The news of the Queen Mother's return to the palace reached King Jin's mansion, and Xia Huaijin did not dare to slack off for a moment, and immediately entered the palace.

In the St. Ann's Palace, An Ronghua personally fed Xia Bingwen with medicine, as if the queen mother returned, and Xia Bingwen's illness ran away for most of it.

"Queen Mother, you came back without saying a word. Xia Bingwen was really happy and sad in his heart.

"The queen mother wanted to come back in time for your post-election ceremony, but she was delayed halfway, and it was only a few days late. If it weren't for the queen mother coming back in time to preside over the overall situation, those officials in the court would not have to make a fuss, fortunately you are fine, otherwise it would be useless for the queen mother to blame herself to death. ”

An Ronghua was full of guilt, she was the one who personally checked the checks, and she had to bow down to everything, and she even carefully selected Gu Nanxi, a person with bad intentions, as the quasi-queen, which caused her son to be injured.

This matter has nothing to do with the queen mother, and the queen mother does not need to blame herself. Xia Bingwen persuaded.

"Your affairs are all related to the queen mother. ”

Xiao Chengzi came in and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Prince Jin asks to see you, and in addition, Gu Shangshu and his daughter Gu Nansheng are also waiting outside the palace to be summoned." ”

As soon as the spoon in An Ronghua's hand fell, she didn't think that she would face Xia Huaijin again so soon, and she would be the queen mother again.

"Bingwen, you have a good rest, the queen mother will investigate this matter clearly, so that those who plot against the wrong will be punished accordingly. ”

An Ronghua didn't say no words, she understood that Xia Bingwen had always been soft-hearted, and now she couldn't let him think too much.

Handing over the decoction to the palace people on the side, An Ronghua got up and walked out of the dormitory, and in the main hall, Xia Huaijin stood quietly among them, and his eyes caught the moment An Ronghua appeared, and his thoughts were empty in an instant.

"Your ......," Xia Huaijin spoke.

"Huai Jin doesn't have to be polite. An Ronghua said, "During the period of the mourning family's absence, you have to take care of the affairs in the palace." ”

"The incompetence of the ministers, the failure to distinguish the loyalty and traitor, caused the emperor to be injured. ”

"Who would have thought that this would be the case, not to mention that Bingwen is now fine, and you don't need to blame yourself. ”

Xia Huaijin listened to An Ronghua speak, and said slowly word by word, her voice was even more hoarse than before.

"Your voice ......"

"When the mourning family returned, he accidentally contracted the wind cold, and that's it. An Ronghua explained.

"The imperial doctor can diagnose it, but can you take medicine?" Xia Huaijin was obviously worried, forgetting that this was on top of the main hall.

"It's okay, today, let's summon Gu Shangshu in first and ask the truth. ”

Xia Huaijin was only afraid that An Ronghua's throat was already sick, but he still asked questions to add to the injury, but in the face of the Queen Mother, he was just a minister.

Gu Shangshu took his little daughter Gu Nansheng and the relevant family members to meet the Queen Mother.

Gu Nansheng was the little boy at Xia Bingwen's birthday banquet that day, and he changed back to women's clothes today, and he was very delicate.

"Gu Shangshu, Su Liqing, the daughter of the first Su Shilang, pretended to be your eldest daughter Gu Nanxi, why do you have to explain to the mourning family?" An Ronghua's voice could not allow her to be majestic.

"The minister begged the queen mother to give the guilt, but the minister was not strict, so that someone pretended to be a courtier to hurt the emperor. ”

Gu Shangshu came up and admitted his mistake, his explanation was that Gu Nanxi was raised in his hometown in Qingzhen when he was young, and the person who raised her was Zhen Mama, on the way back to the imperial capital, Zhen Mama died of illness, and only the fake Gu Nanxi returned. And he didn't think about the fact that someone would kill someone to replace his daughter.

"Your daughter, you don't even recognize yourself?"

