Seeing this, Xue Liu suddenly trembled with fright, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid don't dare, no one instructs the slave and the maid, what the slave and the maid say is true......"

Yun Xiao looked at Xue Liu calmly and pierced her lies:

"Xue Liu, you don't match the words before you speak, one time you say that you strangled you with a belt, and the other time you say that you were poisoned with poisonous wine, it is an indisputable fact to slander the prince, if no one is behind your back to instruct you, how can you know about the matter between the queen and the prince?"

When Xue Liu heard this, her face was flushed, and she couldn't help but be even more nervous.

Seeing this, Yun Xiao then asked: "If you want to live, tell the truth, who taught you those words just now?" ”

Xue Liu raised her head and glanced up, the atmosphere in the hall was dull, everyone had their own thoughts, and they all stared at her closely, and the queen even secretly made a "knife and neck" gesture to her, signaling her to bear the charge alone.

However, Snow Willow did not speak for half a day.

The emperor waited a little impatiently, and raised his voice and said: "You bold slave, it seems that I will not use punishment on you, and you are unwilling to recruit people......

When Xue Liu heard that he was going to be tortured, his face suddenly turned like dirt, and he hurriedly shouted:

"Slave and maid moves, slave and maid moves, it is the jade concubine Niangniang who instructed the slave maid to say this, she said, as long as the slave and maid say so, the emperor will definitely believe it, and will abolish His Royal Highness the Prince, King Xuan and His Royal Highness the Prince, will also be implicated, when the time comes, the emperor will be crowned King De as the prince, and in the palace in the future, even the queen will have to listen to her! The slaves and maids have been recruited, and they beg the emperor to spare their lives......"

When Concubine Yu heard this, she was shocked.

The slave who couldn't even make up nonsense just now is so clever that who is playing tricks behind it?

At this moment, the emperor's incomparably majestic voice came from above: "Concubine Yu, what is going on?" This matter, you really instructed behind it?! ”

Concubine Yu forced herself to remain calm, knelt down straight in front of the emperor, and said:

"Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged, the concubine doesn't know this slave at all, how could she be instructed to slander His Royal Highness the Prince?! These are all the conspiracies and tricks of this slave and maid, the concubine doesn't know anything, the concubine is innocent, ask the emperor to learn from it! ”

King De also knelt down and begged: "Father, the mother concubine has really been wronged, this slave maid, one will say this, and the next will say that, it is too cunning, you can't just listen to her side of the story......"

However, before he could finish his words, he was angrily interrupted by the emperor:

"Shut up, the crown princess also said just now, if no one instructed her behind her back, how could she, a little slave, know about the affairs between the queen and the crown prince? Concubine Yu, now that this slave is here, do you dare to confront her face to face?! ”

"The Emperor's ......"

Of course Concubine Yu didn't dare to confront her, this slave was secretly instructed by her, and now, this slave and maid have been bought, and she bites back, how can she still listen to her? Now confronting this slave and maid is only a dead end.

Concubine Yu's flustered gaze finally looked at the queen, and she shouted eagerly, "Sister...... Sister save me...... Sister...... I was wronged......"

It's okay if she doesn't shout, as soon as she shouts, everyone's eyes are focused on the queen, the queen is already difficult to protect herself, how can she save her?

As if she had been stung by a bee, the queen looked at the jade concubine with vigilance, and said in an unconfident tone:

"Sister, why are you lying to me? Where did you get this slave? How did Chengzhou get there? Do you know, or don't you know? I'm really going crazy with this, why are you looking for a fake slave to lie to me? If...... What do you think your sister is not good for Yu Ze, you can say it, my sister is not Chengzhou, she is too sad, it is inevitable that she is not thoughtful enough, my sister can apologize to you, but you can't do this, this is a big deal! ”

The queen's acting skills are even better than the drama on the stage, and Concubine Yu and King De were blinded when they saw this.

Concubine Yu looked at the queen with wide eyes: "Sister, why are you ......?"

However, as soon as her words came out, she was interrupted by the queen: "Sister, why are you so confused? And Yu Ze, do you also have a share? Are you as confused as your mother?! ”

The queen's words instantly pushed herself cleanly, and by the way, she also pulled King De into the water.

When King De heard this, he was very angry and was about to refute the queen's words, but was stopped by Concubine Yu.

Concubine Yu knew that she had become an abandoned son in the hands of the queen, and the defeat was decided, so she could only say with tears in her eyes:

"Your Majesty, everything is the fault of the concubine, the concubine is confused for a while, and this slave should not be instructed to slander the prince. However, this matter is not about King De, he doesn't know anything, so he begs the emperor to punish his concubines and spare King De......"

When King De heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Mother concubine ......"

However, the Jade Concubine held King De's hand to the death of the king and did not let him speak.

