The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

The Qixi Festival Banquet was originally a day for the emperor and his subjects to enjoy themselves together.

But this year is particularly thrilling.

No one wanted to stay in the Zhengyang Palace, which represented His Majesty's favor, and everyone wanted to get as far away as possible.

When Mu Rong and Xu Rongrong walked out of Zhengyang Palace, what they saw were the backs of people walking away.

Zhu Yu, who had been standing outside, quietly stepped forward to support Xu Rongrong: "Madam, are you tired?"

Xu Rongrong nodded, calmly took the sachet embroidered with spotted bamboo and orchid from Zhu Yu's hand, and hung it around her waist again.

The sachet, which was originally filled with medicinal powder, was now empty.

"Is everything settled?" she asked calmly.

"Madam, the person has been sent out of the palace... The powder has completely covered up the bloody smell, so no one noticed."

"Got it. Let's go back first." Xu Rongrong lowered her eyes, obediently letting Mu Rong hold her hand and walk away steadily.

In the Zhengyang Palace behind her, the banquet table had not yet been cleared, but the clinking of cups and plates gave off a desolate feeling.

The emperor sat dejectedly on the steps, looking at Wu Tianqi who was lying on the ground, Lin Jiaoyue who was pale due to excessive vomiting, and the queen who was kneeling quietly beside him.

His voice was hoarse. "I never thought that you...you could be so despicable?! That was real human blood. Such an inhumane thing was actually done by you, a queen, a prince, and a prince's consort!"

"Father, I am innocent!" Wu Tianqi was very upset and he was also confused about what happened today.

He was indeed anxious these past two days and had sent a message to the palace asking the queen to give him the secret medicine as soon as possible.

But he and the Queen had clearly agreed to follow the old rules and hide the secret medicine in a corner of the palace wall in the afternoon. Why would Eunuch Xiao Wei appear so rashly in the Imperial Garden?

Could it be that something really went wrong with the Queen?

At this moment, he only felt annoyed. He hated himself for not waiting a little longer until the guards who came to get the medicine returned home. He also hated himself for waiting outside Zhengyang Palace so early in order to appear wise!

The emperor listened to Wu Tianqi's cry for injustice and remained silent.

Soon, another group of imperial guards entered the palace and reported back, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician did find traces of the secret medicine in the corner of the palace wall. I think someone must have passed the secret medicine there."

"I understand. Go away." The emperor just felt powerless.

After the imperial guards withdrew, the emperor looked at Wu Tianqi with a sneer: "Why? Do you still feel that you are wronged?"

"Your Majesty, don't you find it strange?" The Queen said in a cold tone, "Since there is a safe place to pass on the medicine, why was Xiao Wei caught in the garden? What happened today...Does Your Majesty believe it?"

"In front of everyone, in front of all the officials and their families, with witnesses and evidence... and the body found in your secret room, how can I not believe it?!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he raised his trembling hand and pointed at Lin Jiaoyue: "And her face! How can I not believe it?!"

The Queen stood up and said loudly, "Today's situation must have been planned for a long time by someone with bad intentions! They want me to die, and they want the Fourth Prince to die! Your Majesty, don't you find it suspicious?"

"I doubt it! Of course I doubt it!" The veins on the emperor's forehead bulged, "But! He Wenfei, tell me, which of these things is not evidence? Which one have you not done?! Is it useful for me to doubt it or not?"

“……”The queen closed her eyes and fell silent.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw a look on the emperor's face that she had never seen before, and that look chilled her to the core.

"How does your majesty intend to deal with me?"

……

As the court officials and their families walked out of the palace, the morning light gradually rose.

The carriages from each mansion picked up the owners of each family.

The journey was silent.

"How will the emperor deal with the queen?" Ning Zhou asked in a low voice in the carriage of Wuling Marquis's mansion. "The friendship between the current emperor and the queen is well known to the world. I wonder if His Majesty will give them a warning and let it go."

"No!" Marquis Wuling lifted the car window. "Your Majesty has always been known for loving the people like his own children, but the Queen was exposed in public for imprisoning people in a secret room and taking their blood to make medicine, which is against human ethics... And it was exposed in front of all the officials above the sixth rank and their relatives. If Your Majesty still wants to protect her, his wisdom will be ruined! Our Majesty is the one who cares most about his reputation."

"What's more..." Marquis Wuling lowered his voice, "Although the incident of the Crown Prince's Royal Farm selling the people of Great Zhou was suppressed, it did leave traces. If we associate that incident with what the Queen did today, it will be hard for people to believe that the royal family loves the people like their own children... In order to stop the gossips, Your Majesty must not only punish her this time, but also impose a heavy punishment... The Queen will definitely be deposed, but I don't know if the Queen can save her life."

After hearing this, Ning Zhou sighed, "Who could have thought? It was during the Qixi Festival banquet where the current emperor and empress showed off their love that His Majesty witnessed the empress's absurdity and cruelty with his own eyes."

"Whether it is 'being' or 'letting', it is still unknown..." Wuling Hou said slowly.

Ning Zhou was suspicious: "Are you saying that what happened last night was planned by someone?"

Wuling Hou smiled and shook his head: "How would I know? I just felt that everything that happened last night was too sudden and without any signs, and it directly hit the emperor's lifeline... However, if someone really planned it, then this person... is really terrible."

Ning Zhou smiled when she heard this and said, "How can anyone be so perfect? ​​Besides, you and I have been in Fuhai for many years, far away from the affairs of the capital. Even if someone really did take action, it has nothing to do with us. What's more, what's wrong with using this situation to expose the evil queen?"

Wuling Hou smiled and nodded: "Madam, you are very insightful."

At daybreak, the lanterns on both sides of Jianghan Street went out one by one.

The noise of the Qixi banquet gradually subsided, and only the gradually fading bright starlight witnessed the contest between conspiracy and covert scheme last night.