The beauty who wears fast has many babies

Wu Li slowly stood up and walked out of the bedroom. He looked at the people outside and asked, "I wonder why the chief steward is searching the palace?"

Even though Wu Li knew what was going on in his heart, he still had to pretend to be ignorant.

"Your Majesty, I am acting according to your orders. Please don't make it difficult for me." The chief steward raised his fist to the top of his head and gestured.

"Of course, please come in, General Manager." Wu Li nodded slightly.

"Go in and search. Be careful! Don't break anything." As a favored concubine, Li Guiren had already reached the rank of imperial concubine in less than a month, so she had to be treated with respect. He stood in the middle of the courtyard and spoke to the group of palace maids and eunuchs behind him.

"Yes!" everyone answered in unison, then cautiously walked into the room and began to search. They carefully searched every corner, not daring to be careless.

Wu Li stood there quietly, watching everyone finish their thorough search and leave, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he hadn't done it, he still didn't know for sure if someone was trying to frame him.

Meanwhile, after Du Guiren had the palace servants gather information, she said disdainfully, "She's just a little beauty. There's no need to make such a big fuss. The Emperor is doing this to warn those in the harem who have ideas."

As the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, Concubine Du naturally had her own plans in mind.

At this point, the only thing left to be checked was Concubine Li's palace.

"Captain, is it done?" Concubine Li felt annoyed as she watched the palace maids and eunuchs searching everywhere.

These dogs and slaves just look down on their low status and make a mess of things, which is disgusting to watch.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I am acting according to your orders, so I must investigate carefully." The chief steward said with a smile.

"Found it!" As soon as the words fell, the chief steward hurried over and took the thing from the young eunuch's hand.

"What?" Lady Li was shocked. Is someone trying to harm me?

The chief steward held the evidence and looked at Concubine Li with sharp eyes. "This is the bitter almond that was found in your palace. It is exactly the same as the one used to poison Concubine Lu. Please explain it to your Majesty."

Lady Li was immediately panicked. "This... this isn't mine. I've never seen anything like this before! Someone must have framed me!"

The chief steward sneered, "You said that the things found in your palace were framed by someone else, but do you have any evidence?"

Concubine Li was so anxious that she turned around and around. "I really don't know. I have been staying in my palace these past few days and have not left. How could there be something that could poison Concubine Lu?"

"I want to see the emperor! Someone is trying to frame me." Suddenly, Concubine Li said hurriedly, her voice full of eagerness and anxiety, as if she had a great injustice that she was eager to tell the emperor.

There was a determined glint in her eyes, and she seemed to be convinced of her situation and believed that all this was a conspiracy and frame-up by others.

That night, in the harem, Zhou Chongli sat in the main seat and summoned all the concubines with a serious expression.

"Princess Xue, this is the harem you manage for me!" His voice was low and steady, with unquestionable majesty.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I cannot escape the blame!" Concubine Xue knelt down and begged for mercy. It was too late to say anything now. Only by admitting her mistake could she escape.

"Hmph, let's talk about your business later." Zhou Chongli said angrily.

"Lady Li, what else do you have to say?" Zhou Chongli looked at her coldly.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! Someone must have deliberately framed me!" Concubine Li cried out of breath.

Zhou Chongli narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then do you have any evidence to prove your innocence?"

Lady Li was suddenly speechless. What evidence did she have?

"Without evidence, it only means that you were the one who poisoned her." Zhou Chongli said in a cold and ruthless tone.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged." Concubine Li cried.

"Stop pretending, it must be you! If it wasn't you, could it be that I poisoned myself?" Concubine Lu pointed at Concubine Li and said viciously.

"Yes, it was you who poisoned me. You wanted to harm me!" Concubine Li cried as if she suddenly remembered something.

"Huh? Why does Lady Li say that?" Zhou Chongli felt something was fishy.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wu's child was caused by Concubine Lu! She must have wanted to get rid of me because I caught her!" Concubine Li knelt down and crawled forward two steps, tightly grasping the emperor's trouser legs and crying.

"What?!" Zhou Chongli stood up suddenly, his voice full of disbelief.

"Your Majesty! Please don't listen to this bitch's nonsense. She is slandering me." Concubine Lu looked panicked.

