"Well, it's time to protect Mama Zhao's safety, but other than that, have you ever thought that you can't put the initiative in their hands?" Shen Xi said softly.

"What?" Lu Qingyi was puzzled for a moment and asked rhetorically.

Shen Xi explained very patiently: "Since they took the initiative to attack us, then we can also plan and lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Lu Qingyi understood and was quite satisfied with Shen Xi's proposal: "Take the initiative to spread the news and wait for him to come to the door." It's a good idea, and I'll mention it to His Highness tomorrow. ”

After discussing with Chang Yi, everything began to be implemented according to the plan.

News began to come from many places, especially in the palace. claimed that Concubine Lan's fall into the well was deliberately done by someone, and there were also confidants around Concubine Lan as witnesses.

The next day, into the night.

It was dark inside the palace, but the queen's palace was brightly lit.

The queen had been grounded for several days, her face pale and tired after a long period of conservation, but her eyes were so red that she was now angry.

The queen gritted her teeth and broke a mouthful: "How come? Everyone had already dealt with it cleanly, and this Mama Zhao came out of nowhere! ”

Mama Caiqiu knelt on the ground and said cautiously, for fear of angering the queen again: "The slave has already gone to let people check, there was indeed such a person back then!" It was only after leaving the palace a month before the plan was implemented that he became a fish that slipped through the net! ”

The queen's heart paused slightly, and she frowned and said, "She left the palace a month ago, what can she know!" ”

"yes, maybe she didn't know the truth back then, it was just a cover." Mama Caiqiu said comfortingly.

But the queen didn't appreciate it, and said: "The third prince is now protecting people so well, even if she doesn't know anything, it's a disaster!" What if the third prince instigates her to identify the palace! ”

In order to ensure that things were not revealed, the queen finally summoned her own people overnight.

But what the queen didn't know was that all this was a plan proposed by Shen Xi.

The sturdy killer had just infiltrated the palace of the Three Princes, and was wiped out by the secret guards who had been arranged long ago.

Those who have been exposed have no choice but to confess them all.

So that night, the killer and the queen's grandmother were brought into the emperor's main hall.

The emperor sat on the couch with a very heavy face.

"The middle palace is not only immoral, but also deliberately harms the emperor's heir, it is simply a femme fatale, I have seen the wrong person."

When Chang Yi heard this, his face sank, and he said, "Father, the person they want to kill is not me. ”

The emperor raised his eyes, and the thoughts in his heart were also complicated.

At this moment, Chang Yi raised his hand and struck it, allowing people to bring Mama Zhao up.

The emperor looked at the person in front of him and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't recognize it, so he asked, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the only person around the mother concubine who survived twenty years ago." Chang Yi's eyes looked directly at the emperor, and said word by word: "She knows who did what happened back then, and the ministers finally found her, but the queen's people came to the door." "Literature is great

The emperor's hand was clenched tightly, but he did not take the words of the third prince.

Mama gritted her teeth, thought about it, and began to kowtow without hesitation: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the queen's mother!" It was the slave and the maid who found someone to do it. ”

Chang Yi's heart suddenly became angry, and he interrupted mercilessly: "You are her person, how can you say that it has nothing to do with it!" ”

Chang Yi was very emotional because of Concubine Lan's matter. Lu Qingyi, who came together, screamed in his heart, but before he could speak, the emperor slapped the shore with his palm.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and the old lady trembled and said, "Your Majesty, you have been bedridden these days, and you don't know the situation inside and outside the palace, since the third prince took this grandmother back.

There are deliberate rumors that say things that are unfavorable to the queen, but the old slave has followed the queen for so many years, and he clearly knows that the queen has never done those things! ”

Chang Yi wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lu Qingyi.

The old lady continued: "But I can't bear that someone wants the queen to die, and the rumors are getting stronger and stronger, the old slave is afraid that she will be instigated by the adulterer, misunderstand the queen mother, and hurt the queen mother, so she made this decision, but this matter, the queen mother did not know from beginning to end. ”

The old lady knew that she couldn't live, so she took everything on herself.

Chang Yi was furious: "You followed her, but you are heartfelt, even if you die, you have to protect her." ”

"Chang Yi." The emperor opened his lips abruptly and bluntly said Chang Yi's name: "You still have me in your eyes." ”

Chang Yi's hand was clenched into a fist, his eyes were burning, and he wanted to see through the person in front of him.

He had long said that the incident of his mother's fall into the well was man-made, but the emperor never put it in his eyes. Now that there is a witness, and the people who have caught the queen want to kill the mouth, but the emperor still doesn't care.

In his heart, he was also disappointed in the emperor.

Now fell into silence, the emperor shifted his gaze to the old woman, and said: "Do you think I don't know, how many things the queen has done are your handiwork, and now that the queen has been grounded, you are still so dishonest, since this is the case, then don't blame me for being unkind." ”

The emperor cleared his throat, and his hoarse voice was full of the majesty of the emperor: "Come here, give Bai Aya." ”

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor ......" The old lady was dragged down alive, and the sound of begging for mercy spread to every corner of the hall.

When the person had been dragged down, Chang Yi looked directly at the emperor with his eyes full of fire, and said fiercely: "Father." ”

He gritted his teeth, and every word was like a bloody cry: "It seems that you did know it for a long time. Originally, I even wanted to argue for you. ”

"Presumptuous!" The emperor took the case: "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Chang Yi was just about to speak, but Lu Qingyi stopped him quickly: "Third Highness, don't say it." ”

Chang Yi glanced at the emperor and turned away without hesitation.

At the moment when Chang Yi turned around, Lu Qingyi clearly saw the forbearance in the emperor's eyebrows. He saw that the emperor's physical strength was not enough now, so he immediately stepped forward and instructed his subordinates to call the imperial doctor over, and then said: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness did not intend to contradict you. You calm down first and pay attention to your body. ”

The emperor took a deep breath, but his eyebrows were still slightly wrinkled, as if he couldn't let go of the matter.

"Your Majesty, don't blame the Third Highness, except for the matter of Concubine Lan, which is the knot in the heart of the Third Highness. Other matters in the court, the three highnesses have handled them very well. Lu Qingyi said soothingly while helping the emperor with the pulse.