Xin Yi felt as if she had watched a real-life version of a palace fight. She was not satisfied with the ending, but it was not completely unexpected.

In fact, all she can do is peel off Zhou Yiliu's paint job. Trying to punish Zhou Yiliu when she is pregnant with the emperor's heir is tantamount to wishful thinking——

What Zhou Yi Liu will do with Xiangluan Pavilion in the future is beyond Xin Yi's ability. She can't cause trouble for Zhao Guan's family, let alone interfere with the emperor's family affairs...

But if she has a personal problem, she can probably go look for it——

Last time at the eldest princess's residence, Fu Jiuqu had told her about Zhang Xun's use of the identities of Yi Nian and Er Nian, and the fact that the little golden doll gained the trust of the officials, but he did not tell her why Zhou Yiliu entered the palace and became hers.

My sister, Zhou Yimian, successfully ascended to the throne and became Zhao Zhen's favorite concubine...

Xin Yi was also a little angry about the little golden doll.

That was something Nong Zhigao took away from her. Why did it appear in Zhang Xun's hands? This in itself is enough to prove that Zhang Xun and Nong Zhigao are connected. But Fu Jiuqu said, "Where is the evidence?"

She was speechless.

Now thinking about Zhou Yiliu's incident again, Xin Yi suddenly felt that Fu Jiuqu did not do his best to Zhang Xun and Zhou Yiliu.

It can only be said that the Guangling County Prince showed mercy.

Xin Yi was anxious to find trouble with Fu Jiuqu...

That night, she left Huining Hall in a hurry.

Before dawn, everything was silent, and the palace city had returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Xin Yi believed that when the sun rises tomorrow morning, everything in Bianjing City will be the same as before, even in the palace, there will be nothing more than a few more private gossips.

Queen Cao was waiting for her outside the corridor on her way out of the palace.

The carriage stopped and everyone in the palace obeyed the order and left.

The night wind was blowing, and there were only two of them.

"Empress Jin An—"

Xin Yi was a blind man. He was sitting on the shoulder cart and groping about to get down to salute, but Cao Yuzhang stopped him.

The two people just sat facing each other.

Xin Yi is gentle and smiling, restrained and calm, with a delicate body that blends into the dark night, but seems to have light.

Cao Yuzhang looked at her with sharp eyes.

"You look like an old friend."

Empress Cao was able to control the affairs of the Song Dynasty for a long time with the dignity of the Queen Mother after Zhao Zhen's death. How can she be compared to ordinary harem women?

Xin Yi lowered his head carefully, not daring to treat her like Zhang Xueyi.

"Many people say so. Madam, are I really similar to her?"

Very few people call her empress, it sounds respectful and a bit intimate.

Cao Yuzhang's eyes moved slightly and he smiled slowly, "You guys sang very well in tonight's play. It's a pity that you still don't understand the official family..."

Xin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

I just heard Cao Yuzhang sigh: "If you can get what he wants, everything will be fine. If you don't want what he wants, the more you do, the more mistakes you will make..."

Obviously this is Cao Yuzhang's conclusion after seeing through the harem battle.

Xin Yi responded with a smile, a little careless and nervous, "I don't quite understand what the empress means. If you are referring to Concubine Zhang and Concubine Zhou, I think... both of them are losers."

Cao Yuzhang raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Then tell me, who is the winner?"

Xin Yi said seriously, "Any woman who strives for favor will inevitably suffer backlash. Today's noble concubine is like this, and tomorrow's Lady Zhou will be like this... Therefore, the little girl thinks that the biggest winner is the Queen..."

"oh?"

"If you sow beans, you will reap beans; if you sow melons, you will reap melons. Everything has a cause and effect."

A woman who is serious about her career will definitely be rewarded with a career.

Xin Yi's voice was gentle, and she spoke every word without any malice, and even with full admiration, "If you don't ask for favor or love, then you won't be hurt or betrayed by others. Who is an invulnerable woman?"

They are no match for you. From now on, I will also learn from my empress. I don’t want those incomplete favors."

