Regarding Hibiscus's explanation, the person standing above did not say anything for a long time, and the little confidence that Hibiscus had just built up was silently consumed in this silence.
She didn't know what Emperor Yong was thinking, let alone how Emperor Yong would deal with her.
At this moment, she is just like a small boat sailing in a violent storm. The reason why she has not collapsed yet is because she still has someone to protect.
After waiting for who knows how long, Emperor Yong suddenly said, "Okay, I will give you a chance to make a statement, but if you dare to quibble, I will definitely make your life worse than death. I want to see what you can say." What?"
After saying this, Emperor Yong returned to his seat in the main hall. Seeing that Emperor Yong had given him a chance, Mu Jin couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she just whispered: "Your Majesty, the empress has never treated noble Li harshly. From the time noble Li entered the palace, the empress has taken good care of noble Li. Even though noble Li often did not come to pay her respects to the emperor later, the empress was very fond of Li." Your Majesty has never punished me. Regarding this, if Your Majesty doesn’t believe it, you can ask the other concubines who have also come to pay their respects, or the royal concubine who is the host of your Majesty Li.”
After hearing this, Emperor Yong only gave one instruction to the palace man next to him, and then the palace man went to other palaces to seek confirmation.
Although Emperor Yong ordered his servants to verify it, he said, "Even if you didn't treat Lady Li harshly at that time, did something happen to Lady Li in your palace? After Lady Li's accident, did you ever I left her alone for a long time."
In response to these inquiries from Emperor Yong, Mu Jin naturally had no way to refute. She only responded in a low voice, "These are certainly facts, but Your Majesty, it was not our empress who caused Li Li to fall. The harem is covered with carpets." , let alone the fact that our empress deliberately made things difficult for her and made her slip."
Emperor Yong did not refute this point. Although he was a little disgusted with Concubine Qi, he also knew in his heart that people like Concubine Qi were completely soft-footed. He originally let Concubine Qi take charge of the Phoenix Seal, which was promising at first. Because of Concubine Yuxian's face, and secondly because Concubine Qi is honest and easy to control. Even if such a person gave her a hundred courages, she would not dare to murder the emperor's heir, not to mention that she herself has a son. , and there is no need to harm others.
Seeing that Emperor Yong did not refute her, Mu Jin whispered, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, does this mean that our empress at least has no subjective behavior in this matter?"
When Emperor Yong saw Mu Jin asking him, he just nodded slightly, and then said, "Continue."
As expected, Mu Jin only continued, "So this servant thinks that the queen has no subjective malice in the matter of Li Guiren slipping. This is just like a queen who passed in front of our queen's palace and fell down. Is it because of her?" If she falls in front of someone's palace, who is the murderer who pushed her down?"
Emperor Yong did not answer Mu Jin's rhetorical question, but he frowned and said, "Of course I didn't mean that, but she didn't help Li Guiren after she fell. Is this true?"
Hearing Emperor Yong's words, Mu Jin could only whisper, "What your Majesty said is that our empress did not support noble people. This is indeed our fault, but our empress has her own reasons."
After saying this, Mu Jin only glanced at Emperor Yong cautiously. It wasn't until Emperor Yong nodded to her that she continued to speak softly, "Your Majesty only thinks that the empress has mastered the Phoenix Seal and is a powerful being? But we The empress knows very well that she is only temporarily holding the Phoenix Seal for Your Majesty, so she never dares to treat the sisters in the harem harshly, and she has never shown any prestige in front of any empress. Your Majesty can verify this with them. .”
"On the contrary, because of His Majesty's love for her, noble lady Nali never paid attention to our empress. It would have been fine if she didn't participate in the morning and dusk festivals in the past. The empress understands her hard work in serving His Majesty. But she only arranges for us from time to time. Empress."
"A few days ago, the Fourth Highness was filial and only found a few old wild ginsengs for our empress. The empress stewed ginseng and chicken soup. The concubines who were almost friends with the empress were given gifts by the empress. The other empresses were all fine. But here we are. Mr. Li, this matter has become our queen’s fault. Your Majesty, what do you think is wrong with our queen’s behavior?”
After hearing Mu Jin mention the ginseng and chicken soup, Emperor Yong remembered it. At that time, Li Guiren had a rash on her face. She cried and told herself that she drank the chicken soup sent by Concubine Qi.
Yes.
At that time, she was just making trouble, and he even reprimanded Concubine Qi for her.
But later he asked a doctor for Li Guiren, but the doctors said that the rash on Li Guiren's face was simply caused by eating too much food and being weak and internally hot.
