He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

Although it is still unknown who plotted against Concubine Chen back then, it is certain that Concubine Chen did not betray the emperor.

Concubine Chen was harmed by someone and had no way to express her suffering, but the Emperor believed that she was protecting that man and took his anger out on the Yan family and Prince Ling. How heartbroken and desperate Concubine Chen must have been when she chose to commit suicide by taking poison.

In the end, Concubine Chen had no choice but to try any possible means and pin her hopes of protecting Prince Ling and preserving the bloodline of the Yan family on the Empress Dowager who disliked her.

Eunuch Yuan felt a lump in his throat when he thought about how the doted-on Concubine Chen had to spend the last days in the cold palace.

Who on earth is so cruel to treat the Concubine Chen and the Emperor in this way? Once the person is found, the Emperor will grind him to dust.

What the Queen Mother said was only part of the truth, but even this part of the truth was enough for the Emperor to bear. He did not forget what Xie Jingyan said when he asked him to save Queen Song's life.

The Emperor looked at the Queen Mother and asked, "Is it Wei who plotted against Concubine Chen?!"

The emperor's voice was hoarse, but it made the empress dowager feel like she was hit by a hammer in her heart.

The Queen Mother calmed herself down and looked at the Emperor. "Although I protect my shortcomings, does Your Majesty think that with Wei's scheming and methods, she can plot against Concubine Chen in Yan's Mansion?"

"If Wei had this ability, I wouldn't have had to work so hard to protect her position as queen all those years."

"It is even more impossible that I knew it was the Wei family who did it, but I didn't cut the grass and root it out, protecting the Yan family's bloodline, leaving behind troubles for the future."

The Queen Mother's voice became more and more anxious.

Eunuch Yuan also felt that Empress Wei did not have such scheming means before, but the Empress Dowager did not say this with any confidence. Instead, it seemed as if she was defending Empress Wei and was afraid that the Emperor would suspect her.

And the eldest prince, who knew that the letter had ill intentions, still went to the appointment and almost lost his life in the end.

Originally, Eunuch Yuan had no suspicion of Queen Wei, but after the Queen Mother's words, he began to feel a little suspicious.

However, the person who investigated the case of Concubine Chen was not the emperor, but Prince Ling.

Eunuch Yuan believed that no matter who plotted against the Concubine, Prince Ling would find him out.

The emperor is gone.

Before leaving, he said, "I hope the Queen Mother has not deceived me again, otherwise don't blame me for being an unfilial son!"

The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair, her face pale.

She just watched the emperor leave.

But just as she was about to look away, she met a pair of cold eyes with that of a dark figure who walked out from behind a double-sided rosewood screen embroidered with phoenixes and peonies.

Almost instantly, a chill ran through the empress dowager's body.

Xie Jingyan just glanced at the empress dowager and turned away.

But that glance made the Queen Mother feel uneasy.

Madam Zhao said, "I'm afraid these things were all found out by Prince Ling..."

Prince Ling is so smart that it's scary.

It seemed like nothing could be hidden from him.

Nanny Zhao was a little worried, "If Prince Ling knew what Queen Wei did..."

The empress dowager became angry whenever this matter was mentioned. She repeatedly warned Empress Wei to be smart and not to confront Concubine Chen. As long as she did not make any mistakes, the empress dowager would protect her position as empress and the crown prince would definitely go to the eldest prince. However, Empress Wei turned a deaf ear to her words and did not believe her own aunt. She was instigated to harm Concubine Chen and was used to the point of being wiped out.

Although the Empress Dowager was also annoyed that Concubine Chen had seduced the souls of her two sons, she did not dare to do anything to her except to look at her in a bad light, for fear of hurting the Emperor's feelings.

Empress Wei, on the other hand, killed Concubine Chen and was afraid that the Emperor would find out. She was in a constant state of panic and scared herself to death. In the end, Empress Song took advantage of the situation.

When the Queen Mother mentioned this, she felt so angry that her heart ached.

She was not afraid that Prince Ling would find out the truth, but she was afraid that Prince Ling could only find out half of it. The Queen Mother also wanted to know who was behind the scenes instigating Queen Wei.

