At dusk, there were thunderous bursts and dark clouds swept over the entire imperial city.
The wind was strong and lightning struck one after another.
Bang——
A flash of cold light came down and struck down the evil sword hanging on the main entrance of Qianning Palace.
When the guards of Qianning Palace saw it, their expressions changed greatly, and they were filled with fear and uneasiness.
At this time, a figure quickly broke into the hall of Qianning Palace.
"Empress, no, something big has happened!" The visitor panted and looked panicked. He crawled on his knees and knelt in the outer hall of the Empress's bedroom.
The empress, who had been sleeping restlessly on the phoenix, suddenly woke up. A sinister look flashed across a pair of narrow red phoenix eyes.
"Why is it so noisy outside? What happened?" Queen Liu Feng frowned slightly, her tone filled with dissatisfaction.
"Back to the Queen, it's the secret guards of the Crown Prince's Palace who are here to report." The palace maid who came over to roll up the gauze curtain replied with a lowered eyebrow.
A look of surprise floated in her eyes.
She raised her sharp nails horizontally. "Tell him to come in."
"Yes, the Queen." The palace maid went out and told the secret guards of the Crown Prince's palace to come in.
When the Empress Yi Qingya saw the embarrassed man kneeling on the ground, her eyes narrowed slightly, and a dangerous aura floated around her body.
"If you have anything to do, please tell me." His tone was clearly calm, but there was a hint of uneasiness in his voice.
"Back to the Queen, Your Highness the Prince has just been taken away by the Emperor's Imperial Guards. I heard that he has been placed under house arrest in Youhua Garden. The Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to visit." The secret guard replied with a pale face.
"What?!" The Empress Yi Qingya suddenly stood up from the phoenix chair. She glanced coldly at the secret guard. "Tell me, why on earth would the Emperor treat His Highness like this?"
"Back to the Queen, my subordinates don't know either." The secret guard gritted his teeth.
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Yi Qingya's jade hand slapped the armrest of the phoenix chair hard, and the sharp nails broke in response.
"Don't know?" A trace of resentment flashed across her narrow red eyes. "You don't know what I am doing raising you wastes! Get out of here -"
"Yes, yes, yes--" The secret guard crawled out of Qianning Palace in fear.
"Hey, sister, who are you losing your temper with? There's such a big noise." Outside the palace door, a woman in a soft white floral skirt moved into the inner hall.
"Concubine Shu, what a coincidence that you came here? Why, the emperor has favored other beauties, and my sister has also fallen out of favor? Otherwise, how could my sister be in the mood to step into my deserted Qianning Palace?" Queen Mother Yi Qingya snorted coldly. With a sound, she looked at the quiet and calm Concubine Shu in front of her, and immediately returned to normal, looking graceful and noble.
The expression on Concubine Shu's face was calm and leisurely, and she smiled faintly. "I really let my sister down. My sister, I have not lost the emperor's favor. I just came from the emperor's Longquan Palace, and the emperor is in full bloom. Are you angry and saying that you want to chop off the head of His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Yi Qingya's complexion changed slightly, and her soft and beautiful face, which had always been flawless in front of outsiders, now faintly exuded a violent aura.
"So, Concubine Shu is here to see my jokes today?"
"Don't you dare? You are the empress of the world and the daughter of a wealthy family. Whoever dares to see your joke will risk his life? My sister, I am here with a message from the emperor. The emperor sent a decree and ordered the Queen to go to Longquan Palace immediately for questioning. When the decree was brought, my sister took her leave." Empress Shu stood up indifferently, her expression becoming more and more indifferent.
Yi Qingya looked at the elegant and intelligent woman, who was wearing an elegant blue shirt, slowly walking out of her sight. Her hands under her phoenix robe were tightly clasped, and her fingers were rattling.
"Come here, take the phoenix chariot to Longquan Palace." The queen's anger subsided, and her graceful and noble temperament was soaked in as she gently waved her robe.
In the Longquan Palace, the emperor was sitting calmly on the dragon's roof. He looked coldly at Yi Qingya, who was dressed in honor and dignity, walking up to him nobly and proudly.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty." The Queen flicked her phoenix sleeves, creating a beautiful whirlpool.
The emperor closed his eyes slightly, and the sharp light, like lightning, fell on her seemingly virtuous and gentle face.
"Empress, I summoned you today, do you know why?" The emperor showed his majesty, as if he was born in heaven.
"Back to the emperor, I don't know this." Yi Qingya's heart beat slightly, but her face became more and more calm.
"Look at the good deeds you have done!" A large number of anonymous folding books fell all over Yi Qingya's feet. Yi Qingya actually smiled slightly, she elegantly picked up a folding book and opened it to read,
Dan Fengyan faintly scanned the writing on the fold, and suddenly threw it to the ground.
"Your Majesty, are you angry with me because of this kind of thing?" the Queen said lightly.
"Is this a trivial matter? You abused lynching in the harem, forced the maids to death, framed the concubines, and poisoned the prince. If you add up all these crimes, even if you have ten heads, it won't be enough to kill you." Emperor Long Yan was furious, and his hands
Eyes boiling with fire.
"Your Majesty, since I have been in charge of the harem, I have always done my duty and worked hard to share the burden for the Emperor. I have never been unethical and have done anything detrimental to a woman's morality. In my opinion, this person is definitely a good person.
