Chapter 420 Confrontation
The Queen recognized the man standing in front of the carriage as someone close to the Prince of Qi. Seeing his anxious expression, her slender eyebrows knitted slightly. "Come forward and answer."
Meng Ping hurried to the side of the phoenix chariot and said in a voice only the Queen could hear: "Your Highness, His Highness attempted to assassinate His Majesty but failed. Lord Feng has returned to the palace and revealed that His Highness is not of royal blood. You must be well prepared when you go to the Yangxin Palace this time."
He followed the Prince of Qi to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and waited for him outside the hall. He listened to everything that happened inside the hall and then sneaked out to pass on the news to the Queen.
The eunuch guarding the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, who had received favor from the Queen, did not stop him.
Firstly, if what Lord Feng revealed was true, the Queen's fate would be a foregone conclusion and would not change because of his tip-off.
Your Majesty will not notice the eunuch's dereliction of duty, nor will he hold him accountable.
Secondly, if Lord Feng was falsely accusing the Queen, once the Queen proved her innocence, she would remember the eunuch's kindness.
The queen's face suddenly changed. The thing she was most worried about finally happened.
Perhaps having anticipated this, the Queen panicked for a moment upon hearing the news, but quickly regained her composure. Because at such a moment, she couldn't afford to lose her composure. Only by keeping a clear mind could she avoid making another bad move.
Meng Ping said in panic: "My Lady..."
The Queen raised her hand to stop Meng Ping from continuing and calmly instructed Luzhi, "I have embroidered a sachet for Your Majesty and placed it in a box at the end of the bed. Go and get it."
Luzhi was stunned. The Queen Mother didn't embroider a sachet for His Majesty at all.
The Queen emphasized, "Be sure not to take the wrong one, the dark blue one."
Luzhi was an old confidant of the Queen's, and she could understand her thoughts with a single glance. She realized the Queen's true intention wasn't to get her the sachet. She quickly obeyed the order and hurried to Changle Palace.
The eunuch who was ordered by the emperor to invite the empress to the Yangxin Palace looked at Luzhi's leaving back, thought for a moment, and ultimately did not try to stop her. He signaled the eunuch carrying the phoenix sedan to carry the empress to the Yangxin Palace.
The group arrived at the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a grand procession, and the palace maids helped the queen down.
The queen looked at the closed palace door, her expression a little dazed.
In the more than 20 years since she entered the palace as empress, she had only visited the Yangxin Palace three times.
For the first time, the Northern Qi emperor ascended the throne.
The second time, she made perfume for the Emperor of Northern Qi.
The third time is now.
The queen clenched her fingers and moved closer to the Hall of Mental Cultivation step by step.
The eunuch paid his respects to the queen and respectfully opened the closed door.
Everything in the palace came into the queen's sight.
The Queen saw the Prince of Qi kneeling in the middle of the hall in a miserable state, with the long sword in the hands of the secret guards at his neck.
Lord Feng knelt on the left side of King Qi, looking to the side frequently.
The empress followed Lord Feng's gaze and saw a woman in coarse cloth, kneeling in the shadows with her back straight. At a glance, the empress recognized her as the doctor who had once served her.
The Queen understood that Lord Feng only dared to enter the palace to expose the Prince of Qi's life experience after he found the female doctor.
When the King of Qi heard the noise, he turned around and looked at the Queen, his eyes red: "Mother..."
The Queen gave the Prince of Qi a soothing look before turning her gaze towards the Emperor of Northern Qi and politely saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
From the moment the empress entered the palace, the Emperor of Northern Qi stared intently at her, trying to discern any clues from her expression. However, the empress remained calm, her expression changing only when she saw the Prince of Qi being captured.
Especially when the King of Qi called her, her eyes showed heartache and worry, but she did not question him in an unruly manner. Instead, she soothed the King of Qi's uneasy mood.
It seemed as if he didn't understand the situation, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
Afterwards, the Queen looked at Lord Feng and the female doctor again. When her eyes fell on the female doctor, she frowned slightly, as if she was confused as to why the female doctor appeared here, but she did not show any expression of panic or guilt.
If the Prince of Qi was not really his and the Queen's child, and the doctor was the only witness, then the Queen could not help but panic when the doctor appeared.
After all, Lord Feng had revealed the Prince of Qi's background suddenly, without a single word leaking out. The Empress had no idea what was happening in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Seeing the doctor's reaction, she must have looked, if not guilty and panicked, at least confused.
People’s first reaction is that it cannot be faked.
Could it be that the King of Qi is really the Queen and his child?
Lord Feng lied?
"Empress, Lord Feng has come before me to accuse you of mixing up the royal bloodline." The Northern Qi Emperor looked at the Empress with a sharp gaze. "Tell me, is the Prince of Qi the child of you and me, or the bastard child of a palace maid or a guard?"
The Queen asked in return, "Your Majesty, do you believe what Lord Feng said?"
"It's not that I believe Lord Feng's words, but Lord Feng found the female doctor who delivered you. She admitted that you were not pregnant." Seeing the Queen's calm demeanor, the Northern Qi Emperor became even more furious. He picked up a letter and threw it at her: "This is the letter you wrote to the female doctor. It explains the Prince of Qi's life story. Tell me, should I believe it?"
He clenched his hands at his sides, his knuckles crackling as he suppressed his anger: "If you feel wronged, then produce evidence and prove your innocence."
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