Before Minister Jiang could make a decision, her confidant stumbled in.
"My lord, this is bad."
Without even the slightest chance to salute, she raised her hand and pointed outside, "Commander Huang is coming with the Imperial Guard, along with a man holding a child."
"What did you say?"
Minister Jiang was completely thrown into disarray.
She forced herself to calm down, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
Didn’t the person sent out say that Huang Feiyu had left the palace? When she thought of this, her eyes widened suddenly.
Huang Feiyu was teasing her on purpose, but in fact he never really left the imperial capital.
But how could she know his plan?
"I saw it clearly. What should I do now?"
The confidant was a little confused.
Minister Jiang thought for a moment, then quickly walked towards Feng Qingqing, grabbed her, and put the sword across her neck.
"Calm down first, there's a shield here."
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps approached the door. Huang Feiyu came in with a group of imperial guards and surrounded the people in the imperial study.
Empress Xian and several others followed closely behind.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Yu Yiluo got down from Qian Jue's arms and ran towards Empress Xian.
"Mom is fine, where's Luo'er?"
"Luo'er is fine. With Commander Huang clearing the way, Luo'er and I can travel freely."
Qian Jue spoke out.
"Mr. Qian, please go and see the emperor first."
After Huang Feiyu finished speaking, he looked at Minister Jiang who was surrounded in the center.
"Minister Jiang, what are you doing? Why don't you put down your sword?"
Jiang Shangshu remained calm and looked around at the surrounding imperial guards. "The Crown Princess poisoned the Emperor. I learned of this and risked my life entering the palace to protect him. I didn't expect to be late."
As she spoke, her expression became sad.
"It was my fault that I failed to protect the emperor and let the princess succeed."
"Yeah?"
Huang Feiyu sneered, "Since it was the princess who planned to murder the emperor, how did you know about it?"
"Of course, it was the princess who told me. She wanted to conspire with me, but I refused, so she took matters into her own hands. The reason I had my people disguised as imperial guards was to protect the emperor."
"You're talking nonsense," Feng Qingqing retorted loudly, "You want to clear yourself now? You're dreaming."
Minister Jiang gave Feng Qingqing a warning look, then turned to Huang Feiyu.
"Commander Huang, you really have misunderstood. Lord Ling is close to the Emperor. You can ask her. It was the Crown Princess who murdered the Emperor. As the Minister of State, I eat the Emperor's salary. What's wrong with wanting to avenge the Emperor?"
"Besides, if the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty just like the common people. She can't be innocent just because she is the princess, right?"
As she spoke with a righteous look on her face, Qian Jue chuckled and put away the silver needle in his hand.
"Minister Jiang, who told you that the queen was dead?"
After hearing this, Minister Jiang subconsciously thought that these people were trying to trick her, but when he tilted his head slightly, he found that the empress, who had been lying on the table, had actually stood up as if nothing had happened.
Minister Jiang suppressed his disbelief, but heard Feng Qingqing, who was being held hostage by her, say in a cheerful voice, "Minister Jiang, are you surprised?"
She was selfish, but she was also a human being. She saw how good the Queen was to her, so she temporarily replaced the poison with a sleeping pill before poisoning her.
【You still have a trace of conscience.】
Yu Yiluo glanced at Feng Qingqing with some surprise.
The queen rubbed her temples and looked at the scene in the imperial study, feeling a little confused.
"What's going on?"
Seeing that she was fine, Ling Le excitedly ran to her side and said, "I'm glad that your Majesty is okay."
She explained the whole story, and the Queen stood up with an indecipherable expression and walked towards Feng Qingqing.
Feng Qingqing looked at the empress coming over and lowered her eyes.
"Do you think the emperor will let you go if you show mercy?"
Minister Jiang sneered, thinking Feng Qingqing was ridiculously stupid.
"Why are you plotting against me?"
The Queen ignored Huang Feiyu's obstruction, walked to a place not far from Minister Jiang, stood in front of her and asked Feng Qingqing.
Before Feng Qingqing could speak, Minister Jiang said, "Your Majesty, you still don't understand? Because she is not your child."
"Shut up. I'll talk about my business. You don't need to tell me."
Feng Qingqing retorted to Minister Jiang, raised her eyes, and met the empress's clear and bright eyes, "Because I am not your child."
Now that a beginning has been made, all the things that we were unwilling to face before can be easily said out loud at this moment.
"It was Minister Jiang who deliberately revealed my identity. She is my biological mother. She used my identity to threaten me and made me attack you."
"You don't have to be intimidated by me. To be frank, you also want to sit in that position sooner rather than later. Don't act like I'm forcing you."
Minister Jiang snorted coldly, "If you don't have such thoughts in your mind, will my threats be of any use to you?"
"Shut up, it's not your turn to interrupt us."
After Feng Qingqing finished scolding, she looked at the Queen.
"I was afraid that you would kill me after you knew my identity, so I thought of murdering you and then killing Minister Jiang, so that no one would know my identity anymore."
"Who said no one knows?"
Yu Yiluo smiled and said, "I know."
The Queen turned to look at Yu Yiluo, her face showing surprise, "Luo'er, how did you know?"
"She and the princess are from Tianqi. The emperor doesn't know yet, right?"
The Queen did not show the shock expression that Minister Jiang expected, but smiled instead.
"I'm not surprised at all. There's no such coincidence in the world."
"Didn't the Imperial Aunt receive a letter before?"
"Was the letter sent by Luo'er?"
Yu Yiluo nodded, "That's right, when the Second Princess went to Tianqi, I wanted to give you a gift, but you didn't take it seriously at all."
"How did the little princess deliver it?"
The Prime Minister asked curiously, "The Dali Temple was busy for more than half a month, but in the end, they couldn't find anything."
The queen heard the familiar voice and looked suddenly at the prime minister.
Isn’t the Prime Minister under control?
She subconsciously felt that this matter was related to Yu Yiluo, and turned her gaze to Yu Yiluo again.
"It's simple. The letter was delivered by a bird. As for the Prime Minister, I replaced her medicine, so she's fine."
Yu Yiluo showed a few of her baby teeth, with a cute and adorable look on her face.
Queen: “…”
No wonder he insisted on playing with the medicine bottle that day.
"I've heard of the name of the little Princess Tianqi for a long time. She's really capable."
Minister Jiang snorted, and it was unclear whether it was sarcasm or praise.
"That's right," Yu Yiluo accepted the words directly. "Minister Jiang, do you still not understand why you failed?"
Minister Jiang said nothing, waiting for her to continue.
"Because your every move is under my surveillance."
Minister Jiang retorted subconsciously, "Impossible! I've avoided the Emperor's surveillance. Do you and Concubine Xian have helpers in Li Country?"
"Luo'er can control beasts, so you won't be able to detect the birds watching you."
Empress Xian chuckled, "Didn't the news that the tiger you sent was tamed by Luo'er and became a pet spread back to Li Kingdom?"
"So that's how it is," taking advantage of the moment when everyone was relaxed, Minister Jiang's brows suddenly became fierce, he pulled out the sword that was across Feng Qingqing's neck, turned the sword tip, and stabbed it straight at the empress.
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