"This palace remembers that Nuan Shu had a miscarriage during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" After a moment of silence in the room, Cui Guifei and Jin Guo Zhang Gongzhu exchanged a glance, but spoke in unison, "This time she must have been frightened again, poor thing! Someone, open my storage room, take some medicine to Pinglan Pavilion, and ask her to take good care of herself. At such a young age, don't let her fall ill!"

  But never mentioned asking someone to come and testify.

  The reason is simple - no matter how small the warm and gentle person's courage is, she was once a princess of a country, and she can be scared away by her, which shows the intensity of Cui Jianliang and Song Yixiao's previous conflict!

  What if she is called out to explain what happened and it makes it impossible for both sides to shake hands and make peace?

  Only Cui Guifei and Jin Guo Zhang Gongzhu were willing to control the situation, but Su Huanghou and Dai Guo Zhang Gongzhu thought exactly the opposite!

  The Empress is the host of the inner palace, and she has to preside over the banquet, but it's not something that can be avoided. However, the eldest princess of the state is different, as soon as she enters the door, she scolds Concubine Cui loudly: "I said from the beginning that your niece looks like a person with a short life and bad luck, not suitable for entering the East Palace! You didn't listen, relying on her mother's identity to force her into the position of a concubine. Now look what happened! She was having a good day, but she actually harmed Ah Ru's wife!"

  The Princess of Jin State slightly frowned and said, "Dai Guo, where did you get this from? We've already investigated clearly here. Cui Ce Fei's incident as well as the defamation against Ah Yu were all done by her trusted maid who lost her head..."

  "A maid, even if she had the guts to do so, does she have the brains for it?" The eldest princess cut her off and sneered at the little servant girl on the ground, saying "Sister, you've always been one to avoid trouble, but this time A Yu's wife is being wronged! If you don't even protect her now, won't everyone be able to bully her in the future?!"

  Song Yi smiled and pursed her lips: "Thank you, Auntie, for your concern! But Mother has always treated me like one of her own, and she's never failed to protect me!"

  The princess gave a "not knowing good from bad" look and said straightforwardly: "Warm Shu people told the emperor's brother - Cui Ce Fei personally said that the child was aborted by herself, with the purpose of framing Ah Yu's daughter-in-law!"

  At these words, everyone in the hall, including Song Yixiao, changed their faces!

  "What's going on with Nuan Shu?" Song Yi smiled, as for today's events, except for Cui Jianliang giving up her unborn child, everything else was within her expectations, so she responded calmly. Just now, she heard that Nuan Shu had overheard their argument outside, but she wasn't very worried - Nuan Shu should know better than to get involved in such a feud, it's not something a small shu person like her can handle!

  But who would have thought that this gentle lady wouldn't play by the rules?!

  Song Yi laughed, "Now that the three parties of the empress dowager, the imperial concubine and the queen all want to turn big things into small ones and small things into nothing, it seems that there is still a little disagreement to be resolved before they can succeed... Warm Shu people are so reckless... What's the difference between this and seeking death?"

  It's fatal that with this confession, although Cui Jianlian is doomed to die, Song Yixiao's original plan has also been disrupted!

  Next can only be random adaptation!

  "Your Highness, you just said that Rong'er and the Yan Guo lady have no grudges against each other?" If Song Yi was speechless, Cui Guifei almost went mad! She couldn't care about showing respect to Hengshan Wang Taifei anymore, her face cold, staring into Taifei's eyes, word by word, "Why did that Nuanshu person say that Rong'er would frame Yan Guo lady even if it means sacrificing her own child?!"

  The Princess of Jin State then solemnly asked Song Yiliao: "What Nuan Shu said, is it true or false?"

  Song Yixiao thought quickly, and it seemed that Cui Guifei was questioning the truth of Hengshan Wang Taifei's words. But thinking back, it also gave Taifei an opportunity to stick to her own opinion! And unless absolutely necessary, how could Hengshan Wang Taifei, with her status and experience, possibly go back on her word?

  As for the attitude of Song's mother-in-law, it was even more obvious: she directly asked Nuan Shu to say whether what he said was true or false. As long as Song Yi denied it, Empress Dowager would immediately suspect, or rather firmly believe that Nuan Shu was talking nonsense!

  "Alas, did the master of Wuhuan never teach his daughter?" Song Yi sighed inwardly. She didn't have a bad impression of Nuan Shu, but she wasn't good enough to make her willing to sacrifice herself for her sake - so after regretting it in her heart, she decided to follow her mother-in-law's meaning and speak!

