Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 619

"Your Majesty, Consort Qi has arrived. She's going to accuse Consort De of having an affair in the Cold Palace..."

Yun Xiyue frowned and had someone invite Murong Yu over.

He knew everything.

He looked terrible when he came in.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Zhou Zhilan cried, tears streaming down her face, refusing to admit it no matter what. "Consort Qi, I have no grudge against you, why are you slandering me like this?"

Qi Yumin said angrily, "I didn't slander you. You're shameless. You cheated on me with another man, and because Xiaohe and I saw it, you killed him to cover it up!"

"Now that Xiaohe is dead, it's your fault. And you still want to poison me."

Zhou Zhilan retorted angrily, "What evidence do you have?!"

Before Qi Yumin could speak.

Murong Yu said, "Bring the person up!"

Soon a palace maid was brought in; she was Granny Xiang from Qingzhi Palace, and someone who served Zhou Zhilan.

She was also her wet nurse.

"Your Majesty..." Granny Xiang's face was ashen. She was the one who pushed Xiao He into the dry well. She was caught by the imperial guards when she was about to leave.

She originally planned to leave the palace after finishing this matter.

Zhou Zhilan thought she had left the palace and had even prepared an excuse, but she never expected that she had been caught and brought back.

"Your Majesty, I personally witnessed Granny Xiang kill Xiao He," Leng Yan said, bowing.

Granny Xiang had no way to argue.

She also confessed to poisoning him.

Murong Yu looked at her coldly, "Consort De, what else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty...your concubine...your concubine..."

Zhou Zhilan was terrified as she knelt down.

No one dared to speak.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

At this moment, the Empress Dowager arrived. "Your Majesty, is there some misunderstanding? Consort De would not do such a thing!"

"If such a thing happens in the harem, it's because the Empress has mismanaged it!"

Yun Xiyue looked up and said, "Mother, I have failed in my duty in making this happen. But I think that if this man wasn't familiar with the inner palace, he wouldn't be able to come and go so freely in the inner palace."

"Your subject is willing to accept punishment, but the most urgent task is to catch the person behind this."

As she spoke sternly, she said, "Consort De, I'm giving you one chance now. Tell me who that man is? Did she force you?"

"If she forced you, then the Empress and the Emperor will definitely stand up for you."

Tears streamed down Zhou Zhilan's face, ruining her makeup. "I...I didn't do anything to betray the Emperor. My heart belongs only to the Emperor..."

“If you haven’t done this, then we’ll do a physical exam.” Pei Fang looked at the woman with disgust.

“Apart from the Empress, my cousin has never favored any of the concubines.”

"Then you are a virgin."

Zhou Zhilan froze.

But two old women came in and dragged her away to have her body examined.

"and many more."

Yun Xiyue stopped her, "Consort De, if you reveal that man now, the Emperor may forgive you."

Zhou Zhilan shook her head, refusing to admit it.

Finally, he was dragged away for a medical examination.

"Your Majesty, Consort De is not a virgin."

"There are still traces of having been intimate with men on her body." Granny Su and Granny Chen examined her together.

Both of them couldn't help but despise Zhou Zhilan.

When Zhou Zhilan came out, her elegant clothes had been stripped off.

"Speak! Who is that man? If you don't tell me, I will have no choice but to sentence you to death!" Murong Yu said sternly.

Zhou Zhilan knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, spare my life..."

I never expected him to be so ruthless.

As she spoke, she looked up, her eyes filled with anger, "I did all this because Your Majesty only dotes on this wretched woman!"

"If you treat everyone equally, I won't be tempted..."

Murong Yu couldn't help but sneer, looking at the Empress Dowager, "Mother, look at the concubines you chose for me. You expect me to have children with someone like this?"

Everyone's expressions changed slightly.

The Empress Dowager was furious. She never expected Zhou Zhilan to be so shameless, doing such a shameless thing and still daring to be so self-righteous!

"presumptuous!"