The emperor sneered, disdainfully: "I don't have the patience to do it again and again, I did it all, and finally she became what she is today. I heard that the poison was obtained by you? A secret medicine that only the Nanyun Kingdom has?
You and your son really think highly of me. I want to thank you! Is Consort Xian also a beauty you brought from Nanyun Kingdom? Her name is Ha Lingling. I want to thank you too!"
Prince Duan's eyes widened and then shrank: "You know everything?"
The emperor looked at Chu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting on the ground and dozing off, and felt very distressed.
"Yes! I know everything. I am blessed by God!"
"God?" Prince Duan sneered, "I want to see if God can protect you from any harm tonight."
The queen suddenly grabbed the emperor's chair tightly, pushed him away, took the inkstone on the table and smashed it at Prince Duan.
"If you release the emperor, I will be your hostage."
"Ruer!"
"Ruer!"
The Emperor and Prince Duan exclaimed at the same time. The Queen used her body to block the Emperor, and Prince Duan's sword fell on her shoulder.
"Ruer!"
The emperor was very moved. He thought the little ancestor was right. The queen loved him deeply and was not afraid of death for him.
This is his wife. Only as a couple can they protect him without fear of danger.
"Your Majesty! Hurry up! Leave the Imperial Study."
The emperor slowly pulled the queen away and hid her behind him: "No need, I will accompany you and the prince. Ru'er! We are a family, we can't escape, there are people everywhere outside."
He didn't say who those people were. The people from the Imperial City Bureau deliberately opened the city gate, and so did the Imperial Guards, who deliberately let Prince Duan's people into the palace.
Only behind closed doors can you properly beat the dog.
However, Prince Duan was so arrogant that he had no idea that he had fallen into a trap.
Chu Zhinan promised him to guard the camp outside the capital, but Chu Zhinan was not the only Duke of Protectorate in the Chu family.
The current Duke of Protector of the Country has left, but the old Duke of Protector of the Country has not left. He brought his men into the palace through the secret passage, waiting for Prince Duan's men to arrive.
There were deafening shouts and cries of killing outside. Prince Duan must have thought that his own men had defeated the Imperial Guards. He had no idea that it was the old Duke of Protectorate who led his men to kill the rebels brought by Prince Duan.
"Ruru!" Prince Duan stared at the Queen, "Why did you choose him in the first place? If you had chosen me, I would not have let you fall into the situation you are in today.
Do you know how much I miss you? I work hard to govern the country just to be with you."
"Bah! Stop pretending in front of me."
The queen's maiden name was Du Yuru. The Du family had never had a high status in the court. They were the third-rank Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, a family of scholars.
The head of the Du family has always had his own set of survival rules. He does not seek too high a social status and all his daughters marry out of low status. Only the queen, Du Yuru, married the best.
At that time, Du Yuru was one of the most talented women in the capital. The retired emperor chose a daughter-in-law for the emperor based on the moral character of Du Yuru's mother's family.
The Du family is very low-key in the capital, and they will never form cliques for personal gain. They are a noble family of their own, and are the type who are content with what they have.
Back then, Prince Duan liked Du Yuru very much, but she never looked at him straight in the eye and liked to be silent, even though she was the emperor's prince.
"Ru'er! I am not pretending. My feelings for you are evident to all the world."
"Oh! Heaven and earth can bear witness?" The Queen mocked, "Prince Duan, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning for saying this. I have rejected all your invitations from the beginning. Anyone who has dignity should know that I don't like you, let alone pester you.
This palace and the emperor were getting married, and Prince Duan was actually getting drunk in Baihua Tower, crying and shouting that he mistook the courtesan for this palace. What do you think of this palace? Is this what you mean by heaven and earth being witnesses?
If you really have a little love for me, shouldn't you bury this one-sided passion deep in your heart? Or will the Queen Mother find a handle on you and use it to torture me?"
The emperor looked back at the queen and held her hand: "Ruru! Stop talking nonsense to him. Just sit down and have a rest. It's not worth getting angry with him."
Prince Duan did not give up: "Ruru! I tried my best to get him off because I hope you can see my ability. You like to be the queen, but he is not the only one who can do it. I can do it too."
His voice was so loud that it woke Chu Xiaoxiao up. She rubbed her eyes with her hand and looked at the infatuated Prince Duan. She wanted to kick him to death.
[It's already this late, and you're still acting so passionately in love with the queen? Look at how stupid you are, no wonder the heroine schemed against you. ]
Li Sizu squatted down and quietly approached Chu Xiaoxiao little by little. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Prince Duan, who immediately pointed the sword in his hand at him: "What are you doing? Get out of the way."
The queen hurried over and pulled the prince back to her side, and gave Chu Xiaoxiao an apologetic look who was sitting on the ground.
Naituanzi didn't see it, he was looking at Prince Duan, thinking that this man was really stupid. He talked a lot, but didn't do anything to the emperor.
Instead, he confessed his love to the queen, but the queen just ignored him. I really don't understand why people keep making the mistake of not getting what they want forever?
If you can't get it, just forget about it. Wouldn't it be annoying to keep brooding over it?
"Prince Duan! My heart has always been with the Emperor. No matter how much you say, it will be useless." The Queen held the Crown Prince with one hand and the Emperor with the other. "If you succeed today, I will accompany my husband and son and will never live in disgrace."
Chu Xiaoxiao clapped and smiled on the side.
[Okay, okay! Let Prince Duan go crazy, let Prince Duan go mad, let Prince Duan bang his head against the wall. Whoosh! The ruthless sword pierces through the affectionate heart and ends his life forever.]
emperor:"......"
My dear! What are you talking about? What do you mean by banging your head against a wall?
Li Sizu: “…”
Sister Xiaoxiao’s way of speaking is novel, I have to learn from her. From now on, I will be crazy about her and bang my head against the wall for her.
Chu Xiaoxiao: “…”
You idiot, thank you!
"Ruru! How could you be so heartless to me?" Prince Duan seemed to have received the most severe blow and put the sword on the emperor's neck again. "Aren't you afraid that I might kill him with a shake of my hand?"
The emperor sneered, "You dare not, Prince Duan! If you dare to kill me, the whole court will not support you as emperor, because you are not worthy of the position. You killed your brother to get the throne, which is not legitimate."
Prince Duan said: "So what? If I succeed in forcing you to abdicate, I will strangle you to death. Even if all the civil and military officials in the court are unwilling, they will have to respectfully call me emperor.
Besides, you are not born by the Queen Mother at all. I am the legitimate son of the Queen Mother, and you are just a concubine's eldest son."
"Hahaha! Hahaha!" The emperor laughed. "So what? Who in the whole court can prove this?"
"Can the King prove it?"
"What proof do you have? The Queen Mother? Don't forget, the Queen Mother is dying. She can't move her hands or speak. What proof do you have that what you said is true?"
Prince Duan was stunned for a moment, then became furious and stabbed the emperor with his sword.
The queen was so frightened that she turned pale and screamed, "No!"
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