After the autumn hunt, the army of the Western Expedition was also completed and embarked on the journey on time.

Lu Zhaoling told Shen Fengjiu about Li Yu's speculation, looking forward to returning to his homeland after the end of the Western Expedition.

Shen Fengjiu was silent.

On the second day after the Western Expeditionary Army left Jingyang, an earth-shaking incident occurred in the harem of Anping.

Inheriting the will of the saint, the queen Xu was pampered and arrogant, betrayed morality and was untamed, and twice murdered the emperor's third son, risking the world's disapproval, which is really a heinous crime. Now he has removed all his titles, demoted to a concubine, and handed over to the Criminal Department for questioning.

Shocked by the court.

The two princesses Qingping and Yuquan were both born to Queen Xu, and when she heard about this, Princess Qingping was in a coma for a long time under convulsions, and finally woke up leisurely and got up immediately.

did not go to the emperor to intercede, but immediately rushed to the Kangning Palace.

"Sister Huang." Bai Xi received Princess Qingping unhurriedly.

"Second brother, aren't you worried?" Princess Qingping couldn't help but ask sadly when she saw Bai Xi's relaxed appearance.

"Why am I worried? Although Xu was my adoptive mother, this matter is not even a sitting. ”

"You have been raised under the knee of the queen mother since you were a child, has the queen mother ever treated you badly?" Princess Qingping asked Bai Xi in disbelief.

"The Xu family has been demoted to a concubine, and the imperial sister should no longer be called 'queen mother'." Bai Xi said coldly.

"You...... You're so ...... The queen mother raised you and supported you, but you want the queen mother to die unjustly? Princess Qingping said slowly, looking resentful and weak, "Didn't you do the poisoning?" ”

"My father has sent someone to find out the truth, and the evidence is conclusive, it was the Xu family who murdered the third brother twice, why didn't the imperial sister believe it?" Bai Xi smiled.

"You...... How can you be so at ease? Princess Qingping covered her chest with one hand, only feeling that the person in front of her was so evil that she couldn't breathe.

"Since my father has concluded on this matter, it's best for the imperial sister not to dwell on it anymore, otherwise wouldn't it be to blame my father for misjudgment? I, as a younger brother, advise you, don't be as stupid as Xu. ”

Princess Qingping was speechless, her expression was surprised, angry, unwilling, and cowardly. Eventually, she staggered out of the Palace with red eyes.

Bai Xi looked at her thin and pitiful figure, with no pity in her heart, only a little mockery.

She's as useless as Xu.

Bai Xi thought so.

--

Late that night, Princess Yuquan, who was dressed up in disguise, quietly came to the Xingbu prison.

The guards in the prison had already been sorted out in advance, and Princess Yuquan rewarded some broken silver, and then quietly came to the cage where Empress Xu was being held.

"The Queen Mother." She called in a very soft voice.

Empress Xu was originally sitting against the wall with her eyes closed, but when she heard this, she opened her eyes: "It's you?" ”

"I've brought you some food." Princess Yuquan said, stretched out her hand from her cloak, and handed over a food box.

Empress Xu glanced at it with a dismayed expression and didn't pick it up.

"Where's Bai Xi?" Empress Xu asked.

“…… Queen Mother, do you still count on him? ”

"It was he who said that if he did it during the autumn hunt, he would definitely be able to find no traces of ghosts. I think he missed last time, and this time it's up to me. ”

"Queen Mother, don't say it."

"Heh......" Empress Xu sneered, her eyes staring blankly at the wall, "The emperor knows, he knows everything." Bai Xi poisoned, he didn't pursue it, in the past, he used me to get rid of whom, and he used it very easily. ”

Empress Xu paused, and suddenly asked angrily, "Why are you doing this to me now?!" ”

"Queen Mother, you believe in Bai Xi too much." Princess Yuquan couldn't help but say.

"It's not just Bai Xi...... Your Majesty is the same...... They're just using me. Back then, the Xu family was prosperous, and His Majesty favored me in every way, and now ...... that they will put me to death...... He's so ruthless. Empress Xu closed her eyes and burst into tears.

Princess Yuquan watched silently and did not make a sound.

Empress Xu continued: "When Your Majesty was not the crown prince, my father married me to him and pledged my allegiance to him. I've done a lot for him over the years, and I thought I was a little different in his heart. ”

"Queen Mother...... Don't think about that. I've done it all here, and no one will embarrass you. You eat something first. Princess Yuquan persuaded.

"What do you mean? Do you want me to be comfortable and safe on the road?! Empress Xu suddenly became angry.

Princess Yuquan sighed, put the food box on the ground, and removed the hood from the cloak.

"Queen Mother, my father directly issued a holy decree, there is no room for turning back in this matter, and no one can save you. Why do you have to bother yourself? Why don't you want to open some ......?"

"Are you here to persuade me to die?! How did I give birth to something as vicious as you! Queen Xu grabbed a handful of withered grass beside her and threw it at Princess Yuquan, "Get out!" Get out of here! Hongu will never die like this! Your Majesty still needs me! I'll be let out in a few days! Wait for the palace to go out, and then clean up your unfilial thing! Queen Xu scolded.

Princess Yuquan lifted the food box and walked away without looking back.

--

The abolition caused an uproar in the palace, but Yonghe Palace, which should have applauded the matter, did not react much.

When Li Zhu'er got the news, she hurriedly ran to talk to Bai Heng, and Bai Heng just said "um" without being salty.

Li Zhu'er was curious, but she didn't dare to ask more. After holding it for a few days, I couldn't help it, so I went to Langhuan Hall to find Lu Zhaoling.

"I know that Ah Heng is lighter, and he is not the kind of person who falls into the well, but this is a murderous revenge! If it weren't for Shen Gongzi, Ah Heng would have died a long time ago! Why didn't he care? Li Zhuer said to Lu Zhaoling in confusion.

"Well...... Of course I don't know. Lu Zhaoling replied helplessly.

After thinking about it, she hesitated and said, "However, Bai Heng seems to have always thought that the second prince poisoned him." ”

"It's him." Shen Fengjiu suddenly interjected.

"What?" Lu Zhaoling didn't react for a while.

"It's the second prince." Shen Fengjiu added patiently.

"You mean...... The person who poisoned was the second prince? Lu Zhaoling asked guessingly.

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

"What? Is it the second prince? Then how can Your Majesty say that Empress Xu murdered twice? Li Zhu'er asked anxiously.

"Don't worry." Lu Zhaoling said to Li Zhu'er comfortably, and then looked at Shen Fengjiu, "How do you know that it is the second prince?" His Majesty convicted Empress Xu, and the holy decree said that the evidence was conclusive. Do you have proof? ”

Shen Fengjiu did not answer Lu Zhaoling's question, as if he didn't bother to explain a lot, and looked like "knowing is knowing".

"You always say that the second prince is not good, but the crime of murder is serious, and you can't just say it, you have to prove that you are not slandering out of thin air." Lu Zhaoling was a little angry.

"Huh." Shen Fengjiu seemed to be angry, and snorted coldly, "He not only poisoned him, but also drugged the queen to make her unable to have children, so as to protect his position as a concubine." Autumn hunting and murder was also his idea. ”

“…… What did you say? ”

Shen Fengjiu suddenly said so many words, and they were all shocking news, and Lu Zhaoling couldn't digest it for a while.

At this moment, someone outside the house came to report.

"The second prince has arrived—"