu Ning will be willing to repay her with a gift of the valerian grass and a ring."

Upon hearing this, Wan Rongyue's brows furrowed slightly, then she said, "This matter involves the struggles of the previous dynasty. Although my abilities as a concubine are limited, I promise that once I regain my favor, I will do my utmost to help you achieve your wish."

"With the queen's words, Qiu Ning feels relieved." After receiving Wan Rongyue's promise, Qiu Ning felt relieved.

Afterwards, the two discussed the matter of regaining favor. Wan Rongyue did not hide anything and told Qiu Ning about how she was framed and had an affair with someone, and asked for Qiu Ning's opinion.

After hearing this, Qiu Ning frowned and thought for a long time.

According to Wan Rongyue, she drank a glass of wine at the emperor's birthday banquet and felt dizzy, so she returned to her bedroom. When she woke up, she found a man beside her. She was caught red-handed by the queen and her men.

Although the clothes on both men were intact, in the eyes of the emperor, this was already a capital crime.

The emperor was furious and killed the adulterer in the palace. The empress and other concubines strongly advised the emperor to execute the imperial concubine in order to correct the atmosphere in the harem.

However, the emperor was reluctant to kill her in the end, so he ordered that Wan Rongyue's title be stripped away and she be sent to the cold palace, where she would never be allowed to leave.

Just like that, the once-favored concubine was defeated by a bloodless conspiracy.

According to this story, the adulterer had been executed, and all the maids in the Imperial Concubine's palace were also executed by the Empress for various reasons that year. Only Qingye was left by her side.

The witnesses are all dead, and the glass of wine that served as physical evidence has been gone for a year, not to mention it, it no longer exists.

"In this case, won't all the clues be lost?" Qiu Ning asked.

Wan Rongyue felt a little guilty, "It was me who implicated those innocent palace servants."

Over the past year, she had turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside the window. Furthermore, with the lack of information, Qingye could not leave the cold palace, and no news could be passed in. Even the concubines she had been on good terms with in the past had been suppressed by the queen one after another and dared not come to the cold palace to see her.

Qiu Ning couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This imperial concubine was beautiful, but she was harmed like this by the queen. She had no scheming or strategy at all. She couldn't help but start to wonder how she could live safely in this palace for so long and even gave birth to the sixth prince?

Qiu Ning stood up and looked at Wan Rongyue from head to toe calmly.

After being tortured in the cold palace for a year, even though her appearance was damaged, she was still beautiful, but it was a kind of sickly beauty like Xi Shi, which was definitely not comparable to the stunning beauty she had when she was in the prime of her favor.

After thinking for a while, Qiu Ning asked, "Your Majesty, do you know what kind of woman is most attractive to men?"

Wan Rongyue looked up in surprise, thought for a moment, and replied, "My biological mother was a singer from Loulan. Due to her humble background, she could only marry my father as a concubine. My father doted on her. She taught me from a young age that as a woman, beauty and talent are the keys to keeping a man's heart forever."

Qiu Ning nodded unequivocally and commented, "A woman's beauty is inherently a powerful weapon, but how many beautiful women are there in this world? Who can maintain eternal youth, unfading beauty, and unfading favor? Time flows mercilessly, and even the most stunning beauty will gradually be stained by the traces of time.

As for talent, in my opinion, most of them are learned to please men. Those poems, songs, calligraphy and painting may seem elegant and otherworldly, but in fact, behind them are often women's desire to gain attention and love from men.

After all, it’s just the icing on the cake!”

As soon as these words were spoken, a look of surprise flashed across Wan Rongyue and Qingye's faces, and then they thought about it carefully, and it seemed that what Qiu Ning said did make sense.

"What if she is both beautiful and talented?" Qingye couldn't help but ask.