Qi Zi closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, and every detail of the description made him imagine the pain Sun Pingling suffered before he died, which made him feel extremely heartbroken.

Sun Tai paused and continued: "Lao Chen also found some suspicious things. ”

"What's the matter?" said Mi Zi frowned.

"Before the queen murdered the imperial concubine, several strange things happened. First of all, the little prince cried non-stop, the queen suspected that the imperial concubine murdered the little prince with witchcraft, and led someone to break into the imperial concubine's bedroom, and found a rag doll, the old minister knew his daughter's character, she would never do such a thing, the imperial concubine also felt that someone wanted to frame herself, so she called the imperial forest army and asked the queen to go back first. ”

Sun Tai sighed, and then said: "On the second day, the little prince fell asleep, and the imperial doctor diagnosed it as poisoning. The queen caught a maid in the palace of the imperial concubine, and the maid confessed that she was instructed by the imperial concubine to poison the little prince, and the queen angrily took the maid to find the imperial concubine to theorize, but the maid was killed on the way. Subsequently, the queen was assassinated, and the news of the little prince's poisoning reached the ears of the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine went to visit, which gave the queen a chance to start. ”

Looking at Qi Zi's face, Sun Tai said again: "I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, but the old minister thinks that he believes that the imperial concubine will not do anything foolish, and these two things are connected together, and it can be seen that someone must want to use this to stir up the relationship between the queen and the imperial concubine! At this point in time, who would do such a thing? The old minister suspected that maybe the Northern Xia secretly planned all this. ”

"That makes sense. Qi Zi said, "Investigate, the ins and outs of this matter must be investigated, and the imperial concubine cannot be allowed to die clearly." ”

"Yes. Sun Tai clenched his fists, "The old minister thanked His Majesty for his trust in her for his daughter, and the old minister swore that he would find out all the people who murdered the imperial concubine!"

Qi Zi sighed heavily: "I grew up with her since I was a child, how is her conduct, how can I not know? She has helped me a lot, and I haven't had time to repay her ......"

He took a deep breath and continued, "Master Tai has worked hard, you go back to rest first, and then call me to deal with the rest of the matter." ”

"Yes. ”

Mi Zi stayed in the mourning hall for a long time and accompanied Sun Pingling.

When she was alive, he had been busy with government affairs, and he had never accompanied her or cared about her at all.

And now, he just hopes that when he is busy with government affairs, he can raise his eyes to see her figure, so that he can feel at ease.

It wasn't until it got dark that Mi Zi got up and went to Qian Yan to settle the account.

The Queen's palace had never been so quiet, as if it were uninhabited.

"See Your Majesty. ”

"The queen is in there?"

"Never left. ”

"I know. ”

Mi Zi walked in quickly, there was no light in the room, and a vague shadow could be seen sitting upright.

Although he couldn't see clearly, Mi Zi still recognized this woman as his queen, he didn't call someone in to light the lamp, but just walked in front of Qian Yan and sat down.

Hearing the footsteps, Qian Yan's heart tightened, and every step he took, it was as if a drum was beating on his heart, until she sat down opposite him, and she calmed down.

"Your Majesty is back. Qian Yan said lightly, "Can you win?"

Qi Zi didn't reply, and looked at her with an extremely cold look in the night.

"Your Majesty doesn't speak, isn't it defeated?" Qian Yan said in a faint mocking tone, "Why, Nanchu can't even beat a small country like Mulan now?" Or is Your Majesty merciful for the sake of Jiang Liu is your old lover?"

"Why did you do that?" asked Qi Zi, a venomous look of resentment in her tone.

Qian Yan heard the meaning in his voice, and only felt a sadness in his heart, if he was killed by Sun Pingling, would he also use such a tone to seek justice for himself?

"Why didn't Your Majesty light the lamp? Is it because you don't want to see your concubine?" Qian Yan asked with a laugh, "Your Majesty is so disgusted with your concubines now that you don't even want to look at your concubines?"

"I ask why you're doing that!" said Mi Zi, raising her voice, revealing a hint of anger and impatience.

"Why?" Qian Yan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Of course it's for self-preservation! The imperial concubine wants to kill the concubine and the concubine's son, of course, the concubine can only strike first." When Your Majesty put the power of commanding the Imperial Guards into her hands, did Your Majesty think about the safety of your concubines?"

"I can trust the imperial concubine, I have known her for twenty years, don't I know her character?" Qi Zi said in a loud voice, "I agreed to marry the Western Wei because she persuaded me, and I took the concubine to persuade me, everything she did was for the stability of the Southern Chu Jiangshan Sheji, including the hope that many heirs would be born! She has always put the overall situation first, and the society is important, and she has never had the selfishness of a little woman in her heart, at the juncture of the Southern Chu and Western Wei alliances, will she do anything foolish?" Isn't such a woman worthy of my trust?"

