I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

The emperor returned to the imperial study, and was so angry with the prince that he lost all his good mood for the festival. At this moment, Eunuch Gao came in and reported that Li Rui wanted to see him.

Emperor Tiansheng didn't know why Rui'er came here at this time, but it was rare for him to take the initiative to find him, so he quickly said:

"Let him in."

He pinched his brows tiredly. He was middle-aged now and had been an emperor for half his life. He had been working hard to govern the country, but his sons were not capable of doing anything, which made him a little tired.

If this continues, how can we protect the country passed down by our ancestors?

Li Rui entered the imperial study and knelt down to kowtow, then said, "Father, I have found out that there is someone else who murdered the Queen and Lipin."

When the emperor heard this, he sat up straight with a serious expression.

"Who is so bold? Has the person been caught?"

Li Rui said in a deep voice to the outside of the hall: "Sword Shadow Sword Edge, bring the people up!"

Jianying, Jianfeng and a guard escorted three people into the imperial study.

The emperor took a look and found that he knew both women. One was the queen's personal maid, and the other was Concubine Li's personal maid.

There was another man who looked familiar but the emperor didn't know who he was, so he looked at Li Rui in confusion.

"Did these people put the drug in the skin cream?"

"Your Majesty, the poison in the Queen's skin cream was put there by a maid called Lianrui, and the poison in Lipin's skin cream was put there by a maid called Qiuyan. They have both confessed.

As for this man, he is Doctor Zhang from the Imperial Hospital. The medicine that Concubine Li gave her was obtained from Doctor Zhang."

After saying that, Li Rui stepped forward and handed over a few signed confessions.

Several people had been secretly interrogated by Jianying and his men, and after a while, they confessed everything through a combination of soft and hard tactics.

They had all signed and sealed their names, but now when they saw the emperor they were kneeling on the ground and trembling with fear, knowing that they would definitely not survive.

The emperor took the confession and looked at the contents with an increasingly grim expression. He looked up at Lian Rui and asked, "Why did you add this poison to the skin cream?"

Although the emperor spoke in a calm tone, he had been in a high position for a long time and was on the verge of anger, so he naturally exuded a terrifying pressure.

Lian Rui was so frightened that she couldn't utter a word. Originally the prince said that there would be no danger in this matter. He just gave her a small packet of medicine powder and asked her to mix it into the skin cream. She thought that it was given to Aunt Fang by the Queen, and it was not for the Queen to use herself. Even if something happened, it would not be serious.

In addition, she believed that the prince would not harm her and promised to take her into his palace soon, so she gave it her all.

However, she didn't expect that after the matter was exposed, the prince actually sent people to kill her to silence her, which made her very sad and desperate. Fortunately, Jianying and his guards rescued her.

She had originally decided that she would not betray the prince even if something happened. After all, she had feelings for the prince, and she could not escape the matter anyway. The worst that could happen was death. However, she did not expect that the person who wanted to kill her was actually the prince.

Later, Jianying promised to settle her family, and she agreed to testify that the prince was the mastermind behind the incident.

Thinking about how the prince had been playing with her feelings and body, but was reluctant to take her into the prince's mansion, and now he was even more disrespectful and ordered people to kill her to silence her, she couldn't help but turn from love to hate.

"It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who gave me the poison and asked me to put it into the skin cream. I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to do this.

It's just because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I have a secret affair, and I like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so I will do whatever he says."

When the emperor heard this, he got so angry that he started coughing violently!

He was in his prime and had always been in good health, but today he was really angry. This was the prince he personally appointed!

On the surface, he looks polite and courteous like a gentleman, but behind the scenes...

The women in the harem, including the palace maids, all belong to the emperor. Unless the emperor grants permission, even if someone has sex with a palace maid, he will be considered to have defiled the palace.

Emperor Tiansheng always felt that although the crown prince was not as talented as himself in governing the country, he was still diligent and self-disciplined, and was not interested in women, so he could barely be considered a qualified successor.

