Chapter 250: At the critical moment, King Rui appeared
Xie Chengyun did not disappoint his mother's high hopes.
He rubbed his red eyes and looked at Xie Junlin pitifully, saying in a baby voice, "Father, Yun'er just went to drink water. You don't need anyone to tell you to drink water."
Xie Junlin clenched his teeth.
He shook his head.
"Father doesn't believe it."
"Father asks you, why are you so attached to your grandmother tonight? Why don't you come to such a lively banquet, but go to your grandmother's bedroom to accompany her? This is unreasonable, right? You must have a purpose, right?"
He stroked Xie Chengyun's eyebrows and persuaded him patiently.
"Tell me, father, did someone instruct you to go to the Royal Grandmother's bedroom to get information in advance? Did you overhear everything your Royal Grandmother discussed with Aunt Cui about how to harm your mother tonight?"
"Tell me, father, did you tell your mother about this? Did your mother ask you to secretly change the tea?"
Xie Chengyun's eyelashes trembled.
He was a little flustered, and when he was about to say the wrong thing, Shen Yuanwei suddenly spoke.
"Your Majesty is determined to put me to death."
Xie Junlin turned his head and looked at Shen Yuanwei coldly.
Shen Yuanwei sneered without being humble or arrogant.
"Your Majesty, your desire to kill me is really strong!"
"Tonight you repeatedly suspected me of secretly harming the Queen Mother. Even though Madam Cui, Lord Wei, the First Prince, and the Second Prince took turns to prove my innocence and that of my husband, you still didn't believe it. You guided a four-year-old child like this. Do you want to know the truth, or do you want to trick him into telling you the answer you want to hear so that you can execute me?"
She bowed her head and kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, if you really want to kill me, just take it directly. There is really no need to lead a child to lie."
"It is unfortunate for the eldest and second princes to have an unwelcome mother like me. If the emperor has already determined that I was the one who did what happened tonight, if the emperor is determined to avenge the empress dowager, and if my life will make the two princes always suspected and annoyed by the emperor, then my life will be given to the emperor—"
Xie Congyuan was frightened when he heard Shen Yuanwei talking about death.
He jumped to Shen Yuanwei with tears in his eyes, hugged Shen Yuanwei's neck, and shook his head in fear.
"Don't die, don't die, mother, don't die!"
He pressed his little cheek against his mother's face and sobbed helplessly.
"I scared Yuan'er to death when I committed suicide before. You don't want to die again... Yuan'er can't live without mother. Don't abandon Yuan'er... "
Xie Chengyun, who was flustered and short of breath due to his father's questioning, broke free from his father's hands and turned to run to Shen Yuanwei.
He also cried and wailed along with his brother.
"Mom, please don't die. Don't be angry with father like this. Father won't kill you. We just have to wait for father to calm down and everything will be fine. Mom, please don't die. Yun'er can't live without you!"
He turned around and looked at Xie Junlin with sobs, tears falling like beads from a broken string.
"Father, please tell mother quickly that you won't kill her, right? Father, I beg you, my mother didn't do anything bad, father, please don't kill my mother, wuwuwu..."
Xie Junlin felt very uncomfortable when he saw his two sons crying and hugging Shen Yuanwei.
He said in a deep voice, "Yun'er, Yuan'er, Father knows that you can't bear to leave your mother, but Father also can't bear to leave my mother. Father's mother was hurt tonight, and your mother is the biggest suspect--"
Xie Chengyun's eyes were filled with tears.
He shook his head and said, "No, no, mother has said that everyone has proved her innocence. Why don't you, father, believe mother?"
Xie Junlin couldn't bear to look at his son's red eyes.
He turned his back.
He tried hard to think about what was suspicious here.
He couldn't let his mother get hurt like this, she was the mother who gave birth to him and raised him with great effort!
Suddenly, his eyes fell on the second young master Zhao.
A light flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly stepped forward and asked Mr. Zhao II -
"I overlooked a problem!"
