Chapter 81 Entering the Palace and Killing the Queen

"How dare you break into the palace at night?" The Queen looked at Lan Shu with shock on her face. "You are truly rude, ignorant, and lawless."

Lan Shu laughed from the bottom of her chest, "How can I kill you if I don't enter the palace?"

"You still dare to kill me?"

Over the years in the palace, she was respected and admired by everyone. Even though the emperor had deposed her as queen, the queen still felt that she was superior to everyone else and that no one dared to infringe upon her.

She found Lan Shu's words unbelievable, "I am the queen. Even if you kill me, you can't escape."

He said this, but his body instinctively stepped back.

"Then why do you think I was able to come in so easily? This is the imperial palace."

Lan Shu approached her step by step, her expression calm, "If someone let me in to kill you, they will also let me out."

The queen subconsciously thought of the emperor, but was unwilling to admit it.

"Impossible, His Majesty will not kill me, otherwise he will send me to the cold palace. He can't and dare not."

"Why shouldn't he dare? He can depose you from the throne and kill you." Lan Shu glanced at the bed curtains and drew a thin blade from her waist.

A cold light flashed before the queen's eyes, and the bed curtain was cut into several strips by Lan Shu.

Lan Shu slowly tied the strips of cloth into a long piece and pulled it to confirm whether it was tied tightly enough.

Then he threw the cloth strip onto the beam, grabbed both ends of the cloth strip and tied a knot.

Her slow and unhurried movements made the Queen's scalp tingle.

The queen turned around suddenly and tried to escape, but a dagger blocked her way.

Wei Qingyan had an expressionless face and looked at the queen with cold eyes, who was like a frog in a well. Her pampered life had limited her horizons to the world of the imperial palace.

She and Auntie are both standing here, why do you think they won't kill her?

I feel a little relieved that my aunt chose to leave.

"Move aside." The Queen shrank back, then raised her chin and said in a trembling voice, "Move aside! If you kill me today, aren't you afraid that my son will avenge me in the future and kill all your clans?"

"Then let your son die with you." Wei Qingyan pressed the dagger against the queen's heart, his face cold. "You killed my aunt's son, so it's only natural that you should use your son to pay for your life."

She paused briefly, her dark eyes fixed on the Queen without blinking, her voice as cold as a curse from hell, "Besides, 20,000 National Defense Army soldiers are still waiting for him to pay with his life."

"What do you mean?" The queen's face turned pale instantly.

She suddenly stopped backing away, her eyes bulging as she stared at Wei Qingyan, "What do you mean? What does the National Protection Army have to do with my son? He knows nothing. Don't even think of throwing dirty water on him."

Wei Qingyan said nothing, just stared at her.

The queen's knees couldn't help shaking.

She was born as the pampered daughter of the Xie family. She became the Crown Princess when she got married and served as the Queen for many years. She always looked down on everyone, but today, she didn't dare to meet the eyes of the woman in front of her.

She turned her eyes and looked at Lan Shu, "Don't do anything reckless. This is the imperial palace, and my son is the crown prince. If you dare to touch him, there will be no place for you in this world."

Lan Shu and Wei Qingyan looked at each other, and both of them had a slight smile on their lips. No one said a word, but they tacitly grabbed one of the queen's arms and hung the queen directly on the cloth strip tied by Lan Shu.

The queen struggled hard, but the more she struggled, the tighter her neck became.

At the moment of her death, she really believed that Lan Shu would kill her and that the emperor really wanted her life, otherwise, how could no one notice the movement in the cold palace.

Even if the Queen Mother didn't care about her, the Crown Prince would not fail to send someone to guard outside.

It must be the emperor who held them back.

She was released when her brain was deprived of oxygen and she was almost suffocating.

"Xie Yunmian, from the moment I decided to follow him into the palace, I knew he had a fiancée, and I also knew that I couldn't be his only woman.

Therefore, I have never thought of monopolizing him. He has also fulfilled his duties as a husband and has never neglected you, but you target me everywhere.

You are a lady from a rich family, and you should know better than me that it is impossible for him to be the only one with his status. But in the name of loving him, you cannot tolerate anyone else around him.

To win my favor, you targeted me. I can tolerate it and I will fight back, but you should never harm my child."

Lan Shu kicked a stool under the cloth and hung the queen's neck under the cloth again, "Xie Yunmian, you are too greedy. You want a man's undivided love and the position of supreme queen.

There is no such thing as having the best of both worlds. Look, if I weren't there, there would be someone else. In these twenty years, you still haven't been able to get his wholehearted love.

Now that you have died as a deposed queen, you are not even worthy of being buried with him. Your whole life of planning has ended up being nothing but a joke."

The queen finally caught her breath, her legs still weak, but she had to grab the cloth strips on the beam to keep herself steady on the stool.

Because there was a dagger pressed against her back.

Reason told her that she should remain silent at this moment and try to delay until the prince or the queen mother discovered the situation and rescued her.

But Lan Shu's words broke her heart, and she couldn't help but retort, "I'm not kidding. My son will bury us together. He will definitely bury us together."

"You killed my two children. I only spared your son's life, which is already a bargain for you and your son. How could you be so naive as to think that I would let him live and ascend the throne?"

Lan Shu slowly walked up to her and kicked the stool under the Queen's feet, "Are you thinking that Shi Jin and the Queen Mother will protect the Prince?

Now think about it, since Shi Jin and the others let me in to kill you, they must have thought that the prince would know the truth one day. Aren’t they afraid that the prince would hate them?

Or, in fact, Shi Jin had never thought of letting the prince succeed to the throne. The reason your son was able to sit on that position was just the rule left by the late emperor, that the prince should be the eldest legitimate son.

He has more than one son like you. If he doesn't like you, how can he like your son more?

Perhaps after you and your son are gone, he will soon marry another queen and have another legitimate son. After all, he is now in his prime.

The Xie family might object, but what if he marries another girl from the Xie family?"

These words were like dense needles piercing the queen's heart, causing her great pain and irritation.

"You're talking nonsense... His Majesty has high hopes for my son... He personally taught my son how to govern the country..." The queen grabbed the cloth strips with both hands and kicked around, trying to find a foothold.

Lan Shu kicked the stool back to her feet and sneered, "Personally teach the policy of governing the country? Then why are you still so stupid? You don't seem to have the wisdom of a crown prince, let alone the authority of a crown prince. You are far worse than Shi Jin back then.

Xie Yunmian, before you die, it’s time to wake up from your dream.

The queen finally stood still, breathing heavily, but she didn't dare to relax her hands, for fear that Lan Shu would kick the stool away again.

Lan Shu only gave her a moment to breathe, then kicked the stool away again. Wei Qingyan kicked it back, and Lan Shu kicked it away again. This repeated four or five times.

The fear of death and lack of strength completely broke the queen, "Lan Shu, what do you want?

What if you kill me? If you kill me, your child will not survive. If you kill me, you will not be able to go back to him.

I can't get him, and neither can you. You can't kill my son. Even if the emperor really doesn't like my son as you said, you can't kill my son.

He won’t do anything to my son for you, he doesn’t dare to do anything unless everyone dies, everyone dies…”