"She is acting, she is hypocritical, everything she does is to maintain her perfect image, in fact, she is vicious in her heart, she wants the little prince to die, in order to preserve her son's status, she doesn't want His Majesty's heirs to live, she just hopes that her son will be able to inherit the throne in the future, Your Majesty, you have been deceived, you have been completely deceived by her!" Qian Yan became excited," Qian Yan became excited. The concubine doesn't know what she is like, the concubine only believes in her own eyes, only believes in the evidence, that is, she wants to murder the little prince, and what the concubine is doing is to really protect Your Majesty's bloodline!"

"Shut up!" Qi Zi scolded, "Haven't you ever thought that someone is behind this?"

"The concubine said that the concubine will only believe in the evidence, not to mention that there are so many coincidental things?" Qian Yan snorted, "After all, Your Majesty just doesn't believe that she will harm people!"

A person will only believe what he wants to believe, so that he can be reassured that what he is doing is right.

Mi Zi didn't plan to argue with Qian Yan about who was right and who was wrong, but asked lightly: "Have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"The concubine is the princess of the Western Wei Dynasty, does Your Majesty plan to kill the concubine?" Qian Yan asked sharply.

"Murder pays for life. Qi Zi said coldly, "The person you killed is the imperial concubine of Nanchu, even if I am willing to let you go, will the ministers let you go?"

"Is Your Majesty going to kill me?" Qian Yan asked again.

"If I don't kill you, it's not enough to appease the wrath of the people. ”

"Huh. Your Majesty, the concubine has been married to you for five years, and she has been your queen for five years, but the concubine is still a virgin, and the concubine is clean, so the concubine wants to ask you for one thing, send the body of the concubine to the Western Wei Dynasty, and the concubine will come cleanly and go back cleanly. ”

After a pause, she wiped the tears on her face and said, "Your Majesty must think that the concubine is unreasonable and capricious, but the concubine does love you." The concubine knew that His Majesty had always wanted to join forces with the Western Wei Dynasty to attack Northern Xia, so she didn't dare to be wronged and insulted by the concubine over the years, and never told her father and mother once, and hoped that Your Majesty would give the concubine a decent one for the sake of the husband and wife, and complete the concubine's last request. ”

"I'll promise you. ”

"Thank you. ”

Qi Zi got up to leave, Qian Yan looked at his blurred back and smiled miserably.

She sat all night, and after daybreak called her maid and painted her the most beautiful makeup.

At this time, a palace maid cried and presented a bowl of porridge: "Niangniang, let's think of other ways." ”

"There is nothing to regret if you become a king or a loser. Qian Yan said lightly, calmly picked up the bowl of porridge, and ate it slowly, "It's a pity that I can't look at my emperor anymore." ”

"Niangniang!" several palace maids knelt down in unison, crying.

"I will bear all the blame alone, remember my words, you will take me back to Western Wei. Qian Yan said lightly, "Don't say anything after you go back, don't say anything about what happened to me here, I'm afraid that my father and mother will be distressed, you know?"

"Got it, sis. ”

Qian Yan nodded, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, then got up, lay on the bed, and slowly closed his eyes.

She soon entered the dream, in the dream she returned to the Western Wei Dynasty, back to the time when she was young, she was still the carefree little princess who was loved by thousands of people.

The swing was so high that it seemed as if she could touch the sky as soon as she stretched out her hand, and she smiled brightly, as if her laughter could float into the sky.

"Mother, mother!"

The palace ladies cried heartbreakingly.

After a while, the news of the queen's death reached Mi Zi's ears.

"Your Majesty, the queen committed suicide by taking poison. ”

"I know. Mi Zi paused slightly, and then said lightly, "Bury it with the etiquette of the concubine." ”

"Yes. ”

Subsequently, the two holy decrees that were being prepared in the hands of Mi Zi were also issued, and Sun Pingling was posthumously crowned as the queen, and Sun Pingling's funeral ceremony was based on the queen's ceremony.

Perhaps Mi Zi still felt guilty about Qian Yan, and agreed to her last request, just to bury Qian Yan's clothes, of course, not to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but to find an ordinary cemetery, and quietly sent her body back to the Western Wei Dynasty for burial.

Suddenly, the palace was so cold.

Qi Zi remembered Qi Qinyin, but the palace people reported that no one had seen her since the princess led people to house arrest the queen. Everyone suspected that Concubine Qi might have been murdered by the queen, because it was Concubine Qi who saved the eldest prince and exposed the queen's conspiracy with the princess.

"There is no one in life, and there is no corpse in death. Qi Zi squinted his eyes and said, "What's so strange about this?"