They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

Chapter 245 Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron

"Shujing Palace?"

In Fenglai Palace, Jiang Wanyue raised her eyebrows in understanding after listening to Mier's report.

"It is indeed her..."

Mi Er was so anxious that she seemed to be on fire: "Madam, now that we have evidence, send someone to Shujing Palace to arrest him! Otherwise, there will be more trouble!"

"Not urgent."

Jiang Wanyue raised her hand to gather the hair behind her ears.

"Even if we go to Shujing Palace with this, we can't punish Concubine Shu. Even if this matter is brought to the emperor, at most he will just reprimand her. What's the point? She has the third prince. As long as she doesn't commit the crime of treason, she won't be severely punished."

Mi'er mumbled something that no one could hear and said nothing more.

On the contrary, Xing'er looked angry.

"I never thought that the Concubine Shu would do such a thing!"

Shujing Palace is the residence of Shufei Luo Yudin.

Luo Yudian has had little presence in the palace in recent years. Although she is a concubine, she is far inferior to Defei. Even Rongfei, although she rarely appears, many people in the palace talk about her because she is on good terms with the queen.

Only Shufei, no one would remember her, no one would discuss her.

In Xing'er's opinion, Concubine Shu is law-abiding, but who would have thought that this obedience is just an act?

Bribe the female officials of the Palace Administration Office and have them beat the eunuchs to death.

And the reason was simply because the eunuch picked up a hairpin.

Even the hairpin was not marked with the mark of Shujing Palace, so it was ownerless.

Qiongzhi looked at her two sisters and couldn't help but speak.

"I don't understand why Madam Shufei did this?"

Jiang Wanyue leaned back.

"Of course it was to silence him. That hairpin is not an ordinary thing. It should be a tool used by the outside world to send a message to Concubine Shu. Didn't Mier ask someone to ask the person who lived with that eunuch Xu? The hairpin is made to look like the real thing. At first glance, I thought it was a flower, not a hair ornament. I think it was mixed in with the real flowers and brought into the palace from outside. In this case, there must be a trick in the hairpin. Although the eunuch Xu might not be able to find it, Concubine Shu didn't dare to take the risk, so she found an excuse to make him shut up."

"Fake flowers made of jewelry were mixed in with real flowers and brought into the palace?" Qiongzhi exclaimed, "How did they come up with such a method? No wonder they couldn't find it!"

Countless flowers and trees are delivered to the palace every day. They will be checked at the palace gate, but it is impossible to open up every flower and check it. At most, the flower pots, inside the car and under the car will be checked.

She asked hesitantly, "My Lady, should we notify the palace guards to step up inspections in the future?"

Jiang Wanyue shook her head.

"No need. This method may seem clever, but it is not."

Qiongzhi didn't understand, so Mier explained to her.

"You don't know that when it comes to delivering messages, the fewer people involved, the better, and the simpler the method, the better, so that mistakes are less likely to occur. You must know that the more you do it, the more detailed and complicated the process, the easier it is to go wrong. Take the case of Concubine Shu this time, for example. Look, wasn't it discovered by the Empress?"

"In fact, logically speaking, Zhang Gongzheng can also see the problem, but she has been fighting for power with the Shang Gongju and others recently, and she doesn't want to be caught by others."

Jiang Wanyue added, stood up and stretched.

"It's already this late. Let's go to the front to see how Xu'er and the others are doing. Xing'er, ask them to prepare something."

Xing'er nodded in response and quickly retreated.

Qiongzhi quickly chased after him to help.

Mi'er stayed beside Jiang Wanyue and whispered, "My lady, I feel that Qiongzhi is not as good as Xuzhi. Qiongzhi looks smart, but her temperament is not stable enough."

Jiang Wanyue raised her eyebrows and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

“She’s very useful.”

Under Mi'er's puzzled gaze, Jiang Wanyue walked to the window.

There are several pots of crabapples on the windowsill. In one of them, the flowers are almost all blooming, with only a few flowers left hanging on the branches.

