An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Chapter 439 The Queen's Struggle

"how do you want to do it?"

Lingrong just smiled and didn't say what she was thinking.

After all, the Queen's greatest crime was interfering in government affairs. Her desire to ask the Third Prince to testify against the Queen was just a final blow to the Queen.

Having harmed so many people's children, one day she will be harmed by the child she loves most. This is the Queen's final fate.

Ling Rong didn't know that the Queen in her previous life was also convicted of a crime by a child. This might be karma, and no one can escape it.

Maybe the Queen will also get a chance to be reborn again.

Ling Rong smiled again. She raised her glass and clinked it with Cao Qinmo and Xia Dongchun. "What else can I do? I can only talk about the poisoning of the Fourth and Fifth Princes."

"The Empress's purpose is too obvious. Even the women in the harem like us can guess a little. The Emperor must know even more deeply."

Cao Qinmo looked at the boiling pot and picked up a piece of mutton and put it in.

“If the events of the previous dynasty are proven true, and Your Majesty has put a lot of effort into the Empress’ attempt to murder the heir to the throne, it will be enough to make it impossible for the Empress to ever turn things around.

However, the evidence of poisoning is not complete at the moment. Unless the Third Prince can testify in person, the ones who will bear the blame in the end will only be those servants."

While they were talking, the mutton was already cooked. Cao Qinmo rolled the mutton in the bowl and coated it with sauce before putting it into her mouth.

She chewed it carefully, as if it were some rare delicacy.

Xia Dongchun also joined in blanching the meat. She didn't quite understand what the two were talking about, so she could only eat the meat in silence. However, without a maidservant to serve her, she felt a little uncomfortable. The meat was either too tough or too raw, so she wasn't satisfied after just a few bites.

"The Queen has not fallen yet, so it's not easy to ask the Third Prince to testify against her."

Xia Dongchun put down her chopsticks in anger, "The Third Prince is still thinking of relying on the Empress to get his clan status back."

"Restore the clan membership?" Ling Rong shook her head and smiled, still continuing to pour wine for herself, "The Third Prince himself is a suspect in the murder of his brothers, and the Queen is now caught up in the political interference scandal.

Both of them are in danger. If the Third Prince foolishly continues to cling to the Empress, do you think the Emperor will think that the two of them are in cahoots with each other?

The Empress of the previous dynasty won over court officials and increased the power of the Third Prince by selling official positions. The Third Prince poisoned and murdered his brothers and sisters in the harem to eliminate his competitors.

Think about it, in this situation, does the Third Prince still have a chance to regain his clan membership?"

Xia Dongchun opened her eyes wide, shook her head slowly and said "impossible".

"That's how it is. Just know it and don't get too involved."

Ling Rong said no more and called in several serving palace maids. With help, Xia Dongchun enjoyed the meal very much and even drank half a pot of hot wine.

Xia Dongchun was in a daze when leaving Chengqian Palace. If there was no sedan chair, she really didn't know how to get back to Jingyang Palace.

Ling Rong sent the two people away and then collapsed on the chaise longue to rest for a while.

At the same time, there was a fierce quarrel in the Yangxin Palace. The emperor looked at Fucha Fuldun who was kneeling below him, and the beads in his hand were almost crushed.

Fucha Fuldun was still talking about the court officials that the Queen had contacted, such as Dong'e Xierda, Zuoling Nara Nerbu, Shangsiyuanqing Jin Sanbao, and so on.

These people all have daughters of similar age. The purpose of the empress's interaction with these people was to choose a wife that suits Hongshi.

It seems that these people's official positions are not very high, but if you think about it carefully, you can find that they participated in the suppression of the Three Feudatories Rebellion and served as the Minister of War, the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of Rites.

In the court, he had close friends everywhere, and when discussing political affairs, even the emperor had to consider his opinions.

Needless to say, Nara Nerbu is from the maternal family of the current queen. This is to ensure that there will be women from the Ulanara clan in the harem of the next emperor.

Jin Sanbao of Shangsiyuan may look inconspicuous, but he is in charge of the Yu horses that the emperor rides. If he really has any inappropriate thoughts, any accident is possible.

The emperor felt heavy in his heart. The queen's behavior had already made him worried and angry. When he heard that the queen had promised these ministers that Hongshi would marry their daughters as concubines, his anger reached its peak.

