There was a light incense burning in the gilded incense burner of the tattooed beast, and the ashes of the handkerchief remained in the incense ash, and the little maid identified Ling Yun, but surprisingly, Ling Yun did not deny it. Concubine Ying didn't dare to raise her head since he came in, and the Queen Mother sat on one side and didn't say anything more.

The emperor walked up to the Queen Mother very respectfully: "Queen Mother, what did you say the Gu family did this for?" ”

The Queen Mother barely squeezed out a little smile: "The mourning family lives in the harem, and they don't care about things outside the palace for a long time, and Ling Yun admits that he was instructed by Concubine Ying, maybe Concubine Ying was confused for a while, and it shouldn't have anything to do with the Gu family." General Gu fought all the year round and served the country, and the emperor named him the general of soldiers and horses, and his military achievements were very famous, so he would never do these boring tricks! ”

The emperor nodded approvingly: "The queen mother clearly decided, since it has nothing to do with the Gu family, that is to say, Concubine Ying listened to Luo Qingrong's instigation, used Ling Yun to find Song Yu, and indirectly forced the third-grade officials of the imperial court to death." This matter is not trivial, how do you think the judgment should be made, Queen Mother? ”

The Queen Mother frowned, clasped the bead string in her hand on the desk, and turned her eyes and reprimanded: "Concubine Ying, don't kneel down yet!" ”

Concubine Ying hurriedly knelt down in a daze, tears rolling in her eyes.

"Why are you so confused? If you do this, the emperor will misunderstand! The Queen Mother pretended to reprimand, but there was something in her words.

Luo Qingyun slowly turned his eyes to look, but listened to the Queen Mother continue: "The mourning family knows, you listen to the words of that sin slave, and don't want the emperor to be in the dark and crown an ominous person as the queen." You sent Ling Yun to the Song family just to find out the truth, but who knew that Song Yu had a ghost in his heart, and he was timid and afraid of things, so he was afraid of crime and self-judgment, and now that it has reached this point, the emperor will think that you have tried all means to stop Concubine Yun from being sealed, who will really care about the truth of the matter, even if the secret marriage is done, you can't tell the emperor in this way! The Queen Mother rubbed her chest, relieved herself, and said with a distressed face: "Silly boy, you have been with the emperor for five years, and you have personally come to tell the emperor for the sake of so many years of kindness, the emperor has his own way to find out, why bother you to investigate it by yourself!" ”

Luo Qingyun was so shocked that she was beyond words, the Queen Mother's words pushed her to the matter of the secret marriage again, and Concubine Ying was like a victim!

Concubine Ying naturally picked it up and said busily: "Queen Mother, although the emperor misunderstood me, the concubine asked Ling Yun to go to the Song family to find out the truth, and it was not for nothing!" She turned around and instructed the maid Lingyu to take a bag and give it to the Queen Mother with both hands.

The Queen Mother glanced sideways at the emperor and said, "Don't tell the mourning family, explain it to the emperor quickly!" ”

Concubine Ying turned around and knelt in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubine saw a wedding note from Lord Song, which has the birth dates of Luo Qingyun and Song Zixun, the second son of Lord Song, who passed away, and also attached Luo Qingyun's hair and Song Zixun's things before his death. It's all in this bag! Please let the emperor take a look."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and he didn't plan to answer. Luo Qingyun looked at the bag with great concern, just now she said that there is something from Song Zixun's life here, what could it be?

After a while, I saw that Concubine Ying was still there and respectfully presented the bag. The emperor glanced sideways and motioned for Ruan Yuheng to take it, and Ruan Yuheng just took the bag after the order, but his hand slipped and dropped the bag into the incense burner.

"The minister should die, he didn't take the bag well, and I hope the emperor will condemn him!" He immediately knelt down to plead guilty, the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at the queen mother: "Queen Mother, how should this be good, Ruan Yuheng will punish him for dereliction of duty, but there is no evidence of Concubine Yun's secret marriage, I can't conclude it, and there is no need to talk nonsense!" ”

"The Emperor's !!" The Queen Mother stood up and reprimanded: "You are so protective of Concubine Yun, you really don't care about the truth!" ”

The emperor sneered, and said without losing his momentum at all: "The minister there dares to ask the queen mother, you protect Concubine Ying so much, you shouldn't care about the truth!" ”

Luo Qingyun looked at the emperor in front of her, it was the first time she had seen such an emperor. The handsome side face and eyes were so firm that people didn't dare to look at him directly, she took a deep breath and looked at him intently.

Concubine Ying secretly peeked in disbelief, for the first time in so many years, the emperor and the queen mother had a big fight. Even if the Queen Mother protects Concubine Ying, the emperor doesn't care if Luo Qingyun has ever married a ghost, the emperor just wants to protect her, no matter what happens!

