The palace was calm, Emperor Yongping was grieved for the death of Concubine He Shu, dropped out of the dynasty for three days, ordered the spirit to stop for 21 days, and all the concubines below the concubine rank went to mourn.

There is Emperor Yongping personally demonstrated, every day with a little bit of Mao, get up earlier than the chicken and go to bed later than the chicken, anyway, all kinds of pioneers, many ministers, the imperial history are on the fold to ask Emperor Yongping to mourn, I am afraid that this will follow in the footsteps of the emperor, but also go crazy.

Fortunately, the most terrible thing did not happen.

Although Emperor Yongping after the previous dynasty was not in much of a state, he didn't cry like the previous emperor.

It's still within normal limits.

It's just that the calm is only the surface of the calm, and it didn't make a fuss on the table, about the death of He Shufei, after a few days of thinking, Emperor Yongping finally made up his mind to investigate thoroughly. It's just that no matter whether this matter is explained to Concubine Chu or Queen Xiao, he is not at ease, so he simply controls it by Duofu beside him, and all relevant clues are reported to him.

As a result, I really went to Xie Xian's original words, and found out where she died, and in the end, all I could find was that the little eunuch who hanged was transferred by Queen Xiao at the beginning of her entry into the palace.

But this is not evidence, those people assigned by Queen Xiao were more or less driven out by Concubine He Shu under various excuses, and did not stay in her palace, but this little eunuch and the personal palace maid beside her rose all the way, and they were very loved by Concubine He Shu.

Emperor Yongping has reason to believe that the two people left by Concubine He Shu are very likely to be the He family in the palace.

In fact, Empress Xiao does not have a deployment in the palace, after all, Xiao's mountain is far away, and she has been far away from the power center of Jiankang City for many years. It's just that when Emperor Yuheng chose a princess for him later, there was no unmarried little lady of the same age in each family, and the Xiao family could be described as a blank slate in Jiankang City, especially in the changing harem, and even Concubine He Shu's power may be deeper and wider than that of Queen Xiao.

The only thing that Empress Xiao can rely on is the Xie family.

But the Xie family will do their best for Queen Xiao, and they will not fall into other people's ways in the first place.

Obviously, either the Xie family did not arrange people in the harem, or the Xie family did not dedicate their power to Queen Xiao-

The former is like a tiger who says that he is a vegetarian, which is pure fantasy.

Of course, Emperor Yongping is more inclined to the latter, so when Concubine He Shu's incident happened, it was Empress Xiao who was the least suspicious. Of course, it can't be completely ruled out. In fact, Emperor Yongping doesn't trust anyone now.

Whether it is Xie Xian, the queen, the empress dowager, the king of Huaiyang, the king of Jiangxia, or even the eldest princess of Xuancheng, he doesn't believe it.

Maybe the eldest princess of Xuancheng is very affectionate and will not play with those conspiracy and calculating things, but after getting married, who can guarantee that she will not be inclined to the Xiao family, after all, in front of everyone, the eldest princess of Xuancheng has no secret of Xiao Baoshu's ambiguous thoughts, and you can imagine how surging it is.

Moreover, no matter how much Xuancheng and Xiao Baoshu win his trust, they can't plan for him.

If you add up to a positive IQ, you don't have much hope.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Twenty-one days later, Concubine He Shu moved out of the palace to be buried, and the evidence and clues from Duofu pointed to Queen Xiao.

Emperor Yongping personally went to the Jiaofang Hall and handed over the evidence to Empress Xiao.

After the death of Xiao Tingshi, even if the emperor wanted the palace power to be returned to the queen, Empress Xiao still repeatedly refused, one was unwell, and the other wanted to keep filial piety for her father, so she did not leave the palace on weekdays, and rarely even asked the empress dowager to ask for peace.

If Queen Xiao was still dignified and radiant in the past, then now her slightly yellowish face suddenly made her look a lot sluggish, and her eyes lost their former brilliance, and the whole person looked haggard and ugly.

Emperor Yongping's heart suddenly softened.

Which little lady doesn't love beauty, Xiao's situation is clearly a heartache that has not healed, and it is in response to his own speculation.

It's like all the evidence pointed to Chu Guifei the same last time, but she was put on the spot, and the disaster was led to the Jiaofang Palace.

First fell into the queen's womb unknowingly, and now the evidence is planted on the queen's head, how much does the person behind it not want Queen Xiao to sit in the middle palace, and how much do they want to get rid of Queen Xiao as soon as possible?

"Zitong, do you understand?" He asked.

Queen Xiao carefully read all the evidence, lowered her eyes, and her face was indescribably tired.

"Your Majesty," she knelt lightly, "it's not me...... I've lost a child myself...... There is more than one, how can they attack the child in Concubine Qi De and Concubine He Shu's womb. ”

"Before I entered the palace, my father told me that I was good-looking, mediocre in talent, and only my moral character was acceptable. And morality is the foundation of a person's life, so that I will never forget. ”

"However, the emperor ordered His Majesty to marry me, but it is a multi-party balancing of forces, even if I have shortcomings, as long as I don't do things that are immoral and angry, Your Majesty will never be abolished. I will always be a queen. ”

If the former paragraph is the father's teachings and expectations for his daughter, then the latter sentence is the choice after weighing.

Empress Xiao told Emperor Yongping about the plans of the father and daughter at this time, and obviously showed him all the hole cards.

As for whether he believes it or not, it can only be the emperor's own choice.

"I am powerless to refute this evidence. But I dare to swear to Your Majesty with my conscience that it is not me. No matter how mad I am, I'm a woman, a mother—even though the child wasn't born, I wouldn't have the next child anyway. Besides, if Your Majesty doesn't like to hear it, who can Concubine Qi De threaten, she can't threaten me. I am the queen of the middle palace, and I was born as a concubine of the middle palace, so why should I bother to attack her......"

"Whether it is Concubine Qi De, Concubine He Shu, Concubine Chu Guifei, or even Concubine Pan Xian, which one is not more powerful than my Xiao family in Jiankang City, speaking of the harem, I am in power, in fact, there are fewer things behind my back?"

Finally, she let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, I am only fifteen years old, but I have already lost two children...... I'm not in the mood for that stuff......"

After that, he lowered his head with a tired face, and he didn't bother to argue anymore, which meant to believe it or not.

Emperor Yongping picked up Empress Xiao and held her hand tightly.

"We are in the same situation." He smiled wryly, inexplicably resonating with his own queen.

"I am the Emperor of Great Liang. But if you look at the surrounding people, whether it is the Xie family, the Xiao family, or even the Chu, Xi, and He families, which one is not a game with each other and checks and balances with each other? How have I ever been the Lord?

"Azusa Tong."

"Ah Ning," Emperor Yongping looked at Empress Xiao deeply: "If I don't believe you, I won't put these in front of you to show you." ”