Gu Lingshuang was just stalling for time, so she just had to wait and see how she made a fool of herself.

Time passed by bit by bit, and Xiao Zhener didn't react at all.

The hope in the eyes of the imperial concubine and the emperor became increasingly dim.

The queen sneered in her heart, haha, that’s great, Xiao Zhener is finally dead.

Without the emperor's favored concubine, the second prince is nothing. From now on, without the concubine as his support, the second prince is nothing.

This is the fate of those who dared to compete with her son for the throne.

She walked over and was about to show her tenderness and consideration when someone suddenly coughed.

"Cough-cough-"

This voice seemed to cancel the pause button, and everyone looked at Xiao Zhener.

The little girl, who had been motionless just now, coughed violently a few times, and then slowly opened her eyes.

"???"

"Her Royal Highness is alive?"

"Princess Xiaoyao came back to life and saved Her Royal Highness. It's incredible."

"How did she do it? Could it be that she knows some magic?"

"A miracle doctor, he is truly a miracle doctor. Princess Xiaoyao didn't even need any medicine. He saved the little princess with just his bare hands."

"First, he made the little princess spit out the peanut, and now he brought her back to life. It's simply amazing." These words were said by the old doctor.

He had been practicing medicine for more than fifty years, and had never seen the techniques used by Gu Lingshuang.

A pair of cloudy eyes full of admiration.

The imperial concubine rushed over and hugged Xiao Zhener, crying with joy.

"My dear Zhen'er, you scared me to death."

After being surprised, the emperor looked at Gu Lingshuang in confusion.

The only one who was not surprised was Xiao Ziming.

From the beginning to the end, he believed that Gu Lingshuang could do it.

She could even suppress the poison in his body and use his blood to develop strange medicines. What else could she not do?

He pushed the wheelchair to Gu Lingshuang, his eyes fell on the knife wound on her neck, and a look of displeasure appeared in his eyes.

"Who did this to my princess' neck?"

Pfft!

The two royal guards fell to their knees.

Xiao Ziming's eyes fell on these two people, and his lips curled slightly.

These two people, one is the commander of the Imperial Guards, and the other is the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards.

Both of them are the prince's men.

"How do you think we should deal with this, brother?"

The emperor's gaze fell on the two men, and there was a cold look in his eyes.

The Imperial Guards were directly under the emperor's jurisdiction. These two people would actually obey the queen's orders. What else did he not understand?

The prince's hand was stretched too far, reaching his side.

He was aware of the infighting between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, and had no intention of intervening, but the Crown Prince crossed the line by reaching out to him.

Emperor Xiao Zitian was about to speak when the Queen spoke first.

"Your Majesty, it is Princess Xiaoyao who is trying to murder the princess, so the Royal Guards are here."

"If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the palace maids and eunuchs present."

Xiao Zitian's eyes swept across everyone's faces and finally stopped on Gu Lingshuang.

He didn't ask anyone else first, but asked Gu Lingshuang first.

This shows how much he values ​​Xiao Ziming.

Gu Lingshuang raised her eyebrows, this emperor is a wise ruler.

She told the story of Xiao Zhen'er coming to Kunning Palace, looked at the queen and said with a half-smile: "It was obviously the queen who insisted that Her Royal Highness the Princess eat nuts, how come it suddenly became me?"

"The princess was taken away by her before she left." Gu Lingshuang pointed to the palace maid who looked to be around twenty years old beside the imperial concubine.

The palace maid fell to her knees.

"Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine, I was indeed the one who took the princess away. But before I took her away, it was Princess Xiaoyao who stuffed a handful of nuts into her hand and told her to run and jump while eating them, so that they would taste better."

"Your Majesty and the Queen can ask the other palace maids and eunuchs in Kunning Palace. They all saw it with their own eyes."

"Your Majesty, I did see it. It was Princess Xiaoyao who did it."

"I also saw it. Aunt Jinxiu tried to persuade Princess Xiaoyao again and again, but she refused to listen."

More and more people came forward to identify Gu Lingshuang.

The emperor looked at Gu Lingshuang: "What do you think, Princess?"

"My opinion is that these people have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and should all be beheaded."

No one expected that she would suddenly say such a thing.

"Gu Lingshuang, you are so outrageous. This is the imperial palace, not the Marquis of Pingyang's residence. Why don't you kneel down before His Majesty and kowtow and confess your guilt?" The queen rebuked coldly.

Gu Lingshuang frowned: "Empress, you are the mother of a country, why do you like to shout so much? The matter has not yet been fully clarified, and you want me to kneel down and confess my guilt. Isn't this inappropriate?"

"You..." This Gu Lingshuang was simply too presumptuous.

She is the queen, and the other party actually dared to scold her in public. Who does Gu Lingshuang think she is?

"This is an insubordination. Someone, come and slap me in the face!"

The Queen must have been so angry with Gu Lingshuang that she started showing off her power before the Emperor even said a word.

However, this time, no one dared to move.

First, the emperor was watching, and second, King Xiaoyao’s eyes were too cold.

The two most distinguished men of the Great Xia Kingdom are here, and no one dares to act rashly.

Gu Lingshuang ignored the Queen and said to the Emperor, "I have no reason to harm Her Royal Highness the Princess. Even if I really wanted to harm the Princess, would I do it in front of so many people? I'm not a fool."

"It's not difficult to know the truth. I have two witnesses here."

"Oh? Who?" asked the emperor.

Gu Lingshuang looked at Xiao Zhener and said, "Of course it's Her Royal Highness the Princess. If I gave Her Royal Highness peanuts, you can find out by asking Her Royal Highness the Princess."

At this time, Xiao Zhener's face had regained its blush.

The little guy nestled in the imperial concubine's arms, his tiny body trembling, he must have been frightened.

The imperial concubine kept comforting her, and after a long time, she finally raised her head.

"Father~" The little girl threw herself into Xiao Zitian's arms aggrievedly.

Xiao Zitian comforted her again.

"Be good, tell your father, who gave you the peanuts?"

The queen clenched her fists. She had planned everything well to kill Xiao Zhener and then put the blame on Gu Lingshuang.

As long as Xiao Zhen'er died, she could just use the stolen goods to frame him and clear herself of suspicion.

But her miscalculation was that she did not expect Gu Lingshuang to actually save Xiao Zhener.

The queen clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh.

Xiao Zhener's big watery eyes swept across everyone's faces and finally pointed at Gu Lingshuang.

Gu Lingshuang's heart sank. No way, what is this little girl going to do?

Seeing this, the queen smiled and looked at the palace maid standing next to the imperial concubine.

The palace maid nodded secretly at her, meaning: Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already told you in advance that if the princess did not choke to death on the peanuts, let her say that it was Princess Xiaoyao who gave her the peanuts.

Seeing that Xiao Zhen'er was really pointing at Gu Lingshuang, a look of success flashed across the palace maid's face.

Xiao Zhen'er said, "Father, Aunt Jinxiu said that if anyone asks me who gave me the peanuts, I will say it was Aunt Huang who gave them to me."

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