“Indeed. I overheard your palace maid and the eunuch serving the Emperor exchanging messages! Xue Meiren, how dare you send a palace maid to spy on His Majesty’s affairs!” Wen Meiren asked coldly.
Xue Jinyan’s gaze turned icy cold as she stared at her: “It’s you?”
It turned out that this woman was the one who reported her.
When Xue Jinyan saw Zhu Sha being arrested, she assumed that Ning Wanyin had informed the Emperor…
“It’s me!” Wen Meiren raised her head.
From this day forward, she will step on Xue Jinyan and soar to the heavens.
Ning Wanyin and Xue Jinyan have been fighting for so long, but Xue Jinyan is still doing well, isn’t she?
No one could match her swift and decisive methods.
His Majesty will surely think highly of her.
Seeing Wen Meiren’s smug and petty demeanor, Xue Jinyan’s heart attack worsened.
It was originally a trap to deal with Ning Wanyin…
As it turned out, Ning Wanyin wasn’t fooled; instead, a meddlesome fool appeared.
“Eunuch Jin Zhong, His Majesty is waiting for your report.” Wen Meiren urged.
Jin Zhong nodded and led the two captured people to Qianxin Hall.
Xue Jinyan and Wen Meiren went to pay their respects together.
“Your Majesty, I have successfully completed my mission and caught them red-handed.” Jin Zhong reported, presenting the seized envelope.
Helian Qi, however, had a vague feeling that something was amiss.
Because…
He specifically ordered people to keep a close eye on the memorials presented to him, but no one was seen trying to steal the information.
Upon opening the envelope, he found no confidential information inside, but rather an IOU.
“An IOU?” Helian Qi looked at the two people kneeling on the ground.
The young eunuch immediately replied, “Your Majesty, please judge clearly! A few days ago, I lent some silver to Zhu Sha. She and I agreed to repay the money today, so I specially brought the IOU.’
“You’re talking nonsense!” Wen Meiren’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Last time, you clearly passed her a message, and she gave you money… I heard it with my own ears!”
“Seven days ago, this servant did see Zhu Sha, and Zhu Sha returned a sum of money to this servant. It was the same money we agreed to return today. As for passing on any messages, this servant would never dare to do that…” The young eunuch said hurriedly.
Wen Meiren became agitated: “You’re talking nonsense!”
“Your Majesty, I am telling the truth. I am from the same hometown as Zhu Sha, who serves in Qionghua Garden. Because of our shared hometown, she asked me for money, and I lent it to her…” The young eunuch said.
Zhu Sha kowtowed and said, “Your Majesty, please investigate! I fell seriously ill a few days ago and borrowed money from my fellow villagers to buy medicine. I am telling the truth. Your Majesty will know once you investigate!”
When a palace maid falls ill, the Imperial Household Department will send someone to the Imperial Hospital to request a physician to come and treat her.
Helian Qi’s gaze darkened slightly: “Summon the Ministry of Justice to investigate.”
Soon, the Chief Eunuch Wu Mi rushed over. After a round of investigation, he confirmed that Zhu Sha had recently suffered a serious illness and had spent a lot of money on medicines for recuperation.
“Zhu Sha, why didn’t you tell me you were short of money?” Xue Jinyan deliberately scolded her.
Zhu Sha looked remorseful: “Master has always been kind to me. I dare not trouble you again—”
“It’s just a small amount of money, yet it’s made someone wrongly accuse you.” Xue Jinyan glanced at Wen Meiren.
Then she looked at Helian Qi and said, “Your Majesty, Wen Meiren has falsely accused my maid and slandered this concubine. I beg Your Majesty to do justice for me!”
Wen Meiren never expected that after they were caught red-handed, it would end up like this…
She finally realized what was happening.
This was a trap!
Xue Meiren deliberately tricked her.
No, maybe the one she wanted to trap was not her, but Tang Miaoling and Ning Wanyin.
But instead of being trapped, she jumped right in.
For a time, Wen Meiren hated Xue Jinyan, Tang Miaoling, and Ning Wanyin.
“Your Majesty, this concubine doesn’t know why it turned out this way… Perhaps the news was leaked, and Xue Meiren took precautions in advance…”
Wen Meiren panicked, kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down her face, crying so pitifully that people could not help but feel sorry for her.
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