At that time, the Empress Dowager noticed that something was wrong with Empress Wei. Under questioning, Empress Wei confessed to the Empress Dowager that she was instigated by someone to harm Concubine Chen. She wanted Concubine Chen to be poisoned in Yan Mansion and become ugly. She didn't believe that the Emperor would still treat her as before even if Concubine Chen lost her face. But she didn't know why Concubine Chen had an affair with someone, and the Emperor went to Yan Mansion to catch them in the adultery. The concubine who instigated her fell into the water and drowned on the day Concubine Chen had the accident. Even if the Empress Dowager wanted to investigate further, she had no way to find out.

Not only were the clues lost, but the Empress Dowager also did not dare to investigate further in a high-profile manner for fear of alerting the Emperor, and the matter was eventually left unresolved.

The empress dowager leaned back on the phoenix chair and glanced at the imperial edict in Nanny Zhao's hand. Her face became very long.

"Call the Minister of Justice to me!"

Nanny Zhao knew that the Queen Mother was angry, so she sent someone to summon the Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Justice didn't know why the Empress Dowager wanted to see him, so he came to Shoukang Palace to see her.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw the familiar imperial edict on the small table next to the Empress Dowager, and the Minister of Justice's heart skipped a beat.

Isn’t this imperial edict with Prince Ling? How come it is in the hands of the Queen Mother?

It's safer to put it in his hands...

Isn't Prince Ling trying to trick him?

The Minister of Justice wanted to die.

The Queen Mother's rebuke came at her head, "Wasn't this imperial edict burned along with your Minister of Justice's study?!"

The Minister of Justice certainly couldn't admit it. He said, "The fire burned down the study, and the imperial edict was lost. I subconsciously thought it was burned by the fire, but I didn't expect it was stolen by the arsonist. I was unable to protect the imperial edict, but fortunately it returned to the Queen Mother's hands..."

The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair and was almost vomiting blood due to anger.

The Minister of Justice gave the imperial edict to Prince Ling and framed the assassin. But the Queen Mother couldn't say anything. She couldn't admit that she sent the assassin to steal the imperial edict, right? !

Since the imperial edict was stolen by an assassin, the Queen Mother simply followed the words of the Minister of Justice and asked, "You, the Minister of Justice, asked the Emperor to appoint Prince Ling as the crown prince in front of all the civil and military officials. Why did Prince Ling send someone to your house to steal the imperial edict?"

The Minister of Justice said, "Perhaps it is because the prince of Duke Du wants to marry the daughter of the Wang family..."

The empress dowager knew this. Her grandson asked to marry the niece of the wife of the Minister of Justice, but the Wang family refused to agree to the marriage. The empress dowager felt that the Wang family was ungrateful and wanted to call the girl from the Wang family into the palace to see her. She was persuaded by Princess Huyang. The girl from the Wang family had always dressed as a man, which was already controversial enough. If the empress dowager summoned her again, the matter would be even more controversial.

The Queen Mother gave up the idea.

Now hearing what the Minister of Justice said, the Queen Mother asked in surprise, "What is the connection between these two things?"

The Minister of Justice said, "The girl from the Wang family is the girl from the Yan Mansion whom you, the Queen Mother, asked me to save. She was seriously ill and had lost her memory. She needed to stay in Beijing for treatment and could not be sent away from Kyoto. She stayed in the Wang family to grow up. This is why I and the Wang family did not dare to agree to the marriage. Later, the prince of Duke Du pursued Qing'er. Qing'er was hit on the head on the street and recovered her memory. She called Prince Ling 'cousin' in the street..."

The Queen Mother's face was stretched into a horse-like shape.

She didn't expect that her grandson would fall in love with the granddaughter of Old Master Yan.

There are so many ladies from wealthy families in Kyoto, must he choose the daughter of the Yan family? !

The Queen Mother was so angry that her head started to ache slightly and her vision started to go dark again.

It took the empress dowager a while to recover. The words of the Minister of Justice were flawless and the empress dowager could not find any fault with him. In addition, her eyes were stinging, so the empress dowager did not bother to trouble the Minister of Justice and waved her hand impatiently to send him away.