I am favored by the tyrant, so what if I am vicious?

Chapter 264: Slandering the Imperial Concubine

The Queen Mother quickly sent Nanny Zhao to deliver the message, and she also said that she believed in the Imperial Concubine's ability to handle the situation.

When the concubines in the palace saw that His Majesty and the Queen Mother both supported the Imperial Concubine, they naturally did not want to get into trouble and all pretended to believe in the Imperial Concubine.

After sending out all the notifications, I didn’t expect that only a few people would show up.

Only a few newly promoted concubines were present.

No other heavyweights showed up.

Sun Changzai's expression became increasingly ugly.

Zhou Lingge chuckled, his eyes full of indifference.

She got off the sedan chair, and the palace servants brought a spacious cushioned chair, and placed hot tea and cakes on the table.

The four screens are put up to block the wind.

Zhou Lingge sat down comfortably.

Jin Xin poured a cup of scented tea and handed it to Zhou Lingge.

Zhou Lingge held the steaming flower tea in her hand, smiled and stared at Concubine Sun.

Sun Chang was completely wilted at this moment, and was not as enthusiastic as when he kowtowed and cried just now.

She seemed to have no strength left, and she lay on the ground gasping and sobbing.

Zhou Lingge narrowed her eyes slightly, "Has Concubine Sun run out of energy? Since His Majesty and the Queen Mother aren't coming, are you too lazy to perform?"

Sun Changzai's body was trembling. "I...I didn't perform. I was just scared and couldn't help crying."

"My maidservant died of poisoning. She drank my soup and died in my place... I was both heartbroken and terrified, so I couldn't control myself for a moment..."

"I have never offended anyone since I entered the palace. I really don't know who hates me so much that they want to harm me in such a vicious way."

Zhou Lingge sneered: "So you think that I want to poison you?"

Sun Changzai knelt on the ground, silent.

Zhou Lingge's eyes were filled with contempt. "Sun Changzai, I can tell you that if I wanted you dead, I could order you to be beaten to death right now. Would I have to go to such unnecessary trouble and mobilize such a large force to poison you? You think too highly of yourself, don't you? Do you deserve it?"

"Are you stupid...thinking I'm too naive, or am I stupid...going beyond the immediate and doing something so foolish as to waste time and energy?"

Sun Chang was stunned and stammered for a long time, not knowing how to respond.

Zhou Lingge was too lazy to continue wasting time talking to this idiot.

She drank the scented tea gracefully, completely ignoring Concubine Sun.

Soon Fuquan investigated the whole matter thoroughly.

Fuquan knelt in front of Zhou Lingge with witnesses and evidence.

Sun Changzai looked at the witnesses and evidence, her face pale without a trace of blood.

She felt like she was falling into an icy cave.

Fuquan finally got this opportunity, so of course he had to perform well.

So not only was he fast, but he also collected complete evidence.

In just one hour, the matter was investigated clearly and thoroughly.

"Your Majesty, I have thoroughly investigated the entire matter. Concubine Sun's maid indeed died on the spot after drinking a bowl of soup and bleeding from all seven orifices. I had the imperial physician verify that the maid was poisoned by arsenic."

"As for the palace servants who controlled Concubine Sun and wanted to poison her, I had people search the entire harem but could find no trace of them. Later, I captured a very interesting eunuch... At first, the eunuch refused to tell the truth, so I tortured him. Unable to withstand the torture, he soon confessed everything."

Sun Changzai's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

She almost didn't dare to look up at Zhou Lingge.

She clenched her fists tightly, her sharp nails digging into her flesh, but she didn't seem to feel any pain.

Zhou Lingge watched with great interest as Sun Changzai's spirit was gathering and dispersing. She looked at Fuquan with admiration and said, "Then drag him up here and let him tell us in person what happened."

Fuquan responded respectfully and waved his hand. The next moment, palace servants came over, dragging the eunuch covered in blood.

Zhou Lingge held the handkerchief to cover her lips and nose.

Her eyes moved around, staring at the eunuch who had already become a bloody man.

"If you can confess everything honestly, I might be able to spare your life..."

The eunuch seemed very excited. He propped himself up, knelt shakily on the ground, and kowtowed to Zhou Lingge.

"I thank the Imperial Concubine for her generosity. I will confess everything I know."

After he said that, he looked up at Concubine Sun.

"All of this was actually a drama directed and performed by Concubine Sun. In the afternoon, because the Imperial Concubine slapped Concubine Sun twenty times, Concubine Sun went back and flew into a rage in the inner hall. She smashed everything in the inner hall."

"Her maid tried to persuade her, but she angrily slapped the maid a few times. Later, Concubine Sun secretly found me and asked me to get arsenic... I hesitated, so Concubine Sun threatened me with my family. I didn't dare to disobey her, so I found a way to get the arsenic. To silence me, she even gave me a golden hairpin as a reward."

The eunuch took out the golden hairpin from his arms as he spoke.

Jin Xin took a look and burst into laughter. "This golden hairpin seems to be a gift from the Empress Dowager to new concubines when they enter the palace. I didn't expect that Sun Changzai would dare to use the gift from the Empress Dowager to reward a servant? Sun Changzai, you are really audacious."

Sun Changzai's eyes were full of fear, and she wanted to argue.

"No, that's not the case. I don't know anything."

"This eunuch was bribed by someone else and deliberately framed me."

The eunuch's eyes were filled with indignation. "The golden hairpins given by the Empress Dowager were always well-preserved. If you hadn't taken it out and given it to me as a reward, how would I have known... where this golden hairpin was hidden?"

"Sun Changzai...you harbored hatred for the Imperial Concubine, and evil thoughts arose. To avenge the Imperial Concubine's slap, you cruelly poisoned your own maid. Who could be more vicious than you?"

"Sister Xiaolian was such a good person, yet you killed her just to achieve your own goal. If I had known your plan earlier, I would never have helped you get the arsenic. It was I who harmed Sister Xiaolian..."

As the eunuch spoke, he couldn't help crying.

He and Xiaolian are from the same hometown, and they have supported each other in the palace over the years.

Sister Xiaolian was dead, and his hands were stained with blood. Even if he had to die today, he would seek justice for Sister Xiaolian.

The eunuch's eyes were red as he prostrated himself before Zhou Lingge, "Please, Imperial Concubine, seek justice for Sister Xiaolian. Concubine Sun is vicious and doesn't take the lives of us servants seriously..."

The newly appointed concubines who were watching were all looking at this scene in astonishment.

I originally thought that the imperial concubine was domineering and vicious and wanted to poison Concubine Sun.

Who would have thought that all this was actually directed and acted by Sun Changzai...a drama deliberately designed to slander the imperial concubine?

What a big drama.

Sun Changzai's mind went blank.

This little eunuch was so careless with his words that he sold her out like that?