Empress Xiao's gaze shot towards Fan Yu like a knife. Fan Yu hurriedly hid behind the emperor, not daring to look at him at all. Seeing this, Tuoba Hong disliked the queen even more, and reprimanded: "The queen doesn't have to bully a child!" As a dignified middle palace, what kind of wrong things you have done, you know it in your own heart! ”

The emperor reprimanded the empress because of the fan, which was something that had never happened before.

The queen's face gradually turned from pale to pale.

She understands that tonight's Tuoba Hong is really angry with her! It wasn't what she expected!

Although her treatment of Concubine Xiang was excessive, even if those palace people pushed and knocked down Concubine Xiang's fetus, Tuoba Hongben should not be angry! That kid is a big trouble for Tuoba Hong, and if something happens, wouldn't everyone be happy! Because of this, she dared to order Concubine Xiang to be detained on the spot.

And Lin Yuan ...... She is not pregnant, what does it matter if she splashes her with the juice made from Huangquan flowers, even if Tuoba Hong is dissatisfied, he has to give up in order to crack the curse of the witch Gu.

The queen's body was shaky, and finally she couldn't bear the coldness in Tuoba Hong's eyes and knelt down.

Xiao Yueyi hadn't knelt for a long time.

"The concubine is guilty, it is the concubine's incompetence, and she has been unable to eradicate the evil of evil arts...... Queen Xiao searched her stomach and thought about what she had done wrong, but she couldn't think of anything, so she had no choice but to admit her mistake first.

"You're not just wrong!" Tuoba Hong slapped the incense burner on the Qingyu case in front of him to the ground. Raising his eyes, he saw Concubine Xiang propping up a chair, and said to the left and right: "Send Concubine Xiang back to the palace first." ”

"Your Majesty!" The queen was stunned. She hurriedly took a few plain notes from Bang Qiu's hand, presented them to Tuoba Hong with both hands, and said, "It's not for nothing that the concubine and Concubine Xiang are guilty!" Your Majesty, take a look, this is the judgment of the Criminal Department, the concubine handed over the witch puppet to the official who was in charge of the prison for inspection, and it was found that the fabric that made the puppet came from the Lintoe Palace. Even if the theory of Buddhism and ghosts is confusing and unbelievable, this judgment is ironclad and cannot be faked! Moreover, Concubine Xiang and Ye's pregnancy together, if Ye's child can be eliminated, Concubine Xiang will give birth smoothly by herself, and she will be alone in this harem. Using the witch curse to harm the Ye family, this matter is of great benefit to Concubine Xiang, and it is not surprising that she took a risk! ”

The queen was exhausted and defended, but Tuoba Hong turned a blind eye, and refused to reach out to take the things handed by the queen, and only ordered Yao Fusheng to go on an errand. With the emperor's order, Yao Fusheng and the other imperial inner supervisors would listen to the queen's words, two palace maids immediately stepped forward to help Concubine Xiang, and several inner supervisors carried a sedan chair outside the palace gate, and in a blink of an eye, Concubine Xiang was sent away.

"The queen is incompetent, you are very right." Takubahiro looked at the queen with a mocking expression. The big eunuch beside him moved the Ming Huanglong chair and invited him to sit down, while the queen still knelt in front of him.

"I don't want to hear how the queen came to the conclusion that the witch puppet came from Concubine Xiang. I only knew that while the queen was doing something here tonight, a second puppet was found in the Lintoe Palace, and the eight characters engraved on it were Shangguan Li's birthday. Queen, do you think, why did the Shangguan clan want to be a puppet to harm themselves? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

The palace man behind the emperor knelt down and presented a red silk package that was the same as before, and opened it carefully, and the contents were impressively dolls sewn from white cloth, and silver needles were inserted on them.

Looking at it from a distance, the thing was exactly the same as the doll placed by Fang Cai Huici on the Qingyu case, and the size and style were almost the same.

At the same time, several yellow-clothed guards with knives escorted two small inner prisoners with big flowers and big ties. Yao Fusheng bowed down and said to the concubines in front of him: "Tonight, the emperor was originally in Changxin Palace to accompany Ye Xiaozhu, but on the second watch, the next person said that Lintoe Palace was robbed. As he spoke, he pointed to the two kneeling sinners beside him: "At that time, the palace people who came and went said that Concubine Xiang was no longer in the Lintoe Palace, and I thought that she had just been summoned to Jingyue Pavilion by the queen. This matter was nothing, and it did not alarm the emperor, only Lord Liu, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, led the people to catch the thief. But when Lord Liu worked hard to get these two thieves, he found that these two thieves were burying things at the corner gate of Lintoe Palace, and digging them out scared everyone......"

"These two dog minions are also boneless, and they have been recruited after a few boards, and they confessed that they were instructed by someone to bury witch Gu in the Lintoe Palace, intending to assassinate Concubine Xiang's dragon fetus. The puppets that assassinated Junior Lord Ye buried in the Mirror Moon Pavilion a few days ago were also done by these two people, but because the Changxin Palace where Junior Lord Ye lived was heavily guarded, they couldn't act and could only be buried elsewhere......"

