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

"Your Majesty, you chose your own path. I will never regret it." Li Cairen said firmly.

"Okay!" Zheng Xiyan raised her eyebrows and smiled softly.

At lunchtime that day, Zheng Xiyan was about to have lunch when the eunuch in front of the emperor came over and said, "Greetings to the Queen."

"Get up!" Zheng Xiyan said leisurely with a smile on her lips.

"Thank you, Queen."

Zheng Xiyan put down her bowl and chopsticks and asked casually, "Why is Eunuch Li here at this hour?"

"His Majesty has ordered that Your Majesty go to the Purple Palace and have lunch with His Majesty." The eunuch in front of the emperor looked very respectful.

"Okay! I understand." Zheng Xiyan lowered her eyes and said in a stern voice, her eyes instantly becoming meaningful.

"Then I will take my leave first." The eunuch in front of the emperor bowed and left.

"Ah."

After the eunuch left, Zheng Xiyan frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Prepare the phoenix carriage and go to the Purple Palace."

"Yes!"

On the way, Zheng Xiyan was very calm. She anticipated that when she arrived at the Zichen Palace, Xiao Xuanchen would definitely ask her about the previous dynasty's enthronement of the crown prince. At that time, she had to be cautious in her words and actions.

Zheng Xiyan's expression gradually became solemn. She closed her eyes and thought to herself: The position of crown prince must belong to my son, and no one can take it away from him.

When they arrived at the Purple Palace, Zheng Xiyan got off the phoenix carriage and entered the Palace. Lunch had already been set up in the palace, and Xiao Xuanchen was sitting at the table waiting for her.

Zheng Xiyan stepped forward, bowed to him, and greeted him calmly, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Xiao Xuanchen said calmly: "Don't be so polite, sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Xiyan walked to the opposite side of him, and Biluo helped her sit down.

Xiao Xuanchen ordered expressionlessly: "All of you retreat."

"Yes!"

When the palace maid went out, she closed the door.

Zheng Xiyan glanced at the fish soup in front of her, pretending to be calm, and served him a bowl of soup, "Your Majesty, I think this fish soup is good, please try it."

Zheng Xiyan placed the fish soup in front of him, but Xiao Xuanchen remained indifferent and looked at her coldly.

Zheng Xiyan's heart tightened, and she quickly pretended to be a child who had done something wrong, looking at him innocently, and spoke carefully: "Your Majesty! What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like this?"

Xiao Xuanchen said in a cold tone, "These days, the former dynasty has been talking about the appointment of a crown prince. What does the queen think?"

Zheng Xiyan replied calmly, "The harem cannot interfere in government affairs. As the queen, I will obey your majesty's orders in everything. Whether to appoint a crown prince is related to the future of the previous dynasty and our Daliang. I dare not interfere in state affairs."

Zheng Xiyan's answer was impeccable, but in Xiao Xuanchen's eyes, she seemed particularly hypocritical.

Xiao Xuanchen frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "I only have one son, Ji'er. The previous dynasty repeatedly mentioned the appointment of a crown prince, and they wanted to appoint Ji'er as the crown prince. Ji'er is your son, will you not interfere? Will you not care?"

Zheng Xiyan smiled faintly and said calmly: "If Your Majesty suspects me of something, then no matter what I say, Your Majesty will not believe it, because in Your Majesty's heart, you have already determined that the previous dynasty's enthronement of the crown prince was related to me, so what else can I explain? Anyway, Your Majesty will not believe it."

"Rather than this, I would rather remain silent." Zheng Xiyan raised her eyes and looked at him with a clear conscience.

"Keep silent? What a good way to keep silent!" Xiao Xuanchen's eyes were deep and his voice was cold, turning the jade ring on his hand.

The two looked at each other, trying to see something from each other's eyes, but Xiao Xuanchen's eyes were too deep and unfathomable, and Zheng Xiyan's eyes were too simple and innocent, and no one could see anything.

"Your Majesty, what else do you want to ask me?" Zheng Xiyan asked expressionlessly.

