After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

The Queen Mother had a gloomy face and it was hard to tell her expression clearly, but one felt a sense of strangeness and fear.

"Evidence? Since you want evidence, I'll give it to you. Take a good look at this headband. Is it yours?"

At this time, the maid lowered her head and cautiously approached with a tray. Wan Ning anxiously stepped forward to confirm what kind of evidence could make the Queen Mother so sure that she and Ziheng had an affair. She took a look and saw a light blue hairband on the plate - exactly the same as the one she lost some time ago. No, the end of this hairband was embroidered with a word "乐" by Zhu Ying, which was the one Wan Ning lost.

Wan Ning held it in her hand and asked in disbelief: "Why is it here? This headband has been lost for a long time, why is it here? Did someone steal it?"

The Queen Mother sneered, "As expected of Princess Le Yan, you came up with an excuse so quickly. Who wouldn't steal gold and silver jewelry? Why are you so interested in this headband? Look at the one next to it. Do you recognize it?"

Wan Ning silently looked at the other neatly stacked belt on the plate. Its end was tightly tied to the hairband in her hand, but it was much wider than the hairband. Just as Wan Ning was surprised, the Queen Mother said, "Look again, there is the word 'Heng' embroidered on it. Do you recognize it? This is really the emperor's personal belt. There is no need to pretend. I think you must recognize it."

Wan Ning frowned, rubbed the dirt off her belt with her fingers, raised her head and asked innocently, "Is the emperor's belt also stolen? The security in the palace has been a little bad recently, do we need to add more manpower?"

Seeing her refusal to budge, the Queen Mother was furious and no longer cared about her dignity. She asked sternly, "Le Yan, you are still quibbling at this point. Do you know how serious this matter is?"

Wan Ning waved her hands, thinking that as long as she refused to admit it, the Queen Mother would have no way to deal with her. She pretended to be confused and said, "Isn't it just that the princess lost a hairband and the emperor lost a belt? It's lost, fortunately it's not something important, but for the sake of public security, I still have to emphasize it, you see..."

"Bam—"

The cup that was thrown out in anger landed right in front of Wan Ning, and the tea splashed everywhere, some of it falling on her hands and face, still with some of the remaining temperature.

"Don't make excuses anymore. Now everyone outside the palace thinks that the respected Princess Le Yan is having an affair with her own nephew. The evidence is right here. Yan'er, don't say stupid things like being stolen. You know that this evidence was spread outside the palace before it was sent into the palace. It may have been a rumor without any basis. Now that this evidence has spread outside the palace, everyone thinks that you and the emperor had a secret meeting outside the palace. Do you know what the rumors are now?"

Wan Ning tried hard to recall the scene of the day when the hairband was lost. From her perspective, she was just drinking alone in Xiang Wan Xuan that day, and she didn't see anyone else, let alone Ziheng. But she didn't know that she had already been poisoned by Chunlu Powder, and she didn't know that Ziheng suddenly appeared to take care of her.

But the hairband would not disappear for no reason, someone must have secretly framed me. Wan Ning sneered and flattered, "Yan'er will not admit to something that does not exist. Yan'er only believes that the Queen Mother is very perceptive and will not listen to the words of treacherous people. It is obvious that someone has framed me. Framing me is a small matter, but when it involves the emperor, we must investigate it thoroughly and let this rat in the gutter have nowhere to hide. I beg the Queen Mother to take charge and investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Hearing this, the Queen Mother stood up with disdain, her eyes like a knife cutting Wan Ning who was standing in the middle. She walked forward slowly and questioned, "For so long, I have been the one who complained about Princess Le Yan. You really have the courage to ask for a thorough investigation. Are you trying to make this matter even bigger? You know that the Emperor has only been on the throne for a short time, and his foundation is not stable. There are many people around who are eyeing the throne, but you want to hand them a knife. What is your intention? Do you hate me so much? I hate that I left you in Xiang Wanxuan when you were young, and I hate that I didn't care about you for so many years? Are you so heartless? If it weren't for me, I'm afraid you would never have the chance to come into this world and live!"