"Your Majesty, you might as well ask the imperial physician to check what incense and lip balm Concubine Wu used in the palace." Concubine Li said as she thought of what she had discovered.

"Someone, call the imperial physician!" Zhou Chongli said with a gloomy face.

Lady Lu felt a little nervous, but after thinking about how much time had passed and that thing had been dealt with, she calmed down again.

After a while, several palace maids were brought up.

"Tell us what happened in detail again." Zhou Chongli said to the palace servants below.

"Your Majesty, we were all waiting outside when we heard Concubine Wu scream. When we went in, we saw her bleeding," said a palace maid.

"Have you seen anyone else?" Zhou Chongli asked.

"No." Several palace servants answered in unison.

After hearing this, Concubine Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lady Li, do you have anything else to say?" Zhou Chongli turned and looked at Lady Li.

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. I was passing by Concubine Wu's bedroom and saw Concubine Lu sneaking out. I wanted to go up and ask her, but she scolded me." Concubine Li said crying.

"Hearing what Concubine Li said, I remembered that when I arrived, I did see Concubine Lu outside the door of Concubine Wu's bedroom." Noble Lady Du stepped forward and said as if she recalled something.

"How dare you! Lady Lu, how dare you deceive me!" Zhou Chongli shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, I didn't do that. I was really wronged." Concubine Lu was so scared that she knelt down quickly.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wu's palace did find something that could have poisoned the prince, but it was found in a rattle. As for the lip balm and incense mentioned by Concubine Li, that..." The imperial physician paused and continued, "Because it has been so long, there is no way to verify it."

Just as Concubine Lü was breathing a sigh of relief, she heard the chief steward say, "Your Majesty, I have just led people to search Concubine Lü's palace and found this item."

"Oh? Present it." Zhou Chongli said with a gloomy expression.

After looking at the situation, the chief steward took out the item in his hand, and with a snap, Zhou Chongli angrily threw the teacup on the table.

"Miss Lu, you are so brave!"

The original intention was to investigate the poisoning of Concubine Lu, and they didn't intend to check her bedroom from the beginning.

did not expect.

Concubine Lü was terrified, but when she realized that Chuntao had already put the things away, she knew there must be no mistake. She said, "I am innocent, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Lu's maid has also confessed. This is the confession." The chief steward's words dealt a heavy blow to Concubine Lu.

Concubine Lu listened and thought it was impossible. Chuntao grew up with her since childhood, she would not betray me.

"Now, what else do you have to say!" Zhou Chongli said with disgust.

"Your Majesty, I want to confront my maid." Concubine Lu said with the last glimmer of hope.

"In that case, I will let you die knowingly."

After a while, Chuntao was brought up, and she didn't look like she had been tortured.

"Chun Tao, please tell me quickly, this matter has nothing to do with me." Concubine Lu seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty," Chuntao said with tears in her eyes. The master of the house threatened the lives of more than a dozen members of Chuntao's family, including her three-year-old nephew, forcing her to hand over the poison that killed Concubine Wu.

"I did everything. The Queen originally planned to attack Concubine Wu, but she couldn't bear it, so I took the initiative to do it." Chun Tao said with a determined look on her face. After she finished speaking, without waiting for everyone to react, she ran into a wall and died in front of Concubine Lu.

In the end, Chuntao chose to die to save others.

"Ah!" All the concubines were frightened.

"Madam Lu, what else do you have to say? Even if you didn't ask someone to poison the place, it was you who brought it in," said Madam Li.

"Oh, do you think I don't know that the rattle was given by you? Why are you acting so arrogant?" Concubine Lu stared at Concubine Li with red eyes.

"Enough!" Zhou Chongli roared.

"I don't have the patience to listen to you stirring up trouble."

At this time, Wu Li, who was standing by, suddenly spoke up, "There are still many doubts about this matter. Perhaps there is another hidden story. It would be better to hand it over to the Dali Temple for a thorough investigation to avoid wrongfully accusing an innocent person."

The emperor pondered for a moment and agreed to Wu Li's proposal, "Then let the Dali Temple investigate. We must find out the truth."

Concubine Lu and Concubine Li both breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Wu Li with gratitude, and thought that they were saved now.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly said: "Concubine Lü and Concubine Li are closely related to this matter."

