"Your Majesty..." Chen Jia immediately cried out when she heard this. Can such words be said casually? The Queen and the Imperial Concubine cannot afford to offend anyone!

"There are no outsiders here, just you and me! Why, are you even unwilling to tell me the truth?" The orthodox emperor frowned tightly. There was suppressed anger in his eyes. How dare these people do anything to him?

With so many tricks going on under his nose, he obviously didn't take him as an emperor seriously.

In the past, I was too lenient with them!

"I dare not deceive you!" Chen Jia immediately knelt down to show his loyalty.

The emperor's face softened. "I just want to hear your opinion. I have so many sons and concubines, but now I can't find anyone who can express my true feelings!" The orthodox emperor himself felt a sense of sadness. Although he

Although he is not very capable, he is kind-hearted. He also knows that he is not a wise king, but after all, he is not a foolish king either.

Chen Jia knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up, and said carefully: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind and generous, His Royal Highness King Zhao is brave and brave, and His Royal Highness King Lu is young, but he is the most intelligent and filial!"

What he said was very skillful. The prince was kind and virtuous, so he was suspected of winning over the ministers. King Zhao was brave, and it was very dangerous for him to command the army. Only King Lu, filial piety would not cause any problems.

Sure enough, Zhengtong frowned even more after listening to the first two sons. When Chen Jia talked about Ye Minzhao, the emperor couldn't help but feel a touch of tenderness on his face: "This child looked a bit naughty before, but now he is much more sensible."

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Seeing that Chen Jia was still kneeling on the ground, he said, "Get up. No matter what you say is right or wrong, I won't blame you, and I won't tell anyone about it. You can feel free to say it boldly."

Chen Jia thanked him and stood up, glanced at the emperor, and said, "Then I'll just say it for you." Zhengtong nodded, and Chen Jia continued: "The incident happened to the Crown Princess in Kunning Palace, and she personally fed the Crown Princess the soup with medicine.

She is the empress's personal maid, and she has been with the queen for more than ten years. How difficult is it to instigate such a maid to rebel? So in any case, Kunning Palace is still the most suspect."

Chen Jia paused, "Moreover...if Kunning Palace had noticed the relationship between Jinzhan and Zhao's mother in advance, it is not impossible to set up a plan and deliberately use the child in the princess's belly to frame Chengqian Palace. Such a

That said, Kunning Palace is not completely without motives!"

Zheng Zheng's face moved slightly and he was silent for a long time.

"Now that it is found out that Jinzhan and Zhao's mother from Chengqian Palace are biologically related, then there is a possibility that Chengqian Palace will take action. Moreover, His Royal Highness King Zhao does not have a son yet, so Chengqian Palace also has the motive to take action.

. Then Mother Zhao is in charge of the pharmacy, although

It is said that there are records for checking the incoming and outgoing medicinal materials, but in this position, she can do some tricks, such as reporting more losses, and the amount of saffron and musk in the Princess's bowl will be revealed! So!

, Chengqian Palace cannot rule out doubts!"

The emperor nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "Then why could Mother Zhao grit her teeth and refuse to speak out under such torture?"

Chen Jiadao: "There are always people in this world who are not afraid of torture and beatings."

Zhengtong sighed: "After talking about it, there is still no clear answer!"

Chen Jia lowered his head and said: "I am stupid and can't share my worries with Long Live Lord!"

Zhengtong walked twice in the large hall with his hands behind his back, and then suddenly stopped: "I know what you said is reasonable, and I have thought of all these things. But I still feel that the Queen did not do this. Even if

She has this kind of heart, but she doesn't have this ability!" If it's not the queen, then she is even more suspicious of Concubine Xiao.

When Chen Jia heard what the emperor said, she didn't dare to answer the question. But she was thinking in her heart that that person's methods were so powerful that he didn't need clear evidence at all. As long as he planted the seeds of doubt in the emperor's heart, he would have succeeded.

That person deliberately made the matter so complicated, and no one else seemed suspicious. The more suspicious the emperor became, the more wary he became of the prince and King Zhao, and that person's opportunity came.

