Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

The emperor finally hurried to the palace gate with several civil servants and a team of guards.

From a distance, he was surprised to see the dense crowds of common people standing outside the palace gate. But when he saw the Seventh Princess chatting and laughing with the common people at the palace gate, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Qi'er." The emperor called.

Ling Qiqi looked back and waved happily:

"Father, Qi'er is here."

When the people saw the emperor arriving, they all knelt on the ground obediently, not daring to make a sound.

"What happened? Why are there so many people here?"

"Father, I just ran into a funeral procession. It turned out to be the Empress who sent people to beat the gong to announce my death. I was so angry that I lifted the lid of the coffin. I lifted the lid of my own coffin. Is that not against the law?"

"It's not against the law. You said it was the Queen who gave you a funeral? That's impossible, right?"

"I also thought it was impossible, didn't I? That's why I stopped them to ask. You can ask everyone, they all heard that it was the Queen who sent someone to mourn me. But it didn't matter that I stopped them, everyone still thought I was a ghost. So father, you have to testify for me that I am not a ghost, I am alive and well, I was just a little playful and naughty."

The emperor faced the people kneeling on the ground and asked with great dignity:

"What exactly happened? Is there anyone willing to explain it to me?"

A brave and handsome man stood up from the crowd, bowed and reported to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, there was indeed a funeral procession going around the city beating gongs to announce the death. The person in charge did indeed announce in public that the Seventh Princess had passed away, and that Your Majesty was extremely grief-stricken, so the Empress was in charge of the funeral herself. Everyone heard it, so tell me if this is true."

“Yes~~~~” everyone said in unison.

"We are here to escort the Seventh Princess back to the palace and to testify for her. To prevent her from being schemed against by the treacherous, I dare to speak up. The Queen is the mother of a country and should be the model for the whole nation. Her virtue is obvious. How could she do such an absurd thing? I hope the Emperor will see clearly and reassure the people."

"I hope the emperor will see clearly and reassure the people." Everyone said in unison again.

"I understand. I will investigate and give justice to the Seventh Princess."

"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone said in unison again.

The emperor took the seventh princess's hand and returned to the palace. Du Jingshan and Liu Nian'an were also allowed to enter the palace by the emperor.

Since the Bulao Pavilion had just been forcibly broken into by the Queen and her men, the Emperor was concerned about letting the Seventh Princess live there and wanted her to live in a side hall of his own palace first.

Unexpectedly, the Seventh Princess disagreed, saying that there was no point in going through all that trouble and it would be better to get rid of the Queen once and for all.

The emperor thought it made sense. Since yesterday, the queen had been making such a big fuss. Now the time was ripe and he could not let it go on any longer. So he told all the concubines to go to Chunhui Palace to wait for him.

The queen had heard about what happened outside the palace, but she still couldn't believe it. How could the seventh princess not be dead?

She did have doubts about the Seventh Princess' death, and she had carefully checked it, but the information she got was that the Seventh Princess was dead. And the Seventh Princess was indeed poisoned, and the poison was so strong that she had tested it on humans.

She originally thought that it didn't matter even if she didn't die. After being poisoned like that, if she didn't die, she would definitely lose half her life. As long as the Seventh Princess didn't show up, she could announce her death to confirm the fact that she was dead.

It doesn’t matter even if the Seventh Princess shows up. As long as there is any trace of the Seventh Princess, we will send someone to silence her first.

But unexpectedly, the Seventh Princess appeared without any warning, and in full view of everyone, she stopped the funeral procession for her, and also in full view of everyone, she went all the way back to the palace.

There was no way she could silence someone in front of so many people.

But the Queen couldn't care less about these things now. The concubines from various palaces had already arrived at Chunhui Palace one after another. She was afraid that the Emperor would come to question her soon, so she had to think of a response plan quickly, hoping to get through this hurdle today.

The concubines were not aware of what happened outside the palace today. They had only heard the rumors about the Bulao Pavilion yesterday, so they all guessed that the emperor summoned them to Chunhui Palace because of yesterday's incident. Since it had nothing to do with them, they all waited to see what the emperor was going to do with the mentality of a bystander.

Finally, the emperor came to Chunhui Palace.

A large group of guards also came with them and surrounded Chunhui Palace in three layers inside and outside.

The empress pretended to be calm and led the concubines to pay their respects to the emperor. However, the emperor did not ask everyone to stand up. Instead, he walked straight past them and entered the main hall. He sat on the main seat and looked down at the concubines and palace maids kneeling in the hall below.

The hall was very quiet, so quiet that one could faintly hear the sound of the wind blowing through the pearl hairpins on her head.

Some concubines who had never experienced such a big scene or had low psychological quality were already trembling and sweating profusely.

Finally, the emperor spoke:

"Queen, do you know your guilt?"

"Is the Emperor questioning me for entering the Bulao Pavilion yesterday?"

"Why does the Queen want to enter the Immortal Pavilion?"

"I am the master of this palace. Can't I enter the Bulao Pavilion?"

"Of course you can be the master of a palace, but are you worthy of being the master of this palace?"

"Your Majesty, please tell me clearly, why am I unworthy?"

"Are you holding a funeral for the Seventh Princess today?"

"When the Seventh Princess passes away, it is natural to hold a funeral."

"Why didn't I know that the Seventh Princess had passed away?"

"I don't know why the emperor doesn't know."

"How did the Queen know?"

"The Seventh Princess has been recuperating in the Bu Lao Pavilion, but I went into the Bu Lao Pavilion yesterday and found no trace of the Seventh Princess."

"So the Queen believes that the Seventh Princess has passed away?"

"I have received a letter from the Seventh Princess's wet nurse, Lady Liu, saying that the Seventh Princess has passed away."

"What about the letter?"

"Someone, go and get the letter."

Nanny Wu went to the inner room and brought back a piece of paper, unfolded it and presented it to her. There were only four words on it: The Seventh Princess Died.

The emperor sneered and asked the queen:

"The Queen believed these four words?"

"Liu has always taken care of the Seventh Princess. She would never play tricks on the Queen with the Seventh Princess' life or death. I will naturally believe the letter she sent."

"Liu has been in the palace for many years, so she naturally knows the palace rules. If the Seventh Princess passed away, why didn't Liu report it according to the palace's funeral rules, but instead told the Queen these four words?"

"I also found it strange, but this matter was of great importance, so I wanted to go to the Bulao Pavilion to ask Liu in person, but the emperor ordered the guards to guard it and not allow anyone to enter or leave. Until yesterday, I finally led people into the Bulao Pavilion, but it turned out that not only was there no trace of the Seventh Princess, but even Liu was nowhere to be found. I interrogated the people in the Bulao Pavilion, and they said that they had not seen the Seventh Princess and Liu for a long time."

"So, it's my fault, then?"

"I don't dare."

"The Queen has concluded that the Seventh Princess has passed away just because of these things. Isn't that too hasty? How can you say that a person who has never been seen is the same as a person who is already dead?"

"Of course it's not just because of these. I heard a few days ago that the Imperial Physician Du, who had been taking care of the Seventh Princess, had sent a letter to the Emperor, and the letter also mentioned that the Seventh Princess had passed away."

"Oh? I wonder where the Queen heard this from?"

"Listen to what Wu in my palace said." The Queen knew that today's hurdle would be difficult, so she gritted her teeth and gave away Aunt Wu. Now she could only sacrifice the car to save the driver.