"Concubine Lu poisoned and murdered the royal heir, and was banished to the cold palace. Concubine Li was imprisoned in the Youlan Palace, and a decision will be made after the truth of the matter is found out. As for Concubine Xue, she will be fined three months' salary for her poor supervision." Zhou Chongli issued the order coldly.

Concubine Lü collapsed to the ground. She had never expected things to turn out this way. Concubine Li, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was still hope.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again..." The cries of Concubine Lu gradually faded away.

"I'm vomiting..." Lady Li was crying with joy, but suddenly she felt nauseous and vomited.

Everyone felt nauseous and nauseous.

Zhou Chongli looked at the concubines and said, "If anyone dares to stir up trouble in the harem again, don't blame me for being rude!"

All the concubines bowed their heads to show that they would obey the imperial order.

At night, Concubine Li was resting in the palace when a dark figure suddenly flashed by. She sat up alertly, "Who?"

"It's me." A familiar voice came. Li Meiren looked closely and found that it was Concubine Du.

"What are you doing here?" Lady Li was a little surprised.

Concubine Du smiled slightly and said, "I came to thank you. If it weren't for you, Concubine Lu wouldn't have revealed her flaws so quickly."

Lady Li was delighted, "So you know everything."

Concubine Du nodded. "I have been observing secretly. This time, it is thanks to you. However, there are constant fights in the harem, so you have to be careful."

Lady Li looked at Lady Du gratefully. "I will. This was a lucky break. I will be more careful next time. Thank you for your help today."

Concubine Du smiled and said, "That's good. I should be leaving too. Remember to come to me if you need anything." After that, she disappeared into the night.

Concubine Li lay back on the bed, feeling mixed emotions in her heart. Without alliances in this harem, she would be nothing but floating duckweed.

Wu Li watched this scene silently. He had felt that something was wrong with Lady Li before, but he didn't expect that Lady Du also played a role in this matter.

Things are getting interesting.

As for Concubine Wu, because of the incident of abusing palace maids and her mental abnormality, she has been demoted to Wu Da Ying in this incident, which is just to keep the Wu family's face.

Thinking of the last time Concubine Li came to him to show off after serving him in bed, Wu Li felt that something was wrong.

Thinking of this, Wu Li said, "Xiu Hong."

"Empress." Xiuhong put down the fan in her hand and said.

"Tell me, the sudden vomiting of Concubine Li yesterday made her look like she was pregnant?" Wu Li said mysteriously.

Thinking of her own queen's morning sickness, Xiuhong hesitated and asked, "What does the queen mean?"

"Whether she is or not, she has to be." Wu Li said with a smile.

Xiuhong suddenly realized, "My Lady, I understand."

"When you have time, get together with your sisters and try this peach blossom pastry." Wu Li said to Xiuhong sincerely.

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will go and try it with my sisters at noon." Xiuhong took the plate of pastries handed over by Wuli with a smile in her eyes.

A few days later.

Next to the rockery, two young eunuchs in charge of cleaning were chatting. One of them asked curiously, "I heard that Concubine Li from the Youlan Palace seems to be pregnant. Is this true?"

The other person was shocked and asked in disbelief, "Ah? Really? You can't just say things like that."

"I heard it from the young palace maid serving in the Youlan Palace. It can't be false, right?" The young eunuch stopped what he was doing and said.

"If that's true, then Lady Li will become even more famous because of her son."

The young eunuch paused, looked around, and whispered, "Yes, the case of Concubine Lu's poisoning hasn't been fully investigated yet. If Concubine Li is pregnant, the Emperor will certainly show leniency for the sake of the prince."

"Maybe it will rise like Concubine Li did."

The two of them chatted in low voices and gradually walked away.

When the two people's backs could no longer be seen, several people walked out from behind the rockery.

This person is none other than Concubine Du.

"Qiuyu, let's go and tell the Queen Mother the good news." Concubine Du raised the corners of her mouth, but her eyes were extremely cold.

"Your Majesty, are we still going to the cold palace?" Qiuyu asked as she supported Concubine Du as they walked.

Du Guiren paused, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I'll tell the Empress Dowager the good news when I pay my respects tomorrow."

After all, my good sister Concubine Lu is still suffering from hunger and cold in the cold palace, so it is better to help her as soon as possible.

As Concubine Du was thinking, a slightly crazy and sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.