Emperor Cheng snorted coldly, and the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, squinting at Emperor Cheng. ＥＴ

The fifth father-in-law heard Emperor Cheng shouting, and hurriedly bowed down and took a step forward, and Emperor Cheng greeted the eyes of the Queen Mother and said word by word: "In May, pass on my will, Concubine Rou can't bear the loneliness, she has an affair with the palace guards, I abolish the title of Concubine Rou, send the body back to her mother's house, and you are not allowed to be buried within 100 days!" ”

The fifth father-in-law glanced at the Queen Mother, and muttered hesitantly: "This ....... The emperor has to think twice. ”

Emperor Cheng's sword eyebrows were high, his eyes were still staring at the Queen Mother, and he said coldly: "What? The meaning of the five fathers-in-law, but doesn't my will count? ”

"The slave doesn't dare, the slave will go to deliver the decree." May bowed down and was about to retreat, when the Queen Mother suddenly looked up to the sky and sneered: "Hahaha......."

May quietly gave Xue Yi a look, hoping that Xue Yi could come forward to dissuade Emperor Cheng, Xue Yi knew that Emperor Cheng was very inappropriate to do this, not only to make Concubine Rou's mother's family lose face, but also the Queen Mother could not escape the blame, there is no queen in the harem, and now the Queen Mother is the lord of a palace, if it is so announced to the world, then doesn't it mean that the Queen Mother is immoral?

But Xue Yi is inconvenient to come forward at this time, the Queen Mother already sees her unpleasantly, and troubles her all the time, if it weren't for her being cautious and courteous in everything, I am afraid that the Queen Mother would have put her into the cold palace a long time ago, Rao is so, the Queen Mother is always looking for her.

Now that Concubine Rou is dead in vain, it's too late for her to hide, if she speaks, Emperor Cheng listens to her, the Queen Mother will say that she is arrogant, if Emperor Cheng doesn't listen to her, it will make the mother and son more suspicious, so Xue Yi has to hang her head and pretend not to know.

The fifth father-in-law had no choice but to walk out slowly, hoping that there was still room for this matter to turn around, he knew that Concubine Rou's mother could not afford to offend, and the queen mother could not afford to offend, once this will was spread, the palace and the court were bound to set off a storm.

The Queen Mother stopped laughing, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "Slow! The mourners have something to say. ”

The fifth father-in-law hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stopped, and quietly glanced at Emperor Cheng.

In fact, Emperor Cheng was willing to tell the world about this, he knew that he was sorry for Concubine Rou and hoped to be able to bury her, but he just couldn't do it.

The Queen Mother raised her head slightly, her voice was very cold, she slowly walked in front of Emperor Cheng and said, "Is the emperor really so ruthless to Concubine Rou?" ”

"I don't want to do this either, it's the queen mother who forced me to do this!"

"Hahaha, what a mourning family is forced, Your Majesty, the mourning family doesn't force you, the mourning family only needs one truth, the real cause of death of Concubine Rou! If the emperor really comes up with evidence that Concubine Rou is cheating with someone, without the emperor, the mourning family will tell the world and apologize for the crime, but if it is found that someone deliberately framed Concubine Rou, how should the emperor deal with it? The Queen Mother was right.

When Emperor Cheng heard the Queen Mother say this, he couldn't help but panic in his heart, but he said: "What does the Queen Mother mean by this?" Concubine Rou and the dog thief had a tryst on the rockery, I saw it with my own eyes, did the queen mother say that I deliberately framed Concubine Rou?! ”

The Queen Mother's gaze suddenly turned to Xue Yi, and her red and swollen eyes stared at Xue Yi, staring at Xue Yi's pores standing up.

Emperor Cheng instinctively blocked Xue Yi behind him, and he suddenly realized that the Queen Mother wanted to use Xue Yi to make a fuss!

Sure enough, the Queen Mother pointed at Xue Yi and shouted: "The mourning family believes in the emperor, but the mourning family doesn't believe in this fox spirit!" It must have been her doing, she must have framed Concubine Rou! ”

Seeing this, Xue Yi hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted injustice: "The concubine is wronged, and the concubine is not in harmony with Sister Rou, but she has no chance or ability to do such a thing." ”

The Queen Mother walked up to Xue Yi and said with a sneer: "Are you wronged? You don't have a chance? Tell me, who can prove where you went last night? Why did everyone in the palace come to my Shouning Palace, but only you were the last one?! ”

"After returning to my mother, my concubine has been feeling cold recently, and she fell asleep early last night, and my personal palace maid Liu Nong can testify." Xue Yi kowtowed back.

Emperor Cheng put his hands on Xue Yi, looked at the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother's determination to thoroughly investigate this matter, I have already understood, the Queen Mother knows that this matter is not the work of a weak woman like Xue Yi, so why should she be wronged, I will bury Concubine Rou well, and I will no longer pursue this matter." ”

After Emperor Cheng finished speaking, he pulled Xue Yi and was about to leave.

The Queen Mother said unrelentingly: "Slow! The mourning family has not finished speaking, why doesn't the emperor make a decision after listening to it? How could the emperor know that the mourning family had wronged your concubine? ”

Emperor Cheng turned his back to the Queen Mother and said: "I just believe in Concubine Xue's character, believe in her kindness and simplicity, and will never do anything to hurt Concubine Rou." ”

The Queen Mother snorted: "Since the emperor believes in Concubine Xue so much, why don't you make a decision after listening to the next story?" ”

Emperor Cheng glanced at Xue Yi, Xue Yi nodded and gave Emperor Cheng a comforting smile, and said softly: "Your Majesty, if you don't listen to the queen mother, the queen mother will eventually suspect that it is a concubine, and the concubine is willing to solve the doubts in the queen mother's heart, can the concubine ask the emperor to help the concubine?" ”

"Xue'er ......." Emperor Cheng is a hundred unwilling, he is really worried, how cunning the Queen Mother is, if she is not completely sure, she will definitely not wronged Xue Yi out of thin air.

