Volume 1 Chapter 94 Never Visited

The former deputy commander Qin Yuanying was publicly beheaded in front of tens of thousands of imperial guards by Jiang Yue, who had recovered after the siege of the palace.

Zhu Jinxiao was promoted by Jiang Yue after Qin Yuanying's death, and was deeply trusted by Jiang Yue and Xiang Yun.

Before leaving Beijing, Xiang Yun handed over the command of the Imperial Guards to Zhen Rou just in case, so that she could be summoned whenever she was needed.

Although Zhu Jinxiao was not very capable, at least he was loyal to Xiang Yun and the royal family.

Mei Renyao was completely dumbfounded when she heard this. These imperial guards were summoned by the Queen Mother. What does this mean?

Zhen Rou glanced at Zhu Jinxiao, forced herself to smile, and said softly, "Commander Zhu, please take a rest for a while."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinxiao immediately stood up and stood aside waiting. Zhen Rou was the master and he was the minister, so naturally what Zhen Rou said was what mattered.

Then Zhen Rou's smile faded, and she looked at Mei Renyao beside her with a cold face. She pointed to the floor two meters in front of her and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Mei, go over and kneel down. I have something to ask you."

Mei Renyao shuddered suddenly and broke out in cold sweat all over her body. The meaning was very clear. The Queen had made such a big fuss, it was obvious that she was coming to deal with her.

Mei Renyao smiled bitterly in her heart: "My Majesty, my Majesty, even if I am wrong, I dare not harm you. Your Majesty's actions really chill Xiaomei to the bone~"

It’s no wonder that Zhen Rou called all the imperial guards. She was really frightened by Wang Jiaojiao’s miserable appearance. She had never imagined that the palace she was in would be so dark and terrifying!

Judging from Concubine Wang's hatred for her, Zhen Rou already had a rough idea in her mind, but she was not sure.

Mei Renyao ran over with a pale face, knelt down, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please understand. I am loyal to you and have no second thoughts. Even if my actions are not appropriate, they are all for you!"

"You are so loyal, so loyal that even I am afraid of you!" Zhen Rou asked coldly, "Did you do this to Concubine Wang?"

Mei Renyao shuddered and said quickly, "It was my servant who did it, but Concubine Wang deserved it!"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Rou angrily said, "The Concubine Wang is pregnant with a prince, how can this be considered as a deserved punishment?

You are so brave that you can even do such a heartless thing as harming Longzi. Is there anything else you dare not do? "

Mei Renyao laughed up to the sky and said, "How ridiculous! How can she be pregnant with a dragon? She is a bastard! The emperor has never touched her. There is no record of this in the Imperial Household Department. How can she have a dragon seed?"

“Your Majesty, please understand. I know that you are kind-hearted and compassionate and cannot bring yourself to do this. However, this is related to the reputation of the royal family. This kind of evil child must not be born, otherwise it will ruin the reputation of the royal family. How will the emperor save his face, and how will your face be saved!

So I took the initiative and took people to beat that evil creature to death with sticks last night, and spared Concubine Wang’s life!

"My Queen, I am helping you, the Emperor, and the royal family. What crime have I committed?"

Mei Renyao was determined to go all out. The Queen had made such a big scene, if she didn't act tough, she would not be alive today. So she had to act tough and take a gamble!

Zhu Jinxiao and the other imperial guards on the side couldn't help but look embarrassed when they heard these explosive words, as if they had heard a lot of things they shouldn't have heard.

Zhu Jinxiao was secretly groaning in his heart. Some things cannot be listened to casually. Sometimes, when you know too much, your head will be in danger.

Zhen Rou was almost furious at this moment. Was Xiaomei lying with her eyes open? Yesterday, the chief steward of the Jingshifang clearly told her that the Emperor had visited Concubine Wang and Mei Renyao was also there at that time. How could she say such words now?

Zhen Rou always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what it was, so she said coldly: "Do you really think I'm easy to fool? Yesterday, the chief steward of the Jingshifang clearly..."

Without waiting for Zhen Rou to finish, Mei Renyao immediately said, "If your Majesty doesn't believe me, just ask the chief steward of the Jingshifang to come over and bring a pair."

Zhen Rou frowned even more upon hearing this, and immediately looked at Zhu Jinxiao and ordered, "Please ask Commander Zhu to have someone bring the chief steward of the Jingshifang to me."

"I obey your order!" Zhu Jinxiao waved his hand, and four imperial guards left immediately. Within ten minutes, the eunuch in charge of the Jingshifang was brought over by four imperial guards.

Seeing this, he was a little nervous, but he immediately knelt down and bowed, "Hey ~ Your servant greets the Queen."

Zhen Rou asked coldly, "Let me ask you, yesterday you said that during the time when I was canonized, the Emperor had visited Concubine Wang. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, the eunuch in charge immediately glanced at Mei Renyao beside him, and saw that the other party responded to her with a reassuring look, which immediately made him feel relieved.

He just bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, I made a mistake in this matter. After returning to the Jingshifang, I immediately checked the files and found that there was no record of the emperor having visited Concubine Wang."

"Bang!" Zhen Rou slammed the table with her left hand and shouted angrily, "How dare you! Do you really think I'm a fool? Why don't you just tell the truth!"

