After waiting for a long time, and not waiting for the queen to confess herself, the emperor said coldly: "What? The queen doesn't have anything to say? ”

The queen raised her eyebrows lightly and smiled: "The concubine doesn't know what the emperor wants to know?" ”

She let go of her fears, calmed her anger, and began to enjoy the time they spent alone with them.

At this moment, she left behind today's emperor's threat to abolish the queen, and forgot about the unhappy days with the emperor. It's been a long time since the two have been alone like this.

The man she loved and hated stood in front of her at this moment. At this moment, she had a real feeling, as long as the emperor asked her, she was willing to tell him everything she knew. She was willing to tell him from the bottom of her heart.

She looked up and looked at him with a nostalgic gaze, at the familiar face. It was her countless sleepless nights, lying in bed with a face that kept coming to mind. She loves him so much, if she can write off the past and rebuild the old friendship with him, she will no longer fight for power, nor will she fight for the throne for the emperor.

She's so tired!

But is it possible? She smiled suddenly self-deprecatingly. I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect that there was still a trace of fantasy, a trace of unrealistic fantasy.

The emperor asked indiscriminately: "Say, what is the real purpose of you spreading rumors that I am critically ill?" ”

The Empress raised her head and looked carefully at the emperor's well-defined face, her gaze lingering on the handsome features as carved as a knife.

She stared at him for a moment before she said, "Your Majesty, the concubine said that this move is only to punish those courtiers who go against the emperor's will." ”

Hearing this, the emperor's face immediately hung up, and his face was full of displeasure: "I don't like to listen to these perfunctory words!" What is the queen's heart? If you don't say it, then I will say it for you! The words were full of irritability.

Enthusiastic, cold and unexpectedly extinguished by the emperor's words, like a basin of cold water, the queen smiled bitterly and lowered her head.

She is a little self-deceiving, Liu Xin told the emperor everything, how can she hide it from him? Instead of letting the emperor open his mouth and count. It is better to let her say it herself. At the very least, she can whitewash it.

The queen thought of her words: "Queen, the concubines are for the emperor, first, you can teach those courtiers a lesson, and you can test their loyalty to the emperor." “

Open your eyes and tell nonsense! A trace of gloom flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he laughed: "The queen is really good at arguing, she obviously wants to harm me, but she has become good for me." ”

The queen changed the topic and said according to the emperor's meaning, but there were some strong words in her words: "Your Majesty, if the concubine intends to harm the emperor, how can the emperor stand here for a good life?" If it weren't for the emperor's coma and the concubines taking care of him wholeheartedly, I'm afraid the emperor would ......"

"Why I can stand here, but I have to ask the queen herself." The emperor was furious, his face darkened again, and he rudely interrupted the queen's words: "According to what the queen said, do I still have to thank the queen?" If it weren't for the queen's hard work and giving me tranquilizers, I'm afraid I would have been so angry that I would have ascended to heaven. ”

As he spoke, the Emperor raised his voice and asked, "Is that so, Empress?" ”

At the mention of tranquilizers, a trace of panic quickly flashed on the queen's face, and then it was replaced by surprise, and then her face was full of grievances.

At first, she thought it was someone who had told the emperor about it. After thinking about it, apart from her and Xiangye, even Imperial Doctor Hao and Liu Xin didn't know about it, how could it reach the emperor's ears?

Then, she was surprised, how could the emperor know about this? Could it be that there is a problem with the person she arranged for the medicine to be delivered? When she thought about it, she was immensely confident in herself. The people who worked under her did not dare to betray her if they borrowed ten of their courage. What's more, this tranquilizer is for her own use, and the people under her will know that she is taking a tranquilizer for the emperor?

After some thought, she was sure that it must be the emperor's speculation and used to set her words.

After a while, the queen cried with a sad face and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, how could a concubine do this? The concubine's sincerity to the emperor can be seen by the sun and the moon. Please don't wronged your concubines. ”

Ha! Ha! Ha! The Emperor laughed: "Are you sincere to me? If you are sincere to me, why don't you listen to me and plot to kill the prince Chu Tiankuo? If you weren't planning to harm him, how could such a coincidence happen? First of all, I was in the court, saying that I wanted to recognize the prince, and your brother Xia Yuanhai openly disagreed with me in the court. ”

The queen couldn't believe her ears, like a thunderbolt on the head, and as if someone had poured a basin of cold water from head to toe, and her whole body was numb. She was dumbfounded, why did the emperor analyze it so thoroughly and thoroughly?

