Xie Zhangyi swallowed his saliva and said in a weak voice: "Put... the cotton wool."
"You put cotton wool in your clothes because you knew in advance that someone would put white phosphorus powder in them?"
Xie Zhangyi's eyes were unfocused, full of fear and fear. He shook his head and tears kept falling: "I don't know... I don't know anything..."
"Well……"
Suddenly, a "whoosh" sound came from the sky, and then, Xie Zhangyi looked in pain, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Plop!"
After she fell to the ground, everyone saw clearly that a long arrow had been inserted into her back.
"Empress!"
Magpie and Shuangjiang were so frightened that they quickly stood in front of her: "There are assassins, protect the empress!"
The place where Jiang Xinyue lived was very far inside and could not be seen from the outside. She looked at Xie Zhangyi who was vomiting blood and lying in a pool of blood. She leaned on her body and wrote something under her body with her fingers.
The guards of Hexi Palace were robbed, and when the magpies cawed, they chased them out with their swords drawn.
Someone was afraid that Xie Zhangyi would expose himself, so he sent a killer to kill him and silence him.
Jiang Xinyue pushed away Magpie and Shuangjiang, walked down in a few steps, and kicked Xie Zhangyi over with her feet.
Under her clothes, an unfinished word was written in blood. Before anyone could see it clearly, the blood had already spread over it.
"Empress..."
Magpie wanted to say something, but Jiang Xinyue raised her hand to stop her. She said with a cold face: "Carry Xie Zhangyi's body to the Xuanjing Division."
Everyone was confused as to why Concubine Xian sent Xie Zhangyi's body to the Xuanjing Division. Xique and Jiangchuan knew about it.
The empress is here to warn the Xuanjing Division.
They spent four or five days but still couldn't find out the result, or maybe they found out the result but didn't tell her the result because of someone's suggestion.
Also, she was telling the emperor in disguise that no matter who he wanted to protect, she would not let anyone go as long as he wanted to harm her child.
Yikun Palace——
Wang Dequan put the phoenix seal and gold book, which represented the queen's power, in a gift box made of satin fabric: "Queen, that servant will resign now."
The queen sat beside the bed. The cool breeze in the morning made her feel a little bit chilly, so she gathered up the cloak around her body. However, she was too thin, and the cloak was empty, and she didn't look much warmer at all.
She closed her eyes and said, "I'd like to trouble you, my dear prince."
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
Wang Dequan sighed sadly and wanted to say something to comfort him, but he felt that this was not something he, a eunuch, could do.
He didn't pity the queen, he just lamented the impermanence of the world.
But in the palace, falling out of favor and regaining favor only happened in a blink of an eye. He would not step on any concubine who fell in power, nor would he flatter his favorite concubine.
When people are down, it is better to have a good relationship than to have bad relationships with them.
Wang Dequan walked forward, then walked out with the fifth prince in his arms, looking at his master distressedly: "Empress, why are you... You obviously didn't do this, why do you admit it? Empress and the Emperor are divorced. From now on, But what should I do?"
"If I don't recognize you, I will be the next Li Guiji."
Overnight, the queen seemed to have aged a lot, and two thin lines appeared in the corners of her eyes: "Although I did not let anyone put the phosphorus powder in, it was done by the Zhu family in order to eliminate the threat to me. Your Majesty, he I have long been dissatisfied that the people of Chang'an only know the Zhu family but not the royal family. If I don't acknowledge this matter on behalf of the Zhu family, the Zhu family will disappear from this world tomorrow."
She laughed at herself: "Fen Hong, have you ever seen any concubine who could still survive in the palace after her family was wiped out?"
When Li Guiji was favored, she was just a concubine, but she had already aroused the jealousy of so many people. After she was demoted, those people bullied and humiliated her crazily, making her life worse than death.
She is a queen. If the Zhu family falls, how will those who are jealous of her let her go?
"Xianfei, our queen has said she won't see guests, so you can't go in."
The sound of the palace maid's obstruction was getting closer and closer, indicating that she was unable to stop him.
"Crunch~"
The closed door was pushed open, and Jiang Xinyue stepped in: "I would like to pay my regards to the Queen."
The queen had a cold face: "What are you doing here? Are you here to see my jokes?"
Jiang Xinyue sighed, looking as if nothing could be more tragic than heartbreak: "How could it be? I am the biggest joke in this palace, how can I dare to see the Queen's joke?"
"You have already obtained the Phoenix Seal and the Golden Book, but you still want to speak in such a weird manner. Jiang Xinyue, don't bully others too much."
"Don't you know, Queen?"
Jiang Xinyue looked puzzled: "I only took the Phoenix Seal. The emperor has already said that the gold book will be kept by Concubine De, and the palace affairs must be taken care of by Concubine De. I am young and have little qualifications. I am not convinced that I want to take care of them, so I will not take care of them. All matters in the palace are still left to Concubine De, and I will not do such thankless things."
Her meaning was very clear. Sooner or later, the phoenix seal would have to be returned to the empress. She would not do such a tiring job and still be complained about, lest she would be laughed at in the future for using chicken feathers as ceremonial arrows.
It also proved to the queen from the side that she had no idea about the queen's position, so there was no need to be so hostile to her.
The queen looked at her with eyes: "Now that the emperor loves you to the core, he will listen to you no matter what you say. Have you never thought of replacing me as the master of the harem?"
"Become the master of the harem, and then what?"
She opened a pair of big, pure and innocent eyes: "Isn't it enough for me to have an emperor?"
The queen was stunned at first, and then she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Is it because I am young that I am fearless and think that being favored by the emperor is better than being a queen?
"What's so good about being a queen?"
Jiang Xinyue complained about her as if she were a close sister, and seemed to be fighting for her injustice: "The Queen has to worry about morning and evening every day, and she can't even sleep in. When you go out, there will be a large group of people behind you. They tell you, this You can't do it, it's not advisable to do it. I always remind you that you are a queen, you have to be careful in your words and deeds, and you have to be dignified and elegant... you have to manage the harem for the emperor, you can't be jealous... you can't be petty... there are too many that can't be done , Empress, rather than being the master of such a harem, I would rather have the emperor’s favor and be a carefree concubine who doesn’t have to pretend to be strong.”
As a queen, without the emperor's understanding and favor, she is just a senior female official who receives a monthly salary.
Everything must be centered on the emperor and the overall situation. What about herself?
If the price of being a queen is losing herself, then Jiang Xinyue would rather be a favored concubine who can be coquettish to the emperor and make her petty.
The queen looked at the sincerity emanating from her heart and had to believe that she was speaking from her heart.
She really doesn't want to be a queen.
