Thinking of this, many conspiracy theories arose in the emperor's mind. His intuition told him that he might have always underestimated the queen and Jun Mochen.
So, he gave Eunuch Li a cold look, asking him to stop the Queen, then he looked at Chen Yan and said, "What are you hiding for the Queen?"
Seeing that the emperor had really taken the bait, Chen Yan sneered in his heart, but did not show it on his face at all.
With half of her cheek swollen, she raised her head and looked at the emperor, "Your son, your son did not."
But how could the emperor not see that she was trying to hide her true intentions?
"Alright, now that things have come to this, do you think I won't be able to find out if you don't tell me? If you speak up, I might show some leniency."
The emperor whispered coaxingly.
And Chen Yan also pretended to be moved by the emperor's words.
So, she looked at the queen with bloodshot eyes, and told her everything with embarrassment about what happened that day when she was on duty and saw Nanny Chang helping the queen deal with Liushang's body.
"At first, I was confused. It was just a palace maid who died, so why was my mother so cautious? But later I heard that the Prince An's Mansion had lost a maid who served the Princess An. Her name was also Liushang..."
Having said this, Chen Yan deliberately paused.
Nanny Chang had already turned pale with fear, especially when she saw the look in the emperor's eyes. Her legs went weak and she knelt down, kowtowed to the emperor repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life."
She only dared to ask the emperor to spare her life, but she couldn't even say a word of injustice.
Because she knew that every word Chen Yan said was true, without even a single exaggeration, so how could she be wronged.
Although the queen was also pale, she still forced herself to look at the emperor. She gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you don't believe me."
The emperor found it ridiculous that the queen could still say such words at this moment. As he thought about it, he actually smiled. "How can I trust you, Queen?"
She had secretly placed people around his son, and he didn't realize until now when the Queen's hands had become so long.
If so, does that mean he has spies planted by the Queen?
How much else had she done without telling him?
Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but start to have conspiracy theories. For the first time, he began to look his queen in the eye, and realized that since some time ago, the woman who always relied on him for everything had actually begun to have her own little thoughts.
The emperor's fingers slowly clenched.
If the queen is like this, what about his prince?
The emperor suddenly woke up, but it seemed too late.
He waved his hand and asked someone to take Chen Yan away first. His original intention of using Chen Yan as a scapegoat gradually faded.
He needs to look into this matter carefully to see how many loopholes there are around him.
The Queen, already worried, became even more anxious after seeing this scene. "Your Majesty, do you really believe that woman's lies?"
The emperor said, "Queen, tell me honestly, you were initially reluctant for me to marry Chen Yan to Chen Er, but why did you finally agree?"
As soon as the words fell, the queen immediately became like a rooster with its throat pinched, her face flushed red, but she couldn't say a word.
After seeing this scene, the emperor had nothing to understand.
He sneered in his heart, "Come here, place the Queen under house arrest in the palace, and bring this old slave to me for strict interrogation."
He was talking about Nanny Chang.
Upon hearing this, Nanny Chang's face immediately turned pale, and she kowtowed like crazy, begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life."
The queen was also shocked by the emperor's words.
Everyone in the palace knows that Nanny Chang is someone close to her. Taking her away for interrogation would be a slap in her face in public, wouldn't it?
But the emperor had already become suspicious of her at this moment. The more she tried to stop him, the more he wanted to interrogate her.
So he ignored the Queen's words and didn't listen to Nanny Chang's plea for mercy. He just had her taken away. Before leaving, he looked at the Queen meaningfully.
"Queen, you'd better pray that Nanny Chang keeps her mouth shut."
Hearing this, the queen's legs went weak.
But at this moment, there was no other Nanny Chang to support her from behind, so her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, staring blankly at the emperor's back as he left, not knowing how things had suddenly turned out like this.
Jun Moyi sat in the palace, listening leisurely to the report from the secret guard.
Seeing that the situation in the palace was developing exactly according to his plan, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Sang Liwan was standing opposite him, looking at him with his chin in his hand.
What's with that expression on his face? He looks like a villain behind the scenes.
Then she saw Jun Moyi's expression froze, and the corners of his mouth drooped.
Sang Liwan narrowed his eyes.
Jun Moyi waited for a long time but didn't hear any sound. He was no longer in the mood to listen to the secret guard's report, so he waved his hand and the secret guard left in confusion.
He turned his head to glance at Sang Liwan, who was still looking at him with his chin in his hand, and chuckled lightly to hide his feelings. He asked tentatively, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Sang Liwan said casually without much sincerity: "I think the prince's appearance is very pleasing to the eyes."
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Jun Moyi's face full of disbelief, and it was obvious that he didn't think she was telling the truth.
Sang Liwan had some vague guesses in his mind.
[After things in the capital are settled, why not go to Shangyu with Dad and my brother?]
Jun Moyi frowned and suddenly said, "You haven't been out lately. Are you feeling a little bored staying at home?"
Sang Liwan shook his head. "No, why are you asking this suddenly?"
[Does he not want me to go? Or should I go secretly with my brother without telling him?]
"no."
Jun Moyi blurted out the words without thinking, and by the time he reacted, the words had already been spoken and it was too late to take them back.
He opened his mouth, not knowing how to remedy the situation.
However, Sang Liwan looked confused, as if he didn't understand what he was saying at all.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Jun Moyi twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I mean, you can't stay in the mansion like this all the time. How about I go out for a walk with you?"
Sang Liwan's face was filled with sudden enlightenment. She waved her hand generously, "No need. I don't really want to go shopping. It's fine to just stay in the mansion."
[Why is this guy so useless? It's better to contact my brother and sneak away as soon as possible.]
Thinking of this, Sang Liwan lowered his head just right, pretending not to notice the increasingly dark look in Jun Moyi's eyes.
It was not until the middle of the night that Sang Liwan suddenly woke up and found himself in a dark house.
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