After Zhao Yu received the lottery, he returned to his original position.
Xiao Ce glanced at Zhao Yu, still feeling unhappy.
He didn't know how he could be so confused, knowing that Qin Zhao was once Zhao Yu's first wife, but he actually let Qin Zhao into his harem.
Not only that, Qin Zhao actually became a noble concubine.
When Zhao Yu and Qin Zhao faced each other, he had only one impulse, thinking that he should deal with Zhao Yu without knowing it, so as to prevent the royal family from becoming the laughing stock of the world.
When the officials were invited to the lunch banquet, Xiao Ce simply did not let Qin Zhao show up. He made an excuse that Qin Zhao was unwell and returned to the palace first.
When Zhao Yu heard the news, he knew very well that he should not participate in the dragon boat race today, otherwise he would not offend Xiao Ce.
When he received the lottery today, he could feel the chill radiating from Xiao Ce's body.
He worked hard to win the dragon boat race today, just because he wanted to perform well in front of Qin Zhao, but in the end, he actually harmed Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhaocai came out of the cold palace, and now because he was implicated, he went back to the palace alone. This must not become a joke to the entire harem?
The humiliation Qin Zhao suffered was all because of him.
An Shangshu noticed that Zhao Yu was in a bad mood and said with a smile: "Master Zhao, is he in a bad mood today? This is already the fifth cup."
Zhao Yu turned to look at An Shangshu, suppressing all the emotions in his heart, "How can I not be in a bad mood if I can win Mr. An's team? Mr. An, don't be discouraged. There will be a chance next year. Then you and I from the Ministry of Works will
The Ministry of Punishment will decide the outcome again."
He said a toast to An Shangshu, which made An Shangshu blow his beard and stare.
After Zhao Yu finished paying respects to Shangshu An, he looked at Xiao Ce, who was sitting in the first seat. This time, the concubine sitting next to Xiao Ce was Cui Jieyu. This scene was dazzling no matter how you looked at it.
The concubine who originally sat next to Xiao Ce was supposed to be Qin Zhao, but now Qin Zhao had to go back to the palace under the scorching sun and didn't even eat lunch...
On the other side, Qin Zhao took Xiao Atom on the carriage Cui Jieyu rode back to the palace.
The attendants around her didn't dare to say anything, just for fear that she would be sad. In fact, it was just the opposite. She felt that it was good for her to avoid situations where Zhao Yu was around.
After all, Xiao Ce has a special status, and she was Zhao Yu's first wife. It is really not good for her to show up on such an occasion.
"Empress..." Baozhu stopped talking.
"If you have anything to say," Qin Zhao looked at Baozhu encouragingly.
"I'm worried that the queen will have a lot of gossip after she returns to the palace. Just pretend that you don't hear the unpleasant ones," Baozhu said worriedly.
Originally, Jinyang Palace only had the imperial concubine as its master, so it was quite quiet. Now that An Mei and Cui Jieyu live there, there are many people talking, and any messy news can come in.
This time the Imperial Concubine returned to the palace on her own, there must have been many people who wanted to see the Imperial Concubine's jokes talking about right and wrong behind her back.
"You can't pretend that you can't hear it," Qin Zhao said, whispering to Baozhu: "Let Xiao Linzi pay attention to which palace the rumors come from and from which people's mouths..."
Baozhu nodded repeatedly, "I understand."
All she saw was the gains and losses in front of her, but the empress had already thought of everyone else.
"Do you still remember why I fell out with the emperor?" Qin Zhao said quietly.
Baozhu was silent, not daring to answer.
"If someone hadn't spread rumors that Yue Qing was similar to me, I and the emperor would not have been at odds with each other. Do you think this news was just a coincidence? I would rather believe that there was someone behind the scenes, and this battle was planned by me.
I was really careless." Qin Zhao seemed to be saying to himself.
The time chosen by the other party was also very coincidental. It was when her relationship with Xiao Ce was at its most unstable that she spread this rumor. What a coincidence.
Now is the time when she has fallen out of favor. If there is really a pair of hands behind her, the news of her returning to the palace alone will definitely be used and hyped up by this person.
The facts were not what Qin Zhao expected.
Less than an hour after Qin Zhao returned to the palace, the entire harem knew that Qin Zhao was driven back to the palace by Xiao Ce. Rumors also spread that Qin Zhao and Zhao Yu had flirted with each other at the dragon boat race, and even said that Zhao Yu and Qin Zhao had an old relationship.
Not long after, he was caught by Xiao Ce, who drove Qin Zhao back to the palace in anger.
Xiao Linzi received the order from Qin Zhao from the beginning, and he acted more and more boldly. He immediately caught the palace maids and nuns who were spreading rumors, and threw them in front of Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhaowei never looked at the two of them and directly ordered: "I will be tortured. If they don't confess, their mouths will be cut off and they will be thrown into mass graves to feed the wolves!"
The two of them were frightened to death when they heard this. The palace maid was still young and had never seen such a battle before. The moment she saw the torture device, she couldn't bear it anymore. "My dear concubine, please spare your life, this slave confesses!"
Mammy said that she had received benefits, and the other party said that if she did it well, she would also receive a reward of silver. The palace maid's statement was consistent with Mammy's, and they didn't know who was behind it.
After Qin Zhao heard this, he took his nanny and maid and went to where they were on duty.
Grandma was on duty at the Department of Administration and Management. Qin Zhao gave an order and ordered everyone in the Department of Administration and Administration to come and ask questions.
On the other hand, Baozhu took the others to Siyuansi where the palace maid was on duty, pointed at Long Yu, and ordered everyone to stand by.
Inside the Department of Administration, Qin Zhao asked questions one by one, and soon one of the captains claimed that a servant had been to the Department of Administration, and he looked sneaky.
"Do you know the name of the chamberlain and where he is on duty?" Qin Zhao asked.
Because her return to the palace happened temporarily, so if the other party wants to spread rumors about her, it must be a temporary move, so she thinks this is an opportunity.
"Yes, yes..." The commander lowered his head and did not hesitate to tell the truth.
"If you tell me about this person, I will reward you greatly." Qin Zhao offered a large sum of money as a temptation.
She thought that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and there must be people who cannot resist the temptation of money.
The master happened to be greedy for money. When he heard that there was a big reward, he no longer hesitated and summoned up the courage to say: "If I am not mistaken, the servant is from Yongchunzhai."
Qin Zhao's face changed slightly, he didn't expect to find Yongchunzhai.
She has a close personal relationship with Princess Yongchun, and she does not believe that Princess Yongchun would harm her no matter what.
"Are you sure?!" Qin Zhao asked in a deep voice.
"Slave, you are sure." The master replied affirmatively.
Qin Zhao pondered for a moment, asked Baohong to reward the director, and then led everyone to leave the department.
Soon she went to Siyuansi. Baozhu saw her coming and replied: "Everyone in Siyuansi is here."
Qin Zhao sat down at the head of the table. She scanned everyone present with sharp eyes, and then asked for some details.
This time the answer was the same. Some people claimed to have seen Yongchunzhai's chamberlain entering and leaving Siyuansi.
Qin Zhao was mentally prepared this time and was not surprised at all when he heard this answer.
She took two witnesses and went to Yongchunzhai.
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I just got a call and the update of this chapter is a little late.
This chapter has been completed!