Xie Qing said without hesitation: "I used to treat you as my biological mother and aunt."
He slowly stood up, his eyes calmly looking at the Queen. "I will not settle the old scores with my mother. I will just consider it as repayment for your kindness in raising me. Now let's settle the matter. The night before last, my Crown Princess was assassinated in the Xuanwu Marquis's mansion."
On the eve of the wedding, assassins attacked the Marquis Xuanwu's mansion at night. Although it happened in the second half of the night, the commotion was too loud and many people knew about it. They were all guessing who was the mastermind behind it. Unexpectedly, the prince revealed it!
It’s actually the queen!
And it was revealed on such a happy day!
So exciting!
The clan members looked at the prince and the queen with sparkling eyes, waiting for their confrontation.
Several princes also became excited and wanted to see the Sixth Prince's reaction, only to find that the Sixth Prince was not there!
The emperor looked at the empress. Before dawn today, the empress had been waiting outside the Qianqing Palace, begging to attend today's ceremony.
She is the queen, and it would be against etiquette if she didn't come out. What's more, the Sixth Prince still has to behave himself.
The emperor allowed her to come out of consideration for the Sixth Prince, but he didn't expect the Crown Prince to take action first.
The emperor ignored the queen's pleading look, turned his head away and drooped his eyelids, as if he was in a trance, and his attitude was very obvious.
How could the Queen admit it! She was panicking inside, but on the surface she remained calm: "It's not me, it must be someone else who can't stand us getting along well, and wants to sow discord and destroy our relationship. Qing'er, don't believe it."
"The Queen should just call me Prince. It sounds better to me." Xie Qing frowned and then clapped his hands: "If the Queen doesn't believe it, I have witnesses here."
Qin Zhan and Qin Sheng, along with the East Palace guards, dragged several assassins into the hall.
Several lines of blood followed the assassin's feet and meandered all the way to the front of the hall.
Qin Zhan and Qin Sheng knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to the Queen, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess."
The emperor then raised his eyelids, looked at the assassins, and said calmly: "The Crown Prince is investigating the Empress and assassinating the Crown Princess. Do you know that this is a false accusation?"
"Your servants know that without solid evidence, we would never dare to report to the emperor." Qin Zhan said. He was also surprised when he received the news sent by Xiao Luzi. Didn't they say they would talk about it after some time?
But since Xie Qing said he would start the attack today, then today is the day! He presented all the evidence, including the confession: "This is the confession, and this is the physical evidence."
The confession is not important. What is important is the physical evidence. It is a token given by the queen, with her words engraved on it.
The Queen's face changed slightly. The confession could be said to have been extracted under torture, but the possessions could not. She immediately made a decision and passed the buck to others: "I have some old belongings at my parents' home. They must have been using my name to act!"
The emperor looked at the queen and said, "Then tell the father-in-law and the uncle of the emperor to come here."
After the emperor finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and stopped talking.
Eunuch Zhang immediately sent someone to deliver the message.
The Queen looked at Xie Qing, heartbroken: "I was so good to you in the past, and you actually want to kill me!"
Xie Qing curled his lips and asked someone to bring chairs for Qin Wan and Qin Zhan to sit on: "Your Majesty, I just want to stay alive."
The chair was brought over, Xie Qing adjusted the cushions, and said to Qin Wan, "Sit down."
Qin Wan was indeed tired, so she sat down without any pretense or excuses.
She was sitting right between the Emperor and the Empress, and the Emperor smoothly handed her a cup of tea: "Have some?"
Qin Wan took it with a smile: "Thank you, father."
"Give me some more snacks." When the emperor saw the fatigue on Qin Wan's face, he knew that they must have been very busy last night, so his precious grandson must be on the way. He was in a very good mood.
A low table was quickly placed in front of Qin Wan, with a pile of tea, snacks, and bird's nests on it.
Qin Wan took a sip of the bird's nest and stuffed a piece of dessert into Xie Qing's mouth.
The affection that the couple displayed invisibly really made others jealous.
As a concubine, Lu Linglong had to pay her respects to the head of her palace, Consort Li, and then to the Empress before coming to the Palace of Purity. She woke up early in the morning with a growling stomach. Seeing Qin Wan eating happily over there, she ran over, picked up the plate and started eating: "I'm hungry too, I want to eat something too."
This move shocked everyone!
Even Eunuch Zhang, who was always quick to react, only realized what was happening when Lu Linglong swallowed a piece of dessert. He quickly called out, "Hurry and drag her away! What nonsense!"
The emperor scowled: "Who taught her the rules?"
Consort Li quickly stepped forward to apologize, "Your Majesty, I was inconsiderate. When I return, I will have someone teach her the proper manners."
The emperor waved his hand, no longer bothering to hide his annoyance with Lu Linglong.
How could Li Zhaoyi dare to stay here and watch the fun? She quickly took Lu Linglong out.
Lu Linglong felt very wronged. After swallowing the snack in her mouth with great difficulty, she questioned Li Zhaoyi with confidence: "I'm just hungry. Why can she eat? And why can't I? You all don't eat, just to save face, so you won't let me eat?"
"Just shut up!" Consort Li turned around and slapped her. Seeing that she was still holding the plate, she was extremely impressed. "How did you grow up in the Lu family? Didn't you get killed by your sisters?"
Even though Lu Linglong was being held by two young eunuchs, she was still proud. "How could they be as smart as me? My grandmother loves me so much! They didn't dare to mess with me. Back then, my sister-in-law, oh, the Crown Princess was still my sister-in-law. She was also very kind to me. She always responded to my requests. If I hadn't entered the palace in such a hurry, I would have been able to pack up several loads of my things."
Consort Li asked the question she had long wanted to ask: "So, how did you get into the palace?"
Lu Linglong had never thought about this question before. She thought about it again and again, and was about to speak when she saw the father-in-law and the uncle of the emperor hurried over.
When the two men saw Consort Li, they saluted from a distance.
Li Zhaoyi nodded slightly. Seeing that Lu Linglong didn't say anything, she thought she was unwilling to tell her, so she snorted and turned away.
In the main hall, a plate of snacks was placed in front of Qin Wan. She had finished drinking the bird's nest, so she took another piece of snack and ate it. Only after she was full did she feel satisfied.
Cao Guozhang and Cao Guojiu also arrived at the right time. After greeting each other, Cao Guojiu saw the assassins kneeling on the ground and immediately knelt down to confess his guilt: "I am guilty!"
Before the emperor could speak, the queen hurriedly said, "What crime have you committed? Tell the truth!"
Uncle Cao looked at Qin Wan with resentment: "The Crown Prince has always been unlearned and unskillful. Ever since he got engaged to Miss Qin, he has started to make progress! It would be great if he could continue to be a foolish Crown Prince! Then he could abdicate the throne to the Sixth Prince, and our Cao family could rise to a higher level!"
"You bastard!" Cao Guozhang swung his arm and slapped Cao Guojiu in the face: "I told you long ago! Don't get involved in this! You insisted on following your sister's lead in making trouble!"
"I was being ridiculous. The Crown Prince is uneducated and unlearned. Is he waiting for the throne to be inherited by other princes? If I don't pave the way for the Sixth Prince earlier, am I waiting for our Cao family to be defeated?!" Uncle Cao didn't think he was wrong.
Cao Guozhang knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty! I am guilty of not teaching my children well!"
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