The more they went to the back, the more frightened the officials who stood in line in advance, and even one official was frightened crazy, hacked to death a family of more than 20 people with a sword, and then hanged himself.

It was only at this time that the emperor sent the Dragon Scale Guard to summon all the officials to the Chengqian Palace to discuss matters.

Shen Ninghua helped Baili Junyi put on his court clothes neatly, tidied up his belt, and hung up the jade pendant: "The emperor is going to interrogate the prince today, what do you think?" ”

Baili Junyi held her hand, smiled slightly, and gestured to his lips: "If you can, don't open your mouth." ”

"Hmm."

"After all, my father's treatment of the crown prince is different from our other princes, before the queen made trouble, he had always cultivated the prince as the next successor, and now it is ruined in the hands of a woman, how can he not be angry."

Shen Ninghua smiled: "I'll go into the palace with you, I haven't asked my mother for a long time, and now I'm going to accompany her old man." ”

"Okay." Baili Junyi held her hand, and the two of them went together like a palace.

Shen Ninghua entered the palace very early, originally thought that the virtuous concubine was still resting, but she didn't expect that she had already gotten up, when she entered the door, Bu Yuntian was standing by the window looking at the direction of Chengqian Palace, a face full of scars was hidden in the gloom, and it looked more and more terrifying.

The maid on the side guarded the door cautiously, not daring to make any movements, with obvious fear on her face. Shen Ninghua didn't feel anything, and stepped forward to salute: "Erchen has seen his mother." ”

"Get up." Bu Yuntian didn't look back, only let Shen Ninghua get up in a light voice. Shen Ninghua waved his hand to let the surrounding maids retreat, and waited until only the two of them were left in the main hall before taking two steps forward.

"I see that the concubine looks a little tired, but she hasn't had a good rest recently?"

Bu Yun looked at the Chengqian Palace, which was like a giant beast entrenched in the sky, and the look in his eyes was inexplicable: "What do you say will happen to the queen and the Zhao family today?" ”

Shen Ninghua lowered his eyes slightly: "Rebellion is a great disrespect, even if my father favors the queen and the Zhao family, I am afraid it will be difficult to forgive." ”

The emperor has long been prepared to get rid of the Zhao family, originally wanted to help the prince destroy the powerful mother family, but now although the prince still doesn't know, the Zhao family is bound to end in a worrying situation.

Bu Yuntian blinked his eyes and sneered slightly: "I can't spare the queen and the Zhao family...... And what about the Prince? ”

"The mother asked like this, I think I should have made a decision in my heart a long time ago."

Bu Yuntian's face turned cold a little, and his expression was indescribably mocking: "The emperor is old, and when people are old, they are easy to be soft-hearted, especially the children who have loved him for so long." ”

Shen Ninghua smiled: "The coming day is long, the mother concubine should be patient." ”

Bu Yuntian pulled the corners of his lips meaninglessly, not knowing if he was laughing, his eyes looked intently in the direction of the Chengqian Palace, motionless like a sculpture.

At this time, above the main hall of Chengqian Palace, the atmosphere was also condensed.

They were locked up in the prison for seven days, and although no one dared to abuse the queen and the crown prince because the charges were not confirmed, the environment in the prison was not something that people who were used to living in fine clothes and food could adapt to. In seven days, the two of them were extremely emaciated, looking tired and looking slightly embarrassed.

Baili Qingcang's eyes swept over, and he asked in a majestic voice: "Zhao, in the past five days, you have written a letter of request for guilt every day, and you have written extremely detailed letters, it seems that you know your sins?" ”

Zhao Huiying nodded very calmly, looked up at the emperor on the throne, and her eyes slowly reddened: "Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong, and I also know that I am rebellious." I think that when I was twenty-eight years old, I married into the palace in a bright red wedding dress with anxiety, and served the emperor for twenty-five years, from an ignorant girl to the current guilty body......"

As she spoke, tears flowed down her eyes, and she couldn't tell whether she was nostalgic or remorseful.

Baili Qingcang's expression was cold: "I knew today, why bother at the beginning, I have pampered you for more than 20 years, giving you the glory of your mother and the world, giving you the grace of the envy of thousands of people, and your son is even more noble as the prince, what are you not satisfied with, you must seek power and usurp the throne?" ”

"I don't know, but now that I think about it, it's like I was lost." Zhao Huiying frowned and shook her head, letting the tears keep falling, she raised her eyes to look at Baili Qingcang, and her voice trembled slightly:

"Your Majesty, even if I want to rebel, I have never thought of hurting your life, I am just too scared, too many things have happened during this time, I have lost your heart little by little, I have lost your favor, I am afraid, I am afraid that there will be nothing in the end, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to arouse your attention until I die......"

Zhao Huiying clutched her chest, feeling the extreme pain in her chest, and suddenly realized what she really thought in her heart, she didn't want Baili Qingcang to die, she was crazy jealous of Xia Jingyan, and tried her best to destroy her and the Xia family, but she cared too much about the emperor in front of her.

Even this rebellion was because he was too afraid of losing everything in front of him, and only thought about destroying everything in his hands, so that he no longer had the right to be imprisoned.

