Ling Ruo paused for a moment and continued: "Because of this, you opposed the emperor's appointment of Concubine Xian as a noble concubine, your objection to the emperor's entrusting the third elder brother to Concubine Xian to raise him, and even your objection to Yonglian going to Concubine Xian's palace. But overnight, these things
All objections disappeared. You took the initiative to express your goodwill to Concubine Xian, allowed Yonglian to go to Yanxi Palace, and even offered to co-embroider this picture of hundreds of cranes with her. Queen, is it you who has changed your mind, or is it a premeditated conspiracy?
It’s… today!”
Every word Ling Ruo said was like a huge boulder, making Mingyu unable to breathe and her body shaking uncontrollably.
Ling Ruo looked at all this with cold eyes and said, "What, can you tell the truth?"
Mingyu gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "I know my crime!"
When she said these four words, the one who was most shocked was Hongli. He looked at Mingyu blankly for a long time and said excitedly: "Why do you do this? Why do you betray the trust I have always placed in you?
Why?"
Mingyu cried bitterly: "I don't want this. I don't want to do such harmful things. It was Concubine Xian who forced me to do this. Your Majesty..." Just as she was about to touch Hongli, the latter stood up and backed away.
, said excitedly: "Don't touch me."
Mingyu looked at her cold hands in mid-air and cried harder and harder. Hongli didn't want to pay attention to her at first, but after hearing the endless crying, he finally couldn't bear it and said: "Tell me, why?"
Do you want to do this? Have you also become fond of intrigues and intrigues?"
Mingyu hurriedly denied: "No, it's not what the emperor thought. This concubine did this out of helplessness." As she said that, she said exactly what Cai Ling said that day, and then
Said: "Although it was Su's idea to murder my concubine, but
Concubine Xian knew this, but did not stop it, and even contributed to it. How is her mentality different from that of the Su family? Over the years, the person I trust most is her, but she treats me like this. And Yonglian
, and because I had too much contact with her, I didn’t listen.
Concubine’s words. She is taking away everything I own step by step, and even wants to take away my life!” In the shocked looks of Ling Ruo and Hongli, she continued: “Besides that, I
I also remembered something. When I was pregnant with my first child, what happened?
The reason for the miscarriage was that Concubine Xian pushed away Concubine Chen. She said it was an accident at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, she may have deliberately wanted to harm Concubine Chen's child. Concubine Chen wanted to tell the emperor, but she was afraid that the emperor would not believe it.
So I had no choice but to take risks."
No matter Ling Ruo or Hongli, they never expected to hear such words. The cat hair allergy was not just Su's, Xianyue was also indirectly involved, and her methods were higher than Su's.
Shi and Cai Ling were playing tricks on each other, and even... even Hongli was one of her pawns.
Hongli looked ugly and said: "Cai Ling really said that?"
Mingyu nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, I have not made any false claims. If the emperor does not believe it, you can summon Cai Ling to come here for interrogation."
Hongli looked at Ling Ruo and said: "The Emperor's mother..."
"There is no need to call Cai Ling to ask, what she said should be true. Concubine Xian is really good at keeping both the Ai family and the emperor in the dark." Ling Ruo said coldly, and then said: "This
Who taught you what you did?"
Mingyu was startled and said in a panic: "My son, I don't understand what the emperor means."
Ling Ruo said coldly: "With your mind, you can never imagine these destructive tricks. Someone must have taught you to do them. Is it Concubine Hui?"
Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Mingyu had no choice but to nod, and then said hurriedly: "Concubine Hui was also forced by Concubine Xian to have a hard time, please ask the emperor..."
Ling Ruo interrupted her and said, "Do you still have the heart to plead for Concubine Hui? Did the Ai family say they won't blame you?" After Mingyu lowered his head and did not dare to say anything, she said again: "You go out first. What I just said...
Don’t let anyone know, especially Concubine Hui.”
After Mingyu wiped away her tears and retreated, Ling Ruo let out a long sigh, sat down and said, "Emperor, how are you going to handle this matter?"
Hongli stroked his forehead and said solemnly: "I don't know, I am very upset right now."
"The Ai family understands." Ling Ruo said in a deep voice: "The emperor has two choices. First, deal with the matter according to the facts; the empress, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Hui are all guilty and should be held accountable. But in this case, I, the Qing Dynasty, will
The face of the royal family will inevitably be damaged. In addition, as a queen, Mingyu framed a concubine, so she must not be in the back position. Secondly, it should not be spread out and handled secretly to control the impact of this matter to a minimum."
Hongli was shaken, raised his head and said in an unusually firm tone: "In this life, I will only have Mingyu as queen. Moreover, since I made her my queen, I will never deprive her of the throne."
Hongli's answer was already expected by Ling Ruo: "So, you have chosen the second path. But the Ai family reminds you that if you don't deal with Mingyu, then even if you are the emperor,
Even the Nine-Five Lord is not qualified to deal with Xianyue and Huifei."
Hongli was unwilling to let go of Xianyue and Gao, but for the sake of Mingyu, he could only nod his head against his will and said: "Yes, I understand."
Ling Ruo sighed again, beckoned Hongli to come closer, looked at his grown-up son, and said sincerely: "Whether she was instigated by others or not, Mingyu has changed. She is no longer the pure jade she used to be."
A woman, is it really okay for you to protect her like this?
Hongli said firmly: "No, Mingyu has not changed, he just accidentally fell into Concubine Hui's trick; besides, if Concubine Xian had not done such a thing, none of this would have happened."
Hongli didn't realize how biased his words were and how unfair they were to Xianyue. The only one he cared about and had always cared about was Mingyu, and the other people were not important at all.
Ling Ruo discovered Hongli's bias, but she couldn't say anything. She just said: "I hope your choice is right. But..." She changed the subject and said coldly: "Others can go unpunished, but Concubine Hui does.
Absolutely not!”
Hongli said in embarrassment: "My son, I can't stand her anymore, but if I destroy her, I'm afraid Gao Bin won't be able to explain it to me."
Ling Ruoyi pointedly said: "There are many ways to deal with a person, and you don't have to put everything on the table. Okay, the Ai family will handle Concubine Hui's matter, you don't have to worry." After a pause, she said
: "Go and wake up Concubine Xian and the little Liuzi beside the empress. The Ai family has something to tell them."
After the two of them came in, Ling Ruo glanced at it and said, "Both the Ai family and the emperor are aware of the smallpox incident. It was a strategy devised by the empress and Concubine Hui to frame Concubine Xian."
Xiao Liuzi was so frightened that he trembled all over, while Xianyue felt happy in her heart and lowered her head and said, "Thank you so much for your wisdom, Queen Mother, for restoring my innocence."