When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

The queen wiped away her tears and asked softly, "Brother, are you on good terms with the eldest prince?"

Chen Guojiu immediately shut up, avoided his gaze, and took half a step back.

The queen stepped forward and asked, "Have you done anything for him? How many things have you done? What were they?"

Chen Guojiu lowered his head and said, "He's dead, is there any need to ask these questions?"

The queen narrowed her eyes and asked in a tough tone: "You have to answer whatever I ask, otherwise how can I save you?"

Seeing that he couldn't avoid the topic, Chen Guojiu stammered:

"I didn't do anything. You know, he didn't have much status in the palace before. People in the palace flattered the powerful and bullied the weak. I couldn't stand it, so I helped him a few times.

What does this have to do with the fact that I'm locked up, and he's dead."

The Queen approached him and said, "There are so many things you don't like, why do you only help him?"

Chen Guojiu was pushed so hard that he blurted out, "Because he was very good to me in the past, and he always stood by me no matter what happened."

He used to be just a prince's brother-in-law, not the king's uncle.

His prince brother-in-law was not valued by the late emperor at that time, and it was not certain that he would become the crown prince.

The prince's brother-in-law must be cautious in every step and dare not stand out too much in anything.

At that time, he would be looked down upon even more, and some people would even mock him to his face, but he could only endure it for the sake of the overall situation.

The Great Prince was very close to him, and when others spoke harshly to him, the Great Prince would use his status as a prince to help him get back on his feet.

Later, his brother-in-law, a prince, became the crown prince. He thought he could be proud of himself, but in fact he did not.

Finally, his brother-in-law became the emperor and his sister became the queen.

As a result, his treatment became worse. His sister asked him to be more considerate of the emperor's difficulties and give all the benefits to others to highlight the emperor's selflessness.

But why?

He is obviously the king's uncle!

The prince said that he was the most honest man in the world, but honest people always suffer losses.

Therefore, whenever he was depressed or encountered unfair treatment, the prince would always accompany him to entertain him and cheer him up.

Gradually, he and the prince developed a mutual understanding.

The eldest prince was always ridiculed and despised because he was too fat, and his situation was not much better than his.

But the prince lived a more comfortable life than him, because the prince had a wealthy family and more money.

After the two of them became friends, the prince's uncle had more money in his hands.

The prince often said: "Whatever is yours or mine, I will never let you lack anything I have."

At that time, he felt that the eldest prince was so good to him, even his brother-in-law, the emperor, was not so sincere to him.

So, he returned the favor and secretly helped the prince do many things.

For some things, although he didn't know what the prince's specific intentions were, he blindly trusted him.

It was not until the prince was captured that he began to be afraid.

The great prince died suddenly, but he was not implicated at all. He thought it was because the great prince was loyal.

Therefore, he did not tell the emperor about what the prince had done that he knew about.

The queen laughed miserably in confusion. She questioned, "How can he stand on your side? Is it that when you are unhappy, he always advises you with kind words, and the more he advises you, the angrier you get. Do you think that everyone else is bullying you and he is the best?!

You are the uncle of the emperor, who can make you unhappy? Oh, it's the emperor and me, right?"

Uncle Chen turned his head away and said nothing.

The Queen's heart sank. "Really us? The Emperor and I didn't allow you to do something, and you think we're bullying you?!

Just because the prince said a few nice words to you, you think he is a good person? When did you become so superficial? Can't you see such a simple way of alienating someone?"

Uncle Chen still remained silent.

The queen looked at the only legitimate son of the Chen family with disappointment, the man his father had placed high hopes on for the future of the Chen family.

"The prince is privately mining gold and raising a private army. He wants to rebel! Such a person is not a simple person. What do you want to do by getting involved with him?

You are not still coveting the gold and silver he gave you, are you? Uncle, where is your backbone? ! Or do you also support his rebellion? ! "

Uncle Chen slowly raised his head, his dark eyes filled with resentment.

"I, the uncle of the emperor, may be glorious, but I am not even as good as the servants in the palace. The servants of the Fourth Prince are worth a thousand taels of gold, but what about me?

The most I have is only a hundred taels. When the uncle of the emperor goes out, he is trampled under the feet of a servant. Don't I have any dignity?"

Queen: "So, you accepted bribes and helped the prince to plant spies in the palace?!"

Uncle Chen shook his head and denied, "No! I didn't! The prince saw that I was in financial difficulty, so he gave me money from time to time. That's because we are friends... yes, it was a gift between friends.

He was looked down upon in the palace, so as a friend, of course I had to help him get back on his feet. Later, he complained that he had no one to serve him when I was not in the palace, so I gave him a few servants to use..."

The more the uncle spoke, the lower his voice became. He felt very guilty.

He really didn't expect that the fat prince could have such great ambitions. However, things have already happened, so why bother to think about it!

The past is the past. That fat guy is dead anyway.

The queen clenched her fists. If she could, she really wanted to beat this idiot to death.

"The people you gave them to represent the position of me, the queen, in the palace. He can use these people to do many things he wants, but they are impossible to do with his status.

I was wondering how it was possible that information could still be leaked even though the palace had purged batches of people. It turns out that you gave him a backdoor.

Did you or your people reveal the route that King Dongshan took when he was assassinated?"

Uncle Chen swallowed his saliva, his eyes wandering, and denied:

"No, I don't know. Don't talk nonsense."

The Queen slammed her hand on the fence and shouted:

"I remember you asked me about King Dongshan's travel route, and I only told you at the time!

He was ambushed precisely on the road, and without knowing the route in advance, how could they assassinate him when his troops were divided into two groups!

You still don’t admit it!”

Chen Guojiu refused to admit it: "You remembered it wrongly, sister. How can you take the blame for such a thing? If the emperor finds out, you will not be able to get any good out of it."

The Queen looked at Uncle Chen sadly: "You threaten me?! Haha. You even help outsiders to deal with us?"

Chen Guojiu hurriedly tried to make amends: "No, how could I threaten you? We are a family!" He also didn't expect that the prince would rebel.

The queen looked at him blankly, "Yes, we are a family, why are you trying to harm me?"

Chen Guojiu retorted: "Nonsense, how could I harm you?"