The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

Meng Wenyao laughed out loud: "My dear, since the death of the Queen Mother, everything in the harem has been very bad. I see that the emperor has no intention of conferring titles to the harem."

These words successfully frightened the imperial concubine. Could it be that the emperor planned to delay the title of queen for a few years?

How is that possible? One more day means one more risk.

Seeing that the imperial concubine was deep in thought, Meng Wenyao decided to add fuel to the fire: "Although the empress died, she committed suicide and was not deposed. Now the eldest prince is still the eldest son. If the emperor seals the harem at this time, , isn’t this eldest prince embarrassed?

The concubine felt that the emperor would definitely not make the eldest prince look bad, and he would definitely not enthrone the queen again. In the future, there would be no obstacles for the eldest prince to inherit the throne. The emperor is really fatherly-hearted! "

Being reminded by Meng Wenyao, the imperial concubine was so enlightened that she kept looking at the queen and forgot that the queen had a legitimate son.

As long as the direct prince is still here, the weight of the successor will be greatly reduced. This is a shock to him. Whether the queen is dead or deposed, the status of the eldest prince is unshakable!

The eldest prince must be brought down. On the way back to the palace, the imperial concubine kept muttering about this matter in her heart. If the eldest prince is not removed, the emperor will not appoint a new queen.

Soon she sent more people to collect all the messy things the eldest prince had done in the past. Just in time, Meng Wenyao took the opportunity to reveal the eldest prince's collusion with the imperial army to the imperial concubine.

As if she had found a treasure, the imperial concubine excitedly called to the second prince: "Go, give these to your grandfather. The eldest prince and Yongning's Mansion must have some plan. It might be a serious crime of rebellion, otherwise they would not contact the Forbidden Army and mobilize the Forbidden Army. Travel arrangements.”

Since the sudden death of the queen, the eldest prince has been in a state of confusion. The few deputy commanders of the imperial army he had contacted before thought that since they were not in trouble, everything could be treated as if it had not happened and they began to go on duty in the palace as normal.

On this day, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple received a report. Under the emperor's instruction, these evidences were directly displayed in the morning court.

"To report to your Majesty, I have received a report that the deputy commander of the imperial army and the eldest prince secretly conspired to start an uprising on the way to the Queen Mother's funeral. All the deputy commanders and commanders of the imperial army involved in this matter have been arrested. This is a confession. The witness is waiting for the Emperor’s interrogation outside the main hall.”

Unexpectedly, the queen died at the funeral of the queen mother. The conspiracy behind all this was planned by the eldest prince. After the emperor read the confession, he threw it directly at the eldest prince: "What's your explanation?"

The eldest prince picked up several confessions, and his past plans were clearly written on them word for word. He could not escape the death penalty. Fortunately, he was quick to think and thought of the loopholes in them.

"Father, my son joked while drunk that he really wanted to assassinate Meng Meiren on the way to the Queen Mother's funeral, but the plan was set on the eighth day of the lunar month. The assassin who came out on the sixth day of the lunar month was really not arranged by my son. It's okay, my father. Insightful!"

It turned out that the rebellion had not yet been carried out, and the shocked courtiers' expressions softened a little, waiting for the explanation from the Minister of Punishment.

The Minister of Punishment took a step forward and took out another piece of incriminating evidence: "Your Majesty, this is evidence that the eldest prince's maternal family, Yongningbo Mansion, has been corrupt, perverted the law, and harmed the people over the years. What happened on the sixth day of the lunar month may not have been planned privately by Yongningbo Mansion. Please make an order from your Majesty to inspect Yongning’s Mansion.”

The old Uncle Yong Ning was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot. He did participate in planning the rebellion, but like the eldest prince, it was all arranged on the eighth day of the lunar month. Didn't this never happen?

Being wily and scheming, he pointed directly at the Minister of the Ministry of Justice: "I admit that I am indeed not strict in housekeeping, but my Lord's accusation is too far-fetched. How could I arrange for someone to kidnap my daughter? There must be someone else behind this. I don't know where the evidence is, Lord Shangshu." The person who came may be the person behind the scenes, deliberately confusing the public and framing me."

Thinking of the queen who died on the sixth day of the lunar month, Yong Ningbo's suspicion was indeed not high, but Yong Ningbo's rebellion on the eighth day of the lunar month really couldn't escape.

"The eldest prince intends to rebel. He is demoted to a commoner and goes to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil. Yong Ningbo's family is confiscated and exiled. All the imperial troops involved in this matter are exterminated."

In a few words, hundreds of lives were already lined up on Huangquan Road.

The Minister of Punishment trembled with his legs and asked: "What about the kidnapping of Queen Chu Liu?"

"Keep checking."

The eldest prince, who had been dragged out of the palace, finally got rid of the thing in his mouth during the struggle and shouted: "It's the imperial concubine. It was the imperial concubine who deliberately arranged for the queen mother to ride in Meng Meiren's carriage. It was she who arranged the robbers... …”

His mouth was blocked again, but this also provided new ideas to the Minister of Punishment.

Yuhua Palace was immediately surrounded, and the concubine and the second prince were interrogated one after another.

When the imperial concubine heard these words shouted by the eldest prince in the court, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. She exhaustedly explained to the interrogating nun: "It's not me, it's really not me."

It was indeed her arrangement for the queen to ride in Meng Wenyao's carriage when leaving the palace that day, but that was the emperor's private instruction.

But at this time, if she told her, she would die faster.

In a daze, she finally remembered what the queen said before she died. The emperor would kill the concubines, princes and daughters in the harem one by one because they were not the emperor's biological children.

Could it be that what the Queen said was true, and now that the Queen is dead, is it her turn?

When a person is frightened, the brain cannot think normally. She was determined that the emperor wanted to kill everyone in the harem. As soon as the interrogating mother left, she immediately called her confidants and poisoned several princes and princesses.

The next day, many princes and princesses were poisoned in the palace. Although the poisoning was not serious, the people behind so many princes and princesses were really hateful.

As the prince and princess were poisoned, a wave of rumors spread in the harem: "The emperor is not the emperor before, so the emperor wants to poison the prince and princess in the harem."

The imperial concubine deliberately turned her attention to the emperor. She was betting that the emperor would not dare to kill her, otherwise it would confirm the rumor and prove that the emperor really wanted to clean up the harem.

The emperor in Jianzhang Palace slammed the table angrily: "All the evidence has been arranged. Tomorrow we can put the charge of kidnapping the queen on the concubine. Such rumors spread today. If I am really here If I kill her when the time comes, wouldn’t it confirm the rumors that I am a fake, this woman is really hateful.”

After the emperor lost his temper and calmed down, Meng Wenyao carefully protected his stomach and stepped forward.

She said softly: "Your Majesty, since you know it was the imperial concubine who did it, then investigate and let everyone know that it was the imperial concubine who was behind all this, poisoning the prince and his daughter behind the scenes, and deliberately damaging the emperor's reputation.

Then, he issued an order saying that for the sake of the queen's position, the harem was in constant disputes, causing the princes and princesses to be riddled with diseases, and asked them all to go to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil for their ancestors, so as not to continue to be harmed by the concubines' fights in the palace. "