Zong Zhengjin and the three of them obediently walked into the Taihe Palace, which enshrined the tablets of the ancestors of the royal family, and the whole hall was solemn and solemn, all revealing the majesty of the royal family. The three of them knelt quietly in front of the shrine, and Qiao Xiang saw that they were still obedient, so she walked out and locked the door by the way.

Seeing her leave, Zong Zhengmin immediately sat on the futon without a straight shape, and kept saying: "Those three people are more black-hearted than the other, they are so black-hearted at such a young age, and they will be able to pay it back when they grow up!" ”

"Aren't you that big? Also said that others are small. Zhao Qing rolled his eyes at him, obviously he was the youngest, but he was so old-fashioned when he spoke.

Zong Zhengmin's face turned red and muttered, "I'm not as vicious as them." Zong Zhengjin turned his head and saw the red mark on his face that had not yet disappeared, frowned, and asked worriedly, "Does your face still hurt?" It's all my fault, if I had resisted not to do anything with them, you wouldn't have been beaten, and now you're being punished together. ”

Seeing her face full of self-blame, Zong Zhengmin hurriedly comforted: "Sister Huang, it's not your fault, it's they who deceive people too much." ”

"Yes, princess, don't blame yourself, they have the concubine Niangniang to protect them, of course the fault is on us, when the emperor comes back, he must punish the eldest princess and them severely." Zhao Qing looked resentful, she firmly believed that when the emperor came back, she would definitely seek justice for the princess. Zong Zhengjin listened to these comforting words, but smiled and didn't speak. She looked at the tablet above her head, and silently prayed in her heart that her father would be safe outside.

After the three of them knelt for more than three hours, they were a little exhausted and leaned on each other and fell asleep. It was already dark outside, and the cold wind of the night blew in through the windows, causing the candles in the temple to dance violently. Zong Zhengjin got up and wanted to close the window, but at this moment, a black shadow jumped in outside the window, only to hear a cat meow, the black shadow swooped towards the candlestick on the case, the candlestick was knocked over, Zong Zhengjin watched the candle flame light the tablet, under the ruthless blowing of the cold wind, the fire spread rapidly, the tablet was lit one after another, the black cat seemed to be crazy, and threw down the candlestick everywhere, and after a while, the whole hall was ignited. Zong Zhengmin and Zhao Qing stood stunned, not knowing what to do.

"Quick, go put out the fire!" Zong Zhengjin shouted, and the two finally reacted, and picked up what they could use to try to extinguish the fire, but the fire became more intense, and they couldn't extinguish it at all.

"Ahem······ cough ······ No, the fire is too big, let's get out. Zong Zhengjin pulled the two of them to the door, knocked hard, and after a while, the door opened, and the three of them quickly escaped.

"Quick, go put out the fire." Before they could settle down, a high-pitched female voice sounded, and then a group of palace people hurriedly ran past them.

After they finally came to their senses, a group of people also rushed over. The leader was the Empress Dowager Xu, who lived in the harem, followed by the imperial concubine, and then there was a middle-aged man next to her, who was looking at Zong Zhengjin, but Zong Zhengjin didn't notice him. She was already conscious, and her face turned pale when she saw the Queen Mother, the Taihe Hall was on fire, and they happened to be inside, no matter what the reason, they couldn't get out of the relationship. The Queen Mother has always disliked her, and if Concubine Xu Guifei fanned the flames on the side, they would definitely be punished again.

Sure enough, after the fire was extinguished, Empress Dowager Xu was furious and said sharply: "You are so bold that you dare to set fire to the spiritual seat of your ancestors." ”

"Hey, Queen Mother, we didn't put it, it's obviously ······" Zong Zhengmin wanted to defend himself, but was interrupted by Xu Guifei, "Shut up, dare to quibble, the facts are all in front of you, obviously you disobey the punishment of the palace and hold a grudge, so you set fire to the palace." ”

"You're talking nonsense." Zong Zhengjin replied angrily, this woman is really good at lying, obviously not······ No, this fire is too coincidental, how can there be wild cats in such a sacred place as the Taihe Temple? Zong Zhengjin saw the hatred in Xu Yingrong's eyes, and saw the indifference on the face of the Queen Mother, she suddenly understood that this was a conspiracy, a trick to frame her, the fire in the Taihe Palace, if it was deliberately done, it would be a great crime of rebellion, and it should be killed, if the crime of fire is pushed on her head now, then she will definitely be a dead end.

