Chapter 566 Queen
Yan Ning immediately recounted what he had seen and heard truthfully.
The emperor's expression changed again and again until he heard that the assassin was a death squad secretly raised by Prince Rui, and that the mastermind behind the scenes was actually the queen. He immediately became restless.
"Nonsense! How could the Queen do such a thing? Do you believe the assassin's random accusations?"
The emperor slammed the table and stood up, coughing violently because the air was choked in his throat. Li Liangui hurried forward to pat his back to calm him down and persuaded the emperor to calm down.
Yan Ning's expression froze, and he lowered his head without saying a word.
In fact, under normal circumstances, if the assassin claimed that it was the Queen's order, he would not believe it.
But the person presiding over the trial at that time was the Princess Regent.
He didn't know what means the princess used, but he could see that she firmly believed what the assassin said was true, so Yan Ning had no doubts at all.
Seeing that the emperor didn't believe it, Yun Qingqing spoke calmly:
"The assassin leader is outside the palace. If Your Majesty does not believe the assassin's testimony, I have a way to let Your Majesty see the truth with your own eyes."
The emperor looked at her suddenly:
"What method? Tell me!"
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There is a Phoenix Terrace right in front of Fengqi Palace.
The top of Phoenix Terrace is the highest point in the entire harem. Standing on it, you can overlook the scenery of the imperial capital.
Queen Chen stood on the edge of the Phoenix Terrace, wearing a fox fur coat, gazing at the prosperous New Year's Eve scene in the distance with a frown on her face.
It was already past midnight. On normal days, the lights in the city would have been mostly turned off at this time, but now that the New Year had just passed and the Lantern Festival had not yet arrived, the big red lanterns were still hanging in every household. From a distance, they looked like a sea of red, which could be considered a brilliant display of lights.
However, everyone who should be asleep has already gone to bed by this time, and the fireworks that could occasionally be seen in the first half of the night are no longer there.
"My Lady, the wind is strong at night. Why don't you return to the palace first? I will keep a close eye on this place for you."
Lan Rui, the Queen's personal maid, said.
As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen suddenly grabbed Lan Rui's arm, pointed to the distance and said:
"Look what that is? Can you see it?"
Lan Rui was startled and looked quickly. She saw a green light in the sky in that direction, slowly falling from the sky.
Just as she was staring at the light spot, two balls of light exploded in the air, one after the other, and turned into two green light spots, slowly falling down, forming a row at an angle with the light spot in front.
"It's a signal! Madam, great! The assassins succeeded!"
The Queen also smiled, her gloomy expression showing satisfaction:
"Yun Qingqing is finally dead! Ever since she married the Regent, my Rui'er's luck has been getting worse and worse!"
"No matter what kind of Tianfeng she is, since she can't help my Rui'er, then let her die!"
"I want to see what kind of waves a dead Tianfeng can still make!"
The queen had a sinister smile on her face. She wrapped herself tightly in the fox fur and turned to leave, but the smile on her face suddenly froze.
The emperor was seen standing at the entrance of the platform, supported by Li Liangui, looking over in disbelief!
Not only that, behind the emperor was Yun Qingqing, who should have died at the hands of the assassin!
Next to him was the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, Yan Ning, and the leader of the death squad who was tied up and held by a team of Imperial Guards!
"Your Majesty...when will you..."
The queen panicked and spoke hurriedly with the last glimmer of hope.
"You vicious woman!" The emperor interrupted her angrily, "It was you who actually sent people to attack the Regent's Palace!"
"If I hadn't heard you say these words with my own ears, I would still be kept in the dark by you!"
At first, the emperor didn't believe it at all, until Yun Qingqing said there was a way to let him see the truth.
The assassin leader was brought in and confessed in person that according to the Queen's instructions, after the mission was accomplished, three flares would be fired into the air from the Regent's Palace to notify the mastermind behind the scenes.
Then Yun Qingqing set up a concealment array on the spot, and the group was brought directly to the Phoenix Terrace, where they listened to every word of the conversation between the Queen and Lan Rui.
"What else do you have to say!" The emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over, and his last bit of hope was shattered.
The queen turned pale and knelt on the ground, trying to argue:
"Your Highness... Your Highness didn't... It must have been a misunderstanding..."
Yun Qingqing's face turned cold, and she raised her hand and threw a mantra over.
The Queen's half-sentence defense turned into:
"Who told Yun Qingqing to target Rui'er everywhere? Rui'er was deposed as the crown prince, and now he's been thrown into the Heavenly Prison. It's all because of this scoundrel! Yun Qingqing must die!"