"Emperor, Concubine Yun can't be crowned!" The Queen Mother clenched the bead string in her hand fiercely in the palm of her hand: "Even if you don't care, but she obviously married a ghost, such a woman is not worthy of being a queen!" ”

"The Queen Mother is aware that it is just a rumor that Concubine Ying is taking a walk in order to obstruct this matter!" The emperor turned to Ruan Yuheng and said: "Concubine Ying is in the position of concubine, restless and self-guarding, meddling in the affairs of the court, affecting Song Yu's life, and the crime will be increased by one degree, but thinking of the Gu family's meritorious service to the court, her title will be abolished from now on, and she will be demoted to a nobleman, and she will not take a step in the Chu Xi Palace unless I will do it!" ”

"Emperor!" The Queen Mother's face changed suddenly, and she stopped in front of Concubine Ying: "Such a casual execution is not a loss of royal majesty, and the mourning family is not allowed!" ”

"Oh? According to the Empress Dowager's decree, how should this matter be judged to save the royal face? The emperor looked at the Queen Mother coldly: "If the Queen Mother wants me to find out carefully, it's okay, if you want an explanation, I will give it to you, but if the Gu family is implicated at that time, I will still handle it according to the law!" What do you think? ”

The Queen Mother's eyes sank, and she was suddenly dumbfounded. Concubine Ying cried and crawled to the emperor's side, kowtowed several times in a row, and the emperor looked down at him, his face was still ugly: "Thank you, just retreat." ”

The Queen Mother hid her expression in the dark, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, the emperor has nothing to say if he wants to deal with the mourning family impartially, since this is the case that Luofu provoked this kind of thing to disgrace the royal family, Concubine Yun is naturally to blame, what do you think should be done, Your Majesty!" ”

The emperor glanced at Luo Qingyun and looked at the Queen Mother with a calm expression: "What does the queen mother want to do?" ”

"There is no wind and no waves, there must be an explanation for this matter, otherwise Concubine Yun will be punished by Concubine Ying after the accident, and I am afraid that some people in the court will feel that the emperor is bewitched by a charming woman and cannot deal with it impartially, I am afraid that some people will not accept it! Since you want to abolish the title of Concubine Ying, then Concubine Yun will also be demoted! ”

The emperor's always calm face was stained with a trace of displeasure, he raised his chin to look at the queen mother, and said coldly: "What if I don't allow it!" ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "Hmph, the mourning family thought that the emperor had become much more mature and stable over the years, but I didn't expect to say such willful words!" The queen mother pointed at Luo Qingyun: "An ordinary concubine in the family, entering the palace for three days to seal the concubine, this matter is known to everyone in the world has long been dismissed, the emperor you just favor her, now that the Luo family has such a thing, how can she be alone?" What will the world think! ”

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Luo Qingyun leaned down and knelt down, and said in an extremely calm tone: "The concubine is willing to accept the punishment!" ”

The emperor looked at it in disbelief, the queen mother sneered, turned her eyes to Luo Qingyun and said, "Okay!" That's great, and the emperor doesn't have to be embarrassed! ”

Luo Qingyun arranged for Du Ruo to take Luo Qingrong back, so he silently followed behind the emperor and entered the imperial study, and the emperor asked Xiao Ping and Ruan Yuheng to wait outside the palace. The atmosphere was extremely cold, and without waiting for the emperor to ask, Luo Qingyun knelt on the ground with a thud.

"The emperor forgives the sin, and the concubine wants to make everything clear today! The concubine didn't want to be a queen, and she didn't want to stay in the palace. The concubine knows why you let the concubine enter the palace, the concubine now knows the whereabouts of the dragon scales, and now it is quiet, and the concubines can rest assured to find the dragon scales! ”

"......" The emperor's eyes sank, and he looked at her in surprise.

There was no sound for a long time, Luo Qingyun raised his head, and saw that the emperor's moody face was full of displeasure, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and his voice was a little unconfident: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the concubine knows the whereabouts of dragon scales in Maoyoushan, and she will definitely live up to her expectations, besides, ....."

"Enough!" The emperor's voice was slightly angry: "You just said that you don't want to stay in the palace?" ”

Luo Qingyun didn't dare to answer, and the emperor continued: "Could it be ...... Am I not good to you? You have been wronged in the palace, but not in the future. ”

"No, the emperor treats his concubines very well, but the palace is not suitable for people like me, and the meaning of the existence of concubines is to find dragon scales, and it has been a few days since I entered the palace, but I haven't done anything useful, and now the harem is much more peaceful, it's time for the concubines to do what they should do!"

"....." Thinking of what she said when she was drunk that night, the emperor didn't ask any more questions, and after a while, he sighed slightly: "When are you going to go?" ”

"Three days later!" Luo Qingyun had already calculated her life, and after three days, the primordial spirit of the cat stock was almost raised, and they could set off together, she continued: "This concubine also wants to find out Yingxue's whereabouts!" ”

The emperor turned his back to her, not knowing what he was thinking. Luo Qingyun looked at his back with some apprehension, thinking that he just said that he didn't want to stay in the palace, I am afraid that the emperor must be very uncomfortable, after all, the emperor's care for her these days can be described as benevolent and righteous, and she can't say anything about her conscience like this.

"Good!" The emperor turned his eyes to look at her: "I don't have anything to deal with after I am busy now, I will arrange the affairs of the court tomorrow, and we will go to Maoyoushan together in three days, and this time out of the palace will be regarded as a southern tour!" ”

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