Seeing that Queen Min was defending her brother, Emperor Yong, who had no intention of ending, couldn't help but speak.
He tapped the table lightly, causing the cup on the table to tremble.
Queen Min's expression only dimmed momentarily, even though she had heard from Qiu Wan that the Chen family might not be able to survive.
But she still couldn't bear it when she heard that her mother-in-law was being held to account in this way.
"How could this be so? Is there some misunderstanding by Your Majesty right now? Please investigate clearly." When she said this, in addition to expressing sadness, she also wanted to remove herself. After all, there was something wrong with the Chen family, even if she Even if she is implicated, nothing will happen to her. What will Zhener do if something happens to her?
Moreover, she was really unaware of the Chen family's actions these days. From the day the Chen family decided to mutiny, they invited her back to the Chen Mansion on the grounds that Chen Da Sima was in poor health. She failed to attend the appointment because of the fire in the palace. Her fate It will be different from the previous life.
In addition, it was Zhao Yanzhen who went to the appointment on her behalf this time, so for a long time afterwards, the plans of the Chen family were never actually brought to the attention of Queen Allergy.
And she went to the appointment in her previous life, and almost all her subsequent plans were thrown into the water by the Chen family.
So when the Chen family was in trouble, she couldn't get herself out at all.
Only then would it lead to the tragedy of bloodbath in Fengchen Palace.
But now that she doesn't know, can she escape the fate of death?
"Explicitly check? I will naturally check with them carefully every step of the way!" Emperor Yong said softly.
Then he suddenly looked at Queen Min and said, "And not only checking them, I think I should also check our good son. According to my informant, he also has some connections with his uncle."
When Queen Min heard that her son was also involved, she was almost unsteady on her feet. Fortunately, Qiu Wan only supported Queen Min and whispered in Queen Min's ear, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the Third Highness is not involved deeply. Your Highness is not involved." He will be punished too severely."
After all, His Highness is still his son no matter what. As long as Emperor Yong did not find out what Zhao Yanzhen was really planning, his punishment for Zhao Yanzhen would be to be sent to the feudal vassal, and he would never be allowed to enter the capital without a call.
Queen Min naturally knew that her son's weight was much heavier than her own.
And the more times like this, the more she has to put her tail between her legs and be a good person.
Empress Min only lowered her eyelids and said, "If Zhen'er is really involved, she will naturally leave it to your Majesty's disposal. She just asked Dali Temple to try the case fairly."
Emperor Yong was a little surprised that Queen Min could still keep her composure at such a time. Although he knew that Queen Min could always tolerate it, he didn't expect that she could still calm down when Zhao Yanzhen was mentioned. .
But soon, he found that Queen Min's hands were still trembling slightly. In this way, she was just trying to calm herself down. Emperor Yong nodded with satisfaction, "I will naturally examine this matter carefully."
"Okay, let's not talk about these digressions for now and let Ze'er continue talking to you." Emperor Yong's original intention was just to disturb Queen Min's mind. Now that he has achieved his goal, he will naturally retire.
"Your Majesty, Ze'er has one more thing I want to ask you, and I hope you can give me your advice." Zhao Nianze bowed again.
Queen Min only forced a smile and said, "If you have anything else to ask, just ask directly."
Zhao Nianze didn't speak directly. He only took out a wrapped feather arrow from his arms.
"I wonder if your Majesty can recognize this thing?" When he spoke, Qiu Wan only took the initiative to take the feather arrow. After seeing the feather arrow clearly, her eyes widened instantly.
Queen Min also looked surprised after taking the arrow, but now that she was in full public view, she couldn't ask Qiu Wan about it.
You may wonder what's unusual about that feathered arrow, but it turns out that in addition to the ordinary guards in Fengchen Palace, there is also a dead man who obeys Queen Min's orders.
This happened when Empress Min had just entered the Central Palace. At that time, the Chen family only offended a few people in the court in order to support Emperor Yong's ascension. One of the family members of the criminal official actually infiltrated the Feng family with the help of the remnants of the previous dynasty. Chen Palace, and also assassinated Queen Min.
Empress Min did not take precautions and was almost assassinated by the family of the criminal official.
Although Emperor Yong ascended the throne at that time, a commoner emperor who had been exiled among the people for the first time ascended the throne.
The foundation is not stable, and there are still many areas that need help from the Chen family.
Therefore, although in the early days he knew that his wife would probably die at the hands of the Chen family, due to political needs, he really needed Queen Min's marriage at that time. This was why he was more afraid of Queen Min than anyone else. The eldest uncle of the Chen family proposed that a dead soldier should be placed in Fengchen Palace to protect Empress Min, which was a ridiculous request, and he actually agreed to it.
After that, they quickly sent the dead man into the palace. The dead man was good at using cold arrows. Since he was the special envoy of Fengchen Palace, the arrows would have a mark of Zhu Jinhua that belonged to Fengchen Palace.
