EBE Chapter 171 Testing the Queen, the Queen Denies
Chapter 171 Testing the Queen, the Queen Denies
The emperor only felt a ball of anger brewing in his heart. He did not intend to think about the queen's thoughts here, but went directly to confront the queen with evidence.
"Why is the emperor here?"
The queen didn't expect that the emperor would think of coming to see her. She was surprised for a moment and went to greet him with a smile.
At the same time, he did not forget to instruct Jianqiu to ask the small kitchen to bring a few plates of snacks that the emperor liked.
But before she could go out to greet the emperor, the emperor walked in with a dark face.
"Greetings to the Emperor, may your Majesty be blessed with peace and blessings."
The queen didn't understand what was going on, but she still bowed respectfully to the emperor.
"Get up."
The emperor walked to the couch with his sword and golden horse and sat down. He stared at the queen with cold eyes for a long time before calling out.
The queen became more and more uneasy. She didn't know what had happened to make the emperor so angry that he didn't even give her the most basic decency.
But she still pretended to be clueless, smiled, stood up, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty is too busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, so he is a little upset."
It has to be said that the Queen has always been the most virtuous person in front of the Emperor. If the Emperor had not had evidence in advance, he would probably have really doubted whether he was overthinking it.
"Do you know why Concubine Xuan had a difficult delivery?"
The emperor's tone was neither salty nor bland, and one could not hear much emotional ups and downs in his voice.
But it was this tone of voice that made the usually calm queen feel somewhat uneasy.
She knew that the emperor said this so bluntly, which meant that he must know something, otherwise he would not have said so.
The emperor had been staring closely at the queen's eyes, so he could see clearly the queen's instantaneous change of emotions from his seat at the top.
"What did the emperor find out?"
When the queen looked up again, her expression was the same as usual. She looked at the emperor worriedly and asked.
"Queen, guess what I found out?"
The emperor stared at the queen with his dark eyes, which brought extremely strong pressure, making the queen more and more panicked.
"I don't know."
The queen was not sure at this time whether the emperor had really caught evidence against her or was testing her, so after thinking it over quickly, she decided to refuse to admit it.
Anyway, they are all dead and there is no evidence. Even if the emperor wants to investigate, he may not be able to find anything. Except for the midwife who is still alive, everyone else is dead.
"You don't know?"
"You are the master of the Six Palaces, how can you say you don't know?"
The emperor looked at the queen with a mocking tone.
In the court, if an ordinary minister made any mistake, basically no one could withstand his questioning. Unexpectedly, he, the queen in the six palaces, was calmer than ordinary ministers. If he were a man, he would be a real talent.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This incident was indeed my fault for not taking good care of the six palaces, which led to Concubine Xuan's accident."
The queen lowered her eyes and avoided the emperor's gaze.
"Humph."
"Queen, oh Queen, you really are good at avoiding the important issues."
The emperor looked at the queen kneeling before him with her head lowered, and the irony in his heart became stronger.
He always thought that these things were done by the Eighth Prince, but he never expected that the Queen was involved. He didn't even know how many similar things the Queen had done.
He couldn't help but think that if he hadn't come to the Old Summer Palace this time, perhaps he would never have been able to find out what the queen had done in his entire life.
After all, it’s because the queen has a good aunt who is the queen mother.
He didn't think that the Queen Mother was unaware of what the Queen had done. It was even possible that the Queen Mother helped the Queen cover up a lot of things.
Thinking of this, he felt an indescribable sadness. He didn't know that the Queen Mother knew very well that he had few children, but still indulged the Queen in taking action against his children.
Could it be that in the Queen Mother's heart, not only was she not as good as the Fourteenth Prince, she was even not as good as her niece, the Queen?
Or maybe the empress dowager hoped to use such means to end up without an heir, and finally she would have to choose a suitable heir from the royal family, so as to push the fourteenth prince to become the legitimate crown prince.
The more I thought about the emperor, the more frightened I became.
He was unwilling to admit that the Queen Mother actually didn't care about him at all, and he didn't want to believe that the Queen was the one who caused him to lose so many children.
But the solid evidence was right there, and he had no choice but to believe it.
"I don't understand what the emperor said."
The queen had completely calmed down at this time. As long as she could hold on until she returned to the palace, the emperor would not abolish her position as queen for the sake of the empress dowager. At most, he would just punish her.
Moreover, even if the emperor wanted to punish himself, he could not punish him too harshly for the sake of the royal family's reputation.
"You do not understand?"
"Then take a good look at it yourself."
The emperor was so angry at the queen's shameless attitude that he laughed. He angrily threw the evidence in front of the queen, which was not certain but enough to prove that the queen was related to these things.
Why does the Queen think that since she has the Queen Mother's support, the Emperor can't do anything to her?
The queen didn't expect that the emperor really had evidence, which made her panic.
I was so careful, how could the emperor find out it was my doing so easily?
The queen forced herself to suppress her inner nervousness, reached out to pick up the evidence on the ground and looked at it carefully.
The more the Queen looked, the paler her face became. The Emperor not only found out that he had bribed the midwife under the name of Concubine Qi when Concubine Xuan gave birth, but he even found out that he was the one who frightened the horse last time.
With the Queen in such a state of mind, there was nothing the Emperor couldn't understand.
"Queen, Queen."
"I don't understand. You are now the head of the Six Palaces and the most honorable woman besides my mother. What on earth are you dissatisfied with?"
"You want to hurt an innocent person like this, and you won't even let go of a child."
The emperor really couldn't understand why the queen did this. He thought that although he didn't give Yixiu too much favor, he gave her the respect that the queen deserved without reservation. What reason did she have to do such a thing?
"Your Majesty, I admit that I was bewitched."
In this critical moment of life and death, the queen's brain worked quickly and she soon found a reasonable explanation for her behavior.
"But, I have no choice."
The queen looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, her tone painful and helpless.
Seeing this, Jianqiu wanted to step forward out of heartache, but due to the emperor's majesty, she could only kneel obediently behind the queen and look at her bent back worriedly.