The villain prince is three and a half years old

Yi Qiu stepped forward and said, "Madam Yu, I dreamed of Yuan'er yesterday..."

Everything went according to plan and went exceptionally smoothly. Yu Meiren knelt at Xiao Yue's feet, weeping bitterly, and revealed the secret that had been pent up for a long time.

She was also careful not to mention the haunting. The ancients were superstitious, and unlike the young people in movies who ran wherever there were ghosts, the ancients would immediately run away when they encountered ghosts.

Xiao Yue was not in a hurry even though she had discovered this huge secret.

Firstly, she knew that the facts of the crime wouldn't necessarily bring guilt upon Rongpin. If the world were so fair, nine out of ten civil and military officials in the court would be executed. Who among those officials didn't have some crime?

The second reason is that Concubine Yu only knew that Concubine Rong dealt with the body, but she didn't know where the body was thrown.

She thought of Jing'er's words again, sinking the well?

In this harem, is there any well that can sink a person silently?

She was not as familiar with the harem as Xia Jing, and could not think of anything for the moment, so she decided to ask Huijing tomorrow.

"You and Rongpin are each half responsible for Yuan'er's death. If you want me to protect you, you are wrong. I don't have the ability to do so." Xiao Yue stared at Concubine Yu lying on the ground.

She originally thought that it was Yuan'er who offended Rongpin, but she didn't expect that it was Yu Meiren who made the mistake and Rongpin did not help her.

"I never thought of escaping punishment, but I just couldn't make up my mind. Thank you, sister, for listening. I will go to the Queen's palace tomorrow and report Concubine Rong!" Concubine Yu knelt on the ground.

Xiao Yue frowned. How could this Lady Yu be even more reckless than herself?

In the incident where the Seventh Princess hit Concubine Rong with a stone, and in the incident where the Eighth Prince caused a disturbance at Yanghexuan, the Queen Mother protected Concubine Rong. It was obvious that the two were of the same faction.

If Concubine Yu goes directly to the Queen's palace, wouldn't she be walking into a trap?

She told Concubine Yu, who bowed again, "I'm not afraid of punishment, but I'm afraid Rongpin will go unpunished and Yuan'er will not rest in peace. Please teach me, sister!"

"In that case, you listen to me and everything will remain the same for now."

After comforting Lady Yu, Xiao Yue returned to the main hall with her heart beating wildly.

It wasn't because she had learned such a huge secret, that was nothing, she had heard of countless cases of servants being beaten and killed. It was because she wanted to take action and plot against Rongpin.

It was easy for her to punch, but it was the first time for her to plan.

The charcoal fire beside the bed was burning red, but she felt cold. She crawled into the quilt, but still felt the chill to her bones, and her fingers were trembling with cold.

Suddenly, a ball of warm fire came close to her. Turning around, she saw Xia Jing's face.

"Mom, where have you been?" Xia Jing pecked her face with sleepy eyes and put his face in her arms.

"You got up all night, go to sleep." Xiao Yue stroked Xia Jing's hair gently.

My fingers stopped shaking and my body felt hot.

She thought this was for Jing'er's future.

Xia Jing opened his eyes and sniffed Xiao Yue's fragrance. The harem appeared calm on the surface, but undercurrents were already surging. If he didn't want to be caught in the whirlpool and drown in despair, he had to prepare early.

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Chapter 41 Give a Doll to Concubine Rong

Xiao Yue was plotting against Rongpin, and Rongpin was also plotting against Xiao Yue. Xia Jing knew this clearly.

Xiao Yue has found Rongpin's fault. As long as she uses thunder to attack, she can eliminate the trouble in the future. But the problem is that Xiao Yue does not have the power of thunder.

Rongpin was high-ranking, well-connected, and capable of striking with lightning speed, but she couldn't find any fault with Xiao Yue. Furthermore, Emperor Kangning's gaze was already fixed on Jingyixuan and Changqing Palace. If anything happened again, Emperor Kangning's likes and dislikes would have to be considered.

These days, Jingyixuan has been making friends and accumulating strength, while Changqing Palace has been fabricating incidents with the intention of framing others.

In the game, Rongpin attacked Xiaoyue once. Not long after, a rebellion broke out in Chu. Rongpin's family falsely accused Xiaoyue's family of colluding with the rebels, nearly extinguishing the future of the already declining Xiao family.

Xia Jing couldn't remember the exact time of the rebellion, but after careful calculation, he realized it was when he was four years old, or at least three or four months later.

Rongpin would not wait for three or four months. Since her family was suspected of rebellion, she could not do anything to Xiaoyue. After all, Xiaoyue was a concubine with children.

Although Xiao Yue seemed weak in front of Concubine Rong, she was very strong in front of others, such as Concubine Yu. Below Concubine Zhaoyi, there were Concubine Jieyu and Concubine Yu. In the family group of the harem, Xiao Yue had already reached the middle level.

