Queen is the top

Cheng Yingzong came back to his senses for a moment, was startled suddenly, and quickly raised his hand, "Let him in quickly."

The matter of He Mingfeng was indeed an imperial secret, but Cheng Yingzong let Shi Yuqing in without even thinking about it.

He thinks highly of He Jingyi, and he naturally thinks highly of the people he cares about, not to mention that Shi Yuqing has everything in appearance, character, talent, learning, and disposition, and he and the empress love everything, so he loves Shi Yuqing even more. He treats him like his own child and doesn't guard against him.

Shi Yuqing, who was guarding outside the curtain, heard Cheng Yingzong's words, stretched out her hand and gently stroked the red splendid dress on her body, without any wrinkles, she looked noble and elegant, turned her head to the person behind her and nodded her chin, and walked in slowly .

Ever since He Jingyi heard Shi Yuqing's name, his original solemn face had quietly relaxed, and he turned sideways and raised his head to look in the direction of the bead curtain.

When he saw Shi Yuqing's figure, he immediately curled his lips into a smile, and seeing the eyes of the person behind him lit up, he turned to Shi Yuqing's eyes full of praise.

Shi Yuqing smiled back at him, walked up to Cheng Yingzong and the empress and bowed respectfully, "Father emperor, mother empress."

"Yuqing is here, sit down quickly." Cheng Yingzong said hurriedly.

Shi Yuqing bowed her head and thanked him, glanced sideways at He Mingfeng who was kneeling aside, cupped her hands and said, "Father, Queen Mother, I have something to tell you."

Cheng Yingzong propped one hand on his knee, and held the queen's hand on his lap with the other, and said kindly, "It's okay to say what's the matter with Yuqing."

Shi Yuqing nodded slightly, and stepped aside to get out of the person behind her. The person was dressed in a neat indigo female officer's embroidered uniform. Seeing Cheng Yingzong and the empress staring at her, he hurriedly stepped forward a step or two, with his chin on his chest and his hands Combined and held high above the top, bowed respectfully and respectfully, "Slaves see the emperor and queen, may your majesty be blessed and safe, and your majesty will be happy forever."

Cheng Yingzong nodded slightly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cheng Yingzong looked at the person himself, even the empress looked at her with a frown. He felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen him.

Seeing that the two elders were puzzled, Shi Yuqing explained, "This is the female officer next to me, named Qiu Zhi."

The queen nodded and said softly, "Why did Yu Qing bring her here?"

Shi Yuqing turned her head and glanced at Qiu Zhi, Qiu Zhi nodded slightly, took out a letter from her cuff, held it in her hands, knelt behind He Mingfeng, and said to Cheng Yingzong and the queen, "This servant is Duan Zhaorong. There is a court lady serving by her side, whose original name is Zi Fu."

As soon as these words came out, He Mingfeng reacted immediately, turned his upper body to look at her, with a little surprise in his eyes.

The queen was surprised, "You served Meier before, why haven't I seen you?"

Qiu Zhi replied respectfully, "The servant girl was only responsible for cleaning the Zhaorong Hall, and did not accompany Zhaorong's side, so His Highness does not know the servant girl."

He Mingfeng moved back slightly, looked back at her carefully, and recalled her appearance and name, but unfortunately he was still young at that time, and there were many court ladies around Duan Zhaorong, so it was impossible to know all of them, so he was a little bit confused for a while. Can not remember.

Qiu Zhi continued, "Before Duan Zhaorong died, he gave a letter to his servant and ordered him to keep it. If His Royal Highness the Second Prince wants to avenge her, he will give the letter to the Second Prince."

Everyone was startled, He Mingfeng suddenly knelt up straight, and at this moment, regardless of Qiu Zhi's identity, he hurriedly said, "What letter!"

Qiu Zhi still held the letter with both hands, lowered her head and said respectfully, "This servant has never opened it, and I don't know the contents of the letter. Lady Zhao Rong was poisoned and died within two hours after delivering it to the servant in a hurry."

