Mu Guifei has always had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and Queen Wang was speechless for a while.

The emperor glanced at Mu Guifei thoughtfully, pointed to Liuye and said, "So, you should tell me, where did this box in the concubine's treasury come from, could it be that someone originally wanted to assassinate the concubine?"

Lu Ye glanced at Mu Guifei, not knowing how to get around, Qin Zeng said on the side, "Not really, because this box was made by Guifei Niangniang herself many years ago."

As soon as Qin Zeng's words came out, Mu Guifei pursed her mouth tightly.

The emperor looked at Mu Guifei, "Oh? Is that so?"

Qin Zeng faced Mu Guifei and said, "When the concubine Niangniang's handkerchief was handed over, that is, when the concubine of the Xiao family married into the Zhenbei Palace, the concubine Niangniang didn't know what kind of purpose she had, so she specially found a craftsman to make two such boxes, which were used for self-defense, but such a thing, after being used once, would be guarded against, and in the end, the concubine of the Xiao family only took one of them. The other one stayed with the concubine."

At the mention of Xiao Lanhe, the hall was silent for an instant, and the emperor's eyes narrowed suddenly.

Everyone realized that what Qin Zeng was going to say was likely to involve the woman who almost became the queen many years ago, but ended up marrying the king of Zhenbei.

Especially when Mu Guifei heard the words "handkerchief", the corners of her eyes twitched fiercely. Her gaze at Qin Zeng instantly became gloomy and abnormal.

But Qin Zeng was not afraid of Mu Guifei at all, he still looked at her for a long time, and when it came to his mother, he was the calmest one present.

"Lu Ye has served by Concubine Mu's side for many years, and she naturally knows everything about that year. Then, Lu Ye obviously knew that this box was a secret weapon, how could he make his own initiative to exchange it for the gift brought by Chongnan's envoys, so this must be the instruction of the noble concubine Niangniang, not the self-made claim that Lu Ye said."

Liuye's face turned white in a flash, and she was about to open her mouth to defend Mu Guifei, but Mu Guifei raised her hand to stop her, and said with a solemn face:

"Since Lord Qin wants to talk about this matter, this palace might as well say it clearly. Chongnan plotted wrong, and the envoy died in the palace again, obviously to coerce with this matter, the palace was anxious in his eyes, so he thought of such a way to get the best of both worlds, Wang Xuanyi is the queen's niece, and she is also a relative of the emperor, and she should always have the consciousness of sacrificing for the country. If she can exchange her life for the stability of the two countries, this palace is willing to be this bad person."

What she means is to blame Chongnan for Wang Xuanyi's death, and even frame Chongnan for murdering Queen Wang, so that Chongnan will not bite the envoy to death.

Li Qingyi listened to her words, and couldn't help but sigh that the other party's reaction was really not slow, or that she had already prepared for the worst. In just a few words, he changed his actions from personal enmity to righteousness for the country and the people.

Hearing her explanation, Qin Zeng suddenly chuckled, Mu Guifei couldn't hold back her face, looked at him with a slight anger and said, "If Lord Qin has a better way, this palace naturally doesn't need to do anything more. Now, is it possible that you have to expose this matter to the envoys of Chongnan and destroy the situation that has been reversed with great difficulty?"

Qin Zeng looked at the emperor when he heard this, and Mu Guifei also followed his gaze, and saw that the emperor's face became very ugly, and Mu Guifei closed her mouth when she was stunned. She said that Qin Zeng had no way, which was equivalent to saying that the emperor had no way.

However, this is not the case, the emperor's means to deal with Chongnan are not one thousand but eight hundred, and Mu Guifei is simply arguing with reason.

And by doing so, she is interfering in government affairs.

The ministers standing in the palace began to discuss, obviously very dissatisfied with Mu Guifei.

Qin Zeng and Li Qingyi glanced at each other, he said so much in a roundabout way, the main purpose was to arouse the hostility of the ministers towards Mu Guifei, and after that, he could arrange the rights and wrongs of Mu Guifei along the vine all the way.

Sure enough, Qin Zeng said, "It's a pity that the concubine still shows her flaws."

The lines of Mu Guifei's face tightened, waiting for Qin Zeng to speak.

"If the purpose of the concubine is really to want Miss Wang to serve Dajing, there is no need to send the old things of the queen mother to her, right? Moreover, when Miss Wang was in her teens, she knew very little about the events of that year

How can you recognize this as an old thing from the queen mother? It must have been the noble concubine who sent someone to reveal this to her."

Qin Zeng's eyes were mocking, and he said, "And the queen mother sees things and thinks about people, so she will naturally open them many times to check them. Maybe it's the third time, or maybe the fourth, and you'll die."

