OBS Chapter 385: Feeling Guilty, the Queen Defends Herself
Chapter 385: Feeling Guilty, the Queen Defends Herself
The emperor couldn't help feeling deeply guilty when he saw Fu Cha Zhixi's trusting eyes.
He had to do this, and he would find a chance to compensate Xier in the future.
"Xi'er, don't worry about this matter. I will definitely give you an explanation."
The emperor quickly reached out and helped the man up.
When Su Peisheng came back again, his face looked very ugly.
He knelt before the emperor and spoke with a trembling voice.
"When I went to Concubine Xiang's palace to look for Xiao Luzi just now, I found that Xiao Luzi was already dead."
"What did you say?"
Concubine Xiang looked at Su Peisheng in disbelief. How could this be possible?
Could it be that the Queen knew? That's impossible. If the Queen knew that Xiao Luzi was still alive, why didn't she take action earlier?
Why did the Queen choose to attack Xiao Luzi at this time? Could it be that the Queen had planted a traitor in the Imperial Concubine's Palace, so the Queen happened to attack Xiao Luzi, a key person, at this time?
Fu Cha Zhixi was also confused at this time. She suspected that the Queen had murdered to silence the witnesses.
But this is too much of a coincidence. Could it be that the Queen has a spy in his palace?
The emperor naturally frowned when he heard this, and asked with cold eyes while looking at Su Peisheng lying on the ground.
"Su Peisheng, check this out for me. I will never allow anyone in this palace to be so lawless."
The emperor pretended to be extremely angry and looked at Su Peisheng.
But when Fu Cha Zhixi heard such words, she felt it was inexplicably strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange at the moment. Maybe she was thinking too much.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"I have already arranged for someone to investigate, and I believe the result will be found out soon."
Su Peisheng pretended to be frightened and answered respectfully.
"Now that the little trick is gone, do you have any other evidence to prove that this matter is related to the Queen?"
The emperor looked at Concubine Cao and asked in a deep voice.
"This, the Queen is a cautious person. Even if she forced me to do something, she would not leave any evidence. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have no other evidence to prove it, but I am a witness. I am willing to confront the Queen."
Although Concubine Xiang couldn't figure out what was going on, she had no way out since things had come to this point.
If she didn't suppress the queen, she would be the one to die, so she had to do it no matter what.
"In that case, Su Peisheng, go and invite the queen over."
The emperor heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Sure enough, when he sent the Blood Dropper to investigate the matter, they couldn't find out anything. It seemed that Concubine Xiang didn't have much evidence to prove it. As long as there was no trick, no matter how stupid the Queen was, she would be able to think of a way to spread the matter.
Soon, the queen hurried over under the leadership of Su Peisheng.
When she came here, she felt a little uneasy, fearing that her previous attack on Fu Zhen would be exposed, and the emperor asked her to go to the imperial concubine's palace just for this matter.
Sure enough, good things don’t work but bad things work.
From the moment the Queen entered the room and saw Concubine Xiang, she guessed that she must have betrayed her.
But she couldn't understand why the other party did this. Could it be that because she didn't let Wen Yi return to her, she was dissatisfied and wanted to use this incident to take revenge on her?
But didn't Wanpin let Xiangpin get what she wanted? Why did Xiangpin choose to take revenge on herself in such a desperate way?
Is this any good for her?
After all, if this matter were to be exposed, the Imperial Concubine would definitely find out that it was related to her. Doesn't she really fear the Imperial Concubine's revenge?
Or, Concubine Xiang intends to use this incident to surrender to the Imperial Concubine.
The queen had a lot of thoughts in her mind, but her face showed no sign of it.
She bowed gracefully to the emperor before asking in a puzzled tone.
"Your Majesty, why did you call me here so anxiously? What's the matter?"
"Today I heard someone say that the Sixth Prince's previous fall into the water was related to you. Do you have anything to say about this?"
The emperor's expression was unclear, and he asked in a calm tone.
But the calmer the tone, the more frightened the queen sounded.
The queen pursed her lips, frowned, knelt in front of the emperor and spoke.
"I am also the Sixth Prince's biological mother. How could I bear to do that to him? I hope Your Majesty can believe in my innocence."
"But Xiangpin told me in person that you forced Xiangpin to do this."
The emperor's expression did not change when he heard this, and he continued to ask.
"I have no grudges against the Imperial Concubine, so why would I frame her? Moreover, I am not afraid of being laughed at by Your Majesty. My relationship with the concubine has always been average. Even if I find someone to harm the Sixth Prince, how could I find Concubine Xiang?"
The queen shook her tongue vigorously, trying to calm herself down, and answered in a deep voice.
Anyway, Xiao Luzi is dead, and Concubine Xiang doesn't have any extra evidence to prove that she was the one who did it. As long as she refuses to admit it, the emperor will probably not do anything to her.
After thinking this through, the queen became more confident.
She looked at Concubine Xiang and questioned her sternly.
"Xiangpin, you said that I forced you to do this, then why did I ask you to harm the Imperial Concubine's child? I don't have my own children, so why would I have to harm the Imperial Concubine's child?"
This is based on interests, telling the emperor that there is really no need to harm the imperial concubine's child.
After all, the emperor might not be able to guess what she was thinking, so naturally he would not think of the reason why he attacked the imperial concubine's child.
Xiangpin was naturally not a fool, and she quickly thought of how to fight back.
"My daughter Wen Yi is only a princess, so I naturally cannot imagine why the Queen would want to harm the Noble Consort's Sixth Prince. Although the Queen has no children of her own, the Third Prince grew up by her side, and Concubine Li has always followed the Queen's lead."
This statement clearly shows that the Queen harmed the Sixth Prince in order to make way for the Third Prince.
As soon as these words were spoken, the queen's expression suddenly turned ugly.
Now that the Emperor had verbally promised the Third Prince a year, she had already given up on this fool, so naturally she didn't think of this at the moment, which gave Concubine Xiang the handle.
"I think Xiangpin has a bad memory. The emperor once raised the Third Prince under the care of Nian Daying, so he can be considered as Nian Daying's son. There is really no need for me to harm the Sixth Prince for Nian Daying's child."
"What's more, as the Queen, no matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, I will be the Queen Mother, so there is no need for me to harm the Concubine's child."