Ji Feiyu analyzed with Yong Yaxuan, "In terms of time, Concubine Xin was pregnant first, followed by Concubine Zhen. But Concubine Xin lost her child first. All the evidence pointed to the Queen, who was then sent to the Cold Palace. At that time, the biggest beneficiary should have been Concubine Zhen. However, later Concubine Zhen also lost her child, and as a result, Concubine Ning was sent to the Cold Palace. She seemed to be a victim just like Concubine Xin. But if Concubine Zhen's child was fake, it's obvious who would benefit the most. Finally, there was my fake miscarriage. It was found that the problem lay in the prescription, and coincidentally, the prescription was provided by Concubine Zhen. So Concubine Zhen is even more suspicious.
"But there are two herbs in the prescription that can react with a certain kind of incense to produce the effect of safflower, just like adding safflower and the hallucinogenic powder in the Queen's palace back then, which could enhance the medicinal effect of safflower. These are things that only a very few people know. So if it was Concubine Zhen, before she entered the palace, she must have learned pharmacy or had a good relationship with the imperial physicians. That would be reasonable. But the imperial physician who examined Concubine Zhen is already dead. Even more strangely, after his death, the imperial physicians who examined Concubine Xin all retired from the palace one after another. This indicates that there is another hidden story behind Concubine Xin's case. So if Your Majesty wants to figure out the whole thing, he still has to find those imperial physicians who have left the palace."
Yong Yaxuan said, "I've already sent people to look for them, but unfortunately, those imperial physicians passed away one after another not long after they left the palace. Now it seems that they didn't escape the fate of being silenced."
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but fall into silence. At this point, it's certain that this matter is definitely related to someone in the palace. But no matter who it is, she can't help but admire her. She really did things flawlessly!
At this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun shone into Frost Glory Palace, dyeing everything in the palace scarlet and casting long oblique shadows. Ji Feiyu couldn't help but look at the sky outside the palace. She saw the floating clouds like silk and the setting sun like blood.
In the harem, things are full of intrigues. If one doesn't have the courage to fight with all one's might, one really shouldn't enter this earthly world. But since she has come back again, she should let the three concubines see her fate that's just like the setting sun.
Ji Feiyu steadied her mind and analyzed with Yong Yaxuan again, "Now that we have no evidence, let's look at this problem again. There's a second situation, that is, Concubine Xin's child was fake while Concubine Zhen's was real. If the child in Concubine Xin's belly was fake, then she miscarried on purpose first, framed the Queen, and then pretended to be sad and asked Grand Tutor Lin to force Your Majesty, making everything seem reasonable. But to do this, she must be absolutely sure. Otherwise, if the plan fails, it's very likely to implicate the grand tutor. However, if it succeeds, others won't suspect her because of her high - profile actions.
"Then she colluded with the imperial physician she knew and got a prescription for Concubine Zhen. Concubine Zhen didn't know and took it day and night, so she miscarried. But because of Concubine Ning's accidental interference, this matter wasn't discovered, and Concubine Ning was wrongly accused and punished. So Concubine Zhen, not knowing that the prescription was harmful, sent it to me, which led to the current situation where the evidence is conclusive. If this is the case, there are too many coincidences, but it's not completely impossible. In this case, Concubine Zhen would be the scapegoat, and Concubine Xin would be safe. But now that Concubine Xin is dead, even if it's found out that it was her, the dead are gone, and we can't do anything to her.
"Of course, there's another possibility, that is, both children were real. If this matter is to be blamed on either Concubine Xin or Concubine Zhen, one of them must be extremely cruel. If they plotted against each other, then the person who harmed me and the person who harmed Queen Feiyu would be two different people. The one who harmed me was Concubine Xin, and the one who harmed Queen Feiyu was Concubine Zhen.
"There's also a morbid reasoning that the imperial physician committed suicide out of fear of guilt. The situation is even more strange. That is, this has nothing to do with the concubines, but is just a revenge from an imperial physician. But in this case, the key question is why the imperial physician would want to harm Your Majesty's children. Firstly, it's possible that he hated Your Majesty and wanted to make Your Majesty childless. Secondly, it's possible that he had an affair with a concubine. He was afraid that if the child was born, it would be found out that it was his, so he took the initiative. But in this case, the imperial physician must be very good - looking, which is hardly possible considering the imperial physicians in the palace..." Having said this, Ji Feiyu coughed lightly twice and continued the analysis, "We can probably rule this out..."
"But there's another possibility, that is, both children were fake. This situation is too much of a coincidence. The mastermind is very likely to be the same person. Then the one who harmed Queen Feiyu was Concubine Xin, and the one who harmed me was Concubine Zhen. But it's said that different imperial physicians reported the pregnancies of the two concubines at that time, and both imperial physicians are no longer alive. So the authenticity of the children has also become a mystery.
"The last possibility is Concubine Li or Concubine Ru, who were just sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight. Because the most crucial people in this whole matter are the dead imperial physicians. So it's possible that Concubine Li or Concubine Ru bribed the imperial physicians. In this matter, no matter whether the children were real or fake, everyone might be harmed. Then the only ones who weren't harmed but actually benefited are them. They could have first bribed someone in the Queen's palace to burn the medicinal incense with the effect of safflower, then harmed the Queen and Concubine Xin. Then they provided a prescription to Concubine Zhen to get rid of the threat of Concubine Zhen. Finally, they instigated Concubine Ning to deal with Concubine Zhen and then framed Concubine Ning."
Having said this, Ji Feiyu paused again. "Of course, it could also be someone else. They were also just sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight and then took the opportunity to rise to power. You said that besides the three concubines, have you ever favored any woman without a title and then didn't give her a title, making her feel unbalanced and use this scheme?"
"No." Yong Yaxuan denied, with a very solemn expression. He actually knew best whether the children were real or fake. But Ji Feiyu didn't even know that he had never taken the initiative to favor anyone in the harem. How could he tell Shuanghua?
"So now, Your Majesty, what do you think after listening to my analysis?" Ji Feiyu was a bit unhappy because she had been talking until her mouth was dry while he just sat there like a silent gourd.
He just kept shaking his head. After a long while, he let out a heavy sigh. "I just feel that the women around me are so terrifying."
Only now does he think they're terrifying? He doesn't even know how many times she has shielded him from the disasters in the harem! Ji Feiyu grumbled in her heart but pretended to sigh deeply and said, "Actually, the terrifying thing isn't them, but this palace, power, and desire, and your status. If they hadn't entered the palace, they would never have become such scheming people. You should know that the biggest imbalance in the harem is that there are too many women but only one man. When the man can't satisfy every woman's heart, the fight begins. So abolishing the harem is the most crucial solution."
Phew, she finally said what was in her heart. It felt so difficult...
Sure enough, Yong Yaxuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm not saying that I haven't thought about this, but it's very difficult to implement."
Just when he was about to implement this idea, there were successive coups in the court. And in the following years, they were recuperating. The family heads behind the three concubines all helped him in the crisis. He couldn't possibly kick them away after he had crossed the river.
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu said with a smile, "I have a way."