顾玦说得有理，哪怕参茶真的有问题，太医们哪里敢去指认皇帝，但同理可论，要是按照顾玦所说，从宫外的济世堂找大夫，那么，皇帝也能反过来质疑是否顾玦有意在陷害他。
哪怕大部分人心里基本上确认皇帝心中有鬼，但只要没有确凿的证据，就不可能定皇帝的罪。
事关堂堂天子，一国之君，可没那么容易找出“确凿”的证据，因为就算是证明了参茶真的有毒，也没用，皇帝不会认的，他可以说是刁奴记恨太后又或者抛出一个顶包之人即可。
皇帝与顾玦谁也不肯退让，殿内的气氛渐渐凝固，双方僵持不下，空气中似有火花若有似无地闪烁着。
楚千尘抿了一口茶，用帕子擦擦唇角，嫣然一笑。
她笑得眉飞色舞，轻快地抚掌道：“那就让母后跟我们回王府去吧，我们另找大夫给母后看病，也免得母后在这宫里，病得越来越重。”
楚千尘抛出的第二句又是惊人之语。
周围又陷入一阵诡异的寂静，悄然无声。
照理说，今天皇帝与这么多王爷在场，他们男人说话，这里完全没有楚千尘插嘴的份，所以其他女眷到现在就没一个开口的，唯有楚千尘。
她竟然敢当众怼皇帝，神色间半点不憷。
一时间，一道道灼灼的目光全都落在楚千尘那张笑吟吟的小脸上，神情更复杂了。
尤其大部分人也听说过一些楚千尘去年在御书房与皇帝对质的事，此刻他们有一种“传言恐怕还轻了”的唏嘘。
这一刻，他们的心思达到了同步——
这宸王妃的胆子也未免太大了！ “……”殷太后深深地看着小儿媳，心中更多的是赞赏，被她儿子看上的小姑娘岂是一般人！
殷太后被困在这深宫之中，耳目闭塞，其实完全不知道今天儿子的打算。
但就算不知道，她也会见机行事，毕竟她身居凤位多年，什么事没经历过，从方才看到楚千尘带着静乐、礼亲王妃等人前来，就能大致猜到儿媳是想要把这件事闹大。
于是殷太后就顺着楚千尘的话语，顺水推舟。
她也确实心疼静乐，皇后与卢家人实在是欺人太甚了，自己也就是顺手帮一把而已。
说得实在点，以后儿子儿媳也会有女儿，那就是自己的亲孙女，总不能看着亲孙女的姑母被人折辱成这样吧。
后来，皇帝、礼亲王等人突如其来地到了寿宁宫，殷太后心里是惊讶又欣喜，她好些日子没见儿子了，因此起初她只以为是儿子想借这个机会来见见她。
真正让殷太后出乎意料的是那之后的发展：顾玦忽然出声质疑那碗参茶，接着，参茶打翻了，严嬷嬷跪在地上求饶……
这一连串的事让殷太后心中更惊。
“咳咳，咳咳咳……”
殷太后右手捂着胸口，垂首开始咳嗽，一声比一声厉害，何嬷嬷在一旁轻轻地给她抚背。
殷太后一边咳，一边却在瞟着跪地的严嬷嬷。
过去这半年来严嬷嬷那天翻地覆的改变，殷太后是看在眼里的，知道她早已被儿媳妇收拾得服服帖帖的。
也就是说，今天这一出，肯定也是儿子和儿媳妇的意思了。
就算一开始有些懵，现在殷太后也想明白了，心中一片敞亮：这两孩子是想接她出宫呢。
他们啊，不止敢想，还敢做！！ 想到这里，殷太后的心口一阵澎湃，各种滋味在心头翻滚了好几遍，最后只余下了甜，她的眼圈开始泛红……
周围的礼亲王、礼亲王妃等人也都在观察着殷太后，方才严嬷嬷跪下求饶时，殷太后一瞬间表现出来的震惊是发自内心，是无法掩藏地，他们全都看在了眼里，唏嘘地面面相看。
谁也不知道此“惊”非彼“惊”。
他们都以为殷太后的震惊是因为她没想到严嬷嬷是皇帝安插的人，没想到参茶居然有“问题”！ 瞧殷太后此刻被气得“怒极攻心”的样子，长公主们心里都有所触动。
人心都是肉长的，刚刚殷太后才为静乐做主严惩了卢驸马，此举也给其他的长公主们吃了定心丸，众位长公主的心口还热乎着，心里是既感激，又感动，更有几分心酸，不免追忆起了往昔。
有比较才知道差别。
从前先帝在时，殷太后入主中宫，对她们这些庶女都挺好的，虽说不上爱若亲女，但也从来没亏待过，她们都享有公主该有的尊荣。
有一说一，就是当年殷太后给宁德长公主她们挑的驸马都远比皇后挑的那些歪瓜裂枣要好多了！ 想着卢方睿，长公主们硬是觉得自家缺点不少的驸马也稍微变得顺眼了一点，感慨万千。
她们还没从唏嘘中反应过来，就见楚千尘快步走到了殷太后身侧，柔声细语地安抚着。
静乐、宁德长公主她们也纷纷起身，七手八脚地朝殷太后围了过来： “母后，您没事吧？”
