The Queen's face was filled with grief and sorrow: "Brother! I told you that Xiaoliu and I don't want this position. My position as Queen belongs to my sister, and the position of Crown Prince also belongs to Qing'er. Could it be that Qing'er will treat our Cao family poorly in the future?"
The empress immediately took off her phoenix crown and knelt before the emperor: "Your Majesty! I am willing to take off my hairpin and apologize! I will hand over my palace duties and will practice vegetarianism and chant Buddhist scriptures in the palace to atone for my sins!"
This was clearly agreed upon by the emperor and the empress yesterday, but today it was used as a tool for her to apologize?
The emperor couldn't speak to sabotage the emperor, so how could he speak?
The fact that he spoke up meant that he had known about this matter for a long time, but did not punish the Queen, so that the Prince was dissatisfied with him and made a fuss about it?
It was obvious that he himself had not yet informed the prince.
If the emperor spoke again at this moment, it would be like slapping himself in the face, so he wouldn't do that. He also thought the prince did a great job!
Xie Qing didn't even give the emperor a chance to speak. He looked at the empress with a half-smile on his face: "Empress, you assassinated an important official of the court and the Crown Princess. Is it enough for you to apologize?"
Seeing that the emperor remained silent, the clan leader of the Imperial Clan Court stood up. He was the head of the royal family, and if this matter was considered a family matter, it would be his responsibility to speak out. "Your Highness, this is your stepmother after all. She raised you. Treating her like this is against filial piety."
"Filial piety?" Xie Qing looked at Zong Ling and raised the corner of his lips. "Gu, you are the crown prince, and your future is related to the Great Zhou. Changping is the crown princess of the Great Zhou, and your future is also related to the Great Zhou. There is no father and son in the royal family. Zong Ling, are you going to talk to me about filial piety?"
Zong Ling didn't expect to be blocked by Xie Qing's words. He looked at the emperor for help.
The emperor raised his eyelids and was about to speak when the sixth prince rushed in. Seeing the queen's dejected back, he pounced on her.
Xie Qing frowned and looked at the Sixth Prince. He didn't want the Sixth Prince to be involved, so he specifically asked Xiao Luzi to find a way to get the person away. Unexpectedly, he came back again.
The Sixth Prince glanced at Xie Qing and didn't beg him or Qin Wan. He just knelt before the Queen and said, "Mother! You don't have to take all the blame on yourself! It was all done by your son! It was all done by your son!"
The Queen shuddered, and she turned around and glared at the Sixth Prince fiercely, "What nonsense are you talking about! What do you know?! Your uncle did this, and neither you nor I knew about it! But I am responsible for the negligence! That's why I apologize! Don't talk nonsense!"
The queen looked up at Xie Qing. If the Sixth Prince didn't come, she would take responsibility for the matter. After a year or two, she would slowly and steadily work on it and would definitely be able to restore her position.
Who knew that the Sixth Prince would come out? Fearing that the Sixth Prince would be implicated, the Queen could only shift the focus of the matter: "I know what you are planning. You hate me. When you were little, I treated you very well. But when Little Six was born, I was too busy to pay attention to you and neglected you. That's why you have always held a grudge against me. I don't blame you. I only hate that I didn't control my family well and fell for your trick!"
"Your Majesty, it seems you won't give up until you reach the Yellow River."
Xie Qing was confident. He lowered his eyes to look at the Sixth Prince and sighed, "Xiao Liu, you shouldn't have come."
The Fourth Prince was enjoying the show, so what was the point of the Sixth Prince taking the blame? As long as the Queen was still around, the Sixth Prince would be able to turn things around. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed the Sixth Prince: "Sixth brother! Don't be confused!"
He was afraid that the Sixth Prince would say something else, so he whispered in his ear, "Mother has been in the palace for so many years, how could she not have a plan? Speaking now would only add to the chaos!"
The Sixth Prince swallowed his words immediately. He stared blankly at the Fourth Prince, then at the Queen. He saw that she had stopped standing up straight. She was not the one who had just come in. She was full of dejected air. He seemed to understand something and lowered his head without saying a word.
Is he wrong?
The emperor looked at the Sixth Prince and sighed deeply. This son had been raised too innocently, sensible and simple, which only made him more miserable. He shook his head and looked at Xie Qing: "Prince, it seems you have something else to say?"
Xie Qing looked around and decided to give the emperor some dignity: "Father, let everyone go."
The emperor was a little confused, but he still asked everyone to leave.
Although the clan members wanted to stay and watch the fun, unfortunately they ran away very quickly.
Qin Zhan and Qin Sheng looked at Qin Wan, nodded slightly to her, and turned to leave.
The Sixth Prince didn't want to leave, but was dragged away by the Fourth Prince. At this moment, he was the good brother who cared about and loved his younger brother.
Qin Wan had no intention of staying. In the palace, the less she knew, the safer she was. She watched the concubines and princes leave, then stood up and said, "Father, I am a little tired, so I will take my leave first."
The emperor looked at Xie Qing, and seeing that he didn't stop Qin Wan, he let her go.
Qin Wan wanted to go back to sleep directly, but after thinking about it, she decided to stay outside.
When only the three of them and Eunuch Zhang were left in the hall, the emperor said to Xie Qing, "If you have anything to say, please speak."
Xie Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Let Xiaoliu come in, so that he won't get into trouble again if he doesn't know the inside story."
Eunuch Zhang went out to call the Sixth Prince in. Smartly, he did not go in, but closed the main hall door and stood guard at the gate with Qin Wan.
Xie Qing looked at the queen who had straightened her back and sat back down, and said, "Before I say anything, please call someone over first."
The emperor didn't know what he was up to: "Go ahead and yell."
The Queen was certain that Xie Qing had no evidence or witnesses. She remained calm and said, "I don't understand why the Crown Prince hates me so much. Xiaoliu is my own flesh and blood, so it's normal for me to be biased. But I raised you well and nurtured you. What you're doing now, is it repaying kindness with enmity, or is it unfilial and unfaithful?"
Xie Qing didn't say another word: "When the person comes, you will know."
In just two quarters of an hour, the door of the hall was pushed open.
The sun was shining brightly at this time, and the strong light from the door made it impossible to see the face of the visitor. However, the queen's heart suddenly jumped, and she stood up unconsciously. When she realized her gaffe, she sat down again.
The visitor entered the hall alone, walked to the center and knelt down: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty, to the Empress, to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and to His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince."
The emperor only then saw the man clearly. He was middle-aged, elegant, and looked somewhat familiar. He frowned and asked, "Have I seen you before?"
The visitor kowtowed again and said, "My surname is Wang."
"Mr. Wang?" The emperor remembered that there was a scholar who once lived in the Cao family and served as an enlightenment teacher for the children of the Cao family. At that time, he had not yet married the Empress Yuan and had met Mr. Wang once or twice.
The emperor immediately thought of the queen, and he didn't want to think in that direction, but Xie Qing dispersed everyone and wanted to overthrow the queen, so he only had one trump card.
The emperor's eyes instantly turned cold. He gripped the armrest and looked at Xie Qing: "Why did you call him here?"
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