After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

"Mother~" the eldest prince shouted.

Murong Yue quickly looked at the eldest prince, her expression changed immediately, and she coaxed him lovingly, "Don't be afraid, mother is here."

Not long after, someone presented Zheng Xiyan with a cloth doll with Xiao Xuanchen's birth date and punctured with needles.

Murong Yue shook her head vigorously. How could this be possible? "Impossible, someone must have framed me."

After Zheng Xiyan took it, she took a look at it, threw it directly to the ground, and asked coldly: "What else do you want to say now?"

Murong Yue threw away the guards and knelt down in front of her, begging for mercy, "Empress, this is not mine. Someone must be trying to frame me. I beg you to let me see Your Majesty!"

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, do you still want to see His Majesty?" Zheng Xiyan said sarcastically.

"Empress! Over the years, I have never been your enemy. I am really wronged." Murong Yue knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Zheng Xiyan remained indifferent and said in a cold voice: "I am only following orders and there is nothing I can do. Come! Take Concubine Rong to jail and wait for your majesty's order." After saying that, Zheng Xiyan turned around and walked out of Yongshou Palace.

"Yes!"

"Empress! I am truly wronged. Please let me see His Majesty. I beg you." Murong Yue crawled forward on her knees, but was grabbed and dragged up by the guards.

"Aren't you going to take it with you?"

"Yes!"

The eldest prince chased after her, crying, "Mother—Mother—"

"Yu'er, Yu'er." Murong Yue turned her head and shouted.

"Stop the eldest prince."

"Mother—Mother—"

Jail

Zheng Xiyan brought Murong Yue a cup of poisoned wine. The moment Murong Yue saw her, she sneered, "I really didn't expect you to be such a cruel person? Over the years, you have appeared to be virtuous and generous, treating all the princes and princesses equally as if they were your own children, but in the end, you have been acting the whole time."

"I'm acting? Aren't you guys acting too? Do you dare to say that you don't covet the position of queen and crown prince?" Zheng Xiyan raised her eyebrows and asked back.

"I don't have it. The position of queen is yours. Who will be the crown prince should be decided by Your Majesty. I have no say." Murong Yue suddenly raised her head and retorted.

"What you said sounds righteous and high-sounding, but do you think I will believe you? Will His Majesty believe you? You are plotting to murder His Majesty, and the evidence is irrefutable. His Majesty has ordered me to bring you a cup of poisoned wine and send you off." As he spoke, Biluo walked forward with a cup of poisoned wine in his hand.

Murong Yue looked at the glass of wine in disbelief, her eyes full of fear. She kept shaking her head and shouting, "No! Your Majesty! Your Majesty cannot kill me. Yu'er is still so young. He can't live without me."

Zheng Xiyan walked up to her, pinched her chin, and said in a cold voice: "His Majesty ordered you to commit suicide in order to protect the eldest prince. Only if you die, Yu'er will not be implicated by you, his biological mother. I advise you to go on your journey with peace of mind."

Murong Yue was unwilling to accept it. She was being wronged. She was being wronged. "No - Queen, I am really wronged. I have no reason to do this. I am even less likely to be so stupid as to dare to use witchcraft on Your Majesty."

"Yu'er is still so young. Even if I covet the throne, I have to wait until Yu'er grows up. How could I be so stupid?" Murong Yue pulled Zheng Xiyan's dress and tried desperately to explain.

Zheng Xiyan snorted coldly, stood up straight, and said with her back to her: "The Murong family wants your son to sit on the throne, and then you will be in charge of government affairs. There is no need to wait until Yu'er grows up. Once His Majesty is killed, your son is the eldest son. At that time, the royal family and the ministers in the court will definitely recommend your son to ascend the throne."

"That's not true! Your Majesty, don't forget that you are the queen. No matter who ascends the throne in the future, you are the emperor's biological mother. How could a concubine like you possibly bypass you and attend court?" Although Murong Yue had indeed thought about it, she didn't have the courage!

Zheng Xiyan thought about it carefully and her face changed slightly. It was undeniable that what she said made some sense, but now it was His Majesty who wanted her to die, and she was just following his orders.

"It was His Majesty who wanted you dead. I was just following his orders."

"Empress, I really didn't do it. I am really wronged." Murong Yue pulled her dress and kowtowed continuously.

"Biluo!" Zheng Xiyan looked down at her, her heart moved, but she still followed the order in the end.

"The servant is here."

"Send Concubine Rong on her way." Zheng Xiyan shook off her hand, feeling a little scared, and fled away.

"Yes!"