"The minister's lard is covered with heart, and I only think it is the eighteen changes of the female university. ”

"The mourners have heard that your eldest daughter died seven years ago. And these words came out of the mouth of the little daughter next to you. An Ronghua turned to ask Gu Nansheng, "Gu Nansheng, what do you have to say about this matter?"

Gu Nansheng was frightened, leaned over and said: "The little girl was still young, but when she heard that Mama Zhen came to tell her hometown, she didn't hear it very clearly. ”

"This matter is a misunderstanding, the minister and Mama Zhen did talk about the untimely death, but the person who died was not the courtier's daughter Nanxi, but the youngest son of Mama Zhen. There are witnesses to prove it. ”

The accompanying family members kowtowed to An Ronghua and testified: "The grass people are the Gu Mansion family members, the eldest son of Zhen's grandmother, seven years ago, the grass people's younger brother suddenly contracted a vicious disease and died, I still remember that the grass people's mother came back to sue for work, and the master also gave a pension." ”

Gu Shangshu formed a chain of protection for all the evidence, proving that he had nothing to do with the attempted murder of the emperor, at most he was a poor actor and lax supervision.

In An Ronghua's mind, if he really had a bad plan against the emperor, he really wouldn't let people pretend to be his own family and implicate his own family.

An Ronghua asked the Gu family to go down first, and the breakthrough in the second case was Su Liqing, who pretended to be Gu Nanxi, after all.

An Ronghua coughed uncomfortably, Xia Huaijin had already asked people to prepare tea for her.

"Huai Jin thinks, is what Gu Shangshu said okay?"

"First Su Shilang was Gu Shangshu's subordinate, the evidence chain of Su Shilang's corruption case was broken, and Gu Shangshu was innocent in the end, but the Su family was wiped out, no matter what you think, Gu Shangshu is too late to be alone, there is no need to help Su Liqing assassinate the emperor and cause trouble. ”

"I think so too. An Ronghua restrained the queen mother's posture, "It seems that I still have to go to see Gu Nanxi." ”

The Queen Mother has always called herself a "mourning family" in front of Xia Huaijin, even in private, and has built an insurmountable wall with Xia Huaijin in terms of identity. But today, An Ronghua actually called himself "I" plainly.

"Huaijin, you stay with Bingwen, I'll ......"

An Ronghua and Xia Huaijin were able to look at each other, a few days ago, she could still approach him with her face, stick to him, let him be cold and dignified, she was shameless, but today, she has become the queen mother again, and the invisible estrangement between her and him has grown again.

"The mourning family wants to personally try Su Liqing. ”

An Ronghua's departing back was domineering and steady, which was clearly different from the arrogant and domineering Gu Nu, but Xia Huaijin still seemed to see the Gu Nu's appearance.

Xia Huaijin entered the inner hall, but the palace maid waiting on the side was not a valley maid.

"Uncle Wang. ”

"How does the emperor feel today?" Xia Huaijin just stood beside the bed.

"I'm much better, so Uncle Wang bothered. Xia Bingwen asked carelessly, "What is the conclusion of the Empress Fangcai's interrogation of Gu Shangshu?"

"Gu Shangshu didn't know about impersonating Gu Nanxi. Xia Huaijin replied.

"What about the mother?"

"The Queen Mother has gone to prison. ”

How could Xia Bingwen not know what happened to An Ronghua going to the Heavenly Prison, and after interrogating Gu Shangshu, it was Su Liqing.

"The emperor only needs to cultivate with peace of mind now, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest. Xia Huaijin saw the sorrow in Xia Bingwen's eyes.

It has been a long time since the prison has held a prisoner with a heinous amount of criminals.

An Ronghua walked to the cell where Su Liqing was held, and she was now only locked up, and there was no torture to extract a confession.