The Emperor continued: "Then, while I was in a coma, you coerced Imperial Doctor Hao and announced that I was critically ill, and I was afraid that I would wake up, so you gave me a tranquilizer. Chu Tiankuo learned that I was critically ill and rushed to the queen to visit me. You secretly set up an ambush to kill Chu Tiankuo. Later, Chu Tiankuo's martial arts were strong and escaped. You coerced him into submission with the safety of the entire Dali Temple. You ordered someone to arrest Chu Tiankuo, and cooperated with Song Liang to prepare to behead him. ”

As he spoke, he asked knowingly: "Queen, is my analysis correct?" ”

The queen was startled, as if she had been awakened from a dream. She couldn't believe it, why did the emperor know so well? She felt like she had nothing to hide from him. It's just that her shock quickly dissipated and slowly calmed down.

Because, as soon as she thought about it, since the recent events, the emperor could know everything about them. Then, more than 20 years ago, the emperor must know what she did. He has been tolerating it, suppressing and not mentioning it, for what?

Is it because he still retains a trace of affection for her in his heart? Thinking wishfully like this, the queen felt a hint of sweetness in her heart. completely forgot that at this moment, the emperor was interrogating her and talking to her.

A woman's IQ is always not enough in front of the man she loves.

At this time, the Empress only felt that she and the Emperor were talking, communicating like other couples. She was even thinking that the emperor took Liu Xin away just to listen to her truth. Come to think of it, the emperor won't embarrass her. Besides, Chu Tiankuo, the person she wanted to harm, was still alive and well, and he had no reason to be too angry.

Even if she didn't say it, the emperor guessed eight or nine without leaving ten. As long as he investigates deeply, it is not difficult to know the truth. After all, paper can't contain the fire, so she just told the truth.

Now that she has decided to admit it, the queen sorted out her thoughts, and said in a gentle voice and a mournful tone: "The emperor really expects things like a god, and he can't hide anything from the emperor's eyes, even if the concubines don't say it, the emperor has already guessed a rough idea." There is one point, the concubines are not satisfied, and the emperor has really wronged the concubines. ”

She argued for herself: "The concubine is not designed to harm Chu Tiankuo. It was he who broke into the palace privately, and the concubines just dealt with him according to the law. If the concubine knew in advance that he was the crown prince, she would not have ordered him to be beheaded. ”

The Emperor listened to the Empress's words calmly, and surprise gradually appeared on his face. Suddenly, he smiled coldly and looked at the queen with scrutinizing eyes: "If I hadn't woken up, Chu Tiankuo would probably have become a wronged soul under the knife." ”

The queen began to defend again, complacent: "Your Majesty, the concubine really didn't know that Chu Tiankuo was the crown prince, but fortunately, he didn't make a big mistake, and he was still in this world." The concubine's move can be said to have helped the emperor by mistake. not only helped the emperor test the prince's filial piety to you, but also let the emperor and the prince recognize each other, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Queen, can you be more shameless? Tell yourself about your intrigues and tricks so high-sounding! The emperor smiled, neither shocked nor angry: "According to the queen's wishes, I and Chu Tiankuo's father and son recognized each other, and it was all caused by the queen?" ”

The queen unconsciously laughed: "Your Majesty, the prince Ji people have their own natural appearance." It's going to be fine. The concubine sentenced him to beheading, just to stop his tongue. If the emperor didn't wake up in time, Duan Zisheng and they would come into the palace with Shang Fang's sword, and they would also save him, and the concubines would not really behead him. ”

Of course, the emperor would not believe the queen's one-sided words, and in this matter, as long as Song Liang was interrogated for a while, he would know whether the queen had the intention of beheading Chu Tiankuo.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and if people are cheap, they are invincible. A person like the queen is already invincible. Now, it is generally clear that everything is a plan set up by the queen. The emperor had already made a decision in his mind and set measures to punish the empress.

He secretly decided that if he wanted to deal with the Xia family, he must first give the queen a dismount, wake up the alarm bell, and ignite the fuse. To bring down the Xia family and bring down the queen, you need to think in the long term and a set of careful plans.

Of course, today he punished the queen, and he had to convince her. Otherwise, with a queen's temperament, she may not be able to make a fuss.

It's just that there are some things he doesn't understand and wants to ask clearly.

The emperor forcibly suppressed the displeasure and disdain in his heart, bent down and helped the empress kneeling in front of him. He suddenly smiled, looked at the queen with gentle eyes, and said softly: "I still don't understand something, can the queen tell me the truth?" ”

The emperor was finally willing to face her, and at that moment, the queen's heart jumped with joy. She was overwhelmed by the gentleness of the emperor's countenance, and was electrocuted by his attentive eyes, and her heart was full of excitement and love.

She never expected that the emperor did not get angry, did not scold, and did not punish, but spoke to her gently and calmly.

The queen smiled, and her smile gradually deepened: "Even if the emperor asks, the concubines must know everything and say everything." ”

"Queen, what's the matter with the painting that Yanxiang said? What's the deal with the restriction of traffic at the city gates? Why can't the brocade guards they saw be found in the palace? Could it be that the queen has trained Jinyi Wei outside? ”

The Emperor spoke cautiously, smiled and asked a few questions in a row, asking all the doubts in his heart.

