Chapter 224: Give Me All the Corpses
Emperor Cheng has fully understood the Queen Mother's intentions at this time, and I am afraid that the Queen Mother also guessed that Concubine Rou died at the hands of Emperor Cheng, so she wants to taste the loss of her lover!
The Queen Mother questioned Xue Yi, Xue Yi didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, Emperor Cheng rushed ahead of her to stand out for her, and Xue Yi was happy to watch coldly. ET
"What? The emperor means that the words of this palace maid are not enough to believe? The queen looked at Emperor Cheng expressionlessly, and no one could guess what she really thought.
Emperor Cheng nodded: "One-sided words, naturally not enough to believe!" Could it be that the witness testimony of the Queen Mother's mission can prove that it was Concubine Xue who killed Concubine Rou? ”
In the face of Emperor Cheng's aggressive questioning, the Queen Mother was not annoyed or angry, she smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the mourning family expects that the emperor will not believe the one-sided words of a palace maid, not to mention that this palace maid used to have a disagreement with Concubine Xue, but how good is the mourning family and the physical evidence, the mourning family has the heart to save some face for the royal family, but it seems that the emperor does not appreciate it, or not, the mourning family will let the emperor see what is true and what is false, come on!" ”
The Queen Mother's narrow eyes smiled and hid a knife staring at Emperor Cheng, a pair of well-maintained white hands were raised, and slowly and rhythmically slapped three times, and with the applause on the ground, I saw eight guards running out of the Shouning Palace, and the eight guards dragged a man with a cloak.
Eight guards came to the Queen Mother, bowed down, and bowed in unison: "Slaves see Queen Mother Chitose Chitose." ”
"Excuse me, get up and talk back." The Queen Mother sat down, looking confident.
Emperor Cheng saw that the eight guards were very unfamiliar, he was the master of the palace, and he didn't dare to name the guards in the palace, but he had a little impression, but he had never seen these eight people in front of him.
Emperor Cheng had long known that the Queen Mother had raised a group of dead soldiers, but he never took this matter to heart, because he knew that the Queen Mother could only rely on him, the emperor, to protect herself, not to mention that the Queen Mother should have been martyred that day, and he saved her! Emperor Cheng thought that the Queen Mother would not hurt him even if she was not grateful, but it seemed that he was wrong after all.
The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Cheng, and Emperor Cheng looked at the Queen Mother thoughtfully, their eyes met, each with their own hearts, and restrained each other.
All this is under Xue Yi's eyes, she knows that the Queen Mother hates her, but she never thought that the Queen Mother would deal with her with all her intentions, and it seems that today is a catastrophe.
"Your Majesty, don't you want to see who this person is?" The Queen Mother suddenly pointed to the man lying on the ground with his head hanging and asked, although the voice was very soft, but the words were clear.
Emperor Cheng looked at the man on the ground in a daze, although the man never raised his head, but from his body, the emperor had already guessed the ** of the ten, but he himself couldn't believe his eyes and didn't want to believe the facts.
However, what Emperor Cheng didn't want to believe was exactly what the Queen Mother wanted, and the Queen Mother smiled gloatingly, turned her face and ordered the head of the guard: "Commander Gao, raise his head and let the emperor take a good look at who he is!" ”
Xue Yi seemed to hear Emperor Cheng's frantic heartbeat, she looked curiously at the man lying on the ground, and the guard, who was called the high commander by the Queen Mother, bent down and grabbed the man's hair and made him raise his head.
The moment the person raised his head, Emperor Cheng's body shook, Xue Yi stood unsteadily and took two or three steps back, and the Queen Mother looked at the two of them with that sneer on their faces.
Emperor Cheng stabilized his mind, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked the queen mother: "Queen mother, I don't know how this fifth prince offended the queen mother, and was tortured by the queen mother. ”
The Queen Mother did not answer Emperor Cheng's words, but looked at Xue Yi and said in a strange manner: "What's wrong with Concubine Xue?" Isn't it very heartbreaking to see your old lover become what she is now? Concubine Xue, do you hate me to death as the Queen Mother now, and you want to kill me like Concubine Rou?! ”
Xue Yi didn't seem to hear the Queen Mother's words at all, she just looked at the fifth prince with a blue and purple face, her eyes were covered by mist, the fifth prince she knew was so graceful, so smiling and kind, it was really difficult for her to associate the dirty and injured man in front of her with the fifth son, but she knew very well that the man in front of her who seemed to be still in a coma was the fifth son!
Don't.......?
A thought flashed like lightning, Xue Yi looked at Emperor Cheng, and her body couldn't help but shudder.
Xue Yi suddenly thought of what Ji Wuyao had said, and Ji Wuyao said very clearly, if the current emperor is the second prince Xiao Yichen, then the fifth prince who lived in the former Yu Wangfu and was named King Yu by Emperor Cheng is the real fifth prince Xiao Luochen!
This rich young son of unknown origin who appeared overnight did make Xue Yi very incomprehensible, but after nearly a year of getting along, Xue Yi prefers to believe that the fifth prince is a rich son and has nothing to do with the palace of the Inviting Moon Kingdom, because she knows very well that with Xiao Yichen's suspicious and jealous personality, the real fifth prince will always be a heart disease that is difficult to remove from him.
