Quick Wear: The Female Supporting Character's Counterattack

Chapter 221 The Storm is Temporarily Settled

When Concubine Zhou heard Li Guipin mention her family, her heart suddenly trembled.

Because she was worried that she would be found out or that Concubine Zhou would expose herself, Li Guipin wanted her to confess her guilt and shut up forever.

Otherwise her parents would be buried with her.

He is such a good master of mine.

But Concubine Zhou did not struggle at all.

She crawled towards Chang Liu and begged desperately.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty because I am jealous of Concubine Yi. Why can't you see me when she comes?"

"I did all this myself. Your Majesty, please let my family go."

At this time, Li Guipin also said, "Your Majesty, I didn't expect Concubine Zhou to be such a person. I was deceived by her before."

"But as the saying goes, misfortune should not affect one's family. Concubine Yi was not harmed. Why not treat this matter leniently?"

Both of them were his former favorite concubines, but Chang Liu did not show any mercy.

This Concubine Li has been his bedmate for many years. How could Chang Liu not know that she is feeling guilty?

Chang Liu glanced at Xianxian unintentionally, only to see her staring blankly at Concubine Zhou.

He couldn't help but say, "Zhi... Ahem, Concubine Yi is one of the victims. Do you have any ideas?"

Xianxian came back to her senses and wanted to open her mouth to say something, but at this moment the empress dowager also coughed lightly.

She couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother, and naturally noticed the warning in her eyes.

Don't show mercy easily.

In fact, from beginning to end, Xianxian never thought of pleading for Concubine Zhou.

She still remembered that the other party wanted to frame her.

However, the character cannot be destroyed, and the Queen Mother must be trusted.

She pursed her lips as if she was restraining something, and her white and tender hands tightly grasped the Buddhist beads.

"I have no objection. Your Majesty will make the decision for me."

But Chang Liu frowned slightly.

This little woman.

How come he doesn't care about me at all? How come a look from the Queen Mother makes him so obedient?

"That's all. Concubine Zhou will be demoted to a commoner and moved to the cold palace. Her family members will be punished as well. They will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for three generations, and they will not be allowed to enter the capital for the rest of their lives."

Upon hearing that her brother's future was blocked, Concubine Zhou was shocked and wanted to plead for mercy, but Concubine Li's voice stopped her from thinking.

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted and willing to spare the lives of the Zhou family. This is truly the greatest tolerance for the Zhou family."

This was a warning to Zhou that if he spoke any more, he might lose his life.

I thought the matter was settled, but at this time the Queen Mother continued to speak.

"Since everyone is here anyway, why not just bring up what happened to Lady Wen yesterday and deal with it properly."

She looked at Queen Wang and asked, "Queen, have you found any clues about what happened yesterday?"

Everyone present focused their attention on Queen Wang, only Xianxian noticed that something was wrong with Concubine Li.

Because her guilty face turned even paler.

But Queen Wang shook her head gently, and the Queen Mother snorted coldly with dissatisfaction in her eyes.

"As the mother of a country, you must let me teach you everything. Someone, bring out Yanxiang."

"Since you want to investigate this matter, you must hand the evidence over to the imperial physician for examination."

"We must not overlook any mistakes made above, but you didn't even send anyone to get the evidence."

"Queen, I don't think you are capable of managing the harem at the moment."

Queen Wang's face looked very ugly. She knew that the Queen Mother disliked her, but she never thought that she would be so disrespectful to her.

In front of so many people, he openly said that she was incompetent.

But Queen Wang couldn't refute it.

The Queen Mother continued, "You can't protect the Third Prince, and you don't have the ability to manage the harem. Queen, as the mother of a country, you still need to study hard."

"I will listen to your mother's instructions."

Chang Liu on the side did not speak for her because he was also dissatisfied with Queen Wang.

It was not because of the death of the third prince, but because he knew that Queen Wang’s methods were vicious.

Many children in the palace died young at that time, and some of them were caused by Queen Wang.

The Queen Mother said to the Nanny, "Go and find Lady Wen. Today we are fighting for her innocence."

The imperial physician examined Yanxiang, and they all looked at each other and stepped forward to reply.

"Your Highness, this is not an erotic fragrance. It just contains an ordinary fragrance that is similar to an erotic fragrance. It has no effect of seducing men."

"But since it smells similar to Yanxiang, it must contain some similar medicinal ingredients."

Earlier, Zhou secretly hid the medicinal ingredients for making the fragrant scent in the second princess's medicine residue, which became ironclad evidence.

Zhou was stunned.

I didn't expect that after going around in circles, it would come back to me.

Li Guipin gnashed her teeth and cursed Zhou inwardly for being a waste, saying that she had revealed a flaw here.

Now it is clear without any guessing that all this is a trap set up by someone against the Zhou family.

"Oh?"

The Queen Mother acted very surprised.

"It seems that I have wronged Lady Wen."

When Wen Changwan was brought in, she was dressed looking particularly haggard.

She wore only light-colored clothes without any extra patterns, and her long black hair was fixed with a simple jade hairpin.

She stepped forward and bowed respectfully, but her body swayed slightly.

"I greet your majesty, the queen mother, and the queen."

"Get up."

The Queen Mother said to Wen Changwan, "I really wronged you about Yanxiang's matter. It was all done by Concubine Zhou."

"The evidence is clear that the emperor has demoted her to a commoner and moved her to the cold palace. You will be released from the confinement today."

The words she had already prepared were stuck in her throat. Wen Changwan's mind worked very quickly, and she immediately turned her tears away and looked at Zhou and asked.

"Why do you want to frame me?"

Before Zhou could say anything, Concubine Li fainted.

"Your Highness."

The scene was a bit chaotic. The Queen Mother frowned slightly and patiently called for the imperial physician to come forward and take her pulse. Finally, it was confirmed that Concubine Li was pregnant.

Even though Concubine Li was a suspect, the Queen Mother and Chang Liu still had to consider the fetus in her womb.

Queen Wang was so angry that she almost died.

This bitch is pregnant again?

Zhou didn't say a word throughout the whole process. In the end, Wen Changwan was cleared of the charges and Li Guipin was carried back to her own palace to recuperate.

Queen Wang and Wen Changwan left together.

Chang Liu wanted to take Xianxian away, but was unexpectedly rejected by the Queen Mother, who said that she wanted to keep Xianxian for one night.

There was no concubine in the palace who could be kept in the Cining Palace by the Empress Dowager.

"Mother, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"Why is it wrong? Concubine Yi is also my daughter-in-law. It is her duty to serve me."

Chang Liu stopped talking and just looked at Xianxian.

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Alright, go back now. I'm not going to eat her. I just want to chat with Concubine Yi."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was really not going to release the person, Chang Liu left, looking back every three steps.

Xianxian actually already had some guesses in her mind as to why the Queen Mother kept her.

After confirming that Chang Liu had left, the Queen Mother went straight to the point.

"Yanxiang was replaced by you, right?"

This is an affirmative sentence, not a question.

Xianxian didn't argue at all and just knelt down with her head down.

"I am guilty."

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother was not angry, but just took her up and sighed helplessly.

"Do you know how I know this? I personally made that scent before I got married. My nose is infallible."

The Queen Mother looked at Xianxian with a complicated expression and asked, "But I don't understand why you are helping Wen Changwan?"

Xianxian smacked her lips secretly, and it turned out to be the fragrant scent invented by the Queen Mother.