Queen is the top

In Changle Palace, the Empress was talking with Su Jinshi Qiao Huang, when suddenly the palace servants reported that Concubine Hui and Xu Tinglu were outside the palace asking to be summoned.

The queen frowned slightly, it was just past noon, why did Concubine Hui come to Changle Palace.

She waved her hand and ordered Concubine Hui to be invited in. Concubine Hui walked in gracefully, with a lot of palace attendants behind her. Shrinking, feeling bad.

Concubine Hui smiled and took a few steps forward to salute the queen. The queen saw that although she spoke respectfully, there was a look of satisfaction in her brows and eyes. She also saw Xu Tinglu holding a bright yellow brocade scroll in his hand, vaguely looking like an imperial decree.

The empress was on guard in her heart, her expression remained calm, and she said, "Concubine Hui, get up."

Concubine Hui said softly: "Yes, Your Highness."

The queen observed her expression carefully, "Concubine Hui is here at Changle Palace, what is she looking for me for?"

Concubine Hui blessed her body, "Going back to Your Highness, this concubine has brought His Majesty's will to investigate the murderer of Chunmei's death."

She spoke sideways and glanced at Xu Tinglu, Xu Tinglu took a step forward knowingly, opened the imperial decree and read it out, then closed the brocade scroll, and placed both hands in the hands of Su Jin who was beside the queen.

The queen frowned, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, she took the imperial decree and opened it to look, it was indeed Cheng Yingzong's handwriting.She and Su Jin glanced at each other, and there was a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

Concubine Hui smiled and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is afraid that you are sympathetic to the palace people, and if you refuse to strictly examine, there will inevitably be omissions, allowing the murderer to go unpunished, so I ordered my concubine to assist in the investigation to ensure the safety of Your Highness."

The queen's brows became tighter and tighter as she listened, and she sneered in her heart: Isn't this murderer Concubine Hui yourself, why bother calling for a thief.

She was angry in her heart, but her face was still calm: "Your Majesty's kindness, I am grateful, Concubine Hui has a heart, but my Changle Palace has always been managed by me personally, so I don't need Concubine Hui to worry about it."

Concubine Hui seemed to have expected that she would refuse, and said with a sad face: "Your Highness, the whole harem is full of rumors that the death of the pure beauty is due to your jealousy, but I know how much your Highness has been wronged, and so is Your Majesty." , feel sorry for His Highness, and worried that if the murderer is not eliminated, His Highness's safety will be unstable, so I sent my concubine to investigate, if His Highness refuses, I'm afraid it will hurt His Majesty's heart."

Concubine Hui looked earnestly worried about the safety of the queen, and others really thought she was really thinking about the queen, Xu Tinglu moved his eyes slightly towards her, and continued to lower his eyebrows and remain silent.

Su Jin's fingers hidden in the water sleeves were clenched tightly. Even Shi Qiao Huang, who entered the palace not long ago, would never believe that Concubine Hui was really worried about the Queen's safety, but she received the emperor's order, and with the imperial decree, she suppressed the Queen every sentence. .If the queen refuses any more, she will resist the decree and refuse to accept the emperor's favor. This is really hard for the queen to ride a tiger.

As Shi Qiao Huang expected, the empress felt entangled in her heart. Concubine Hui brought out the imperial decree, but she was really helpless. She suppressed the irritability in her heart and said lightly: "Then how does Concubine Hui plan to investigate my Changle Palace?"

Concubine Hui smiled coquettishly, "Naturally, the people in His Highness's palace should be brought for inspection."

The queen's eyes darkened, and her tone was cold and solemn, "There are old people in my palace who have been by my side all the time, and there is no problem."

Concubine Hui smiled and said: "Your Highness's words are wrong. If everyone is really innocent, the pure beauty will not die in His Highness's Changle Palace."

The empress stared at Concubine Hui with a sharp look, "I will personally investigate what happened to the pure beauty's death, so as not to let the murderer go unpunished."

Concubine Hui looked back at the queen, the smile on her lips suddenly faded, "I naturally believe in His Highness's ability, but now I have His Majesty's order, so I have to do my best."

The queen's eyes narrowed slightly, and her clasped hands were secretly clenched. Concubine Hui raised the corners of her lips proudly, and said to the palace man behind her: "Your Majesty ordered me to investigate the Changle Palace. People bring it to the Hehe Palace, and I will review it myself."

The queen's pupils shrank, and seeing that the palace people behind Concubine Hui were going to arrest Su Jin and Qiao Huang, she said angrily, "Wait! The people in my palace will be disciplined by me. Concubine Hui, don't lose it." measure."