But Mu Guifei must not have expected that after Miss Wang learned the origin of this thing, the girl's mind was soft and sensitive, and she hesitated whether to transfer this thing to her aunt, for fear that her aunt would see things and think about people and cause illness, so she opened the box many times and thought twice. So much so that it happened to cause this disaster during the palace banquet, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Mu Guifei's methods are still so clever." Queen Wang looked at Mu Guifei hatefully and said, "However, why do you want my life, many people must know in their hearts, what else is there to hide?"

The emperor has been constrained by various forces for many years, and he hates those who covet his rights, and the words of the queen undoubtedly add fuel to the fire and deeply provoke the emperor's disgust with Mu Guifei.

"The queen's words are to trap the palace in injustice!" Mu Guifei's face couldn't help but distort, and she turned to the emperor and said, "The emperor wants to be the master of the concubines!" The concubine has been wronged!"

Queen Wang didn't look at her, raised her chin slightly, and showed the momentum of the world, which was in stark contrast to Mu Guifei's distorted face, and she said lightly: "For many years, the concubine has been shouting grievances like this for big and small things, and the palace is tired of hearing it."

Mu Guifei didn't expect that she didn't argue with her at all, her face was pale, she didn't forget that there was a living assassin who was pinched in the hands of the other party.

Her shoulders shook violently, and she looked at the emperor, hoping that he could let these people get out of the hall and put an end to this unreasonable act. However, the emperor just sat there without saying a word, as if he really wanted the queen to say all the words.

Queen Wang took out a few things from her close-fitting sleeve pocket, lit them up in front of everyone, and said, "Your Majesty, Gongsun Jingzhi was ordered to investigate the suspicions of the Xiao family's corruption case, but later he was crowned with the same hat as the Xiao family and was killed. Does the emperor know who did it secretly? and Ruying's whereabouts......

The emperor's pupils shrank suddenly: "Ruying?"

Ruying is a personal palace maid who has served the emperor since she was a child, four or five years older than the emperor, and was previously a slave and maid beside the queen mother. The emperor also likes her very much, and relies on her very much, and before he succeeded to the throne, he had always been served by Ruying, almost inseparable.

The feelings cultivated since childhood are inevitably much more generous than others. But the Queen Mother felt that something was wrong, and she took precautions against Ruying. Therefore, just a year before the emperor succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother separated the two.

It stands to reason that Ruying is just a palace maid, even if the emperor values her more, at most she will be a concubine, and there is no need for the queen mother to do this.

However, the emperor did not care more for his children than he cared for them, and put all his attention on government affairs. The emperor's biological mother is not early, the queen mother has no heirs, among the princes, the emperor was selected to be raised by his side, Ruying was assigned to the emperor to wait at that time, in her teens, it was the best age for a woman, she acted as a sister, confidant, and even a mother-like role, giving all the tenderness and beauty to the emperor. At the same time, he was the first person in the emperor's room after he became an adult.

Such complex emotions should not appear in an emperor, so the Queen Mother took Ruying away from the emperor.

In fact, the Queen Mother originally did not plan to execute Ruying, but the emperor had a dispute with the Queen Mother because of this matter, and the Queen Mother thought that if she let it go, Ruying was likely to become a huge threat.

As the future lord of the world, the emperor should not have such things or people around him, which will become a fatal weakness, so the queen mother is unwilling to tolerate Ruying's existence both intellectually and emotionally.

However, no one knows how the Queen Mother finally disposed of Ruying, who suddenly disappeared a year before the emperor succeeded to the throne.

At that time, when Qin Zeng talked to Li Qingyi about this matter, he said that he had another guess.

Qin Zeng felt that even if the Queen Mother had already planned to get rid of Ru Ying, there were many ways to make her disappear reasonably, but the situation back then was that Ru Ying was suddenly in a certain place

One morning disappeared, very abruptly, there was no reason, there was no buffer, and the world evaporated.

He felt that Ruying's disappearance had another hidden meaning.

Li Qingyi also asked the county lord of Yuanheng about Ruying.

When the emperor succeeded to the throne, the county lord of Yuanheng was also eleven or twelve years old, and he did remember some things about Ruying.

She said that she slept in the side building of the Queen Mother's bedroom that day, and vaguely heard a few quarrels between the emperor and the Queen Mother.

The emperor's tone was eager, and he asked the queen mother why she went back on her word, and obviously agreed to let Ruying stay, but she regretted it.

The Queen Mother's voice was cold, saying that she did this, naturally there was a reason for her, so that the emperor should not have this person.

This conversation is enough to show that the Queen Mother promised to let Ruying stay, but in the end, Ruying evaporated from the world.

The county lord of Yuanheng guessed that there was some accident, so that the queen mother had to make another deal with Ruying.

But now the queen's sudden words made those who vaguely knew about it realize that there must be some hidden reason for this.

As we all know, even if today's emperor is no longer the young six princes of the past, the word "Ruying" is still an untouchable old scar in the emperor's heart.

Therefore, everyone immediately stopped discussing the rights and wrongs of Mu Guifei, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

All eyes were on the queen and the king.

Even Li Qingyi couldn't help but hold his breath.