Chapter 918 Accomplice
Luo Qinghan remained silent.
The Empress Dowager stared at him and asked, "Why don't you speak?"
Luo Qinghan said coldly: "Concubine Xiao is already dead, this assumption is meaningless."
The Empress Dowager raised her voice slightly.
"No matter whether it makes sense or not, just answer me, do you know how to do it? Or do you know how to do it?"
Reason told Luo Qinghan that the smartest thing to do at this moment would be to give an affirmative answer. After all, Emperor Sheng Yong was his biological father. Even if that father was not very kind to him, in universal values, filial piety is more important than anything else. As a son, it was only natural for him to avenge his father.
Besides, it's just an answer.
What's the harm in talking about it?
Could he really kill Xixi for a trumped-up charge?
But for some reason, there was a small voice in his heart that prevented him from speaking and giving a positive answer.
Seeing him fall silent, the Empress Dowager gradually became agitated.
Her fingertips holding the teacup were trembling slightly, and she was almost unable to hold it.
Princess Hua'an tried to comfort the Empress Dowager, hoping she would not be angry, while at the same time she urged the Emperor to speak quickly and not get angry with the Empress Dowager over such a small matter, saying it was not worth it!
Luo Qinghan's index finger hidden in his sleeve trembled slightly.
He immediately clasped his index finger tightly with his thumb to suppress the inexplicable uneasiness.
"Concubine Xiao is not the kind of person that the Empress Dowager described. She definitely has nothing to do with the death of our father."
When the Empress Dowager saw that he was unwilling to give her even a symbolic promise, her disappointment in him reached its peak.
She asked word by word.
"Your Majesty, you do everything you can to protect Concubine Xiao, even going so far as to go against filial piety. Why? Are you feeling guilty?"
She emphasized the tone of the last sentence, making it sound like a question.
Princess Hua'an wanted to speak up for the emperor, but was glared back at by the Empress Dowager.
Luo Qinghan: "What do I have to feel guilty about?"
The Queen Mother said sternly.
"Concubine Xiao is your favorite concubine. If she is really related to the death of the late emperor, then she must have murdered the late emperor for you!
Once she's exposed, you'll be exposed too.
You seem to be protecting her, but you are actually protecting yourself."
Princess Hua'an was so frightened by these words that she almost had a heart attack.
Although she had guessed that the death of the late emperor might be related to Concubine Xiao, she never thought that this matter would be related to Luo Qinghan.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but I just don’t dare to think about it.
She was afraid that she would accidentally touch upon the truth and thus bring about a fatal disaster.
What she didn't dare to do was now done by the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was determined to get the truth about Emperor Sheng Yong's death from Luo Qinghan today!
Luo Qinghan already understood in his heart, it seemed that this was the main reason why Luo Yanzhi was able to persuade the Empress Dowager to change her position.
The Empress Dowager suspected that he had instructed Concubine Xiao to murder Emperor Sheng Yong.
A mother who wants to avenge her son will do anything.
Luo Qinghan: "No matter what you think, I still say the same thing. If you want to convict someone, you must first produce solid evidence. Without evidence, everything is empty talk."
The Empress Dowager: "Your attitude says it all."
In her opinion, Luo Qinghan's avoidance of the question was a sign of guilty conscience.
Originally, she was skeptical about what Luo Yanzhi said.
But Luo Qinghan's repeated avoidance at this time forced her to believe that Luo Yanzhi's guess might be true.
The death of Emperor Sheng Yong was most likely planned by Luo Qinghan!
The Empress Dowager became more and more hateful the more she thought about it.
Fortunately, she still thought that Luo Qinghan, the crown prince, was the legitimate one. After the death of Emperor Sheng Yong, she hardly considered any other princes and directly pushed him to the throne.
Unexpectedly, the so-called orthodoxy in her eyes turned out to be a rebellious son who killed his father and usurped the throne!
The Empress Dowager's eyes were red and there was a strong sense of hostility in her eyes.
She didn't want to say another word to Luo Qinghan, a rebellious son who dared to murder his own father in order to achieve his goals.
The Empress Dowager threw the teacup in her hand to the ground!
The teacup fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Broken pieces of porcelain flew everywhere.
Princess Hua An was so frightened that she cried out, "Ah!"
The next moment, a group of assassins armed with weapons rushed in aggressively.
They surrounded Luo Qinghan.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Eunuch Chang rushed forward to protect the emperor.
Luo Qinghan looked at the Empress Dowager and asked coldly.
"What does the Imperial Grandmother mean?"
The Empress Dowager gnashed her teeth and said, "I will get rid of you, the rebellious son who killed your father and usurped the throne, for the Luo family!"
Princess Hua'an was already at a loss as to what to do in the face of this situation.
She grabbed the Empress Dowager's hand and pleaded urgently.
"Mother, calm down. There must be a misunderstanding here. Your Majesty cannot kill his father! Please ask these people to leave. Don't make the same mistake over and over again!"
The Empress Dowager shook her hand away and scolded, "Shut up, today's matter has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in other people's business!"
Princess Hua An: "But..."
The Empress Dowager glared at him.
Princess Hua'an was so frightened that she shut her mouth and dared not say another word.
She turned to look at the Emperor, hoping that he would give in and calm the Empress Dowager.
Until now, she still thought that the Empress Dowager just wanted to scare the emperor, and that she would not really kill the emperor.
However, Luo Qinghan ignored the look in Princess Hua'an's eyes.
His eyes swept over the assassins in front of him one by one. These people had a strong sense of banditry and their eyes were full of murderous intent. One could tell at a glance that they had killed people before.
Luo Qinghan: "These gangsters should not be accessible to the Empress Dowager. You should have helpers, right? Is it the King of Jing County?"
The Empress Dowager did not answer.
A moment later, a man strode in from outside.
The person who came was Jing County Wang Luo Yanzhi.
He was dressed in armor, with a sword at his waist, and his peach blossom eyes were full of smug smiles.
"As expected of my brother, you guessed it was me right away."
When Princess Hua'an saw him come in, her heart sank to the bottom.
If it was the Empress Dowager who took action against the Emperor, she might just want to teach the disobedient younger generation a lesson.
But if it was Luo Yanzhi who took action, he would definitely want to kill the emperor.
Luo Yanzhi's ambition is known to everyone. In order to get to the top, he would not hesitate to kill his brother, or even everyone in the world!
Princess Hua'an already knew that all this was a trap set by Luo Yanzhi. He colluded with the Empress Dowager to trick the emperor out, intending to get rid of the emperor in the Taimiao and then replace him.
Princess Hua An unknowingly became their accomplice -
If she had not lobbied the emperor, the emperor would not have agreed to visit the Empress Dowager in the Taimiao.
Princess Hua'an fell into deep regret.
She should have been more careful.
She shouldn't have trusted her mother too much.
(End of this chapter)
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