Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 454 Shu Jia

After Zhao Guixiu was detained in Nanxun Palace, Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu simply washed and changed her clothes and hurried to Zhaozheng Palace.

After a round of greetings, Shu Guipin Bai Liang walked slowly to Qin Zhi's side with lotus steps.

"Your Majesty!" Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu pulled Qin Zhi's sleeve, looked at him with loving eyes, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Li Renan would not send Zhao Guixiu to her to humiliate her, and the third prince was not that stupid. There was only one possibility for Zhao Guixiu to think of entering the palace and succeed in doing so.

Before Bai Liangyu could speak, Qin Zhi looked up at her and said softly, "Have you untied your knot?"

Bai Liangyu's tears instantly rolled down, hitting his chest and sinking into his clothes. "Your Majesty, why?"

Why are you so nice to her?

"I resolved Sheyue's regrets the day before yesterday, and thought that maybe you need it too?"

Eliminate regrets?

Bai Liangyu was stunned for a moment, and her voice trembled: "Your Majesty, I don't want to die yet."

Your Majesty, do you want to send her to keep Yu Sheyue company?

Qin Zhi stroked Bai Liangyu's hair gently, his hand paused, and there was a hint of smile in his voice: "This is not up to you."

My beloved concubine thought that I wanted to kill her. Although I did not mean that, I was happy to tease her.

Life and death are determined by fate and are not up to us. He is not kidding.

"Your Majesty, how do you want me to die?" Bai Liangyu leaned in Qin Zhi's arms, looking up at him with grievance.

"If I want you to die, you die. You die the way I want you to die? Don't you even try to fight for it? Aren't you usually good at talking?" Qin Zhi hugged Bai Liangyu with a faint smile on his face.

"Or... are you so hard-hearted that you don't care about the Tenth Princess anymore?"

Qin Zhi's face turned cold instantly.

"Of course I am reluctant to give up Tianlu, but I cannot disobey the king's order." Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu suppressed her panic, turned her face away, and pretended to be angry.

"You are still feeling wronged." Qin Zhi said with a smile

"Your Majesty saved my life. I have always been at loggerheads with Imperial Concubine Mingyu, and we are evenly matched. If Your Majesty wants to sentence me to death, can you let me be Imperial Concubine for a few days before dying?"

Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu placed her hand on her chest to calm her pounding heart, and joked with Qin Zhi, but she became increasingly unsure whether His Majesty was joking with her.

"Noble Concubine? Not impossible. Let me think of a nice posthumous title for you first...Shu Jia, Shu Hui, Shu Wan, which one do you like?"

Qin Zhi lifted Bai Liangyu's chin and carefully observed the changes in her expression.

"Imperial Concubine Shu Jia, Imperial Concubine Shu Hui, Imperial Concubine Shu Wan, all of them are very good, and it is even more difficult for me to choose."

Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu's face gradually turned pale, sweat broke out on her forehead, and her fingertips trembled slightly, but she still had to remain calm and answer Qin Zhi's questions.

"Your Majesty!" Bai Liangyu put her arms around Qin Zhi's neck and gave him a sweet kiss. "Please, Your Majesty, spare me this time!" She sobbed softly.

"What have you done to deserve my forgiveness?" Qin Zhi released the hand that was holding Bai Liangyu, dodged her kiss, stared at her coldly, without a trace of emotion in his voice.

"I know I was wrong, Your Majesty! There won't be a next time!" Bai Liangyu immediately stood up, knelt at Qin Zhi's feet, and shed silent tears.

"Shu Guipin Zhao Shujia is the daughter of a criminal minister. She forged the identity of Bai Liangyu, the granddaughter of Marquis Anlu, and entered the palace to participate in the selection. Since she entered the palace, she has been conscientious in her duties, maintained harmony in the harem, and made contributions to the birth of the royal heir. Therefore, her title will be stripped away and she will be demoted to a concubine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty's grace is so great that I am deeply grateful."

Bai Liangyu was not named Consort Shujia but was demoted to a selected concubine. She couldn't stop sobbing but was extremely happy in her heart.

She won.

His Majesty only used her background to punish her, which meant that this time, between her and the Third Prince, His Majesty chose to stand on her side.

His Majesty changed her name to Zhao Shujia. While warning her, he also allowed her to completely bid farewell to the past Bai Liangyu.

Seeing her delight, Qin Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "By the way, the Tenth Princess will move to Linguang Palace and be taken care of by Lu Shanggong for the time being. Concubine Zhao, you should reflect on your mistakes carefully."

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Li Ren'an and the Anlu Marquisate committed the crime of deceiving the emperor by selecting the daughter of a guilty minister as a descendant of a noble family and entering the palace, and they met a miserable end.