Yao Fusheng's voice as an elderly supervisor was dull, but it was extra clear to hear in the empty and dead night. At this time, the queen was already shocked, and she could not have imagined that the situation would develop like this.

She worked hard to weave a big net, thinking that Concubine Xiang had no escape, but she didn't want to be easily cracked! The queen was full of resentment, but more panic and fear. She didn't know what she had gone wrong, and at the same time that she came to Jingyue Pavilion with great fanfare, why did two internal eunuchs go to Lintoe Palace to bury dolls? The puppet of the Mirror Moon Pavilion was indeed instructed by her to move her hands and feet, but she didn't move the Lintoe Palace......

Concubine Xiang's pregnancy is not tolerated by Tuoba Hong, and the image has become worse and worse for several months, and now Concubine Xiang has reached the weakest time, which is a good opportunity for the queen. But he never imagined that Tuoba Hong would protect Concubine Xiang, would he really like to see the birth of a second prince? Or is he willing to see the general of Shangguan add an official to the knighthood?

Is it true, is it that the emperor is more reluctant to see the power of the Xiao family...... That's why he let Concubine Xiang go, and instead used this matter as an opportunity to hit himself.

The queen's heart was as cold as frost for a moment, and she couldn't warm it anymore. She felt fear like never before.

"What the emperor taught is that this matter is indeed not investigated by the concubines...... Dare to ask the emperor, who is the mastermind behind the scenes? When Empress Xiao asked this, her teeth chattered.

Has it already come to that time? Could it be that Takubahiro is already ready......

Tuoba Hong is ruthless and unrighteous, and the Xiao family, who once assisted him in ascending to the throne, has long been in his way. It's not that Empress Xiao doesn't understand this, but she has no choice, a woman who can't have children, what way out can she have except to cling to power?

Even if she knew that the Xiao family would be disliked by the emperor, she had to fight with her clansmen, and the only way out for the Xiao family was to become strong, so strong that it overwhelmed the imperial power, so strong that even Tuoba Hong couldn't move the Xiao family. Such a thing is not without precedent, Qin has Zhao Gao, Han has Wang Mang, Sui has Li Yuan, and Song has Zhao Kuangyin.

Empress Xiao was afraid. She felt that what she had been fearing was finally about to happen. But...... It shouldn't be now, it shouldn't be so early.

Takubahiro looked at her indifferently.

After a while, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the pile, and said coldly: "Zhaoyuan Shen clan used evil magic to cause trouble in the harem, and the court fanned the court. When someone comes, he will immediately be put into the cold palace and given to death. ”

Tuoba Hong's voice did not have any temperature, and word by word was like a bloody yellow spring flower blooming. Before he could finish speaking, there were already warriors around him who stepped forward to twist Shen Yunrong and dragged her from the seat to Tuoba Hong. Not only Shen Yunrong, but the concubines here could have expected such a change to happen, Shen was forced to kneel on the ground in an almost prostrate posture, a bright rose purple cloud goose fine brocade robe had already rolled to dust, and the bun was also scattered one by one, embarrassed.

A sharp cry broke out in the dark night, and the emperor's eldest son, Tuoba Yan, rushed forward and hugged Shen Yunrong, who was kneeling on the ground: "Mother, mother!" Tuoba Hong glanced at Shen with disgust, and ordered left and right: "Pull King Zhao away." ”

Tuoba Yan struggled to push those who were pulling, turned his head and hugged Tuoba Hong's dragon robe again, and cried: "Father, why do you want your mother to die!" What is wrong with my mother, I can't live without my mother......"

"The Great Emperor!" Tuoba Hong's voice was already very stern: "You are my eldest son, the king of Zhao who I personally feuded, and the heir of the royal family!" And she is just a concubine. You should be thinking about this country, this world, not her life and death! ”

"But Father, she's my mother!" Tuoba Yan was taken by his father's majesty every day, and he didn't dare to get close. However, today he did not give an inch: "Father, please, for the sake of your son, please don't kill her no matter what mistakes her mother makes." The son can't watch her die......"

"Shut up!" Tuoba Hong interrupted him unhappily: "A concubine cannot be called a mother. Your mother is Queen Shaw, and you should remember the rules. After saying that, he sneered angrily in disappointment: "It is long in the hands of women, and it is really without courage." Could it be that King Zhao just wants to be a child who relies on the Shen family for the rest of his life! ”

Tuoba Yan couldn't help but be stunned, the word "rules" echoed in his mind, like a nightmare that could never be awakened.

And at this stunned moment, Shen Yunrong had already been dragged outside the palace gate. She stretched out her two hands and grabbed them wildly, shouting sharply and miserably: "Your Majesty! It's not a concubine, it's not a concubine who did it, the concubine is wronged! Your Majesty, you have been wronged......" As the sergeant went away, such a voice became weaker and weaker, and finally it was almost inaudible.

"Bring King Zhao back to the five institutes of Qianxi." Takubahiro gave one last command.

When the seven-year-old child was taken away crying, everyone was still shocked and never came to their senses.

Empress Xiao seemed to have returned to the world from hell, her whole body was loose, and the clothes on her back were already wet with sweat. She said unexpectedly: "Fortunately, the emperor found out the real culprit, it was the concubine who did not do well and wronged Concubine Xiang......"