Baili Qing's eyebrows and heart beat, and the emotions in his eyes were pressed by a deep coldness: "You are the queen, the biological mother of the prince, as long as you don't make big mistakes, you will always be the queen, who can shake your status?" ”

Zhao Huiying smiled sadly: "Your Majesty, I regret it, I shouldn't have designed Xia Jingyan in the first place, I should have let her marry into the palace and let her get along with you for more than 20 years, see if you can still love her as much as ever today......

"Shut up! Don't take Jingyan as an example, she is not a poisonous woman like you, and she will not do such a wolf-hearted thing! Bai Li Qingcang, who had always looked flat, shouted violently, and his face was distorted for a moment.

"Haha, hahaha," Zhao Huiying raised her hand and slowly wiped the tears off her face, her expression was no longer as sad as before, and the majesty on her body gathered little by little, "Your Majesty, the concubine has written clearly what she has done, you can convict you." ”

She regretted it, regretted that she was too impulsive, regretted that she shouldn't have been, but it was too late...... If Xia Jingyan had become the queen, the emperor would have abdicated and she would have been happy, where to use her to do this, it can't be compared, it will never be compared......

"The Zhao family's virtue is not worthy of the position of the middle palace, I issued an edict to abolish the Zhao family's posterior, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to announce it to the world." Baili Qingcang's voice was cold, without the slightest emotion, "Bailu Palace will be given to you, as soon as you eat, people will send it over on time, and you are not allowed to step out of Bailu Palace." ”

Zhao Huiying tidied up her clothes and hair accessories, and after making sure that they were neat and correct, she bowed and saluted: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Let Zhao Huiying be taken down, Baili Qingcang's eyes fell on the prince, and a distressed look flashed: "Baili Jinyi, do you know what's wrong?" ”

The crown prince has always looked respectful, and his kneeling posture is rigorous and solemn, just like in the past: "Father, the son knows his mistakes, there is nothing to refute, please punish the father." ”

Baili Qingcang looked displeased: "You don't have anything to say?" ”

"It's irrefutable that Erchen made a big mistake."

When he said this, Baili Qingcang couldn't make up his mind: "Jinyi, you are my most optimistic son, why did you obey the instigation of the Zhao family......"

Baili Jinyi raised his head and opened his mouth several times, as if he wanted to blurt out something, but in the end he didn't speak, only knelt on the ground and leaned over respectfully: "The son of the emperor has caused his father to worry, and he is guilty of a lot of sin, so he asked his father to depose his son as the crown prince, whether it is to kill the head or exile, please ask the father to dispose of the son." ”

"You ......" Baili Qingcang stood up suddenly, his face full of anger that hatred is not made of steel, "Okay, it's really good, come here, take the prince down to the Yuqing Palace, no one is allowed to visit without my command." ”

"The emperor can't, the prince conspired against the abolition of the queen, this is already a sure fact, how can you give an explanation to the people of the world if you don't deal with it?"

"The minister seconded the proposal, what Lord Zhang said is reasonable, if such a big crime as rebellion can be turned into a child, then wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"For the sake of the majesty of the emperor and the stability of the country, you can't deal with it so hastily."

"The Emperor's ......"

The hall that has been quiet has become a pot of porridge because of Baili Qingcang's words, especially the Lin family, their reaction is the most intense, the prince and the queen rebelled, this matter is a pie that fell from the world, if such a good opportunity is not bitten well, it is better to resign and go home directly, and never contact the official career again.

Baili Qingcang's hand on the imperial case continued to tighten, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed: "The prince is my eldest son, are you trying to force me to kill my own son?" ”

Everyone instantly shut down, even if they wanted to let Baili Jinyi die here in their hearts, who would have the courage to open this mouth?

Baili Qingcang squinted his eyes, his eyes full of cold light: "Since no one answers, it means that I agree with this decision, the Zhao family's conspiracy is unforgivable, and the nine clans are in the heavenly prison and are waiting to be dealt with." ”

The Lin family was completely panicked, the prince didn't deal with it and forget it, and the Zhao family didn't deal with it immediately? What is the emperor going to do?

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

"Your Majesty...... The Emperor ......"

Baili Qingcang ignored these people, and after finishing speaking, he got up and left the main hall directly. Let a group of courtiers shout and scream below.

The news on the Chengqian Palace quickly spread throughout the harem, and after listening to the report of the palace maid, Buyun sat on the soft couch and laughed directly:

"Hehe, hahaha, this is really the emperor's approach, it's really unpredictable. Rebellion, that's a big crime of rebellion, not to mention abolishing the Zhao family, even if you kill her directly, the emperor just abolished her throne and banned Bailu Palace......"

Seeing that Bu Yun's expression was wrong, Shen Ninghua waved her hand to make the palace maids retreat, and took a cup of tea and put it in her hand: "Mother, you are angry and hurt your liver, don't be too angry." ”

Bu Yun raised his hand violently to hold Shen Ninghua's wrist, and the look in his eyes was crazy: "Ninghua, I know that you have all kinds of poisons in your hands, and it is inconvenient for me to obtain them in the palace, so you can help me bring some into the palace." ”

Shen Ninghua was shocked in her heart: "Mother, the situation is very good now, don't be in a hurry." Without us doing anything, the Lin family will definitely not be able to sit still first, so why bother to take the risk? ”

"No, the queen will not die for a day, and I will be at peace for a day. Ning Hua, can you help me? ”