The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 203 Taking risks

Soon, the saboteur was brought up by Qin Liuse's men.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is a problem with the kite. I actually discovered it this morning." Qin Liuse continued.

But in order to lure out the murderer, she pretended to be ignorant and asked her servants to cooperate with her as if nothing had happened.

In this way, when the other party sees her leisurely and not in the least bit anxious to make amends, they will naturally suspect that something went wrong somewhere.

Sure enough, until the auspicious time was almost approaching, there was no movement from Qin Liuse's side, and the maid came again.

She remembered that the warehouse had been opened and the wooden box had been taken out to look at it. She had clearly looked at it, so how could she still be so calm? She thought that she had not done her job well, so she sneaked into the warehouse to check again.

However, there was a small window on the other side of the warehouse, which was used by people to lock themselves in and escape. Unexpectedly, it was used by someone.

As soon as the maid climbed down from the window, she was caught on the spot by Qin Liuse's men.

In order to catch this person, she did deliberately delay for a while.

Fortunately, God will not let down those who work hard, and thieves are always guilty.

When the people present saw the maid being brought up, they immediately began to discuss, "Who is that?"

Zhu Wanxi had a good brain and could remember many people. He took a quick glance and whispered in Emperor Yongjia's ear, "Your Majesty, that's someone close to Concubine Liu."

Emperor Yongjia curled the corners of his lips coldly, sat on his seat, and lowered his eyes to glance at the maid kneeling in front of him.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Emperor Yongjia said coldly.

The maid knew that the evidence was irrefutable, so she lowered her head and shook it, "Your Majesty, I plead guilty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Your Majesty! I was forced into this!"

"You lowly slave!" Liu Qiuniang, who was sitting next to her, exploded. "What do you mean? You were forced to do it. Did I instigate it?"

The maid looked up at her, and that look seemed to be saying, who else could it be but you?

It is said that this matter was indeed instigated by Liu Qiuniang. This maid was short, dark and thin, inconspicuous, but she had nimble hands and feet and could easily climb windows and trees.

However, the reason why Liu Qiuniang used her was because she had something on her. Her parents, brothers and sisters at home were all in her hands.

Liu Qiuniang used her because she was sure that she would not dare to act rashly. However, she did not expect that she would drag her into this situation this time.

"I dare not, I dare not, please forgive me."

The maid's words were ambiguous, but she did not intend to clear Liu Qiuniang of suspicion at all.

After hearing this, Liu Qiuniang became even more furious.

She stood up and knelt at the feet of Emperor Yongjia, "Your Majesty, even if I had ten thousand guts, I would not dare to act rashly at the Empress Dowager's Thousand Years Banquet!"

Emperor Yongjia looked down at her, "Oh, then what about these kites?"

Liu Qiuniang was completely speechless.

This was not the first time she had a conflict with Qin Liuse. Even if she explained more, few people would believe her.

Emperor Yongjia glanced at her face and asked, "If you have accomplices, please tell me and I will give you a lighter sentence."

Liu Qiuniang cried and shook her head, "Your Majesty, it's really not me, it's this slave. She coveted your majesty and wanted to be your master, but I didn't agree. She was jealous of Qin Zhaoyi's favor, so she did such a shameful thing!"

It's hard to say whether Liu Qiuniang really spoke out what was in her heart.

Emperor Yongjia looked at the woman at his feet for a long time without moving.

I don’t know what he is thinking about. I don’t know whether he believes what Liu Qiuniang says or not, or whether he is thinking about how to punish her.

This look and the temporary silence made Qin Huaijin's heart almost jump out.

Her body was trembling slightly, as if she could no longer hear any other sounds except the beating of her own heart.

Although he had already made three rules with Liu Qiuniang in advance, Qin Huaijin didn't know whether she would keep the secret for him until the end.

In fact, Liu Qiuniang didn't want to bear all the responsibilities herself, but she had to ask for help from others, so she had to grit her teeth and accept it.