“母后，别气坏了凤体！”
“是啊，凤体要紧，您要是病了，九皇弟该有多担心。”
“……”
长公主们有的帮着抚胸口，有的急急地吩咐人去取温茶水，有的让人去点静心香，一个个脸上写满了担忧与关切，这体贴倍至的样子让人几乎以为太后是她们的亲娘。
她们算是看出来，指望皇后是不现实的，太后一旦有什么三长两短，就再也没人管她们的死活了。
至于皇帝？！ 他没让她们去和亲，那已经是她们天大的福气了。
眼前这鸡飞狗跳的一幕，看在皇帝眼里，刺眼极了，连带那些长公主们关切的言语也让他觉得极度刺耳，心口一股邪火在啃食着他。
皇帝眼皮发颤，冷汗沁透了背心，中衣早就湿了一片，可谓冰火两重天。
顾玦直视着皇帝的眼睛，又道：“皇兄，我一定要带母后出宫。”
“继续让母后留在宫里，也不知道明年过年，我们还能不能见到她老人家。”
他说话时，一拂袖，宽大的襟袖微扬，望之飘逸高华，清雅隽秀，可他说的话是一句比一句刺耳，专往皇帝的心窝子刺，加油添柴，烧得皇帝心口的邪火更旺了。
“是啊是啊。”楚千尘不知从哪里摸出了一方素白的帕子，装模作样地去按眼角，假哭。
她最会假哭，眼睛眨巴两下，就似有了泪光，哭得还煞是好看。
她行事一向百无禁忌，半点没有因为今天是大年初一而有点忌讳，照“哭”不误。
夫妇俩一唱一和，默契至极，这话里话外的意思就是说，皇帝今天给太后下药的事被他们拆穿了，接下来，皇帝恐怕就要破罐子破摔，等他们一走，皇帝就要把太后这个“证据”给毁尸灭迹了。
静乐如今以楚千尘马首是瞻，楚千尘哭，她也跟着哭，两眼一下子泪汪汪的。她气质本就婉约，哭泣时，一双弯弯的黛眉似蹙非蹙，哀哀凄凄，端的是楚楚可怜。
皇帝：“！！！”
皇帝的脸气得通红通红，那股熊熊燃烧的邪火似乎充盈在他周身，快要撕裂皮肤爆出来了。
他心里又恼又恨又憎，恨不得将顾玦母子给千刀万剐，薄唇颤抖不已，想说放肆，却又觉得这两个字太过苍白无力。
皇帝的一口牙差点没咬碎了。
此时此刻，这不算宽敞的暖阁中似乎分为了三个阵营，一方以顾玦与太后为中心，一方以皇帝为中心，一方则是那些宗室王亲们。
礼亲王心里也憋着一口气，这股气自然是针对皇帝的，身为皇帝可以有缺点，却也有底线不能逾越，这一次，皇帝就跨过了那条底线，错得太离谱了。
But no matter how much he disagreed, Prince Li was also afraid that the Emperor and Gu Jue would really quarrel during the New Year. After all, no matter which of them stomped his feet, the whole court would be shaken.
It is conceivable that if something really happened to the Queen Mother, Gu Jue would definitely turn against the Emperor completely, and then Da Qi would be in chaos.
In just a moment, Prince Li had already thought about it and considered the interests over and over again.
“Ahem,” Prince Li coughed twice and suggested, “Your Majesty, why don’t we let the Queen Mother and Ajue go back to… Prince Chen’s Mansion to celebrate the New Year. After the New Year, we can bring the Queen Mother back to the palace.”