The emperor had basically made up his mind to give up the prince, but then things changed again.

He is good at not taking action, but he changes the situation once he takes action, and he is good at seizing every opportunity that comes before him. He is never impatient or in a hurry, and he is not in a hurry to beat the enemy to death with a stick. This forbearance and strategy

, step by step, just by looking at the few chess pieces she placed in important positions, you can tell how powerful this person is! Chen Jia deeply felt that she was following the right person!

At this moment, Meng Cheng's anxious voice was heard outside the hall: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Zhengtong's face darkened: "What's making all the noise here?"

Chen Jia glanced at the emperor's face, then ran over and opened the door. Meng Cheng ran in with sweat on his head, knelt on the ground and said: "To inform the emperor, Mother Zhao of Chengqian Palace... is dead!"

"What?!" Zhengtong's face turned ferocious. He said angrily, "How did such an important witness die?"

You must know that the people in the Criminal Punishment Department are all experts in executions. How can it be so easy for a prisoner to die when he is in their hands?

He also had the responsibility of supervising Mother Zhao. Once she died, he was sure to suffer the consequences, so he rushed over to report to the emperor as soon as possible so that he could be as clean as possible. At this time, he had already thought about the punishment of the Division of Shen Xing.

People's ancestors have been scolded for eighteen generations! Meng Cheng hesitated and said: "It was because the people from the Department of Punishment were not supervising well and gave Mother Zhao a chance, so she bit her tongue and committed suicide!"

But who believes this!

"Okay! Okay!" Zhengzheng angrily laughed back, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Criminal Justice are really doing a bad job!" Seeing how Meng Cheng looked at it, he didn't like it: "Get out of here too!"

Meng Cheng crawled to the ground, and Chen Jia quickly came up and rubbed the emperor's chest: "Long live my lord, please calm down. It's not worth getting angry because of a mother who can't get a nameplate!"

Zhengtong exhaled a breath: "They... can they still keep me safe for a while?"

Seeing the opportunity coming, Chen Jia took the opportunity to take a strong dose of medicine: "Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Zhang Lingtian, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is the nanny of His Highness King Zhao!"

The orthodox emperor's body suddenly trembled: "I almost forgot, I almost forgot! Cheng Qian Palace is really a good idea!"

He slowly walked to the imperial examination desk and picked up a thick memorial from the top of a pile of notebooks. This memorial had been on his imperial examination desk for a long time, and he had already approved two words:

It was correct. But it has not been discovered yet.

This memorial was submitted by Xiao Zongchang, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. According to the rules of the Chu Dynasty, officials in the capital were tested every three years, which was called "Jingcha". The Jingzha was carried out by the Ministry of Personnel, and the memorial was submitted to the emperor for approval.

This year is exactly the period of the three-year Beijing inspection. What Xiao Zongchang’s memorial contains is the final report card that determines the promotion and demotion of officials. Orthodox confusion is confusion, but it is not confused to the extreme. We also know that in Xiao Zongchang’s memorial, the number of people who were promoted is

Most of them are close to King Zhao

, and most of those who were expelled and demoted were officials close to the prince. Originally, the emperor had decided to abandon the prince and establish another king of Zhao. However, because of the series of events such as the miscarriage of the prince, the emperor also felt chilled. He finally decided to put this matter to bed.

Let it go again.

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said: "Please find a box and lock this memorial for me!"

A big stone fell to Chen Jia's heart. It's done! King Zhao is not the prince. King Zhao has a good reputation and high prestige. He is smart and benevolent, and he has the full support of the powerful Xiao Party. Once King Zhao becomes the prince, he will be the prince in the future.

Even if the emperor wanted to depose him, it would probably be even more difficult.

After finishing the memorial, Zhengtong called for setting up the Qian Palace.

Concubine Xiao in the Chengqian Palace had already heard the news that Mother Zhao bit her tongue and committed suicide. She was not surprised that Mother Zhao committed suicide. In fact, in a place like the Shenxing Department, there were many punishments that would make people feel that death would be much happier than living.

