Chapter 267 How has the world become so crazy?

Empress Sima had never expected such a good thing to happen. As soon as it got dark, God delivered a pillow to her.

She was just worried about the failure of choosing a husband for Princess Yunheng and the lack of chance to control Concubine Xiang and her daughter, but this handle was delivered to her door on its own initiative.

Xiang Fei immediately stood in front of her daughter, with a look of fearlessness, "If you want to arrest someone, just arrest me. It has nothing to do with Yun Heng."

She had not originally intended to drag her own daughter into this, so she would bear all the consequences.

Unexpectedly, Princess Yunheng became excited again when she heard her say that, "It's not like that, it was me, I did it!"

The mother and daughter competed to confess their guilt, both wanting to remove the other from the matter.

Xie Zhuoning was overwhelmed for a moment.

Worrying too much will lead to confusion. Princess Yunheng forgot everything that was instructed when she came.

But it's not Yunheng's fault. Too many things have happened in such a short time. Her mother wanted to poison her father, and now her mother is being questioned by the empress. No matter who it is, it would be difficult for her to remain objective and calm.

"Ayu, it's up to you." She winked at Song Yuqiu.

She was too familiar with the Empress, and if she said too much, she was afraid that her true feelings would be exposed.

Song Yuqiu immediately bent his thumb and index finger into a strange circle, nodded solemnly, and then suddenly howled, "Yes, the princess did all this!"

This shout even scared the queen.

However, she was even happier when she saw that someone was willing to identify Princess Yunheng.

"In that case, Princess Yunheng, do you have anything else to say?"

Unexpectedly, Princess Yunheng had no reaction yet, but Concubine Xiang got furious.

She actually drew out her guard's sword on the spot, staring at Song Yuqiu with red eyes, "You ungrateful slave, how dare you commit treason and slander the princess? I will kill you!"

Having said that, he chopped over with a knife.

Song Yuqiu could understand Xiang Fei's deep love for her daughter, but she couldn't understand why she was the one being hunted!

She held her head and ran away, "Help, help!"

Seeing this, Princess Yunheng and Xie Zhuoning hurried to grab the angry Concubine Xiang.

Queen: “…”

When did the world become so crazy?

Fortunately, Song Yuqiu did not forget her mission even as she was escaping, and continued to shout, "Her Majesty, Madam Xiang, please understand. Princess Yunheng fed His Majesty poison in order to cure him!"

The queen sneered, "Using poison to treat illness, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Song Yuqiu hurriedly said, "I'm not talking nonsense. Fighting poison with poison, haven't you ever heard of this?"

"Oh, you can tell all kinds of lies to excuse the mother and daughter."

The queen was too lazy to listen to them and ordered directly, "Capture them all!"

Now, not only Concubine Xiang and Princess Yunheng, but also Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu were not spared.

Xiang Fei then realized that the two palace maids were not trying to identify their daughters, but to excuse them.

I sighed immediately, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Song Yuqiu wanted to cry but had no tears: "...No, Madam Xiang Fei, please give me a chance to explain!"

"I'm sorry, I have implicated you." Princess Yunheng lowered her head, feeling lost and guilty.

If she hadn't jumped out to stop her mother, they would have been able to escape successfully according to their original plan.

Xie Zhuoning felt that things had developed to this point and it was no longer a question of who was implicated.

If she hadn't begged Princess Yunheng for help, she wouldn't have jumped into the Hunshui River.

If Princess Yunheng hadn't rushed over and knocked over the poisoned soup, their trip today would have been in vain.

"Don't worry," Xie Zhuoning lowered his voice and gently comforted her, "It's not the end yet."

The Queen walked up to the detained Concubine Xiang and Princess Yunheng, shook her head, and looked disappointed.

"Yunheng, oh Yunheng, you called me mother, and I loved you from the bottom of my heart, but how could you be so foolish as to do such a heinous thing as regicide and patricide?"

Yun Heng finally remembered what Xie Zhuoning had said and insisted, "I didn't poison my father. I was curing his illness!"

The Queen covered her lips and laughed, "Hahaha, are you kidding me? Fighting poison with poison, such a ridiculous thing, I'm ashamed that you can think of it!"

Who would believe it if I told them?

"And sister Xiang Fei, the emperor has treated you well, how could you be so cruel? It's really chilling!"

She reached out her hand and lifted Xiang Fei's chin. "But there is a way to clear you and your daughter of suspicion... As long as you are willing to convince the Governor of Dongjun to submit to the Crown Prince, then today's incident will never have happened to me."

Xiang Fei stared at her coldly, "What if we don't want to?"

The queen curled her lips, "The crime of regicide and treason is enough to exterminate all nine generations of your clan."

Xiang Fei was shocked.

She originally thought that at worst she could just take the blame herself.

After all, Yunheng is a princess of a country and her brother is a high-ranking official, so it is expected that the queen will not touch them.

But she thought too simply. This queen who seemed to have no temper was actually more cruel than anyone else!

No wonder they were deemed guilty without any investigation or even any questioning, because the Queen didn't care about these things at all.

If they cooperate, the iron-clad evidence will disappear.

If they don't cooperate, even if there are many doubts and loopholes, we will still provide them with ironclad evidence!

Princess Yunheng looked at the Queen with disappointment, "It turns out that in my heart, Queen Mother doesn't care about my father's safety at all."

The Queen sneered, "What does it matter whether I care or not? His Majesty has been unconscious for so long, am I going to pin my hopes on a living dead man?"

"If he hadn't been so weak, if he hadn't allowed Prince Yong to gain power, if he hadn't left behind this pile of rotten things, why would my mother and I have to live such a hard life?"

Perhaps it was because the Queen had been nervous during this period because of the Crown Prince's affairs, and at this moment, all the resentment that had accumulated in her heart for many years burst out.

From the dragon tent, an old and weak voice came, "It turns out that the queen is so dissatisfied with me."

The moment she heard the voice, the queen was in a daze for a moment, thinking she had misheard.

It was not until Princess Yunheng excitedly called out "Father" that everyone reacted and hurriedly saluted.

Princess Yunheng broke free from the guards and quickly lay down beside the bed, "Father, please make a decision for me and my mother!"

"Although I broke into the Wanshou Palace and gave you medicine without permission, it was all for the sake of saving you. But the Queen said that I wanted to kill the king and my father, and she wanted to arrest me and my mother."

"Father, please judge for yourself. If I really wanted to kill my father, how could you wake up?"

It's totally contradictory!

"Don't worry," Emperor Zhaowen gently touched her head, "Father has seen everything you have done."

Only then did the queen come to her senses, feeling extremely panicked.

She didn't expect that Yunheng actually cured the emperor!

"Your Majesty, I was anxious for a moment and worried about your safety, so I misunderstood Yunheng."

As he said this, he looked at Princess Yunheng hypocritically and said, "Good child, you should have explained it to your mother earlier."

Princess Yunheng didn't expect that she would actually turn the tables and she wrinkled her nose in anger.

Emperor Zhaowen said calmly, "That's not what the Queen said just now."

"Your Majesty..."

"Okay, no need to explain." Emperor Zhaowen had just woken up and still looked very tired. He didn't want to hear those bad things.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Princess Yunheng, "You cured me and performed a great service. What reward do you want?"