"When Madam Cui came to find you and asked you to come to the Imperial Garden, didn't she tell you that the person you were going to rape was Madam Xiao? She couldn't have told you to rape the Empress Dowager, right? When you came to the pavilion and saw that the person in the pavilion had changed from Madam Xiao to the Empress Dowager, why didn't you run away in fear? Don't you know that if you defile the Empress Dowager, your entire family will be executed? Who gave you the courage to rape the Emperor's biological mother, huh?"
The second young master Zhao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He looked at Aunt Cui and Shen Yuanwei silently.
He whispered, "Madame Cui did not tell me who that woman was. She only told me to go to the garden and have sex with a woman. After the affair was completed, I should tell others that the woman and I were in love and could not control our feelings. She also said that the Queen Mother promised to give me a high position and a generous salary, as well as gold, silver and treasures for half my life..."
After a pause, he looked at Shen Yuanwei and said -
"As for why I dared to hang out with the Queen Mother, it was because of what Madam Xiao said."
"I was hiding in the corridor at the time. Madam Xiao hurried to find the eldest and second princes. I heard Madam Xiao talking to herself. She said that the royal family was really chaotic. The Queen Mother was in her fifties and was still looking for male concubines. She also said that His Royal Highness Prince Rui had helped the Queen Mother find male concubines at the banquet before. She said that whoever was lucky enough to become the tacit male concubine of Prince Rui and the Emperor would be able to get whatever he wanted in the future, right?"
"It was because I heard what Madam Xiao said that I mistakenly thought that the Queen Mother and Prince Rui had taken a fancy to me tonight and led me to serve the Queen Mother. I thought that when Nanny Cui said that the Queen Mother promised me a high position and generous salary, she was hinting that I should serve the Queen Mother well. As long as I could satisfy the Queen Mother, I would be able to rise to a high position and become an official..."
"So when I came to the pavilion and saw the Queen Mother who had been drugged, I thought she wanted to have some fun... ahem, something exciting."
When Xie Junlin heard the second young master Zhao mention Shen Yuanwei, he turned around.
His dark eyes fell on Shen Yuanwei.
He pointed at Shen Yuanwei.
"Do you still dare to say that you are wronged?"
"If you were truly wronged, why would you deliberately make up such nonsense to induce the Second Young Master Zhao to defile my mother?"
"If you hadn't made up these lies about the male favorite, Zhao Er would not have dared to insult the Empress Dowager even if he had the guts of a bear! Even if he walked into the pavilion as promised, he would have been so scared when he saw the Empress Dowager lying there that he would have cried for help!"
"So, the humiliation of the Queen Mother tonight was caused by you, Shen Yuanwei. You are unforgivable!"
Xie Junlin raised his hand to signal the Dragon Scale Guards.
"Come on, arrest Shen Yuanwei!"
Shen Yuanwei looked at the Dragon Scale Guards rushing towards her without changing her expression.
She said loudly—
"etc!"
"Your Majesty, I have not lied. I am indeed wronged!"
"I was not making up lies to mislead Mr. Zhao. I didn't even know that Mr. Zhao was hiding in the shadows. I was just scolded by the Queen Mother in the pavilion. I felt aggrieved, so I walked and talked to myself, mocking the Queen Mother for looking for a male lover in her fifties. She messed up the royal atmosphere..."
"As for what I said about Prince Rui helping the Empress Dowager find a male lover, it's not something I made up. It was Prince Rui who told me in person. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can confront Prince Rui on the spot."
Xie Junlin looked at her as if she were a dead person.
"At this point, you're still talking nonsense!"
"Ayou would never find a male lover for his mother. He is not that stupid!"
"I know you have a good relationship with Ayou, but I'm telling you, you're going to miscalculate this time. No matter how much Ayou likes you, he won't help you, the one who killed his biological mother, to cover up his lie!"
Xie Junlin had just finished speaking.
Not far away, someone was walking slowly towards us holding a lantern.
His voice was hoarse, but he used all his strength to tell everyone——
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