Thinking of this, Zong Zhengjin began to tremble all over, her father did not come back, how should she get out of this crisis. Just when she was thinking hard about countermeasures, Xu Guifei had already passed Qiaoxiang to testify, and seeing her indifferent appearance, Zong Zhengjin knew that they had colluded.

Sure enough, Qiao Xiang said: "The slave maid heard the second princess and the fifth prince cursing the concubine Niangniang outside, saying that she didn't want to kneel, and threatened to burn down the Taihe Palace." ”

"You're talking nonsense." Zong Zhengmin was furious, and just wanted to go up to fight Qiaoxiang, but he was held down by the palace people and forced him to kneel in front of the Queen Mother.

"Presumptuous, dare to be so rude in front of the mourning family, but imagine how arrogant you are on weekdays, come here, escort these three people to Changle Palace, and retry tomorrow." As soon as the Empress Dowager Xu gave the order, there were guards who escorted the three away, Zong Zhengjin was very flustered, went to Changle Palace, did the Queen Mother want a private trial?

Seeing that everyone was far away, Empress Dowager Xu smiled, turned to look at Su Li, and said, "Thank you for the help of the national teacher this time, if you don't have your strategy, you won't be able to cure her." ”

"The Queen Mother is serious, for the sake of the future of Beicang, Su Li is willing to do anything." Su Li waved his hand modestly, but he was happy in his heart, this time he could finally deal with the demon girl.

"Queen Mother, how are you going to punish them?" Xu Yingrong was a little anxious, why didn't he execute them immediately. "Don't worry, after tomorrow's trial, it will be dealt with according to national law. The mourning family wants them to die with a reasonable reason. Empress Dowager Xu smiled gently, but the words in her mouth were as cold as ice. Xu Yingrong saw that the Queen Mother was ruthless this time, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

Su Li raised his head slightly, looked at the sparse stars in the sky, and asked with a smile in his heart: Senior brother, have you seen it? I can do it.

The next day, the sky was bright, Zong Zhengjin and the three of them were taken to the main hall of Changle Palace by the guards, Empress Dowager Xu sat majestically in a dark phoenix robe, and Xu Yingrong sat aside, leisurely drinking ginseng tea.

"Zong Zhengjin, are you guilty?" The Queen Mother's cold voice echoed in this empty hall, startling the three of them into a cold sweat.

Zong Zhengjin shook his head and replied firmly; "Ah Jin is not guilty, he doesn't admit it!"

"Hmph, stubborn girl, you and your servant Zhao Qing burned the Taihe Palace, it is a great crime of disrespect, today, you recognize it, and you have to recognize it if you don't recognize it." The pearl on Empress Dowager Xu's head swayed from side to side because of her anger, shaking Zong Zhengjin's eyes, but she still stubbornly raised her head, not afraid of the Empress Dowager's threat.

"This is none of the matter of the imperial sister, why do you condemn her?" Jong Jung-min stood up abruptly, his face full of anger. Although he is only seven years old and doesn't understand it very well, he also knows that the Queen Mother is harming the imperial sister at this time, how can he watch it and not help!

Seeing him talk back, Empress Dowager Xu's face became even worse, and said, "Xiao Wu, if you stand aside obediently and don't speak, the mourning family can spare you." But if you insist on speaking for her, then ······"

"Come on! Come on! If you have the ability to punish me together, I'm not afraid of you, old witch. "Zong Zhengmin is a little short-tempered, and he doesn't think about it at all when he speaks. As soon as these words came out, the audience was stunned, no one dared to look at the extremely distorted face of the Queen Mother, Zong Zhengjin wanted to stop Zong Zhengmin's mouth, but it was too late.

