The Queen has arrived: An Lingrong does not want to fight in the palace after her rebirth

At the end of Xu Shi.

Baoque took Baoyuan and carefully left the Qianqing Palace.

Bao Yuan rushed to Yiku Palace in the West Six Palaces to tell Rendong that things had been brought forward and they had to prepare early.

Baoque had to rush back to Yonghe Palace in the East Six Palaces and bring the jade ruyi that the empress had placed on the bedside back to the Qianqing Palace intact.

The wind was cold and the two of them went their separate ways. They had to stay alert at all times on the road, fearing that the Queen's men would suddenly appear and take them away.

They were used to walking this road, but now they both felt a sense of danger.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Prince Guo knew that it was better to strike first. Seeing that the emperor was surrounded by people writing an inscription, he resolutely took a few steps forward, knelt down at the emperor's feet, and pleaded guilty loudly:

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I ask Your Majesty to allow me to serve as a vanguard under General Fuerdan, the General of Jingbian, so that you can forgive my crime."

After saying this, he rested his forehead on the gold brick, and the crisp sound of kowtow instantly resounded throughout the hall.

The emperor was relaxed tonight, so he didn't think much about it for a moment. He thought he was late, so he smiled and put down his pen:

"Well, I know you always like to slack off during banquets. I have already written a note on this painting, and I am just waiting for you to add some color to it so that it can be framed. Come on."

After saying this, she realized something was wrong when she saw Yunli didn't thank her and stand up. Her eyes suddenly darkened. She turned around and saw the empress with a solemn face and Prince Heng who was hesitant to speak. Her voice became cold:

"What is it?"

Yunli wisely chose to keep silent at this moment and just kowtowed continuously. He wanted to wait until the queen had used all means before fighting back.

The Queen seemed to be in a dilemma, and even Prince Heng, who was usually straightforward, hesitated and did not dare to speak clearly.

The emperor's face turned even colder. Just as he was about to ask again, the queen looked around and spoke in a hesitant voice:

"Your Majesty, this is a serious matter concerning the royal family. Except for the witnesses, everyone else should stay away, but Concubine Wan must stay."

Such evasive words made the emperor even more confused. He frowned and stared at Prince Heng with heavy eyes. Seeing that Prince Heng also looked embarrassed, he spoke:

"Just follow the Queen's orders. Everyone else can go away."

As soon as the words came out, the panic and fear on Zhen Huan's brows could no longer escape An Lingrong's eyes, while the other concubines of the royal family slowly stood up and left with a look of curiosity on their faces.

An Lingrong glanced at the obviously reluctant Concubine Xi and Cao Qinmo who was trying hard to suppress her complacency, then suddenly made up her mind and said:

"Your Majesty, I have something to report. It is a family matter and a state matter. Please allow me to stay."

She suddenly interrupted, which startled Zhen Huan. She couldn't figure out what An Lingrong wanted to do. Prince Guo, who was kneeling on the ground, was also distracted for a moment. He had already prepared to deny it to death and then ask to be stripped of his title, and finally to serve in the army to eliminate the emperor's suspicion.

However, Concubine Xi, who had retreated halfway, understood what An Lingrong was going to do. The look in her eyes when she looked at An Lingrong showed not only a little pity but also excitement that it had finally begun. She stopped and waited to join in at any time.

While the Emperor looked at An Lingrong in surprise and hadn't expressed his opinion yet, the Empress had already glared at him and rebuked him:

"Empress Wen, what happened tonight involves the royal family and the harem. It is not a childish matter like the usual jealousy. You are not allowed to say any more here. Why don't you leave now?"

An Lingrong slowly walked away from the table and calmly looked at the Queen.

"Why doesn't the Queen allow me to speak? I haven't even said anything yet, but you're so impatient to drive me away. Are you afraid that I might say something that's not good for you?"

An Lingrong's strategy is to cover up meanness with meanness. As long as she can prove the Queen's incompetence, then all her conspiracies against Zhen Huan and Prince Guo tonight will be suspected by the Emperor as a frame-up.

At the same time, with so many people present, the emperor will be forced to thoroughly investigate the queen's crimes.

But doing so would make the emperor lose face, and I would be embarrassed in front of the emperor.

Why bother with so many things? She had already forgotten all these concerns when Xia Dongchun was trampled to death by a horse.

The Queen watched An Lingrong approaching, her eyes full of fearlessness. Suddenly, she panicked and spoke in a harsher tone:

"Princess Wen, you are arrogant because of your favor and you behave rudely. You have been disrespectful to me many times. Do you have bad intentions and want to bite me? Or is someone instructing you to make trouble and try to cover up what happened tonight?"

