Chapter 354 The Death of Lady Xiao
Concubine Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Coming alone meant that the emperor definitely didn't know. She asked the palace maid to put clothes on her, hurried out of the bedroom, came to the main hall, and greeted the emperor.
When the emperor saw Concubine Xiao rushing out, he looked at her with a gloomy face: "My beloved concubine, why are you so flustered?"
"Ah, am I panicking? I was just excited when I heard that the Emperor had arrived so late."
Concubine Xiao paused, she almost gave herself away. Seeing the emperor's expression change, she quickly explained.
The emperor's eyes were heavy. He turned around and waved away the maids in the palace. He took Concubine Xiao back to the bedroom. The two sat on the bed. The emperor looked at Concubine Xiao and said, "My beloved concubine, don't you have anything to say to me?"
"What do you mean? What do you have to say?"
Concubine Xiao was startled and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. What did the emperor mean? Did he know?
For just a moment, she pretended to be cute and innocent, looking at the emperor coquettishly.
The emperor looked at her evasive eyes, and the chill in his body was released. His eyes were icy and he said, "My beloved concubine, won't you explain to me why the Ma Gang leader's men left Fangfei Palace?"
"And the seed in your belly, shouldn't you explain it to me?"
The emperor was furious and pointed at Concubine Xiao's belly and asked, "This bitch is still not honest at this time. She is actually colluding with the rebels behind his back. I'm afraid the child in her belly is not his."
How could this not make him angry? He hadn't even dealt with the Queen's affairs before coming here.
Concubine Xiao's face changed, her legs softened, and she fell to her knees before the emperor with a thud. She kowtowed several times and cried inconsolably, "Your Majesty, I know nothing in this Fangfei Palace."
"Bang!"
The emperor kicked Concubine Xiao in the chest and angrily shouted, "You are still trying to argue with me. Do you want me to bring the leader of the Ma Gang here?"
"Your Majesty, I didn't do anything!"
Concubine Xiao was knocked to the ground by the emperor's kick. The force used in the kick was so great that it hurt her heart. She immediately covered her chest and gritted her teeth to refuse to admit it.
How could she admit it if no one caught her personally? She would never admit it even if she died.
To admit it is death.
"You are truly stubborn. If you confess now, I can still keep your body intact and your family will not be implicated. If you still stubbornly refuse to change your ways, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The emperor was not stupid. When he saw Concubine Xiao like this, he knew that she had been colluding with the leader of the Ma gang for a long time and was just deliberately denying it.
When Concubine Xiao heard that her family would be implicated, she finally couldn't hold it back any longer. She immediately crawled over and grabbed the emperor's legs, begging, "Your Majesty, I am willing to confess, but I only hope that my family will not be implicated after I confess. They know nothing. This is all my fault."
"explain."
The emperor's chilling aura made Concubine Xiao shiver. She gritted her teeth and confessed everything.
"You bitch."
The emperor was furious. It turned out that this bitch had always been Ma Gang leader's subordinate and came into the palace just to open doors for him.
He kicked Lady Xiao hard again, this time directly on her stomach. In an instant, the area between Lady Xiao's legs turned red.
The emperor didn't even look at her, turned around and left Fangfei Palace. He felt it was dirty to look at her any longer.
His palace is really a place where filth and dirt are hidden.
The emperor ordered his personal guards to surround Fangfei Palace, and quickly found the tunnel inside the palace. He then gave Concubine Xiao a bowl of poisoned wine and announced that she had died suddenly.
As for her family, how could the emperor believe her words? He sent secret guards overnight to kill the entire family.
Afterwards, a lot of valuables were found in the house, as well as a lot of correspondence with the leader of the Ma Gang. When these things were handed to the emperor, the emperor became furious again.
Lady Xiao's family is a sixth-rank official in the capital. With his salary, he can have such a deep family background.
Moreover, he was the accomplice of Gang Leader Ma, and he actually escaped at the palace banquet.
The emperor was furious. He was afraid that few of his ministers, from top to bottom, were clean.
The emperor then went to the Queen's Qixia Palace overnight.
Su Yue had already moved those people out, but they were unconscious.
They were still asleep when the emperor arrived.
"Wake them up for me."
When the emperor saw the secret guards in the palace, he was furious and did not deal with the queen. This was because she was his first wife. As long as she stayed in Qixia Palace honestly, he would not touch her.
Unexpectedly, she actually asked the secret guards to help them escape.
This is outrageous.
The emperor was thankful that he was in good health now. In the past, he would have fainted after hearing all the things that happened today.
The queen was awakened by a basin of cold water. Seeing the emperor looking at her with a gloomy face, she did not make any excuses and admitted it directly.
Her face was ashen. "Your Majesty, please, for the sake of our marriage, grant me and my godson an intact body. We will not be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Just bury us together."
After saying this, he took out the secret guard order from his body and handed the phoenix seal to the emperor.
The emperor took the things expressionlessly, and looked at the queen's face which had aged in an instant, and felt a little moved.
This woman had followed her since she was young. They had been through thick and thin together, and had been through life and death together, but in the end they had ended up like this.
After all, it was the temptation of imperial power that turned the once hard-working couple into strangers.
At this moment, the emperor actually felt a little disgusted with imperial power.
If he was born in a commoner's family, he might have many children and grandchildren.
"Someone come."
"I am here."
The commander of the personal guards stepped forward personally.
"Send the Empress and the former Crown Prince to the Imperial Mausoleum's separate courtyard overnight. They are not allowed to leave the Imperial Mausoleum during their lifetime. If they die, they will be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum."
The emperor finally softened his heart. One was his wife and the other was his son. He could not let them die.
Let them guard the imperial mausoleum, maybe one day he will go to accompany them and live an ordinary life as a family of three.
"emperor!"
The queen looked at the emperor in surprise. She thought that she and her son would surely die, but unexpectedly the emperor spared their lives.
The emperor looked at her deeply and said, "As we are husband and wife, I hope you won't let me down again."
The queen's eyes turned red instantly, and she burst into tears when she thought of the past.
"Your Majesty, I thank you very much. I will not be by your side in the future. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
The queen kowtowed deeply to the emperor and left Qixia Palace with her personal guards.
The emperor looked at the hunched queen, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Murong Li didn't know what had happened in the palace. It was already late at night when he returned to Prince Li's Mansion. He quickly took a shower and went to bed. Tomorrow was New Year's Day, so he could take Yue'er to visit the capital.
The New Year's Festival in the capital is still very lively and the day is very lively.
This is also the first New Year they have spent in Beijing, so they must have a good time this year.
(End of this chapter)
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