Concubine Xi in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was accused of fornication by Qi nobles, and the truth was revealed in episode 62. Queen Yixiu conspired with Qi Guiren and An Concubine to suppress Zhen Huan. Zhen Huan returned to the palace in a high-profile manner because she was pregnant with a dragon fetus, and the emperor favored her very much, gave her a residence in Yongshou Palace, and named her a concubine, and gave her the right to be an assistant in the six palaces. This made the queen feel in danger.
The queen has never had an heir, and she is worried that Zhen Huan will become the queen after she has a daughter. And long before, the queen already had hatred for Zhen Huan, and led a group of palace maids to try to expel Zhen Huan from the palace. Therefore, after witnessing Zhen Huan's gradual rise, the queen decided to deal with her.
In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", fornication between men and women has always been taboo, especially for the emperor who is a ninety-five honor. The queen, Qi nobles, and An Concubine found a breakthrough and began to fabricate evidence. However, they mistakenly pointed the finger of accusation at Imperial Physician Wen Shichu.
In the plot, there is a very impressive shot. When the noble Qi exposed Zhen Huan's fornication, Zhen Huan held her hand tightly on the corner of the table in pain, trying to stay calm, but she was obviously flustered and caught off guard. However, when she heard that Guiren Qi only revealed her affair with Imperial Physician Wen, her mood eased, and the strength in her hand was obviously loosened, and she slowly loosened the corner of the table and hung down. This detail is handled very wonderfully, showing Zhen Huan's complex emotions in her heart.
In order to confirm the private relationship between Zhen Huan and Wen Shichu, the Qi nobles called Zhen Huan's old servants and the current palace maids to testify, and even called the nun Jingbai of Ganlu Temple, although they only had some plausible speculations and lacked substantial evidence. Therefore, when the emperor appeared, in the face of these unreliable evidence, he chose to believe Zhen Huan.
However, the queen has already thought about the next step, she wants to prove Zhen Huan's innocence through a blood test, similar to a modern paternity test. At this time, Zhen Huan felt very frightened, because the child was not the emperor's biological son, and if she checked with the emperor, her lies would be exposed. So she suggested that Wen Shichu and the child conduct a paternity test.
However, with the empress secretly intervening, the paternity test results showed that the child matched Wen Shichu's blood, which angered the emperor.
At this time, the queen planned to dispose of Zhen Huan and the child, but Zhen Huan had enough confidence, because the child was not Wen Shichu's biological son. So she exerted her power and instantly exposed the queen's conspiracy.
After the queen's side plotted to defeat Concubine Xi in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and was accused of fornication by Qi Guiren, Zhen Huan successfully survived this crisis, she showed her confidence and took severe punishment for those who falsely accused her. The nobles were imprisoned, the maids and nuns were whipped, and the old servants were brought back to their original positions because they had no malice.
As for the empress, the emperor deprived her of the actual authority to manage the power of the six palaces, but considering the face of her sister Empress Chunyuan, and the fact that the empress maid accidentally took the wrong water with alum, the emperor also gave her a step down and demoted her to the rank of Xin Zheku. Therefore, this denunciation can be described as digging a self-grave for the queen's side, framing others and reaping the consequences at the same time.
However, there are some logical omissions in the plot. The emperor was also supposed to conduct a blood test on the child himself when he took a blood test to dispel his inner doubts. It is unreasonable why the emperor did not consider to verify it himself. In the original work of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the plot is set up that the emperor and the child personally conducted a blood test, but because Huanbi secretly mixed the children of other concubines into it, the truth was not discovered. The plot in the original book is more reasonable.
All in all, Concubine Xi was accused of fornication by Qi Guiren in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", but the conspiracy of the queen's side was finally revealed. Zhen Huan successfully fought the false accusations and exposed the queen's tricks, winning the emperor's trust and protection. The queen suffered the consequences of her actions, on the one hand, she lost the power to manage the six palaces, and on the other hand, she was also blamed by the emperor under Zhen Huan's revelation.