Outside Fengluan Pavilion, facing Princess Zhaoyang’s speech, the Supreme Emperor did not speak, but Concubine Li couldn’t help shouting:

“Nonsense!”

Concubine Li Standing on the Emperor's Dragon Boat, with eyes wide open, he shouted to the palace maid who had disturbed the emperor earlier: "Tell me, what did you see before?"

The palace maid looked pale and pale, but in front of Mrs. Li Under the threat, he still said quickly: "My slave, my slave saw the Queen Mother entering Fengluan Pavilion, and later, later she saw the Marquis of Zhenyuan also entering..."

As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.

Princess Zhaoyang frowned and said calmly: "She must be dazzled. When I slipped out, the emperor's grandmother was still in Weiyang Palace, how could she come here. And I’ve been here for so long and I’ve never seen the Imperial Grandmother. How could she have seen her!”

“You can find out if there is one by searching!”

Concubine Li was secretly resentful. This Princess Zhaoyang is clearly the princess of her royal son, but she doesn't regard her as her closest blood relative as her grandmother, and protects that bitch at every turn!

But you have endured it for so long and worked so hard to plan what happened today. How can you let the other party escape easily?

Although she didn’t know why Princess Zhaoyang appeared here, she firmly believed that the Queen Mother was still in the attic. Because Fengluan Pavilion looks peaceful, but in fact, she has arranged her own people all around to keep the place under surveillance!

Therefore, as long as the Queen Mother is found out in front of the Supreme Emperor, no matter how they argue, she will have a way to prove the other party's charge of having an affair with a foreign minister.

Concubine Li's arrogant behavior disgusted the Emperor, but at this time, the Emperor's doubts and suspicions became even more serious.

Therefore, after the Supreme Emperor glanced at the old eunuch Feng Cheng beside him, he took the initiative to walk down the Long River, away from Concubine Li, and came to Jia Lian.

"Tell me, what happened?"

"I am guilty. I entered the forbidden palace without authorization to see the eldest princess, and I violated the instructions and warnings of the Supreme Emperor on that day. Please ask the Supreme Emperor to Condemned.

But all this has nothing to do with Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess. Please punish this humble minister."

"Oh."

The Supreme Emperor He let out a sneer and suddenly looked at the palace maid who was guarding the door of Fengluan Pavilion before, "Tell me."

Qin Mi, who had been kneeling in front of the steps, kowtowed and said, "I don't know anything. , I was just ordered to bring Marquis Zhenyuan here, and the rest of us don’t know anything about it.”

“Whose order are you following?”

Qin Mi hesitated for a moment and said :"is tooLater..."

Princess Zhaoyang said: "Grandpa Huang banned me from Weiyang Palace. My granddaughters knew that if I directly ordered them to do things, they would not dare to agree, so they could only fake the imperial grandmother's decree. .

The granddaughter was convicted. "

How could Mrs. Li watch Princess Zhaoyang's quibbles? She also walked up to him and asked Qin Mi: "Tell me, did the Queen Mother personally order you to bring Marquis Zhenyuan here? ”

Qin Mi looked up, and at this moment Princess Zhaoyang was also looking at her.

Faced with the other party’s calm look, Qin Mi’s heart was completely filled with fear, and she was buried in fear. He bowed his head and did not dare to reply to Concubine Li's words.

On the other side, the eunuch beside the Supreme Emperor had already led people into the attic to search around. The leading eunuch went to Feng Cheng and confessed to Feng Cheng. Cheng leaned into the ear of the Supreme Emperor again.

The Supreme Emperor was noncommittal after hearing this. Looking at Concubine Li who was still questioning the palace maid, he said coldly: "Princess Zhaoyang has a private meeting with foreign ministers and has not cultivated her virtue. Remove the position of eldest princess.

If you continue to disobey the Holy Order, you will be severely punished. "

Princess Zhaoyang said quickly: "My granddaughter will remember it. But Grandpa Huang, as my granddaughter said, this matter is due to her willful behavior and has nothing to do with Marquis Zhenyuan. Please Grandpa Huang not to punish him again. Granddaughter, please. "

Princess Zhaoyang raised her head and looked at the Emperor with a pleading look.

Jia Lian also quickly confessed and asked the Emperor to punish him and not to embarrass Princess Zhaoyang.
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On the other side, Concubine Li’s confidant walked up to her and said worriedly: “Madam, the people we arranged behind Fengluan Pavilion are all gone...”