Cao Yuzhang laughed.

"You have an interesting temperament."

"Thank you for the compliment, ma'am!"

The woman's voice was crisp, somewhat similar to Mrs. Zhang's, but just like her face, it sounded exactly the same at first, but upon closer inspection, it was completely different.

This Ayima is much simpler, knows how to relent at the right time, is well-behaved, gentle, good-looking but not aggressive, and does not have the tough temperament of Mrs. Zhang.

Cao Yuzhang paused and suddenly asked: "How could you think of asking me to help you?"

Xin Yi stuck out his tongue, "Prince Guangling told me that the most trustworthy person in the harem is the Queen... So when I sensed something was wrong, the first thing I thought of was you."

Cao Yuzhang smiled bitterly.

"I was invited here by you, and I became your accomplice invisibly."

accomplice?

Xin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

The poison itself in that pile of medicinal materials cannot be tested with a silver hairpin.

The real poison that changed the color of the silver hairpin was in Fu Jiuqu's hands.

However, Sixi and Ma Shun had a guilty conscience and would only suspect that there was something wrong with the medicinal materials or that the other party was framed and wanted to kill people to silence them.

After all, it was the queen's hairpin, taken off in public...

Xin Yi thought that no one would know this secret, but he didn't expect that it would fall into the eyes of Empress Cao.

"Don't be afraid." Cao Yuzhang smiled slightly, as if he had read her mind, and sighed.

"It's not what I saw, it's what I guessed. If the officials are concerned, they will be in chaos. Madam Zhou is guilty of being a thief. They will not be more sober than me."

Xin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled helplessly.

"If we don't catch the current situation, Sixi and Ma Shun won't spit out on the spot, let alone force them to jump over the wall and say so many evil things... What the empress did is a good thing, let the bad guys be brought to justice. More

What's more, that Ma Shun has made it clear that he wants to frame the empress. If he is not caught today, I don't know what he will do in the future..."

Cao Yuzhang frowned slightly.

When Ma Shun bit her and said that she had failed her trust, she had already figured out who the protagonist of tonight's scene was, and the person she had to deal with might not just be Zhang Xueyi who wanted to die.

Use witchcraft to blame Ayima, and use Ma Shun to blame her.

This little lady Zhou's move was not a move in the first place, it was a very painstaking move.

It's a pity that what she met was someone who didn't follow the rules of chess...

"That's all, good and evil will be rewarded in the end!"

Cao Yuzhang no longer cared about being caught as a tool tonight and smiled meaningfully.

"Are you really going to marry the Prince of Guangling County? Are you so sure about it?"

A hint of shyness appeared on Xin Yi's face at the right moment, her head lowered slightly, and she hummed.

"Don't you think that... the Prince of Guangling is very smart, upright, and lovely? If the Prince hadn't helped me, I might have been implicated by the imperial concubine tonight and be buried alive in Huining Palace."

Cao Yuzhang was stunned and laughed out loud.

She said that the Prince of Guangling County was very smart and she agreed.

But very upright and very cute? Is this something you use to say about Fu Jiuqu?

"Your vision is really different."

Xin Yi smiled coyly and coquettishly, with a calm expression.

"This is probably...beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? To tell you the truth, I fell in love with Prince Guangling at first sight. That day at Qionglin Garden, I fell in love with him the moment I heard his voice."

Cao Yuzhang smiled lightly.

"What a wonderful fate. However, you missed one thing."

"What?"

"Prince Guangling is very handsome."

Xin Yi was slightly startled, and at the right time showed the coquettish attitude of a little daughter who was both elated and restrained, and then bowed to Cao Yuzhang.

"I don't believe it when others say he's good-looking. But I believe it when my wife says he's good-looking."

This mouth is so sweet...

Cao Yuzhang sighed and laughed.

"Then I'll be waiting for the wedding banquet."

The queen's sedan chair gradually moved away, and Xin Yi kept waiting at the same spot. It wasn't until the group disappeared into the dense night that she secretly cried out and smiled slowly.

"Let's go, we'll go back too."
To be continued...