Speaking of this, Qiu Zhi's eyes drooped, and her brows were full of sorrow.

He Mingfeng looked excited, he stretched out his hand to take out the letter and was about to open it, but after thinking about it, Meifeng frowned and said, "How can I believe that you are my aunt's maid?"

Qiu Zhi respectfully said, "You were only nine years old back then, so it's normal for you to forget your maidservant. The maidservant still remembers that on your eighth birthday, she picked a plum blossom and gave it to Mrs. Zhaorong, saying that her name also has the word plum in it, which is the most suitable for wearing plum blossoms." , and personally plucked one and inserted it for her.”

Her long memories shook He Mingfeng's heart, and he exclaimed, "Why did you know..."

He paused for a while, and a beautiful figure in plain color fell into his mind. Furong had a beautiful face, with dimples, took the plum blossom in his hand and stroked his hair, and beside her was a touch of light green. It also gradually became clear that the man's slender hands covered the smile on his face.

He Mingfeng's memory flooded back, he fixed his eyes on Qiu Zhi's neck, and suddenly took a quick breath, the porcelain-white neck was indeed the same as he remembered, with a little obvious mole left.

It turned out that he had really seen Qiuzhi when he was a child!

Reminiscing so far, He Mingfeng no longer hesitated, and immediately opened the letter in his hand to read it urgently. He read every word carefully, for fear of missing a single word. His urgency was like that of a dying person who had been lost in the desert for a long time. Found a clear spring.

He Mingfeng carefully read what was written in the letter twice, his eyes were instantly reddened by the pain in his heart, he stared at the above word by word, closed his eyes, and lowered his head dejectedly.

Cheng Yingzong and the queen looked at each other, both worried.

Cheng Yingzong didn't care too much, stepped forward to help He Mingfeng, saw that he seemed to have lost his soul, irresistible, absent-minded, felt a pain in his heart, carefully took the letter in his hand, and brought it to the queen to be with her Read, I saw a few lines of beautiful lowercase letters on it, the words are as smooth as water and as deep as a mountain of maternal love: Fenger, if you see this letter, Auntie should have been gone for a long time, don't worry about Auntie. Sad, because my mother is not worth it, my mother has no eyes, she was too much bewitched and instigated by Concubine Hui, she did some things that my mother didn't want you to know, my mother didn't want you to be disappointed, but those things were engraved in my life after all In the imprint of my mother, there is a stain that my mother wants to wipe but can't. Feng'er, my mother has entrusted your mother to the empress. If my mother is away one day, my sister will take good care of you. When the time comes, you have to listen to her carefully. No matter what other people say, you have to believe her, and don't be instigated by others like A Niang. In this world, the best thing for A Niang is your mother, my sister.Fenger, you are Aniang's only treasure. Everything Aniang does is for you, but Aniang did something wrong after all. Fenger, you have to grow up well. If Aniang can wash away her sins and go to heaven, I will surely bless you and your father, queen and queen for the rest of your life.

"Mei'er..." The Queen burst into tears, her heart aching unbearably.

Qiu Zhi lowered her head, took a deep breath, swallowed her tears, and said with great pain, "Whether the second prince believes it or not, Zhao Rong was indeed killed by Concubine Hui, and the ivory comb she used was poisoned by Mo Rong who served her. As time went by, the poison seeped into Zhaorong's body. Zhaorong already felt that something was wrong with her body. Unfortunately, the imperial physician was bribed by Concubine Hui to conceal her poisoning. She didn't find out about her poisoning until shortly before the poisoning occurred. "

Cheng Yingzong sighed when he heard the words. The imperial doctor who diagnosed her death also mentioned that it was caused by long-term toxin invasion. He caught the female official named Mo Rong and killed her with a stick, but he did not find out the identity of the envoy of Concubine Hui. the truth.