Xia Jing thought about the methods Rongpin had used on other concubines in the game and had some guesses.

——The disaster of witchcraft and sorcery.

Looking back at history, every time a witchcraft incident occurred, it caused a big commotion, and the emperor would punish those involved with thundering wrath.

Unlike external disasters such as family rebellion, witchcraft is an internal disaster, which is proof of the concubines' bad moral character. Since they have bad moral character, they certainly cannot raise the prince.

By using this strategy, Xiao Yue's roots can be eradicated - the Ninth Prince.

A concubine without a family background depends on her children for her status. If she loses her children, she will have no one to rely on.

Xia Jing touched his chin. He didn't want to change his mother. Apart from anything else, could any other concubine be as pretty as Xiao Yue?

What's more, Xiao Yue is the best ally. As long as she reaches half of the power of the game's empress, Xia Jing will win in his life.

Witchcraft cannot and will not happen.

Jingyixuan is remote and sparsely populated. If one wants to hide the puppet next to Xiao Yue, he must have the help of Yu Meiren, who has already become Xiao Yue's disciple.

[Name: Yu Chunxi]

【Age: 18】

[Identity: Beauty]

[Intimacy: 49 (+20)]

Taking into account the temporary intimacy increased by Yuan'er's incident, Yu Meiren's intimacy with Xia Jing has reached 69. Towards Xiao Yue, the intimacy is even higher, certainly exceeding 70, making her a qualified ally.

Perhaps the situation could be reversed, and Rongpin would suffer the consequences of her own actions. A case of hiding a corpse in a dry well and a case of witchcraft were enough to bring Rongpin down.

Then the system tasks can also be completed directly.

Moreover, you don’t have to worry about this matter at all, just leave it to Xiao Yue.

……

Three more days passed. Xia Jing rushed back and forth between Yonghua Palace, the laundry bureau, and Yanghexuan. He was even summoned to Fuqing Palace to have afternoon tea with Concubine Xian.

Unfortunately, I still didn’t get to meet the third prince.

Xiao Yue also didn't see Cheng Huijing. Xia Jing told Huijing that his mother wanted to visit, but Huijing refused and handed Xia Jing a letter.

Xiao Yue read the letter for a long time, then lit it with a candle and burned it to ashes.

From then on, Xiao Yue and Hui Jing became pen pals and exchanged letters every day.

On the evening of the fourth day, Concubine Yu returned from Changqing Palace, looking uneasy.

In the evening, she entered the main hall and met Xiao Yue.

Xia Jing lay in Xiao Yue's arms, pretending to be asleep, but actually eavesdropping.

"What!" Xiao Yue felt dizzy after hearing what Lady Yu said.

"Sister, what should I do! Concubine Rong asked me to hide the doll in your room, but I didn't agree and said I needed to think about it all night." Concubine Yu held Xiao Yue's hand and said anxiously.

Xiao Yue covered her forehead for a while, then gradually calmed down. She hugged Xia Jing tightly and thought.

Concubine Yu gritted her teeth and said, "Ever since I told my sister about Yuan'er and decided to deal with Rongpin, I haven't dreamed of Yuan'er again. It's obvious that this is what Yuan'er wants."

She took Xiao Yue's hand and said, "I'll help Concubine Rong. When the Imperial Household Department comes to investigate, and my sister puts the blame on me, I'll pretend to be frightened and report Concubine Rong, and then tell her about Yuan'er. Concubine Rong wants to harm my sister, and she'll definitely make it known to everyone. Now that I'm accusing her of a crime, even the Empress won't be able to suppress it!"

Xia Jing lay in Xiao Yue's arms, thinking, this beautiful Yu has some brains, but it's better than having no brains at all.

"No." Xiao Yue shook her head. "Sister, what evidence do you have to prove that Rongpin forced you to release the voodoo doll? If Rongpin says that you framed me with the doll, and after being exposed, you tried to frame Rongpin again, how can you prove yourself?"

"This..." Lady Yu was at a loss.

Xiao Yue pondered for a long time before answering, "Tell Concubine Rong that Yuan'er's incident has left you feeling uneasy and you dare not touch the terrifying voodoo doll. Have Concubine Rong send a palace maid or eunuch to bring the doll back. You can help him sneak into Jingyixuan and create an opportunity."

Xiao Yue made such arrangements in order to try her best to remove the beauty from the disaster and involve Rongpin in it. She had no other plans at the moment.

Lady Yu agreed.

"When you go out and meet the palace maids and eunuchs under you, pretend that you are here to inquire about my whereabouts and do things for Concubine Rong." Xiao Yue reminded him again.

"Sister, are you afraid that my palace maids and eunuchs have been bribed by Concubine Rong?" Lady Yu was surprised.

"We must be on guard," Xiao Yue replied. "By the way, whose horoscope does Rongpin prepare for the voodoo doll?"

