The next day, the emperor explained to the ministers: "Yesterday, the queen plotted against her, poisoned the queen mother with arsenic, and the queen mother unfortunately passed away. The ministers suddenly exploded, there was such a big thing in the harem, and they didn't get any news.

"It can't be!" Liu Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, stood up, "The minister's family education is very strict, and the daughter is even more virtuous and virtuous, gentle and generous, it is impossible to do such a rebellious thing, not to mention that the Queen Mother is still her own aunt!" ”

"You mean I'm framing your daughter?"

"Minister, I don't have this intention, it's just that the queen plotted to kill the queen mother, it's not a trivial matter, and it needs to be investigated."

"I already checked it yesterday", the emperor was a little impatient.

But then more ministers stood up and questioned one after another, Liu Zhao even told the emperor to re-investigate the case, and the emperor was angry and yelled at the ministers: "Are you my courtiers, or the queen mother's courtiers?" Then he departed.

But the ministers of the court and the central government will not give up and keep asking to see the emperor.

"Commodus!" The emperor reclined on the soft couch and asked, "Have you found out which of the old immortal Liu Zhao's comrades are?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave has checked, this Liu Zhao is an honest official, and there is no matter of forming a party for personal gain." Commodus replied cautiously.

"No?" The emperor sneered, "I see that all the people who pleaded for the queen in the court today are his comrades, and I really want to kill them one by one!" Against me! ”

Commodus didn't dare to go any further.

"There's got to be someone who takes the blame!" The Emperor said softly.

"Your Majesty", Nana came in, "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that the queen killed the queen mother?" ”

"Hmm." The Emperor nodded, and took the Yin Mei into his arms.

"Impossible, right? The queen has always lived in a simple place and has no grudges with others, how can she be good enough to harm the queen mother? "Ginmei thought very seriously.

The emperor's face suddenly turned cold, "Who does that beauty think the queen mother poisoned?" ”

Yin Meiren had already heard the unkindness in her tone, and replied: "This, the concubines don't know either, but the queen mother usually beats and scolds the palace maids and eunuchs if she has a slight dissatisfaction, maybe these people hold a grudge?" ”

The emperor stroked the face of the lady and said, "The porridge was brought by the queen herself." ”

"It doesn't have to be through other people's hands." The Lady replied immediately.

"My beauty is really kind, but if it is really the queen who did it this time, then the queen will definitely be executed, and the throne will be vacant, doesn't the beauty want to go further?"

Yin Meiren leaned on the emperor's shoulder and said: "It is Your Majesty's decision to take a step back, the concubines only know how to serve Your Majesty well and make Your Majesty happy, and the rest of the concubines don't care." ”

The emperor listened to the sweet voice of Yin Meiren, and couldn't help but kiss her, "This little mouth is so sweet, I just love to listen to you, unlike them, one by one to teach me a lesson, they are also worthy!" ”

"Your Majesty, ignore them!" Yin Meiren smiled and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, the concubine has something to ask Your Majesty." ”

"Why bother? What do you want, say. ”

"The concubine wants to go and see the queen."

"What do you think she's going to do?"

"The queen exempted the concubine from asking for peace, and she can be regarded as taking care of the concubine, people don't want her to live so hard!"

"Then I will command them to go down and tell them to treat the queen well."

"No, those people are all people who are yang and yin, seeing that the queen has lost power, maybe how to bully her!"

"My beauties are so kind! Okay, you can go if you want, but it's full of crazy people, so don't be afraid when the time comes. ”

"Your Majesty will scare the concubines!"

In the early morning of the next day, Yin Meiren finally persuaded the emperor, who was unwilling to go to court, to the court. As soon as the emperor left, she immediately went to the cold palace.

This cold palace was originally the bedroom of the last queen of the previous dynasty, and when the previous dynasty died, the queen poisoned the palace maid and eunuch who served her, and took her two daughters to hang herself in the palace. The people in the palace knew about it and didn't want to live here, and over time, it became a cold palace for the waste concubine and others.

Yin Meiren came to the door, ordered someone to open the door of the paint, the door squeaked, and the women in the cold palace stared at her intently when they heard the movement, most of them were still the concubines of the first emperor.

Before she came, she deliberately dressed up in a modest manner and was not ostentatious, but the queen still saw her at a glance.

The little eunuch Jiang An also noticed the queen and brought Yin Mei to the queen, in order not to be affected, Jiang An locked the other waste concubines in the room, and Yin Mei and the queen sat on the stone bench in the courtyard.

"Why are you here?" The queen was the first to speak.

"I'm here to see you, Your Majesty said, you poisoned the Queen Mother?" The silver girl pushes the queen a cup of hot tea.

The queen took it, took a sip of water, lowered her eyelids and said, "I don't." ”

"I know you won't, I'm asking more", Yinmei called the eunuchs around her to go away, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has always been moody, how could you be so careless?" ”

"I knew he hated me, but I didn't know he would do it so quickly, and it was against the Queen Mother."

"Lord Shangshu asked me to bring you a letter", Yin Meiren quietly stuffed the letter into the queen's hand, "I will try my best to say good things in front of Your Majesty, he wants to kill the queen mother, out of control, it is not that you have to die, anyone can be a scapegoat, but you bumped into it." ”

"I see." The queen nodded.

"Then I'll go first, you take care of yourself." Yin Meiren estimated that it was time for the emperor to go to court, so she didn't stay long and went back to the palace directly.

The queen opened the letter, and her father just told her to be steady, respectful and humble, and not to anger the emperor. The queen smiled bitterly, she thought that her father had some tricks, but when she thought about it, she was indeed too high, otherwise the people in the palace and even the queen mother's aunt would not like her very much!

Not long after Yin Meiren went back, she estimated that the emperor was almost back to the palace, so she sat in front of the mirror and took care of her makeup.

At this time, the little eunuch Jiang An greeted her and told her that the palace guards had found the body of the maid beside the queen mother.

"Does the emperor know?" The barmite asked.

"I shouldn't know yet, this was discovered by His Majesty after going to court, and I haven't had time to tell Your Majesty." Jiang An replied.

"How did you die, can you find out?"

"He hanged himself."

"Suicide?"

"Yes, it was in the Queen Mother's Yongshou Palace, and it wasn't long before she died."

"I see, let's go down first."

"Wait", Jiang An was just about to withdraw, but was suddenly stopped by Yin Meiren, stuffed some exquisite jewelry into his hand, and said, "Explain, take good care of the queen, and respect her as if she was still in Yonghe Palace!" ”

"The slave knows."

"There's nothing else to do, step aside."

Jiang An silently accepted the jewelry and went to the cold palace.