Concubine Mu has always been sharp-tongued, and Queen Wang was speechless for a moment.
The emperor glanced at Concubine Mu thoughtfully, pointed at Liu Ye and said, "Then, you can tell me where the box in the concubine's library came from. Is it possible that someone originally wanted to assassinate this thing? The imperial concubine’s?”
Liuye glanced at Concubine Mu and didn't know how to deal with it. Qin Zeng said from the side: "That's not possible, because this box was made by the concubine herself many years ago."
As soon as Qin Zeng's words came out, Concubine Mu pursed her lips tightly.
The emperor looked at Concubine Mu, "Oh? Is this happening?"
Qin Zeng faced Concubine Mu and said: "When the concubine's handkerchief was handed over, that is, when the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family got married to the Zhenbei Palace, the concubine had no idea what purpose she had, so she hired craftsmen to make two boxes like this. , it is said to be used for self-defense, but after using it once, people will become wary of it. In the end, the Xiao family's legitimate daughter only took one of them away. The other one was left here with the imperial concubine."
When Xiao Lan was mentioned, the palace fell silent for a moment, and the emperor's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Everyone realized that what Qin Zeng was about to say probably involved the woman who almost became the queen many years ago, but ended up marrying the King of Zhenbei.
Especially when Concubine Mu heard the words "Handkerchief handed over", the corners of her eyes twitched fiercely. The look she looked at Qin Zeng instantly became extremely sinister.
But Qin Zeng was not afraid of Concubine Mu at all, and still looked at her calmly. When it came to his mother, he was the calmest one present.
"Liu Ye has been serving Concubine Mu for many years, and she naturally knows everything about what happened back then. So, Liu Ye clearly knew that this box was a hidden weapon, so how could he have made his own decision and replaced it with the gift brought by the Chongnan envoy? Therefore, this must be It was the instruction of the Imperial Concubine, not my own decision as Liu Ye said just now."
Liuye's face suddenly turned pale, and she was about to defend Concubine Mu, but Concubine Mu raised her hand to stop her, and said with a serious face:
"Since Mr. Qin wants to talk about this matter, I might as well say it clearly. Chongnan was plotting evil, and the envoy died in the palace. He clearly wanted to use this matter to coerce me. I saw it in my eyes and was anxious in my heart, so I thought of it. This is the best of both worlds. Wang Xuanyi is the queen's niece and can be considered a relative of the emperor. She should be willing to sacrifice for the country. If I can exchange her life for the stability of the two countries, I am willing to be the bad guy."
What she meant was that if she blamed Chongnan for Wang Xuanyi's death, or even falsely accused Chongnan of murdering Queen Wang, then Chongnan would not insist on insisting on the envoy.
After hearing her words, Li Qingyi couldn't help but sigh that the other party's reaction was not slow, or in other words, she had already prepared for the worst. In a few words, what he did changed from personal hatred to righteousness for the country and the people.
Qin Zeng suddenly chuckled when he heard her explanation. Concubine Mu couldn't help but look at him with slight anger and said, "If Mr. Qin has a better way, I naturally don't need to do this. At this point, is it possible? Are you going to expose this matter to the Chongnan envoy and destroy the situation that was finally reversed?"
Qin Zeng looked at the emperor after hearing this, and Concubine Mu also followed his gaze. She saw that the emperor's face became very ugly. Concubine Mu was startled and closed her mouth. She said that Qin Zeng had nothing to do, which was equivalent to saying that the emperor had nothing to do.
However, this was not the case. The emperor's methods to deal with Chongnan ranged from one thousand to eight hundred. Concubine Mu was simply making excuses. .
And by doing so, she was interfering in government affairs.
The ministers standing in the hall started talking one after another, obviously very dissatisfied with Concubine Mu.
Qin Zeng and Li Qingyi looked at each other. He said so much in a roundabout way. His main purpose was to arouse the ministers' hostility towards Concubine Mu. After that, he could follow the vine to arrange the rights and wrongs of Concubine Mu.
Sure enough, Qin Zeng said: "It's a pity that the imperial concubine still showed her flaws."
The lines on Concubine Mu's face tensed up, waiting for Qin Zeng to continue.
"If the imperial concubine's purpose is really to have Miss Wang serve for Dajing, there is no need to send the empress's old things to her, right? Besides, Miss Wang is a teenager and knows everything about what happened back then. Very few, another example
How can you recognize that this is the queen's old belongings? The imperial concubine must have sent someone to reveal this to her. "
Qin Zeng looked at it mockingly and said: "The empress sees things and misses people, so she will naturally open and check them many times. Maybe it will be the third or fourth time, and she will definitely die."
But Concubine Mu must not have expected that after Miss Wang learned the origin of this thing, the girl's mind was soft and sensitive. She hesitated whether to pass this thing to her aunt, for fear that her aunt would miss the person after seeing the thing and get sick, so she did it many times. Open the box and think twice. So much so that this disaster happened to happen during the palace banquet, attracting everyone's attention.