The Queen Mother's sudden frankness and rapid-fire questions made Wan Ning at a loss for words. Perhaps she was not qualified to answer for the real Princess Le Yan. After a thousand words, she finally said, "No... No."

"No?" The Queen Mother's stern voice and faint echo echoed in the room. She turned around and asked loudly: "Then dare you admit that you have no extra thoughts about the Emperor, and there is no love between you and him. Don't you like him?"

A good man never suffers a loss in front of him. Wan Ning stole a glance at the Queen Mother's angry expression. She also understood the feeling of a mother wanting to protect her child. Now she was alone in the Queen Mother's home court. If she continued to disobey her, she would really suffer a loss. So, in order to buy time, Wan Ning replied against her will: "No, the relationship between the Emperor and me is just the relationship between an aunt and a nephew. It's the care of an elder."

"Hahaha," the Queen Mother suddenly laughed crazily. It seemed that she was satisfied with the answer, but Wan Ning didn't dare to let down her guard. At this moment, her expression suddenly changed. Her usually smooth and decent face was full of ravines. She grabbed Wan Ning's wrist tightly and forced her to say, "Empty words are not enough. Swear."

As someone who has received nine years of compulsory education in modern society, Wan Ning does not believe in so-called oaths. If swearing can solve the problem at hand, she would rather swear a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times. So she smiled slightly, raised her right hand and said word by word: "I, Princess Le Yan, swear here that I have no romantic feelings for the current emperor Ziheng, and I have no thoughts about him. If I lie, I will be struck by lightning, die alone for the rest of my life, and never find the right direction in this life. Is that ok?"

Wan Ning asked the Queen Mother for confirmation, but her expression was even more crazy. She didn't know when a maid came to her side with a bowl of medicine. Wan Ning had a bad feeling in her heart, and then another maid suddenly stood behind her and held her hands from behind.

Wan Ning struggled violently but couldn't break free. Seeing the Queen Mother staring at her, she smiled awkwardly and said, "This palace maid's hands are a bit too strong. What do you want to do? Stay away from me."

Another maid brought the medicine, and her sturdy figure approached her step by step, with a cold expression on her face that was intimidating. The Queen Mother turned her back and slowly returned to her original high position, saying as she walked: "Don't blame me, you should have taken this bowl of medicine nineteen years ago, and I saved you. Now I am just giving it back to you, don't worry, as long as you are obedient, it won't hurt."

After that, the maid in front of him remained silent with a cold face. She stepped forward and roughly grasped Wan Ning's face to open her tightly closed mouth. Regardless of her desperate struggle, she pushed the medicine in her hand into her mouth. Although Wan Ning had practiced some martial arts, she was no match for them now that her hands were tied. She struggled desperately and spit out the medicine in her mouth, but she still swallowed a mouthful.

bang——

The door behind her was violently kicked open, and then she heard the two violent palace maids wailing and begging for mercy. Wan Ning didn't care who was seeing them, and immediately scratched her throat to induce vomiting, and only felt better after she successfully vomited.

"Yanyan, how are you?"

"Ziheng? Why are you here?"

Then Ziheng picked up Wan Ning with heartache, turned around and walked out.

"Stop! Heng'er, this is not the secret room of the retired emperor. There are many people on the road. Do you know your identity? Do you know that if you carry her back personally, it will confirm the rumors?" The Queen Mother suddenly called Ziheng and reminded him.

Wan Ning was too tired. The unknown medicine made her feel uncomfortable. She lay in Ziheng's arms, leaning against his chest, and remained silent. At this time, Ziheng answered: "Rumors? Mother, you should know who gave Yanyan Chunlu Powder, and you should also know who spread the news. If he wants to frame me, just help him. No one else should interfere in the matter between Yanyan and me!"

Ziheng then resolutely carried Wan Ning away, and the Queen Mother's angry voice came from behind him intermittently: "She is the eldest princess, she is responsible for the safety of Chu State, she should be sent to marry!"