After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 864 Explanation
Jin Jiashu sighed and said to Haitang, "I'm afraid that until now, Concubine Lu still doesn't know what my aunt did behind her back. She thought that only Concubine Sun bribed the people in Concubine Zhang Gong's palace, but she didn't know that my aunt also had spies in her palace. What she did and what she planned could never be hidden from my aunt. Even some of her bold ideas were born under the guidance of my aunt. She thought my aunt was easy to bully and scheme against, but she didn't expect that she was the fool who was schemed against."

However, Haitang felt that Noble Consort Xu's level of scheming was actually nothing.

She didn't intend to murder others, whether it was pretending to be weak in front of Lu Zhaoyi, planting people in Lu Zhaoyi's palace, or even inviting the emperor to Lu Zhaoyi's palace early when Hu Xianshi gave birth to witness her crime... All these actions were just preparations for a rainy day. If Lu Zhaoyi hadn't had bad intentions, hadn't had the idea of ​​killing Hu Xianshi and keeping her son, and hadn't deceived Hu Xianshi, even if Concubine Xu had arranged more, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

As long as Imperial Concubine Xu did not intend to harm anyone, everything she did could only be considered self-defense. Concubine Lu had brought this upon herself, and it was only right that she had such an end.

Compared with the concubines of previous generations who deliberately set traps and killed people in the early years of the imperial palace, Imperial Noble Concubine Xu was already considered a kind-hearted person.

Just think about it, it is true that she pretended to be weak in front of Lu Zhaoyi, but she was indeed in the period of recuperation due to a serious illness. It was normal for her physical condition to fluctuate. It was Lu Zhaoyi herself who imagined that she was too deeply poisoned and difficult to treat. Who could she blame for the misunderstanding?

It is not surprising that Imperial Concubine Xu was concerned about the crown prince in public. After the eighth prince was appointed as the crown prince, he would move away from his biological mother and live in the Eastern Palace. Isn't it reasonable for a mother to worry about her son's diet and daily life outside, as well as his future marriage? It was also Lu Zhaoyi who imagined that she was about to die and would not be able to see her son grow up and get married. Who told Lu Zhaoyi not to go to the person involved to confirm it?

Even when Imperial Noble Consort Xu asked the Emperor to visit Consort Hu in the palace of Consort Lu Zhaoyi, it was a normal operation. She was now the Vice Empress, and she was in poor health and could not take care of the concubines who had given birth. Asking the Emperor to visit was the duty of the head of the harem. If Consort Lu had not had bad intentions and harmed Consort Hu, and in order to persuade Consort Hu to give up resistance, she took the initiative to explain her plan to murder the crown prince, all this would not have been discovered by the Emperor.

Concubine Lu had her own selfish intentions, so once her plot was exposed, it was only right that she was punished. Even if Imperial Noble Concubine Xu had some plans for her, she never instigated her to harm others. Compared to the blatantly harmful Concubine Sun in the harem—now Lady Sun—what Imperial Noble Concubine Xu's behavior was?

However, looking at Jin Jiashu's expression and tone of voice, it was probably the first time he saw his "aunt" use scheming to plot against other imperial concubines, and the other party also ended up in a tragic end, so he could not help but feel a little fearful of his "aunt". But if he had seen more of this kind of thing, he would know that what Imperial Concubine Xu did was really not excessive.

Haitang sighed softly. After all, she couldn't bear to let Jin Jiashu continue to misunderstand Consort Xu, so she explained everything she had done to him in detail, saying, "You may think that Consort Xu is calculating, but in fact, if Consort Lu hadn't had the intention to harm others, nothing would have happened. Consort Xu was originally recovering from illness, and Consort Lu temporarily misunderstood that she was very ill, which was not a big deal. After a few months, Consort Xu's condition improved, and the truth would be revealed, and it would not affect Consort Lu at all.