And Lady Li really likes to eat hairy food, so the rash on Lady Li’s face really has nothing to do with Concubine Qi.
However, he had always looked down on Concubine Qi, so even though he knew that he had wronged Concubine Qi, he never expressed humility to Concubine Qi.
Not to mention that he didn't even care about it, but Qi Fei's palace servant only remembered it clearly. Thinking of this, he only looked at Mu Jin unhappily.
Although Mu Jin felt Emperor Yong's gaze, at the moment she just continued to set an example for other Li nobles to act like heaven and earth and harm her master.
After citing these examples, Mu Jin whispered, "Your Majesty, you said that if you meet someone who you kindly do things for, but is misunderstood time and time again, will you still be willing to continue doing things for her? Not to mention our empress. I suffered such a big loss of face because of Li Guiren yesterday, and now everyone will be more wary of Li Gui's heart, right?"
"It is also for this reason that our queen felt wary when she saw Lady Li actually falling down on the carpet, so she did not dare to help her. The only reason why our queen was like this was because she had no choice but to do it. Protect yourself."
"What's more, Lady Li kept her pregnancy secret so tightly. If the servant hadn't seen her blushing, no one would have known that she had a child in her belly. In this case, who would have known that Lady Li Just a fall can cause such a big trouble."
After listening to Mu Jin's words, Emperor Yong had actually lost his anger towards Concubine Qi. After returning to his senses, Emperor Yong suddenly realized that he knew Concubine Qi better than Concubine Li. Concubine Qi was both stupid and honest. , and was even more submissive to him, not daring to resist at all.
Although he had always looked down on Concubine Qi, he had to admit that such a woman could not be the kind of scheming woman.
On the contrary, it was Li Guiren. Although she pretended to be a good cat in front of him, she could not hide the ambition and desire in her bones.
He has always known this, but he did not want to pursue Li Guiren for this. After all, the women in the harem were not submissive to him. The women who had stayed in the harem for a long time were like a pool of stagnant water, which only made him feel helpless. joy of life.
And in this pool of stagnant water, only a lively little guy suddenly appeared. She showed herself truly and did not hide her ambitions. Although she also had some tricks, he could see through them at a glance.
How could it be impossible for a living, controllable little guy to please him?
What's more, as he gets older, it is difficult for him to experience the feeling of youthful heartbeat, but he can experience it with Li Guiren.
Therefore, he is undoubtedly doting and conniving towards Li Guiren.
But if she just wanted to ask for a little gadget, he would naturally be willing to give it to her. If she just wanted to lose her temper, he could pretend to turn a blind eye or close one eye.
But today's matter is obviously not of such a nature.
Her targeting of Concubine Qi was obviously too deliberate, and Concubine Qi would not have any grudges with others. Now that she can target Concubine Qi like this, she may have only one purpose, and that is to take charge. Phoenix seal, climb to the highest position.
But think about it carefully, can you give her this position?
The answer is undoubtedly impossible.
No matter how much he thought Li Guiren was an interesting girl, he couldn't mess up his plans just for the sake of her interest.
There were only two queens in his harem throughout his life, one of whom was naturally his first wife when he was not yet prosperous. His relationship with his first wife was deep, and his failure to protect his first wife's life was a hidden pain in his life.
She was just like him. Whenever he thought of her death, he could remember how he had endured and lurked under the hands of the Chen family.
He gave her glory and glory after her death, and he supported and arranged for their children to ascend to the big position step by step, so he was not just feeling proud of himself.
And the other one is King Jin’s biological mother
Now, the woman who has truly been at the top of the harem for more than ten years, his feelings for her are very complicated.
He hates her and is defensive, but it is impossible to say that he has no feelings at all. After all, if he really has no feelings for her, he would not have left her alone when he killed her whole family. .
Although it seems now that his momentary impatience at the time may have added a little more trouble to his layout.
But he also knew in his heart that it was impossible for him to reset that woman again.
And even though Concubine Yuxian was so devoted to herself, even her brother was his confidant, he never thought about letting Concubine Yuxian ascend to that position.
Nowadays, a beautiful lady doesn't have the ability to make him swallow his anger, let alone someone he really cares about.
How could he allow a plaything to reach such a high position?
After all, a woman who can sit in that position often represents unlimited rights.
He will definitely leave this world before Li Guiren. Although his son will not be completely manipulated by Li Guiren, Prince Liang has a soft temper.
If Lady Li uses some means to seek status for her family, Prince Liang may not refuse her request.
