"The emperor has arrived! The queen has arrived! Your concubine..."
Miss Lin shrank and was about to speak when she was interrupted. She thought in horror, had even the emperor been alerted? !
Everyone immediately saluted the emperor. With so many people present, only the Queen Mother watched the emperor walking towards her.
"Everyone is safe!" The emperor casually waved his hand to signal everyone to excuse themselves. He paused slightly when his eyes swept over Wu Zechen, and then looked at the queen mother and said, "Mother, didn't you go back to Cining Palace? I'll leave this matter to you. I'll just take care of it, why should I bother you to make a special trip?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor with flat eyes, but her heart was full of disappointment and sadness.
The good prince who has cultivated and supported this supreme position with his own hands! Now he is actually suspicious of himself!
In other words, how could he lead her as a mother like this!
Could it be that he, a good prince, actually thought that he would harm him?
On the surface, the emperor's words sounded like he was worried that he would be affected, but in fact, he thought he was being nosy!
Is he trapped in Cining Palace forever, unable to take a step out, ignoring everything, and dying in Cining Palace in order to fulfill his wish?
The Queen Mother was really heartbroken. The emperor's current actions and intentions disappointed her more and more. Not only that, but he also reused those aristocratic families who were obviously plotting evil, making this great week even more precarious!
She didn't know anything, but she just didn't want to believe that her good prince had changed to a level that even she couldn't imagine!
She had always hoped that the emperor would understand her painstaking efforts and see everything in front of her clearly, but now it seemed that it was really just her extravagant hope!
She couldn't let Da Zhou be destroyed in her own hands! Otherwise, how would she face the late emperor who trusted her so much after she went to Jiuquan? !
At this moment, the Queen Mother looked at her son in front of her and finally made up her mind...
"Your Majesty came so quickly. The Ai family clearly issued an order not to allow anyone to leave from here." The Queen Mother did not respond to the Emperor's words, but just said this in a nonchalant way.
For a moment, the emperor felt embarrassed. After all, he had received the report from the young eunuch, so he rushed over. Wasn't it him who the Queen Mother was talking about?
"Mother, sons and ministers..."
"Since the Emperor is here, let's listen together with the Ai family and see what kind of scandal these people have caused. When they brought envoys from various countries to come, they were really not afraid of losing the face of our great Zhou Dynasty. .”
Seeing that the Queen Mother did not give him a chance to preside over the matter, and even made the matter so serious and raised it to such a high level, the emperor's face immediately became a little unhappy.
He even couldn't help but wonder what the Queen Mother's intention was for intervening in this matter so forcefully.
Or even want to use this matter to start intervening in government affairs again? !
The Queen Mother did not want to hear any more excuses from the Emperor, so she interrupted him directly. She did not want to guess what the Emperor was thinking at this time, because just by looking at the Emperor's face, the Queen Mother already knew that her prince was suspicious again. By myself.
She coldly turned her head to look at Miss Lin who was hiding in the crowd: "Speak, tell the truth, and I will spare your life."
The Queen Mother's cold voice sounded, and she asked for Miss Lin's life. Miss Lin was really startled, and she subconsciously looked up at the Queen Mother!
The Queen Mother really had murderous thoughts! She really wanted her own life!
Miss Lin was immediately frightened. She had long heard of the Queen Mother's vigorous and resolute actions when she was young. Now that she glanced at the Queen Mother's sharp gaze, Miss Lin no longer dared to hide anything and told everything she knew!
"Back to the Queen Mother! The little girl doesn't know much about Xia Zhilu, but she knows a little bit about King Qin." Miss Lin gritted her teeth and finally confided, "It's the Lord of Ruirong County! It's her..."
As soon as the name was mentioned, before Miss Lin could say anything, Lei Manhe felt panicked and subconsciously interrupted Miss Lin.
"Don't talk nonsense! What does it have to do with me?!" Lei Manhe said hurriedly, glaring at Miss Lin with a threatening look in his eyes.
She was so afraid that Miss Lin would reveal what she had done, so she even forgot about the current occasion and that the Queen Mother, the Emperor and others were present, so she interrupted Miss Lin with a sharp voice as usual.
"How presumptuous! Did the Ai family allow you to speak?! Is this the upbringing of the Duke of Fengguo?" the Queen Mother shouted sharply, but looked coldly at the Queen beside her.
The Queen's heart trembled, knowing that she was going to suffer today, but there was nothing wrong with the Queen Mother's reprimand, and the Lord of Ruirong County really had no right to speak at this moment.
Just by looking at her niece's reaction, the queen knew that today's incident must have something to do with Le Manhe, but she could only bite the bullet and said: "Queen Mother, please calm down. It's my concubine who doesn't discipline her well, but..."
The Queen wanted to speak up to defend Le Manhe, but the Queen Mother didn't want to hear it at all and directly stopped her.
"If you know that you are not well-disciplined, you should discipline them well! This is the palace, not your official residence! Remember your identities!"
The Queen Mother's words were a bit serious, and even revealed her dissatisfaction with the Duke of Fengguo. Not only did the Queen's face look ugly, but all the courtiers and family members present also had tense expressions, and they were constantly guessing. .
After hearing this, the emperor frowned and was very dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's move. He wanted to say a few words, but the Queen Mother did not give him this opportunity at all.
After reprimanding the Queen, the Queen Mother looked directly at Miss Lin and said, "Keep talking!"
Seeing the anger on the Queen Mother's face, Lei Manhe really didn't dare to interrupt anymore. After all, even his aunt the Queen had been reprimanded. If he spoke again, he would probably not get any good results!
So she could only wait for Miss Lin with a stern look, trying to threaten the latter not to speak nonsense.
But now that Miss Lin's life is in the hands of the Queen Mother and Xia Luotong, how can she have time to pay attention to Lei Manhe's threat?
What's more, Le Manhe has a large part of the credit for getting to this point today!
Miss Lin gritted her teeth and finally said: "The Lord of Ruirong County asked his daughter to drug Princess An, and then led Princess An to the main hall near the banquet hall. He also told the daughter that Prince Qin would be led to the side hall later. When the time comes, all we need to do is lock the two of them in the side hall, and the matter will be settled!"
As soon as Miss Lin said this, everyone was in an uproar. They looked at Lei Manhe with shock on their faces, and their eyes were full of disbelief!
The Lord of Ruirong County originally wanted to harm Princess An? ! And he dared to plot against King Qin? !