The problem is that it doesn't matter if Mother Zhao dies, the Criminal Justice Department and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs are involved again, and the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhang Lingtian, is Ye Minyu's nanny, a member of the Four Princes Party. The emperor has already begun to doubt her.

, now it’s even more difficult to explain.

Concubine Xiao was sitting on the throne, her face was calm, but the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn by her. It could be seen that her mood was not as calm as she appeared.

Now that things have happened, it would be strange if no one was behind this!

But the key is who is the person behind this?

When the emperor arrived at Chengqian Palace and saw Concubine Xiao kneeling on the ground, he had mixed feelings in his heart. Is this concubine whom he has loved and trusted for more than ten years a pure little white flower or a terrifying beautiful snake?

"Get up!" Concubine Xiao thanked her and sat down before the emperor. She took the opportunity to exchange glances with Chen Jia, who was following behind the emperor. Chen Jia nuzzled her lips and signaled her to be more careful. Concubine Xiao's heart sank.

The emperor sat there, drinking tea, and did not say a word for a long time. In fact, Concubine Xiao had always looked down on the emperor in her heart. She felt that the emperor was too weak and incompetent, and was not worthy of being the best in the world.

The emperor should be like Ye Yichen, who is decisive in killing and talented. But she has always concealed this very well and worked hard to win favor with the emperor until she gave birth to Ye Minyu and raised him to be a talented person.

The emperor is lustful and loves beautiful women as well as men. She knows this better than anyone. There are so many beauties coming and going in the harem, many of which were given to the emperor by Concubine Xiao herself. As long as these women do not threaten her status, they can help

She won the emperor's heart, but Concubine Xiao didn't mind.

In her opinion, her real support was not the emperor, but Ye Minyu. Once Ye Minyu ascended the throne, she would become the empress dowager. From this point of view, she wished that the emperor would die soon.

It's just that the emperor, who had always obeyed her words, had such a face today, which still made her feel very uncomfortable.

The two sat facing each other for a long time, and Concubine Xiao finally couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty..."

"Well!" The emperor finally raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Xiao. I came here to ask you a question: "Does the matter of the Crown Princess's abortion have anything to do with you? Whether you did it or not, I will decide

I no longer blame you, I just want to hear the truth from you!"

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Xiao couldn't sit still after hearing this. She stood up and knelt in front of the emperor, "The matter of the crown princess' miscarriage has nothing to do with me. No matter how vicious I am, I will definitely not be able to do this.

The matter of harming the emperor's heir is coming!"

"Didn't you do it?" There was a hint of sarcasm in Zhengtong's tone. "I knew you would say that! Then I'll ask you again, do you know that Zhao's mother and Jinzhan are biological mother and daughter?"

Various thoughts flashed through Concubine Xiao's mind, and she finally said: "I don't know!" She really couldn't say that she knew. If she knew, what was the purpose of letting Zhao's mother and Jinzhan interact with each other? She

There's no way to explain it.

"Okay! Okay!" Zhengtong's tone became more and more disappointed. He slammed the table: "Then let me ask you again, how did Mother Zhao die? Who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Don't you know these things?

Know?"

"Your Majesty! You don't trust me! I was wronged! Someone deliberately framed me!" Concubine Xiao looked up at Zhengtong in disbelief. She didn't expect that Zhengtong Emperor would treat her like this, but he was just a coward! How could this be possible?

Do this to her!

Zhengtong sneered: "I want to trust you, but after all these things, how can I trust you? You said someone framed you, but you are in the palace, so who can harm you?"

Concubine Xiao also felt a wave of anger coming and blurted out. "Since the emperor has already determined in his heart that these are the faults of his concubines, he directly ordered people to take me away. Isn't it clean to punish me with a canon? Why come here?"

Ask me?"

When the eldest aunt saw that Concubine Xiao was actually fighting with the emperor, she couldn't help but secretly screamed.

The emperor was furious: "Okay! Okay! She is really my beloved concubine!" He was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he was a gentle emperor, and for a moment he couldn't think of how to punish Concubine Xiao.

Finally, the emperor became anxious and roared: "Get up! Go back to Qianqing Palace!"
To be continued...