But her silence made the emperor more certain of his guess.
His eyes were slightly narrowed. After all, he was the superior. When that kind of pressure was released, not to mention Qin Ruo, even Concubine Qin could hardly bear it!
However, Qin Yong's identity was there, and Qin Rugang had been married to Helian Wushuang, and Concubine Qin was still a concubine after all. In addition, Duan Qingxi was not seriously injured, so the emperor did not take their lives directly.
The emperor issued an imperial decree. Qin Ruo, who was originally going to marry Helian Wushuang as the Crown Princess, was now directly demoted to a concubine. Concubine Qin was also implicated and was punished to be confined for three months.
Even Qin Yong was scolded by the emperor in the court and fined a lot of his salary.
This may seem insignificant, but it is actually much more effective than killing Qin Ruo directly.
In this way, everyone will think that the emperor and Duan Qingxi are tolerant and humble, and they can take the matter of being poisoned and plotted against so lightly. They think it is just a punishment. For many people, this punishment is not even a punishment.
But Qin Yong was in trouble!
If Qin Ruoruo could become the Crown Princess, his future plans would go smoothly, but now she has become a concubine. As long as Helian Wushuang is willing, he can ignore her at any time. Qin Yong will be very passive!
Moreover, after this imperial decree comes down, everyone's eyes will be on him, and he can only keep his tail between his legs.
The Qin family was naturally in chaos, but the emperor and empress were extremely happy.
Duan Qingxi didn't have any particularly strong emotions. After all, everything she did was beneficial to the General's Mansion.
In the remaining two days, Duan Qingxi cleaned up the remaining poison for the queen.
This was a very simple matter. The queen's complexion became better day by day, her body recovered, and she seemed to have become ten years younger in an instant.
When the emperor saw it, he could hardly take his eyes off it.
There is actually a reason why Helian Wushuang is so handsome.
The emperor is already handsome, and the queen was even more stunningly beautiful when she was young. How bad could the child born from their union be?
Thinking of this, Duan Qingxi became a little curious. What did Helian Sheng look like?
The queen's illness has been cured, so Duan Qingxi naturally has to leave the palace and return to the general's mansion.
But before going back, she gave Helian Wushuang a clue.
It is said that as soon as Duan Qingxi returned to the general's mansion, Helian Wushuang took people to Concubine Qin's palace.
Duan Qingxi was not clear about the process, but he only heard that Helian Wushuang found out that the queen's poison was related to the palace maid Caiyue, and Caiyue gave away Chunrong.
Chunrong did not make any excuses and took all the blame on herself. In the end, she hit her head and died in the hall.
This matter can only end now.
For Duan Qingxi, it was indeed over.
But for Qin Yong, it was the worst period.
He sat in the study, staring at the words on the letter with a gloomy face, and did not speak for a long time.
The secret guard kneeling on the ground did not dare to speak, but just knelt with his eyes lowered respectfully.
After a while, Qin Yong finally asked, "What kind of person is Princess Yunle?!"
Qin Yong only knew a little about Duan Qingxi and had not studied her in detail.
He knew that she was Master Qingyuan's only female disciple, that she had been granted the title of First-Rank Princess by the Emperor, and that she had gone with Helian Sheng to provide disaster relief and suppress bandits, having performed great service...
However, he never took this woman seriously.
But he didn't expect that she would stab him hard!
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