After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

She prostrated herself on the ground, not daring to look up, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

He Zhu, who was sitting on the swing, was so frightened that she rolled down the swing and knelt down, begging, "Your Majesty, spare my life!"

The emperor's good mood was instantly wiped out, and his imperial airs were put on the moment the two of them knelt down.

He asked again in a deep voice: "Where is Prince Qing?"

Hezhu pointed inside the palace and replied tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the prince is having lunch."

The two of them waited anxiously for a long time but the emperor didn't say anything. He Zhu plucked up the courage to raise her head slightly, but there was no one in front of her. The emperor had already left.

"I was scared to death..." Hezhu wiped the sweat off her forehead.

Chunhuan looked like she had just been pulled out of the water; her legs were so weak that she couldn't even stand up.

The emperor walked into the hall. Just as the maid had said, Qin Fengtian was having lunch. The maid who served him saw someone coming and was about to salute, but the emperor raised his hand and pressed her down, indicating that she didn't need to stand up.

Qiuyao just nodded and continued to feed Qin Fengtian.

The emperor walked quietly to Qin Fengtian and sat down.

"Father!" Qin Fengtian was very surprised to see him and opened his arms to hug him, but the emperor pushed him away, "Tian'er, stop messing around and eat your food obediently."

Qin Fengtian was very sensible. He blinked his eyes and nodded, and ate all the food Qiuyao fed him.

Qiuyao called someone in to clear the table, served tea to the emperor, and everyone retreated to the corridor.

The emperor looked at Qin Fengtian lovingly, his eyes full of heartache.

"Father, you haven't come to play house with Tian'er for a long time. In the past... Father and mother played with Tian'er together, and that was when Tian'er was the happiest and happiest."

The emperor felt guilty. Since Qin Fengtian fell ill, he rarely came to Xiangru Palace. Firstly, he didn't want to face him, and secondly, he didn't know how to face him.

When Qin Fengtian was still a child, he and the queen were quite affectionate, so she often accompanied him, but now he is burdened with official duties and he no longer has that interest.

He patted Qin Fengtian on the back and said, "Tian'er, it's your father who is sorry for you."

Maybe... if he hadn't been beaten with the stick and hadn't been forced to kneel in the Taimiao, he wouldn't have had a high fever, and the situation today wouldn't have happened.

Because of this incident, the Queen's attitude towards him changed significantly. The Emperor knew he was wrong and did not take it to heart.

Qin Fengtian suddenly smiled, "It doesn't matter. Father is not free, but uncle is free. Tian'er can have uncle accompany him."

The emperor laughed along, not yet realizing the seriousness of the matter.

Among his five sons, Qin Zehai was not familiar with anyone but Qin Fengtian. He played with him when he was a child and supported him in his fight for the throne when he grew up.

The emperor was smiling, but suddenly his mouth froze...

After realizing something, he held Qin Fengtian's shoulders and asked seriously: "Tian'er, tell me, what do the emperor's uncles do every time they come to see the queen mother?"

Under the emperor's nervous and expectant gaze, Qin Fengtian smiled foolishly and said, "Play with Tian'er."

Qin Fengtian now has the IQ of a five or six-year-old, and his memory only lasts until he was six years old. No one would be on guard against a child, so the emperor harbors a glimmer of hope and attempts to get some information from Qin Fengtian.

"Besides this? What else? Think about it?"

Qin Fengtian scratched his head and thought again and again, "Eat."

The emperor was completely disappointed.

However, when he gave up hope, Qin Fengtian said something that stunned him: "The emperor's uncle would hug and kiss the queen mother, just like the emperor's father kissed Tian'er, hehe."

The emperor felt as if struck by lightning. He couldn't tell what he felt, but he felt a black spot in his eyes and a ball of rage in his heart that grew stronger and stronger.

He finally understood. All the puzzles he had felt before now had answers.

The emperor closed his eyes and tried his best to suppress his emotions.

Qin Fengtian couldn't understand his father's expression, he just knew that his father didn't seem very happy.

He handed the teacup to the emperor, "What's wrong, father?"

The emperor waved his hands without explaining.

"Tian'er, can you read poems to me? I like to hear Tian'er read poems the most."

The emperor also waved his hand.

He stood up to leave, but suddenly remembered something and discussed with Qin Fengtian solemnly: "Tian'er, what I said to the emperor today is a secret between the two of us. Please don't tell mother, okay?"

Qin Fengtian nodded, "Okay."

The emperor strode out of Xiangru Palace at a brisk pace, and on the way back to the imperial study, his steps became faster and faster.

Royal study room.

The emperor flicked his sleeves and swept the memorials on the dragon table to the ground, and got very angry.

The palace maids serving in the hall had long been accustomed to their master's unpredictable temper. Serving the master was like serving a tiger, and no one dared to step forward and bring bad luck upon themselves at this time.

Only Li Zhongquan, who could have taken a rest today, was called back by his own apprentice.

Li Zhongquan walked into the imperial study with his back bent and head lowered. The floor was in a mess and no one dared to clean it up. Everyone knelt down, shaking like a sieve.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Li Zhongquan asked while picking up memorials.

His apprentice Lin Jinxi followed behind and cleaned up.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, his back to them, and said nothing.

Li Zhongquan stopped asking questions and signaled the eunuchs kneeling beside him to pick up the things on the ground and put them back in their places.

It took a short while to clean up the place, and everyone retreated outside the hall to guard under Li Zhongquan's instructions.

"Your Majesty, what happened today? Why are you so angry?" Li Zhongquan was temporarily pulled in to help out. He had no idea what had happened. He only knew that the emperor had just returned from Xiangru Palace.

The situation of the person living in Xiangru Palace was well known to everyone. He did not dare to speculate on his own and could only test it carefully.

"Prince Qing is a child and speaks without restraint. If there is anything that displeases the emperor, the emperor will bear with it. After all, he was raised in the palm of your hand by you and the queen."

After Li Zhongquan's long speech, the emperor's mood did not improve, and the anger he had just suppressed surged up again.

After he sat back at his desk, he grabbed two manuscripts and threw them out to vent his emotions.

When the memorial landed on the ground, Li Zhongquan also knelt down and said, "I said something wrong, Your Majesty, please punish me."

The emperor had no choice. Li Zhongquan had followed him all his life. Now he was old, with most of his hair grey, and he still had to watch his face and endure his anger. He felt a little reluctant, "It has nothing to do with you. Get up."

Li Zhongquan didn't dare to get up.

The emperor smacked his lips, "Get up if I tell you to."

Li Zhongquan stood up hurriedly.

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Alright, send two trustworthy people to the Queen's hometown to find out what happened between her and Prince Ren."

"Also, the midwife who delivered Prince Qing, the imperial physician who helped the Queen with her pregnancy, and the palace maids who served nearby, all of whom are still alive, bring them all into the palace. I want to interrogate them personally."

"Don't let anyone know."

Li Zhongquan finally understood why the emperor was angry. He responded and left.