Now the fifth prince looks like he must have been tortured very severely, could it be that the queen mother really tortured a rich kid like this just to frame her Lan Xueyi?! Or has the Queen Mother also begun to doubt the identity of the emperor?!
Xue Yi's guess was exactly what Emperor Cheng was worried about.
Emperor Cheng knows this queen mother very well, she seems to be gentle and kind, but in fact she is iron-fisted and cold-blooded, if she is not a cold-hearted person, she will not be lonely for more than ten years, waiting for the first emperor's change of heart in the harem.
Emperor Cheng's mind was spinning rapidly, he must not give up his fifth brother! He's already used his identity and can't let him lose his life anymore, but how can he save him?!
At this time, Xue Yi was very sorry that he had taken Xiao Serv, if Xiao Servant was still there, he would definitely have a way to save the fifth son.
Xue Yi knelt down slowly, and her voice was a little cold: "The Queen Mother, if the concubine says that she doesn't think the Queen Mother will not believe it, because the Queen Mother has probably already mastered the evidence of the concubine's crime." ”
Xue Yi deliberately clenched the six words "have already mastered it", and the sound outside the strings was very clear, that is, since the Queen Mother intended to blame, she would not be able to escape no matter what, and she did not want to escape.
Before the Queen Mother and Emperor Cheng could speak, Liu Nong, who had been silent on the side, suddenly knelt down and crawled behind Xue Yi and shouted: "Queen Mother, the slave and maid have been wronged......"
Without giving the Queen Mother a chance to speak, Liu Nong continued: "The Queen Mother, the slave maid can testify, my mother has been in the palace last night, and this morning it was the slave who woke up the mother, and my mother heard that there was a fire in the Queen Mother's Shouning Palace, and she didn't even have time to put on her clothes and shoes, so she hurried over. ”
After Liu Nong finished speaking, he turned to Emperor Cheng and said: "If the emperor doesn't believe in the slaves, you can take off my mother's shoes, the mother took a shortcut and had a lot of blood blisters on her feet from the bluestones." ”
Xue Yi saw Liu Nong looking up at Emperor Cheng, her big eyes were full of longing and pleading, she was secretly worried about Liu Nong in her heart, without the summons of the Queen Mother Cheng Emperor, Liu Nong privately stepped forward to defend the Lord, he had violated the criminal law in the palace, and according to the rules, he would be punished with fifty boards at the lightest, and now the Queen Mother was looking for trouble from her Chenhui Garden, I am afraid that the fifty boards will not spare Liu Nong.
Xue Yi was only afraid that the Queen Mother would be angry, and Liu Nong would suffer a big loss, so she had no choice but to strike first, thinking of this, Xue Yi raised her eyebrows and shouted: "Bold slave, how does this palace teach you on weekdays?" Today, you dare to be disrespectful, offend the prestige of Jun Yan and the Queen Mother, come and drag me out! ”
Liu Nong turned to Xue Yi, with tears in his big eyes, staring at Xue Yi was just speechless, tears, swirling in the eyes of the master and servant, the two stared at each other like this, and a thousand words seemed to be at this moment.
Xue Yi just bowed slightly, Liu Nong also nodded, how could she not know Xue Yi's intentions, I am afraid that even so, Xue Yi will be difficult to save her, and she does this to distinguish Xue Yi, and the other is to deliberately provoke the Queen Mother, if Xue Yi is killed, what is the point of her living as a slave? !
Two guards with knives came up and hugged Liu Nong's arms left and right, dragging her out, Liu Nong's feet dragged on the ground, and his eyes did not leave Xue Yi for a moment, as if to say: "Cherish ......."
Tears finally fell.
The Queen Mother didn't seem to be angry or have the idea of punishing Liu Nong, and when she saw the guards like wolves and tigers dragging Liu Nong away, she shouted: "Slow! ”
The two guards hurriedly put Liu Nong down and kowtowed to plead guilty.
How could Emperor Cheng not know Xue Yi's thoughts, Xue Yi should have understood her situation at this time, so she wanted to save Liu Nong, I was afraid that the Queen Mother would have intended to harm her, and it would be difficult for her to protect anyone at this time.
Emperor Cheng knew that he had to speak, so he asked the Queen Mother in a dumb voice: "I don't know why the Queen Mother wants to put this back?" ”
The Queen Mother smiled coldly and said: "Your Majesty, we can't let the people say that our royal family is ruthless and immoral, this girl is the key to this matter, she gets along with her master day and night, in this deep palace, if there is no one to help, how can Concubine Xue easily meet her adulterer?" Your Majesty, the mourning family should ask this girl how her master cheated on someone?! ”
Liu Nong knows that today's events are difficult to pass, unless the emperor deliberately protects Xue Yi, otherwise the Queen Mother will definitely take the opportunity to put their master and servant to death!
What Liu Nong understands, Xue Yi and Emperor Cheng understand even more in their hearts.
Xue Yi suddenly knelt down, walked on her knees, and stared at Emperor Cheng kneeling and crawling towards Emperor Cheng step by step, crystal tears fell from her beautiful eyes, and Xue Yi's voice was still so beautiful: "In the past, I was a fountain of tears." Your Majesty, what the concubines didn't understand in the past, today I finally understand, the concubines have nothing else to ask for, just ask the emperor to give the concubines a whole corpse! ”