Concubine Li’s heart Yi Lin. She probably guessed why Princess Zhaoyang appeared here.

Angrily, she kicked Qin Mi. Naturally, Taifei Li would not let this matter be covered up by Princess Zhaoyang. In the past.

After all, she only had this chance. After this time, the bitch was on guard, and she would have no chance.

Then in a few years, she would be the guest Queen Mother, watching helplessly that bitch continue to sit in the position of Queen Mother, can she be filial to my son?

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was about to close the case, Concubine Li quickly said: "The Supreme Emperor Mingjian, they are basically here. lie. How could Zhaoyang alone transfer all the eunuchs and maids around here?

This place is so far away from Weiyang Palace. If the Queen Mother has really been here, someone must have seen it. Please order the Supreme Emperor to summon everyone from Weiyang Palace to the Royal Garden today for interrogation. We will definitely be able to get to the bottom of this matter! ”

Looking at things like this, I stillPrincess Zhaoyang felt pity in Princess Zhaoyang's heart for Mrs. Li who still refused to give up.

Perhaps the Imperial Grandmother is right, you can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief in a thousand days.

This time, I really can’t let her go.

Faced with Concubine Li’s suggestion, the Supreme Emperor just looked at her coldly and said after a while: “I have my own arrangements for this matter.”

After saying that, the Supreme Emperor looked towards her Jia Lian glanced at him, then without saying a word, he turned around, got on Long Chu, and left directly.

Although the Supreme Emperor left, Feng Cheng stayed behind. Not only did he take Qin Mi and the palace maid who reported the news away, he also issued an order to seal off the imperial garden and arrest all relevant personnel.

Obviously, the Supreme Emperor did not believe Princess Zhaoyang’s statement.

"This is a forbidden palace after all. If you have nothing else to do, please leave the palace." Feng Cheng walked up to Jia Lian and said politely.

Jia Lian glanced at Princess Zhaoyang and received a reassuring look from her.

So she nodded, and stood blankly next to her. With an unwilling look on her face, Mrs. Li raised her hand to signal her, and turned around to leave.

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Weiyang Palace, when the Emperor walked in, the Queen Mother also came to greet him.

The Supreme Emperor remained silent until he led the Queen Mother into the inner chamber and chased away all the idle people. Then the Supreme Emperor calmed down and said, "Tell me, what happened in the Imperial Garden today? "

"I wonder what the Emperor said? I have been staying in the palace today and haven't gone anywhere. Did something happen?"

The Emperor stared at The Queen Mother, you can't tell anything from the Queen Mother's face.

"Don't worry, tell me the truth. Why did Zhaoyang and Jia Lian appear in the Imperial Garden, and why, Li Lingrong and others insisted that you were also in the Imperial Garden?"

A look of panic appeared on the Queen Mother's face. After a while, she still shook her head: "I don't know what the Emperor is talking about, Zhaoyang? What happened to Zhaoyang and Jia Lian? Could it be that they made you angry again? "

"Humph!"

The Supreme Emperor slapped the table and said coldly: "Maybe you think that I am too old to protect you, so you are in front of me. , you don’t even want to tell the truth?”

The Queen Mother was so frightened that she stood up quickly, with a look of aggrievedness on her face: “Your Majesty, please calm down.”

Seeing this, the Supreme Emperor said softly: "You can't hide what happened today even if you want to. There are countless people involved in such a big thing. As long as I arrest them all and interrogate them one by one, are you afraid that the truth will not be revealed?

　If youIf you don’t dare to tell me the truth now, is it possible that you are like other people and have separated from me? "

When the Queen Mother heard this, she knelt down in emotion.

"I know very well how much the Emperor treats my concubine. It's just, just..."

The Queen Mother cried with tears in her eyes: "I have been favored by the Supreme Emperor these years, and it is common for people to be jealous. I don't want to tell these private things to the Supreme Emperor. Just to make you angry.

As long as the Supreme Emperor knows about this concubine, I will never do anything to disgrace the Supreme Emperor, and I will never dare to do anything that goes against personal ethics or harms the face of the Tian family. "

The Supreme Emperor looked solemn and said without any emotion in his tone: "Is it Li Lingrong? "

The Queen Mother immediately opened her eyes, seemingly a little shocked, and then nodded helplessly.

"Since the Supreme Emperor has guessed it, I don't dare to hide it anymore. "

"Since the beginning of the year, Mrs. Li has seemed to be a completely different person. Not only has she become much kinder, but she has also taken the initiative to make good friends with her, and she comes to talk to her every few days. .