"Your Majesty, the Empress is so fickle in the court that she disregards the rules of the Forbidden City.

Such behavior must not be allowed to grow. If a hen crows at dawn, there will be chaos in the world, Your Majesty!"

Fucha Fuldun spoke sincerely, and he did not forget to mention his father, "Your Majesty, when my father heard about this, he was so angry that he was sick for two days. He couldn't even attend the morning court during these two days."

"I understand Ma Qi's thoughts."

The emperor closed his eyes. He was really angry in his heart, but he could not reveal too much in front of his ministers. The empress refused to behave herself, and he could not just kill her. He had to think of other ways.

"I know the situation well. If you have nothing to do, please go down first."

Fucha Fuldun looked up at the emperor's expression, but couldn't tell what he meant by it, so he could only silently agree.

"Your Majesty, I have another favor to ask. I hope Your Majesty will grant my request."

Seeing the emperor looking over, Fucha Fuldun immediately spoke, "I, your humble wife, have not seen Concubine Tian for a long time. I have many words of concern to tell her, but she is not feeling well, so I can only ask you to talk a little."

"Su Peisheng asked someone to invite Concubine Tian to the warm room and accompany her in everything to avoid losing decorum."

"Yes." Su Peisheng agreed and took the initiative to invite Fucha Fuldun to go out.

The emperor's ears finally calmed down. He pinched his brows and raised his eyes to see the queen walking in.

"My concubine pays your respects to the Emperor."

The Queen knew that this matter would certainly offend the Emperor, so she was very nervous and could only squat with her knees bent, ignoring what the Emperor said.

At this moment, the emperor had not figured out how to deal with the queen. He glanced at the queen twice and refused to speak. They just remained silent.

"Your Majesty, regarding the matter of buying an official position for Aunt Zhuxi's family...I do have my own difficulties."

"What's your reason?" The emperor glanced at the queen and put down the beads. "Queen, please tell me what your reason is."

"Your Majesty, this is just a coincidence. Aunt Zhuxi's nephew was originally a candidate for that official position.

Aunt Zhuxi was worried that her nephew would not be selected, so she came to me and asked me to help find out. I sent someone to ask and found out that it was indeed him, so I told Aunt Zhuxi.

All in all, this is just a coincidence, there is no such thing as buying or selling official positions."

The emperor laughed when he heard this, but he didn't ask the queen to stand up immediately, "The money has been delivered to me, and you can still make excuses like this.

Queen, as the head of the harem, you should know that the harem should not interfere in government affairs."

"Your Majesty," the queen immediately became nervous when she heard about interfering in government affairs. She changed her posture and knelt down directly. "Where does this come from? I have never wanted to interfere in government affairs. Your Majesty, please understand. I have no knowledge of this so-called silver."

"This silver was sent by Zhuxi. As her master, you should know this."

"I really don't know about this," the queen said with a gloomy expression. She had thought it through clearly beforehand and pushed the blame on Zhuxi. "Aunt Zhuxi is the Queen Mother's person. I usually respect her and I am afraid that I might say something harsh and lose the Queen Mother's face, so I rarely discipline her.

Therefore, I never asked about the matter of buying an official position. I just thought that Aunt Zhuxi had an idea in her mind, so I sent someone to ask.

I never thought that someone with ulterior motives would hear it and exaggerate it before telling the emperor, turning it into a case of a concubine buying and selling an official position to curry favor with the people around her."

The Queen paused, then raised her eyes slightly and looked at the Emperor, "Aunt Zhuxi is an old lady around the Queen Mother, and is very familiar with the palace rules. She will definitely not do such things that go against the will of Heaven.

Your Majesty, if you don’t believe me, just go and ask the people around me. After they have been severely punished, they will naturally see the truth.”

The emperor just hummed and had no intention of giving orders to others. The queen knelt there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a long time.

After a long while, she could only try again and asked, "Your Majesty, is my suggestion still feasible?"

"Under severe punishment, there must be injustices and false cases. The queen is not worried. Someone secretly acted and pinned this crime on you."

"I am innocent, so I am not worried about the emperor's interrogation. Besides, the servants around me have been replaced many times, and only the maids sent by the Empress Dowager are left.

I'm afraid Your Majesty knows more about this than I do. If Your Majesty were to investigate, he would naturally be able to find out the truth and would not wrongly accuse anyone."