She could only hurriedly pull Zong Zhengmin to kneel down and begged: "Please let the Queen Mother calm her anger, Ah Min is young, he is talking nonsense, begging for ······"

"Bang!" Empress Dowager Xu slapped the table, pointed her finger at them angrily, and said viciously: "Nonsense, the mourning family sees that this is what you are saying in your heart, good, good, good, since you don't want to live, then the mourning family will fulfill you." "Someone, someone," she called twice, and a few guards quickly ran in outside,

"The second princess and the fifth prince, together with the maidservant Zhao Qing, deliberately set fire to the Taihe Palace, which is the crime of rebellion, mourning your family, immediately pull it down and put it to death!" Empress Dowager Xu said it word by word, but Zong Zhengjin was so distracted that the Empress Dowager really wanted to execute her. What should she do?

The guards stepped forward to pull them, but they were pushed away by Zong Zhengmin, and he roared loudly: "Old witch, if you dare to kill me and the imperial sister, my father will definitely kill you when he comes back." "Amin, don't say it." Zong Zhengjin immediately covered his mouth, these words would only anger the Queen Mother even more.

Sure enough, when the Queen Mother heard this, the anger that would have descended came up again, and she roared again and again: "Execute immediately, execute immediately!" "Yes!" Seeing that the Queen Mother was already so angry, the guards didn't dare to slack off, and immediately dragged the three of them out ruthlessly. But at this moment, a person broke into the outer hall. When I looked at the deposit, it turned out to be Zhao's mother.

She knelt down tremblingly, crying and pleading: "Please let the Queen Mother spare the princess, there must be some misunderstanding here." "She's going to stall until the guy comes back.

"Misunderstanding? There is no misunderstanding, the mourning family can see it clearly, and Zong Zhengjin's crime is unforgivable. Empress Dowager Xu didn't care about such an old mother's request at all. motioned for the guards to go out immediately.

Seeing that the three of them were about to be pulled away, Zhao's mother suddenly stood up and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Stop, you have no right to do this." ”

"What? You old slave still want to disobey the will of the mourning family? Empress Dowager Xu had a cold face, and her eyes were full of irresistible majesty. But Mother Zhao was not afraid, but straightened up and said: "The emperor broke the law, and the emperor should personally convict him, but now the queen mother is going to execute the second princess and the fifth prince indiscriminately, isn't it that the queen mother wants to make a decree on behalf of the emperor?" Or is the order of the Queen Mother the imperial order? Mother Zhao's words were sonorous and powerful, and she was so shocked that Empress Dowager Xu retreated step by step.

"Presumptuous, you are really presumptuous, dare to talk to the mourning family like this." Empress Dowager Xu roared angrily, and her eyes were as sharp as knives when she looked at her.

"The old slave is just telling the truth." Mother Zhao knew that if she said this today, she was afraid that she would not be able to live, but as long as she could save the princess, she would die if she died.

"Okay, the mourning family can't cure her, so I'll treat you first, come on, Mother Zhao despises the Queen Mother, makes disrespectful remarks, pulls it down, and beats a hundred boards." As soon as the order was given, a guard immediately pulled Zhao's mother out.

"Oh, Queen Mother, you can't hurt the princess after all, hahahaha..." Mother Zhao laughed like crazy, but the laughter made Zong Zhengjin's heart like a knife, she cried and crawled to the Queen Mother, begging: "Queen Mother, please spare Mother Zhao, she can't stand such a heavy punishment." Zhao Qing also kept kowtowing and cried: "Please ask the Queen Mother to spare my grandmother." Seeing this, Zong Zhengmin also knelt down, even though he knew that this old witch would not spare Mother Mo, but he also pleaded.

Empress Dowager Xu was furious, how could she listen to them, "Come on, put the second princess and others under house arrest in Shulan Palace until the emperor returns." "Yes." The guards didn't care about their struggles, and dragged them out.

"Queen Mother, are you really going to let her go? The emperor will definitely not be guilty when he comes back. Xu Yingrong was a little annoyed, how could she let them go. Empress Dowager Xu snorted coldly: "If you want to spare her, it's not so easy, this time the mourning family has to see if the mourning family is important to the queen mother, or the rebel girl is important." Seeing that her attitude was so tough, Xu Yingrong breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she could get rid of that girl this time, it didn't matter if she waited until the emperor came back, hehe.