When Feng Yunsu arrived, Gu Linqiao had already been taken to the Queen's Palace.

Feng Mingye and Feng Chengxuan also arrived at about the same time.

Gu Linqiao stood in front of the queen with a calm face. No matter what the queen said, she remained silent.

"What's wrong with this?"

As soon as Feng Mingye stepped into Yongchen Palace, before anyone arrived, the voice rang first.

The queen immediately stood up and knelt down directly after Feng Mingye approached.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Princess Qi killed two people in the palace, and I am asking her why."

When the queen said this, Feng Mingye's expression changed.

"Killed two people?"

Before Gu Linqiao could speak, the queen immediately said, "Yes, one is the little eunuch leading the way, and the other is the guard in the palace, and that guard..."

Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Feng Mingye immediately raised his tone and asked, "What's wrong with the guard?"

The queen said, "The guards are naked and indecent."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Yun asked in a cold voice, "The Queen has made it clear, who is it?"

The queen raised her eyes and said word by word, "Of course the guards are not in good manners. For some reason, they were naked and ugly in front of Princess Qi."

The queen's words seemed to clear up the relationship between Gu Linqiao and the guards, but her tone sounded wrong. She clearly said that the guards were unclear, but she also brought in Gu Linqiao's insinuations.

It makes people feel uncomfortable, but they can’t say anything.

Gu Linqiao said calmly, "The Queen is right. There are strict rules in the palace, but something like this happened in the blink of an eye. It's really puzzling."

"The guard appeared in front of me with no clothes on. I thought he was going to do something evil, so I killed him directly to avoid dirtying my eyes. As for the little eunuch, he deliberately led me to another place. He committed suicide. Death has nothing to do with me."

"What's more, a quarter of an hour ago, I was with the Seventh Prince. If he hadn't been worried about Concubine Ru's condition, he would have personally escorted me out of the palace just now."

Hearing Concubine Ru's name, the queen's eyes flashed with disgust, and she said without thinking, "You have to ask the people around Concubine Ru. Nowadays, the harem is ruled by Concubine Ru, and I don't know the cause and effect..."

The queen wanted to clear herself from suspicion. Unexpectedly, Feng Mingye became furious after hearing this and yelled, "Concubine Ru is lying on the bed now. Not only is her condition serious, but she has just lost an imperial son. She is now in a coma." If she doesn’t wake up, you want to put all the blame on her?”

"Then why do I need you as a queen? It would be better to destroy you directly!"

When the queen heard this, her face turned pale with fright. She never expected that the emperor would be so angry.

Just because she is pampered like a noble concubine, even her dignity as a queen must be stripped away.

The queen gritted her teeth, raised her eyes and looked directly at Feng Mingye, and asked with a hint of tears, "Your Majesty, since I became the queen, I have always followed the rules and never exceeded them. There has never been any mistake in the harem in so many years. I don't know what the emperor wants." How can I clear my eyes and destroy my concubine?"

"You don't care if anything goes wrong in the harem?"

Feng Mingye's eyes widened angrily, and he pointed at the queen's nose and shouted, "How many children have been lost in the palace over the years, don't you know?"

"Those who have had miscarriages, those who died of illness, and those who have difficulty giving birth, do you really think that I am blind and can't see anything?"

These words involved the privacy of the palace. Gu Linqiao and Feng Yunsu stood together with their heads lowered and said nothing.

Feng Mingye found an excuse to let out all his old grudges.

In the past, the queen was very confident and Feng Mingye did not pursue the case. In the final analysis, it was because of the Zhao family.

"I have never done this before."

The Queen straightened her back and said in a deep voice.The matter is over, and she will never admit it without evidence in front of her.

Feng Mingye was serious, but the Zhao family still had General Zhao, who was guarding the border, and he would definitely not abandon the queen.

Because Feng Mingye had a quarrel with the queen, Gu Linqiao's incident happened without any explanation. Feng Chengxuan took the initiative to take responsibility and give an explanation to Gu Linqiao and Feng Yunsu.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have left halfway and put Fourth Sister-in-law into such an embarrassing situation. I will definitely find out about this matter and restore Fourth Sister-in-law's innocence."

This sounds pleasing to the ear.

Gu Linqiao felt relieved and signaled Feng Chengxuan not to be so anxious.

She was in no hurry.

She initially thought that someone wanted to use her reputation to humiliate her, and to create a gap between her and Feng Yunsu because of this matter, but from the first sentence the queen asked, she felt that something was not right.

Perhaps, they all focused on the wrong point.

Just as Feng Yunsu was about to take Gu Linqiao away, a servant hurriedly came to Yongchen Palace and said that someone in Ru Guifei's palace took advantage of the emperor and the seventh prince to leave and attacked Ru Guifei.

But fortunately, he didn't succeed, and the maid next to the concubine Ru Gui discovered it.

Even so, Feng Mingye was not at ease and hurried to Ru Guifei's palace, not forgetting to call Gu Linqiao and Feng Yunsu.

In the panic, he did not forget to scold the queen for thinking about her mistakes behind closed doors.

When Gu Linqiao arrived, a large number of people in Ruguifei's palace knelt down. Every time Feng Mingye scolded them, these people were trembling with fear.

Gu Linqiao checked Concubine Ru's pulse and checked her carefully. Concubine Ru was fine.

When she went out again, the poisoned palace maid had been dragged in, covered in blood, and looked a little scary.

Gu Linqiao stood next to Feng Yunsu and heard him whisper, "It has something to do with Zhao Yan!"

Hearing this, Gu Linqiao was a little surprised.

Could this palace maid be saying that Zhao Yan poisoned Concubine Ru?

Zhao Yan has only been in the palace for a long time. This is ridiculous!

Although Gu Linqiao didn't believe it, Feng Mingye still called Zhao Yan over to question him.

There was no fear on Zhao Yan's face, and she knelt respectfully beside Feng Mingye. When she heard that she was identified, she bowed softly, then straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."

Feng Mingye asked, "Since you said you were wronged, then this person is from your palace?"

Zhao Yan glanced at it, and then said, "Reporting to the emperor, this person seems to be from my palace, but I can't tell whether he is sweeping outside or serving inside. I entered the palace not long ago, except for the person who is serving me personally, there are others beside me. I don’t fully recognize it.”

"But she said you ordered her to poison Ru Guifei. How do you explain it?"

Hearing Feng Mingye's question, Zhao Yan did not panic at all, "I have no explanation, but I do have a few words to ask this palace maid. Please allow me to do so."

Feng Mingye frowned and agreed.

Zhao Yan looked at the palace maid and said in a deep voice, "Raise your head and look at me."

As soon as the palace maid saw her, she cried and said, "Your Majesty, please save this slave. I'm all following your orders. You can't ignore me..."

"Since you are following my orders, tell me, when and where did I tell you this? And why did I poison Ru Guifei?"


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