After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

In recent days, whenever Qiao Wan'er had the chance to come to Xunfang Palace, she would pay attention to the condition of "Fuzhi". Fortunately, every time she saw him, he was safe and sound, and her tense heart gradually relaxed.

Finally, the two of them found an opportunity and had a brief chat in a remote corner, but they didn't get along.

"Wan'er, I've thought about it and decided that you should not stay in the palace. I will find a way to help you escape from the palace."

"What? Are you saying you want to escape from the palace with me?" Qiao Wan'er's eyes lit up.

"No, I mean, find a way for you to escape from the palace first. I have something else to do and must stay here."

"You didn't leave the palace, why should you let me leave? You didn't run outside in such a dangerous situation that night, why should you let me run outside? Besides, you are the spy, not me. Why should I run?" Speaking of escape, Qiao Wan'er thought of Shuxiu's matter again. At that time, she thought that "Fuzhi" was bragging. Now that she knew his hidden identity, she thought that he might have some way. However, if he really had any way, it must be some desperate way. Naturally, she didn't want him to take the risk.

"Wan'er, although you are by the emperor's side, you should also know what the fate of the people close to the emperor is. How can that old woman tolerate it? Although she let you go last time, you can't guarantee that she will suddenly think of you one day."

"Then I won't leave either. If I really escape, there will be a thorough investigation of the palace suddenly missing someone. What if they find some clues and implicate you? Wouldn't it be even more unsafe for you to stay in the palace?" Qiao Wan'er had been worried about Fuzhi for many days. Now she finally felt that the matter was probably over, so she naturally didn't want him to do anything dangerous again.

"Wan'er, you don't have to worry about this. I will try my best to arrange it carefully."

"Then I won't go out either."

"Wan'er, be obedient. I'm worried about your safety."

"Why should I worry about anything? You should worry about yourself." After that night, Qiao Wan'er had been worried, fearing that someone of "Fuzhi's" status might not be able to leave the palace at all. So, as long as "Fuzhi" was in the palace for one day, she would stay and see him for one day.

Ji Yin used secret agents to help Qiao Wan'er escape, which was indeed risky, but he was really worried about Qiao Wan'er. In addition to the threat from Queen Xiao, the day of the general attack was approaching, and the palace would surely become a fierce battlefield on that day. Swords and knives had no eyes, and he was worried that she would be injured by mistake, so he hoped that she could leave as soon as possible.

I didn't expect this woman to be so considerate of the overall situation and even to the point of being stubborn, but I couldn't just tie her up.

In the end, seeing that there was no point in persuading him, he had to give up.

Early in the morning, Ji Ning went to Shangshu Hall. Qiao Wan'er prepared to make a bowl of lotus leaf rice by herself to reward this "son" who had worked hard to study before he came back from school.

I was busy in the kitchen when I heard someone push the door open. I turned my head and saw that it was the old eunuch Yu Fu. So I put down my work and went to greet him: "Eunuch Yu, what can I do for you?"

Yu Fu's face was a little nervous: "Gong Ren Qiao, someone from Fengyi Palace is here to call you, you should hurry over!"

"What! Fengyi Palace, the Empress Dowager is calling me?" Qiao Wan'er's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the old Empress Dowager finally remembered her? "Fuzhi's" bad words turned out to be prophecy.

Since being pardoned by the Empress Dowager last time, Qiao Wan'er has never seen this master again. Ji Ning would never let her show up in any occasion where she might meet the Empress Dowager.

Naturally, she hoped that the Empress Dowager would completely forget about Qiao Wan'er, and preferably never think of her again. But not being able to see her didn't mean she wouldn't "miss" her, and now she was being thought of.

Although Qiao Wan'er had known that this day would come, she still couldn't help feeling quite flustered when it really came. All the way to Fengyi Palace, she kept muttering to herself, wondering why the Empress Dowager had called her over.

In the "Imperial Study" of Fengyi Palace, Empress Dowager Xiao Qian sat behind the desk with a tired look on her face. Recently, in addition to the rebellion in Wangyang, many rebel forces have sporadically emerged in various places, making the court's military force to suppress them stretched to the limit. She has to rely on sleeping incense to fall asleep every day.

Today, she decided to put aside the stressful military affairs and find something to change her mood.

"Zi Su, you said that these discarded items were thrown away by this palace maid Qiao?" Xiao Qian pointed at a white porcelain basin on the table and asked a palace maid standing beside him.

"Your Majesty, I saw it with my own eyes, and saw it clearly. It was something from the discarded items that Palace Lady Qiao threw out herself." The palace maid named Zi Su replied.

"If that's the case, then please ask Palace Maid Qiao to explain why such an object was thrown out?" Empress Xiao said in a strange tone, and then winked at another palace maid beside her.

After the palace maid understood, she picked up the white porcelain basin on the table and walked towards Qiao Wan'er who was kneeling below.

When Qiao Wan'er walked into the Empress Dowager's study just now, she saw Zi Su standing beside her and knew that something bad was going to happen. This Zi Su was not a maid beside the Empress Dowager, but a maid in Mingxin Palace.