  Just as she had not spoken, another eunuch rushed in to report: "The Empress has already sent someone to search the bedroom of Concubine Cui in the East Palace based on Nuanshu's account. The Empress asks the Grand Empress Dowager, the Princess, the Noble Consort, the Countess of Qingjiang and the Lady of Yan to avoid hurting the harmony and sit here for a while. There should be news from the East Palace soon!"

  These words sound soothing, but they also mean telling the people here, especially Empress Cui, that the empress herself searched Cui Xianyun's bedroom, and she shouldn't make any moves, just wait quietly here!

  At this moment, Cui Guifei's face turned pale!

  However, the faces of the mother and daughter of the Jin State's Princess were not much better than hers - Cui Jianliang was after all the Emperor's beloved niece and the Crown Prince's cousin, especially since the Crown Prince had previously been quite fond of this concubine. According to their usual methods, they would secretly negotiate conditions and then push out a few scapegoats on the surface to save face. Regardless of the truth, there was still room for maneuvering.

  Now that the queen has taken charge of justice, it's likely that everyone inside and outside knows about it. How can they not create a rift between the crown prince and Jian Yu Bai?

  But these three people's panic put together might not be comparable to that of Princess Wang of Mount Heng!

  "What if it's discovered that the Crown Prince has a crush on Ce Fei..." The Empress Dowager felt her heart and gallbladder shattering at the mere thought, and she turned to look at Song Yishang. Seeing her with her head lowered, although there was no joy on her face, but neither did she look like she was in despair. Suddenly, an idea struck her mind, "Earlier, during Princess Yushan's birthday celebration, I heard from the sisters of the imperial concubine that this Song woman had gone to the Pinglan Pavilion to change clothes with Nuan Shu... could it be that they are in cahoots?!"

  The empress dowager became increasingly suspicious, "This little wretch must have first deceived me into helping her deceive Empress Cui, and after I vouched for her with my lifelong reputation, she would let Nuan Shu come forward and harm Guang Lun in a roundabout way - Guang Lun is gone, and with this little wretch's mother being so cunning, who else could the crown prince be besides Guang Yun?!"

  Thinking of this, the empress felt her five internal organs burning with anger. "At my age, what kind of situation haven't I encountered?! Yet I've been outmaneuvered by a young girl who hasn't even reached adulthood! Is there anything good left in life?!"

  She was furious to the extreme, but instead became calm, and with a gloomy gaze swept over Song Yishiao, a resolute thought rose to her mind!

  Song Yixiao didn't know that Hengshan Wang Taifei had already decided to die together with her - but she also knew that once Cui Jianliang's abandonment of his unborn child was exposed, Lu Guanlun would be dragged down with him!

  After all, if Cui Jianlian didn't have someone in her heart, she could conceive the prince's bloodline and still give birth to twins, which many people can't even get after begging for it. How could she possibly say no just because of harming a royal decree? It's clear that she simply doesn't want to continue the prince's bloodline!

  This matter will be known to the royal family, and Lu Guanlun will have no good ending even if he is innocent!

  "We must think of a way to clear Lu Guanlun's name!" Song Yi smiled as her mind turned rapidly, catching sight of the gloomy expression on Empress Cui's face, she gradually formed an idea.

  After a while, the empress finally sent someone to report again - the news that came was no less than giving Concubine Cui a ruthless blow: "The palace staff found an abortion drug in the hidden compartment of Concubine Cui's bedroom, and after examination by the imperial physician, it was found to be identical to the abortion drug taken by Concubine Cui!"

  Also, "The eunuchs who served beside Consort Cui said that they had originally thought that Consort Cui was preparing the poison to deal with the other concubines in the Eastern Palace, and did not know that she intended to use it on herself!"

  At this point, Gong Ren hesitated and looked at Song Yi Xiao, "The eunuch also said that Cui Ce Fei bribed someone from the Yan Guo Gong Fu..."

  Always calm Song Yi's expression changed: "How is this possible?!"

  "The person bribed by the concubine originally planned to play tricks on your clothes, fortunately you were vigilant and didn't fall for it!" The palace maid's attitude was very respectful. "Otherwise, you would have had a hard time explaining yourself today!"

  Before her words had even fallen, Imperial Consort Cui had already furiously stood up, pointing at Song Yi and angrily scolding: "You knew long ago?!"

  "It's all your niece's fault, and you still dare to question my daughter-in-law?!" The Princess of Jin State saw the situation and was also furious. "Do you really think my son's wife is easy to bully?!"