The emperor looked at the bottom with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Concubine Yu, it's not the first day you entered the palace, you don't pay attention to the palace rules at all, it's a matter of national body, how can you tolerate your casual nonsense? Now that you are convicted of your sin, I will be relieved! Spread my will, the jade concubine violated the palace rules, slandered the prince, was demoted to a jade concubine, and was grounded in Zhongqing Palace, without my will, she was not allowed to go out, and no one was allowed to visit! ”

Although this punishment is not very serious, but in the end, Concubine Yu lost the position of the head of the first house.

According to the regulations of the harem of the Great Xia Kingdom, only noble concubines and concubines above the noble concubine can assume the position of the head of the first palace and take charge of the affairs of the first palace.

When King De heard this, his face was like ashes, he couldn't control himself anymore, and said loudly: "Father, even if the mother concubine is wrong, but she has served you for more than ten years, and she has no merit and hard work, she ......"

The emperor's sharp eyes swept fiercely towards King De, and interrupted him with a question: "King De, are you really not involved in this matter?" ”

When King De heard this, he immediately froze.

Seeing this, Concubine Yu on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, King De really didn't participate in it, it was all done by the concubines alone, and the concubines can swear...... I beg the emperor to spare King De, and don't implicate innocent ......"

"If King De is not involved, then I will not pursue it, but if I find out that he is also involved, I will not tolerate it."

The emperor snorted coldly and raised his voice,

"Someone, bring Concubine Yu back to her Zhongqing Palace. And this slave who slandered the prince can run out of the strict punishment department, so there is no need to send it back, just drag it down and be killed! ”

When Xue Liu heard this, she suddenly shouted bitterly: "The emperor spares his life...... The emperor spared his life...... The slave will never dare again...... The emperor spared his life......"

When she was dragged away by the chamberlain, the emperor looked at Yun Xiao and Xia Rui again, sighed, and said, "Prince, princess, you two are frightened today, go back and rest early!" ”

Yun Xiao and Xia Rui heard the words and retired together.

When they were all far away, the emperor sent all the palace people back, and then, turning his head to look at the queen who was pretending to be calm, and after scanning the queen's face a few times, he asked meaningfully:

"Queen, now that everyone is gone, there are only two people left in this hall, I and you, you tell me the truth, what Concubine Yu did today, did you really not know anything in advance?"

When the queen heard this, she immediately shivered. She said with a smile:

"Concubine...... Concubines...... I just heard that Concubine Yu said that she had found a witness, but she didn't know in advance that the witness she found was fake! If the concubine had known that the slave maid was made by the jade concubine and deliberately fooled people, the concubine would never ask the emperor to come up to make the decision, and the concubine would have reprimanded her a long time ago, and the concubine would never have done anything to deceive the emperor by joining forces with the jade concubine, and asked the emperor to believe in the concubine, and the concubine herself was deceived by the jade concubine! ”

The emperor stared at the queen with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Queen, you are quite willing to be your sister, I didn't see you pleading for her just now!" ”

When the queen heard this, her face was flushed, and she would soon be unable to pretend, but she still reluctantly supported: "The emperor sympathizes with the concubine and only has this one sister, and the concubine is very moved in her heart, but as the master of the harem, the concubine cannot be partial, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public." ”

When the emperor heard this, he nodded: "I am very pleased that the queen can think so, if the queen can handle the affairs of the harem selflessly and live in harmony with the prince in the future, then it will be a great favor for me!" Although I am already old, but I am not old to the point where right and wrong are not clear, today's events, I can see clearly, King De has coveted the position of the crown prince for a long time, and the Jade Concubine came out to confess her guilt in order to protect King De, King De may not be really innocent, but I only disposed of Concubine Yu today and let King De go, this is a favor to your Gao family, I need the stability of the East Palace, the queen should know what to do! ”

He brought out the matter of getting along with Xia Rui again, and the queen knew that the emperor was warning her that the emperor was still suspicious of her today.

The queen took a deep breath and replied: "The concubine understands, the emperor can rest assured, the concubine will definitely manage the harem!" ”

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That night, Xia Rui came to Yun Xiao's dormitory, and after Yun Xiao dismissed the palace people standing in the hall, he handed Xia Rui a cup of tea and said:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a careful layout, and this time it can be regarded as catching the queen off guard! The queen was frustrated by us, and we can stop for a while, and we can breathe a sigh of relief for a while. ”

When Xia Rui heard this, he smiled and said, "The success of this time depends on you providing news to Gu in time, otherwise, we will be the ones who are deflated now." ”

Hearing this, Yun Xiao smiled slightly, and then said:

"However, today's matter, the concubine still doesn't understand a little, and she still needs His Royal Highness to solve the concubine's doubts."