Yong Yaxuan sized her up.
Ji Feiyu immediately said, "Your Majesty, I know it's quite difficult to implement, but Your Majesty can start with the simplest things. For example, Your Majesty can first send back all the young women of low rank who haven't served Your Majesty. Give them some resettlement fees, which can be paid from the expenses of the harem. It may seem like a large sum at first glance, but in the long run, it will actually save a huge amount of the harem's expenditure. As for those who have been favored..." Ji Feiyu thought for a while and said reluctantly, "Let them make their own choices. If they want to leave, we will surely treat the noble families behind them well."
Yong Yaxuan looked at her serious expression and then realized, "So, after all this talk, you're trying to get me to solve the harem problems. What about the case?"
Ji Feiyu didn't expect to be seen through so quickly. She couldn't help but cover her mouth with a fist and cough twice to cover up, saying, "As for the case, since we have no evidence for now, we can only get the parties involved to confess themselves."
"How?" He looked at her curiously.
Ji Feiyu gave a mischievous smile. "We can use the late Queen Feiyu to scare them and let their fear force them to talk."
"Queen Feiyu is not dead," Yong Yaxuan said coldly.
Ji Feiyu coughed again and said, "Yes, we know Queen Feiyu is not dead, but others don't. Well, I'll disguise myself as Queen Feiyu and get them to confess. Let's start with Concubine Zhen."
"Can you really disguise yourself as her?" Yong Yaxuan deeply doubted her.
Ji Feiyu said, "I've learned some skills from Hua Hudie. Don't believe me? I can show you. I guarantee you won't be able to tell the difference."
"No need," Yong Yaxuan obviously had no interest in this. He only said, "A fake can never become real."
Ji Feiyu snorted. "If you don't want to see my aunt, fine. When it comes to investigating the case, you'd better not come. I'll force them to write confessions."
"That's good," he also snorted, looking a bit stubborn.
A faint smile appeared on Ji Feiyu's lips. She thought that finally she could take revenge in her own guise. This time, she would teach the three concubines a good lesson!
Seeing him turn around to leave, she suddenly thought of something and quickly said, "By the way, Your Majesty, please help me find out which of these three concubines learned medical skills before entering the palace."
"Got it..." He was about to leave after hearing this, but suddenly stopped and turned back. "I just remembered. You've been ordering me around quite naturally recently?"
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu smiled. "Really? Your humble servant is just trying to share Your Majesty's worries. How can it be called ordering?"
He sneered as he looked at her, which made her shiver all over. Ji Feiyu quickly lowered her head and pretended to be obedient.
Yong Yaxuan was very helpless. He didn't want to look at her anymore and turned away.
When Yong Yaxuan returned to Zixiang Palace, Eunuch Li stepped forward and said, "Previously, Princess Shuanghua sent a letter to Liuyun. Your Majesty said not to interfere. Now, Liuyun has replied. Does Your Majesty want to take a look?"
Hearing this, Yong Yaxuan was stunned. Was the letter from Liuyun written by his Yu'er?
Although he knew it was improper to read others' letters privately, if it was written by his Yu'er, he was really curious about what she would write. Was there anything about him? Yong Yaxuan's mind was instantly in a mess.
...
One windy night, Ji Feiyu finally completely removed the veil on her face. She painted her whole face deathly pale, reddened the area around her eyes, let her hair loose, and floated towards Concubine Zhen's residence in a blood - stained white dress.
The wind made the leaves rustle. In the cold November wind, her attire was a bit thin, but only in this way could her hands be cold.
The imperial guards patrolling near Concubine Zhen's residence had been transferred away by the emperor. After Ji Feiyu used some incense to knock out the eunuchs and maids in her palace, she broke into the room under the cover of the wind.
Concubine Zhen was lying quietly. Feeling the night wind blowing in, she unconsciously pulled the quilt. Ji Feiyu walked softly to her bedside, with her long hair floating, and stared at her with a cold smile.
Some of her long hair was so long that it swept across Concubine Zhen's cheek. She reached out to push the hair away, grunted, and turned over. Ji Feiyu deliberately blew a puff of cold air on her face and softly called, "Concubine Zhen... Concubine Zhen..."
Seeing that Concubine Zhen was about to wake up, Ji Feiyu quickly took out a small bottle in her hand and dropped two drops of blood on her eyelids, making the blood not drip immediately. Then she continued to let her hair sweep across Concubine Zhen's cheek.
Concubine Zhen finally felt something was wrong. She opened her eyes slightly and saw Ji Feiyu standing at the head of her bed with a deathly pale face and disheveled hair. Her eyes were dull. The next second, she lowered her head and gave a stiff smile, and two lines of bloody tears flowed from her eyes.
"Ah—" Concubine Zhen let out a terrified scream. She suddenly woke up, grabbed the quilt, and shrank into the corner of the bed. Pointing at Ji Feiyu, she said, "Don't come closer. Stay away!"
At this moment, Ji Feiyu rolled her eyes and reached out her hand towards her, saying in a ghostly voice, "Concubine Zhen... I died so miserably... Come and accompany me in the underworld..."
"Get away from me. Don't touch me! Ah—" In a hurry, Concubine Zhen picked up the pillow on the bed and threw it at her. Ji Feiyu easily dodged it by listening to the sound and reached out her cold hand towards her again.
"You've killed another child... That child hadn't even fully developed his face, and he told me that he died so miserably... Did you frame me for killing Concubine Xin's child in the same way back then?" Ji Feiyu said sinisterly. Concubine Zhen shrank in the corner of the bed, feeling a tingling sensation on her scalp. She shook her head vigorously. "What are you talking about? I don't understand. It wasn't me. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Really? You still refuse to repent... Those who tell lies will go to the eighteenth level of hell and have their tongues cut off... Concubine Xin, Concubine Ning, and I are all waiting for you in the underworld..." Ji Feiyu's cold hand gradually touched her neck. She struggled desperately and shouted, "Don't come closer. It's not my fault! It was Concubine Li who came up with this idea. Go find her. I just thought it was a good idea and cooperated with her back then..."
"Heheh..." Ji Feiyu couldn't help but sneer. "For the position of the queen, you were even willing to harm your own child. You're really a great mother..."
"No, I wasn't pregnant. The child was fake... Concubine Li also knew about this..."
Oh, it seemed that things were beyond her expectations. It turned out that the two concubines had planned it together. But wouldn't this be a greater risk?
She continued to act like a ghost...
"What about the matter of Lin Zhiran being drugged? I was so scared that night..."
"Ask Concubine Li about that. She provided the drugs. It has nothing to do with me..."
"But when you say this... They won't believe you. Concubine Xin and Concubine Ning are still pestering me, saying they want to come and find you together. How can you prove that what you said is true?"
"Ah—Tell them not to come. Please don't let them come! I'm begging you, Sister Queen. Please convey my words to them. I'm just a tool being used..." Concubine Zhen was crying with snot and tears all over her face. She looked really ugly...