"Xi'er, do you really want to be a queen?" King Qin looked at Cheng Xi's happy appearance, and he couldn't bear to dampen her enthusiasm, but there were some things that he still had to make clear to her, of course, if she wanted to sit in the queen's position, he would also do his best to let her get her wish.

Cheng Xi was a little stunned by King Qin's question, she never thought of being a queen, everything she did was just to help King Qin. After all, the first dowry gift was a bucket of ginger!

Could it be that she was mistaken? Cheng Xi blinked, looked at King Qin with an innocent expression, and finally asked: "I never thought about being a queen before, could it be that I was wrong?" The prince doesn't want that position? But what did you mean by that bucket of ginger you gave me in the first place? Isn't it a unified country? ”

When King Qin heard this, the curvature of the corners of his mouth was even greater, his Xi'er was smart, and he could actually guess his mind from the bucket of ginger, but that was just what he thought at that time.

He stroked Cheng Xi's long hair, hugged Cheng Xi into his arms, and said gently: "Actually, I didn't care about that position in the first place, I wanted to compete with them for that position, but it was just because my subordinates couldn't find anything after five years of investigation, I think as long as I get that position, I can investigate the cause of death of the queen mother more deeply, find out the murderer, and now you have helped me blow them up, so that position is no longer important to me!" ”

Cheng Xi nodded when he heard this, and he knew in his heart that King Qin had industries like Qingtian Pavilion and all over the country, and it was normal for him not to care about that position, after all, like him now, being an idle prince is much more free than being the king of a country.

In his position, he seeks his own government and does his duty. Although the throne is coveted by many people, the emperor is not so easy to be, Cheng Xi remembered that when he was in middle school history class, he once sighed that the emperors of all dynasties, except for Emperor Qianlong, did not have a long life. Isn't this due to exertion?

However, she thought of a question, she said: "Xi'er understands, but has the prince ever thought that the eldest prince and the third prince who are now competing for that position, they don't know that you have no intention of taking the throne, maybe, they are thinking about how to calculate you now?" ”

"Well, that's true." King Qin nodded helplessly.

"I don't know what my father will do with the queen mother and Concubine Rong tomorrow? However, no matter what the father and emperor do with them, their son will definitely not be reconciled, and will definitely settle the account on your head, lord, you better be careful. Cheng Xi reminded.

"It's still Xi'er thoughtful, yes, even if I don't fight with them, they won't let me go, if any of them sit in that position, Qin Wangfu will probably be the first target of their attack." King Qin said, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

He wouldn't let them have a chance to hurt his Xi'er, he remembered the day he got married, Lu Yuchen's shocked and extremely remorseful expression when he saw Cheng Xi's bright and moving face. He knew that if one day, his Qin Palace's mansion fell, Cheng Xi would definitely become the target of Lu Yuchen's bullying, so he still had to sit in the highest position to ensure Cheng Xi's life.

His originally shaken heart was once again firm, this time, he was not for the queen mother, but for his Xi'er, and he had to fight hard.

It was late at night, King Qin and Cheng Xi hugged each other and slept, and early the next morning, the eunuchs in the palace came to pass King Qin into the palace.

Cheng Xi put on a robe for King Qin and sorted out his appearance, "Lord, although today is the day when my father and emperor try the queen mother and Concubine Rong, you have to be careful in everything, and you will go out of the mansion with a few more secret guards." ”

"Xi'er, is this worried about being a husband?" King Qin asked with a smile on his face, his eyes doting.

"Yes! Xi'er is worried about the prince, what's the matter? Do you have an opinion? Cheng Xijiao said angrily.

"Xi'er, have you forgotten that you are strong in martial arts for your husband?" King Qin said with a smile.

"I know, but be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and hasn't the prince always hidden his martial arts? Do you want to let them know your true strength so quickly? Cheng Xi still said worriedly.

"Okay, what the lady said is right, for the husband to listen to the lady, I let the brothers of Qin Dong follow me." King Qin nodded and said, clapping his palms.

I saw the four brothers Qin Dong, Qin Nan, Qin Xi and Qin North appear in front of them, "I have seen the prince and the princess." ”

"Today, this king enters the palace, Qin Dong, Qin Nan, you take your men and follow this king into the palace, Qin Xi and Qin Bei, you and your men guard the Qin Palace, protect the princess." King Qin commanded.

"Xi'er, don't go there today, wait for me to come back in the house." Before leaving, King Qin did not forget to explain to Cheng Xi.

"Okay, Lord Wang, Xi'er won't go anywhere, just wait for you to come back in the mansion." Cheng Xi readily agreed.

She knew that King Qin was worried about her safety, and she also knew that it was an extraordinary time and it was safest to stay in the palace. Besides, since she traveled to this dynasty, she doesn't have many friends, and she doesn't need to worry about what she needs in the palace, just tell the housekeeper to do it, she really doesn't need to go out of the palace.

