Chapter 658: Two Clearances
Qin Zhao pursed his lips slightly: "None of them. Although the Queen Mother will cause me trouble, it is within the range that I can bear. Besides, I don't want to become the second Concubine Wu."
In the next few years, Queen Mother Guo may die. She only needs to endure for a few years, and Queen Mother Guo will disappear from this harem. There is no need for her to deal with Queen Mother Guo personally.
Princess Yongning thought that she would become the second Concubine Wu, and others thought the same, but she never felt that Concubine Wu had anything worth learning from. She only stayed true to herself and never wanted to become the second Concubine Wu.
Princess Yongning carefully looked at Qin Zhao's expression and found that Qin Zhao was not joking. This woman had no intention of cooperating with her.
"Young lady, you really don't want to join forces with me?!" Princess Yongning was unwilling to give in and asked again.
"I didn't expose you today, just because I gave you the news that the Queen Mother may be the murderer of your mother. Just think of it as me apologizing to you, but only once." Qin Zhao looked directly at Princess Yongning calmly.
: "This time you and I are inseparable. Please take care of yourself, eldest princess."
Princess Yongning did not expect that she would come to Qin Zhao to join forces and this would be the result.
She thought that Qin Zhao was eager to get rid of the Queen Mother Guo, so he wanted to use her hand to get rid of the Queen Mother Guo, but listening to Qin Zhao's calm tone, that didn't seem to be the case.
"If I were in the girl's position, I would find a way to remove the obstacles in front of me." Princess Yongning raised her lips slightly: "Or is it that the girl is timid and may not be a match for Queen Mother Guo?"
Qin Zhao's lips curved slightly: "I am indeed timid, and I don't have the extraordinary strategy of the eldest princess, so I won't do such dangerous things."
"You?!" Princess Yongning heard the irony in Qin Zhao's words and was a little angry for a moment.
"Baozhu, go and see off the eldest princess." Qin Zhao didn't want to have too much entanglement with the eldest princess Yongning, so he issued an expulsion order.
Baozhu responded and went to Princess Yongning. Princess Yongning's eyebrows turned cold: "I just hope that one day the girl will not regret today's decision."
"I'm worried about the eldest princess. If I were the eldest princess, I would have left Jinyang Palace as soon as possible, lest the emperor comes and makes the eldest princess feel guilty and make the emperor suspicious of the eldest princess." Qin Zhao said and added: "The emperor said
, will come to Jinyang Palace again."
Princess Yongning said no more, she turned and left Jinyang Palace.
Seeing that Princess Yongning was unhappy, Ju Yun didn't know how to comfort Princess Yongning.
"Even if Miss Qin doesn't join forces with the eldest princess, the eldest princess can still get rid of the Queen Mother. Your Highness, don't be impatient and think of a solution slowly." Ju Yun comforted in a low voice.
Princess Yongning shook her head gently: "Today's incident did not have any impact on Queen Mother Guo. This was because I borrowed Miss Qin's power. Before coming to Jinyang Palace, I thought Miss Qin would be willing to cooperate with me. Now I see
It’s just that I’m overthinking it. Miss Qin just wants to stay out of it and has never thought of joining forces with me. I really don’t understand why she is unwilling to join forces with me.”
With the Empress Dowager Guo around, Qin Zhao was always constrained in the harem, but Qin Zhao did not take the initiative. This was definitely not because Qin Zhao was afraid of trouble.
Thinking back to when Concubine Wu was running rampant in the harem, she was helpless when facing Qin Zhao, and was constantly counterattacked by Qin Zhao. Concubine Wu also suffered losses at the hands of Qin Zhao from time to time.
She thought about it and felt that there was only one reason, and that was Qin Zhao's concern for his relationship with the emperor's brother.
Qin Zhao had no scruples when dealing with Concubine Wu because Concubine Wu had nothing to do with the emperor's brother. But Empress Dowager Guo was different. Empress Dowager Guo was the biological mother of the emperor's brother, so Qin Zhao would avoid Empress Dowager Guo's influence.
It's just that Qin Zhao was taking into consideration the emperor's brother's feelings.
So, is Qin Zhao still a woman who values friendship?
After returning to Yongningzhai, the eldest princess Yongning frowned.
Although she had cleared up the details, it would be difficult for the emperor to find out that she poisoned Qin Zhao, but if the emperor really found out something, she would not be able to deal with Empress Dowager Guo in the future.
Even if the imperial brother did not find her this time, it would not be easy for her to deal with the Queen Mother Guo alone in the future. Unless she could find a helper, she would have a chance to take down the Queen Mother Guo.
Otherwise, with her strength, it would be very difficult to deal with Queen Mother Guo.
Just when Princess Yongning was at a loss what to do, Aunt Qian came and brought moon cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed wine.
Aunt Qian said: "These are the mooncakes and sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed by Concubine Rong. She specially ordered the slaves to give them to the eldest princess to taste."
"Concubine Rong is interested." Princess Yongning felt warm in her heart.
On a big day like today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Rong did not appear in front of anyone, but Concubine Rong still remembered to send her mooncakes. In the entire harem, Concubine Rong might be the only one who really cares about her, right?
"The concubine also said that after the one-year filial piety period is over, she will ask the emperor for a decree to grant a marriage. Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, only needs to wait peacefully." Aunt Qian said again.
Princess Yongning remembers that she has not avenged her mother's murder, how can she prepare to get married with peace of mind?
She cannot leave the palace until Queen Mother Guo's evil deeds are exposed...
On the other side, Jinyang Palace.
Shortly after Qin Zhao sent Princess Yongning away, Xiao Ce came to Jinyang Palace.
"How's the investigation going?" Qin Zhao handed Xiao Ce a cup of tea.
Princess Yongning chose to take action today, presumably after careful consideration. Xiao Ce would not be able to find Princess Yongning's head so easily.
"The chessboard was poisoned, and the imperial concubine's chair where the queen was sitting was also poisonous. It seems that someone had poisoned the chessboard and the imperial concubine's chair beforehand. I followed the chessboard and the imperial concubine's chair to investigate, and then the clues were broken." Xiao Ce.
Said it to the letter.
Qin Zhao thoughtfully said, "I guess the murderer acted based on psychology. Zhang Yun was on the invitation list this time. It's no secret that she likes to play chess, so someone figured this out and poisoned the chessboard in advance.
As for the imperial concubine chair that the Empress Dowager sat on, it was Nianyun who moved it here. That person must have figured out some of the living habits of Nian Yun and the Empress Dowager."
Princess Yongning's poisoning scene was just to drag her into trouble and test who Xiao Ce valued more between her and the Queen Mother Guo, but it failed to hurt the Queen Mother Guo at all.
According to her, this move was not very clever.
When the risks outweigh the benefits, there is no need to take action.
Of course, she said this just to dispel Xiao Ce's doubts, otherwise Xiao Ce, who was seriously ill, would think her reaction was too calm.
"Anyway, I believe the emperor will uphold justice for me." Qin Zhao said this and suddenly asked: "If the Queen Mother really attacked me this time, will the Emperor deal with the Queen Mother?"
Xiao Ce didn't expect that she would ask such a question. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I will report it to you."
Qin Zhao was not surprised by Xiao Ce's answer: "If one day the emperor finds out that I poisoned the Queen Mother, what will the emperor do?"
(End of chapter)
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