But today's events somewhat overturned his perception of the prince.

Li Rui quickly brought a cup of tea to the emperor.

"Father, don't be angry. Have some tea and take a rest before we talk."

The emperor took the tea poured by Li Rui and drank a few sips. Li Rui stood beside him and gently stroked his back.

He felt a little better now. He looked at Li Rui and wondered what would have happened if Rui Er had been made the crown prince.

Rui'er must still be blaming him for not investigating the cause of his mother's death and for sending him to another concubine as her son.

He was so heartbroken at the time that he didn't care about anything else. Now that he thinks about it, he really owes Rui'er a lot.

He promised Concubine Rong that he would take good care of Rui'er, but he didn't do it.

I just protected him a little more at ordinary times, but how could this make up for the fatherly love that Ruier lacked?

Looking at this face that was 80% similar to Concubine Rong, he became a little obsessed again.

Li Rui felt the gaze of Emperor Tiansheng and felt a little uncomfortable. Is he thinking about his mother again?

What were you doing earlier? He's been dead for so many years, and your late appearance is cheaper than grass!

"Father, do you want to continue the interrogation?"

Emperor Tiansheng came back to his senses and looked at the palace maid named Qiuyan again: "Why did you put medicine in Concubine Li's skin cream?"

Li Rui was very familiar with this palace maid named Qiuyan. She was Lipin's maid who came with her as a dowry. She was already 26 years old, but had not been let out of the palace by Lipin yet, because she knew too many of Lipin's secrets, and there was no way Lipin would let her go.

Since childhood, Li Rui had been bullied by this maid in Lipin's palace. Now the situation has changed, and she finally fell into his hands.

In fact, he started investigating the people around Concubine Li very early, because he always felt that his poisoning was very strange. This poison needs to be taken continuously for a month before the toxicity in the body reaches its maximum.

During the years he stayed in Lipin's palace, although there were people left by Concubine Rong around him, most of them were served by Lipin's people.

At that time, she was very young and it was hard for her to guard against being poisoned. Qiuyan was the palace maid who was in charge of her food.

He knew that Qiuyan was a servile daughter of Lipin's mother's family, and that she had a younger brother who also worked for the Xu family, so she was under Lipin's control.

This time, it was Concubine Li who asked her to ask Imperial Physician Zhang for medicine, and she had no choice but to do so. Unexpectedly, she was found out by Li Rui's men and was arrested.

The emperor has already asked Li Rui to investigate the matter, and Concubine Li cannot stop it even if she wants to.

Li Rui's guards seemed to know her very well. They immediately agreed to help her get her brother out of the Xu family and would give him a sum of money to settle him down.

Qiuyan confessed immediately. She really felt that there was no hope in her life. Lipin would not let her leave the palace alive. If she stayed in the palace, she didn't know how many bad things she would help Lipin do.

Finally, under Jianying's questioning, she admitted that she was the one who tampered with Li Rui's food and poisoned it. She didn't know what the poison was, but just did what Lipin ordered.

Her hands were already stained with the blood of innocent people. She also helped Concubine Li do many bad things, and she should have gone to hell long ago.

So she said numbly: "Your Majesty, it was Concubine Li who asked me to ask Imperial Physician Zhang for the medicine. Imperial Physician Zhang is from the same hometown as Concubine Li, and they have known each other for a long time. So he gave me the medicine that caused the allergy.

Concubine Li did this at the behest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She hated Prince Rui and also hated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Rui for not interceding for Princess Wenhua last time and allowing her to go to the Western Frontier to marry. "

These words explained the whole cause and effect clearly. The more Emperor Tiansheng listened, the angrier he became, especially when he heard that Concubine Li actually hated Rui'er and he had made her his mother for so many years.

Ruier had been tortured by Lipin when he was a child. Suddenly, he felt very regretful that he was such a failure as a father.