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

Cold palace.

dilapidated.

It is clearly the season of spring with blooming flowers and full of vitality, but every corner in the cold palace is filled with a heavy atmosphere of death.

In the leaky room, Queen Song sat on a chair, but she had iron chains on her feet.

The two ends of the chain are tied to the pillars.

The weather was cold and there was an outbreak of smallpox. Queen Song could not bear it and she hit her head against the pillar to commit suicide. Her head was broken and bleeding, but she was still alive.

The nanny who was guarding the cold palace reported the matter to Eunuch Yuan.

The person who saved Queen Song's life was Xie Jingyan. There was no way to find him at that time, and Eunuch Yuan didn't know whether Xie Jingyan still needed to save Queen Song's life. In order to be cautious and avoid mistakes, Eunuch Yuan asked the imperial physician to treat Queen Song. He also had people cover the leaky windows and send some charcoal to prevent Queen Song from being frozen to death instead of being hit to death.

If Eunuch Yuan had not kept Xie Jingyan's instructions in mind and warned the cold palace maid several times, Queen Song would have died in the cold palace.

After rescuing her, the cold palace nanny was afraid that she would still commit suicide, so she simply found an iron chain to tie her feet. However, the queen, who was so high and mighty, fell to this point, with her mother's family wiped out. No one would have the courage to live.

The cold palace nanny couldn't understand why the emperor killed all the people in the left prime minister's family and sent the queen to the cold palace, but kept her alive?

However, the cold palace nanny did not want Queen Song to die. The cold palace had always had no status. Now that she was taken care of by Eunuch Yuan, her meals were much better than before.

In the dim room, the door was pushed open and light shone in, making Queen Song dizzy. It took her a while to see who was coming.

When she saw Xie Jingyan, Queen Song's face, which no longer had any of its former radiance, burst into a terrifying hatred, as if her current fate was all caused by Xie Jingyan.

Queen Song gnashed her teeth and said, "Why do you want to keep me alive?!"

Xie Jingyan said coldly, "Did my mother die at the hands of Queen Wei?"

Queen Song didn't expect that Xie Jingyan came to ask about Concubine Chen. Well, she and Prince Ling had nothing to talk about.

Queen Song said, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The poor prince has been fighting with the eldest prince for so many years, but in the end he fell into your hands!"

The cold palace nanny told Queen Song that the eldest prince was sent to the Ministry of Justice prison by Xie Jingyan.

Queen Song listened with some pain, if the eldest prince had not been lucky enough to survive, she would not have been able to identify her son Xie Jingyin. If she had not wanted to save her son, she would not have gone to the Queen Mother for help. The Queen Mother would not have poisoned her, punished Prince Cheng with a stick, and she would not have revealed any clues, allowing Prince Ling to guess that she had an affair with Prince Cheng.

Queen Song was happy to see the eldest prince in trouble, but she was unwilling to accept that no one would compete with Xie Jingyan for the position of crown prince after the eldest prince fell.

She thought that the smallpox outbreak in Prince Ling's Mansion would help her vent her anger, but Prince Ling and Princess Ling were really lucky. No matter whether it was a man-made disaster or a natural disaster, they were able to escape danger in the end.

Queen Song regretted not killing Xie Jingyan. During those years he guarded the imperial mausoleum and sat in a wheelchair, it would have been easy for her to kill him.

It was her who underestimated the enemy.

When she could kill him, she wanted to keep him alive to see how miserable he was.

When she wanted to kill him and had to kill him, it was already too late. In the end, she was banished to the cold palace, unable to live or die.

Queen Song's eyes were filled with hatred. She said, "You want to know the truth about your mother's murder? Kneel down and beg me!"

Really desperate.

Xie Jingyan's eyes were cold and he laughed sarcastically, "The truth?"

"Do you really think that I came to you to seek the truth?"

