The two stood in the cold wind, Qian Yan looked at Sun Pingling coldly, and suddenly laughed mockingly: "You always have so many excuses, how can there be so many coincidences in this world? I know that if this palace is covered by one hand of you, people will prove that you want to extinguish your mouth, but today there is a palace in one day, you don't want to step into this house half a step!"

Sun Pingling closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Empress, I just want to make sure of the safety of the little prince." ”

Qian Yan bit his lip and said, "Yes, but you can only go in alone." ”

"Okay, I'll go in alone. Sun Pingling said, letting the others wait outside, and she went inside to visit the little prince.

Subsequently, Qian Yan also followed.

Sun Pingling sat on the edge of the bed and asked about the little prince, and Qian Yan gritted his teeth.

The palace people on both sides saluted her, and she said softly, "Close the door." ”

She slowly and gently walked towards Sun Pingling, picked up a piece of red silk on the table, and when she walked behind Sun Pingling, there was a touch of coldness in her eyes, and then put the red silk strip on Sun Pingling's neck and strangled it.

Sun Pingling didn't expect such a situation to happen, and she immediately struggled fiercely

At this time, no one in the palace maid who was waiting for the two made a sound, and after being shocked, she stepped forward and pressed Sun Pingling's hands.

I saw Qian Yan's eyes wide open, his eyes were red with blood and murderous aura, and the green tendons on his forehead were exposed.

Sun Pingling's face began to turn red, her throat was still making a hoarse and weak cry for help, the arc of the struggle became smaller and smaller, and her two eyes seemed to be running out of their sockets.

Gradually, no sound could come out of her throat, and her hands could no longer struggle, but those eyes were still wide open.

Qian Yan was still dying.

The palace maid whispered: "Niangniang, she seems to be dead." ”

Qian Yan swallowed his saliva, let go of his hand, and Sun Pingling's body lay on the ground.

"Hahaha!" she laughed a little maniacally, "This palace said that one day when this palace is here, no one can hurt the emperor of this palace." ”

She then sat down on the side, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and took a few sips of a cup of tea in a panic.

The palace maid stepped forward and asked fearfully, "Niangniang, what should we do now?"

"What's the panic!" Qian Yan put down the teacup, "Rong Bengong thinks about it." ”

Sun Pingling has not come out for a long time, and the people waiting outside are also anxious, so they stepped forward to invite several times, but there has been no response inside, so they suspect that she may have encountered an accident inside, and despite the obstruction of the palace people outside, she wants to break in.

"Queen, they want to break in, what should they do now?" the palace maid asked anxiously.

Qian Yan swallowed his saliva, got up expressionlessly, and a sharp look swept in his eyes.

Opening the door, Qian Yan scolded, "Do you want to rebel?"

The people outside immediately pleaded guilty: "The slave maid didn't dare, but the imperial concubine had been in for a long time and never came out, and the slaves and maids were worried that something had happened to her inside, so they ......"

"I was about to talk about it. Qian Yan said lightly, "The imperial concubine saw that the little prince was unwell, her heart was unbearable, and she suddenly had angina pectoris, and she had died violently. ”

"What!" The palace people outside were shocked, "The imperial concubine was fine when she entered, how could she be ...... for so long"

"Are you doubting Bengong's words?" Qian Yan raised his eyebrows and swept his eyes, with a strong murderous aura.

"The slave maid wants to meet our master!" the palace maid bit her lip and said, "Please let the queen allow the slave and maid to enter, and wait for the master to go back and tidy up her appearance." ”

Qian Yan turned to the side and said lightly: "You can see it if you want to." ”

The two palace maids of Sun Pingling immediately entered, looked at Sun Pingling's body lying on the ground, and immediately cried and pounced in front of her body.

"Imperial concubine, imperial concubine!"

"No, this is a tear stain! You see, there are strangulation marks on the neck of the imperial concubine! The imperial concubine did not die suddenly, but was strangled to death!" a palace man shouted when he saw the scar on Sun Pingling's neck.

