Chapter 541 Let Me Try
"Someone, send her to the Ministry of Justice." Queen Song suddenly ordered.
Yingxue's face suddenly changed after hearing this: "My Queen, I don't know what I have done wrong that you want to send me to the Ministry of Justice."
"You poisoned me and you still ask me for the reason. Who gave you the courage to be so arrogant? The Ninth Princess?" Queen Song stared at Yingxue with cold eyes, cutting her with them like a sharp dagger.
Yingxue bit her lip and insisted, "I dare not. I know nothing. Your Majesty is forcing me to confess."
"If you are really innocent, just bear with it and don't confess. I suspect you, so you have to bear it obediently. You have said so much. I am giving you face, right?" Queen Song said, and winked at Yunlu.
Yunlu understood, and with a ferocious look on her face, she called a few maids to come forward, cover Yingxue's mouth, and drag her away.
Queen Song's gaze fell on Chu Pan'er, as if she was thinking about something.
Chu Pan'er felt a chill in her heart, but then she calmed down and didn't struggle or make a fuss.
Emperor Chengde looked at his daughter with complicated eyes, his expression extremely gloomy.
"Pan'er..."
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
Emperor Chengde was about to speak when he suddenly heard the eunuchs' loud shouts outside. He was startled for a moment, and the rest of his words were interrupted.
The empress dowager walked in slowly, holding the hand of eunuch Wang Fu. Her wealthy face held an expression of superiority, and her slender eyes contained a bit of sinisterness, making her look mean and difficult to get along with. Her head was surrounded by pearls and jade, and a green agate necklace around her neck made her look even more wealthy.
"Greetings, Mother."
Emperor Chengde bowed and greeted him.
"See the Queen Mother."
Queen Song and others performed the ceremony in a very proper manner.
The Queen Mother did not speak. She walked past the half-kneeling Queen Song and sat down on the main seat where she had been sitting. She glanced around with an unfriendly look, and when she had gotten her attitude right, she said, "Everyone, stand up."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
When everyone stood up, the Queen Mother pointed at the tied Chu Pan'er and said angrily: "Which bastard tied up the Ninth Princess? Untie her now."
Concubine Shu looked at Queen Song, a hint of sarcasm flashed across her eyes. The Queen Mother knew very well that the advisor was targeting the Queen.
Because Emperor Chengde was there, Concubine Shu did not dare to fan the flames and just stood quietly by.
"Queen Majesty, is there something wrong with you coming to my palace?" Queen Song asked, looking at the Queen Mother expressionlessly.
When the Queen Mother saw that Queen Song ignored her words, she was so angry that she choked: "Why, do I need Queen's permission to go anywhere now? I want to ask you, did you order someone to kidnap Pan'er?"
"yes."
BANG——
The Queen Mother slammed the table and said angrily, "Nonsense, Pan'er is a princess of the royal family, and you are humiliating her like this?"
"Mother, a palace maid poisoned the Queen. This matter involves Pan'er, so the Queen must investigate it thoroughly." Emperor Chengde said.
The Queen Mother choked Emperor Chengde and said, "Emperor, you are also confused, aren't you? Pan'er is your daughter. If she is tied up and brought into the palace, it will bring shame to the royal family and your face."
Emperor Chengde's face turned dark when he was scolded by the Empress Dowager.
I thought to myself that I don’t feel ashamed.
But he didn't refute it.
"According to the Queen Mother, if a princess of the royal family plots to murder a country, it won't bring shame to the royal family? So for the Queen Mother, I, the Queen, am not as noble as Chu Pan'er. She can kill me whenever she wants. Now that she failed to kill me, I should be grateful to her?"
Queen Song looked at the Queen Mother sarcastically, her tone aggressive.
There was a moment of silence in the hall, with only one person's gasp sounding, which seemed particularly abrupt.
Concubine Yi suddenly covered her mouth and rolled her eyes innocently.
She was so surprised that she couldn't stop herself from gasping.
Her Majesty the Queen... is too arrogant.
These words were like an invisible slap in the face to the Queen Mother, tearing apart the surface layer of peace.
It took the empress dowager a long time to come back to her senses. She was so angry that her lips were trembling and her face was pale and blue.
"Rebellion, rebellion, Queen, you are committing treason." The Queen Mother stared at Queen Song with her eyes wide open and anger. If looks could kill, Queen Song would have been shot into a sieve by the Queen Mother's gaze.
Emperor Chengde was also shocked by Queen Song's arrogance. Then he thought of the several times when she slammed the table and glared in front of him. At this moment, he seemed to have figured something out.
Perhaps this is Song Nanyue's true character.
All her gentleness and kindness over the past years were pretended. Maybe her temper is even hotter than Concubine Yi's.
"It's not me who committed the crime of rebellion, it's Chu Pan'er. As the queen, I'm in charge of the harem. Don't I have the qualifications to deal with a rebellious girl? Then why don't you tell me what I should do?" Queen Song looked directly at the queen mother without fear, as if she wanted to see into her heart.
The Queen Mother was choked and speechless.
Queen Song was telling her that even though she was the Queen Mother, the Queen was the one who made the decisions in the harem and she had no right to interfere.
The Queen Mother was angry for a long while, then suddenly sneered, "Good, good, good!" She said three good words in a row, but everyone could sense the anger behind her teeth: "The Queen has grown powerful, and even I dare to contradict her."
"What if I insist on taking Pan'er away?"
The Queen Mother didn't love her granddaughter Chu Pan'er very much, but she simply didn't want Queen Song to have an easy life.
Queen Song was also aware of how annoying the Queen Mother was. She could use her status to confront the Queen Mother, but she could not overcome her generation gap.
The Queen Mother didn't talk to you about rules and etiquette, she just insisted on taking Chu Pan'er away.
Emperor Chengde frowned and said at the right time: "Mother, if Pan'er is really innocent, the Queen will naturally clear her name. You took her away without knowing the reason, which makes it difficult for the Queen."
The Queen Mother glared at Emperor Chengde coldly and said, "You are so disobedient and unfilial that you make it difficult for me. You have determined that Pan'er is guilty based on a word from an outsider. When has it been her turn as the daughter of a minister to interfere in the affairs of the royal family? If she says that Pan'er ordered someone to poison the Queen, then you believe it. Then I also say that she directed and acted in a play to frame the princess. Shouldn't the Queen also arrest her?"
She didn't specify the name, but every word was referring to Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang glanced at the Queen Mother and knelt down.
The Queen Mother deliberately argued against you, and it is a mistake for you to still stand.
Emperor Chengde glanced at Lu Xiang and frowned secretly.
This was his future daughter-in-law, and the Queen Mother was deliberately fighting against her, which was a slap in his face.
"If mother wants to take Pan'er away, then go ahead. But before the truth of the matter is found out, Pan'er is not allowed to leave the Cining Palace." Emperor Chengde said.
"It will take some time for the Queen to find out the truth. She can't just keep the person in the palace if she can't find out the truth in one day." The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly, with a cold and murderous aura in her eyes that made people frightened.
Queen Song's breath caught slightly, and then she asked more fiercely, "What does the Queen Mother want?"
"In one day, by this time tomorrow, if you still can't produce evidence, this matter will be dropped." The Queen Mother said casually.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
