Chapter 491 Who doesn’t want to be the queen?

"Li Yao, you are so brave!"

Qin Yuwei pointed out the names bluntly, each word sounding powerful.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country and the son of His Majesty. How can you use him to swear an oath?!"

She turned around, saluted, and said to Yan Xiuyun:

“Your Majesty, the fact that Concubine Rong can say such things shows that she has a vicious mind.

As the Crown Prince's stepmother, she has absolutely no human feelings at all!

If such a vicious person stays in the palace, there will be endless troubles. "

"Your Majesty, you must believe me, Your Majesty!"

Li Yao started crying again.

"The queen is having an affair with someone. This is not something I have said out of thin air. And I don't know whose bastard the prince is!!!"

"Shut up!" Yan Xiuyun finally spoke.

He stood up and looked down at Li Yao, his eyes full of disgust.

Li Yao begged desperately, kneeling forward and trying to grab his dragon robe, but Yan Xiuyun kicked it away, as if he was afraid that it would be contaminated by her.

Yan Xiuyun's gaze fell on Tongyun and his voice was cold.

"This man betrayed his master and fabricated evidence to defame the queen. His crime is extremely heinous. Drag him out and beat him to death."

"Your Majesty, it was Concubine Rong who asked me to do this. The Queen is innocent and has never done anything like what Concubine Rong said...

Queen, it is my fault. I have let you down... I will repay you in my next life by working like a slave..."

Tongyun was in tears and kowtowed hard on the ground, and was soon dragged away.

"Bitch!" Li Yao didn't expect Tongyun to turn against the queen and speak for her before her death, so she cursed.

Dong Lanxin closed her eyes, hiding the trace of pity in her eyes.

"The queen has been wronged, please stand up."

Yan Xiuyun walked forward, personally helped Dong Lanxin up, and sat her back in her seat.

Yan Xiuyun also sat down again, his dark eyes falling on Li Yao.

For a moment, everyone felt as if a dark cloud was pressing down on their heads, and they all lowered their eyes and kept silent.

"Rong Fei committed treason, spread rumors, and slandered the Queen.

From now on, you will be demoted to a talented person and confined to Jingxin Garden. You are not allowed to leave without permission."

Li Yao seemed to have his soul taken away from him and fell to the ground.

Although Jingxin Garden is not a cold palace, it is also an extremely remote and desolate place in the harem.

I cannot leave without permission... This means that unless His Majesty wants to see me, I will die of old age in that small courtyard for the rest of my life...

Li Yao's eyes went dark and he fainted immediately.

Yan Xiuyun ordered people to carry her away, and then comforted Dong Lanxin with a few words. At the same time, he warned all the concubines to take Li Yao as a warning and not to cause trouble again.

"I still have some things to deal with in the previous dynasty. Queen, please have a good rest. I will send some rewards over.

Well, let's all go our separate ways."

After Yan Xiuyun finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Qin Yuwei took a step forward and said softly:

"Your Majesty, the Queen has suffered such a disaster today for no reason, and I am sure she must be very upset for a while.

I want to stay and talk to my sister."

"Okay." Yan Xiuyun nodded to her and walked out of Fengyi Palace.

…

After everyone left, only Qin Yuwei and Dong Lanxin were left in Fengyi Palace.

Dong Lanxin's face was still a little pale, but she suddenly revealed a smile that showed she had been saved from a desperate situation.

Qin Yuwei just sat opposite her and looked at her quietly without saying a word.

After an unknown amount of time, Dong Lanxin finally raised her head and said to Qin Yuwei:

"It seems that I was right about you, and you saved my life again.

But the imitation of that handkerchief was so lifelike that even I thought... Hehe, how did you detect the clues?"

Qin Yuwei's face showed no joy or relief. She only lowered her eyes and said:

“If the queen really gave Commander Xiao the handkerchief embroidered with the love poem before she came to the capital, according to what Tongyun said, she didn’t dare to give the handkerchief away because she was afraid that the affair between the queen and Commander Xiao would be exposed and implicate the Dong family.

Your Majesty, think about it, if Tongyun was really scared, the safest way would be to burn the handkerchief as soon as she got it. Why would she hide it?

It doesn't make sense to leave trouble for yourself."

Dong Lanxin nodded slowly. Indeed, she was confused just now and failed to think of this.

Qin Yuwei continued:

"If Tongyun had been planning to harm the Majesty since ten years ago, she would have deliberately hidden the handkerchief in order to harm the Majesty.

Then, all the court officials knew that Dong and Li were not on good terms, and Tongyun could find an opportunity to give the embroidered handkerchief to any member of the Li family as evidence to overthrow the empress.

But she waited for ten years, and only handed over the evidence when the Li family came to her in person.

This is also unreasonable.”

"So that's why you concluded that the embroidered handkerchief must have been a temporary forgery?" Dong Lan thought to herself.

Qin Yuwei nodded.

Dong Lanxin looked at her, her smile growing wider, her eyes filled with undisguised admiration and amazement.

"I really admire your judgment and thoughtfulness.

If one day you want the position of Queen, I am afraid I will not be able to compete with you."

When saying this, Dong Lanxin's eyes were clear and she was very frank.

She understood that if Qin Yuwei had any intention of harming her, she would naturally get into huge trouble if she just stood by and watched.

Qin Yuwei said calmly:

"Who in this harem doesn't want to be the queen?

It’s just that I am a person who likes to distinguish between gratitude and resentment clearly.

When I first entered the Eastern Palace, I had no one to rely on. Although I had some means and ideas, I was ultimately limited by my background, and was often criticized and plotted against behind my back.

It was thanks to the care of the Empress that I have come this far.

I will never forget this friendship."

Qin Yuwei pondered for a moment and lowered her voice a bit, "It's just... Although the rumors have been suppressed this time, there is no guarantee that His Majesty will not think too much about the matter between the Queen and Commander Xiao. It's not time to rest easy yet."

"I understand." Dong Lanxin sighed lightly and then heard Yan Ning's voice.

"Mother, mother, what happened?"

Yan Ning ran all the way to Fengyi Palace and said that he had just left the study and heard that something happened in Fengyi Palace.

He fell into Dong Lanxin's arms, panting. He looked up and saw Dong Lanxin's haggard face, and he couldn't help but panic:

"Did the Queen Mother cry? Why did the Emperor blame her for something?"

Dong Lanxin hugged her son and comforted him, telling him not to worry.

Qin Yuwei stood up and said, "The prince is back, so I will go back first."

"Yeah." Dong Lanxin nodded to her, and Yan Ning also stood up and saluted Qin Yuwei sensibly.

He lowered his head slightly, and a hint of maturity that did not match his age flashed across his childish face.