Huan'er looked at the Queen in surprise. She had been staying with the Queen for a while. Almost every night the Queen had to listen to the story of Wu Cairen ascending the throne before she could go to sleep.

But I always remind her not to tell this story to anyone else and only tell it in front of her.

But now, the queen asked her to speak it out in public.

Huan'er had a bad premonition in her heart, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell the story that she had told the Queen dozens of times.

There has never been a precedent of a woman becoming emperor in Daqi, so the restrictions on women are not particularly strict. But even so, in most cases, women still exist as appendages of men.

Now, after hearing Huan'er's story about a woman ascending the throne at the age of 67, everyone was stunned.

Is this a made-up story?

Who is so bold as to make up such a story?

It must not exist in reality, and none of them has ever heard of it.

The Queen said: "Huan'er is good at telling stories. She has been in the palace for more than three months. Not only I have heard the story of this woman surnamed Wu ascending the throne, but Xiaojing has also heard it.

“As the Crown Princess, Chu Heyi lived in the palace, so it was impossible for her not to have heard of this story. That’s why she secretly kidnapped the two children and killed them, creating hatred between the Crown Prince, Prince Ling, and Lord Wen, so that the Crown Prince would have to rely on the Crown Princess and the Zhenbei Marquis’ family from now on.

"By then, the Crown Prince will be constrained by the Zhenbei Marquisate and the Crown Princess in every way. It won't be long before the Crown Prince will be sidelined. By then, it will be no problem for the Crown Princess to take over the imperial power and rule Daqi."

The scene was silent, with only the sound of wind blowing.

"Someone, come and take Huan'er down!" The queen suddenly spoke in an extremely sharp voice. The guards behind her immediately stepped forward to grab Huan'er and tied her hands behind her back.

Huan'er was horrified and looked at the queen in amazement.

She said in disbelief: "Empress, what did I do wrong that you treat Huan'er like this?"

Princess Pingyang was also stunned, and seemed to want to help Huan'er, but she finally held back - her mother had only captured Huan'er and would not do anything to her.

The Queen did not answer Huan'er's words, but looked at Xie Lin: "Prince, this Huan'er is a spy. She must be someone under the command of Prince Cheng and his wife. They sent Huan'er to the harem just to sow discord between you and the Crown Princess!

"The Crown Princess is so confused. The Zhenbei Marquisate has made great achievements in the war and is thriving, but she is not satisfied and wants more. After hearing Huan'er's story, she wants to replace you and even kill the children of Prince Yuanqi and Young Master Wen. The children are innocent!"

Under the firelight, Xie Lin looked at the queen's face, paying attention to every expression on her face, but the queen's face was full of indignation, and she looked like she wanted to eliminate a harm for the people.

She was heartbroken: "You and the Crown Princess have a deep love for each other, and you did everything to marry her... She made such a big mistake, and you can't let her go. Mother can understand, so how you deal with her, mother will not care.

"But now the Crown Princess has developed an ambition that she shouldn't have, and killed two children. It's all Huan'er's fault, and she must pay for it."

The queen actually pulled out the long sword from the guard beside her, and in front of Huan'er's shocked eyes, she thrust the sword into Huan'er's heart.

The sword stabbed so fast and fiercely that neither Huan'er nor Princess Pingyang had time to say a word before the sword had already pierced Huan'er's heart.

Huan'er looked at the queen's extremely cold face, then lowered her head to look at the long sword that pierced her heart. She opened her lips as if she wanted to say something, but nothing came out and she fell down.

She was dead, blood was flowing from her heart, dripping down the corridor to the downstairs, gradually cooling down.

The Queen said coldly: "Throw her into the mass grave. Such a spy actually tried to split our Daqi power, she deserves to be put to death!"

Immediately, a guard came forward and dragged Huan'er away.

Some of the senior palace maids who served the Queen were terrified. Huan'er was very favored during this period and was serving in the inner hall. Even tonight at the Princess' birthday banquet, the Queen brought her with her.

But now, Huan'er is dead, killed by the Queen herself.

Although Huan'er deserved to die, the palace maids still felt terrified. There was an inexplicable chilly feeling that spread from the soles of her feet and spread throughout her body.

"Now that the Crown Princess has a reason to kill people, why don't you arrest her!" Everyone was still in a daze, but Tong Xiling had already spoken, her voice sharp and resolute.

The queen also looked at the situation inside and wanted to see Chu Heyi being captured with her own eyes.

Xue Jinfei moved immediately, stepping forward with a long sword in hand, while the trembling girl in black who had been standing with her back to everyone lifted the veil on her head and threw it directly to the ground, then turned around and faced everyone.

Everyone gasped, extremely shocked, how... how could it be her!

Tong Xiling angrily said, "Baihua, why is it you! Did the Crown Princess order you to kill Prince Yuanqi and Young Master Wen? Did you cover for the Crown Princess to escape? Where did she go? You'd better tell the truth!"

It’s actually Baihua!

Everyone had always thought that the person was Chu Heyi, but it turned out to be Baihua. The clothes she was wearing were Chu Heyi's, and her figure was too similar to Chu Heyi's.

Tong Xiling was shocked and angry: "If you don't tell us where the Crown Princess has fled to, you will have to endure the punishment of the Dali Temple from beginning to end!"

Xue Jinfei, along with his guards, surrounded Baihua with swords in hand.

Baihua's face was expressionless: "Why did the Crown Princess run away? Miss Tong is saying that the Crown Princess killed Prince Yuan Qi and Young Master Wen?"

"Isn't it true? Prince Yuanqi and Young Master Wen died here, and you must be an accomplice! After the Crown Princess killed people, she knew she couldn't escape, so she asked you to pretend to be her to buy time for her to escape!" Tong Xiling said.

It’s like this, it must be like this!

She even rushed forward and wanted to turn the two dead children around so that everyone could see clearly how tragically the two children died. Then Chu Heyi would not be able to escape the charges.

"Prince Yuanqi and Young Master Wen are dead?" Without waiting for her to get close, Baihua turned around and kicked the two children lying in a pool of blood towards Tong Xiling one after another.

Tong Xiling was startled and tried to dodge, but the two children had already hit her one after another, with blood that had not yet completely coagulated...

She was so frightened that she fell to the ground, but she realized belatedly that the two children had not hit her with enough force.

Baihua said: "You are talking about Prince Yuanqi and Young Master Wen, are they them?"

Tong Xiling looked at the two children at her feet, her pupils shrank drastically, how could this be possible! !

Not only Tong Xiling, but also Princess Pingyang, even the Queen, and everyone present were all shocked!

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