Such flowers should not be placed in Fenglai Palace, let alone appear in the Queen's sight.

But this pot of flowers was here yesterday.

In Fenglai Palace, the person in charge of arranging flowers and trees is Qiongzhi.

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Inside Shujing Hall.

Qiu Shuang, the senior palace maid beside Concubine Shu, looked worried.

"Your Majesty, is it really okay that the people from the Palace Administration Department have been discovered by the Queen?"

Concubine Shu looked calm.

"But have you found out everything? The Queen sent her to prison because of the death of the eunuch, and it has nothing to do with anything else. After two days, when the storm in Fenglai Palace has passed, you go to the palace and comfort her. Let her decide for herself what to say and what not to say."

Qiu Shuang nodded, feeling a little relieved.

Shufei didn't care about a female official at all, she cared more about something else.

"Have the people at Liangyi Palace gotten any information out of them? What exactly does the emperor plan to do with the Duke of Lu's Mansion?"

She asks this question every day.

But the Liangyi Palace was impregnable. They tried many methods and sent many people, but they could not get close to the emperor or find out what he was thinking.

Qiu Shuang shook her head.

Concubine Shu sighed.

"The Emperor's thoughts are becoming increasingly difficult to understand..."

Qiu Shuang comforted her: "Don't worry too much, Madam. Didn't someone send a message saying that the Duke was not treated harshly in the Northern Yamen? Maybe it's just a misunderstanding."

Concubine Shu frowned and was not comforted.

"My uncles are too impatient. I have clearly told them many times that this matter cannot be rushed, but they just won't listen."

Qiu Shuang stopped talking.

What did she say?

On one side is the Duke, and on the other side is the Empress. They are both her masters, and she dares not offend either of them.

Luo Yudian sighed and didn't dwell on this topic anymore.

She glanced at the clock and suddenly slapped her face.

"It's already this late, it's time for Ze'er to get out of school. Go to the kitchen and ask them to stew the squab that Ze'er likes."

Luo Yudian was happily waiting for her son to get home from school.

But this wait lasted more than an hour.

It was getting dark and Li Chengze hadn't come back yet, so Luo Yudian became anxious.

She sent three groups of people to look for him and asked everywhere, but she couldn't find any trace of Li Chengze.

Just when she was about to faint from anxiety, the palace maid outside suddenly screamed.

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince is back! Your Majesty! His Royal Highness is back!"

Luo Yudian hurried to the door and saw that his son was safe and sound. He felt so exhausted that he almost fell down.

She held onto the door sill.

Li Chengze ran towards her with a smile on his face and something that looked like a wooden sword in his hand.

"Mom, I beat Xiao Si today, and he gave me his most precious sword!"

As soon as Li Chengze ran to the gate of the palace, he found that his mother's face looked strange.

"mother?"

Luo Yudian took a deep breath, suppressed his doubts, and looked at the person behind him.

"It's Miss Xing'er!"

Xing'er led everyone to kneel down towards Luo Yudian.

"Greetings, Madam Shufei. Our Majesty ordered me and others to escort the Third Prince back. Now that he has been sent back, I should take my leave."

Luo Yudian's hands suddenly clenched in her sleeves.

"Thank you, Miss Xing'er."

Xing'er straightened up: "The Queen has something else to tell the Concubine Shu. The Third Prince is clever and well-behaved, and quite talented in literature, but he is a little lacking in riding and shooting. The Concubine Shu is in poor health, and I think she is not able to take care of the Third Prince. The Queen has already informed the Emperor, and will bring the Third Prince to Fenglai Palace to live with the Fourth Prince in a few days."

Luo Yudian's face changed color instantly.

She could hardly control the expression on her face, and hatred almost burst out of her eyes.

In a hurry, she had to lower her eyes.

"The Queen is very busy, isn't this a bad idea?"

She had just started when Xing'er interrupted her.

"It is the Queen's duty to educate the princes and princesses. The Queen said that the Third Prince is also her child. Is there anything more important than a child? Don't you agree, Concubine Shu?"