EBE Chapter 422: Slandering the Queen, the Queen Fights Back
Chapter 422: Slandering the Queen, the Queen Fights Back
"What do you say, Queen?"
The emperor raised the corner of his mouth with interest, looked at the queen and asked.
"Your Majesty, I don't know why Concubine Chun slandered me for no reason, but I really didn't do anything."
The Queen first stated her innocence to the Emperor, and then looked at Chun'er who was kneeling beside her with an angry face and questioned her.
"Mrs. Chun, since you said that I instructed you to do this, do you have evidence to prove it? If you don't have evidence, then you are guilty of slandering the Empress."
"Your Majesty, I have never had any grudges with Wanpin. Wanpin even helped me before. Why would I have to spend so much energy to frame Wanpin?"
Chun'er had no intention of wasting time talking to the Queen. She looked directly at the Emperor and explained that she had no reason to frame Zhen Huan.
"The Queen's words prove that what I said is true. After all, slandering the Empress is not a minor crime. If I really want to get rid of my guilt, I can just ask the servants in the palace to take the blame. Why bother slandering the Queen?"
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful. If you find out that I have slandered the Empress, wouldn't the crime be even more serious?"
"Why should I do this?"
Chun'er was very clear-headed at the moment. Although she had asked for help from the Imperial Concubine, this matter was her own business after all. If she had no room to fight back and could not hold on until the Imperial Concubine came, then she was afraid that the Imperial Concubine would not go against the Queen Mother for her.
After all, no one would bother with a useless person.
Even though everyone in the palace said that the imperial concubine was a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart, he did not have much friendship with her, nor did he have any leverage over her. As for the little bit of benefit she gave, it was nothing to the imperial concubine who came from a Fucha family.
She knew very well that the imperial concubine was willing to help her only because she and the queen were enemies, and the imperial concubine and the queen were also enemies, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The emperor couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when listening to Chun'er's clear and logical words. He didn't realize that this Concubine Chun, who usually looked cute and naive, was actually an eloquent person.
It seems that there are many hidden talents in my harem.
"you."
The Queen was so confused by Chun'er's sophistry that she didn't know how to refute him.
After all, when the master in this palace makes a mistake, most of the time the blame is placed on the palace servants. This is an unspoken rule in this palace that everyone knows.
"Moreover, I really can't produce any evidence that the Queen forced me to harm Wanpin, but in this world, everything that has been done will leave traces."
"As long as the emperor has people carefully interrogate the servants in the Queen's palace, they will definitely be able to find out something."
At this critical moment of life and death, Chun'er quickly kicked the ball back to the Queen.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how to prove my innocence, but I am the mother of a country. If you interrogate my palace maids without any evidence, if this gets out, I will have proven my innocence. How will I be able to manage the harem in the future?"
The Queen was indeed so angry at Chun'er's unreasonable words that she was unable to react for a while, but the Queen was also an old fox who had been in the palace for so long that she quickly adjusted her state of mind.
She knew very well that the several senior palace maids around her were loyal and could not get anything out of them even under torture. However, the eunuchs were all rootless, especially Jiang Fuhai. She could not guarantee that he would keep his mouth shut and say nothing under torture.
If Jiang Fuhai said something, he would be in trouble.
Therefore, in order to be on the safe side, the best way is to make the emperor give up the idea of interrogating the servants around him.
After hearing what the queen said, the emperor laughed out of anger.
He didn't expect that even at this time, the queen still wanted to deny it. It seemed that he had to make sure she didn't give up completely.
The queen looked at the emperor's smile and became more and more nervous.
"Su Peisheng, take the things to the Queen for a closer look."
It turned out that the Emperor had not given all the evidence found by Su Peisheng to the Queen, but left the part involving the Queen on the table.
Su Peisheng looked at the queen who knew nothing about it with pity, then quickly handed the thing to the queen.
The queen took the thing and looked at it carefully, and immediately the breath in her heart fell.
She actually underestimated the emperor's ability and thought that the emperor would not be able to find out what she had done. However, she did not expect that the emperor had found out everything and was just watching her performance.
In an instant, a strong sense of shame surged into her heart, and she felt as if she had been stripped naked.
The queen looked up at the emperor with eyes full of hatred, but the next second she suppressed it with her reason.
She can't turn against the emperor now, she still has a backup plan.
The emperor naturally did not miss the look from the queen just now, which made him feel extremely dissatisfied with the queen.
Is the queen hating herself?
"Your Majesty, I don't want to do this either. I have no choice but to do this."
The queen knelt on the ground and looked at the emperor with tearful eyes, hoping to get a little mercy from him.
"I have no choice. What do you have to do?"
"You are the mother of a country. Even if Wanpin gives birth to a child, won't the child still call you Empress Mother?"
"How can you be so cruel to harm an ignorant child? You are such a vicious person!"
The emperor could no longer suppress his inner anger. The queen was simply treating him like a fool.
"emperor!"
The queen suddenly raised her head, looked at the emperor and called out sadly.
"I did this only because I was too angry. Wanpin was able to enter the palace because of my sister, and she was able to gain the emperor's favor because she is somewhat similar to my sister."
"But after Wanpin knew about this, she was very dissatisfied. She took advantage of her pregnancy to be disrespectful to her elder sister. As her elder sister, how could I tolerate Wanpin's behavior?"
"Your Majesty, you dote on Wanpin so much that even though you knew that Wanpin was disrespectful to my sister, you still forgave her. Do you still remember my sister?"
"Are you doing this to your sister?"
The emperor was stunned by the queen's words.
It seemed that he hadn't thought of Chun Yuan for a long time. The last time he missed Chun Yuan was because Wanpin wore Chun Yuan's clothes, so it didn't take long for him to dream of Chun Yuan again.
In the dream, she cried and complained that she had changed her heart. He opened his mouth to explain to Chunyuan, but he woke up from the dream the next second.