Qi Junce, with a livid complexion, was sitting in the high hall holding the terrifying witchcraft doll. A group of people were sitting around in the dark, all looking at Baozhu kneeling in the middle.
Even though he was kneeling, Baozhu's back was straight and his eyes looked at Qi Junce without fear.
"Do you have anything to say about this doll?" Qi Junce didn't look at Baozhu, but asked coldly.
Bao Zhu bowed down respectfully, and she heard herself say loudly, "I don't have any concubine."
"But this doll was indeed found in Yunli Courtyard. Isn't this irrefutable proof?" Liu Guiren said, hiding the snicker at the corner of his mouth with a fan.
Qi Junce glanced at her with a sullen look, which scared Liu Guiren into silence immediately.
Just when the atmosphere was tense, Gu Linqing was supported by Yunyun and walked in.
"Your Majesty..." Gu Linqing staggered up to Qi Junce, her knees weakened and she knelt down. I felt pity for him when I saw him.
"I ask myself that as a queen, I have followed the rules and have never criticized any of my sisters." Gu Linqing choked and said, looking up at Qi Junce with a pair of tearful eyes.
"I don't know why Sister Chen Fei wants to kill me!" Gu Linqing said.
Baozhu watched Gu Linqing's tearful performance and couldn't help but sneer and said: "Since the Queen also said that I have no reason to harm you, then why do I want to harm you?"
Gu Linqing obviously didn't expect Baozhu to ask suddenly, and even her crying paused unnaturally.
But then she cried even louder and fell on Qi Junce's lap, sobbing: "I am really wronged, really wronged!"
Baozhu looked at Gu Linqing's poor performance, obviously hoping to crucify Baozhu who was speechless and couldn't produce evidence to prove that he didn't do it.
Baozhu turned to Qi Junce and saw the movement in his eyes.
"Your Majesty," Jiang Heng, who had been watching for a long time, finally couldn't help but said: "This matter happened very strangely, and there is no clue about it now."
Qi Junce looked at Jiang Heng, seeming to hope that someone could solve the current predicament.
"It's better to calm down now and deal with it later." Jiang Heng said.
Bao Zhu looked at her, and Jiang Heng nodded slightly, indicating that Bao Zhu should not act rashly at this moment.
Qi Junce sat up and looked at Gu Linqing who was crying on the ground without mercy.
"That's fine. Concubine Chen is not allowed to visit Yunli Courtyard until everything is found out." Qi Junce left these words and walked away.
Baozhu looked at his back, her nails digging deeply into her palms.
At night, Baozhu paced back and forth in the room uneasily. Gu Linqing's actions today disrupted all her and Jiang Heng's plans.
If Jiang Heng's pseudopregnancy was discovered, the consequences would be disastrous. And everything he planned will also come to naught.
Baozhu was just thinking about how to solve it when he vaguely heard an opening and closing sound coming from the originally closed window.
Baozhu quickly pulled out a short blade from the pillow and stabbed it towards the man in black. The man in black grabbed Baozhu's wrist with quick eyes and hands. Just as Baozhu was about to shout, a big hand covered her mouth again.
"It's me." A deep male voice sounded. The person pulled off his mask and slowly released the hand that controlled the orb.
"Qiye...?" Baozhu exclaimed in a low voice.
"Ms. Chen, I'm sorry. If I want to see you, I can only use this method." Qi Ye smiled sheepishly, and his ears turned red.
"You broke into the palace concubine's chamber late at night. This is a serious crime." Although Qiye rescued Baozhu by the lake, Baozhu was always wary of this strange young man.
Qiye felt Baozhu's eyes, but he replied without any unnaturalness: "Qiye has no ill intentions towards Empress Chen, I just want to help you."
Baozhu took a step back calmly and said in surprise: "Help me? What can I do for you?"
Qi Ye smiled, and his eyes looked very much like Concubine Rong. "Of course I will help you get out of danger, and even more..."
Qiye paused for a while and continued: "Help you bring down the queen, Gu Linqing."
Baozhu looked at Qi Ye in front of him, and had the illusion that Concubine Rong was awake and talking to him. But he still asked doubtfully: "Why should I believe you?"
Qiye didn't hesitate when he saw Baozhu. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Because I hate her too."
Baozhu tilted her head and looked at Qi Ye in confusion. Qi Ye continued: "I hate her for taking away my mother's position as the head wife, and I hate her even more for separating me from my mother and concubine."
The boy's clenched hands and the hatred in his eyes made Baozhu realize that it might not be another trap.
Qi Ye took a few deep breaths, calmed down his emotions for a while, and said, "To show my sincerity, I would like to give something to Empress Chen through the hands of my mother-in-law."
"What?" Baozhu asked.
Qi Ye smiled slightly, looked around the inner hall and said, "Concubine Rong, I gave you a makeup box, right?"
Bao Zhu recalled that when she was about to leave, she went to visit the crazy Concubine Rong for the last time, and Concubine Rong hurriedly came over to force her to give her the jewelry box.
