Chapter 134: Chapter 6: The Imperial Concubine Has a System (Part 6)

The Imperial Concubine looked at Princess Consort Shu, her eyes full of mockery: “How did Princess Consort Shu become so timid? Where was the courage when you spoke about me in front of His Majesty?”

Princess Consort Shu bowed: “Imperial Concubine, you’re joking, that day I was merely speaking the truth, with no other intentions.”

The Imperial Concubine, however, stepped forward, her nails painted with vermillion were sharp, dragging along Princess Consort Shu’s cheek, slowly holding her chin: “Princess Consort Shu, you should be more careful, I hold grudges, you better not let me catch an opportunity.”

The Imperial Concubine left with her people, but Princess Consort Shu remained standing in place, unmoved.

Her close palace maid stepped forward to support Princess Consort Shu, only to find her hands trembling.

“How dare she, how dare she threaten me like this; damn it, one day, I’ll make her regret it.”

Due to the Imperial Concubine’s threat, Princess Consort Shu was listless even when attending greetings, and on her way back, she was cautious.

When passing by the lotus pond, Princess Consort Shu asked her close palace maid to support her and quickly walked towards her palace.

Today, when going for greetings, she intended to sit in a sedan, but seeing it was still early and thinking the weather wasn’t too hot, with the beautiful scenery at the lotus pond, she decided to walk over.

Unexpectedly, she ran into the Imperial Concubine. She didn’t know what the Imperial Concubine wanted to do, but she could sense her malicious intent; it certainly wasn’t safe outside.

Both Princess Consort Shu and her close palace maid quickly walked past the lotus pond when suddenly the path felt slippery. Princess Consort Shu screamed, grabbing onto the palace maid, but unfortunately, it was a bit too late, and they both fell into the lotus pond.

Princess Consort Shu could not swim; the palace maid could paddle a bit, but at this moment, Princess Consort Shu clutched her tightly; seeing they were about to sink, the palace maid screamed for help: “Help, help, Your Highness has fallen into the lotus pond, help, someone quickly.”

By this time, Princess Consort Shu had swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, and though she was floating and sinking, the Imperial Concubine’s words kept echoing in her mind. She said she would take revenge; it must be the Imperial Concubine.

The palace maid’s cries seemed to work; in the distance, someone rushed over.

The palace maid was overjoyed and shouted for help even louder.

Upon seeing the person coming, the palace maid was shocked. Why was there a guard? How could there be a guard in the harem?

To become a close palace maid of Princess Consort Shu, she too was smart.

What to do?

There was no time for the palace maid to think further; Princess Consort Shu was already sinking, and even the palace maid’s limbs were becoming stiff, struggling to hold on.

The guard directly jumped into the lotus pond; the palace maid thought for a while and embraced Princess Consort Shu tightly. As long as the guard wanted to save someone, he could pull the palace maid to save her.

However, the guard suddenly laughed and covered the palace maid’s mouth and nose with a hand, and when she struggled violently, he suddenly released her and pushed her down into the water forcefully.

During this time, the guard grabbed Princess Consort Shu to prevent her from drowning with the palace maid.

Not long after, the palace maid lost consciousness.

From a distance, there seemed to be sounds coming, and a look of determination flashed in the guard’s eyes. He directly pulled apart Princess Consort Shu’s dress, revealing the light yellow corset inside, and his hand pinched her waist. The women in the palace, raised delicately, especially so in the palace, took care to maintain themselves. A firm pinch left a red fingerprint on her waist.

In the distance, a group of people hurried to the lotus pond, led by the Imperial Concubine along with several other concubines, supposedly coming to admire the lotus flowers.

When they arrived, they saw a guard carrying Princess Consort Shu ashore.

Seeing Princess Consort Shu’s condition, many people gasped.

The Imperial Concubine, however, raised her voice: “Oh dear, what’s going on? Why is there a guard in the harem, and what happened to Princess Consort Shu? Everyone, quickly report to the Emperor and Empress.”

The several ladies who came with the Imperial Concubine all kept their heads lowered; none of them was foolish. Usually, the Imperial Concubine was arrogant and imperious, unwilling to associate with them, but today she forced them to come to the lotus pond, and such a situation happened here.

The Imperial Concubine truly cannot be offended; poor Princess Consort Shu, just for a word, offended the Imperial Concubine and ended up like this.

Even the Empress would probably be criticized by the Emperor since the harem is under the Empress’s management, yet a man appeared there.

After placing Princess Consort Shu down, the guard jumped back into the water to retrieve the palace maid, but unfortunately, she was already not breathing.

The Emperor and Empress arrived almost simultaneously.

And Princess Consort Shu, lying on the ground, though the weather wasn’t cold, having fallen into the water, was all wet; even if saved, it was likely she’d have lingering health problems.

But the Imperial Concubine said nothing, and the others dared not move, so what the Emperor and Li Shuning saw was Princess Consort Shu’s embarrassing appearance, her pale skin barely visible, but the fingerprint on her waist was especially prominent.

Li Shuning gasped; she realized then, the world was not as safe as she had imagined.

Struggles in the harem could kill without a trace.

Princess Consort Shu was essentially ruined.

Li Shuning ordered someone to bring a shawl to cover Princess Consort Shu, then instructed that she be moved back to her Brocade Tower.

This time, the Imperial Concubine said not a word. After Princess Consort Shu’s Brocade Tower was ruined, she had someone clean it up and called for the Imperial Physician to check her.

Not long after, Princess Consort Shu regained consciousness.

As soon as she awoke, the palace maid informed her that outside the dormitory sat the Emperor and Empress and others.

Princess Consort Shu rushed out without even putting on her shoes and then knelt before the Emperor.

“I beg Your Majesty to take charge for me. The Imperial Concubine harmed me, causing me to fall into the water. If not for the palace maid’s loyalty, I fear I would no longer have seen Your Majesty.”

The Imperial Concubine laughed: “Princess Consort Shu, be careful with your words. It was clearly a guard who saved you; he’s still kneeling outside now, and your palace maid has already drowned.”

Princess Consort Shu was stunned: “You lie, how is it possible, how could there be a guard in the harem, you lie, no, you are framing me, you are framing me.”

By the end, Princess Consort Shu was almost hoarse, seemingly immediately understanding.

The Imperial Concubine, however, sneered: “You ask how a guard could be in the harem? You should ask the Empress, after all, the Empress manages the harem. To speak of it, it’s quite frightening; that day, Princess Consort Shu’s sister lay disheveled in a guard’s arms, even with a guard’s handprint on her waist, this is indeed…”

The Emperor’s face was somewhat unpleasant, and even the Empress, at this time, kept a tense face.

Princess Consort Shu was pitiful, waking up only to dash out without knowing what had happened, now pale and swaying.

Yet Princess Consort Shu’s eyes seemed aflame, glaring ferociously at the Imperial Concubine, indeed a grand tactic; she killed two birds with one stone, but lamentably she destroyed herself.

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