A Crossover of Film and Television: Miao Miao's Life Transmigration

Nothing much was going on that day, and with the weather getting hotter, Su Yunyi stayed in the open space practicing calligraphy.

Banlan came in and reported, "Your Majesty, it is Jiang Fuhai, the Empress's chief eunuch, who requests an audience."

Su Yunyi put down her pen and said in confusion, "Let him in!"

After Jiang Fuhai entered, he bowed and said, "This servant greets the Noble Consort Yi!"

Su Yunyi: "Get up. What does the Empress want with you?"

Su Yunyi didn't want to listen to his rambling and went straight to the point.

Jiang Fuhai: "Your Majesty, the Empress has invited all the ladies to gather at Xianyue Pavilion to inquire about Consort Hui's pregnancy. All the ladies have arrived, Your Majesty, please proceed to Xianyue Pavilion!"

Su Yunyi frowned. Was this an attempt to expose Consort Hui's faking pregnancy? She didn't want to get involved.

Jiang Fuhai continued, "His Majesty will be arriving at Xianyue Pavilion soon!"

"Alright, I'll head to Xianyue Pavilion now!"

Upon arriving at Xianyue Pavilion, as expected, all the other concubines were present except for the Emperor, Zhen Huan, and An Lingrong. After Su Yunyi entered, she found a corner seat. She didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Consort Hua and Zhen Huan, nor did she want to help Shen Meizhuang later, since the two of them weren't that familiar with each other before.

The Empress pretended to care about Shen Meizhuang's health, while Consort Hua looked smug but didn't say anything sarcastic.

Before long, the Emperor arrived with Zhen Huan and An Lingrong.

"Your Majesty, your concubine, pays respects to His Majesty!"

"Get up! What are you all doing here? Come, come, come!"

The Emperor asked a question, and without waiting for anyone's reply, he helped Shen Meizhuang to sit down in a chair and asked with concern, "Consort Hui, please sit down. How are you feeling today?"

Shen Meizhuang smiled knowingly and said softly, "I feel very well, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Consort Hua raised an eyebrow dismissively: "Has Your Majesty eaten yet? A new chef has arrived in my palace, specializing in dishes from the Jiangnan region."

The Emperor looked at Consort Hua and said loudly, "I just had dinner at Bitong Academy."

As expected, Consort Hua's face turned dark upon hearing the Emperor's words.

Su Yunyi sat in the corner, listening to Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan arguing, while Yixiu tried to smooth things over. When it came time to choose a concubine, the Emperor had already decided to go to the Empress.

The Emperor left Zhen Huan to accompany Shen Meizhuang and led his men out.

When the emperor came out of the room, he saw a furtive person running by. After running past, the person looked back at the emperor and his concubines as if worried that the emperor would not see her.

Seeing this, Su Yunyi knew that the real show was about to begin.

The Emperor shouted, "Who's lurking around here?"

The guards brought the person over.

At this moment, Consort Cao, wanting to attract Shen Meizhuang's attention, said loudly, "Isn't this Fuling, who serves Consort Hui? Why isn't she serving Consort Hui? What are you doing sneaking around here instead?"

Upon hearing the sound, Shen Meizhuang came out of the house.

Su Peisheng stepped forward, snatched a package, and asked, "What is this? Are you trying to steal the young master's things and run away?"

Fu Ling quickly shook her head.

Shen Meizhuang felt ashamed, after all, such a disgraceful incident involving a servant in her own courtyard would make the Emperor think she was unfit for important positions.

Shen Meizhuang said angrily, "Where did this servant come from? She's so useless! Drag her out right now!"

Upon hearing Shen Meizhuang's words, Consort Cao quickly went to Fuling, as she couldn't let the charade fall apart.

The Emperor advised from the side, "Why get angry? You're pregnant, just send her away."

Fuling knelt on the spot, trembling: "My lady, my lady, please save me!"

Shen Meizhuang, still unaware of the truth, said, "How can I tolerate you doing such a thing? Quickly drag her away."

Consort Cao picked up the package, after all, it was "physical evidence." She opened the package and said, "Wait a minute."

Consort Hua raised an eyebrow and gave a cold snort.

Consort Cao took out some things and saw several pieces of blood-stained cloth. She threw the cloth on the ground and exclaimed in surprise, "What! What is this?"

Su Yunyi watched Consort Cao and Consort Hua put on an act. Wait, Consort Cao usually doesn't talk much, why is she acting so strangely today? Doesn't the Emperor suspect anything?

As soon as Consort Cao spoke, the people around her began to discuss it.

The emperor frowned deeply.

Consort Hua clutched her handkerchief, covered her mouth, and said coldly, "How come there's blood on these trousers? Could it be that someone in the palace is plotting to kill for money? Your Majesty should investigate this thoroughly."

The Emperor glanced at the Empress, then looked around, and said in a heavy tone, "This is suspicious. Who would steal something but not something valuable?"

The Empress prompted, "Is this Consort Hui's stuff? Why is it stained with blood?"

After pondering for a moment, Consort Xin said loudly, "Could it be that Consort Hui has started bleeding?"

Shen Meizhuang was completely bewildered and replied softly, "No."

Consort Hua added fuel to the fire: "This servant is very strange. Why don't we send him to the Censorate for a thorough investigation?"

Shen Meizhuang angrily scolded, "This thieving servant, drag him away and torture him immediately!"

Fuling glanced up at Shen Meizhuang, knowing her chance had come, and said disappointedly, "My lady, I helped you and destroyed evidence for you, but I didn't expect you to want to kill me. So I will not keep your secret anymore."

As she spoke, Fuling crawled on her knees toward the Emperor, her face filled with fear, and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, now that things have come to this, this servant dares not lie any further. The mistress is not pregnant, and these clothes were not stolen by this servant. The mistress had her period a few days ago, and it was the mistress who ordered this servant to destroy the evidence. These clothes are irrefutable proof."

Consort Jing and Su Yunyi exchanged a glance, and Consort Jing immediately realized that this was a setup.

Shen Meizhuang was indignant and almost lost her balance, so Zhen Huan quickly supported her.

Shen Meizhuang said angrily, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! She has slandered me."

The Emperor frowned, deep in thought, and said calmly, "Consort Hui has been frightened; go and fetch the imperial physician!"

Shen Meizhuang hadn't reacted yet, and added fuel to the fire: "Eunuch Su, go and invite Physician Liu Ben, who is in charge of my pregnancy. I don't know if he's on duty."

Su Peisheng: "It's not Physician Liu's turn to be on duty today."

The Emperor was very disappointed by Shen Meizhuang's sophistry and said coldly, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Zhang, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy."

Su Yunyi suggested, "Why don't we invite more imperial physicians? That way, the results will be more accurate."

It was getting late, and Su Yunyi didn't want to waste time summoning the imperial physician. She wanted to get this whole drama going quickly.

"Su Peisheng, invite all the imperial physicians on duty at the Imperial Hospital to Xianyue Pavilion."