The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

Don't you admit it?

Hu Luanfei's eyes rolled around, and she pinched Qi Siliao's elbow secretly. Her rosy little face slowly lifted up, with some obscure hints. Her eyes were filled with a bit of confusion as if she had just come to her senses. Her mouth was slightly bent, with a flattering and innocent smile. She looked up at him who was slightly unaware of the truth in front of her, and said, "I think the Queen Mother is innocent. Love between men and women is the most taboo in the Buddhist temple. The Queen Mother believes in Buddhism and understands this taboo the most. How dare she knowingly violate it? Besides, the Buddhist temple is a restricted area. Nanny said that outsiders are not allowed to enter at will. The things left by the fruit are most likely caused by a servant who was not dedicated enough."

"My beloved concubine is right." Qi Siliao glared at Hu Luanfei who was grinning foolishly in front of him, "Then call the palace ladies to check the maids and nurses in the Cining Palace one by one to see who has the same substance as the fruit in their body. To prove your mother's innocence, please cooperate with the inspection."

"Rebellion!" The Queen Mother also slammed the table and cursed, "How dare this unfilial son doubt my character."

Looking at the Queen Mother glaring at him, Qi Si Liao raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said in a slow and gentle voice, "I dare not, but Luan Fei just cooperated with the Queen Mother's investigation without any reluctance. Several unidentified men were found in the Cining Palace for no reason. I think if the Queen Mother does not want to give people a chance to talk, just let them investigate. After all, if a person is innocent, why would she be afraid of others investigating her?"

"You insist on making decisions on something that didn't happen. You're bringing shame to me." The Queen Mother glared at him angrily for a long time, but he remained as angry as ever, and didn't respond at all. It was really exhausting. She could only grit her teeth in hatred, and finally left the temple with a harsh word, feeling depressed.

"Your Majesty, please save me, Your Majesty." Those captured young men were no more than in their twenties, and looked even younger than Hu Luanfei. They still had a bright future, but unfortunately they took a wrong step and almost lost their lives.

The Queen Mother remained indifferent and took the hand of the nanny and prepared to return to the bedroom.

Qi Sili suddenly became indifferent. He called the eunuch to invite the female official. He then looked coldly at the half-dressed young men and laughed grimly: "Royal brother, does the palace need eunuchs?"

Qi Siliao replied seriously: "Yes, my brother, do you have any extra eunuchs? Please allow me to ask for a few."

"How about those?"

Following Qi Sili's gaze, he swept over the men with extreme disgust, his handsome eyebrows knitted tightly, "Your Majesty, you are joking. Although those men are not as good as you and me, they are still men after all. If you stuff these restless guys into the palace, I am afraid that this minister will not be able to sleep at night."

"Then I will grant you castration as you wish."

After hearing that, two of them fainted, two were barely okay, but their faces turned pale. One was much more serious than the others. He was the one who had just been flirting with the Queen Mother in the Buddhist temple. He was unusually calm, staring at Qi Si Liao and Qi Si Li, and said, "We are the Queen Mother's people."

"I am the emperor, and I cannot punish you?"

The man stiffened his neck and yelled, "You can't castrate me, either."

"Are you questioning my decision?"

Hu Luanfei asked Qi Siliao naively: "What is castration? Is it a severe punishment?"

Hearing her words, Qi Siliao first twitched the corners of his mouth, then moved closer to her and whispered, "The emperor wants them to be eunuchs."

"Ah, no wonder that's what you were talking about just now. I don't want them to enter my palace."

Qi Si Liao raised his eyebrows, slightly puzzled, and at the same time, he was sizing up the looks of those people, "They are quite good-looking. They can be eunuchs in our palace and bring them out to show our appearance."

As if trying to distinguish the truth from the falsehood in his words, Hu Luanfei cast a bewildered gaze at those people and said, "Confess and I will give you leniency. As long as you can clearly tell me who invited you here, I beg the emperor to let you go."

The man was very arrogant and refused to compromise, but the younger guy next to him couldn't hold back and crawled out on his knees to confess.

"Your Majesty, it was the Queen Mother who asked us to... haha..."

The young man's words were blocked in his throat by a mouthful of blood.

Hu Luanfei suddenly hid in Qi Siliao's arms, "Why is there blood coming out of all seven orifices for no reason?"

"The blood was black, obviously caused by poisoning." Qi Sili explained calmly, and then looked at the young man who was as steady as an old dog, "You're going to die anyway, aren't you going to confess?"

The man was very stubborn and was not moved at all.

Qi Sili was not annoyed. He was tired of standing and ordered the palace servants to bring a chair to sit down. He took a light green embroidered handkerchief from the guard next to him. The handkerchief was embroidered with a few lotus flowers. Qi Sili laughed sarcastically, "It's a pity that the woman didn't know that her fiancé was the queen mother's favorite until her death. If she knew, do you think she would be able to rest in peace?"

Just a few words, like the mist outside the corridor, brought a hint of coolness.

When that person heard this, his pupils gradually dilated and he stared at the embroidered handkerchief in Qi Sili's hand in shock and disbelief.

Qi Sili said nothing, leaned back, with an indistinct smile on his lips.

The man began to panic, with his eyebrows drooping, and a few beads of sweat on his forehead slowly flowed down his cheeks.

"I heard that the girl was once a famous figure in Daqian. Not only was she a good cook, she was also beautiful. She once worked as the head chef of the world-famous Mingyue Tower. She was a famous and beautiful lady at the time. She was also known for her gentle temperament, but she had a shortcoming, which was that she could not tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes."

With a flick of her fingertips, the handkerchief landed on the man's head. Qi Siliao took a wrinkled book from the guard and read it with great interest by the light of the fire.

"Xiaoyan..." The young man finally came to his senses and raised his head. He wanted to continue to argue, but when he saw the book in Qi Sili's hand, he was shocked and crawled even lower. "I say, I say everything, please let Xiaoyan go, Your Majesty."

The man subconsciously glanced in the direction where the Queen Mother left, then turned his gaze back to Qi Sili who was concentrating on the firelight, "I am indeed the Queen Mother's favorite, and the Queen Mother already has... haha..."

The same experience - bleeding from all seven orifices.

Not right.

Nothing is right.

"I don't believe there is such a poison that can take effect at the critical moment."

After Hu Luanfei raised the question, Qi Siliao remained silent, but soon, he gave a special key point, "Those two maids seem to have some skills. Brother, have you investigated them seriously?"

Qi Sili threw the book in his hand back to the guard and said, "They are the beauties that my father brought back when he visited Nanqi. They seem to have been canonized as noble ladies, but their status is low, and they were arranged to live with the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine was the most favored in the six palaces at that time, and the three thousand beauties were eclipsed. Over time, people forgot about the existence of the two noble ladies. By the way, the imperial concubine back then was my mother."