"Concubine Mu's methods are still so clever." Queen Wang looked at Concubine Mu bitterly and said, "However, why do you want my life? Many people must know it. What else can you hide?"
The emperor had been hampered by various forces for many years and hated those who coveted his power. Empress Wang's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and deeply aroused the emperor's dislike of Concubine Mu.
"The Queen's words are meant to trap this palace into injustice!" Concubine Mu couldn't help but twist her face, and turned to the emperor and said, "The emperor wants to make the decision for me! I am wronged!"
Empress Wang didn't even look at her, she raised her chin slightly, showing off her mother-in-law's aura, which was in sharp contrast to Concubine Mu's distorted face. She said calmly: "Concubine has been complaining like this for many years, big and small. I’m tired of hearing this.”
Concubine Mu did not expect that she would not argue with her at all, and she choked and turned livid. She did not forget that there was a living assassin in the opponent's hand.
Her shoulders shook violently and she looked at the emperor, hoping that he could get these people out of the hall and put an end to this unreasonable behavior. However, the emperor just sat there without saying a word, as if he really wanted the queen to say everything.
Queen Wang took out several items from her sleeve pocket and showed them one by one in front of everyone, and said: "Your Majesty, back then Gongsun Jingzhi was ordered to investigate the suspicious points of the Xiao family's corruption case, but later he was labeled the same as the Xiao family. Hat was killed all over the house. Does the Emperor know who did it secretly? And the whereabouts of Ruying..."
The emperor's pupils shrank suddenly: "Ruying?"
Ruying is the personal maid who has served the emperor since she was a child. She is four or five years older than the emperor. She was previously a servant of the Queen Mother. Because of her intelligence and carefulness, she was assigned to take care of the emperor's daily life. The emperor also liked her very much and relied on her very much. Before he succeeded to the throne, Ruying had always been at his side, almost never leaving her.
The feelings cultivated since childhood are inevitably much more generous than others. But the Queen Mother felt something was wrong and became wary of Ruying. Therefore, just a year before the emperor succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother separated the two.
Logically speaking, Ruying was just a palace maid. Even if the emperor valued her more, she would only be made a concubine at most. There was no need for the Queen Mother to do this.
However, the late emperor showed little care for his children and focused all his attention on government affairs. The emperor's biological mother was not too early. The queen mother had no heirs. Among the princes, she chose the emperor to raise her. Ruying was assigned to serve the emperor at that time. She was in her teens, which was the best age for a woman to serve as the mother. She took on the role of sister, confidant, and even mother, giving all her tenderness and beauty to the emperor. At the same time, he was the first person in the emperor's room after he came of age.
Such complex emotions should not appear in an emperor, so the Queen Mother took the decision to take Ruying away from the emperor.
In fact, the Queen Mother did not originally intend to execute Ruying, but the emperor had a dispute with the Queen Mother because of this matter. The Queen Mother believed that Ruying might become a huge threat if she allowed it to continue.
As the future ruler of the world, the emperor should not have things or people he cares about so much. That would become a fatal weakness. Therefore, the Queen Mother was unwilling to tolerate Ruying's existence, both intellectually and emotionally.
However, no one knows how the Queen Mother finally dealt with Ruying. She suddenly disappeared a year before the Emperor succeeded to the throne.
When Qin Zeng talked about the matter with Li Qingyi, he said that he had another guess.
Qin Zeng felt that even if the Queen Mother had planned to get rid of Ruying, there were many ways to make her disappear in a reasonable way. But the situation back then was that Ruying suddenly appeared somewhere
One morning disappeared, very suddenly, without any reason, without any buffer, it just evaporated.
He felt that there was another hidden reason for Ruying's disappearance.
Li Qingyi also asked Princess Yuanheng about Ruying.
When the emperor succeeded to the throne, Princess Yuanheng was already eleven or twelve years old, and she did remember some things about Ruying.
She said that that day she was sleeping in a side building of the Queen Mother's palace and vaguely heard a few quarrels between the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
The emperor sounded urgent and asked why the queen mother went back on her word. She clearly agreed to let Ruying stay, but then regretted it.
The Queen Mother's voice was cold, saying that she had her own reasons for doing this, so the emperor just pretended that there was no such person.
This conversation is enough to show that the Queen Mother had promised to let Ruying stay, but in the end Ruying disappeared from the world.
Princess Yuanheng guessed that something unexpected happened, which forced the Queen Mother to deal with Ruying differently.
But now Queen Wang's sudden words made people who were vaguely aware of the matter realize that there must be some obscure reason.
As we all know, even though today's emperor is no longer the young sixth prince, the word "Ruying" is still an old scar that cannot be touched in the emperor's heart.
Therefore, everyone immediately stopped discussing whether Concubine Mu was right or wrong, and there was a sudden silence in the hall.
Everyone's eyes turned to Queen Wang.
Even Li Qingyi couldn't help but hold his breath.
