The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

Compared to the Queen Mother's excitement, Xiao Chengxu seemed much calmer. He didn't even blink, and said calmly: "Mother, my harem is now very quiet and peaceful. I will only have one Queen in this life, and there will never be any other women."

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, as if she suddenly remembered something, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

Seeing this, Xie Yaoqing interrupted without hesitation, "Mother has been living in the Cining Palace, so she may not be well-informed. The concubines in the harem have long been sent out of the palace. As for your good niece, she was thrown into the Heavenly Prison for plotting to murder the emperor. Even if I don't become the queen, the position of queen will never go to the Qi family anyway."

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment, her face became extremely distorted, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes revealed a bit of ferocity. She raised her voice and shouted angrily: "This is simply nonsense! Queen, are you crazy? How dare you curse my mother's family like this!"

Disband the harem?

Niece murdered the emperor?

Either way, it sounds absolutely ridiculous.

Although the Queen Mother did not dare to say how well she knew Xiao Chengxu, she knew him to some extent. In her impression, Xiao Chengxu was definitely not the kind of person who acted arrogantly, perversely, and absurdly. The most daring thing he had done in his life was probably to use his merits to exchange for the imperial decree of marriage with the daughter of the Marquis of Yongchang, Xie Yaoqing.

Since ascending the throne, Xiao Chengxu has become more cautious in his actions. How could he do such a ridiculous thing as disbanding the harem?

Could it be that just for Xie Yaoqing, he went back on his word, first taking a concubine and then dismissing her, even disregarding the dignity and respect of being a monarch? Wasn't he afraid that future generations would laugh at him for being henpecked?

As for the conspiracy to murder the emperor, the empress dowager found it even more unbelievable.

Her niece was devoted to the emperor, crying and begging to enter the palace to accompany the emperor. How could she do something so rebellious and heinous that might even implicate the whole family? Although her niece was a little stupid, she was not so stupid.

Therefore, the Queen Mother firmly believed that Xie Yaoqing was just talking nonsense and making up stories.

Even if what she said was true, the Queen Mother would never believe it easily.

After all, if all this was true, it would mean that all her previous plans would have failed. Not only that, the Qi family would surely decline as a result.

And the family glory that the Queen Mother has always longed for will now become a complete joke.

Attempting to murder the emperor is a serious crime. Such a serious crime is simply not something that one person can bear. It is simply a fantasy and impossible not to implicate the entire family.

Facing the Queen Mother's doubts and rebukes, Xie Yaoqing acted very calm and composed, as if she didn't care at all. She just shook her head gently, then found a seat and sat down leisurely. She said slowly, "If you think what I said is all false, you can go and ask the Emperor directly. Anyway, the Emperor is here now. If you still want to preserve the power of your mother's family, it would be convenient to ask the Emperor for mercy."

At this moment, the Queen Mother had no time to care about Xie Yaoqing's sarcasm. She stared straight at Emperor Xiao Chengxu, and her voice was trembling slightly, which she herself did not even notice: "Your Majesty, is the Qi family okay? And Yan'er, she is fine too, right?"

There is no doubt that the Queen Mother's greatest concern is her own family and her niece. Compared with the overthrow of the family, the dismissal of the harem is insignificant.

Xiao Chengxu's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a cold tone: "What the Queen said is true. Qi Zhiyan is plotting something illegal and committing treason. The entire Qi family deserves death."

Upon hearing this terrible news, which was like a bolt from the blue, the empress dowager almost fainted. Her body trembled constantly, her face suddenly turned as pale as iron, and her breathing became abnormally rapid. More air came in than came out. She looked like a candle in the wind, extremely fragile.

In a moment, the Queen Mother stood up suddenly and threw the teacup and teapot at Xiao Chengxu.

There was only a crackling sound, and the ground was covered with broken ceramic fragments. Some of the fragments flew up and almost splashed on Xie Yaoqing.

The queen mother's face was filled with anger. She pointed her trembling fingers at Xiao Chengxu and cursed bitterly, "You evil son, your majesty, are you trying to piss me off to death? Those are your people, and Yan'er is your cousin. How could you be so cruel?"

Hearing this, Xie Yaoqing couldn't hold back her inner thoughts any more, and said softly, "Mother, you are wrong. The Qi family is only your clan, after all, and cannot be counted as the emperor's clan. The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and his status is very respected. How can his clan be compared with a mere foreign relative's family? Besides, the emperor's surname is not Qi."

How could it be so easy to be a relative of the emperor? In fact, only the royal family could be considered as relatives of the emperor. There were tens of thousands of people in the world, and who wouldn't want to have a relationship with the emperor? But the threshold to have a relationship was frighteningly high, and not just anyone could cross it.

Not to mention that the Qi family had not paid much for Xiao Chengxu's imperial power, even if they paid a huge price, it would depend on whether Xiao Chengxu recognized it. If he didn't recognize it, then everything would be in vain.

After all, the world now belongs to the Xiao family. Whoever he wants to be his clansman, he will make him his clansman; whoever he doesn't want to be his clansman, he won't be his clansman. This is the majesty of the imperial power, and no one can disobey it.