Xiao Xuanchen leaned on his chair, leaning his body sideways, and said coldly, "I can't see through you now."

Zheng Xiyan smiled calmly and said, "It's not just your Majesty. I am no different. I have never seen through your Majesty, because your Majesty has always been wearing a mask in front of me. He has never put down his disguise in front of me."

"Disguise?" Xiao Xuanchen frowned, and immediately stopped his hand movements, his face becoming even gloomier.

"Don't you have it, Your Majesty?" Zheng Xiyan looked up and questioned him, with a somewhat melancholy expression.

"What about you? Have you never disguised yourself in front of me?" Xiao Xuanchen asked her angrily in a sharp voice.

"Everyone has a disguise to hide the side of themselves that they don't want outsiders to see. Only in front of the people closest to them will they completely let go of their disguise. I thought I had let go of my disguise in front of Your Majesty, but Your Majesty did not." Zheng Xiyan said with a gloomy expression. In her previous life, she completely trusted Xiao Xuanchen and never disguised herself.

But in this life, she had indeed been pretending and acting with him all the time.

Zheng Xiyan's words seemed to move Xiao Xuanchen slightly. He had always disguised himself in front of everyone, even in front of the Queen Mother, so he took it for granted that everyone would also disguise themselves in front of him.

But she told herself that she had never disguised herself in front of him.

After a moment, Xiao Xuanchen asked directly: "Don't you want Ji'er to be the crown prince?" His eyes were always on Zheng Xiyan's face, and he didn't miss any of her reactions.

"Whether I want to or not is irrelevant. The most important thing is whether Your Majesty wants to do it, isn't it?" Zheng Xiyan lowered her eyes and chuckled, her expression very disappointed.

"You always avoid answering, isn't this a disguise? Ever since our mother gave you the name Chengji, you have already started planning for him!" Xiao Xuanchen looked at her angrily.

"Your Majesty, no matter how I answer, you won't believe it." Zheng Xiyan said coldly.

"I have said that the initiative to appoint a crown prince lies in your majesty's hands, and I will not interfere."

"I won't interfere. Humph~ What a good promise of not interfering! The ministers in the court are putting pressure on me. Do you dare to say that this has nothing to do with you, the King of Chu, and the Duke of Zheng?"

"They even used the ancestral precepts of Daliang to establish the eldest son as the heir to threaten me. Do you dare to say that you were not involved in this?" Xiao Xuanchen was furious, not only because of the pressure from the court, the suspicion of her and the fear of the King of Chu and the Duke of Zheng, but also because of her frankness.

After hearing this, Zheng Xiyan couldn't pretend anymore and said directly: "Your Majesty has also said that since Daliang's ancestral precepts are like this, and Ji'er does meet the convention of establishing the eldest son as the heir, then why doesn't Your Majesty agree to the request of the court officials and enthrone Ji'er as the crown prince?"

"You have finally revealed your true colors." Xiao Xuanchen glared at him and said coldly.

"If your majesty really thinks so, then I have no choice. The position of crown prince should be Ji'er, just like your majesty did back then. If your majesty was not the eldest son of the late emperor, it is hard to say whether your majesty could sit on the throne. Now you are accusing me of having improper desires for the position of crown prince? It is reasonable for me to have improper desires, because this is the custom in Daliang? Who made Ji'er my son? Who made Ji'er your majesty's eldest son?" Zheng Xiyan said with a domineering look on her face. From the beginning to the end, she had the confidence to say this.

"Isn't this idea given to me by Your Majesty?" Zheng Xiyan raised her eyebrows slightly and said calmly.

Xiao Xuanchen was so angry that he stared at her in amazement. He really didn't expect her to say such a thing. He was so angry that he was speechless and his face turned livid.

The legitimate son born to the queen is always the first choice for the crown prince, and this has been the case throughout history.

Zheng Xiyan didn't want to stay any longer, so she stood up and knelt in front of him, saying, "I have said treasonous words, and I know I deserve death. I will return to Weiyang Palace to reflect on my mistakes. I am leaving now!"