"Even though Concubine Hu was plotted against, she was still able to give birth to a prince safely, which shows that she had a chance to give birth safely. When the emperor went to Concubine Lu's palace and saw that the prince was born safely, he would only reward Concubine Lu for taking care of the woman who had given birth. Concubine Hu and her child are both safe, and Concubine Lu can also wash away the emperor's disgust for her. Isn't this a happy thing for everyone? It was Concubine Lu who had evil intentions and put herself in a desperate situation. How can she blame others for plotting against her? It wasn't Empress Xu who ordered her to harm people. Brother Jin, you have to identify the culprit."

Jin Jiashu thought for a moment, "That's right. I actually know that Concubine Lu is the guilty one, but if she hadn't misunderstood my aunt's illness, she might not have had such ambitions..." More importantly, Concubine Xu had been using her spies to spy on Concubine Lu's situation in the palace, so it was impossible for her not to know that Concubine Lu had evil thoughts about Concubine Hu and wanted to kill Concubine Hu and save her son. If she could have warned Concubine Hu in advance, perhaps Concubine Hu could have saved her life instead of being killed right after giving birth.

Now that Concubine Lu was questioned and banished to the cold palace, Concubine Zhang Gong was still on sick leave, and the newborn prince was given to Concubine Xu to raise by the emperor, she became the final winner, which made people wonder if all this was her calculation. If so, the cruel means of "Aunt" made Jin Jiashu shu shu feel terrified.

Jin Jiashu didn't know whether he should tell Haitang directly what he was thinking, but Haitang guessed what he was thinking immediately: "Brother Jin, are you thinking about Concubine Hu? Do you think that if Concubine Xu could have saved Concubine Hu in advance, Concubine Hu would not have lost her life?"

Jin Jiashu laughed twice, lowered his head a little embarrassedly and said: "I know this kind of thing is not easy to say... It's not my aunt who killed the person..." He just had extravagant fantasies about his "aunt", hoping that she would be a perfect mother in his dreams, so he was so picky about Concubine Xu...

Haitang said, "Brother Jin forgot that when Concubine Hu originally lived in Madam Xu's palace, she was very uneasy and always suspected that Madam Xu was going to harm her. But after she moved to Concubine Lu's palace, she became much calmer. She didn't trust Madam Xu at all. Even if Madam Xu reminded her that Concubine Lu was going to kill the mother and keep the son, do you think she would believe it?"

Jin Jiashu was stunned for a moment, then he showed a guilty expression: "She won't believe it, but will think that my aunt is deliberately trying to sow discord, and she might even complain to Lu Zhaoyi." If Imperial Noble Consort Xu sent spies to remind Concubine Hu, the other party's complaint might harm those spies instead. How could Lu Zhaoyi let these people go? In the end, Concubine Hu would still be harmed by Lu Zhaoyi, and there would be more people who would be implicated and lose their lives. Why bother?

To take a step back, even if Concubine Lu did not harm these spies, but only used Concubine Hu as a witness to accuse Concubine Xu in front of the emperor and the empress dowager, the latter would suffer.

Imperial Concubine Xu had no feelings for Concubine Hu, so why would she sacrifice her own interests for her life? She might as well just pretend to be deaf and dumb. When she gave birth, Imperial Concubine Xu asked the emperor to visit her, which was already saving her. It was just that the emperor was in poor health and walked too slowly, so he was unable to arrive at the crime scene before Concubine Hu was killed. This was not the fault of the person who asked for help.

Jin Jiashu sighed deeply. It is really not easy to be a good person in the deep palace. Not everyone can do good things just because they want to.

If the emperor was in better health, cared more about the little prince born to Concubine Hu, and arrived at Concubine Lu's bedroom a moment earlier, things would have been completely different, right?
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

Jin Jiashu collected his thoughts and said to Haitang in a serious tone, "Thank you, sister Hai, for your analysis. If I hadn't heard what you said, I would still have misunderstood my aunt. When I said goodbye to her, my attitude was a little inappropriate, which may have made my aunt sad. When I return to the capital, I must go and apologize to my aunt. I was originally her relative, and she has been kind to me. No matter what happens, I should have believed in her and supported her. How can I doubt her character for an unrelated outsider? It's really wrong!"

(End of this chapter)