Situ Ning's expression was grim, he looked up at Concubine Shu, and coldly hooked the corners of his lips and said, "The day before, I was commensurate with the sisters of this palace, and today I have this face." Lady Concubine, what kind of face-changing skills do you have, which makes this palace admire. ”

"The queen's mother is eloquent, and the concubines don't fight with you. I invited the emperor to come up today, even if the concubines don't want to fight with this face, I hope that Your Majesty will see the true face of the queen. Concubine Shu smiled mockingly, knelt next to the queen, kowtowed to the emperor and said: "The concubines and concubines can testify that the rumors of the emperor's non-queen mother's bloodline were spread from Kunning Palace, and it is self-evident who the main envoy is." The two grandmothers in the abandoned palace were killed by the queen on the idea, igniting the Xi Palace in an attempt to cover up the truth. But I didn't expect to be found out by Lord Xia. ”

"Words have no evidence, but what about the evidence?" The queen was not in a hurry, looked at Xuanyuan Zili and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has been framed, do you want to sit idly by?" Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang have discussed to frame the concubine together, please be clear. ”

Xuanyuan Zili looked at Situ Ning expressionlessly, suddenly got up, walked in front of her and squatted down, looked directly into Situ Ning's eyes and said, "Can you tell me that what Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang said just now has nothing to do with you?" ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, looked at the pair of dark bottomless eyes in front of her, was stunned for a while, pursed her lips and said, "No, the concubine has not done it." ”

Xuanyuan Zili wiped away the last trace of hesitation in his eyes, and coldly hooked the corners of his lips and said: "In this case, the queen should not be afraid of censorship, in order to give you and your Situ family justice, I will convene the important ministers of the court and the central government to review this matter together." Sixi, set up the royal study, please go to the queen's mother. ”

Situ Ning clenched his hands and gritted his teeth. Is the emperor going to convict the Situ family before his father returns? An important minister in the court. Now that the main people of the Situ family have gone to the border, who in the court can still be more than Mo Zhiyuan? And that Mo Zhiyuan is not on Gu Liangyue's side, how can he let her go.

However, she was confident that she didn't leave any handle, and it was impossible to bring her down with the two fools of Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang.

Everyone went all the way to the imperial study. Xuanyuan Zili summoned Mei Daxue and Mo Zhiyuan, as well as the main officials of the four departments, including Dugu Chen, a group of people gathered in the main hall of the imperial study, watching the situation curiously.

Xuanyuan Zili didn't let the queen kneel anymore, but Concubine Liang and Concubine Shu knelt under the hall and stated what Fang had just said again. Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the queen's face changed and changed.

"There is no reason for the concubines and concubines to frame the queen, the queen has always governed the harem with a gentle and virtuous image, if we hadn't discovered her true face, we wouldn't have testified in the hall like this." Concubine Liang kowtowed to the emperor and choked up: "The concubine is considered to have died once, and I have seen the unjust soul come to the concubine at night to ask for her life. The concubines are only willing to help them avenge their grievances, point out the real murderers, and pray that they will not come to the concubines again. ”

Concubine Liang's face was still a little sickly, and her expression was very sincere, which made many ministers present believe it. As soon as the queen wanted to speak, Concubine Shu said: "The concubine pretended to welcome the queen, just to get evidence. But the queen's palace is extremely deep, leaving no traces. Seeing that Concubine Yue of Jingyue Palace was pregnant, the concubine was really afraid that the queen would make another move, and His Majesty and Concubine Yue were defenseless, and accidentally injured the prince, which was really a sin. ”

The emperor's hand tightened, and there was still a trace of calmness on his face, and he looked at Situ Ning and said, "What does the queen have to say?" ”

Situ Ning snorted coldly, and said: "The concubine has explained, and the pure ones are self-purifying." Since the concubine thinks that since she sat on the throne of the queen, she has not done anything to be sorry for the emperor, and it is really sad to be stigmatized today. ”

Among the four ministers, some ministers couldn't help but nod and said: "Although Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang have a certain truth, but the queen is highly respected, and she has been deeply favored by His Majesty since entering the palace, so she should not be a person who can do such a thing." ”

"That's right." Someone nodded along with it: "The queen mother spreads rumors, this thing sounds incredible." ”

Situ Ning's back straightened, and he said sadly: "Please let the emperor see it." ”

"I'll see." Xuanyuan Zili said lightly, looked out the door and said, "Sixi, bring Xia Qingfeng in." ”

"Yes." Sixi responded and led Xia Qingfeng, who had been standing outside, in.

"Weichen see the emperor." Xia Qingfeng looked at this scene, and he didn't panic, he just came in and saluted, and said with a smile: "The evidence of the last fire in the palace and the murder of the palace maid has been sorted out. ”

"Aiqing is hard." Emperor Mingxuan glanced at him and waved his hand, "Let's tell everyone." ”

"Yes." Xia Qingfeng got up, glanced at the queen next to him, corrected the color, and said seriously: "The minister checked the two palace maids who were killed in the Xixi Palace, and they only have one thing in common, they both went to the abandoned palace, right, Concubine Liang?" ”

Concubine Liang was stunned, pursed her lips and nodded: "It was the palace that asked them to go to the abolish palace, according to what the queen said, reminding the two grandmothers that the concubines were victims of the queen mother during their lifetimes." ”

Situ Ning frowned, and scolded: "Bold concubine, how can you say such words?" ”

Her body trembled, and Concubine Liang looked at the queen in horror and said, "The concubine was also strange at that time, how can you say it?" ”

"You..."