Biluo walked into the prison with two eunuchs, "No! Queen, I beg you, I really didn't do it, I am innocent."

Zheng Xiyan couldn't bear to hear Murong Yue's heart-wrenching screams, so she quickened her pace and left.

At that time, she had no idea that all this was planned by Xiao Xuanchen.

Afterwards, in the eighth year of Jinglong, Xiao Xuanchen was assassinated. Investigation revealed that it was the Feng family who did it. Feng Qingyi was given poisoned wine, and the entire Feng family was executed.

In the ninth year of Jinglong's reign, the Xi family privately forged weapons, formed a clique in the court, intended to rebel, and supported the fourth prince to ascend the throne. The Xi family was exterminated.

In the tenth year of Jinglong, Shen Aoning had an affair with a guard, and the affair was exposed. In a rage, Xiao Xuanchen gave her a white silk. He also took this opportunity to thoroughly investigate the Shen family and found that the Shen family was colluding with foreign enemies and intended to seize the Liang Dynasty. Then the whole family was wiped out.

The evidence before her at the time was enough to prove that they did intend to rebel.

But Zheng Xiyan didn't know whether this was a conspiracy of Xiao Xuanchen or they really had the intention of rebellion.

"Your humble servant Murong Yue pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen."

Murong Yue's voice brought Zheng Xiyan back to reality.

"Get up!" Zheng Xiyan said expressionlessly.

"Thank you, Queen."

"The daughter of the Murong family is indeed extraordinary, and she is given a jade pendant."

"Yes!"

Murong Yue was delighted and knelt down to thank her, "Thank you, Queen."

Later, Feng Qingyi, Xi Muyao, Shen Aoning, and Zheng Xiyan were all given jade pendants.

Zheng Xiyan randomly pointed at a few of the other beauties and said, "Let's pick her!"

"Yes!"

Except for Murong Yue and other four people, the others selected by Zheng Xiyan were the honest and obedient concubines in the previous life. They were chosen by her to enter the palace again. As for those restless ones, it would be embarrassing.

The fifteen selected beauties stood in three rows, came to Zheng Xiyan, knelt down and thanked her, "Thank you, Queen."

Murong Yue, Feng Qingyi, Xi Muyao, and Shen Aoning, these four people were all in the first row.

"Everyone, get up!" Zheng Xiyan looked down at them kneeling in front of her. In this life, she had made sufficient preparations. As long as they behaved themselves, she would let bygones be bygones.

After all, her tragic ending in her previous life was brought to her by Xiao Xuanchen, and had nothing to do with people like them.

"Thank you, Queen."

"After entering the palace, we are sisters. Your job is to serve His Majesty and expand the royal family." Zheng Xiyan softened her expression and reminded with a smile.

"Yes!"

Seeing that the time was almost right and remembering that she still had important things to do, Zheng Xiyan deliberately fainted and fell on the phoenix throne.

Everyone was terrified, "Empress! Empress!"

"Quickly call the imperial physician! Go to the Zichen Palace to inform His Majesty, quickly!" Biluo shouted.

"Yes!"

The concubines standing aside did not dare to make any rash moves at this moment and could only stand there blankly.

After a while, the imperial physician came and quickly took Zheng Xiyan's pulse.

Princess Shion

"Your Majesty! It's bad. The Queen has fainted in Hanguang Palace."

When Xiao Xuanchen heard this, his expression changed drastically, "What? Go to Hanguang Palace."

"Yes!"

Hanguang Hall

Xiao Xuanchen stepped down from the imperial sedan chair and hurriedly strode towards the main hall, "Your Majesty has arrived!"

The concubines consciously stood on both sides and made way for him. “Your Majesty!”

Xiao Xuanchen came to Zheng Xiyan, and the imperial physician was checking her pulse. "How is the queen?"

After taking the patient's pulse, the imperial physician looked solemn and a little surprised. How could this be possible?

But in front of so many people, he could only congratulate first, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Queen is pregnant."

"What? What did you say?" Xiao Xuanchen was surprised and frowned after hearing this. How could she be pregnant?

When the concubines heard the news, their faces changed slightly. After all, the queen was pregnant, which was not good news for them.

When the Queen Mother learned that Zheng Xiyan had fainted in Hanguang Palace, she hurried over. As soon as she arrived at the main hall of Hanguang Palace, she heard the good news, "Is this true?"

When everyone saw the Queen Mother, they quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness."

"Mother!"

The Queen Mother walked directly to the imperial physician and asked, "Is what you said true? Is the Queen really pregnant?"