"Gu Nanxi......" An Ronghua said casually, and changed his words after a pause, "The mourning family should call you Su Liqing now." ”

An Ronghua had hatred and resentment in her eyes, thinking that she had read countless people, but she had seen the wrong two women just in the matter of the election. Qin Sujin almost took her own life, and in front of her, she thought that the best candidate almost took her son's life.

"Do you know what the crime of assassinating the emperor should be?" An Ronghua was murderous in his eyes and forbearance in his mouth.

"Destroy the Clan. ”

"You know, but you dare to commit it!" An Ronghua couldn't hold back his anger.

"Thirty-two lives in my Su Mansion have already been lost under the "emperor's grace", so why worry about my life. Su Liqing was still indifferent.

"You are not alone, your clan in Qingzhou is more than thirty-two?"

"No, it was me who assassinated the emperor, and it has nothing to do with them!" Su Liqing revealed his emotions.

"If you don't even care about your own death, why do you care about the lives of others?"

"They are innocent. ”

"If you kill the son of the mourning family, the mourning family will want you to pay for your life, and you will be buried with the whole clan!" An Ronghua was furious.

"You are careless of people's lives, you are not worthy of being the queen mother!" Su Liqing was excited.

"If the mourning family wants to destroy your people, it is a matter of disregard for human life, isn't it your life to kill the emperor?" An Ronghua asked rhetorically.

"He is a faint king, he forced my father to death, pretending to be merciful, but he cut down the grass and eradicated the roots of my family during the exile!"

"Extremely stupid! If the emperor wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he can let everyone in your palace fall to the ground according to the law, why do you need to kill behind your back. Your father, convicted of embezzlement, caused countless victims to die, he pleaded guilty in blood, hanged himself, the emperor is benevolent, spare your family from dying, you don't know who harmed you will harm the emperor, do you know that you deserve death!" An Ronghua was so fierce that his throat was full of blood.

"You lied to me!"

"You should be punished for assassinating the emperor, as long as you are killed, why do the mourning family need to explain to you? The mourning family just wants you to know that the affairs of this world are not irrelevant if you say they have nothing to do, not that you say that they are right or right, and that right and wrong are right and wrong. ”

An Ronghua picked up Su Shilang's file and legal calendar, as well as his blood letter to confess his guilt, and the evidence of corruption smashed on Su Liqing.

"The mourning family will let you die to understand. ”

Su Liqing opened the file, and compared it with the law, Su Shilang embezzled the disaster funds, and the rules were clearly listed, causing tens of thousands of victims to starve to death and die of disease, and his crime should be punished. The account book letterhead is ironclad evidence, the blood book confesses, Su Shilang confesses, and only asks the emperor to forgive his family.

"At that time, the mourning family firmly sentenced the Su Mansion to be beheaded, but the emperor moved his heart of compassion and sentenced the remaining 32 people in the Su Mansion to exile, if he was not indecisive back then, this disaster would not have befallen him today. ”

"Impossible, impossible!" Su Liqing couldn't bear to believe it in the face of ironclad evidence.

"Do you still remember how Qin Sujin went crazy? You are no different from her, the mourning family mistook you and misbelieved you!" An Ronghua was desperate in his heart.

"Your Majesty, how is he?" Su Liqing's conscience found that he had harmed a benevolent king.

An Ronghua didn't respond and turned away.

Su Liqing's cry resounded throughout the prison, and Qin Sujin was obsessed with going crazy for the rear position. And she, hatred blinded her eyes, her heart, and harmed others and herself. Now that the clouds are clear, she can't save everything, her family is dead, she mistakenly identifies the enemy, and kills innocents by mistake.

The little eunuch in the jade pool, the emperor in the Liusha Pavilion.

After all, Su Liqing didn't see the sincerity in Xia Bingwen's smile, and treated each other sincerely.

He had seriously thought that since he had chosen Gu Nanxi, he would have to raise his eyebrows with her, the queen of his life, and be white in this life.

And she, in the end, only chose blind hatred and gave him a hard stab in the heart.