When Cheng Enhou and his wife saw Empress Cao, Empress Cao seemed to be in a trance.

She had only met the emperor not long ago. The emperor retreated and told her about Ping Nanbo. If it was just Ping Nanbo poisoning an official, it would not be nothing, and the most important thing was that the emperor asked her: "Who is your brother going to use on so many rare poisons that kill people but do not arouse suspicion?" ”

At that moment, Empress Cao really broke out in a cold sweat.

She didn't know about Ping Nanbo's collection of poisons, and she didn't know whether the emperor's words were true or false. But if all this is true, then ...... How much tolerance is left of the emperor's tolerance for their Cao family?

No emperor would be willing to let go of a queen and her family who were suspected of killing a king. I'm afraid that even the prince will be suspicious of him.

Although Empress Cao was dissatisfied with the emperor, she also thought that if the emperor was really too much, for the sake of Lin Zhaoyi's mother and son, regardless of the relationship between husband and wife for many years, regardless of the Cao family's original dragon skills, if she had to force her mother and son into a desperate situation, she would not tolerate it politely. When she helped her husband win the heir, she didn't kill the dragon son and phoenix grandson, so what if she did it again? She will never let the glory and power of the Cao family, which she has worked so hard to obtain, be easily destroyed by the emperor!

But the premise of all this is that the emperor has indeed done something excessive, and the Cao family has no other choice.

Empress Cao still hopes that her son can inherit the throne smoothly and without any doubt. Her son is already the prince, and even the emperor can't say that he will abolish him. Such a good situation, as long as she is more vigilant against the trickery of those sluts and the little cubs they born, can be maintained. Why did she take the risk to let the Cao family be branded as a chaotic minister and thief, and make the crown prince's throne unstable in the future?

At this stage, she really has no intention of poisoning the emperor. Just in case, she agreed to some of Ping Nanbo's suggestions, such as co-opting the commander of the Praetorian Guard, installing eyes and ears in the emperor's palace, bribing some officials, stabilizing the power of the Cao family, and attacking the maiden family of the rest of the concubines, and ...... Raise a group of secret people, do some secret things that are not visible, and so on and so forth.

If the emperor really knew about these things, it would naturally be taboo, but this was not as good as a bottle of poison.

A bottle of poison that may be sent to the deep palace at any time and put into the imperial diet by the eyes and ears of the empress placed by the emperor's side.

This medicine can not only pose a threat to the emperor, but also may take the lives of thousands of people in the entire Cao family at any time!

Empress Cao asked her brother in a hoarse voice, "Have you already checked?" Truly...... Is it the third child's doing?! ”

Cheng Enhou nodded palely: "It was indeed him who did it." This is not the first time. The second brother heard the news somewhere before, and once mentioned it to me, but I didn't pay attention to it at the time, thinking that Xie Pu was just a small person, and he didn't know how to lift ......."

Empress Cao sneered: "Xie Pu is naturally a small person, but there is the emperor standing behind him!" I said a long time ago, don't get along with him anymore, return the family property to him, and send the child back to him. As for Cao Shuqing, he loves whether he wants it or not, and he can't complain about others. Anyway, our Cao family can afford to raise an idler, so just ask her to accompany her mother to knock scriptures and recite Buddha. As a result, which of you listened? For the sake of a little benefit, take my words as wind in your ears! Now he is still staring at others, and he has to kill someone. Where did the third child get the guts?! ”

Cheng Enhou bowed his head in embarrassment. He knew that he had indeed overlooked himself in this matter, and that he was careless.

Queen Cao closed her eyes: "If Cao Laosan really wants to kill, there is nothing that can't be done, but not only did he not succeed, but he let Xie Puren get the stolen goods twice!" I couldn't have imagined that he would be so stupid! ”

Cheng Enhou swallowed his saliva: "The second time he did it, he used the girl who was obvious, but I am afraid that Shuqing is also an insider." ”

Empress Cao sneered: "Cao Shuqing has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is not surprising to her that she murdered her husband." I'm just surprised, she always says that she loves her children, and this time she would instruct her son's girl to kill her son's biological father...... Did she get kicked in the head by a donkey?! ”

Cheng Enhou couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought about Cao's younger sister. She has been pestering him all these days, clamoring to take her son back - it was the emperor who asked Xie Xianzhi to go back to Xie's house, she was making a fuss at her brother, what's the use? Cheng Enhou didn't want to listen to his sister's verbosity, so he thought of countless ways to prevaricate. Looking back now, I realized that it was mostly just Cao's confusing and covering up her real plans.

He said to Queen Cao in a deep voice: "Niangniang, this time the third child really committed a taboo!" I see that the emperor and Xie Pu have repeatedly talked about those two poisons, if we can't convince the emperor, we don't know anything about these poisons, we don't have inventory in our hands, and we will deal with it afterwards, I'm afraid that the emperor will suspect that our days will be long! ”

"Don't I understand that?!" Empress Cao said angrily, "God knows what the third child is doing with so many poisons." There is one such medicine that is extremely rare, and he even collected more than one! Just to deal with Xie Pu, he took out two of them, and God knows if there are even rarer ......"

Mrs. Chengenhou, who had been silent, interjected in a low voice: "These medicines are extremely rare, really...... Do you want to dispose of it all? Don't leave some ...... privately Just in case? ”

Empress Cao and Chengenhou looked at her in unison, their expressions a little weird.

Mrs. Chengenhou shrunk her neck and said with a dry smile: "I just said it casually......"

But Cheng Enhou was a little tempted, and he turned his head to look at the queen. Maybe they will need to use these drugs in the future? Even if it's just one left!

Empress Cao was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, "No." In case the emperor planted his eyes and ears in Pingnanbo's mansion, if he knew that we had secretly detained one or two poisons, he would be suspicious, and he would really be ruthless to the Cao family. ”

Cheng Enhou sighed and said helplessly: "Then forget it." Our Cao family...... Generations of loyalty, there is no need to do such a rebellious thing. ”

Empress Cao took a deep breath before she said to her brother: "This time, the third child can't be saved." If we want to protect him, our whole family will suffer with it. It's not that we don't care about our brotherhood, it's that he has gone too far and threatened the foundation of our Cao family. ”

Cheng Enhou nodded: "Niangniang is right. For the sake of the family's future, we can only let the third child give the emperor an explanation. ”

"Don't alarm the emperor." Empress Cao glanced at her brother, "Save the third child from being frightened and talking nonsense that shouldn't be said." ”

Cheng Enhou understood: "I'll ask him what he has done, and where all the poisons are stored." When the question is understood, he will take the emperor's people and go to search together. We don't do anything, so that the emperor can understand that the Cao family is frank and has no fault. ”

Empress Cao lowered her eyes: "That old woman is afraid that she will not give up, you should be more careful." If she's really stubborn, don't let her come out to see people again. She is not young anymore, and she should recuperate quietly. ”

Mrs. Chengenhou asked, "What's that...... What about Shuqing? And what about the old three? ”

Empress Cao tugged at the corners of her mouth: "As long as they are honest, what do I care about them?" ”

Mrs. Cheng Enhou was confused, and was about to ask again, but Cheng Enhou gave her a look, and she shut up.

Cheng Enhou turned his head to look at Queen Cao: "Niang Niang thinks...... How about this matter today? ”

Empress Cao slowly closed her head: "Brother, go, do it cleanly, don't cause the city to be stormy." The reputation of the Cao family cannot be stained in any way. ”

Chengenhou bowed down solemnly: "I would like to receive the decree of Niangniang." ”

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