After returning to the palace, Baozhu kept the makeup box at the bottom of the box. The first is to cherish Concubine Rong's friendship for him; the second is to be afraid that someone will recognize that this is not his object, which will bring endless trouble to himself and Concubine Rong.
Baozhu nodded and replied: "It's true. What's wrong?"
Qi Ye's thick ink-colored eyes shone brightly in the night, and he said softly: "Ms. Chen, you might as well open it and take a look, maybe there will be a surprise."
Before Baozhu could say his doubtful words, Qiye climbed out of the window and left again. Bao Zhu stared blankly at the closed window, as if it was just his hallucination.
"Yue Slave, Yue Slave." Baozhu called Yue Slave, and Yue Slave hurried over.
"What's wrong with you, girl?" Yue Nu asked.
Baozhu touched his belly and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just want to find something. I'm inconvenient. Please help me find it."
Yue Nu nodded and said obligingly: "Girl, just say it, I promise to do it."
Qiye's words echoed in Baozhu's mind, "Help me find the makeup box that Concubine Rong gave us when we left Fulin Palace."
Since returning to the palace, he has received countless rewards, and the small box that the orb brought back from Fulin Palace has been buried deep in the warehouse.
Haitang Yuenu was not enough for two people, so she and Azi searched for midnight until they finally found the makeup box.
Baozhu held the makeup box in the palm of his hand. It must be said that this makeup box may have witnessed the glory of Concubine Rong.
Even though her follower, Concubine Rong, arrived at the palace, she was still shining brightly under the lights, and she could tell that the workmanship was exquisite and the quality was high.
Baozhu moved the candlestick and looked left and right, but couldn't see anything strange. Reaching out to open the small drawer, I had seen before that it was empty.
Yue Nu looked curiously at Baozhu's serious look on his face, and couldn't help but ask: "Empress, what are you looking at?"
Baozhu raised his head and thought that maybe he could get more ideas by asking other people, so he asked: "Yue Slave, do you think there is any other place to hide things in the makeup box besides these small drawers?"
"This..." Yue Nu took the makeup box from Bao Zhu in confusion, raised it above her head, looked at it, and patted it as if choosing a watermelon, which made Bao Zhu couldn't help but laugh.
"Girl, there seems to be an empty layer." Suddenly, Yue Nu said as she leaned closer to listen to the voice.
Hearing this, Baozhu's eyes lit up, and he quickly took it and patted it. On the back of the makeup box, there seemed to be a really different sound.
"It seems to be true, but how to open it?" Baozhu asked doubtfully.
The two of them studied it for a while, but still couldn't open it. Bao Zhu gritted his teeth, raised the makeup box high above his head, and slammed it to the ground.
With a clang, the makeup box fell apart.
Among the debris on the ground, there was a folded and yellowed piece of paper, which looked particularly abrupt.
Baozhu was overjoyed and quickly picked it up.
"There is really something." Yue Nu said.
Baozhu patted the paper, unfolded it carefully, read a few lines briefly, and then folded it back again.
"Yue Slave, find a way to get Concubine Shu to come." Baozhu muttered.
Yue Nu said with some embarrassment: "Ah, but your Majesty, you are still grounded."
Baozhu scratched Yue Nu's nose, "Silly Yue Nu, Your Majesty only grounded me, not you."
Baozhu looked at the dancing candlelight and murmured: "If I want to go out, I can't do it alone. I can only ask Ah Heng to help me."
On the night of the second day, Bao Zhu said she was feeling unwell, and the imperial doctor came with leaking fluids, followed hurriedly by a palace maid.
As soon as she entered the room, the palace maid couldn't wait to hold Baozhu's hand and asked: "How are you? I heard that you saw red. Are you scared?"
Baozhu looked at Jiang Heng who came in disguise with some emotion and said: "No, I just want to find an excuse for you to come."
Hearing this, Jiang Heng felt relieved a little, patted his chest and said that's fine, that's fine, and then asked what was going on.
Bao Zhu glanced at Imperial Physician Su warily, Jiang Heng said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, Imperial Physician Su is one of our own, and I hope that Imperial Physician Su will work for Concubine Chen in the future."
Upon hearing this, Imperial Physician Su saluted Baozhu, and Baozhu felt relieved and handed the piece of paper to Concubine Shu.
After Jiang Heng opened it, he frowned and read it several times, and asked with some confusion: "Where did you get this note?"
The orb attached to his ear told him all the ins and outs of his stay in Fulin Palace and Concubine Rong.
Jiang Heng's eyes were full of disbelief. She hadn't heard anything about Concubine Rong for a long time.
"Maybe this is fate. Your kindness back then will help you get out of trouble today." Jiang Heng said.
The moon outside the window was hidden in the dark clouds, and the two people before the crime were plotting what would happen next.
Before Jiang Heng left, as if to reassure Baozhu, he held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I will definitely rescue you."
Baozhu looked at Jiang Heng's solemn face and said, "I believe you."
The next day, Gu Linqing continued to let the wizards sing and dance in her palace with great fanfare. The scattered sounds made the whole palace restless.
Jiang Heng, on the other hand, led another group of people and headed towards Gu Linqing in a mighty manner.