The chief eunuch was so frightened that he immediately bowed his head and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, please understand. I really made a mistake, but the files in the Jingshifang are definitely correct. Every time the Emperor visited you or a palace maid in the harem, it was recorded. If the Emperor really visited Concubine Wang, it would have been recorded in the files. This matter cannot be false. I dare not lie to your Majesty."

Although his tone was fearful, he was actually confident in his heart. He had worked in Jingshifang for so many years and was now the general manager. It could be said that he had full control over everything in Jingshifang.

If he wanted to do something, no one would be able to detect it. Not to mention Concubine Wang, even if it was the record of the Queen's own visits, if he wanted to change it, he would be able to make people speechless.

Even records that were old could be deleted at will, and he would dare to lie even if the emperor came.

After all, he believed that the emperor, a great man who served the country and the people wholeheartedly, was busy with government affairs all day long, so how could he specially record such things?

I am afraid that if I act tough at that time, even the emperor will have to admit that he has never visited the other party. This is the Jingshifang, and at certain times, its power is terrifyingly great.

Therefore, if he took a tough stance and insisted on his fate, even the Queen would not be able to do anything to him.

But Zhen Rou was not so easily fooled, and immediately scolded: "Impossible, bring me the file!"

The chief eunuch immediately said: "Although your majesty is the queen, you still have no right to view the files of the Jingshifang. Only the emperor can."

"Bang!" A porcelain cup was thrown by Zhen Rou and hit the eunuch in charge, breaking into pieces. The porcelain fragments and tea splashed all over the eunuch.

All I heard was Zhen Rou saying in a very forceful voice: "Don't even mention that the emperor is not here, even if the emperor is in the palace, I am the queen, and I should be in charge of the affairs of the harem!

Now that Concubine Wang is seriously injured and the prince has been murdered, you are here to ask me to check the files?"

The eunuch in charge was so frightened that his face turned pale. He never expected that the queen, who was usually so gentle, would be so violent when she got angry.

"I'll ask you again, can I watch it?"

Zhen Rou's voice was very cold. The chief eunuch took a deep breath and said with courage: "Empress, this is the rule. Please don't embarrass me."

Zhen Rou's face was extremely gloomy at this time. She immediately took out her Phoenix Seal that governed the six palaces from her bosom, placed it on the table beside her, and said in a cold voice: "Commanders, take my Phoenix Seal, go to the Jingshifang, and bring the record files to me. If anyone dares to stop you, kill them without mercy!

All consequences will be borne by me alone!"

"I obey your order!" Zhu Jinxiao bowed and stepped forward to solemnly take the phoenix seal, then strode out of the room alone.

He only took away the imperial guards outside Kunning Palace, while the imperial guards in the room were still there on full alert.

He saw the complexity of the matter. The Queen was determined to get to the bottom of it, so he had to leave the Imperial Guards in the room to protect the Queen's safety to prevent Mei Renyao and the chief eunuch from becoming desperate and persecuting the Queen.

Mei Renyao, who was kneeling beside, began to panic. If there was a record in the file, what should she do?

However, the eunuch in charge was not in a hurry at all. The emperor had only been on the throne for a short time, so the file used for registration was a new booklet.

The emperor visited the harem very few times, so there was not much content on it.

After Mei Renyao came to see him last night, he re-copied the original file just in case. In the new file, there was naturally no record of Concubine Wang, and the old file had been burned by him!

Therefore, even if the queen wanted to investigate, she would not find any trace.

Not long after, Zhu Jinxiao came in holding a file. Zhen Rou hurriedly took it and looked through it, but no matter how hard she looked, there was no record of the Emperor having a visit with Concubine Wang!

If what is recorded in this file is true, could it be that the fetus in Concubine Wang's belly is really a bastard?

Zhen Rou's body softened, her mind was confused, she began to not understand, and found that many things were wrong, but she couldn't find it!

Zhen Rou closed the file with a complicated expression. Zhu Jinxiao, who was standing by, sighed inwardly when he saw this. Then he took out the Phoenix Seal and placed it on the table in front of Zhen Rou, and said slowly, "My Lady, your Phoenix Seal."

Mei Renyao heaved a sigh of relief at this moment, knowing that her bet was right, and she quickly said, "My queen, now you understand my painstaking efforts, I didn't want you to know about this, fearing that you would lose your mind, but I didn't expect..."

The chief eunuch also said: "No matter how many mistakes you make, they are all my fault. If the queen is angry, please punish me. It's all my fault that I can't remember such a small thing."

"Originally, after I discovered it, I wanted to rush over to report it to the queen early this morning, but I didn't expect that today..."

The two sang the same tune, just like an adulterous couple. Zhu Jinxiao, who was standing by, sighed in his heart: "The queen is still too young. How can she fight against these two old foxes? If His Majesty were here, the situation might be different."

Zhen Rou frowned and gently stroked her injured right arm. The lyrics sung by Wang Jiaojiao came to her mind again. She slowly closed her eyes. She had promised to give her justice!

Zhen Rou had no other options. Zhu Jinxiao could not bear to watch this any longer. After hesitating for a long time, he finally summoned up the courage to bow and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."