But even if Emperor Cheng didn't know Xue Yi, he also knew that Xue Yi didn't do this, he looked at Xue Yi's pure eyes, and couldn't bear to refuse and couldn't refuse, so he had to nod, turned around and faced the Queen Mother and said, "Then let the Queen Mother tell me what the Queen Mother knows, and I and Concubine Xue will listen to each other." ”

The queen mother waved her hand and walked out of the palace maid's line with her head bowed, because she always kept her head down, and no one could see her appearance clearly, the palace maid came to the queen mother's back and knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave maid visits the queen mother." ”

"What's your name? In which house is the errand? Who did you see at the Broken Leaf Lake behind the imperial study at the fifth watch last night? You want to tell the emperor and Concubine Xue to it word for word, it's good, the mourning family and the emperor will reward you heavily, do you hear? The Queen Mother spoke to the palace maid, but her eyes kept staring at Emperor Cheng.

Xue Yi's heart moved, she took advantage of the chaos to return to her Chenhui Garden at the fifth watch last night, could she not have been discovered? If that's the case, you can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River!

She looked at Emperor Cheng, although she knew that even if this palace maid said anything about Emperor Cheng, she wouldn't believe it, because Concubine Rou was killed by himself, but who can guarantee that Emperor Cheng would not make a scapegoat for her in order to clear this matter?

And Xue Yi can't tell the truth, because even if she does, no one will believe it, unless she knows that Concubine Rou has discovered some secret of Emperor Cheng.

"Cher, are you uncomfortable? Why is your face so ugly? Emperor Cheng looked at Xue Yi in a daze and looked at his face in a daze, and asked worriedly.

Xue Yi didn't speak yet, and the Queen Mother sneered and said, "Concubine Xue didn't sleep all night last night, and her face is naturally not much better!" Your Majesty, you are still in the dark, it is not Concubine Rou who really has an adulterous affair with someone but your Concubine Xue, last night, it was Concubine Rou who found out about her adultery, and she teamed up with the adulterer to kill Concubine Rou and then forced the adulterer to commit suicide! ”

When Emperor Cheng heard the Queen Mother say this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Queen Mother! No matter what the Queen Mother says, I won't believe it. ”

"Then listen to what she has to say. Speak quickly! The Queen Mother yelled at the palace maid.

The palace maid trembled with fright, kowtowed, and said, "Slave maid....... The slave maid is the palace maid who prunes flowers and trees in Shouning Palace, her name is Xiaoqin, and she ....... last night Last night......."

Xiaoqin peeked at the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and suddenly stammered.

"What happened last night? You mean! The Queen Mother frowned and asked sharply.

Xiaoqin suddenly kowtowed, and begged for mercy again and again: "I begged the queen mother to spare the slave maid, but the slave and maid really didn't dare to say it." ”

The Queen Mother squatted down and held Xiaoqin's jaw with one hand: "Oh? Don't dare to say? Why don't you dare to say it? What are you afraid of? ”

Xiaoqin's jaw was pinched by the Queen Mother, and her face couldn't move, but her frightened eyes glanced at Xue Yi.

At this time, Xue Yi had already recognized the palace maid in front of her who claimed to be Xiaoqin, at the beginning, Concubine Rou scolded the eunuch Xiao Liuzi next to her, it was because of this Xiaoqin, Xue Yi clearly remembered that Xiaoqin falsely accused Xiao Liuzi of stealing, it was Xue Yi who rescued Xiao Liuzi and found out the truth, and Concubine Rou beat this Xiaoqin fiercely.

How did she end up here? Xue Yi knew that something was wrong, it seemed that the Queen Mother had already set up a situation, and Concubine Rou's matter just gave the Queen Mother such an opportunity.

Xiaoqin's meaning is self-evident, although she didn't say anything, but in everyone's eyes, everyone felt that she was afraid of Xueyi.

Xiaoqin didn't want to say it, but the Queen Mother was willing to say it, she looked at Xue Yi with Xiaoqin's eyes, and asked knowingly: "Xiaoqin, are you afraid that this Xue Concubine will kill you?" Do you know? If you tell the truth now, the mourning family can still save you, if you don't say it at this time, I'm afraid it will be really difficult for you to live today! ”

Xue Yi saw it, Emperor Cheng naturally saw it, although he didn't know what deep hatred there was between this Xiaoqin and Xue Yi, but he knew that this palace maid must have been bribed by the Queen Mother to frame Xue Yi.

Xiaoqin finally spoke under the encouragement of the Queen Mother, she pointed to Xue Yi and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, around five watch last night, the slave maid first saw Concubine Rou Niangniang walking towards Broken Leaf Lake, and soon after, the slave maid saw Xue Concubine Niangniang coming out behind the rockery of Broken Leaf Lake. ”

"What did you see besides the two mothers?" The Queen Mother seems to be intent on leading.

Xiaoqin glanced at Xue Yi and muttered, "Back to the Queen Mother, slave maid....... The slave didn't see anything, but the slave and maid heard the sound of men and women laughing behind the rockery......"

The Queen Mother nodded, and turned to face Emperor Cheng: "Concubine Xue, did you hear the words of this palace maid?" Is there anything else you can say? ”

Before Xue Yi could speak, Emperor Cheng stepped forward and sneered, and said, "Hmph, Queen Mother, don't say that it's just one side of this palace maid, that is, Concubine Xue was in Broken Leaf Lake last night, how can you prove that she killed the person?!" ”