"You took advantage of Concubine Mei's eagerness to save the Suchang Marquis's Mansion and forced her to help you incite Queen Wei to set up a scheme to plot against my mother. On the surface, it was Queen Wei who did it, but in reality it was you. Afterwards, you killed Concubine Mei to silence her. Even Queen Wei's death was your doing."

A look of horror flashed across Queen Song's face, and she blurted out, "How did you know?!"

Once these words came out, it was tantamount to admitting that Xie Jingyan was right.

Queen Song asked anxiously, "Did you capture Yin'er or King Cheng?!"

Apart from her, only Xie Jingyin and King Cheng knew about this.

Queen Song thought that Xie Jingyin and Prince Cheng were captured and brought back to the capital.

Her feet were tied with iron chains, but she could still commit suicide. She did not try to commit suicide because she still had a last glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that Xie Jingyin and King Cheng would come back to save her.

Xie Jingyan never expected that his mother would be killed in this way.

He clenched his fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands.

How did he know? !

Coming out of the imperial study, he vaguely remembered that when the emperor questioned the empress dowager about the affair between Prince Cheng and Queen Song, the emperor asked the empress dowager if it was Queen Wei who schemed against Concubine Chen. At that time, the empress dowager did not directly deny it, but asked the emperor in return, with Queen Wei's scheming and tactics, whether it was possible for her to scheme against Concubine Chen in the Yan Mansion.

If Queen Wei had this ability, the Queen Mother wouldn't have to work so hard to protect her position for so many years.

Everyone thought that it was impossible for Queen Wei to have such a plan, but what if there was someone behind Queen Wei giving her advice?

Empress Wei has the title of Empress but is not favored by her father. What good things her father has, he always puts them on her mother. Empress Wei is jealous of her mother and has been causing trouble for her more than once or twice. Someone is secretly plotting to kill her mother, so how can Empress Wei and Duke Mao not be tempted?

The Queen Mother might consider the Emperor's feelings and not dare to do such a thing that would cause mother and son to become enemies, but Queen Wei and Duke Mao would not do that.

Xie Jingyan resisted the urge to kill. Queen Song didn't get a response, so she asked anxiously, "Tell me, who told you that?!"

Xie Jingyan ignored her and turned away.

Queen Song stood up from her chair in a hurry. She was so weak that she pulled the iron chain so hard that it clanged.

But after Xie Jingyan went out, the nanny closed the door.

In the room, Queen Song's hysterical voice came:

"you tell me!"

"Did you capture Yin'er?!"

Outside the house, the emperor stood there, with the Minister of Justice and Eunuch Yuan standing behind him.

The emperor's face turned pale and a chill ran down his body.

Eunuch Yuan sighed, he never expected that the tragedy of Concubine Chen was caused by the deposed Queen Song using Empress Wei. Even Empress Wei did not die of illness, but was murdered.

This time, even if the Queen Mother passed away, the Duke Mao’s Mansion could not be saved.

The Minister of Justice sympathized with Concubine Chen in his heart, and admired Prince Ling even more. With just a short needle and that old incident, Prince Ling was able to guess the whole story without showing any emotion, and made Queen Song admit what she had done without even noticing.

As Xie Jingyan walked down the stairs, Eunuch Yuan called out, "Prince Ling..."

Xie Jingyan turned around, his eyes swept across the emperor's face, and said to the Minister of Justice, "Tell the truth to the eldest prince and Duke Mao, and let them die with their eyes closed."

After saying this, Xie Jingyan left without looking back.

Xie Jingyan said this not only to the Minister of Justice, but also to the Emperor.

He wants the lives of the eldest prince and Duke Mao.

After Xie Jingyan left, Eunuch Yuan looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty..."

The emperor said coldly, "Except for Madam Zhao, replace everyone else in Shoukang Palace for me."

After saying this, the emperor left.

Eunuch Yuan understood what the emperor meant.

This is to execute Duke Mao, but the Queen Mother must not be informed.

But how could they possibly hide this from the Queen Mother if they replaced so many people?