In the first year of Xingde, Hong Gaode proclaimed himself emperor, established the Great Western Kingdom, and set the capital of Fengcheng. In the early days of the establishment of the regime, the surrounding countries were eyeing the Great Western Kingdom and provoked wars for no reason. Before the expedition, Xu Guifei, the mother of Xigong, was 8 months pregnant. The emperor proposed an edict, if the prince was born, he would be named Hong Chengye, and the prince would be established, and if he was born a princess, he would be crowned Princess Changyu.

After Emperor Hong left the palace, Queen Xia made a plan to let Xu Guifei slip the fetus, who knows, the sky did not fulfill her wish, and the fetus in Xu Guifei's womb was born, and it actually survived.

"Your Majesty has already doted on Concubine Xu, and now, she has given birth to a prince again, and I see that our master and queen throne will not be able to be kept."

"Isn't it? Listening to the palace maid in the West Palace, the prince was born white and fat, very cute, his face resembled His Majesty, there was a righteousness between his eyebrows, and he must be a good emperor when he grows up. ”

This is the little palace maid in the queen's palace whispering in private.

Even if they don't talk about it, the Empress Xia knows that if she doesn't try to get rid of the prince, I'm afraid that life won't be better in the future.

She immediately summoned her elder brother Xiangye and Chu Xiang, the head of the imperial guard, to discuss countermeasures. They plotted to burn down the West Palace, which was carried out by General Chu.

At the critical moment, General Chu gave up the idea of harming the prince and exchanged his own son for the prince's exit from the palace.

Xu Guifei cried and cried, turned her heart sideways, picked up the hairpin, and used the tip of the hairpin to tattoo the word "heaven" on the prince's left shoulder. The stab is in the child's body, the pain is in the mother's heart, and after the stabbing is finished, Xu Guifei's painful liver and intestines are broken. She trembled and hung a jade pendant on the crown prince, which was given by the emperor himself, and there is only one in the world today.

Concubine Xu Guifei kowtowed to Chu Xiang, and said with tears in her eyes, "General Chu, please accept my three bows, your great kindness and great virtue, this palace will repay it in the next life." ”

"Niangniang, you can't help it, please get up ...... quickly" As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside, General Chu picked up the prince and hurriedly fled through the side door.

Xu Guifei fainted.

The person who came was the imperial doctor Feng Nanyang. Legend has it that this person was originally a man in the rivers and lakes, and his nickname was the fortune teller. He can pinch and calculate, not only has excellent medical skills, but also has extraordinary martial arts. He took away General Chu's son, performed light skills, shuttled freely in the palace, easily got rid of the pursuit of the palace guards, and left the city safely.

After Xia, he ordered people to burn down the West Palace, and Xu Guifei and a cadre were buried in the fire. During the inventory of the body, it was found that the body of a baby was missing. Plus General Chu Xiang's whereabouts are unknown. Empress Xia and Xiangye concluded that the prince was most likely taken away by Chu Xiang. So, Empress Xia secretly sent people to hunt down and kill General Chu Xiang.

In the fourth year of Xingde, the emperor returned triumphantly.

Xia Hou was shrewd and capable, and kept this matter a secret. Emperor Hong didn't believe that Xu Guifei really died in an accident. He often dreamed of the crown prince, and he has been sending people to investigate the matter secretly, but he has not been able to find out the truth, Chu Xiang disappeared, and Feng Nanyang also disappeared.

In the fifth year of Xingde, the queen gave birth to a son, and Emperor Hong named him Hong Cheng'an. The queen thought to herself, the emperor obviously did not have high hopes for this son. Empress Xia thought to herself, even if the emperor delayed issuing an edict and appointing a new crown prince, Emperor Rihong would die, and the throne would be her son's sooner or later. However, she still had some concerns, twenty-four years ago, she sent someone to hunt down and kill Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang was seriously injured and died, but the prince did not know who rescued him.

For more than 20 years, there has been no news of the prince. If the crown prince is still alive, then he will be the biggest threat to Hong Chengan's succession to the throne. Besides, once this matter is revealed, she and Xiangye will definitely be in trouble.

Emperor Hong Gaode reigned for 24 years, he worked hard, knew people well, the country was strong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Emperor Hong grew old and missed his lost prince more and more, and finally fell ill.

Knowing that Emperor Hong was ill, Feng Nanyang sneaked into the palace to see the emperor.

"Bold Feng Nanyang, you are guilty, you have been hiding for more than 20 years, and I have been sending people to look for you and General Chu for more than 20 years. Do you know about Concubine Xu? Emperor Hong cried with joy when he saw him.