The emperor frowned even more deeply. What kind of bomb is so powerful? We need to make plans quickly.
[Li Guifei was so bold that she dug a hole under the bed, put two villains in it, and stuck needles all over their bodies. She wanted to curse the emperor and the queen to die soon.]
Li Sizu raised his eyes and glared at Concubine Li, his eyes full of anger.
The emperor looked grim and wished he could explode immediately.
No, not now. The little ancestor hasn't had breakfast yet. Wait until she is full and send her back, then we can deal with Concubine Li!
Don’t worry, don’t worry, we can’t let our little ancestor starve.
Chu Xiaoxiao was fed by the Queen herself and sent back to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion accompanied by Li Sizu.
After sending the person there, Li Sizu did not stay long and left.
Not long after Yang took her daughter in, the child fell asleep. She was so heartbroken that she carried the child back to her own yard and settled her down.
The emperor returned to the imperial study and reviewed memorials. The more he reviewed, the more boring he found them. They were basically just greetings and wishes, with very little talk about specific matters.
In the past, he thought that the country he governed was good, the sea was peaceful and the rivers were clear, and there were no major issues in the memorials submitted by the court officials. Now he thought that he was arbitrary.
It’s not that the court officials have nothing to do, they just don’t want to tell him.
Tonight, he went to Concubine Li's residence, dismissed everyone, and only the two of them were in the inner room.
"Your Majesty!" Imperial Concubine Li smiled and came over with a cup of tea, sitting down next to the emperor. "This is the tea I specially prepared for Your Majesty. It is a tribute from the Nanyun Kingdom."
Hearing the words "Nanyun Kingdom", the emperor's eyes fell on the tea, and then returned to Concubine Li's face: "Zhou Liyan! Why did you enter the palace back then? What did your lover want to do by sending you to the palace? To seduce me?"
Concubine Li was stunned by the emperor's angry words. She fell to the ground with a plop and knelt down to kowtow.
When she raised her face, tears were already streaming down her cheeks: "Your Majesty! I don't have a sweetheart, and I don't dare to seduce Your Majesty. I entered the palace only to admire Your Majesty."
"Really?" The emperor bent down and pinched Concubine Li's chin, smiling, "You are really good at talking, you can even trick ghosts out of the well, right?
You were pregnant with Prince Duan's child, and he arranged for you to enter the palace, just to admire me? How dare you say that."
boom!
As soon as these words were spoken, Concubine Li's face turned pale and her chin seemed to be broken by the pinch.
But she dared not move, nor could she speak, she was extremely terrified. How did the emperor know such a secret matter?
Did he organize a team to spy on other people's privacy? Otherwise, how could he know about my relationship with Prince Duan?
The emperor suddenly let go of Concubine Li and said slowly, "Tell me the truth! I want to hear the truth, otherwise, the Chengguo Mansion will be implicated and the entire clan will be killed, and blood will flow like a river."
When the emperor was angry, corpses were scattered all over the place.
Concubine Li, the legitimate daughter of Duke Chengguo, was no fool and naturally understood what the emperor meant.
But how could she dare to say this? If she said it, would she and her son's lives be saved?
What if they didn't tell him? What would happen to them, mother and son?
After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Concubine Li decided to tell it. If she didn't, the emperor would be angry and more people would die in Duke Cheng's Mansion.
If she told it out loud, the emperor might show leniency to her because of her good attitude in admitting her guilt.
There is no point in quibbling. Even such a secret matter has been discovered. She still wants to succeed in quibbling?
Are you dreaming?
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Li knocked her head heavily to the ground, "This is Prince Duan's plan. I fell into his trap."
The moment Concubine Li opened her mouth, she decided to put all the blame on Prince Duan.
The emperor didn't say a word, just sat there and watched her performance quietly.
"Back then, I was bewitched at the chrysanthemum viewing banquet at Prince Duan's mansion, and Prince Duan..." Concubine Li cried and couldn't speak, "Later, I found out that I was pregnant and was going to have an abortion, but he asked me to enter the palace. I had no choice but to obey him, and he used this matter to threaten the Chengguo Mansion."
"Is that true?"
The emperor sneered. This woman was too good at biting others. She abandoned her lover just to save her life.
Prince Duan was not more capable than him, and Zhou Liyan did not like him as much as she seemed. No wonder the little ancestor said that her son was poisoned to death by some female pig. I guess she herself did not expect it, right?
"That's it. I dare not lie."
"Very good." The emperor shouted outside, "Someone come!"
Eunuch Yuanbao led two tall guards in. Concubine Li thought they were here to arrest her. She looked pale and kept kowtowing and begging.
"Your Majesty! Please spare my son's life because of my sincere confession! He is only seven years old. He knows nothing."
The emperor ignored her and pointed at the bed: "There is a hole under the bed. There is something inside. Take it out."
Concubine Li was completely shocked. The emperor even knew that there was a doll with witchcraft under her bed? Even her maid didn't know about it. Why did the emperor know about it?
How did he know?
She swore that every time she took it out to make a knot on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, there was no ghost around her. Who saw her?
"Your Majesty! No! There is nothing under my bed."
Concubine Li rushed over to stop her, but was kicked away by the emperor: "Shut up! Watch her carefully. If she dares to commit suicide, the entire family of Duke Cheng will be executed, leaving no one alive."
"Your Majesty! No!"
Concubine Li lay on the ground, watching the guards lift up the bed, pry open the floor tiles, and take out a bright red box from inside.
When I opened it, I saw two dolls lying side by side in the box.
The chest was full of needles. When it was turned over, the names of the emperor and empress, as well as their birth dates, were written behind the puppet.
The art of witchcraft has always been a forbidden technique in the imperial palace. Anyone who touches it will die.
Concubine Li knew this very well. Looking at the two dolls in the emperor's hands, she knew that she was going to die soon.
"Zhou Liyan! Is this what you mean by being forced into the palace?" The emperor sneered, "Are you cursing me and the queen to wait for Prince Duan to come back and inherit the throne?"
The truth was revealed, and Concubine Li stopped pretending. She got up from the ground and taunted, "Prince Duan is the Queen Mother's biological son, and the Emperor is just a bastard born to a woman outside. Why does he occupy the position of the king?"
Eunuch Yuanbao in the room had his pupils constricted, and felt that Concubine Li had gone insane.
The emperor is the empress dowager's biological son, how could he be a bastard born to a woman outside?
The last time the emperor went to the empress dowager's palace to explore at night, he discovered a secret room under the Buddha statue. Eunuch Yuanbao was guarding outside the bedroom, so naturally he didn't know the emperor's life experience.
"You know a lot." The emperor was not angry at all. Instead, he asked with interest, "What else do you know?"
Eunuch Yuanbao felt like he had seen a ghost. From the sound of it, it seemed that the emperor was not the empress dowager's biological son?
Why?
Why did Concubine Li know something that no one else knew?
"You also know that the Queen Mother is seriously ill. You must have done something behind this. I have written a letter to Prince Duan. Once he receives the letter, he will immediately send someone back to rescue the Queen Mother."
Eunuch Yuanbao's heart was like a tsunami. Damn it, how could he listen to such a secret? Could he just die?
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