Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

The emperor passed by the entrance of Zi Lan Palace and heard loud crying inside. He stood outside the palace and listened and watched for a while. When he almost knew what had happened, he saw Concubine Song and Concubine Cao directing their palace maids, one of whom robbed someone's wallet, and the other beat someone until he was bruised and blue, and then they walked in.

Although Li Gongren was a concubine of low rank and the emperor did not necessarily like her, the emperor could not tolerate the arrogance of Song Jieyu and Cao Guiren in the palace. As soon as he came in, he immediately ordered people to drag Song Jieyu and Cao Guiren away and send them on their way with a white silk.

There is actually such a vicious woman in the palace. This is a slap in the emperor's face, as if mocking him for not being able to recognize people. Is he actually appointing such a vicious person as a concubine or a noble lady?

The ranks of imperial concubines and noble ladies were higher and their numbers were smaller, so the emperor was quite familiar with them.

The fact that they were given such high titles shows that the emperor was quite fond of them in the past, but he just stopped liking them later.

At this moment, Concubine Song and Concubine Cao were shocked to see that the emperor was going to kill them.

Since Concubine Song was so good at pretending to be innocent, she was naturally scheming. She burst into tears and said with a weak and innocent look, "Your Majesty, we are just asking her to return our money. Maybe our actions were a bit violent, but we did nothing wrong. It is only natural to pay back debts."

She immediately began to wrongly accuse Li Gongren, and was ready to turn the matter from robbery to one in which Li Gongren borrowed money from them and did not return it, and they wanted the money back.

The nature of the matter changed from them robbing money to Li Gongren being a deadbeat who refused to give them money, so they had to take the initiative to ask for money, which was only natural.

Anyway, even if Palace Lady Li said that this was not the case and that they were the ones who robbed the money, there was no evidence.

It's up to people to say whatever they want. If they say so, Li Gongren can't prove herself.

Concubine Cao on the side also reacted and nodded her head rapidly, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty, Concubine Li owes us a lot of money, we are just asking for it back, our actions were a bit rough, but it is right for us to ask for the money back."

When Li Gongren heard the two people bite back like this, she couldn't help but get anxious and said, "Your Majesty, it's not like that. I don't owe them money. They are the ones who want to steal my money..."

She didn't say that they robbed the money to give it to Concubine Liu, because Concubine Liu was not at the scene. She was afraid of implicating Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu would not admit it, and the emperor would not punish her. Concubine Liu, who had not been punished, would definitely cause trouble for her after the emperor left, seeing that she was implicated. In that case, she would be the one in trouble, so Palace Lady Li did not mention Concubine Liu at the moment.

When Concubine Song heard Li Gongren's rebuttal, she immediately started pretending to be a little white lotus again, crying with tears in her eyes: "How can you say that? You said you were short of money. After all, Concubine Cao and I are of higher status than you. We have some money, so we lent you some. We are so good to you, how can you do this?"

Li Gongren asked, "You said you borrowed money from me, but do you have an IOU? Are you accusing me of this?"

Concubine Song looked pitiful, with tears on her beautiful face. She looked even more pitiful. She said, "It was because we trusted you that we didn't write the IOU. I didn't expect that you would use it to accuse us now."

Li Gongren was anxious now. She knelt a few steps and kowtowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I really don't owe them any money!" The emperor had her helped up and said, "I have already seen who is right and who is wrong."

He immediately called the people from the Ministry of Punishment, and then said to Concubine Song and Concubine Cao, "If you still want to quibble, I can let you go to the Ministry of Punishment. Once it is found that you are lying, it will be deceiving the emperor. At that time, it will not be as simple as a white silk!"

Seeing that Concubine Song and Concubine Cao were moved, it seemed that they felt that they could withstand the interrogation of the Ministry of Punishment and would not be charged with deceiving the emperor, and then successfully framed Li Gongren. He could not help but sneer and said, "Think carefully about whether you can withstand the punishment of the Ministry of Punishment! Besides, I saw you bullying..." The emperor really couldn't remember what Li Gongren's name was, so he could only say, "Low-ranking concubines, I don't need any evidence to charge you with the death penalty!"

This is not the previous dynasty. He cannot kill ministers at will. The women in the harem are all his concubines. Except for those of high and low positions, he can kill anyone he wants. No one in the previous dynasty will say anything.

Perhaps the emperor's last sentence was too hurtful, Concubine Song and Concubine Cao stopped quibbling, so the emperor dragged them down with a white silk.

As for the palace maids who followed in bullying Li Gongren, they were not so honorable. The emperor had them dragged away and beaten to death with sticks.

These people were very rampant when they followed Concubine Song and Noble Lady Cao to bully others. Now they felt regretful and cried for mercy, but what was the use? Soon, the sound of these people screaming was heard outside the palace. Concubine Song and Noble Lady Cao were not dead yet, and the emperor ordered the eunuchs to take them to watch the execution.

Looking at the miserable situation of the palace maids under their command, Concubine Song and Concubine Cao turned pale with fear. At this moment, it was unknown whether they regretted following Concubine Liu in bullying others all these years.

Regardless of whether they regretted it or not, they helped Concubine Liu do those things and ended up like this. Naturally, they were unwilling to die alone, and wanted to drag Concubine Liu and her other lackeys into the water. However, the emperor didn't want to listen to them anymore and gagged them, so they didn't have time to give up Concubine Liu. When they heard that the emperor had come to their palace and that something had happened in their palace, they hurried over from the back. When they saw that Concubine Song and Guiren Cao had been arrested, Concubine Liu, who was originally frightened, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that she would be bitten by these people and something bad would happen.

However, apart from Concubine Song and Concubine Cao, there are other concubines of lower rank in the palace. If these people report her to the emperor, it will not be easy to deal with.

But it didn't matter. Since she wasn't caught by the emperor, she just had to deny it. The emperor had no evidence and would at most scold her or demote her. He probably wouldn't kill her.

Thinking of this, Concubine Liu calmed down.

What happened next was exactly as Concubine Liu had expected. Someone wanted to take this opportunity to report to the emperor about Concubine Liu's money-making activities. However, since the emperor did not catch her at the scene, there was no evidence. In addition, some of Concubine Liu's lackeys assessed the situation and felt that Concubine Liu might not fall today and did not need to change their stance according to the situation. So they stood up to refute, saying that those people were jealous of Concubine Liu and were making groundless accusations.

Because the accusation against Concubine Liu was not one-sided, the emperor could not figure out the whole situation, and it was not convenient for him to arrest all of his concubines and bring them to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation, so the accusation was left unresolved. So the emperor just scolded Concubine Liu as Concubine Liu wanted, and then because he failed to control his own palace well, and because there was an incident of concubines in the palace cursing Concubine Li, and now there was an incident of Concubine Song and Guiren Cao bullying concubines of lower positions, Concubine Liu was put in solitary confinement for three months and fined her three months' salary, and there was no other punishment for Concubine Liu.

However, he also warned Concubine Liu that if she did it again, she would be deprived of her position as a concubine. (End of this chapter)