EBE Chapter 142 The Queen is Imprisoned
Chapter 142 The Queen is Imprisoned
Lan Xiaoxiao entered the mourning hall and threw herself on Mrs. Lan's coffin and started crying. The people around her wanted to pull her away but did not dare to, so they could only look at Lan Chengen for help.
"Master, the young lady is a married woman, isn't this inappropriate?"
"Just go up and pull them apart. Let her finish crying and go back quickly. Don't disturb the lady."
"Yes, sir."
Several servants rushed forward and tried to pull Lan Xiaoxiao's arm, but Princess Yu went straight over to stop them.
"How dare you lay your hands on Prince Yu's concubine? How many heads do you have?"
"Master, this..."
The servants were unsure of the identity of the woman in front of them and did not dare to act rashly, so they had to ask Lan Chengen.
Lan Cong Cheng'en had never seen Princess Yu before, so he stepped forward and asked.
"May I ask who you are, Madam? Why are you interfering in the affairs of our Lan family?"
"I am the wife of Prince Yu, and Concubine Lan is from my house. I can naturally take care of her affairs."
"It's the princess, I pay my respects to the princess."
"No need to be polite! Sister Lan was very sad when she heard that the lady had passed away, so she came back to attend the funeral and to know the cause of Mrs. Lan's death."
Lan Chengen's expression froze unconsciously when he heard Lan Xiaoxiao want to know the cause of his wife's death, and then he said the words he had prepared long ago.
"Madam accidentally knocked over a candle in the room, and I was looking for something in the study, so I didn't find it in time, which led to this consequence."
When Lan Xiaoxiao heard what her father said, she got up from the coffin and rushed directly to her father.
"Father said my mother knocked over the candle, but where did the candle come from in broad daylight? Eunuch Li was waiting in the front hall, so how could my mother not know the etiquette and take a nap?"
Lan Chengen's story was full of loopholes and no one would believe it, but no one had any evidence.
At this time, Lan Chengen was a little impatient. He didn't want to explain all this to his disobedient daughter at all because he felt it was unnecessary.
A married girl, who doesn't want to get pregnant as soon as possible to bring honor to her family, but spends all day fighting with the prince, what's the use of her?
"If you two don't believe me, I can't do anything about it. Please go back."
After Lan Chengen finished speaking, he turned away without giving Princess Yu any face at all. This showed that he did not take Princess Yu seriously at all.
Lan Xiaoxiao did not make a fuss. She wiped away her tears silently, then knelt in front of her mother's spirit and kowtowed three times.
"Today I have severed all ties with the Lan family. Rest in peace, mother."
After saying that, Lan Xiaoxiao pulled out the hairpin on her head, threw it directly to the ground, then stood up and walked away without looking back.
Princess Yu accompanied her silently by her side. On the way, they met Lan Xiaoxiao's two brothers returning home, but Lan Xiaoxiao didn't even glance at them.
"Hey, isn't this our Prince Yu's concubine? How come you have time to come?"
"Get lost!"
"Hey, why are you swearing? Be careful or I'll tell my father about you."
Lan Xiaoxiao directly took Princess Yu's hand, pushed her two brothers away and left the Lan family.
From then on, Lan Xiaoxiao had nothing to do with the Lan family anymore. She was just herself.
When Lan Cheng'en learned about Lan Xiaoxiao's behavior, he just scolded her for being an unfilial daughter, but there was nothing he could do.
He was now only concerned with trying to get away with it in front of the emperor and had no time to care about anything else.
After Mrs. Lan's funeral, Lan Cheng'en hurried to the palace to apologize, blaming everything on the deceased lady.
After listening to his narration, the emperor hummed lightly. This was just as Song Qingwan had guessed, Lan Chengen would indeed take action.
"So you're saying that your wife learned the flower pattern from a book, and the book was burned in the fire along with your wife."
"Your Majesty is wise, that's how it is. It's all my wife's fault for being too careless."
"Well, Lord Lan, you must be patient."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lan Chengen breathed a sigh of relief, having finally gotten away with it, but he still blamed Song Qingwan.
If she hadn't been nosy, how could the emperor suspect the Lan family? So Lan Chengen was already planning to kill Song Qingwan.
What he didn't know was that the emperor did not dispel his suspicions, but instead secretly imprisoned the queen.
At this time, the queen was under house arrest in her own Zhengyang Palace and was not allowed to step out. Palace maids such as Biyu were also transferred and locked up elsewhere.
No news about the queen can be heard nowadays, and no one can get help from her.
The emperor announced to the public that the queen was seriously ill and no one was allowed to visit her in order to prevent infection.
"Someone, let me out! I am the queen, the mother of the country! How dare you imprison me!"
"Your Majesty, please open the door! I want to see Jun'er, I want to see Jun'er!"
"You can't do this to me, I'm your legal wife and Jun'er's mother!"
The queen banged on the palace door frantically, but no one responded. Her own voice echoed in the empty palace.
At this moment, the queen no longer had the grace and elegance of the past. Her clothes were dirty, her hair was disheveled, and she looked dazed.
After an unknown amount of time, the door was opened from the outside and the emperor walked in alone.
The queen stepped forward in surprise and grabbed the emperor's arm, thinking that he was going to let her go.
"Your Majesty, now that you are here, I know you will come to pick me up in person!"
"How do you know I'm here to release you? Don't you know what you've done?"
The emperor looked coldly at the woman who had slept with him for more than 20 years. He could never have imagined that his first wife would actually attack him.
"I am wronged, it's not me! It's not me, Your Majesty."
"You're still being stubborn? Where did you get that strange spice you gave me? Is it really for calming the nerves?"
"Well, of course it is."
"Humph, you're still lying! Lan Mingyan, you really won't cry until you see the coffin!"
The emperor's eyes were full of disappointment. He came to ask the queen today because he wanted to give her a chance. He didn't expect that this woman didn't want to confess at all.
"I don't know which villain has come forward to slander the emperor again. That person should be tortured to death!"
"Snapped!"
The emperor slapped the queen to the ground. He pointed at her with a trembling finger, his face full of heartache.
"You Lan family really treat me like a fool. Where did you get the poison you used to harm Huaiyuan Jingle? The bugs in my brain and those calming incense all came from Southern Xinjiang, right?"
“I, I,”
"I never thought that the Lan family would have such ambitions. They colluded with foreign nations to harm the royal family and even wanted to put me to death!"
"No! No, you won't die. They promised me that as long as you agree to give up the throne, they will cure you of the poison!"
The queen grabbed the emperor's robe and shook her head frantically. She really had no intention of taking the emperor's life. She dared to do this because Lan Chengen tricked her.
Lan Chengen told her that the emperor valued Zhao Huaijin and wanted to pass the throne to him, so they didn't need to act first.
"Didn't you think about it? Did the worm fly into my brain by itself? You vicious woman!"