After these words were spoken, the other princes nodded frequently with a sympathetic look.
After all, no one wants the emperor and Gu Jue to fall out over this matter, so the best outcome is for both of them to take a step back.
The veins on the emperor's forehead jumped several times again.
He knew that several princes, including Prince Li, now thought that he was the one who secretly drugged the Queen Mother, and he was indeed guilty.
The cup of ginseng tea that had accidentally broken was still on the ground, the ginseng tea was flowing, and broken porcelain pieces were scattered on the ground. Not only did the ginseng fragrance show no signs of dissipating, but it seemed to have become even stronger.
The emperor's temple twitched violently several times, and he felt waves of pain, as if an invisible hammer was hitting his head repeatedly.
After a long silence, the emperor finally agreed, and the word "yes" was expressed with gnashing teeth.
In fact, the moment the emperor spoke, he regretted it, thinking that he had admitted that he had something to hide? !
The others felt relieved to see the emperor give in.
Most people didn't dare to interrupt at this time, only the Princess of Li and Princess Ningde dared to chime in:
"It would be good if the Queen Mother could go to Prince Chen's Mansion and let Ajue and his wife show some filial piety."
"Yes, this Shouning Palace is quite deserted, so it's a good opportunity for my mother to go to the palace to liven things up."
At this moment, a young eunuch's sharp voice came from outside: "The Queen has arrived!"
The Queen came in a hurry, followed by the Crown Princess and a long group of palace maids and nannies. She looked aggressive and it was obvious that she was here to call for an explanation.
When she came in, she happened to hear these two sentences from Princess Li and Princess Ningde, and she was completely stunned.
What?! The Queen Mother is going to the Prince Chen's Mansion to celebrate the New Year?! The Queen looked at the Emperor in disbelief and shouted, "Your Majesty..."
The queen only said these two words. She didn't even have the chance to finish the rest of her words before she was interrupted by the emperor:
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"Look what you've done!"
The emperor was unhappy when he saw the queen. He felt that all the things that happened today were caused by the queen. It was the queen who arranged for Jingle to marry Lu Fangrui, and it was the queen who arranged for Nanny Yan to do such a bad job! The emperor was so angry that he trembled all over. He angrily scolded her and left directly, leaving only an angry back.
And what he said to the Queen was enough to make everyone else present think about it.
Queen: “…”
The queen was stunned by the emperor's scolding and came in a hurry. But before she could say a word, it was as if the emperor poured a bucket of ice water on her head, and her spirit was half gone.
What on earth happened? !
The queen frowned in confusion. She only heard that the queen mother was going to leave the palace, but she didn't know what happened in between. She could vaguely feel that everyone was looking at her in a strange way.
The Queen's heart sank.
There was silence for a moment, and everyone had mixed feelings.
No one expected that such a thrilling thing would happen on the day of the celebration. Some people almost regretted why they came to join in the fun.
After all, this is a royal secret that cannot be told. The emperor must be feeling resentful towards these people. Some things are actually better not known.
In the eerie silence, it was Prince Li who was the first to break the silence.
“Ajue,” Prince Li patted Gu Jue’s shoulder and said with some comfort and helplessness, “Brothers, don’t go too far. The emperor will probably learn his lesson this time… After you take the queen mother out of the palace this time, take good care of her.”
Prince Li has just thought about this matter carefully.
The Empress Dowager has been ill for so many years, and has always been in poor health, but it is not serious. It can be imagined that the Emperor's purpose is most likely to make the Empress Dowager's body weaker, so that she can stay bedridden and stay quietly in Shouning Palace.
This is indeed the emperor's fault.
With so many eyes watching today, the emperor will be more cautious when dealing with the empress dowager in the future and will certainly not dare to drug her again. After all, if anything happens to the empress dowager, everyone will suspect that the emperor has killed her to silence her.
Prince Li said these words in such a tactful way, actually he just wanted to persuade Gu Jue to be patient for the time being. Gu Jue now only has a few thousand people from the Xuanjia Camp at most, and it is impossible for him to force the emperor to abdicate with just these few people.
At this moment, everyone else didn't know what to say except nodding. They just wanted to smooth things over and hope that the two brothers could maintain peace.
Gu Jue didn't say much, just responded briefly with "OK".
Everyone felt relieved, and some even wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves.
"That's good." Prince Li also breathed a sigh of relief, believing that Gu Jue was much more rational than the emperor.
