The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

It is said that businessmen are the most speculative, but in fact, these officials are a hundred times better than merchants in this regard.

Xie Yuzhen only heard the old voice become serious and said: "Your Majesty, please expel this woman, investigate the crimes of the women in the harem, and report it to the heavens to avoid the wrath of the heavens!"

It sounds like he is determined to blame the harem for the disaster caused by the comet rising from the east.

Xie Yuzhen cursed the old man inwardly, pretending that he had finally caught his breath, and regardless of what Minister Wen was barking at, he cried to the emperor with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty... The Queen has passed away..."

"What?" The emperor's expression froze instantly. Xie Yuzhen saw a kind of helplessness and a familiar childlike sadness gradually revealed on his face.

This man is a little crazy, but he has not completely lost the emotions of an ordinary person. It’s just that as an emperor, such emotions are the least important to him.

Xie Yuzhen struggled to stand up from his arms, turned his tearful eyes to the ministers standing in the hall, and said word by word with full emphasis: "There are foreign ministers who colluded with Wang, the concubine of Changrui Palace, and took advantage of the Empress' unpreparedness to assassinate the Empress. This crime is unforgivable!"

"How could it be..." Minister Cao, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head and looked in surprise at the woman who brought the shocking news. Then he found his sight met with a pair of dark eyes like a devil. That sharp and cold gaze seemed to tear the flesh off his body piece by piece, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Xie Ruizhen knew that this man was just a leading chess piece pushed out by the Duke of Yingguo or the Marquis of Yuyang, but she could not let him off easily just because he was a chess piece. Xie Ruizhen had never been a virtuous person who only killed the ringleader of the evil. She was just an ordinary woman who stepped from the quagmire into a deeper abyss and was slowly infected and assimilated.

She can't bloom such pure white flowers.

But I watched a flower withering before my eyes.

"My Lord, Lord Marquis, and all the other lords, you keep saying that the comet appeared in the east, that there was a demon in the harem, that it was Concubine Ning, that it was the Empress... Hehe, that assassin kept saying that Concubine Ning was dead, and he also killed the Empress. How come you can stretch your hands so far that you have turned them into dead people who cannot defend their innocence without even determining the crime?!"

Xie Yuzhen was still cursing and shouting at herself. The emperor, who had just recovered from his shock, half-heartedly pulled her aside but did not stop Xie Yuzhen from pointing at and cursing at his courtiers. It was not that he had no feelings for the queen at all, but... even his deepest emotions were always extremely cold.

The emperor quickly regained his senses. He was unwilling to interrogate Concubine Ning and the Queen under pressure from his ministers. He was even more resentful of Minister Cao who had rashly revealed that the previous emperor had died of poisoning. Of course, he did not let go of the Duke of Yingguo and Marquis of Yuyang who had been jumping around.

When people in the palace heard the news of the Queen's death, their reactions were mixed.

Minister Cao was shocked, and it was obvious that he knew something. The other court officials and relatives were either surprised or sad, but they all tacitly chose to keep silent about the matter of "the comet rising from the east and the evil spirit in the harem". They even agreed that the death of the late emperor was not a matter that should be investigated further at the moment.

Without him.

Too many things happened in the harem, but whether it was the successive deaths of the fourth wife or the death of the fifth prince, these two things combined were not as serious as the assassination of the mother of a country.

They shut up.

The Duke of England also hissed softly, then skillfully put on a sad expression and took the lead in kneeling down: "Your Majesty, I mourn for you."

Minister Wen, who had previously called for the "woman" to be expelled, also hurriedly knelt down along with his colleagues, not caring that he had just been scolded by a mere woman like Xie Yuzhen. For a moment, the words "peace be upon you" echoed in the Lizheng Hall in a dissonant voice.

As long as the queen has not been convicted, she is still the queen.

She is not a woman that a subject can treat lightly.

Kneeling behind the Duke of England, Marquis Yuyang muttered "I am with you" while a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He secretly threw a look at the flustered Minister Cao.

Minister Cao was extremely panicked.

He was the first executor of the plan, because the Sitiantai was under the Ministry of Rites, which was under his jurisdiction. It was natural for him to connect the astrological signs with the death of the previous emperor and the evildoers in the harem.

Although Xie Yuzhen could see clearly that he was just a pawn, Minister Cao himself could not see clearly and thought that he was colluding with important people. He also knew the general idea of ​​the whole plan, but he never thought about how the queen was assassinated...

The queen's death completely disrupted their plans.

The weight of the Queen Mother's life is enough to quietly cover up what happened today, and Minister Cao knows even more clearly that the weight of the royal family's reputation is much heavier than the bones of his entire family. After what happened today, even if the emperor doesn't remember to punish him now, he will have no future in the future, and even... he may even cause the whole family to lose their lives!

For Minister Cao, this was a matter of life and death, but for the real driving force behind it...the death of the Queen actually made him feel a lot more relieved.

After all, his original purpose was to overthrow the queen's throne so that his own daughter could become the next queen. Now that the queen is dead, he has achieved his goal in disguise.

Minister Cao, who received the warning look from Marquis Yuyang, was worried about his own life. He had already said it too firmly, and there was no way to retreat. He could only bite the bullet and move forward. If he could prove the Queen and Concubine Ning's guilt, he would at least have a good reputation as an upright person. Only with this reputation could he protect his descendants. At the same time, he could not involve important people. Only in this way could he take care of his descendants for the sake of his taking the blame. If he was frightened by a piece of news that he didn't know whether it was true or not and retreated, what would be the fate of his family...

"Your Majesty, we have been in this government hall for a long time and have never heard any accurate news from the harem. How can we trust this woman's words? I see that she looks quite disheveled and is running around at night. She is definitely not a woman with the demure qualities. What she said may not be true!"

What I actually mean is that this woman has disheveled hair and untidy clothes and is running around at night. She might be crazy.

This is to deny the fact that the queen was assassinated.

In fact, it was not true. After all, Wang Xuanshi did not commit the assassination. She just... added fuel to the fire and frightened the queen to death.

Xie Yu was really amused by him - she had been observing the reactions of the court officials. Since she was standing next to the emperor and in a relatively high position, she could actually see clearly the little movements of the officials below. Naturally, she also realized that the person pushing Minister Cao behind his back was probably Wen Baolin's father, Marquis Yuyang. Duke Yingguo might have felt that his own crisis was over, so he took the opportunity to intervene.

And that old minister whose every word was pedantic, although he was not the one who started the rebellion, he decisively stood with these bastards just because a woman like him stood in the Lizheng Hall. There was nothing wrong with him!

"You watch?" Xie Yuzhen shook off the emperor's hand. She knew that the emperor was also angry, but his position was not as good as hers for him to throw a tantrum. So the tall and strong husband pretended to be a henpecked quail and let her do what she wanted.

damn thing!

Xie Yuzhen cursed in his heart and walked away: "Collaborating with assassins and spying on the concubines, the bitch is really brave!"

When Minister Cao saw the tall woman walking towards him aggressively, he subconsciously thought that this was just a way for a woman to throw a tantrum. If she disregarded her dignity and beat him, she would appear to be more upright and unyielding.

Who would have thought that while Xie Yuzhen cursed him as a bitch, he kicked him mercilessly at the waist, and kicked the grown man so hard that he flew sideways and landed right in the group of Duke Yuyang of England and Minister Wen. While no one could react, Xie Yuzhen rushed over and kicked the wailing men a few more times, then cursed the emperor as a "waste" and chose to load the game.