The corner of Concubine Hui's lips curled up, and one of her eyebrows raised. She looked quite proud, and she no longer showed the submissive attitude just now, "Your Highness, the concubine is only following the emperor's will. How can I speak of this out of proportion? I personally appointed Eunuch Xu to read out the imperial decree, does His Highness refer to the concubine, or His Majesty?"

Su Jin and Shi Qiao Huang were startled. These words were clearly meant to accuse the queen of being disrespectful to the emperor. Su Jin glanced at Xu Tinglu, who was still silent with his brows down, and saw that the queen was obviously impatient, and almost lost her temper. After falling into Concubine Hui's trap, she took a step forward and said, "Since that's the case, the servant girl will go with Concubine Hui to prove her innocence."

Shi Qiaohuang took a look at Su Jin, and saw that there was a sense of righteousness on her face, and he knew in his heart that going to the Hehe Palace might be more dangerous than good, and if this series of schemes were really done by Concubine Hui, she might have more than one purpose Here, getting rid of the closest people around the queen, and trapping the queen in isolation and pain, is probably her real goal.

But if she and Su Jin don't go at this time, if she angers the queen again, she might be charged with disobedience and disrespect, and the relationship between the emperor and the queen will be divorced.

Shi Qiaohuang sighed slightly in his heart: If everything is as she guessed, this woman is really a snake and a scorpion.

Shi Qiaohuang understood in his heart that after all, he was concerned about the queen's situation, so he blessed his body and said, "Slaves are also willing."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head, just in time to see Shi Qiao Ting's triumphant look when her plan succeeded, and the cruelty in her eyes made Shi Qiao Huang understand that Shi Qiao Ting might not make her feel better.

The Queen hurriedly said: "No! These two are always by my side, how could they harm me! Concubine Hui, don't catch a good man by mistake."

Concubine Hui curled her lips into a smile, "As the saying goes: You know people, you know their faces, but you don't know their hearts. If you stop me more, I am afraid that I will not be able to submit to Your Majesty."

The Queen's eyes were already full of anger, as if it was about to burst out, "You threaten me?"

Concubine Hui pretended to be terrified, and quickly bowed to salute, "Your Highness, calm down! This concubine is only following His Majesty's will, and did not intend to provoke His Majesty. I really don't know that His Majesty's care and love for His Majesty will make His Highness so angry."

The queen was furious when she heard the words, she had no words to respond for a moment, her chest rose slightly, she wished she could kill Concubine Hui on the spot with her sword.

She was very clear about Concubine Hui's intentions. She took away Su Jin, Shi Qiao Huang and other people close to her. She said it was an interrogation. She didn't know what kind of tricks she would use to torture them and force them to submit to her for her own use, especially Su Jin. It is possible to be tortured to death by her.

The queen was angry and anxious, she only knew that Su Jin and Shi Qiaohuang could not go with her, she couldn't bear any torture or harm for them.

Concubine Hui's eyes turned cold, and she said to Su Jin and Shi Qiao Huang, "As a slave, you should share the worries for your master, instead of trapping him in an unjust situation."

Su Jin and Shi Qiao Huang looked at each other, they had already decided in each other's minds, they blessed the queen and said, "Your Highness, I will return as soon as I go."

The empress was too busy to say no, Concubine Hui didn't bother to talk to her anymore, she directly said to the palace man behind her: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you take him away quickly."

Magpie and Shi Qiaoting raised the corners of their lips, Blessed Fu took the order, and led a few internal eunuchs, walking towards Su Jin and Shi Qiaohuang with a sinister look on their faces.

The empress was anxious and couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while, she wanted to leave the two of them behind, if she was really convicted of resisting the decree, she would be willing to bear it.

Several inner eunuchs stepped forward to arrest Su Jin and Shi Qiao Huang, and the queen was so angry that she ordered someone to stop her. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, a notification from the inner eunuch suddenly came from outside the palace gate: "His Royal Highness, please see me!"

The queen was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Let Yi Er come in quickly!"

Concubine Hui's eyes shrank, and she thought something was wrong: Didn't He Jingyi go to the palace? !When did he return to the palace? !I didn't receive any news at all!

Before she could figure it out, she saw that He Jingyi had already entered Changle Palace, followed by two Thousand Wolf Guards guards, holding a trembling woman with disheveled hair in her hands.

Concubine Hui looked at the woman, panicked in her heart, and secretly thought that something was wrong.