"Your Majesty, it was my fault for not disciplining my servants properly. No one else can be blamed. If Your Majesty wants to blame someone, then please blame me."

Emperor Yongjia laughed when he heard this.

Liu Qiuniang was really stubborn. Even in this situation, she still refused to admit it and kept putting all the blame on the maid.

So Emperor Yongjia could only be said to have laughed out of anger.

When Liu Qiuniang saw Emperor Yongjia's reaction, she thought she was saved. At least the emperor didn't seem that angry.

But Qin Liuse knew that Liu Qiuniang could not escape.

Qin Liuse felt that this matter could not have been the work of Liu Qiuniang alone.

Liu Qiuniang has a bad heart, but her personality is also very easy to irritate. She doesn't have her own brain, so Qin Liuse thought that it was definitely not her who came up with the idea.

And just now, she did catch the expressions when Liu Qiuniang and Qin Huaijin looked at each other.

Qin Liuse understood at that moment that this matter was most likely related to the bad apple Qin Huaijin.

In his previous life, Qin Huaijin stirred up the harem in this way.

He always provokes others to fight, or kills someone with someone else's knife so that he can escape unscathed.

Now, these tricks are being used again.

And since the two of them had discussed it beforehand, and Liu Qiuniang did not reveal Qin Huaijin's intention at all from beginning to end.

This made Qin Liuse think deeply. What kind of magic did Qin Huaijin have that could make Liu Qiuniang so willing to protect her?

However, even if Qin Huaijin was exposed, given the Qin family's current status and power, as well as his sister who was the Zhaoyi, Emperor Yongjia would have to consider it to some extent.

So Qin Liuse felt that it would be better for Liu Qiuniang to take the blame together. In this way, if the two of them shared the burden, her guilt would be less.

If he only took the responsibility, Emperor Yongjia would naturally make an example of him.

However, there was a reason why Qin Liuse didn't understand why Liu Qiuniang obeyed Qin Huaijin's orders.

Although her surname is Qin, she is Qin Boyuan's fake daughter after all.

No matter how many family affairs or letters the Qin family has passed on to the palace, they will only reach Qin Huaijin's ears and will not be known to Qin Liuse.

Qin Liuse's support outside the palace is actually almost non-existent, not much different from those of Zhang Jieyi and Zhou Cairen who have no family background.

She has to rely on her own ears to get information from all sides. If things get a little better, she will know that she is the second daughter of the Qin family.

Now that Qin Boyuan is the highest official in the Dali Temple and holds real power, he has more requests from others.

Liu Qiu’s mother’s home is one of them.

Asking for help from others is related to the family honor. When one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer. So even if she has to make some sacrifices herself, Liu Qiuniang dare not expose Qin Huaijin.

Emperor Yongjia waved his hand, signaling them to go down.

Because at this moment, the kite outside had already taken off into the sky.

The eldest prince led a few little sisters and ran out quickly.

Liu Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had escaped.

However, he never expected that after the banquet, when he returned to the palace, Zhu Wanxi came with the imperial edict from Emperor Yongjia.

When Zhu Wanxi announced the decree, he also felt helpless, but not because of these women, but because of the emperor.

This Qianqiu Banquet is such an important occasion, but there are people who try to sabotage it. Isn't this like plucking a tiger's whiskers?

When Liu Qiuniang heard that she was demoted to Baolin, tears burst into her eyes.

It doesn’t matter if she is fined her monthly salary, but now that she has become Baolin, she will have to call everyone sister when she goes out.

You know, she was also extremely favored by the emperor at the time, and was even as good as Qin Liuse!

Zhu Wanxi had seen this kind of occasion many times. After reading the decree, he shook his head and left.

I don’t know if it’s impossible to make a comeback, but in the harem, everything depends on your luck.

Zhu Wanxi naturally knew why these people would take the risk to cause trouble in such an important occasion, because for someone like Qin Zhaoyi, she would only be affected if the occasion was big enough and something went wrong.

But didn't they all end up ruining themselves?