"It's Concubine Rou." Concubine Yu entered the palace late and didn't know the relationship between Concubine Rou and Xiao Yue. She just thought that Concubine Rong had chosen a concubine at random.

Xiao Yue was silent for a moment, then gave Yu Meiren a few words of advice and sent her out.

The palace door closed, Xiao Yue carried Xia Jing into the bedroom, and discussed with Yi Qiu in a low voice, but they still couldn't come up with a plan.

After they finished talking, Xia Jing pretended to wake up and hugged Xiao Yue's waist.

"Mom, I had a dream." He buried his face in Xiao Yue's legs.

"What dream?" Xiao Yue stroked his hair and briefly escaped from her sorrow.

"I dreamed that Aunt Hui found tons of silver in the laundry!" Xia Jing raised his head, waved his arms, and drew a big circle. "I could buy tons of lotus cakes!"

The concubines in the harem had their own quota of snacks, and any extra portions had to be purchased from the imperial kitchen. Therefore, although the princes and princesses were young, they already knew the value of money.

"You little greedy devil, you're still not full even after begging everywhere." Xiao Yue looked at Xia Jing lovingly, "If you want to eat, let Yi Qiu get it tomorrow. But you can't touch the silver in your dream, you have to return it to its original owner."

At this point, Xiao Yue was suddenly stunned, lowered her head and murmured: "Return the property to its original owner?"

She asked Xia Jing, "Does it happen that silver is often found hidden in the clothes sent for cleaning?"

"Mammy said there was very little silver, but a lot of handkerchiefs and other things." Xia Jing buried his face again.

He knew that Xiao Yue had heard it.

No matter who it is, once in the vortex of power, they will be suspicious and unwilling to believe what others say, so it is difficult for Yu Meiren to succeed in her accusation without evidence.

But suspicious people will also trust their own investigations and their own judgments.

Evidence itself does not have the power to make people believe. What really makes people believe is the logical chain shown by the evidence and the story revealed.

In this era without surveillance and various identification methods, solving a case is nothing more than arranging and combining evidence to tell a convincing story.

False evidence is true evidence as long as the story is believable.

The cold wind in the early morning blew the dead branches in the yard, and the chill was so strong that even the fiery red palace walls dimmed a little.

Concubine Yu wrapped herself in a cloak and went to Changqing Palace.

Xiao Yue picked up a pen, wrote a letter, and gave it to Xiao Tianzi, asking Xiao Tianzi to secretly give the letter to Huijing when he accompanied Xia Jing to the laundry.

Chapter 42 Be my son

Witchcraft is a form of curse. Its practices vary in different eras and regions, but generally two tools are required.

One is a doll, and the other is a talisman made from the birth date of the person being cursed.

In Changqing Palace, Rongpin was overjoyed when she got Concubine Yu's answer.

It doesn't matter if Concubine Yu doesn't want to release the voodoo doll herself. She would feel more at ease if she could let her confidant do it.

She comforted Lady Yu, took out a hairpin from her most precious jewelry box, and gave it to her reluctantly.

She told Concubine Yu that after this matter was over, she would find a way to send Concubine Yu to the temple in the Empress Dowager's palace and ask the nuns to exorcise the ghost and pray for her.

Yu Meiren hesitated for a moment, but gritted her teeth and did as Xiao Yue instructed. She could no longer turn back.

She told Rongpin that Xiao Yue would go to Yunpin's Yonghua Palace for a banquet tomorrow.

Rongpin called her trusted eunuch Liang Gonggong and told him what she wanted him to do - to hide a cloth bag in Xiao Yue's room while Xiao Yue was away.

She also asked Concubine Yu to leave the palace maids and eunuchs around her in Changqing Palace, on the grounds that Changqing Palace needed a thorough cleaning and there was a shortage of manpower.

This is to prevent the beautiful lady's palace maids and eunuchs from getting in the way.

Eunuch Liang followed Concubine Yu into Jingyixuan and hid in the east side hall. He would take action as soon as Xiao Yue left.

Eunuch Liang helped Concubine Rong deal with many things, and even took over the Queen's outsourced work. He was skilled and deeply trusted by Concubine Rong.

At the scheduled time, Xiao Yue and Xia Jing took Xiao Tianzi and Yi Qiu out and went to Yonghua Palace.

Concubine Yu walked out and found an excuse to move furniture to call away the eunuchs and palace maids left by Xiao Yue.

Eunuch Liang rushed into the main hall, glanced at the layout of Xiao Yue's bedroom, fumbled on the bed, found a gap, and stuffed the cloth bag in.

He walked out without telling Concubine Yu, and went straight back to report to Concubine Rong.

Rongpin didn't take action immediately, fearing that the investigation would eventually lead to her being found. Furthermore, only when Xiao Yue was in the room could she have the cloth bag dug out, which would be most convincing.