Qian Yan slowly stepped forward and said lightly: "This palace sees that you are too sad, and you have started to talk nonsense! What strangulation marks, why didn't this palace see it? Did you see it?"

Her palace maid naturally shook her head in unison and said that she didn't see anything.

"Empress, the scar on the neck of the imperial concubine is so obvious, how can you turn a blind eye! Someone strangled the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine was strangled to death inside, can't you see anything? Or is it simply the poisonous hand of the queen? Our master is the imperial concubine personally appointed by His Majesty, and the biological mother of the eldest prince, what right does the queen have to execute the imperial concubine in private!" The palace maid argued, "Empress, you didn't put Your Majesty in your eyes at all, and you didn't put Nan Chu in your eyes at all!"

"What a clever tooth, worthy of being the palace maid next to the imperial concubine!" Qian Yan smiled faintly, "But this palace sees that you are crazy, and you dare to slander this palace like this!

"Come on, the queen is plotting to kill the imperial concubine, come quickly!" the palace maid scolded inside.

The Imperial Forest Army outside heard the voice of the palace maid and hurriedly rushed in.

The queen turned around unhurriedly, looked at them and said coldly: "What do you want to do? trespassing on the dormitory of this palace is a capital crime, and you don't want to live anymore?"

"It's the queen, it's the queen who killed the imperial concubine, hurry up and send a message to Your Majesty!" the palace maid shouted loudly.

"Do you really want to do that?" Qian Yan smiled calmly, "This palace is the queen, and your majesty is not here, and this harem is respected by this palace." Now that Southern Chu and Western Wei are joining forces, if your news spreads, there will inevitably be a gap between Southern Chu and Western Wei, and how can the battle between Benbei Xia be fought? You are all sensible people, won't you be incomprehensible about this truth? Also, recognize clearly who is your master, this palace is the queen, and there is a little prince under your knees, and the little prince will be the future emperor in the future, do you dare to be disrespectful to this palace?"

The Guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Qian Yan smiled faintly, tilted his head slightly, and continued: "The imperial concubine was distressed because of the little prince's physical discomfort, and then she suddenly had angina and died violently, did you hear clearly?"

"My subordinates understand!" said a royal forester, clenching his fists.

"Those who know the times are Junjie!" Qian Yan nodded and raised his eyebrows, "These two maids have gone crazy because they are too sad, send them to serve their masters." ”

"Yes. ”

I saw two Royal Forest soldiers come forward and draw their swords and kill the two of them.

"Your Majesty, how to report there, do you know in your hearts?" Qian Yan asked.

"Yes. ”

"Very good, you guys step down, the palace is going to prepare for the imperial concubine!" Qian Yan said lightly.

"Yes!"

The Imperial Forest Army all retreated, Qian Yan closed her eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, then she opened her eyes and said coldly: "What should be done, what should not be done, this palace has done it, now just don't do it, don't leave any trouble!"

Then Qian Yan took a group of people to Sun Pingling's bedroom, wanting to cut the eldest prince to the roots.

Without the imperial concubine here, in the face of the menacing queen, who would dare to stop it?

It's just that he searched around, but he didn't find the figure of the eldest prince, Qian Yan asked impatiently, "Where is the eldest prince?"

"The slave doesn't know, the prince is still sleeping here!" the palace maid said anxiously, "After such a while, where can the eldest prince go?"

"Find, immediately find someone to the palace, if the prince is lost, the palace will take your life!"

"Yes, the slave will go to the eldest prince. ”

Qian Yan bit her lip, where did this kid go? Could it be that the news leaked? No, it must have been just an accident! She would carry it, she would definitely carry it!

At this moment, the palace is very calm, and the news of the death of the imperial concubine has not yet spread.

Qi Qinyin picked up the teacup, took a sip expressionlessly, put the teacup down, and said with a little helplessness and regret in her tone: "The queen really did it!"

She glanced at Qing Ling beside her and the child on the bed, and asked, "What are you doing stealing the eldest prince out?"