King Qin got into the carriage, entered the palace with the guards, and arrived in the palace, at this time, the emperor had not yet gone down to the court, and he was waiting for the emperor in the imperial study.

The queen mother also heard what happened last night, and learned that the former queen was poisoned to death, she was very angry, the former queen was the daughter of her sister, and her niece was killed, and she was an aunt who naturally wanted to seek justice for her, and learned that the emperor was going to personally interrogate the queen mother and Rong Guifei, and her old man also rushed over.

When she saw King Qin waiting for the emperor in the imperial study, she looked at his face that looked like the former queen, and couldn't help but feel sad, "Qing'er......"

When King Qin saw the Empress Dowager, he immediately went up to support her old man, "Grandmother Huang, why are you here too?" ”

"The niece of the mourning family was poisoned, of course the mourning family wants to come, Qing'er, the mourning family heard that the poison on your body was also caused by them?" The Empress Dowager looked at King Qin and asked distressedly.

"Yes, the imperial grandmother, they poisoned the queen mother, and at that time the queen mother was already pregnant with Qing'er......" King Qin did not hide it, anyway, the queen mother has come, and she will know sooner or later.

"What a sin! Why are they so ruthless? Don't even spare a child? The Queen Mother sighed.

After about a stick of incense, the emperor went down to the court, and when he arrived at the imperial study, he asked the queen mother and Rong Guifei to bring in.

The emperor personally interrogated the queen mother and Rong Guifei, but the two of them accused each other, saying that the other party was the culprit, and they just didn't report it.

The emperor watched the queen mother and Rong Guifei pinching each other like shrews, and their faces became more and more ugly, but in order to whitewash themselves, the two of them only cared about scolding each other, where did they have the time to see the emperor's face?

The emperor was furious and slapped the table, "Come on, torture them!" ”

When the queen mother and Rong Guifei heard the emperor's words, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to scold each other anymore, they knelt and moved their bodies, one by one, hugging the emperor's thighs, crying: "Don't, the emperor, the concubine is really innocent, she killed the former queen." ”

The queen mother even said: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that Concubine Rong spent a lot of money to buy poison from a Miao person, and after hearing that the Miao person took the silver, she was afraid of being killed and killed, so she didn't dare to return to Miao Jiang, and fled to the Western Regions, so she asked the emperor to investigate." ”

Concubine Rong was shocked when she heard this, and almost fell to the ground, and was about to open her mouth to deny it.

I only heard the emperor ask, "What does that person look like?" Do you remember? In addition to this, do you have any other evidence to prove that Concubine Rong did it? ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine remembers, you can find a painter, and the concubine can make the painter draw the appearance of that person." The queen said.

"Good! Come on, first put Rong Guifei into the cold palace. "The emperor decreed.

The emperor also ordered someone to invite a painter to paint a portrait of the Miao people, and temporarily imprisoned the queen in Weiyang Palace, not to meet anyone.

King Qin looked at the portrait, remembered the appearance of that person in his heart, and planned to go back to the palace to draw it again, and let the people of Qingtian Pavilion find out this person.

Concubine Rong was beaten into the cold palace, and the news that the queen mother was grounded soon spread, and the eldest prince and the third prince heard the news and immediately entered the palace to see the emperor.

Originally, they didn't take King Qin seriously, but now King Qin not only came back at the critical moment of the battle for succession, but also made their mother and concubine miserable. They don't have their respective queen mother and concubine behind them, and they have less help.

And what made them even more unbearable was the emperor's attitude towards them, because their queen mother and concubine had committed an accident, the emperor's attitude towards them was very cold, and they were all very worried that if the emperor wanted to make a prince, would this position be snatched away by King Qin.

Coming out of the palace, the two princes who didn't like each other came together rarely, and the three emperors said to the eldest prince: "Brother Emperor, let's go to the teahouse for a cup of tea together, how about it?" ”

The eldest prince also had this intention, and immediately nodded: "Okay, our brothers haven't had a good reunion for a long time." ”

The two princes entered the nearby teahouse together, asked for a private room, ordered good tea, and the eldest prince said: "Third emperor brother, what do you think of this incident?" ”

"Brother Emperor, I think it must be the ghost of the Seventh Emperor Brother, now that my mother and your concubine have been framed by him, my father is very disappointed in us, maybe he will give the crown prince to the Seventh Emperor Brother."

"What the third emperor brother said is right, my father has favored the seventh emperor brother since he was a child, and the seventh emperor brother was not in good health before, and his father may not have considered him, but now that he has recovered his health, his father will inevitably have such thoughts." The eldest prince said.

"Then according to the eldest brother, what should we do?" The third prince asked.