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The Queen Mother has been ill since that day when she applied for Concubine Zeng Li, she was already in poor health, coupled with anger, and worried that the emperor would be in beauty from now on, and the evening would not be guaranteed.

Thinking of the hardships of the past and the chaos of today, my heart is mixed.

How can an old man endure this? Therefore, I can't afford to get sick.

The emperor wanted to fulfill his filial piety, but he couldn't let go of Concubine Zeng Li, so he visited the Queen Mother's bedroom at least twice a day, and he didn't dare to leave Concubine Zeng Li for a long time. It is also difficult to deal with government affairs, which is also a stumbling side.

And Concubine Zeng Li has not smiled since she woke up, no matter how the emperor coaxed or begged, she just kept a face, and she looked more sad than dead.

But she doesn't cry, she doesn't make trouble, and she doesn't resent anyone.

It was easy to open his mouth, but he asked to leave the palace, saying that if he stayed in the palace any longer, he was afraid that he would cause trouble to the Queen Mother. Together with the emperor, she has to worry about it, which is really against her original intention.

The emperor naturally refused to agree, Concubine Zeng Li was his life, if she left, her heart would die.

Concubine Zeng Li begged for no use, so she simply went on a hunger strike.

She lost too much blood because of the miscarriage, she was already haggard, and she refused to eat, which almost drove the emperor crazy.

The emperor had already been on fire for a long time, and because of the queen mother, he couldn't publicly question the queen, so he poured all his anger on Wei Yining's body.

Because Sun Mingming said that Wei Yining was the queen's military advisor, everything the queen did was planned by her. If you follow the queen's usual personality, she will never attack Concubine Zeng Li. But because there were people around him who provoked him, he would go to the Queen Mother to complain.

The emperor originally had a good impression of Wei Yining, but because of Concubine Zeng Li's affairs, he suddenly felt disgusted, not to mention that he originally felt that Wei Yining was indeed a thoughtful person.

So the emperor decided to interrogate Wei Yining in person, so that even if he couldn't directly attack the queen, he could still serve as an example to kill chickens and monkeys.

"I want to interrogate Wei Yining in person, do you dare to make the first accusation?" The emperor asked Sun Mingming.

Sun Mingming had already passed the anger with the third prince, and the third prince appreciated her approach very much, so she agreed without hesitation.

In Sun Mingming's opinion, it is normal to seek wealth and danger, not to mention that this time it is for Concubine Zeng Li, and the backer behind her is the emperor.

If she succeeds this time, she will reap countless benefits, and since this is the case, she is certainly willing to take risks.

So without the queen's knowledge, the emperor arrived at Fengyi Palace and ordered someone to pass Wei Yining over.

The queen felt that the situation was not good, and wanted to say something, but when she saw the emperor's expression, she stopped again. I want to see the specific situation, and then try to intercede for Wei Yining.

After Wei Yining arrived, he greeted the emperor and queen generously, without the slightest panic.

"Wei Yining, now someone has come to me to denounce you," the emperor said above, "saying that you harbor evil intentions, confuse the queen, practice witchcraft, and murder me, are you guilty?" ”

As soon as the queen heard that the emperor listed Wei Yining's crimes, she immediately couldn't sit still, which was ostensibly saying that Wei Yining was actually pointing at herself. If Wei Yining pleaded guilty, wouldn't it be tantamount to telling the world that he was trying to kill the emperor?

"The people's daughter is wronged, I have never done these things." Wei Yining is neither humble nor arrogant, she is born soft and gentle, especially her attitude is always gentle and polite, even in the face of such a sinister frame, she is not impatient and angry.

"Well, I'll call the plaintiff and confront you." The Emperor spoke.

"Your Majesty wants to personally judge the people's daughter?" Wei Yining asked.

"Yes, and the Queen." The emperor glanced at the empress with deep meaning.

The meaning of this sentence can be interpreted in two ways, one is that the emperor wants to interrogate Wei Yining in person, and at the same time interrogate the empress. The second is that the emperor and the empress come together to interrogate Wei Yining.

So the queen was terrified.

Wei Yining's eyes lowered slightly, as if he was thinking, and quickly raised his head and said: "In this case, it is better to call a few more people to jury, after all, I am the county lord to accompany me, so as not to favor the queen." ”

The emperor didn't expect her to make this request, but the queen knew that Wei Yining must have her reasons for what she wanted to do, so she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is not a trivial matter. It's better to call Chen Shufei and Xu Guifei over, and Concubine Li's sister will be spared if she is unwell. ”

The emperor thought about it and thought that this idea was not bad, since he wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, it was better to make an example of a few more.

So he called several concubines, as well as the prince and princess, to listen to the trial.

Xu Guifei was originally grounded, but she was also invited out.

Eunuch Ding knew that the emperor personally interrogated Wei Yining, so he was naturally happy and said: "Now that stinky girl is really going to finish playing, and it can be regarded as avenging Miss Zhixi." ”

"Don't be too happy," Xu Guifei reminded him with a sneer: "Even if she is killed, the queen will not be able to come to the stage so easily." Let's go there to watch the play, don't get mixed in. ”

When everyone arrived, the emperor ordered someone to call Sun Mingming in.

Sun Mingming, as the plaintiff, said the big thing he said in front of the emperor again after he arrived here, but this time he only said Wei Yining and did not mention the queen. But everyone gasped.

Ding Neijian secretly raised his eyebrows after listening to it, and said in his heart that he couldn't see that Sun Mingming's ability to fabricate charges really had a set, although these things were not true, but when she said this, she couldn't find anything wrong.

"Miss Sun has arranged so many crimes for me, I don't know if there is any evidence?" Wei Yining asked Sun Mingming, with a smile on his face.

"She doesn't have any strong evidence, but if you can't prove yourself, you're guilty." The emperor spoke: "It's useless to just shout about wrongdoing. ”

"Your Majesty, this is too ......" The empress felt that the emperor's request was really excessive: "If it's all like this, just make up a set of words to frame people, then what's the matter?" ”

"This is what I mean, the queen seems to be very dissatisfied, do you think I am very oppressive by doing this?" The emperor said with a sneer.

After all, the queen is still afraid of the emperor, she knows that the emperor is full of anger now, and the person she wants to punish the most is herself, she can't be reckless, because there is a prince behind her.

The emperor is unreasonable, but no one can accuse him to his face, after all, the monarchy cannot be offended.

Seeing that the queen stopped talking, the emperor said to Wei Yining: "If you can't come up with evidence, then even if you confess." This kind of serious crime is to punish the nine clans, I don't want to kill more, just kill you. ”

"Your Majesty, Miss Sun knows a lot, and I know a lot." Wei Yining was calm: "To be honest, I did have another purpose in entering the palace, not just to be the county lord's companion." ”