"Without her, Xiao Changheng's luck will end! Only my Rui'er will have a chance to turn things around!"
"Shut up!" The emperor was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. His hand, which was pointing at her, was shaking. "Xiao Zirui acted perversely and rebelled in public. He deserved this fate! You still want to help him?"
The Queen screamed in a shrill voice, her face twisted as if she had been stimulated:
"So what! Now that the Regent is not in the capital, I just need to kill Tianfeng first, and then secretly poison you, the consumptive wretch. Then my son can take advantage of the chaos to escape from prison and lead his men into the palace, changing the world and ascending to the supreme throne! He is the crown prince! This throne is his by right!"
The emperor was struck by lightning and looked at the queen in disbelief:
"You...you still plan to attack me!"
The Queen's expression became increasingly distorted, and she was terrified, but she spoke the truth without hesitation:
"Back then, I used all my family's strength to support you in becoming the Crown Prince, and eventually you ascended to the throne. What do you think it was all for?"
"Since you don't let my son become emperor, don't blame me for being cruel!"
The emperor stumbled, gasping for breath, his expression completely gloomy:
"Come here! Take this vicious woman to the cold palace and wait for your punishment!"
When the queen was dragged away, she still looked at Yun Qingqing with hatred and cursed loudly, but her mouth was quickly blocked by the imperial guards.
The emperor took a long time to catch his breath and gnashed his teeth:
"I will destroy her... and the entire Chen family..."
Yun Qingqing suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate."
The emperor frowned and said in a rough voice:
"Not only did Chen send someone to kill you, she even wants to attack me. Am I supposed to tolerate her and let her continue to be the queen?"
Yun Qingqing's face was serious:
"On New Year's Eve, Xiao Zirui rebelled in public. Although he was subdued on the spot, the incident was too serious and affected the fate of the country."
"If, at this critical juncture, the Regent's Palace is attacked, and the Queen's misconduct and treason are publicized, her position as Queen will be deposed, and the fate of the nation will be shaken."
The emperor's expression froze:
“…Is it really like this?”
Yun Qingqing nodded:
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can summon the Imperial Master to ask him and you will know the answer."
She had previously instructed Yan Ning not to spread the news that the Queen had sent people to attack the Regent's Palace because Lingtong discovered that the fate of Daliang had changed.
Once the country's destiny is shaken, it will suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters in the coming year, and the people will suffer the most.
Of course the queen must punish, but she cannot implicate innocent people.
After hearing Yun Qingqing's words, the emperor immediately summoned the imperial teacher.
When the group returned to the emperor's bedroom, the imperial teacher Cang Qi also hurried over.
As a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, Cang Qi always obeyed Yun Qingqing's words. What's more, what she said was absolutely right. He immediately followed her words and advised the emperor not to depose the queen, and that the attack on the Regent's Palace should be suppressed.
Regarding the fate of the country, the emperor finally calmed down and looked at Yun Qingqing with a complicated expression:
"But if the perpetrators of today's incident are not severely punished, how can justice be restored to the Prince Regent's Palace?"
Yun Qingqing curled her lips coldly:
"The law of nature is cyclical, and retribution is inevitable. Even if the traces of evil deeds are concealed for a while, they cannot escape the law of cause and effect."
"The Queen has done far more than this, and soon retribution will come upon her one by one."
"...More than that?" The emperor's expression changed.
Yun Qingqing knew that the emperor and the empress were a young couple and had always had a good relationship.
If the queen had not revealed her true face today, he would never have believed that the wife he had trusted for many years could be so vicious.
But it's time to break the filter.
Yun Qingqing counted on her fingers and said calmly:
"The first life the Queen took was when she was just coming of age. She killed her younger sister with her own hands in exchange for a marriage."
The emperor's pupils shrank sharply, and his voice became trembling:
"What...was she the one who did it?"
Yun Qingqing nodded slightly:
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the Queen herself."
That's enough of the talk.
Because the mantra that Yun Qingqing cast on the queen was different, ordinary mantras only last for one hour.
The curse on the queen prevented her from telling a lie for three whole days.
When Yun Qingqing walked out of the palace, it was already dawn.
She slowly breathed a sigh of relief, her expression still grim.
The queen's good days are over, but she is not in a good mood.
When seeing the Queen today, Yun Qingqing suddenly realized that she was entangled with so many karmas and retributions, which was clearly a manifestation of having done too many evil things.
But I had never seen it before.
It can only mean one thing...
The secret of the Queen was once concealed by human beings!
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