After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

In Feifeng Palace, the queen was sitting on the Arhat bed against the west wall. She had her eyes closed and her expression was peaceful. She was holding a teacup in her hand, and her knuckles were turning white because of too much force.

At this time, she heard the sound of footsteps, and the queen suddenly opened her eyes and saw the nanny beside her opening the curtain and coming in.

"How's it going?"

The nanny shook her head, paused and said: "The study room was surrounded inside and outside, and An Yue couldn't come out, so I really don't know what's going on inside. It's just that when I was looking outside, I saw Shangguan Xu leading Several imperial doctors hurried in, maybe..."

The queen's eyes lit up, and then she laughed, "It must be, he must have been poisoned by drinking that ginseng soup!"

"My Lady, after all, this ginseng soup is given in your name."

"So what, he's just a bastard, how can the emperor kill me for him! Haha, after getting rid of Yan Mu, this throne belongs to the fourth child! I am the queen now, and will be the queen mother in the future. That vixen will be the emperor. So what if you are favored, how can you compare with me!"

The queen was smiling proudly when Shangguan Xu came with his guards.

"Your Majesty, please move to take charge of the Punishment Division."

The Queen's smile faded and she pretended not to know, "Shangguan Governor, are you kidding me? Why would I go to a place like that?"

Shangguan Xu lowered his head and smiled, "I'll find out when you get there."

"I'm not going!" the Queen snorted coldly, "If you have anything to say, I'll just say it here."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty doesn't listen to your orders?"

The Queen snorted, "Then let the Emperor come and talk to me!"

Shangguan Xu narrowed his eyes and waved for the guards to come in, "Since the queen is unwilling to walk out in a dignified manner, then she should be tied up."

The queen suddenly stood up and said, "How dare you!"

"A slave is just following orders."

No matter how much the queen struggled and reprimanded her, Shangguan Xu still let the guards tie her up and take her to the prison cell of the palace's torture department.

The queen lost all face and cursed all the way. When she came to the cell and saw the emperor sitting in it, she stopped scolding him.

"Your Majesty, I am confused, what do you mean?"

The queen still wanted to pretend to be stupid, but she didn't realize that the emperor's anger had reached the limit. He slammed the table hard and cursed at the queen: "Vicious woman!"

"Your Majesty, you must not accuse me unjustly!"

"The ginseng soup you sent is poisonous!"

"Is this happening?" the queen pretended to be surprised, "Someone must have bribed someone from the imperial kitchen to poison Lao Qi. This kid, relying on his status as the seventh prince and an army of [-] in the north of the town, has bullied many people outside. , I guess someone is taking revenge on him."

"How can the queen's wet nurse be sure that she is targeting me?"

Hearing this, the queen's back stiffened, and she turned her head bluntly. When she saw Yan Mu walking in, her eyes suddenly widened, "You...you..."

"Thanks to my mother-in-law, I didn't drink that bowl of poisonous ginseng soup."

The Queen clenched her fists and restrained her expression to be as natural as possible, "That, that's great."

"Actually, I can understand that the empress wants to harm me. After all, my existence does hinder the fourth brother. But my father, you and he have been married for so many years, so you are too cruel."

"What do you mean?"

"What do I mean?" Yan Mu smiled, "What did the queen do, and you want to ask me?"

"You want to unjustly accuse me of poisoning the emperor!"

Yan Mu sighed, walked to stand behind the emperor, glanced at the queen with sarcastic eyes, and then lowered his eyes.

"emperor……"

"Kneel down!" the emperor shouted angrily.

The queen pursed her lips, but when she saw the emperor's face turned pale, she knelt down first.

"Your maid has already given her confession. Do you still want her to confront you?"

"This...she must have been bribed by someone."

"The imperial chef who was bribed by you in the imperial dining room also confessed that he was also bribed?"

"Please, Your Majesty, pay attention."

"Okay, very good!" The emperor nodded and looked up at Shangguan Xu, "The fourth child has been brought."

"In the execution chamber."

"Let him tell the truth. If he conceals anything, he will be punished with severe punishment!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the queen became anxious, "Your Majesty, he is your legitimate son. If he is injured, you will have no heir!"

"If you want to murder my legitimate son, what's the use of him!"

"My concubine and my fourth child have never thought of murdering the emperor!"

"My bowl of ginseng soup was also poisonous. How do you explain it?"

Upon hearing this, the queen suddenly widened her eyes and said excitedly: "No, it's impossible!"

"Thankfully, Governor Shangguan caught the palace maid and forced him to find out the truth, otherwise my father and I would have been poisoned and died by now." Yan Mu sighed, pretending to be sad, "My queen hates me, I have always known it, but Father, why do you hate him so much? Is it because he dotes on Meng Guiren, which makes you jealous?"

"you!"

"Tsk, tsk, even if it's like this, you shouldn't be so cruel." Yan Mu shook his head.

The queen took a few breaths to calm herself down. She lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please think carefully. If I really want to poison, it would be enough to kill the seventh child. You will only have the fourth child. The throne will belong to him sooner or later. But the fourth child cannot control the current situation in the court. If I harm you, I will harm myself and I. I will not do such a stupid thing. "

What the queen said calmly had some truth to it, and the emperor really listened to it.

He thought for a moment and said, "Can you admit that you poisoned Lao Qi?"

The queen pursed her lips and said, "Concubine... I admit it, but I only ordered them to poison Lao Qi's bowl of ginseng soup. Maybe they got it wrong!"

The evidence was in front of her, and there was nothing she could do if she refused to admit it.

"You, you are so brave!" the emperor shouted angrily.

"I know that I was wrong, and I ask the emperor to punish me. However, this matter has nothing to do with the fourth child. He didn't know about it. Please don't implicate your anger on him." The queen kowtowed repeatedly.

Yan Mu twitched the corner of his mouth and admitted that poisoning him was a lighter crime than poisoning the emperor, especially since he was not dead. The emperor might have minimized the serious matter in order to take into account the royal family's face.

The queen was a bit reckless, but not too stupid.

The emperor thought about the queen's words, and his anger slowly subsided.

"You're so confused."

"I gave birth to three legitimate sons for you. The eldest and the third died one after another, leaving only the fourth. I also love my son very much, and I beg the emperor to forgive me. I know I was wrong. There is also the seventh, I am sorry. , but after all, I am your aunt, so please help me say good things to the emperor."

Yan Mu almost laughed angrily. He wanted to poison him and asked him to help him to say good things. The queen was really thick-skinned, but she was also really smart. If he didn't care, the emperor would naturally follow his attitude and get off the donkey. He wouldn't Study deeply.

Yan Mu's mind changed, and he turned to the emperor and said: "Father, I don't care about the lives of my sons and ministers. As long as the queen does not harm you, it is not a big crime. Please forgive the queen, please forgive me." The national system, secondly, also brings harmony to our family."

The emperor turned to look at Yan Mu and nodded happily, "Father's teachings these days are worthy of my father's teachings. You are sensible now."

"Then let's not pursue this matter."

"We have to pursue the case. Then we will punish the Queen to self-examination behind closed doors for three months."

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness confessed that the Queen had conspired with him to poison you and the Seventh Highness. He had advised the Queen, but she didn't listen and said that the matter had nothing to do with him."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Shangguan Xu came in to report and interrupted him.

"So it's not a confusion, but she really wants to poison me!" The emperor gritted his teeth.