The Shu Guipin Bai Liangyu, who was at the center of the vortex, was demoted to a selected concubine and changed her name to Zhao Shujia, Zhao Selected Concubine.

Shu Jia, loser, Zhao Shu Jia, how can she be a loser? She is clearly a big winner. Not only is her life safe, but her status as a concubine is still there, and it seems that her plan is about to succeed.

The real losers are the third prince who is stuck in the quagmire and Concubine Mingyu who has shortened her life.

Under the osmanthus tree in the front hall of Qilin Palace, Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue sat upright, gently pinching the lid of the cup with her fingers, occasionally fiddling with the tea leaves floating on the tea soup.

Although Shu Guipin became Zhao's concubine, she had no intention of being careless about what she had promised the other party.

The eldest brother was imprisoned in the Zongzheng Temple because of the matter between Shunpin and the twelfth brother. It would be easy to deal with the third brother by just picking straw and killing rabbits.

Wouldn't it be good to settle down the future early? It would be good to quit early and have a stable life.

This throne can only belong to her ninth brother.

Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue looked at the Ninth Prince Qin Mingxuan who was walking towards her with big strides.

"Ninth brother, you asked me to check it out before. The reason why Doctor Yu owed me a debt and wanted to escape was because his only son got involved in gambling and owed a huge gambling debt. Even if they sold their whole family, they couldn't pay it back."

"The underground gambling house where he gambled was owned by Manager Zhao, who worked under my third brother's maternal grandfather, Li Ren'an."

"That Manager Zhao is the son of the wet nurse of Li Ren'an's wife Zhao Guixiu, so he can be considered a family son of the Li family."

"Before Li Ren'an and his wife went to Nanyue, all the unsold properties in Beijing were managed by this Manager Zhao."

The ninth prince Qin Mingxuan frowned, his clear face full of confusion.

All the clues are related to the Third Emperor, but the evidence is a little thin. However, this seemingly far-fetched part does not seem so deliberate.

Is the third brother in the middle of the spider web a prey or a spider spinning silk?

"Has this Manager Zhao had any contact with the Third Brother?"

"During festivals, this Manager Zhao will present gifts on behalf of Li Ren'an."

Qin Mingyue tilted her head, and the tassels on her ear drooped and swayed gently. "What do you think... is it possible that the Third Prince, through Manager Zhao, got the imperial physician's family involved in gambling and made them owe a huge debt, so as to control the imperial physician to do things for them?"

"There is no evidence now." The ninth prince Qin Mingxuan gritted his teeth slightly.

"He was silenced." Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue said nonchalantly.

"You silenced me!" The ninth prince Qin Mingxuan glared at Qin Mingyue: "Don't lie to me."

"What can I lie to you about? I just killed a doctor." Princess Qin Mingyue of Hengshan looked innocent. "And I have already confessed this to my mother. I don't want to be involved."

"How did you confess?" The Ninth Prince Qin Mingxuan asked while standing in front of Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue.

"Tell me the truth, how else can I be honest? If I were you, I wouldn't be so indecisive. All the evidence has been collected, but you are still dithering." Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue showed disgust on her face.

"The evidence is not conclusive, and the conclusion is ambiguous. How do you want me to submit it? Are you deliberately trying to make fun of me?"

The ninth prince Qin Mingxuan, facing his elder sister with whom he had grown up playing, completely lost the gentle and polite demeanor he showed in front of others.

"I really am..." Princess Qin Mingyue of Hengshan took a deep breath, "It's not the conclusion that is ambiguous, it's your ambiguous attitude."

She stared at the ninth prince Qin Mingxuan with a burning gaze.

"My mother asked me to assist you in solving the case of Imperial Concubine Mingyu. You should trust me. You should trust my judgment and my ability, instead of being so hesitant and anxious, looking at this pile of messy clues and evidence, and making yourself so anxious. You don't have any courage at all!"

"If you can't find the end of a tangled mess, just cut it into pieces and the end will appear, right?"

"You should make a decision when you need to. You are almost an adult. Do you still need me, your elder sister, to teach you?"

"Father only wants your conclusion!"

Princess Qin Mingyue of Hengshan raised her chin slightly, the pride and complacency in her eyes sparkled like stars, and her skirt fluttered.

The osmanthus flowers on the branches are like bits of gold, with sweet fragrance floating in the air and lingering around the tip of the nose. The golden wind blows, and the flower rain falls, and the leaves fall on the shoulders of the two siblings who are from the same mother.

Qin Mingyue raised her hand and gently brushed away the petals and leaves on her shoulders, letting the tranquility and fragrance of the flowers linger under the osmanthus tree.

The Ninth Prince Qin Mingxuan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Second Sister."

However, before going to Zhaozheng Palace to report to his father, he had to go to the Third Prince's Mansion to meet his third brother.