Then, Prince Li and other royal princes, as well as the crown prince and princes, also said goodbye to the queen mother. It was not appropriate for so many men to stay in Shouning Palace for a long time.
Even Gu Jue followed along.
Anyway, the Queen Mother will be taken out of the palace today, so they have more time and don’t mind wasting a moment.
The crowd left in a mighty manner. After a while, the warm room was half empty. All the men had left, leaving only Empress Dowager Yin, Chu Qianchen, the Queen, Jingle and other female relatives in the room.
Before the emperor came, the female members of the family and the Empress Dowager Yin were getting along quite well and the atmosphere was very harmonious, but after such a commotion, it was obviously impossible for the atmosphere to return to what it was before.
The female members had different expressions, all of them were somewhat embarrassed and uneasy. Some touched their chests in shock, some drank tea to calm themselves, and some secretly glanced at the queen, seeming to be thinking about something.
The queen felt that the female relatives were all looking at her with sharp eyes, but when she glanced over, they turned their heads away as if nothing had happened, which made the queen feel even worse.
"Madame Yan, please get up." Chu Qianchen raised his hand towards Madame Yan who was still kneeling on the ground, and deliberately looked at the pool of ginseng tea on the ground, "You should also come out of the palace with us today, otherwise..."
Chu Qianchen sighed again and again, looking like an emperor who would kill people to silence them and destroy evidence, yet his every move revealed a sense of indifference as if he was taking nothing seriously.
Nanny Yan nodded in agreement, her face pale. She was already sweating profusely, and her body looked as if she had been fished out of a pool of water.
She really had a close call with death today and her life was shortened by at least ten years.
However, the princess really did keep her safe when she said she would, and she did not treat her as an abandoned child.
The expressions of the other women were even more subtle.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Qianchen ordered the palace maids to organize the empress dowager's daily clothes.
Queen: “…”
The Queen naturally saw the broken ginseng tea and had a thousand questions in her mind. She stared at Nanny Yan with a sharp gaze, wanting to ask her what happened, but the current situation was obviously not suitable.
"Ninth brother's wife," the queen gave a fake smile, but something stuck in her throat, and her fully made-up face twisted. "Are you going to leave the palace for a while? There are rules for visiting relatives, and it's New Year's Day..."
However, the Queen was interrupted again: "This is what the Emperor has promised. If the Queen has any questions, please go and ask the Emperor."
The person who interrupted the Queen this time was the Princess of Li.
Princess Li completely disdained the Queen, so she didn't say a word and just interrupted her.
The emperor was very angry, so the queen didn't dare to ask him and her face darkened.
The queen looked at Jingle with a cold gaze and asked unhappily, "Jingle, you and your husband were fine, why did you get divorced? Marriage is a big deal, don't be impulsive. It concerns a woman's life, don't be impulsive!"
The queen thought Jingle was completely ignorant and ungrateful.
Jingle was just a helpless concubine princess, she had no brothers from the same mother, her biological mother was of low rank, and she had no talent or virtue. It was already very good for her to find a prince consort like Lu Fangrui.
They were divorced, and her cousin Lu Fangrui was just coming of age, so it was not difficult for him to remarry. But could Jingle, a divorced princess, find another consort? !
"Sister-in-law, I didn't divorce." Jingle said slowly, gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
She smiled slightly, and her pretty little face was as bright as the moon.
The queen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: Could it be that the messenger heard it wrong? Did the queen mother just issue an imperial decree to punish her cousin?
The next moment, Jingle continued, "It's Husband Husband."
Yes, it was she who divorced Lu Fangrui. It was she who didn’t want Lu Fangrui anymore! Queen: “!!!”
The queen's eyes suddenly widened, as if she had seen a ghost, and her look was grim.
Jingle bravely looked into the queen's eyes, and no one knew that beneath her seemingly calm appearance there was a frightened little white rabbit.
Queen Mother Yin said calmly, "Queen, it was my wish that Jingle divorce her husband. During the New Year, we can clean up the 'garbage' so that Jingle can live comfortably outside the palace."
Her words were full of double meanings, and Ningde and other princesses almost laughed out loud when they heard them. People like Lu Fangrui are just trash!
Queen: “!!!”
The Queen was furious and was greatly angered by the Queen Mother's words.
Yes, today is Chinese New Year, but she has been too depressed this year. Since the celebration, nothing has gone well for her.
Therefore, the purpose is to take the Queen Mother out of the palace~ (End of this chapter)