"I'm saving him, and if I don't steal him out, the queen will have killed him by now. Qing Ling said lightly.

"So what's the matter now?" Qi Qinyin asked.

"Give this child to you, and send this child to his grandfather's place. Qing Ling said lightly, "At the moment, only his grandfather can protect him, by the way, tell his grandfather the truth, in the future, we just need to watch a good show." ”

"I see. Qi Qinyin sighed, "Actually, the queen will do that, all for my son." ”

"If you didn't give your son to her, would she still do that?" Qing Ling smiled faintly, "In the end, she is still for herself. ”

A person who can fight for someone else's son, she is afraid that there is only a girl among the people she knows.

Then Qi Qinyin secretly took the eldest prince out of the palace, sent the eldest prince to the mansion of Taishi Sun Tai, and told the truth in the palace.

"Are you telling the truth?" Sun Tai asked in disbelief.

"Every word is true, not a word of lie. Qi Qinyin said, "The imperial concubine is kind to me, so I risked my life to rescue the eldest prince to repay the imperial concubine's grace." Now that the palace is controlled by the queen, and my son is also in the hands of the queen, what will happen to Nanchu in the future, and ask the Taishi to preside over the overall situation!"

"Concubine Qi rescued the eldest prince and told me the truth, not only for my Sun family, but also for Nanchu!" Sun Tai said, "Lao Yu thanks Concubine Qi for coming forward, although Lao Yu is old, but the revenge of killing the woman must be avenged, and he will not let the queen come to Nanchu!"

Qi Qinyin blessed the body: "Everything depends on the Taishi, I will return to the palace to check the situation in the palace, if there are other situations in the palace, I will inform the Taishi at any time." ”

"Thank you Concubine Qi, please take care of Concubine Qi!"

After being delivered to Qi Qinyin, Sun Tai immediately sat down in his chair and mourned.

Sun Pingting was puzzled, and took a few steps forward and asked, "Why is my father so sad?"

"Your sister...... Your sister ......" Sun Tai cried, "Your sister is gone!"

"Father, what do you mean by this?" Sun Pingting was shocked, "Could it be that my sister ...... How is that possible!"

"Queen, the queen killed your sister!" Sun Tai said through gritted teeth, "Slut, I will definitely pay for your life." ”

"What!" Sun Pingting's eyes widened in surprise, "How dare the queen kill her sister?"

"Take care of the eldest prince, don't worry about the rest!" Sun Tai said, "That slut killed my daughter and tried to control the government, how can I let her succeed!"

"Father!" Sun Pingting hurriedly stopped his father, "Now that Southern Chu and Western Wei are alliing forces, and the situation ahead is not good, if people know about these disputes in Southern Chu at this time, will it affect the morale of the army in front?"

"Hey!" Thinking of this, Sun Tai sighed deeply, "I wanted to kill that slut to avenge your sister, but now it seems that I can only wait for the war ahead to stop, and then deal with her after His Majesty returns!

Sun Pingting wiped her tears: "Sister is virtuous and virtuous, take care of the harem for Your Majesty, appease the people for Your Majesty, everything is for the sake of the people's livelihood in Nanchu, there has never been a little selfishness, there has never been a little mistake, why ...... Why did she end up like this? Daddy, my sister did everything you taught her, why did she become like this? Why did she become like this?"

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault!" Sun Tai was grief-stricken and regretful.

Qi Qinyin returned to his palace and said to Qing Ling: "I have already done what you instructed, what should we do next?"

"The news here will reach Mi Zi's ears, we have done everything that can be done here, and then we have to leave here, after a long delay, I am afraid that we will not be able to leave." Qing Ling said, "Tomorrow morning, let's leave here." ”

"Hmm. Qi Qinyin nodded expressionlessly, a trace of sorrow appeared in his eyes, "You say, am I doing the right thing?"

"There are many things in this world, it's hard to say whether it's right or wrong, it's just that the position is different. Qing Ling smiled faintly, "Don't think too much, when you return to Beixia, you can find a place where you don't know you, go incognito, and start your life again." ”

Qi Qinyin looked down at his hands and said lightly, "Can I still start my own life?"

