Chapter 309: Taken Advantage of (Second Update)
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The prince was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes quietly looked at Ling Haoyue, and then Ling Haoyue didn't look at her, and replied to Emperor Qin of the West: "The Queen Mother did not die of illness, but was deliberately angry to death. โ
The prince's heart beat faster, and cold sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead. The prince's reaction, Qi Yan kept looking at it, and quietly glanced at Tianshu behind him, Tianshu understood, and turned to leave.
Emperor Xiqin was furious: "What's going on!"
First, the real cause of death of Ling Yuma and Princess Anding was in the open day, and now it has been revealed that the death of the Queen Mother is also unusual. Emperor Xiqin is the king of a country, the queen mother died under his nose, he never knew that he was killed, such a sense of powerlessness, Emperor Xiqin didn't like it very much.
Ling Haoyue replied: "Please also ask Your Majesty to summon Aunt Jinyu, when the Queen Mother died, my aunt was by her side." โ
Emperor Xiqin coldly ordered: "Hu Quan, go and find Aunt Jinyu." โ
Not long after, I saw Aunt Jinyu walk in, kneeling three times and knocking nine times, before entering the palace, she is a female official in the palace, if you want to enter the palace, you must kneel three times and knock nine times, in order to show respect for the emperor.
"Slave and maid, see Your Majesty. โ
Emperor Xiqin waved his hand: "Flat, auntie, how did the Queen Mother die, you tell the truth." โ
When my aunt heard this, her eyes turned red, and she knelt down straight towards Emperor Xiqin, and said: "The slave is a capital crime, the queen mother accidentally heard two palace people say that Princess Anding was taken away by Zhou Yi and tortured to death, and the queen mother was angry and went that night." But the slave maid wanted to tell His Majesty about the matter, but the slave and maid found that the two palace people had fallen into the water and died, and the slave maid had no evidence and could only hide the matter in her heart. โ
Emperor Xiqin's face turned pale: "Bold! How could two palace people know these things, they clearly wanted to murder the Queen Mother." โ
The crown prince hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Emperor Xiqin.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you don't seem to be feeling well, your face is a little pale. Ling Haoyue said.
Everyone looked at the prince, and sure enough. This is clearly a manifestation of people's weakness. Thinking about it in combination with Fang Cai's affairs, Zhou Yi fell, and King Yan's power was reduced by more than half, which was a good thing for the prince. The Queen Mother only has one daughter, Princess Anding, and when she hears that her daughter's matter is done by Zhou Yi, she will definitely be furious and ask Her Majesty to find out about this matter.
"Prince, you still have something to say!" Emperor Xiqin couldn't see that the prince was clearly a thief.
The crown prince held his mind and tried to remain calm, and replied: "Father, the son does not understand, does the father think that this matter was done by the son? โ
Ling Haoyue sneered, the prince still wanted to quibble.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, Ling Yuanhui has a concubine by his side who seems to have a good relationship with you. โ
"Nonsense, how can this palace have anything to do with a concubine. The prince denied it again and again.
Ling Haoyue smiled lightly: "Oh, but someone saw the prince drinking tea with that little concubine in the Windward Tower." "Windward Tower is a famous restaurant in Beijing, people come and go, and it is not impossible for someone to see it accidentally.
The prince's mind was spinning, and he hurriedly replied: "Impossible, then someone must have read it wrong, except for the crown princess, this palace has never entered the windward tower with other women." โ
"His Royal Highness the Prince, when did this palace say that His Highness walked with her? Ling Haoyue said to Emperor Qin of the West, "Your Majesty, the people of the Ling Guo Mansion have often seen the concubine Xiang Qiao leaving the mansion these days, and after she left the mansion, she went to the Tianzi private room in the Windward Tower, which was contracted by the British Mansion. โ
As soon as she said this, Aunt Jinyu remembered: "Your Majesty, the slave maid remembers, this Xiangqiao was the palace maid who served in Kunning Palace in the past. โ
Xiang Qiao served in the queen's palace, and it was normal for him to be familiar with the prince, or he was the prince's person at all.
"Father, Erchen does know Xiangqiao, since the Lingguo Mansion cut officials, her life has become increasingly poor, so Erchen gave her some money, that's all. โ
said that there were many mistakes, and Emperor Xiqin looked at the prince coldly: "I don't know when you have such a good heart." "Why doesn't he understand the prince's temperament, and he will be kind to a slave?
"Father......" The prince still wants to defend.
"Prince, you don't have to go to the morning court, just think about it behind closed doors. Emperor Xiqin said coldly, "Retreat from the dynasty!"
Ling Haoyue frowned, Emperor Xiqin clearly wanted to calm things down, and wanted to say something, but was grabbed by Qi Yan and signaled her not to say anything more.
"Cousin Haoyue, you are really good. The prince said in a weird way.
Ling Haoyue looked at him coldly: "It's not as good as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." โ
"Hmph!" the prince brushed his sleeves away.
The early dynasty dispersed, and in just one hour, all kinds of shocking secrets were revealed one after another, and the courtiers felt terrified. The second prince's mother and mother's family are gone, I am afraid that they will not have anything to do with the throne from now on, and the crown prince is angry with the queen mother, and this throne will probably not be his turn, so only Wen Mohan will be left.
For a while, those courtiers who fell with the wind all moved closer to Wen Mohan.