She is jealous of my concubine and her family background, and has always achieved the goal of driving a wedge between the emperor and the empress. It is self-evident that her heart is vicious. Please tell me clearly, and you will definitely restore my innocence." Yi Qingya has nothing to fear, she has nothing to fear.
There is no worry that the matter will be traced to her.
The emperor looked coldly at the unfamiliar face in front of him and sneered. "Queen, I know that you will not give up until you reach the Yellow River. Today I will let you hit the south wall until you hit the south wall. Come, call the witness!"
An older palace maid and a eunuch with slightly white hair on the temples slowly walked into Longquan Palace under the leadership of the Imperial Guards.
As soon as Yi Qingya saw them, her expression changed slightly, and the water in her eyes undulated slightly.
"Your name is Cui'e, right? First tell me, how did the queen poison Concubine He and change the birth dates of the eighth prince and Prince Rui?" There was a hint of hatred in the emperor's eyes.
"Back to the emperor, when the Queen Empress bribed Qin Tianzheng and learned about the return of Purple Star and the True Dragon Palace, she began to send people to monitor the movements of Concubine He at all times. Once the Empress learned that the prince was born to Concubine He,
After that hour, she called the palace maids, eunuchs, midwives and others who had been arranged with Concubine He to kill Concubine He with the soul-living elixir that looked like she died of postpartum weakness, and then went to Concubine He.
They lied that Prince Rui was born an hour earlier than that time, and the eighth prince born by the Queen was naturally placed at the time when Prince Rui was born." Cui'e said methodically.
"Cui'e, I think I'm treating you well, why did you end up doing this unjust thing just to climb a high tree?" The queen angrily raised her hand and slapped her in the face.
However, he was stopped by the guards on both sides.
"You, continue talking." The emperor gave Yi Qingya a cold look.
"Yes. When the Crown Prince was born, he followed the rules of the hour. He was weak and sick. The Queen was afraid that the Emperor would become suspicious, so she sent someone to invite an extra wizard outside the palace, and asked the wizard to kill Prince Rui and His Highness the Crown Prince.
After that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's health indeed improved, but Prince Rui was rumored to be an unknown person. He was carrying the aura of evil spirits, and any relatives who came close to him would be conquered by him, so he was later sent away by the emperor.
Imperial City. That's it. The Queen was still worried, so she specially sent her slaves to follow Prince Rui, and gave him a poison called Thousand Miles of Red, a poison that could not survive for seven days. But maybe it was destined that Prince Rui should not
When his life was hanging by a thread, he met Master Kong Kong and received the Yunlong Bracelet as a gift from him, which surprisingly restrained the flow of poison in his body. Since the Yunlong Bracelet was rumored to restrain the evil spirit, Prince Rui naturally
He was brought back to the imperial city by the emperor. After the Queen heard about it, she sent assassins several times to assassinate Prince Rui, but they never succeeded. Later, someone came up with a plan to arrange Prince Rui's marriage, as long as the bride was there.
If he died inexplicably on the day of the wedding, then the legend of the Cloud Dragon Bracelet would be broken, and Prince Rui is still a man with the evil spirit in his body." Cui'e recalled every incident quite clearly, sentence by sentence.
"Queen, or should I say Yi Qingya, what else do you have to say?" The emperor looked at Yi Qingya gloomily.
"Your Majesty, I was unjustly accused. I really don't know anything about these inexplicable corrections. I hope your Majesty will learn from it." The Empress argued with reason.
"Really?" The emperor made a sarcastic arc, and turned his gaze to the kneeling eunuch. "Eunuch Gao, can you tell me more about the empress's great achievements?"
"Back to the Emperor, I have been serving the Queen for more than twenty years, and I have been watching what the Queen does. I want to say that I really can't stand it any longer. Your Majesty, remember, twenty years and three years ago
, the emperor was drunk and favored a palace maid named Yu'er in Lengcui Palace, but he never thought that the Queen would send someone to murder Yu'er the next day and throw her into the ancient well in Lengcui Palace. Twenty years ago
, the emperor was being chased by assassins during his southern tour, and landed in a farmer's family. There was a girl named Jade in that family. After the emperor favored her, he promised to let her into the palace, but the queen sent someone to kidnap and kill her on the way.
Yes, Princess Rui's personal maid Lan'er was thrown into the lotus pond alive by the empress. And -" Eunuch Gao wanted to continue counting, but the emperor was already furious and started to protest.
"enough!"
"Your Majesty, calm down and take care of your dragon body." Everyone knelt on the ground, afraid to raise their heads.
Only he is also elegant, still standing noble and elegant, without losing etiquette.
"Queen, do you have anything else to say?" The emperor stared at her delicate face, wishing to tear her apart.
"Since the emperor already believes their words, no matter what I want to argue, the emperor will not believe it. In this case, I will wait for the Ministry of Punishment to find out the truth for me and give me justice." The Queen.
The empress said coldly.
"Okay, until now, you still don't know how to repent." The Emperor's eyes flickered. "Xuan'er, you heard it all, come out!"
As soon as the curtain opened, a faint shadow appeared.
He is dressed in white as snow, rich and jade-like, and elegant, with a pair of eyes as warm and dark as obsidian, naturally exuding a soft aura.
"My son, please pay homage to your father," said the Three Wise King Wu Fengxuan.