Chapter 13 How about confessing my crime to His Majesty first?

Emperor Wen Zhao's idea was very simple. He just wanted to gather everyone together and let Xiaojiu stay in front of everyone for a while.

If Xiaojiu knew who wanted to harm her, she would definitely talk it out with the man named Tongtong. Then, everyone would know the answer. Why bother guessing here?

Even though Xiaojiu and Tongtong don't know who wants to harm her yet, now that everyone has heard their conversation, it is estimated that the person who wants to harm Xiaojiu will restrain himself and dare not harm Xiaojiu again.

Besides, he had some idea of ​​what was going on in the harem. He was afraid that by that time, everyone would be busy with their own affairs and would have no time to harm others.

He had never paid much attention to Rupin and her daughter before, but when he saw them today, he realized that his Xiaojiu was such a lovely child.

He was really negligent in the past. He should be nicer to his Xiaojiu in the future.

Emperor Wen Zhao's proposal may be described as simple and crude, but it is the quickest method.

The Empress and the Royal Consort were both stunned. They looked at each other and saw that they had the same idea in their minds and did not approve of His Majesty's action.

At least, not so fast.

To be honest, among those who have survived safely in this palace, few have completely clean hands.

The emperor was obsessed with beauty and liked new things but disliked old ones. As a woman in the harem, if she didn't use some tricks and schemes, she would soon be forgotten.

At the very least, she would be like Concubine Ru, who was squeezed into a corner and lived an unfavored life. She would not get any good things and would not be able to share any good things. Even her own child, no matter how adorable she was, was almost forgotten by the emperor.

In serious cases, even life is lost.

If we gather everyone together now, it would be like exposing the darkness without any fig leaf at all.

Of course, the Queen and the Royal Consort were willing to listen to other people's secrets being exposed, but what were they to do?

Your Majesty would not think that the two of them were able to fight their way out of the siege and sit in their current positions because of their beauty and kindness.

They both have good looks, but kindness...

They did exist, but they were almost completely consumed by this cannibalistic palace. There are only a few left, and they only treat their own people well.

Thinking about the bloody battles in the past, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine became a little nervous.

Otherwise, should they confess their crimes to His Majesty first?

After all, if Your Majesty really investigates some old matters, it is very likely that they will be killed.

You don't have to confess the details yet, but at least give His Majesty a hint so that he can be mentally prepared, in case he finds out from Xiaojiu and Tongtong later and gets too shocked.

The two sisters looked at each other again, and with the tacit understanding they had had for many years, they understood each other's thoughts. They nodded to each other, stood up from their chairs, walked to Emperor Wen Zhao, knelt down, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, I am guilty."

Emperor Wen Zhao was pondering over the strangeness of Xiaojiu, but he had no idea that in just a short while, a storm had already broken out in the minds of his empress and royal concubine, causing a huge uproar.

Seeing the two men kneeling down to apologize solemnly, he was shocked and hurriedly stood up to help them: "Hey, what happened? If you have something to say, get up and talk."

The Empress and the Royal Consort kowtowed again and said they dared not stand up.

The Queen said in a stern voice: "Your Majesty, I was young and impetuous before, and I made some mistakes. I dare not ask for your forgiveness. Since I was deposed, I have moved to the cold palace."

As she spoke, she took off the phoenix hairpin on her head and held it in front of Your Majesty with both hands, with a sad expression and a sorrowful look in her eyes: "Your Majesty, this was put on my head by you personally that year. Now I return it to you."

"The mistakes I made were all my fault. My children were still young at the time. I hope Your Majesty will consider our relationship as husband and wife and not be angry with them."

After saying this, he raised the phoenix hairpin high above his head with both hands and waited quietly for his decision.

The Empress had always been stable, but when she suddenly behaved like this, Emperor Wen Zhao realized that the situation might be a little serious. The mistakes she mentioned must not be petty quarrels caused by jealousy.

But the two knew each other when they were young, and they have been childhood sweethearts and have been together for many years. The Queen has been a witness and companion to his difficult journey, and the feelings between the two are not comparable to those of ordinary people.