"Don't worry, the queen mother, there are still many things." Xia Qingfeng interrupted the quarrel between the two ladies with a smile and continued: "As Concubine Liang said, the two palace maids were destroyed because they passed the letter, and in order to cover up the whereabouts of the two grandmothers, they were buried in the back garden. The two grandmothers were secretly taken to the Xixi Palace and burned to the ground in that fire. ”

As a result, the two grandmothers were thought to be missing, and the source of the rumors was cut off, and no one knew who said it. This game of chess was originally excellent, trapping the emperor and the queen mother in a crisis, shaking the people's hearts, and creating an excuse for rebellion, but the mastermind would be safe and sound. ”

The crowd was silent. Xia Qingfeng made sense of every word, and it was indeed in line with the mastermind's motives and goals.

"Even, in order not to let people associate the fire with the disappearance of the two grandmothers, the mastermind also took a lot of pains, and on the night of the fire, people pretended to be two grandmothers in the abandoned palace, so that when Concubine Yue passed by, she heard the voices inside."

"Lord Xia's reasoning is very imaginative." Tobe Shangshu spoke: "But what evidence do you have to prove that it was someone pretending to be that night, and not that the two grandmothers were really in the ruined palace?" The scorched corpses are two grandmothers, and you guessed it, right? ”

Xia Qingfeng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Adults know one thing but don't know the other. The palace maids in the palace have a roster, and the ministers have checked them one by one, and the four corpses, the few of which happen to be the two palace maids in the Xixi Palace and the two grandmothers in the abandoned palace, which confirms the inference. This also shows that the two grandmothers were deliberately killed by someone, and not for other reasons. ”

"As for the place of death, because it is the Xi Palace, no one has a better position to say this matter than Concubine Liang."

Concubine Liang closed her eyes, and her face turned a little pale: "This palace admits that she is guilty, but everything is instructed by the queen's mother, this palace just helped the wrong person, and it was wrong once, and there will be no turning back in the future." ”

Situ Ning's face sank like water, looked at Xia Qingfeng and said, "What are you talking about, or are there only human witnesses and physical evidence?" Why did it fall on the head of the palace? ”

Xia Qingfeng nodded and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, you have to come the same." Because the two palace maids of the Xi Palace were rude, and the concubine gave a little sweetness, they dared to do very bold things. But what did Concubine Liang get to help the queen like this? ”

Concubine Liang was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she raised her head and said, "The queen mother promised me the emperor's favor and gave me a lot of jewelry. ”

The queen snorted coldly and said mockingly: "Concubine Liang, this palace gave you jewelry because you really are sisters with this palace." Why is it involved with sweetness now? No matter how ungrateful you are, you can't get to this point. ”

"You..." Concubine Liang's face changed, and she really wanted to rush over and tear this femme fatale to pieces. said it nicely, didn't she betray the emperor for the sake of her maternal family?

"Don't be excited, the truth will always be revealed to the world." Xia Qingfeng always smiled calmly, looked at the queen and said: "The person who spreads the rumors is a person who has a disobedience to the emperor, and it is natural that the mastermind cannot admit it so easily." And now that this matter has passed, and the Queen Mother has passed away, the mastermind must feel that he has peace of mind. ”

"There are often letters in and out of the palace, although the harem prohibits this kind of thing, but there are still many mothers who communicate with their families in private?" Xia Qingfeng changed his words and talked about the letter: "The Middle Palace is no exception, it is often burned immediately after reading the family letter, leaving no trace. ”

Situ Ning looked at Xia Qingfeng coldly: "What do you want to say?" ”

Xia Qingfeng shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "The minister doesn't want to say anything, but there are too many letters in the middle palace, and the entire brazier is full of ashes." The last time I poured it out, it scared the minister. The minister recklessly took a look, and saw that a careful queen would also have such an omission. ”

As he spoke, Xia Qingfeng took out a piece of shredded paper from his arms, which looked like it had not been burned, and there were extremely small words on it.

Situ Ning's face finally changed, looked at Xia Qingfeng, gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Xia is too suspicious. What kind of place is the harem, and you can come and go as you please? Said that this is a family letter from the palace, is it just such a small piece? It shouldn't have been picked up somewhere, and it was said to be from the main palace. ”

Xia Qingfeng was not in a hurry to explain, but only waved his hand to let the little palace maid waiting at the door come in: "You come to answer the queen's question." ”

"Yes..."The timid little palace maid stepped on the door, knelt in front of the emperor and kowtowed: "Slave Kunning Palace rough envoy A-Ning, knock to see the emperor." ”

The palace maid of Kunning Palace? The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: "Pingshen, what do you have to say?" ”