Chapter 450 Continue the Interrogation
The empress felt uneasy, as if she was doubting whether the emperor would sideline her because of Shen Qing. She was the empress, and she felt that there was no reason for the emperor not to depose her. But if the emperor sidelined her, what if he supported Consort Xian in the future? What if Consort Xian became the Imperial Noble Consort? The empress dowager was in poor health. She had summoned the imperial physician to consult her over the years, and he said that she would not live for many years.
If the Queen Mother was gone, the Emperor would naturally be less concerned about the Chen family, and he had never been very concerned about her, the Queen, from the beginning to the end.
By then, the Xianfei family will be the only one in power. If you think long-term, judging from the current situation, the Sixth Prince has a great chance. Although she will be the Queen Mother no matter who succeeds to the throne, if she really becomes the Queen Mother, based on the Emperor's current actions, won't she be suppressed and unable to turn over in the end? The Emperor has never liked her and doesn't believe in her.
The queen pursed her lips at the thought.
Xuanyuan Ling listened to Lord Qian's explanation of the whole process and found that the Chen family was indeed involved. Someone from the Chen family had dealings with Lord Qian and asked him to lead the matter to Shen Zhizhuo, which led to this incident.
He now looked at Mr. Qian and said to Zhao Hai indifferently: "Take him away, and arrest all the people he mentioned just now and interrogate them for me." After a pause, he said coldly: "Tell the Queen not to leave Fengyi Palace, and everyone in Fengyi Palace is the same!"
Zhao Hai had felt that things were going to change, and now, after investigating for so long, he had finally found out the truth about Chen's family.
He quickly agreed, not daring to delay at all, as the emperor really wanted to take action against the Chen family.
There are still two ladies from the Chen family in this palace.
Oh, I never expected this.
From the beginning, it was Miss Qiao who was seeking death, who knew that there would be so many things behind the scenes.
Now I don’t know what will happen in the end.
Xuanyuan Ling exhaled slowly. He had suspected before, but now he was sure. He just wanted a testimony. In fact, the Chen family was already involved. How could he not see that it was the Queen who did it?
The queen is really great. She interfered in the affairs of the harem but only suppressed him because she had no evidence. Now she has extended her hands to the previous dynasty.
Ministers in the court, she said she would plot, so she plotted? She said she would exterminate an entire family, so she would exterminate an entire family?
Xuanyuan Ling himself had killed many people and executed quite a few people, but he could not do such a thing as setting up such a trap just to make Concubine Qiao determined to fight to death, or even wiping out the entire family just to provoke her!
Thinking about it this way, there are still many people in the harem, and these concubines seem to be well-behaved now, but with the incident with Concubine Qiao in the past, he can't help but think too much. The queen's plan is cruel. In this way, will these concubines in his harem become a knife in the queen's hand sooner or later?
At this moment, he felt that what the queen had done was simply outrageous. Was there anything she couldn't do?
He thought of Shen Qing again. This time Shen Qing was lucky, but what about the next time? What about the next time?
This is no longer just some trivial struggle in the harem.
In recent years, the Chen family seemed to be well-behaved on the surface. Just like the queen, Xuanyuan Ling suppressed them and kept them well-behaved, but did not kill them all.
But he is not killing them all because he wants them to behave themselves when they know he is watching them. He is not giving them a chance to bide their time. What he did openly before is now being done in secret, right?
He really wanted to issue an edict to depose the queen right now! To execute all the people in the Chen family who were involved in this matter!
But he couldn't do that right now, as he had to consider Shen Qing. If he deposed the queen without any solid evidence of her guilt, it would only make the ministers suspicious. What if the queen turned against him one day?
Shen Qing is too favored. If this matter is not confirmed, what if the queen says that he deliberately deposed her in order to let Shen Qing take the throne?
By then, the crime of Shen Qing's evil concubine will be there. Not to mention Shen Qing's bad deeds, Xiao Liu will be gossiped about even if he really sits on the throne of the crown prince in the future. The words "the emperor was bewitched by the evil concubine" are enough to make them mother and son have no good life in the future!
We cannot issue an order at this moment. We have to wait and investigate. This matter must be confirmed!
Xuanyuan Ling was angry about this matter, but then he thought of Chen Qing. It was his favor that made her so popular and the queen used all kinds of tricks to target her.
Xuanyuan Ling felt guilty. He read the memorial for a while but couldn't continue reading it, so he went to Zhaohua Palace.
Shen Qing was now touching her belly and counting the fetal movements. It had been more than four months and the baby could move. With the experience from last time, she did not seem so helpless this time.
She touched her belly and counted, asking Chunhua to record beside her.
Xuanyuan Ling came over and looked at her with a smile on her face, and paused.
Chen Qing lowered her head and looked at her belly with a gentle smile on her face. Today she was wearing a moon-white gauze dress, which was less sharp and heart-stirringly gorgeous, and more gentle, which could soothe people's hearts when they looked at it.
Just by looking at him, the resistance he had just felt towards the Queen eased a lot, and he felt more and more sorry for her.
Soon Shen Qing spotted Xuanyuan Ling: "It would be fine if the emperor didn't let anyone know, but why is he peeking over there when there's a disagreement?"
Xuanyuan Ling said: "I just looked at it for a little longer."
As he spoke, he took the book from Chunhua's hand. He knew about Shen Qing's counting of fetal movements. Now that Chunhua had been asked to leave, he naturally took over the job.
Shen Qing saw that his expression was not right, but he didn't mention it and she didn't ask. Now it's okay. He usually tells her what he wants to say.
Xuanyuan Ling accompanied Shen Qing to count the fetal movements and then put the book aside. It was just as Shen Qing thought. If he had something to say, he would say, "I checked the matter of Lady Qiao. It was related to the Queen."
Shen Qing touched her belly and asked only: "How did the queen do it?"
Xuanyuan Ling then told Shen Qing the whole story from beginning to end.
Chen Qing couldn't help but sigh when she heard this: "The queen is so calculating. She noticed what happened to Lady Qiao and took the opportunity to plot such a plot. If it weren't for Lady Qiao's weak mind, even though she hated me, she didn't calm down enough to think about killing me. I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to survive."
I'm not exaggerating. If Concubine Qiao had planned it carefully, who would have thought that a concubine would do such an open thing? If someone who wasn't in a strange mood approached her, and came closer to her and caught her off guard, and stabbed her with a knife, then if she thought about it more carefully, the Queen was responsible. Concubine Qiao couldn't use any poison, but the Queen was different. If she had been more drastic, and if the knife had been coated with poison, she wouldn't have to stab her in a vital part, and she would have died.
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