"Your concubine...your concubine has nothing to say." Qiu Cairen knelt down.
Only until now, after hearing what those farmers said, did she feel relieved.
A heart that is completely dead.
She knew that she was just a knife of the Queen, and her father and brother still had to rely on the Queen's family for care.
So she was prepared to take the responsibility alone and would never betray the queen.
Su Wanti didn't want the queen to escape.
She walked to Qiu Cairen and said calmly:
"Just now, Mr. Qiu, you said that you found something fishy about my identity, so you asked your family to protect the Su family. I wonder who the family you were referring to is?"
"Because, as far as I know, your father and brother are not in the capital. They are far away in the south. Moreover, three months ago, because your father and brother accepted bribes, they were all executed, and your family has been sentenced to exile... Does Qiu Cairen have other family members in the capital?"
"What?" Qiu Cairen's pupils shrank, she was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head frantically.
"You lied to me! My father and brother send me letters every month. I even received a letter from them a few days ago. How could they be executed? Obviously... obviously..."
The Queen clearly said that she would save her father and brother’s lives!
Qiu Cairen looked at the Queen, her eyes full of questioning and hope...
The queen didn't dare look her in the eyes.
At this time, Qiu Cairen realized that he had been the Queen's knife for nothing.
She fulfilled her promise and worked like a slave for the queen, but the queen bullied and cheated her, treating her like a knife and a fool!
Now, she understood everything. The so-called family letter was not written by her father or brother at all. Instead, the queen found someone who was good at imitating handwriting and imitated her father's handwriting...
"Queen! You have such a cruel heart!" Qiu Cairen shouted madly.
The Queen said sternly, "Talented Qiu has gone mad. She has framed the Imperial Noble Consort and is now trying to frame me? Someone, bring her back to the palace and keep her under strict guard!"
Yuping was the queen's confidant, so she naturally understood what the queen meant. She immediately brought people over and tried to cover Qiu Cairen's mouth and pull her away.
But before she could reach Qiu Cairen, she was stopped by the imperial guards.
Leng Hong stood up, his face solemn, "Let's end the banquet here today. It's getting late, so you should leave the palace and return home early."
The emperor has spoken, who dares not to listen?
The guests also knew that since this matter involved the queen, the emperor would only handle it secretly in the harem and would not let them know.
Even if they were members of the royal family, they had to suppress their curiosity, pay their respects to the emperor and the empress dowager, and then leave the palace.
Leng Hong brought the Queen and Qiu Cairen back to Qinzheng Palace for personal interrogation.
Su Wanti wanted to go, but was rejected by Leng Hong. Leng Hong said that the issue of her identity had been resolved and the rest had nothing to do with her.
Su Wanti had no choice but to give up.
The Queen Mother was also rejected by Leng Hong. She could only look at the Queen's back and sigh in disappointment, saying that she had misjudged the Queen and chose someone with such deep scheming as the Queen.
However, the empress dowager was a kind person. Before leaving, she asked Kang Yu to take a message to Leng Hong, saying that if the empress and Qiu Cairen had not done anything evil that was intolerable to heaven, the emperor should think twice and spare their lives.
Upon hearing this, Su Wanti lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. After returning to Weiyang Palace, she asked Qingzhi to send the suspicious female doctor and midwife who were caught on the day of delivery to the Qinzheng Palace.
She asked Qingzhi to interrogate them. The two men were arranged by the queen. The queen gave them a large sum of money and asked them to wait for an opportunity to murder her when she was giving birth.
However, the two men were timid and did not dare to take action. Their behavior was suspicious and they were caught by Ai Ye on the spot.
Afterwards, Su Wanti locked the two of them up and did not let any news leak out.
The queen thought that the two had failed to accomplish their goal and was afraid of being held accountable, so she secretly took the money and ran away, and ignored them.
At that time, Su Wanti gave birth smoothly without any accidents or injuries. If she reported the matter to Leng Hong and complained to the Queen in front of Leng Hong, the Queen would at most be confined to her house for a few days. For the Queen, this was not a severe punishment.
Moreover, the queen can find someone to take the blame and pass the matter on to someone else, so that she will not even be punished by house arrest.
Su Wanti kept the two men, thinking that it would be better to send them over together when Leng Hong decided to deal with the queen, so as to add new evidence to the queen's guilt.
Now, the time has come.
Leng Hong stayed in the Qinzheng Palace for two hours, and then an imperial decree was issued from the Qinzheng Palace, deposing the empress and demoting her to a commoner. Qiu Cairen was also demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace.
The emperor is still filial and listened to the empress dowager and saved the queen's life, Su Wanti thought to herself.
Later, Su Wanti learned indirectly from Kang Yu that that night, there were not only the Queen and Qiu Cairen in the Qinzheng Hall, but also the Imperial Concubine and Bai Lan.
The emperor discovered something fishy about the concubine's use of the incense, and later found out that the incense might be related to the queen.
He sent people to look for Bai Lan, and asked the imperial guards to save the imperial concubine's life and wait for further action.
It is said that the imperial concubine learned the truth that night. She knew that she had been deceived by the queen and fell into the queen's trap. She was so angry that she jumped up in front of the emperor and rushed to the queen frantically to beat her. Fortunately, she was pulled down by the palace servants.
However, in the end, the queen was deposed and imprisoned in the cold palace along with the imperial concubine and Concubine Qiu.
The imperial guards in the cold palace have also been withdrawn, and the queen's life will probably be very difficult.
After the empress was deposed, the former court and the harem all believed that the emperor would make the imperial concubine the empress, but Leng Hong did not issue the decree for a long time.
Some ministers also felt that the imperial concubine was of humble origin and that another queen should be chosen from an aristocratic family, but Leng Hong did not agree.
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