System invasion, Queen fights monsters to upgrade, kills the system

The imperial guards opened the chains for Xuzhou Chuang. He walked to the center of the hall with neither arrogance nor servility and knelt upright.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"General, please."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yinshan Gu helped his former good brother up and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for Jiaojiao today!"

"Since the victim is here, let's hold a trial right now."

Yinshandu had someone pass a piece of paper to Xuzhou Chuang: "Back then, the general handed me a petition, but when I was reading it a few days ago, I accidentally wet it. I can only write down everything on the paper. General, take a look, is there something missing?"

Xuzhou Chuang unfolded the complaint and read it carefully.

An hour ago, while everyone was in a panic after Master Hu fainted, Yinshandu sent his confidant to the Heavenly Prison to find Xuzhou Chuang: If you want to change Jiaojiao's confession today, you must cooperate with him in everything.

This petition was not submitted that year. Back then, Xuzhou Chuang put a knife to his neck and just wanted to kill him to avenge Jiaojiao.

Yinshandu still remembers the heartbroken look of Xuzhou Chuang. A tough man who would rather shed blood than tears on the battlefield, crying like a child, questioned him with tears in his eyes: Why did you slander Jiaojiao! Why did you give her poisoned wine!

His Jiaojiao is most afraid of pain, but you gave her the most poisonous secret medicine in the palace! When Jiaojiao wrote to her, she was very happy and said that you would abolish the harem and dismiss the concubines, and she would be able to go home and reunite soon. How could she kill Hu Changqing!

Just when Xuzhou Chuang was about to take action, his mother came in and asked to meet with Xuzhou Chuang alone.

Xuzhou Chuang was already blood-thirsty at this time, and he just wanted to kill this bastard with his own hands!

The Queen Mother only said one thing: Don’t you want to see Jiaojiao again?

Xuzhou Chuang seemed to be strangled by someone. He slowly put down the knife and went straight into the inner room with his mother!

A stick of incense time.

When the Queen Mother came out, she threw him an imperial edict written by the Emperor, which meant:

No matter what the general did, he would not be held accountable. If he disobeyed, the general and the emperor's uncle would jointly push the new emperor to the throne, and he would be strangled immediately!

Xuzhou Chuang took the initiative to propose that he was willing to be imprisoned and that the Xu family army could be disbanded on the spot.

So he just went with the flow and easily quelled the coup!

Although the general's mansion was pardoned, it was surrounded by the queen mother.

He always thought that his mother was using Xuzhou Jiao's corpse to threaten Xuzhou Chuang, but he never expected that the next time his mother mentioned was actually referring to Xuzhou Jiao who had turned into a ghost.

That day he stared at half of Xu Zhoujiao's tombstone in deep thought for a long time.

Xuzhou Chuang looked at every word written on it carefully, clutching the petition paper tightly with both hands. Jiaojiao, his Jiaojiao had actually been plotted against like this, and she was still calling for daddy before she died... She must have been in great pain and scared!

Yinshan Gu patted him gently and slowly took the complaint from his hand: "Let's do the business first."

Xuzhou Chuang wiped the tears from his eyes and took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the same as the petition I filed back then."

"Since they are exactly the same, then take the prisoner with you! The rest of you can circulate them among yourselves."

"Announce, the maid of Changle Palace, Ximei is coming to the palace!"

A timid palace maid was pushed into the hall and fell directly to her knees.

"Your Majesty, long live the emperor!"

This palace maid who was trembling all over and dared not raise her head was the head palace maid of Changle Palace who stood up and sternly criticized the imperial concubine.

"Ximei, do you still remember what happened back then?"

"Your Majesty, I remember! The Imperial Concubine, because she was jealous of the Queen's monopoly of favor, often cursed the Queen in the palace, and said that the Queen must have used some means to seduce Your Majesty. One day, the Queen was very happy and said that the Queen's good days were about to end, and no one would compete with her for Your Majesty's favor. I didn't understand why, I just thought that the Queen had used some method to win the favor of Your Majesty!"

"It was not until the guards found the remaining poison in the Empress' jewelry box that I realized that the Imperial Concubine had poisoned the Empress."

Ximei described what happened that year with trepidation.

"As the Imperial Concubine's maid, your treatment is first-rate compared to others. The Imperial Concubine has been very kind to you, so why did you stand up and expose her?"

"Although the Imperial Concubine is kind to me, she will beat and scold me whenever she is not satisfied. The Queen is kind and virtuous. She couldn't bear to see me being beaten, so she ordered someone to send me medicine. I always remember the Queen's kindness. I feel guilty for the Queen's murder. If I had reminded the Queen earlier, maybe the Queen wouldn't have suffered such a cruel fate!"

"So I have been able to live up to my conscience by exposing the Imperial Concubine."

"But three years ago, you didn't say that. You said the poison was given by the Imperial Concubine, which means you knew in advance that the Imperial Concubine would poison. But today you said that you first saw the guards find the poison, and then you knew that the Queen was murdered by the Imperial Concubine."

"After three years, your statements are inconsistent. What do you have to say?"

"I saw that the poison had been found in the imperial concubine's jewelry box, and I was afraid..."

"Has the poison been found?" Yinshan Du interrupted Ximei's speech directly.

"So you knew the poison would be found?"

Ximei raised her head in fear: "I, I...I was just on duty that day..."

"So, you have plenty of time to frame the imperial concubine, right?"

"Your Majesty, I am wise...."

"You said that the Imperial Concubine often beat and scolded you, so you held a grudge against her and took the opportunity to hide poison in order to get rid of the Imperial Concubine!"

"But your majesty, if Ximei framed the imperial concubine because of a personal grudge, then why did she also harm the queen? Chang Qing never harmed her, why did she do this to Chang Qing? This does not make sense at all. And how could she, a palace maid, murder two ladies at the same time? Please handle this impartially! Do not make excuses for others."

Imperial Tutor Hu, despite his illness, was supported by the eunuchs and entered the hall. He stared at Xuzhou Chuang with sinister eyes and said, "Is your majesty trying to protect someone?"

"Teacher, why are you here instead of resting in the back hall?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty is going to review this case, so I wanted to come and take a look, and I also want to seek justice for Chang Qing!"

"Oh? I wonder what justice the Master wants?"

Imperial Tutor Hu knelt straight down and said, "Your Majesty, when Chang Qing was murdered, only the murderer confessed his guilt! Those who plotted to murder the Queen Mother should be executed along with their entire family! Since Your Majesty is hearing this case publicly, they should be severely punished! To uphold the Dayin Law!"

Xuzhou Chuang clenched his fists angrily and was about to take a step forward, but was stopped by Yinshan Gu beside him. Yinshan Gu took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with what the Grand Tutor said. Since we are going to have a trial, we should conduct a thorough investigation so that the people of the world will be convinced. Whether it is the murderer who poisoned the queen or the murderer who framed the imperial concubine, they should be sentenced to death to serve as a warning to others!"

"Well said, if you want to try him, then try him to the end! Bring all the prisoners here. Desheng, keep a seat for the Grand Tutor. Since the Grand Tutor is not feeling well, he should not stand any longer."

Yinshandu: Old man, please don't run away again...

The personal eunuch, De Sheng, brought a chair to Master Hu: "Master, please!"

Yinshandu slapped the dragon throne again: "Take all the prisoners!"

"Announce, the commander of the imperial guards - Madley, the former maid of Fengqi Palace - Meiyan, the female nurse of the Imperial Hospital - Mingsheng, Gong Changxi, the eunuchs - Xiaoxianzi, Xiaochengzi, Min Gao, and Wade, come to the palace!"