An Lingrong replied stubbornly, "Your Majesty, please allow me to finish my speech and the Emperor will make the final decision."

Then he turned slightly to the emperor and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, although what I am reporting is a matter of state, it is also closely related to the harem. I would like to ask Your Majesty to ask Concubine Rong Xi and Concubine Jing to stay and serve as witnesses."

The two of them were arguing and each of them had their own opinions. The emperor looked at Concubine Xi who was reluctant to leave and Concubine Jing who looked surprised and didn't move at all. He was furious. He wanted to see what kind of trouble would come out tonight. He glanced at the two of them:

"You two stay here, Su Peisheng, close the door. You two don't have to rush, just talk about everything one by one."

The last sentence is directed at the Queen and An Lingrong.

After a while, there were only a few people left in the huge Qianqing Palace, which seemed particularly empty. The emperor walked straight to the main seat and sat down, then glanced at the queen:

"you first."

The Queen glanced at Cao Qinmo, who was standing behind her with her eyebrows lowered. She cursed him in her heart as a treacherous person. However, the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. She could only bite the bullet and speak:

"I report that a woman from the harem has committed adultery with a relative of the royal family. Please enforce the law and bring the two to justice."

Such shocking news made even Prince Heng, who had known about it for a long time, look uncomfortable, not to mention Concubine Jing. Her eyes widened and she swallowed hard several times before pretending to calm down.

The emperor's anger suddenly reached his brows, and he glared at the queen:

"Queen, please think it over carefully before you speak."

The queen took out the speech she had prepared earlier, and then pulled Cao Qinmo in:

"Prince Heng and I were both witnesses tonight, but it was Concubine Shen who first noticed something was wrong with the two."

The emperor said in a cold voice: "Princess Shen, tell me, who is it?"

Cao Qinmo was also helpless. Both the Queen and she were cunning people. She could only wade through the water tonight. She gritted her teeth and spoke carefully:

"It's Prince Guo and Concubine Wan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Guo was already crying out for justice:

"Your Majesty, I don't know when I offended the Queen, and she framed me like this. Concubine Wan and I have always abided by our duties and have never gone beyond acquaintance. How can we talk about having an affair? Please investigate and clear my name."

Zhen Huan was so frightened that she knelt down and cried:

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have been in the palace for many years and have served you and the Empress with all my heart. But I don't know why the Empress would slander me like this. Your Majesty, since ancient times, a woman's reputation has always been more important than anything else. The Empress has shown no mercy to me. Please be discerning and give me a way out."

In response to the two people's pale resistance, the queen said lightly:

"I have evidence, Your Majesty, you can summon Jiang Fuhai to the palace, and then we can know the truth."

Ever since the Queen made the accusation, the veins on the Emperor's temples had bulged visibly. He signaled Xiao Xia Zi with his eyes to let Jiang Fuhai in.

A few breaths later, Jiang Fuhai followed Xiao Xia Zi closely, holding a tray in his hand. A gorgeous dress was displayed in the tray, and next to the dress there was an exquisitely crafted scented purse.

When she saw the skirt, the hatred in Zhen Huan's eyes overflowed. The Queen was ruthless in her attacks on those who could not be used by her, and every move was deadly.

In this case, she would bite the queen even at the risk of her life.

The Queen admired Zhen Huan's expression at the moment. Her struggle on the verge of death made the Queen feel very happy. She slowed down her voice and slowly told the story of tonight:

"Your Majesty, Rong Bing, my Seventeenth Brother left with an excuse just now. I was worried that he had drunk too much, so I asked my Fifth Brother to take care of him. But he never came back. I was worried, so I took the palace maids to look for him."

"In the duty room at the back of the Qianqing Palace, I found the two of them arguing. I went up to ask and found out that the Seventeenth Brother had just come out of the duty room alone."

The Queen spoke in a rhythmic manner: "There was a woman in the duty room. Seventeenth brother repeatedly shielded her, which made Fifth brother suspicious."

Speaking of this, she did not forget Prince Heng, the witness she had chosen long ago:

"Fifth brother, tell me, is there any falsehood in what I said?"

Catching sight of his brother's affair made Prince Heng, a rough man, feel particularly embarrassed in front of the Emperor. He nodded with a slightly red face.

At this time, the emperor's expression became even uglier, as gloomy as ink, but the queen continued to speak regardless:

"At that time, in addition to the woman in the room, the Seventeenth Brother was also guarding the purse tightly."

"I felt something was wrong, so my fifth brother immediately rushed into the house and saw that the wall on the side of the house facing Kunning Palace had been broken through. The woman fled in panic through the hole, leaving behind only this dress that she had not been able to take with her."