The queen said this with such firmness that she seemed like a truly honest person.

The emperor still ignored her and just used the tea in front of him to suppress his anger.

The queen's knees were already aching from kneeling, but the emperor would not let her get up, so she had no choice but to kneel like this. She really didn't look like a queen, but more like a noble lady, without any dignity at all.

"In addition to this matter, the Queen has other things to explain." The Emperor finally spoke, trying to give the Queen a chance to explain.

But the Queen did not know that Fucha Fuldun came today to expose her for contacting court officials, so she could only shake her head and said that there was nothing else.

In the eyes of the emperor, selling an official position is already a serious crime. Now that the queen has repeatedly tried to cover it up, he doesn't have the heart to listen any more and just wants to get rid of the queen as soon as possible.

"It's OK if you don't know," the emperor raised his hand and motioned for the queen to stand up, "I already know everything, and I don't need you to admit it yourself.

But I also thought that if I depose the queen, it would bring shame to the queen mother and Rouze, so I will just confine you to Jingren Palace, leaving only Zhu Xi to serve you, and recite scriptures for the queen mother and Rouze day and night."

"Your Majesty, why did you bring up the matter of deposing the Empress?" The Empress had just stood up, and then hurriedly knelt down again, "I have been in the palace for many years, and I don't think I have done anything wrong. If I have done anything wrong, I have corrected it and never made it again.

"Your Majesty, why did you believe those people's nonsense today and think that I was selling official positions and titles?"

"I have given you the opportunity to explain clearly what you have done, but you refused to speak and kept hiding the truth again and again, thinking that I am a fool."

The emperor still deliberately kept silent. He watched the queen kneel down and did not call her again. "Since you are unwilling to speak, I will send people to the residences of Dong'e Xierda, Nara Nerbu, Jin Sanbao and others to ask.

I already know exactly what the Queen promised these people, so I sent you to Foshan to chant scriptures.

If I find out that you are wrongly accused, I will release you at any time. The Queen will not bear a grudge against me, right?"

When the queen heard the names of the three men, she understood everything. She lost her strength and sat on her legs.

But soon, she cheered up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a good relationship with the wives of these three ministers. As the New Year is coming to an end, I gave them some New Year gifts.

Therefore, I have made some contacts, but please believe me, Your Majesty. These three ladies have told me that their daughters are getting old and want to find a suitable husband, and they want me to help them find one in the court."

As the queen spoke, her attitude became much calmer. She raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and said, "I was just thinking that Hongshi and Hongzhou are not young anymore. If they like me, it would be nice to enter their backyard.

So I paid more attention to the character of those women.

I did mention this to these three ladies and asked them what they thought of the two princes.

Coincidentally, they all fell in love with the Third Prince and were also interested in marrying into the royal family."

The queen sighed, raised her handkerchief to cover her lips, and looked up at the emperor with a bit of timidity. This gesture was most commonly used when admitting one's mistakes gently, and the emperor would involuntarily become a little gentler when he saw her expression.

As the queen expected, the emperor's attitude did soften, but he remained silent and just listened to the queen's continued explanation.

“Your Majesty, Hongshi is a good boy. Although he pleaded for the criminals, it was because they were once your brothers and sisters, and he cherished the relationship between brothers, so he said the wrong words and did the wrong things.

But his intention in asking for mercy was not bad, so all the ministers in the court had a very good impression of him and were willing to let their daughters marry him.

I guess the Emperor must have misunderstood because of this, thinking that the Third Prince and I were deliberately contacting court officials to do things that would disrupt the order of the court.

But all this is just a coincidence and misunderstanding. Concubine Tian joined forces with Fu Cha to sue me in the Emperor's Yangxin Palace. What she did was nothing more than the Fifth Prince. "

When the Emperor heard the Fifth Prince's name, his expression relaxed slightly, and the Empress deliberately wiped away her tears, imitating Rouze's previous behavior, even though it was Rouze's attitude that she despised the most.

But the emperor is most fond of this kind of concubine's appearance. Now the queen has to use this attitude to confuse the emperor in order to survive.

What about Zhen Huan and Zhen Yurao? She, Ulanala Yixiu, is the person who understands Rouze best. As long as she wants, no one can be more like Rouze than her.

It's just that from the beginning to the end, what she hated the most was Rouze.