Chen Concubine was happy in her heart, thinking that she had finally let go of her prejudice against him and was willing to accept him.

So today, she invited my concubine to enjoy the flowers in the garden, and I went without thinking too much.

Who would have known that after drinking the bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus wine that she had someone bring to her, I felt dizzy and fell asleep not long after.

When I woke up, what I saw was Zhaoyang.

It turns out that Zhaoyang was bored in the palace and sneaked out to look for me. But I happened to hear...I heard that people in the Dowager Palace were conspiring to harm me.

Therefore, Zhao Yang sneaked into Fengluan Pavilion to rescue his concubine.

Zhaoyang was very angry and wanted to take me to you for justice.

But I thought that Concubine Li was the emperor’s biological mother after all. If this matter spread, it would not only be a huge blow to the face of the Tian family, but also the emperor would find it difficult to deal with himself in the future.

Therefore, together with Zhaoyang, the concubine secretly escaped back to Weiyang Palace and left Zhaoyang in Fengluan Pavilion. When Mrs. Li leads the Supreme Emperor to Fengluan Pavilion, she will let Zhaoyang and the two bear all the sins.

Only in this way can this disaster be eliminated.

I am stupid and could only think of this way to deal with it at that time. He also asked the Supreme Emperor to give Zhaoyang a lighter punishment because he had suffered the consequences for his concubine.

The Supreme Emperor also knows that Zhaoyang has been without a mother since she was a child. Although she is a little willful, she has a good nature.

Wow, if it weren’t for her this time, I'm afraid...I'm afraid that I can only die to apologize..."

Seeing the Queen Mother kneeling in front of her, sobbing and telling the beginning and end of the matter, the Emperor's face became gloomy. Like water.

In the end, he helped the Queen Mother up and comforted: "Don't worry, I won't punish Zhaoyang again. After you choose her consort, let her go out of the palace. And..."

The Supreme Emperor stood up, with a murderous look in his eyes: "I will give you an explanation for this matter. ”

After saying that, the Emperor left Weiyang Palace.

After sending the Emperor out, the Queen Mother returned to the inner hall with a cold expression.

With Having been together with Concubine Li for more than ten years, she had long known what kind of person the other party was. How could she believe that the other party was a "prodigal son" and regret it once?

Therefore, from the time she began to deliberately please herself, the Queen Mother She knew in her heart that the other party was going to do something bad again.

What happened today was not surprising at all, and she had even been prepared for it.

Just as Mrs. Li could bribe the people around her to Jia Lian deceived her into the palace, and she had already placed her confidants beside Concubine Li, and her methods were much more sophisticated than the other party.

Therefore, Concubine Li wanted to paralyze her, and then use the insidious The plan to frame her simply didn't work from the beginning.

The reason why there was such a big fuss today was just that she took advantage of the trend and turned back.

She has also thought carefully about how to fight back.

If she were to confront Concubine Li directly in Fengluan Pavilion, although according to the evidence she had and the roughness of Concubine Li's actions, it would not be possible. It is entirely possible to convict Concubine Li in front of the Supreme Emperor, and there is no way around it.

But in that case, the fact that she was knocked unconscious and was in the same room with a foreign minister had already happened.< br />
Even if it turns out that she was framed, it would not be good for her, Jia Lian, or anyone else.

Therefore, confronting him face to face is an inferior approach.< br />
Even if, like Mrs. Li, her performance is too obvious, it is likely that the Emperor will think that she did it intentionally.

Having been with the emperor for many years, she is well aware of the emperor's suspicion. .

It is much safer for him to guess some things by himself than to tell him personally.

Now like this, she seems to be retreating and asking for perfection, but on the contrary It can leave an impression in the minds of the Supreme Emperor and others that they abide by magnanimity and preserve the overall situation.

And it will not arouse the suspicion of the Supreme Emperor.

The only oneIt is a pity that in this case, if the Supreme Emperor also adopts a calm attitude, he cannot put Concubine Li to death.

But this is not important to the Queen Mother.

To her, Mrs. Li had long been nothing. If it weren't for the fact that she was Emperor Ning Kang's biological mother and did too much to offend Emperor Ning Kang, she would have driven him into dust long ago.

Even if the other party hadn’t been provoking her, she wouldn’t even bother to fight with him.

This time, it’s just the fault of yourself.