The next day, the news of the death of the imperial concubine spread throughout the palace, and the queen personally arranged the funeral for the imperial concubine.

Soon after, Sun Tai brought several humerus ministers into the palace to ask for an autopsy, they thought that the imperial concubine went suddenly, there must be some secret, and only the autopsy could convince the public.

Qian Yan is naturally strongly opposed, how noble the remains of the imperial concubine are, and it also represents the dignity of the royal family, how can it be examined?

When Sun Tai saw Qian Yan's opposing attitude, he knew in his heart that his daughter's death must be related to her, and his attitude was no longer tough, but let his daughter be buried first, and at the same time let Qian Yan relax his vigilance.

And that night, Sun Tai met with the leader of the Imperial Forest Army. Sun Taide was highly respected, explained the truth to the leader of the Imperial Forest Army, and explained the stakes, and then the leader of the Royal Forest Army tied up several Royal Forest soldiers who went to the Queen's Palace with the imperial concubine that day for interrogation.

Those people naturally didn't admit it at first, but said that the imperial concubine died suddenly, and only confessed under severe torture, and it was the queen who killed the imperial concubine, and there were obvious tear stains on the imperial concubine's neck at that time.

Before dawn, Sun Tai personally led the Imperial Forest Army to the queen's bedroom.

"Queen, it's not good, something happened!" the palace maid hurriedly woke up Qian Yan, "Outside...... It's full of Guards outside. ”

"What!" Qian Yan was shocked, hurriedly got up, put on a piece of clothing, and went out to check.

I saw that the outside was full of royal forest troops, with bright torches in their hands, and they had already turned the surrounding area into a flood.

Swallowing his saliva, Qian Yan took a deep breath, took a few steps forward and came to Sun Tai's face, and scolded coldly: "Sun Tai, what do you want to do?

"The queen forgives the sin, and the minister just wants to figure out one thing. Sun Tai looked at Qian Yan coldly, "How did my daughter offend the queen, and the queen wants him to die?

"The imperial concubine died violently!" Qian Yan said in a loud voice, "Sun Tai, what do you want to do?"

"Queen, don't forget, this is Southern Chu, not Western Wei, this is a place where there are laws and systems!" Sun Tai said coldly, "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, the queen, you killed someone, do you still want to get out of the way?"

"This palace is the queen, even if this palace is guilty, then only Your Majesty has the right to judge me, what kind of thing are you, dare to bark in front of this palace!" Qian Yan scolded, "Is Nan Chu all a dog thief like you?"

"Queen, the minister really has no right to judge you, but the minister will not let the queen come to Hu Lai! Even if His Majesty wants to kill the minister after he comes back, the minister has no regrets for the sake of the country of Nanchu!" Sun Tai said, "As long as you want to wronged the queen these days, everything will be done when Your Majesty comes back!"

"I think you want to take advantage of Your Majesty's absence to seek a usurpation of the throne!" Qian Yan shouted, "The soldiers of Southern Chu, see clearly this old thief in front of you, he just wants to make a big fuss about the death of the imperial concubine, this palace is the queen, he does not have any evidence to prove that the death of the imperial concubine is related to the palace, so he dares to force the palace! He controls the palace and controls the government of Southern Chu, His Majesty is fighting outside, and the whip is beyond his reach, do you watch this old thief's conspiracy succeed?"

Although Qian Yan scolded Sun Tai hoarsely for wanting to rebel, the soldiers behind him were still indifferent.

Sun Tai smiled coldly: "The minister has been an official in Nanchu for nearly forty years, and he has taught the first emperor and His Majesty single-handedly, and the minister has a Dan heart, but he can learn from the sun and the moon, and my man in Nanchu knows it, in fact, you can provoke it?" Sun Tai said coldly, "The queen and her palace people are not allowed to go out from today onwards, if there is disobedience, they will be killed!"

"Yes!"