At the end, he did not forget to make the final statement: "This person has left a back-up plan everywhere, I think he has failed in this matter."

"Your Majesty, please open it and take a look. Whose portrait is in this purse? And whose dress is this?"

"It is obvious who is having an affair with Prince Guo."

"Every word I said tonight is true. How can it be a frame-up or slander? The injustices that Brother Seventeen and Zhen Huan said were just bluffs, and they are just trying to escape the judgment of the emperor."

After saying this, he asked Jiang Fuhai to hold up the skirt embroidered with the evening primrose flower and show it to everyone one by one to show that his evidence was solid.

Then she handed the small portrait to the emperor personally. The emperor picked up the small portrait and compared it carefully with Zhen Huan. The more he compared, the worse his expression became. An Lingrong even saw a flash of murderous intent in the corner of his twitching eyes.

The situation tonight was too much like the blood test in the previous life, which was also aimed at Zhen Huan, but with a different man. An Lingrong was horrified as she listened to the Queen's narration. Perhaps what the Queen accused her of in this life had actually happened in her previous life.

However, at that time, the emperor loved and trusted Zhen Huan wholeheartedly, the entire harem was under her control, and many members of the royal family were also won over by her, so this affair was not discovered.

But this life is different. Many things have changed from the very beginning, which led to the clues being revealed.

Otherwise, given Cao Qinmo's habit of not releasing the eagle until he sees the rabbit, he would never dare to come out to testify.

But at this point, even if it was true, she had to make it look fake.

In an urgent situation, An Lingrong looked at Concubine Xi with pleading eyes, and the meaning in her eyes was very clear.

When Concubine Xi heard this, she was shocked. She admired the Queen for her ability to pull a prince into the situation and punish the concubines who did not listen to her orders. She was really powerful.

However, this would be more beneficial to her. As for the Fourth Prince, many people in the royal family are taking a wait-and-see attitude. If she could lend a hand to Prince Guo when he is in trouble, it would be of great benefit to the Fourth Prince and her reputation in the royal family.

Seeing An Lingrong begging her, Concubine Xi weighed the pros and cons and thought that if she took action at this time, if the situation was reversed, she would be the biggest winner. So, despite the emperor's shocking anger, she spoke softly:

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this statue is more like the original Queen Chunyuan. The matter of the clothes is even more flawed. After all, there have been thefts in the palace. This cannot be used as evidence."

An Lingrong glanced at Concubine Xi with gratitude. This sentence was enough. She took advantage of the emperor's frown and knelt down resolutely:

"Your Majesty, I want to report the Queen. She has been killing concubines and plotting to murder the heir for many years. She has also colluded with the rebels to overthrow the country. Tonight, she deliberately set up a trap to alienate the royal family and attempted to destroy the pillars of the court with trumped-up charges in order to achieve her ulterior motives."

Every word was like a thunderclap that shocked everyone. Concubine Jing felt very regretful. Why could she not move when she heard the gossip? How could she listen to such a shocking thing?

However, Concubine Jing was more worried about An Lingrong. The royal family was supposed to be gentle and decent in doing things. She was so sharp and fierce. Even if the queen really fell, how would An Lingrong cope with it?

Even Prince Heng looked at An Lingrong with shock. How could this weak and timid woman, who in his impression was as timid as a rabbit, dare to speak so recklessly?

Regardless of what everyone was thinking, upon hearing An Lingrong's testimony, the Queen sneered:

"Your Majesty, An's move is intended to confuse the public. After all, everyone in the palace knows that she and Zhen Huan are very close and the two are in cahoots with each other. Her nonsense is just to exonerate Zhen Huan. Please punish An for disrespect."

The emperor did not immediately pay attention to the queen. He sighed slightly in his heart. He had already guessed many of the things the queen would do. The reason he did not make a big fuss was because the queen mother was still alive. Even if the mother-son relationship had long been worn away by power, he still had to take into account the world's evaluation and not make things impossible to turn around.

But An Lingrong chose to poke open the abscess that had been there for years at this moment, forcing him to express his stance. He looked at An Lingrong with a colder gaze. Did she also start to take sides? He tried to test her:

"An, slandering the queen is a capital crime. Have you thought it through?"

An Lingrong raised her head, and under the emperor's murderous gaze, she spoke fearlessly:

"I have solid evidence. Your Majesty, please summon me to accompany the palace maids to the palace."

Seeing her insisting on her own way, the emperor's reluctance completely disappeared. This matter involved the royal family and the descendants of a country, so he could not afford to be vague. Since An Shi was involved, how things would develop was beyond her control. The emperor made up his mind:

"Send the person in."

Under everyone's sidelong gazes, Rendong, Xiaodongzi and Baoque slowly walked into the hall.