Chapter 534: Sophistry
Fengyi Palace.
Empress Song was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Just as she was feeling uneasy, a palace maid came in and said, "Empress, the Queen Mother wants to see you..."
Queen Song's heart skipped a beat.
The skeleton of the eldest son-in-law was dug out in the backyard of the Duke of Song's Mansion. The Emperor imprisoned everyone in the Duke of Song's Mansion. It was impossible for the Queen Mother not to look for her.
But the emperor sent imperial guards to guard outside Fengyi Palace, and without the emperor's consent, the imperial guards would not let her see the empress dowager.
Queen Song was very confused, but she still stood up.
The imperial guards allowed her to meet the empress dowager, but the commander of the imperial guards also followed her with his men, following Empress Song wherever she went.
After entering Shoukang Palace, Empress Song hurried into the bedroom, walked around the screen with a thousand miles of rivers and mountains, and knelt before the Empress Dowager's bed. "I don't know whose slander the Emperor listened to and arrested Duke Song and Prince Qing. Empress Dowager, you have to take charge of them..."
Queen Song was crying, but she stopped halfway through.
Because she saw Lady Yaoguang standing beside the empress dowager's bed.
It was like a bolt of thunder striking Queen Song's heart.
Queen Song's face turned pale.
"Yao... Yaoguang County Princess..."
Yaoguang County Lady clenched her fists tightly, "I'm still alive, I've disappointed the Queen!"
Queen Song was still wondering why the emperor suddenly sent the imperial guards to search the backyard of Duke Song's mansion. The moment she saw Princess Yaoguang dressed as a maid, she understood everything.
She glanced around the bedroom and saw Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu sitting on a small couch drinking tea.
Shen Wan was smiling, and Queen Song was so happy that she wanted to tear Shen Wan's face apart.
Empress Song had been the empress for so many years, and she quickly suppressed her fear. "What are you talking about, Yaoguang County Princess? I've been copying Buddhist scriptures day and night to pray for you, hoping to find you soon. I'm happier than anyone that you're alive. But Yaoguang County Princess is still young, so don't let anyone take advantage of you..."
She is indeed the one who killed Prince Jin and Princess Qiyang. Even though they had carried the coffin to bury her, she still dared to lie with her eyes open, and she tried to instigate the case in which Lady Yaoguang sued Prince Qing and Duke Song for killing Princess Qiyang and their son-in-law, and attributed it to her and Xie Jingyu.
Yaoguang County Lord said angrily, "I may be young, but I'm not a fool!"
"Why did you kill my father and my mother?!"
Queen Song asked, "What nonsense are you talking about, Princess Yaoguang? How could I kill Princess Qiyang and her husband?"
The empress dowager stared at Queen Song's face. She could not believe that Queen Song would kill her son, Prince Jin. No one knew as much as she, the empress dowager, how much Queen Song wanted to marry Prince Jin back then.
Almost all the palace servants in the bedroom were sent out, except for Nanny Gui and Shanhu.
The Queen Mother said coldly, "Why is the remains of the eldest son-in-law buried in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion?!"
The sound came down wrapped in frost, and Queen Song shivered with cold all over her body.
This was not something she could admit, and Queen Song denied it to the end.
Queen Song said, "I just heard about this as well. I also want to know why the eldest son-in-law's bones were buried in the backyard of Duke Song's mansion. Queen Mother, please trust Duke Song. He would never do such a thing. Someone must have ulterior motives and is framing Duke Song!"
A light laugh escaped Shen Wan’s mouth.
I really didn't want to laugh, but I couldn't help it.
Queen Song is clearly treating the Queen Mother like a fool.
The Queen Mother was also annoyed, shaking with anger. "Tell me, who could bury the remains of the eldest son-in-law in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion?!"
Four years ago, the eldest son-in-law had something urgent to do and left Beijing in a hurry. He didn't even have time to tell Princess Qi Yang in person, and only left a letter home to her. The empress dowager thought this was strange at the time.
But because the family letter was sent to Princess Qi Yang by someone sent by Duke Song, the Queen Mother would never have thought that he would kill the eldest son-in-law. Even though she had doubts in her heart, she didn't think it was a big deal.
But the eldest son-in-law left a letter home and there was no news of him again. Princess Qi Yang sent people out of the capital to look for the eldest son-in-law. Some people saw the eldest son-in-law at the place where he went, so they all suspected that the eldest son-in-law had an accident or something while doing his work.
The eldest son-in-law was never seen alive or dead, and no one dared to doubt that he was dead. Princess Qi Yang also believed that the eldest son-in-law would come back one day.
I waited like this day after day for four years.
Now!
However, the skeleton of the eldest son-in-law was dug out from the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion. Could the Queen Mother still deceive herself that the death of the eldest son-in-law had nothing to do with the Duke of Song?
She didn't trust Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu, so how could she not trust her own granddaughter?
The Queen Mother was so angry that her vision went dark. She tried her best to hold back and not faint. She wanted to know if what Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu said was true.
The Queen Mother suppressed her anger and blurted out word by word, "You are the ones who killed the Prince of Jin?!"
Queen Song turned pale and flatly denied it, "I didn't kill Prince Jin!"
What a quibble.
Her butt was so hard from sitting.
Shen Wan stood up and poured cold water on Queen Song. "Princess Yaoguang witnessed you and Prince Qing plotting to murder Princess Qiyang with your own eyes. You have brought the case to the Emperor, and with the remains of the Prince Consort as evidence, you and Duke Song are guilty of this crime. Even now, you still refuse to repent and still want to deceive the Empress Dowager. Even if the Empress Dowager believes you, can the Emperor forgive you?"
"Stop struggling in vain. It's useless."
it's useless……
Queen Song was already worried, and the three words "Chen Wan" were the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Queen Song's face turned ferocious, and she yelled at Chen Wan, "Prince Jin was killed by your mother, not me!"
Not only did she kill Prince Jin, but she also put the blame of Prince Jin's death on her mother.
Her mother and the emperor were in love with each other, but Prince Jin asked the late emperor to grant them a marriage, which separated them. She became a widow on her wedding night and was used by Queen Song, suffering a lot. Now she is still stubborn.
Shen Wan was no pushover. She laughed despite her anger, "I have to thank you, Queen. Otherwise, there would be no Prince Ling and I in this world."
Queen Song's face turned pale, "What do you mean by that?!"
"Others may not understand what I mean, but doesn't the Queen know it?"
Shen Wan looked at the Queen Mother, "I know that the Queen Mother has always wanted to kill me and Prince Ling, but does the Queen Mother know how Prince Jin got that green hat?"
As soon as I heard this, I knew there was something hidden.
The Queen Mother asked, "How did it come?"
Chen Wan said, "Does the Queen Mother still remember what happened in the palace a month before the fire in Prince Jin's Mansion? The Queen drugged a pregnant concubine and was caught with evidence. The Emperor wanted to depose the Queen, so the Queen asked my mother to come to the palace to plead with the Emperor on her behalf..."
The Queen Mother has not forgotten this.
That time, even she, the empress dowager, almost couldn't keep Queen Song in the position of queen.
Shen Wan said, "The queen was afraid that my mother's plea would be useless, so she drugged my mother. In order to gain the position of queen, she offered my mother to the emperor!"
"The Emperor thought it was the Empress Dowager's idea. For the sake of his own reputation and that of my mother, the matter of deposing the Empress was dropped."
The Queen Mother was so angry that her mouth tasted of blood.
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