Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 183: Legend of Zhen Huan 53

As soon as the Queen came out, she faced Wanpin first, but Yi Xin did not relax at all, because she and the Queen knew that success or failure depended on this one move. It was also for this reason that the Queen would not easily attack Yi Xin, and once she did, she would make sure to hit the target.

But Yi Xin's situation was much simpler. She planned to first see how Concubine Wan would treat the Queen. Especially since she had long known that the incident of Queen Chunyuan's old clothes was a deliberate plot by the Queen, which not only caused her to lose her position as a concubine, but now she even felt that the Queen's plot against the Zhen family might have been behind the scenes.

Therefore, Wanpin also hated the Queen very much. Especially after Concubine Nian passed away, Wanpin regarded the Queen as her only rival in the harem.

But she was a smart woman after all, and understood that if the queen fell at this moment, it would be of no benefit to her, and it might even create opportunities for others, so she pretended not to see the malice shown by the queen, and was on guard against it in private.

Now, Concubine Shen is very open-minded about the emperor's favor and is prepared to stay in her position as a concubine until her death. After all, after the new emperor ascends the throne, unless they are the empress dowager, everyone else can only be allocated a small bedroom in Shoukang Palace or Renshou Palace.

However, others could not bear to see Concubine Shen being so quiet. Even though Concubine Shen still lived in Xianfu Palace and was under the jurisdiction of Concubine Jing, Concubine Jing and Concubine Shen rarely had a heart-to-heart talk. Especially since Concubine Jing had been confined to her house because of Concubine Shen. Now that she had Princess Wen Yi by her side, she kept an even greater distance from Concubine Shen and Concubine Wan's party.

However, Concubine Jing devoted herself to palace affairs and Princess Wen Yi. She became the biological mother of Princess Wen Yi, who had been given the title of Concubine Xiang. However, she forgot about Concubine Jing's protection of Princess Wen Yi and herself. After moving out of Xianfu Palace, she planned to move Princess Wen Yi out of Xianfu Palace as well, because Concubine Xiang had been eyeing Concubine Shen.

Concubine Xiang believed that she had contributed to the death of Concubine Nian, so she took advantage of the fact that Concubine Wan had set fire to Sui Yuxuan and made a deal with her in order to move Princess Wen Yi out of Xianfu Palace.

However, Wanpin keenly discovered that the emperor was very dissatisfied with Xiangpin's final betrayal and suing Concubine Nian, and that Xiangpin had secretly obtained evidence that she had incited the fire in Suiyuxuan, so he wanted to get rid of Xiangpin first.

But unexpectedly, Concubine Xiang actually attacked Concubine Shen first and gave her medicine to delay her menstruation again. Fortunately, although Wen Shichu could no longer provide assistance, he left behind a disciple named Wei Lin. There happened to be a Wei Lin among the imperial doctors who took Concubine Shen's pulse. He found out that Concubine Shen had medicine in her body to delay her menstruation. After discussing with Concubine Shen and Concubine Wan, they decided to report the truth.

When the emperor heard that the drug that could delay menstruation had appeared in the harem again, and that the victim was still Concubine Shen, he directly used the Blood-Guillotining Dagger.

Concubine Xiang herself didn't have many connections in the harem. She originally pointed all the clues to Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan, but Concubine Duan was more sophisticated than her, so Concubine Xiang followed the old path of Concubine Nian and died with a cup of poisoned wine. Princess Wen Yi also officially changed her jade book to become the daughter of Concubine Jing.

Because of this unprovoked plot against Concubine Shen, she was reinstated as Concubine Hui and moved to Yonghe Palace to become the head of the palace.

Faced with this unexpected surprise, Huipin was of course very happy, but the happiness wore off, and the relationship between her and Wanpin became cold. After all, her unexpected disaster this time was still because of Wanpin.

Wanpin knew that she was in the wrong, but she acted like she was ashamed of her sister. Except for Noble Lady Guarjia, everyone else in the palace thought that it was right for Huipin to stay away from Wanpin, because Wanpin was always prone to bloody storms. She herself was lucky and could always escape death, but the people around her were all vulgar people, so if they got hurt, they would not be as lucky as Wanpin.

Wanpin knew that people outside regarded her as the troublemaker, but she could do nothing about it. However, when she was in front of her confidants, she could not help but complain about the ignorance of those people outside.

However, even Cui Jinxi couldn't think of any good ideas. Or rather, she had plenty of ways to help Wanpin overcome her current predicament, but she was no longer optimistic about Wanpin's future, so she didn't want to help.

Concubine Duan wanted to completely get rid of the Queen, so she asked Concubine Wan for help. After all, this was the condition she and Concubine Wan had agreed on before, and Concubine Wan also urgently needed an opportunity to shock the harem, so as soon as Concubine Duan gave the word, she hurried over.

Today, Concubine Duan is no longer as sickly as before, but the emperor still seldom visits her and even has no intention of giving her a share of the power in the harem. As a result, Concubine Duan has been eyeing both the Empress and Concubine Jing.

Concubine Duan has something that can bring down the Queen, but she knows how big a taboo this is, so she chooses to use Concubine Wan to expose the Queen's murder of Queen Chunyuan, allowing herself to perfectly hide in this matter and avoid being held accountable by the Emperor afterwards.

Of course, Wanpin also knew the seriousness of the situation, but on the one hand, she was already weaker than Concubine Duan, and Concubine Duan might have something on her. Secondly, she also had ideas about the Queen. The reason why she had been keeping calm before was purely because it would not be good for her if the Queen fell, and it might even cause her to decline because Yi Xin was likely to take the throne.

Of course, Concubine Duan did not make this decision casually or impulsively, but she used the marriage of the Fourth Prince Hongli to test the waters and make sure that the Emperor would choose a wife of good family background for the Fourth Prince and even give him the title of a prince.

In this way, Concubine Duan understood how much the emperor valued the prince. Even if the emperor chose to punish the queen leniently because of the queen Chunyuan's words of concern when she was dying, then perhaps in view of the fact that so many people in the palace and the harem could not have children due to the queen's cruel methods, the emperor's love for his children might very likely outweigh his love and longing for Queen Chunyuan.

Therefore, Concubine Duan insisted on making a deal with Concubine Wan, and let Concubine Wan reveal the cause of Queen Chunyuan's death.

Wanpin finally found out the content of the deal between herself and Concubine Duan. Although she was angry and wanted to send Concubine Duan away when dealing with the Queen, she was still concerned about Concubine Duan's scheming and means. So a few days later, she went to Concubine Duan and explained her thoughts: she planned to let the Emperor see the tragedy of Queen Chunyuan's difficult childbirth happen again.

Concubine Duan agreed with this, but also asked: "I wonder how Concubine Wan plans to repeat the difficult childbirth of Queen Chunyuan?"

It is normal for Concubine Duan to have doubts, because after the Sixth Prince, there has been no news of pregnancy among concubines in the palace for several years. So although Concubine Wan's idea is good, it is quite difficult to implement in practice.

Wanpin smiled and said, "It all depends on your ability, Madam Duanfei. The Zhen family has no one in the capital now, and even in the northwest they are just exiled criminals. I can only give you a ready-made idea, and there is really nothing else I can do."

Concubine Duan didn't expect to be outmaneuvered by Concubine Wan, but she calmed down in a blink of an eye. She looked at Concubine Wan, and they both chose Concubine Guarjia as the scapegoat.