Besides, a kind person cannot command an army. If the master of the harem does not have a temper and some means, how can she control so many people?

Therefore, even if she went too far and made mistakes in handling certain matters, she had to be the empress, and only her, and no one else.

If this matter were put aside under normal circumstances, Emperor Wen Zhao would certainly have inquired about it carefully since the Empress had apologized so solemnly. But at the moment, he was anxious to listen to the conversation between Tong Tong and Xiao Jiu and had no interest in anything else.

He helped the queen up with both hands: "It's okay, it's all in the past, I won't pursue it anymore."

The queen retreated to advance. This result was within her expectations, but she still pretended to be moved to tears and choked up and said, "Your Majesty, I ..."

"Okay, the children are all in the side hall. It would be bad if they heard you crying later." Emperor Wen Zhao comforted her perfunctorily and looked at the Imperial Concubine: "What about you? What's wrong with you?"

The Imperial Concubine originally wanted to retreat in order to advance, but the Empress had used this tactic first, so if she tried again she would be in trouble. So, she decided to use the tactic of threatening to die.

Anyway, his little vixens love to use this trick the most. Normally, she would look down on it, but now the situation is serious and she has to learn from it.

After thinking of a plan, the Imperial Concubine stiffened her neck and said, "I have made serious mistakes before. If Your Majesty does not forgive me, I will kill myself here today."

But the Royal Concubine forgot that those little vixens who liked to play this trick in the past were all so sad and crying, and if they said this again, they would appear to be weak and not lovable.

But she was sticking her neck out here, looking like she was going to fight if she didn't obey, which didn't go well with this tactic.

Emperor Wen Zhao laughed out of anger, "Then tell me, what big mistake did you make?"

The Imperial Concubine choked. Why did the Queen ask him instead of hers?

But she was not afraid. After thinking for a while, she picked out a serious matter and said, "It was the blue-eyed concubine sent by a foreign country that year who was secretly sent away by me."

"Did you do it? I thought she was not used to the climate and soil of Dasheng and ran away." The emperor was surprised.

He didn't have the chance to favor the blue-eyed exotic beauty back then, and she disappeared. This was a regret in his heart, but more than ten years had passed, so he could only let it be a regret. It would not be worthwhile to punish the imperial concubine who gave birth to his children for this.

"Forget about this matter," Emperor Wen Zhao snorted coldly and said impatiently, "Is there anything else? If not, call everyone over quickly. I still want to listen to what Xiao Jiu and Tong Tong have to say."

Seeing the emperor so anxious, the imperial concubine had an idea.

Since she had already spoken, she might as well take advantage of the fact that His Majesty was too busy to deal with her and just say the biggest thing, lest he find out from Tong Tong later and want to punish her again: "Your Majesty, it was I who planned the affair between Concubine Rou and her cousin. Otherwise, this Imperial Concubine might be hers."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Wen Zhao couldn't help but think of the uproarious incident of catching an adulterer. He felt as if his old face was stabbed with needles again, and his heart was aching.

He put his hand over his chest, took two steps back, and sat down on the chair, his face pale: "You, you, you..."

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that His Majesty was holding his chest and unable to speak, the Queen was horrified and rushed out: "Imperial Physician, go and call the Imperial Physician."

Ji Jinyou had eaten and drunk her fill in the side hall, but the Seventh and Eighth Princesses did not come to take her out. The two of them did not know what important things they wanted to talk about, so they huddled their heads together and whispered to each other, ignoring her.

Ji Jinyou sat alone on the chair, swinging her little feet. After swinging for a long time, she felt very bored.

She slid down from the chair and walked out leisurely. Just as she reached the door, she heard the empress rushing out and calling for the imperial physician.

She was startled and asked anxiously: [Master, what happened to your Majesty? ]

System: [I don’t know. Today’s plot didn’t mention that His Majesty was feeling unwell.]

Yiwa Yitong was just wondering when he heard Emperor Wen Zhao roar in the inner room: "Get out of here! I don't want to see you recently."