The few palace maids and eunuchs closest to the little emperor were all screened by Fan Mingchu. Her purpose was to prevent the empress dowager's spies from hanging around the emperor. She could also feel at ease about the "private conversations" between the children she and Ji Ning were with their mother, without worrying about being eavesdropped by someone with ulterior motives.

But Lord Fan also specifically reminded that although the close attendants were reliable, there was no guarantee that there would be spies among the outer palace servants and eunuchs. So when she saw Zi Su standing next to the Queen Mother, Qiao Wan'er roughly guessed that she should be the Queen Mother's spy in Mingxin Palace.

The palace maid holding the porcelain basin placed it in front of Qiao Wan'er. Qiao Wan'er looked into the basin and saw a pile of things that looked like burnt ashes, but not completely burned, with some remaining pieces of paper and cloth.

She immediately recognized that it was the ashes of the mandarin duck handkerchief she had burned and the pattern of paper used to display the mandarin duck handkerchief.

There was a small incomplete pattern on the piece of paper remaining in the ashes, and one could vaguely make out the content of the painting - a pair of mandarin duck heads.

When she burned the mandarin duck handkerchief, she also burned the patterned paper together. After lighting it, she threw it directly into the iron bucket for waste. Maybe because there was some moisture in the iron bucket, the handkerchief and the paper pattern were not completely burned, leaving a broken piece of each, and there was a recognizable pattern on the broken piece of paper pattern.

Qiao Wan'er immediately understood what was going on - perhaps Queen Xiao instructed Zi Su to collect evidence that could incriminate her, so this peripheral palace maid had to rely on rummaging through the garbage she threw out to collect evidence, which really made things difficult for her.

"Palace Lady Qiao, did you see clearly what's in that basin?" asked the Queen Mother.

"Replying to the Empress Dowager, I have seen it clearly."

After Qiao Wan'er finished speaking, the palace maid holding the porcelain basin retreated back to her original position.

"Mrs. Qiao, tell me, were you the one who burned this handkerchief and paper? Or did Zi Su wrongly accuse you?" Queen Xiao saw that Qiao Wan'er did not show any panic after seeing the things in the basin, so she decided to guide her.

"Replying to the Empress Dowager, this handkerchief and paper were indeed burned by me." Qiao Wan'er remained calm.

"The burnt handkerchief must have been embroidered with mandarin ducks, right? You burned the handkerchief, but the paper pattern was not completely burned, so the secret was exposed, right?"

Xiao Qian continued speaking in that ambiguous tone.

"Your Highness, I just embroidered this handkerchief for fun. After I finished embroidering it, I realized it was inappropriate and violated the palace rules, so I burned it immediately."

"You burned it because you thought it was inappropriate? You have embroidered all these beautiful things, so you must have some thoughts in mind, and you want to use it for private purposes, right? I wonder who Palace Lady Qiao was going to give it to?"

"Your Majesty, I really just embroidered it for fun and didn't intend to give it to anyone."

"You are such a bold servant, you dare to be so stubborn in front of me. Don't think I will believe you just because you say that! Is Aunt Zhang here?"

"I'm here." An older palace maid beside Xiao Qian responded.

"Give her ten slaps in the face and make her tell the truth. Which adulterer did this handkerchief belong to?" Empress Dowager Xiao probably felt that it would be difficult to convict Qiao Wan'er of a serious crime based on just a few ashes, so she had to dig up more evidence.

Nanny Zhang took the order and went down with another palace maid. When they came close to Qiao Wan'er, the palace maid held her shoulders from behind to prevent her from moving.

Nanny Zhang stood in front of Qiao Wan'er and began to punish her. In order to slap the person kneeling on the ground, she bent down slightly, swung her arm and slapped Qiao Wan'er in the face, counting as she slapped. By the sixth time, the corner of the person's mouth was bleeding.

After the tenth blow, Nanny Zhang stopped and stood in front of Qiao Wan'er, panting heavily, which showed that she had used a lot of force.

"Tell the truth quickly, to which adulterer did you give the handkerchief? I will definitely investigate thoroughly today. I can't let this kind of thief and prostitute destroy the rules of my palace." Xiao Qian forced a confession viciously.

"Your Majesty, I really just embroidered it for fun. I really didn't intend to give it to anyone." Qiao Wan'er's cheeks were beaten red, blood kept flowing from the corners of her mouth, and her voice was a little hoarse.

Although she was beaten, she was secretly glad in her heart. The fact that the Queen Mother beat her like this to force a confession showed that she had no other evidence. Fortunately, her spies were only in Mingxin Hall, and the evidence they collected was of this kind without any direction.

Otherwise, if such an interested person was looking for evidence in Xunfang Palace instead of Mingxin Palace, then her affair with "Fuzhi" would have been discovered long ago.

"You still dare to quibble. If you didn't have someone in your heart, why would you show off all these beautiful girls? I can see that you, a servant, are in a state of extreme distress. Don't think that I won't do anything to you just because the emperor is backing you up. You're a disaster if you stay with the emperor. You're trying to please him in every way you can now. When he grows up, a woman like you will definitely climb into his bed!" Xiao Qian spoke in an excited voice. He looked at Qiao Wan'er with his eyes wide open while speaking, with one eyebrow raised high, like a branch that can be used to hang people.

(End of this chapter)