Emperor Ming narrowed his eyes and spoke in an obviously threatening tone.
"Just what?"
He finally discovered that Su Qingyu didn't seem to be worried or panicked about it at all from the moment it happened.
In fact, she still has extra energy to mess around.
This made Emperor Ming wonder whether Su Qingyu already knew something, so she dared to be so unscrupulous?
But the secret of Yongjia has not even been known to the Queen Mother until now. How can she, an orphan who knows nothing, learn about it?
After much thought, Emperor Ming finally blamed this incident on a misunderstanding.
Su Qingyu mistakenly thought that he, the emperor, didn't care about all the children. He only cared about Yongjia from the bottom of his heart, so he dared to be so unscrupulous, lest the world would not be in chaos...
"Just to be fair, I have already gone to Dali Temple. Shouldn't Concubine Li also go to Dali Temple?"
"If the Minister of Dali Temple personally interrogates, and then puts the two confessions together, we will definitely get the truth, don't you think so, Your Majesty?"
Before Emperor Ming could speak, the color in Concubine Li's face completely faded.
She looked up almost in horror, hoping to see rejection in Emperor Ming's eyes.
But no.
Emperor Ming, on the other hand, had already guessed the truth of the matter from Concubine Li's eyes.
Concubine Li had been in the palace for such a long time, so he might not have known that all of Concubine Li's kindness, gentleness, and peaceful years were just an act.
But as long as Li Fei doesn't cross the line and can be a concubine who worships him with peace of mind, it's not impossible for him to return his favor to her.
Now it seems that even Concubine Li can pretend to be weak, so is King Qi's filial piety and obedience also a fake...
"Your Majesty..." Li Fei looked hurt and stared at Emperor Ming.
The Queen Mother finally calmed down a lot after listening to Su Qingyu's words.
But when he looked at Li Fei, he still wanted to throw her out and beat her up.
"What? Concubine Li, don't you dare?"
"Do you think you can't be tortured because of your illness, or are you worried that after being tortured, you will tell the truth that is contrary to what you are now?"
Neither of these two questions from the Queen Mother could be answered directly by Concubine Li.
If we talk about illness, then Su Qingyu is seriously ill. She can go to Dali Temple, why can't she go?
As for telling the truth, Li Fei believed that she did not have strong enough willpower to endure the torture and make her skin damaged and bleed without telling the truth.
It's just a child, a child born to an older man like Emperor Ming, and she doesn't want to keep it at all.
Otherwise, she would have told her when she found out she was pregnant, so why wait until now?
She just wanted to give birth to a child for Jiang Ming, a bunch of children that belonged only to the two of them!
"okay!"
The Queen Mother waved her hand extremely impatiently: "What's going on now, is there anything you still don't understand?"
Seeing Emperor Ming's increasingly ugly face, the Queen Mother didn't feel any distress or fear at all.
"As the king of a country, you don't even have the most basic ability to recognize people. All despicable things can creep on you to fool you."
"Have all the skills you learned back then been lost in the dog's belly now?"
When the word 'back then' was mentioned, Emperor Ming's originally sharp and gloomy eyes were stunned for a moment.
After so many years, he never thought that the Queen Mother could still mention the events of 'that year' in front of him.
Although he was only gently brought along, does this mean that in her heart, the Queen Mother actually still cares about his son?
With this thought, Emperor Ming immediately stopped hesitating.
"Concubine Li, who speaks arrogant words and has no dignity in her eyes, will be grounded for three months. She is not allowed to go out even if she has no purpose!"
"His Majesty!"
Even if she guessed that Emperor Ming probably knew the truth of the matter, how could she be willing to listen to him concluding the matter so lightly?
She had clearly used her child as a bargaining chip, so why did Su Qingyu still have nothing to do?
Instead, she lost her child, lost her Sacred Heart, and was still grounded?
It's not fair, it's not fair!
As soon as Li Fei turned around, she could see Su Qingyu's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
To her, this was Su Qingyu's silent provocation. How could she tolerate it?
"His Majesty!"
"Concubine, this is all for you! For you, I have risked my own child. Are you just going to compromise like this?"
"Your Majesty, you are the emperor, how can you let others dictate your decision..."
"Somebody come!"
Listening to Concubine Li's cries, Emperor Ming was so angry that he trembled all over.
"Stop Concubine Li's mouth!"
"Your Majesty, my whole heart is for you, you can't...um..."
In Emperor Ming's rage, Concubine Li was not only gagged but also tied tightly.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but smile coldly, and the look in her eyes made Emperor Ming feel guilty.
"Concubine Li has been in the palace for so long, but the Ai family didn't know that she is still such a wonderful person with seven orifices and exquisite heart!"
"Does the Ai family still have to congratulate His Majesty and be so happy that his red sleeves are so sweet for being so loyal to you?"
Emperor Ming's face was bleak.
The joy he had just thought he would be able to reconcile with the Queen Mother was completely destroyed by Li Fei's few words.
Even because of her words, the relationship between him and the Queen Mother was not as good as before.
"Somebody come!"
"Concubine Li and I have committed crimes, offended the Queen Mother, and have bad intentions. We are demoted to common people and will be locked up in the cold palace today and will never be able to come out!"
What was originally a grounding suddenly turned into a cold palace from which he would never be able to get out.
Li Fei was stunned on the spot and even forgot to beg for mercy.
Seeing Emperor Ming looking tentatively at the Queen Mother with flattering eyes after he had dismissed her, Concubine Li knew:
She's done.
This time, she was really finished.
She underestimated Su Qingyu's abilities and the Queen Mother's status in the eyes of Emperor Ming.
"Your Majesty, you'd better leave quickly. This small Cikang Palace in Aijia really can't accommodate your big Buddha!"
"Mother, what Li Shuren said is not what I thought. I am..."
Emperor Ming was eager to explain, but the Queen Mother was unwilling to give him a chance.
"Your Majesty, please come back."
Li Shuren had been dragged away by the guards, and the entire Cikang Palace was almost eerily quiet.
Emperor Ming also understood that according to the character of the Queen Mother, it was impossible for her to forgive him for a while.
At the moment, he had no choice but to leave first so that the Queen Mother could calm down.
In the future, he will always have the opportunity to explain clearly.
"Mother, please calm down. I will come see you another day."
Before leaving, Emperor Ming glanced at Su Qingyu specifically, hoping that she would understand the seriousness of this matter, and if necessary, he would explain it to her in front of the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother could accept his explanation as soon as possible.
After Su Qingyu received Emperor Ming's look, she immediately stood up carefully and saluted.
"Your Majesty is wise, I would like to thank you for upholding justice for me and restoring my innocence!"
"I respectfully see you off, Your Majesty, please go slowly!"
Emperor Ming was about to step across the threshold. After hearing Su Qingyu's words, he staggered and almost fell.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Fortunately, his father-in-law beside him held him firmly.
Emperor Ming was so angry that he was shaking all over. How could he not know that Su Qingyu was deliberately making him angry!
Because Concubine Li was so angry with the Queen Mother, did she also want to be angry with him on behalf of the Queen Mother?
For a moment, Emperor Ming didn't even know whether he should be angry with Su Qingyu, so he just endured all his emotions and left Cikang Palace.
Emperor Ming thought that today's affairs would definitely end here. Unexpectedly, he had just returned to the Qinzheng Palace when he heard the palace official report:
The poison in Princess Yongjia began to take effect.
