In An Jingzhi's memory, the time when the Queen came out to collect and bury the original owner's body was the only time she disobeyed the imperial edict and left Changqiu Palace.
While he was thinking, Concubine Yi kept crying below, and between the lines of her words she expressed pity for her unborn child.
The queen only made one statement in her defense before her eyes turned red and she knelt there with her back straight without saying a word.
"Okay, stop crying. You're giving me a headache." An Jingzhi said with a cold face, slamming the table.
Concubine Yi's performance was interrupted and she was stunned for a second, as if she did not expect the other party to react like this.
She had originally planned that the other party should come down to comfort her with great heartache, and then convict the queen.
Looking at the emperor's expression, she felt a little uneasy, but she didn't know what went wrong.
"Let's go to the Queen's Changqiu Palace first." After An Jingzhi said this, the group walked to the Changqiu Palace.
An Jingzhi looked at the straw doll that was turned out from under the queen's bed. There was a needle stuck in the doll's belly.
"Your Majesty, this is what was found in my sister's palace, and it was found by her own maid. There are witnesses and evidence. How could it be that I am the one who gave it to my sister?" Imperial Concubine Yi cried.
Earlier, after Concubine Yi recovered from her miscarriage, she led people to break into the Queen's Changqiu Palace. The Queen didn't want to cause trouble and thought that less trouble is worse than more, so she asked her people to help search and clear her name.
Who knew that such a harmful thing would be found?
But the queen herself knew in her heart that this thing was not hers at all.
Seeing Concubine Yi's confident tone and the fact that she had specially sent people to observe, she knew that she had been framed.
But she just couldn't understand why these people were bribed by outsiders and came to harm her when she was so kind to the palace maids, never beating or scolding them, and generously rewarding them with good things.
What followed was the scene where Concubine Yi pulled the Queen to stop the Emperor and let him make the decision, and then An Jingzhi came to do the mission and saw it.
The Queen spoke stubbornly, her voice hoarse as she stared at An Jingzhi with her red eyes, "Your Majesty, I've told you this: this isn't mine. Someone must have framed me. Please investigate."
Imperial Concubine Yi retorted softly, "Sister, what you said is really funny. This was found by people from my palace and yours together. How can it not be yours? Could someone break into your palace during the day and secretly put this thing under your bed? Is being a palace guard just for free, sister?"
The queen was furious. The other party's pretentious appearance made her feel sick. "What nonsense are you talking about? It's okay if my people and your people found it together? You know exactly when you bribed them!"
An Jingzhi glanced at the Queen steadily, then waved his sleeves and said, "Go ahead. Since Imperial Concubine Yi said that the Queen framed you, I will also go to your palace to take a look."
Concubine Yi was a little panicked and quickly stood up from the ground, constantly recalling in her mind whether there was anything wrong.
She never expected that the emperor would actually come to her palace to inspect. She had previously bribed several eunuchs around the emperor with silver, and now the emperor was going to inspect it in person. Concubine Yi was worried that what she had done would be exposed, and she looked panic-stricken.
Although the emperor loves her, but did he also love the queen in the past? Hasn't he changed his mind now?
Moreover, witchcraft is an absolute taboo in the palace. If the emperor knew that she was the one who framed him, Concubine Yi knew that she would definitely not have a good ending.
She winked at the palace maid beside her, wanting her to run back in advance to check if there were any mistakes or omissions. The palace maid understood and immediately wanted to secretly take a shortcut back to the palace.
"Stop." An Jingzhi looked at the palace maid who was about to sneak away from behind. "What do you want to do? Which palace are you from?"
Imperial Concubine Yi's face turned pale, and she revealed a miserable expression. "Your Majesty, this is someone from my palace. I was thinking of asking her to go and inform the people there to prepare to welcome Your Majesty. I don't know if there are any unclean things in my palace right now, and I'm afraid of offending Your Majesty."
An Jingzhi looked at her expressionlessly, taking in all her little thoughts.
He stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "No need. I am the Supreme Ruler. What evil spirit can possibly offend me?"
Unable to send anyone to check the arrangements in advance, Concubine Yi could only follow with trepidation.
Soon a group of people walked to Concubine Yi's bedroom.
An Jingzhi knew that most of the eunuchs around him had been bribed by Concubine Yi, so he personally checked them one by one with his hands behind his back.
Concubine Yi hurriedly followed him, "Your Majesty, why don't you let the eunuchs and palace maids come to check? Your Majesty is so noble, how can you do such a thing?"
"You are my most beloved Imperial Concubine Yi. If anything happens to you, of course I have to investigate carefully. Today, your child is in danger. If you don't get to the bottom of this, who knows who will get into trouble next time. Who knows, the person behind this may turn his attention to me in the end." After An Jingzhi finished speaking, he glanced at Imperial Concubine Yi with a half-smile.
The other party was frightened by his eyes and took a step back, his heart pounding, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is really joking. Your Majesty is the master of the world, the true dragon emperor, who dares to harm Your Majesty?" Concubine Yi spoke haltingly.
An Jingzhi smiled, "It would be best"
He was checking and tapping at the same time, when suddenly he found that there was something wrong with the other party's voice.
He waved his hand and called the eunuch behind him.
After one stick of incense.
An Jingzhi took a look at the secret passage that had been smashed open in front of him, and looked at Concubine Yi with a smile.
"Come on, let's go in and take a look."
Concubine Yi's legs suddenly went weak and she fell to the ground, her mind going blank.
After An Jingzhi went in and out, she was still sitting on the ground.
It was a bit like a small room, with all the necessary toiletries in the room, even a lot of straw dolls and a few unused yellow papers.
It was exactly the same paper as the one on which Concubine Yi's own birth date was written.
The passage on the other side leads to the outer city. The imperial palace is divided into the inner city and the outer city. The inner city is where the concubines, queens and eunuchs are active, while the outer city is where patrolling soldiers and ministers handle official business.
The Queen also went in to take a look. When she came out, she looked at Concubine Yi, who was sitting on the ground, with eyes full of anger. "You really are framing me! To harm me, you even had the heart to abort your own child?! You have such a vicious heart! People say that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. You are really crazy!"
The Concubine Yi, who was sitting on the chair on the ground, was provoked. She stood up and yelled like a mad woman, "What do you know?! What do you know?! You know nothing! You deserve to die! You absolutely deserve to die! Why do you still occupy that position when you are obviously not favored?! I want to be the queen! I want to be the queen!"
Imperial Concubine Yi was talking like crazy as she tried to run outside, "Hahaha! I'm going to be the Queen! I'm the Queen! You lowly servants, why don't you show respect to me when you see me?! Kneel down, kneel down, all of you!"
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