The queen thought for a while, then simply suppressed her confusion and asked: "Is this matter related to the king?"
Shuiyun Temple has become a den of prostitution, and when the story of King Lu is brought up, it is difficult for the queen not to think about King Dai. After all, King Dai was ordered to deal with the temple not long ago.
The palace maid replied: "Your Majesty, the Taoist and Buddhist religions took action to deal with the Shuiyun Temple."
"Aside from that, is there anything else?" the queen asked.
"There are also some powerful female relatives in the capital who have also been involved, but the rumors are not as widespread as those of King Lu."
There were no rumors about Concubine Wei, but the matter between Concubine Wei and King Lu should be more serious than these. The Queen vaguely guessed something and ordered: "Go and check Concubine Wei."
After saying that, he ordered again: "Stop, I want to see the emperor."
The phoenix chariot was quickly prepared, and the queen got on the chariot. Due to the change of residence, she was closer to the past, and she arrived at the emperor's place not long after.
After getting off the chariot and arriving at the palace gate, I saw Eunuch Zhao, the emperor's eunuch, about to come out. When he saw it was her, he knelt down and saluted.
The queen saw that his face was a little pale and quickly stopped him.
"Are you sick? You don't look well." The queen asked seemingly concerned.
"I'm fine, I just came out to enjoy the breeze." Eunuch Zhao said with a smile.
With just this one face-to-face meeting, the queen already knew what was going on inside. After she calmed down a little, she smiled and went in as usual.
In the palace, the emperor sat motionless on his chair. When he saw the queen coming in, he got up.
"Your Majesty." The Queen saw his expression and hurriedly took a few steps forward to support him: "Did you not rest on time again?"
The emperor forced a smile: "Why are you here so late? Have you had your meal? Let's eat together."
"I have used it, but Your Majesty, I heard that I haven't eaten yet, so I ordered some porridge to be served first, and it must be used to calm the stomach qi."
After a pause, the queen asked again: "I am not supposed to be involved in politics, but Concubine Wei is still an internal matter of the royal family. I came here to ask what happened."
The queen sighed. After hearing this, the emperor sat down heavily, frowned and said, "Let this old slave come and talk to you."
Eunuch Zhao agreed, looked at the queen's people, and the queen said to them: "You should step back first."
"Yes." The female officer led several maids to retreat.
"Empress, this matter, speaking of it, actually started with the incident at Shuiyun Temple..." Eunuch Zhao briefly talked about Zhou Liang's informant.
"...Later, I tested Liu Ye and found that it was indeed the blood of the royal family, but the blood was not pure and had the blood of demons... I tested the bloodline of Concubine Wei Fei and found out that Concubine Wei Fei is of mixed blood and does have demons.
Bloodline.”
The queen couldn't help but frowned. This matter could be big or small, but her husband had been working hard to clean up the traces of the demon clan. Otherwise, the Yin Guan sect would not have prospered in the past twenty years. Just as she was thinking about it, the emperor said: "
I originally thought that Concubine Wei was gentle and courteous, with a gentle and gentle nature, but I didn't expect that this girl has the blood of the demon clan. Now that I think about it carefully, it really makes me shudder."
Then he asked the queen: "Queen, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
In the main hall, the atmosphere became a little weird because of the emperor's sudden question.
Eunuch Zhao lowered his head to one side without saying a word, just like a clay doll.
The Queen listened thoughtfully and glanced at the Emperor with her beautiful eyes.
Seeing the emperor looking at him seriously, as if he really had nothing to do, he was waiting for him to come up with an idea, and sighed: "Your Majesty, this is just a rumor. It would be bad if it got bigger. Since the sixth prince is your heir, it is better to restore him to the title of king.
"
"It is wrong for Concubine Wei to have demon blood, but she may not know it herself. Speaking of the confusion between humans and demons in the previous dynasty, many people had demon blood, so it is not a big deal."
"Even if she made a lot of mistakes, she still gave birth to the sixth prince for the emperor. For a concubine, giving birth is a meritorious service. If you don't like it, just drop it to the concubine position."
Most women in the harem, no matter what their bloodline, are trapped in a small world for their whole life. If they are favored, they can still have hope. If they are rejected by the emperor, life will not be easy. Some of them are people who are trying to flatter others.
Concubine Wei seemed to be quite low-key, and she was not very favored now. The queen also wanted to show her respect, but seeing the emperor's face sullen, listening very attentively and thoughtfully, in line with the queen's duties, she couldn't help but
He gave me some advice: "Mother and son are close to each other. If we deal with her, I'm afraid there will always be a rift between father and son."
The emperor was thinking about it, but after hearing this, he sneered: "There's no need to worry about that. Queen, you don't know, I'm afraid that scoundrel will already be resentful of me. It won't hurt if I give you more!"
Speaking of this, he smiled sinisterly and gritted his teeth and said: "You have to listen to me and have Concubine Wei die immediately. As for King Lu, demote him to King Ninghe, and kill all the traitors in Prince Lu's mansion!
"
Seeing the queen's hesitation, the anger that the emperor had been holding in his chest unexpectedly dissipated. No matter what, the queen was still the queen in his memory.
He softened his tone and sighed: "Queen, you are too soft-hearted, just follow my instructions."
The queen frowned, but still disagreed: "There must be some room for father and son."
The emperor is furious. Now he is giving orders like this and doing things so absolutely. He is afraid that he will regret it when he thinks about it later. If his concubine dies, he will die. But he has to give up the son whom he had obviously hoped for before. This is a thorn in his side. I am afraid that he will regret it.
It pierces into the flesh and stings for a long time.
After hearing the queen's advice, the emperor pondered for a moment: "Then let the public know that she died of illness and keep her name."
This was the usual way for concubines to save face when something happened. The queen nodded and bowed deeply: "The emperor has made up his mind. I will go back and take care of this matter."
"It's still raining outside, how about asking your female officer to go back and take care of the food?" The emperor walked a few steps away, looked at the rain outside, and couldn't help but say.
The queen shook her head: "As a concubine who has given birth to a child, it's better for me to go back."
It would be too perfunctory to let a female official handle this matter.
When a concubine is given death, she must be given the most basic dignity.
In addition to the people the queen brought when she came, the emperor also asked the queen to bring two eunuchs when she went back to take care of the concubine Wei. When he saw them leaving in the rain, the emperor turned around and changed his face.
He said to Eunuch Zhao calmly: "Go and check carefully to see if Lao Liu's matter has anything to do with Dai Wang."
Hearing the cruelty in the emperor's words, Eunuch Zhao's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly responded.
In the rain, for fear of slipping, the phoenix chariot was neither fast nor slow. The queen sat on the chariot, listening to the patter of rain above her head, and looking at the rainy scene in the distance, her face became even worse.
"What a pity, Concubine Wei."
Concubine Wei is a hybrid of human and demon, or her ancestors were married to a demon. When it was passed down to Concubine Wei's generation, she was just beautiful in appearance. She didn't even know a bit of magic, and there was no other abnormality. She only had a trace of demon blood.
, it would be too heartless to decide that she was a spy of the demon clan and give her death.
But such an emperor is the emperor that the queen recognizes.
His love for everyone can be withdrawn at any time.
The pain of a married woman can be ignored, and a talented minister may have been considered the pillar of the country a few days ago, but a few days later, with an edict, he can be sent to prison.
As for the son, he may be more important in the emperor's heart, but he still has feelings, but when he really wants to eradicate him with a sword, he can grit his teeth and issue the decree.