  "Even if I apologize to you a thousand times, ten thousand times, the child is innocent!" Cui Guifei couldn't bear to respond to Jin Guo's Long Gongzhu anymore. The noble and dignified imperial concubine suddenly burst into loud sobs in front of everyone, "Those are two imperial grandsons! They are the bloodline of the crown prince, and also the bloodline of Your Majesty! If they could be born, they would call you Auntie... How can you bear to do this?! How can you bear to do this?!"

  Song Yi laughed at the accusations of the Imperial Concubine, originally the Crown Prince's concubine had already been a scandal, and adding another unfilial act of harming one's own son, Cui Jianliang basically had no way to live - and recommending her as the Crown Prince's concubine, Cui Guifei, as well as the Cui family that gave birth to her, how could they possibly get a good outcome?

  In this case, how could Cui Guifei not pull Song Yiliao into the water?

  "If I can refute the warm and gentle person, prove that Cui Jianli's pregnancy is indeed harmed by Xiao Man, then it would be best! If I can't do it or don't want to do it, then Cui Guifei can also use the crime of 'disregarding the imperial bloodline' to pull me together to bear the responsibility for this matter!"

  Of course, Song Yixiao knew that Cui Guifei did not expect this newly promoted national wife to share much pressure. What she valued was the status of Jin Guo's mother and son in front of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia!

  "Those in high positions and with great power are indeed not frugal with their oil lamps!" Song Yi thought as she understood Cui Guifei's plan at the same time, she was also quite speechless - don't look at Cui Guifei's quick reaction, but what forced her to this step was just a palace servant under Empress Su's command!

  Luckily, the lady was alert and the situation took a dramatic turn in an instant!

  Empress Su wasn't intentionally trying to deceive Song Yixiao, but in the end, she wanted to create a rift between Concubine Cui and Princess of Jin State.

  This point Cui Guifei actually understood, but she still chose to make things difficult for Song Yixiao. It wasn't necessarily because she couldn't control her emotions, but rather because if the imperial concubine didn't do this, and let things develop on their own, it was very likely that the entire outcome would be borne by the Cui family!

  Even the Crown Prince will be ashamed of the inner court's lack of discipline, and feel guilty towards the mother and son of the Jin State's Grand Duchess!

  At this time when both the King of Wei and the King of Zhao had intentions to store the position of the crown prince, and the King of Zhao had already been allowed to enter the court, it can be imagined what kind of blow this would deal to the reputation of the crown prince!

  To say something unpleasant, as long as Emperor Xian of Han does not immediately express his unwavering support for the crown prince - after the seal is opened, there will be people who will petition to question the crown prince's virtue and ability, and tactfully propose a change in heir.

  So even if Imperial Consort Chui didn't want to offend the Grand Princess of Jin, she couldn't help but grab Song Yilai and not let go: "What kind of grudge or grievance do you have with Lian'er?! You're even taking it out on an unborn child?!"

  Song Yi Xiao's face revealed a wronged and sorrowful expression, just as she was about to respond with her emotions simmering, the cold and detached Princess Dai Guo suddenly let out a snort of laughter and said in a melodious voice: "I just heard you, Imperial Consort, questioning Wang Tai Fei of Hengshan, saying that there was no grudge between Yan Guo Fu Ren and Cui Ce Fei? If so, then even if Yan Guo Fu Ren discovered that someone in the household had improper behavior, how could she suspect Cui Ce Fei? You're being overly critical of Yan Guo Fu Ren, not only bullying a junior, but also being unreasonable!"

  "Your Ladyship is wise!" Song Yi smiled, feeling a little grateful to her aunt at this moment. However, it wasn't the time for thanks now. "If I had known earlier that Concubine Cui was going to summon me over, something would have happened. Why else would I still come?"

  Even if the concubine wanted to harm Cui, knowing her plans, she wouldn't have to drag herself down!

  "Whatever it is, whether it's reporting to the empress and taking the opportunity to inform her, or privately telling the crown princess at the previous two palace banquets, how could these two not care about the safety of their imperial grandson?!"

  By doing so, Song Yi would have done nothing wrong, avenged Cui Jianliang and also earned the merit of "protecting the crown prince"!

  She was reasonable, and Princess Chang of Jin State looked at Concubine Cui with dissatisfaction: "Concubine Cui, do you have anything else to say?"

  Cui Guifei hadn't responded yet, but the Crown Princess suddenly clapped her hands and exclaimed happily: "I just heard what Nuan Shu said over there, and I found it strange - even if Cui Ce Fei and Ah Yu's wife didn't get along in the past, what kind of hatred would make her use even the twin children in her womb as a bargaining chip to plot against Ah Yu's wife?!"

  She looked at Cui Guifei with a triumphant expression, "It turns out that the one she really wanted to harm was not Ah Yu's wife, but...the Crown Princess!!!"