Regardless of whether this mark is easy to forge, there are probably not many people who have seen this arrow, so it makes no sense to say that it was forged by someone.
"Where did you find this arrow?" Queen Min couldn't help but ask.
"Shouldn't the empress ask herself?" Queen Min's words sounded like pretentiousness to Zhao Nianze's ears.
He really didn't believe that Queen Min knew nothing about these things. You must know that a woman who can sit in the back seat for decades cannot be just a fool.
However, Queen Min's expression really didn't look like she was aware of the matter.
He slowly uttered a few words, "This arrow was found in Zongzheng Temple. The poison on the arrow that killed Yaoping, the eldest maid of Concubine Zhixian, came from it."
Queen Min couldn't sit still after hearing this, so she just called out "Crested Ibis."
However, the dead man who was supposed to be at his beck and call never showed up.
Even Qiu Wan, who was originally very happy to see the outcome of the palace maid Yao Ping dying on her own, could no longer be optimistic at this time.
She had been wondering who killed Yao Ping, but she never thought that the person who killed Yao Ping might not really be dealing with Yao Ping, but Feng Chen Palace.
Now this frame-up game was played very beautifully by the real murderer.
Queen Min called the crested ibis several more times, but the crested ibis seemed to have evaporated and did not respond.
But it would be okay if she just disappeared. After all, as long as she doesn't let go of a disappearance, there will be no evidence.
But Empress Min still couldn't help but look at Qiu Wan with a complaining look:
Didn’t it mean that Yaoping’s death had nothing to do with them? What does this mean now?
Qiu Wan just shook her head slightly, saying that she had no idea about it. However, Zhao Nianze suddenly said, "My Majesty, there is no need to call the ibis. That person has been captured and brought to justice by us. If not, I would not dare to do so." I came here rashly to inquire about this matter with you.”
As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience was shocked.
However, Zhao Nianze only patted his palm lightly as if nothing was wrong. Within a moment, a young man with bloody flesh and ragged clothes was dragged into the main hall of Fengchen Palace by two guards.
The man's whole body exuded the stench of flesh and blood, his hair was as shaggy as wormwood, covering most of his face, and his eyes as heavy as dead water could not let in any light.
Such an embarrassing and terrifying state fell into the eyes of others, which only made the whole room frightened. When Qiu Wan saw this, she even lowered her eyelids as if she couldn't bear to see it.
When the guards dragged the crested ibis in front of the people, they threw it on the ground.
The crested ibis, whose whole body had been broken by the instruments of torture, lay on the blue brocade cashmere carpet like a dead fish.
Zhao Nianze only raised his foot and tapped the crested ibis' body, and the crested ibis only slowly raised its head and glanced at Zhao Nianze.
"Did you kill the eldest maid of Yuxiu Palace?" Zhao Nianze asked coldly.
The crested ibis lowered his eyelids slightly.
When he opened his mouth, people discovered that his teeth had been pulled out long ago, and the poison that could have made him suffer less was naturally removed from his teeth long ago.
That's why he appeared in front of people in such a beaten state at this moment.
"Yes." He said calmly and concisely.
"Who is the person behind you?" Zhao Nianze continued to ask.
The crested ibis rolled its turbid and pitch-black eyes, and glanced blankly at Queen Min above.
As a dead soldier, their loyalty should be extremely high, but if they really can't bear it, they can still commit suicide to maintain their loyalty.
It's a pity that he was
When he was caught, the poison hidden in his gums was immediately removed.
Therefore, when he was later dragged into prison and tortured, he was already unable to survive. Can't die.
He had tasted almost all of the cruel officials' methods. And even if he wanted to seek death, he had no choice. The cruel official seemed to know how to torture others, and also knew how to break other people's beliefs and ambitions.
Although this crested ibis is a dead soldier and can bear pain much better than ordinary people, it is only a little more tolerant of torture than others after being in the hands of that cruel official.
But how many people in the world can withstand such cruel torture? Now he just hopes to die quickly.
As for other beliefs and loyalties, they were forgotten.
Qiu Wan naturally also saw the vacillation of the crested ibis. If the crested ibis identified Queen Min at this time, there would be no room for change in the matter.
After all, she was the one who did something stupid, and she couldn't implicate Queen Min.
Therefore, when the Crested Ibis was about to open his mouth, Qiu Wan, who was standing behind Queen Min, suddenly pulled out the long blade of the person next to her and stabbed the Crested Ibis hard in the back.
As if she was afraid that one blow wouldn't be enough to kill him, she just stabbed him several times.
By the time people recovered from the shock, the crested ibis had completely died.
Queen Min exclaimed, "Qiu Wan, what are you doing?"
Even the guards on the side also surrounded Qiu Wan.
However, after Qiu Wan killed the crested ibis, she only used the bloody sharp blade in front of her neck.
She knew deeply that if there was no trace of blood in Fengchen Palace during today's summons to investigate, today's incident would most likely not be able to end.