Looking at Wen Mohan, who was surrounded by the stars like a moon, Qi Yan sneered, I am afraid that he is the one who has a good means.
Qi Yan pulled Ling Haoyue back to Shou'an Palace.
"Your Majesty, he has obviously seen it, but he just thought about it behind closed doors. Ling Haoyue's brows were furrowed tightly, she poked this matter out in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, hoping that the truth would be revealed, but Emperor Western Qin stopped abruptly, how could she not be angry.
Aunt Jinyu sighed: "Thunder and rain and dew are Jun's grace, and Your Majesty has Your Majesty's considerations." โ
Ling Haoyue didn't understand what Aunt Yu meant, but she was not angry in her heart.
"The crown prince is angry with the queen mother, such a scandal, Emperor Western Qin will not allow it to be spread. Qi Yan shook his head, "It's that I ignored this, I originally thought that with Xiang Qiao's testimony, His Majesty would give the Queen Mother justice, but I thought about it." โ
Aunt Yu said: "What the prince said is, princess, Your Majesty's meaning is already obvious, and no one will be allowed to mention this matter again." โ
The death of the queen mother can only end in illness, and Western Qin can have courtiers kill the emperor's relatives, but there can be no scandal such as the death of the queen mother by the prince.
"If I'm not mistaken, the prince is just being taken advantage of, and the real leader is someone else. Qi Yan said thoughtfully.
Ling Haoyue was reminded by him like this, and suddenly realized: "King Yan lost his mother's family, the prince lost his sacred heart, and the person who ultimately benefited was King Ming." โ
Qi Yan sighed lightly: "This is just speculation, according to King Ming's careful thinking, we won't find anything valuable if we go to investigate." โ
Ling Haoyue rubbed her eyebrows: "I feel like I'm being taken advantage of." โ
Wen Mohan was too dangerous, Ling Haoyue took Aunt Jinyu's hand: "Auntie, after your grandmother's funeral, you and the palace should go to Nanqi." As he spoke, he bowed his head to Qi Yan again: "Brother Yan, as soon as my grandmother's funeral is over, we will go back, I don't want to stay here for a long time." โ
Aunt Jinyu nodded: "It is a blessing for the old slave to be able to serve the princess." โ
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When the news of the court reached Xiao Fanghui's ears, she was shocked: "How can there be such a thing!"
Ten years ago, the deaths of Ling Juma and Princess Anding were actually done by Zhou Yi.
"This matter is now spread by everyone in the capital, the Zhou family has been raided, I heard that Concubine Yun is still outside the imperial study, and she is taking off her hairpin to ask for guilt. The crown prince was also punished by His Majesty, who can still fight with our prince now. The maid's eyebrows fluttered.
Xiao Fanghui's face changed: "Talky! These words are what you can say!"
The maid quickly shut up. Xiao Fanghui has always been kind to her subordinates, and her words are rarely so harsh.
"You go down first, if the prince comes back, tell the concubine. โ
The maid hurriedly retreated.
Xiao Fanghui frowned, she never paid attention to what Wen Mohan did, she only did her duty, but now that he became the most powerful contender for the throne, she suddenly felt panicked, she never thought that her husband would become the next emperor, think about what Wen Mohan's gentle face would look like?
No, she couldn't think anymore.
Xiao Fanghui, you have to remember that you are just a woman, just do what you have to do, don't care about it and don't ask......
The crown prince and the king of Ming lost power one after another, and the queen and Concubine Yun also panicked.
Outside the imperial study, Concubine Yun was dressed in plain clothes, powdered and pink, and only used a wooden hairpin to live in her hair, kneeling on the ground, quietly looking at the closed door.
With a squeak, the door opened, but the person who came out was indeed nonsense.
"Niangniang, Your Majesty said, what General Zhou did has nothing to do with you and His Royal Highness King Yan, you are still Concubine Yun, you better go back. โ
Concubine Yun's heart was cold: "Your Majesty, doesn't he even want to see the face of the palace?"
Hu Quan shook his head: "Niangniang, Your Majesty has been hit too hard today, and I don't want to see anyone right now, so you better go back first." โ
As soon as the words fell, I raised my eyes and saw that the queen was also dressed in plain clothes and walked over.
Hu Quan secretly complained in his heart, the queen and Concubine Yun, His Majesty didn't want to see them, they were coming up at this time, it was really ...... Isn't that embarrassing for him?
"The Queen's Mother. Hu Quan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted the queen.
"This palace has something to meet Your Majesty. โ
Hu Quan hurriedly stopped her: "Niangniang, Your Majesty won't see anyone today, you better go back first." โ
The queen glanced at Concubine Yun, who was kneeling on the ground, and was silent.
Hu Quan simply said to the two women: "Niangniang, Your Majesty is in a bad mood right now, and I really don't want to see anyone." โ
Emperor Xiqin is in a bad mood, whoever goes up at this moment is looking for scolding.
"That's it, the palace will come back later, Gonggong Hu, you are so good to serve Your Majesty. The queen instructed Hu Quan.
On the side, Concubine Yun also kowtowed to the imperial study, and then got up.
Hu Quan saw that the two ancestors finally had the intention of leaving, so he turned around and went back to serve His Majesty.
"Concubine Yun, what Zhou Yi did was too outrageous, Your Majesty would not forgive it no matter what, you still have to die of this heart. "Although the crown prince was punished, compared to Concubine Yun, the queen felt that she was better than her.