When He Mingfeng heard the name Mo Rong, his expression moved slightly. Mo Rong was his aunt's personal maid. When he was a child, he would often lead him into the palace to look for Duan Zhaorong. Later, he knew that she had killed Duan Zhaorong, and she had concealed it from him. Seeing that Cheng Yingzong and the queen saw Mo Rong being beaten to death with their own eyes, one can imagine the cruelty towards her from the bottom of their hearts.

But He Mingfeng was deceived by Concubine Hui, and always thought that Mo Rong was instructed by the queen.

"It was because Zhaorong found out that Mo Rong was bribed by Concubine Hui that she increased the dose of poison and passed away early. Before Zhaorong died, Zhaorong was very scared and felt that no one around him could be trusted. Accidentally saw Mo Rong poison the food that Her Highness the Empress gave to His Highness the Second Prince, and boldly told Zhao Rong, but unfortunately the lady didn’t believe it, and the slaves were even revenged by Mo Rong, hey..." Qiu Zhi sighed and continued, "Maybe because this servant was the only one who reminded Zhaorong, so she entrusted the letter to this servant before she died, and then I was chased and killed by Concubine Hui. Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince rescued this servant, and arranged this servant in Yuming Hall , In order to save their lives, the servants changed their names and hid in Zichen Palace, and they rarely stepped out of the palace gate, lest they be discovered by Concubine Hui."

The queen was startled, and pointed at her with a shake of the hand holding the handkerchief, "You are the one who sent me the letter back then?!"

Qiu Zhi nodded, "It's a servant girl. I don't dare to come directly to see Her Highness the Queen, for fear of being discovered by Concubine Hui, so I can only quietly go to the Shangfu Bureau at night to put the letter in the sleeve of the clothes that I will present to Your Highness. There are so many, the slaves are still discovered by her."

Everyone understood when they heard the words, Cheng Yingzong asked He Jingyi in puzzlement, "Yi'er, you were only six years old, how did you save her?"

He Jingyi replied respectfully, "The one who saved Qiuzhi back then was not a minister, but a master. He was a little unfamiliar with the terrain of the imperial palace. He was about to leave the palace that night, but he happened to get lost in a corner and bumped into Qiuzhi who was almost killed. She rescued her and brought her to my palace, and let me save her life."

Cheng Yingzong nodded leisurely, "It turned out to be Mu Xiao, so it's no wonder."

Cheng Yingzong and Mu Xiao were also acquainted because of the relationship between the crown prince Shengzun. Mu Xiao is a heroic and courageous person, and he is the most courageous, but his sense of direction is a little weak, especially in the face of the densely packed palace. made.

Knowing the whole truth, He Mingfeng felt as if his strength had been drained by someone. He was cold and cold, and could only tremble uncontrollably. His mind surged back, and the remorse that surged in his heart almost overwhelmed him, making him unable to breathe. , I almost want to die of pain.

He raised his eyes to look at the queen sitting on the dragon couch, and suddenly took two steps forward, and knelt down in front of her. Before everyone could react, there were several bangs, and he kowtowed several times. From the trembling teeth, he struggled to spell out every single word: "Mother, the child is guilty."

The queen paused, and hurriedly got up to help him up, but He Mingfeng clenched his fists tightly, sticking to the ground with his face and refused to lift him up, the queen threw himself on his trembling body, hugged him and covered him with a veil. Collapsing tears, choked for a long while speechless.

Cheng Yingzong's eyes were red, he stepped forward and hugged the queen and He Mingfeng, and apologized deeply, "It's all my father's fault, I neglected you, Feng'er is all my father's fault."

Shi Yuqing shook her head slightly and couldn't bear it, she sighed in her heart that her parents' hearts were pitiful and respectable.

The warmth of his palms brought him back to his senses a little. As expected, it was He Jingyi who leaned towards him. Shi Yuqing raised her head, and seeing that his face was also a little sad, she leaned her body towards him, and wrapped her other hand in his. In their own hands, the two looked at each other, comforting each other's moving faces.