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

Nian Chengyun made up his mind to confront them, but just as he was about to speak, the queen arrived.

The Queen, with her guard of honor, cut a path through the wall of people and headed straight for Nian Chengyun on the steps.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen!" All the ministers knelt down and saluted.

Nian Chengyun frowned and looked at the queen warily. His intuition told him that something bad was bound to happen.

"Prime Minister Nian, please pay your respects." Li Zhongquan behind him reminded him in a low voice with an anxious expression.

“The Emperor has been ill for so long, and Nian Chengyun is almost the only one in power in the court. Now he can’t even show courtesy to me when he sees me. Could it be…” The Queen smiled evilly, revealing a sinister aura.

Nian Chengyun has been in the officialdom for many years and has long since mastered the ability to bend and stretch and never act on impulse.

"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen." He did not kneel.

Nian Chengyun stepped back two steps, leaving the middle position for the queen.

"Stand up." The queen adjusted the phoenix crown on her head.

Everyone stood up, nodded and lowered their eyes, not daring to look at her.

"I know that you all care about the emperor's health. In the past month, the emperor has not received any of you. It's not that the emperor doesn't want to see you, but..."

Everyone below pricked up their ears.

"The emperor has been in a coma for a month." The queen announced this with a normal expression.

Nian Chengyun and Li Zhongquan were struck by lightning. They had kept it secret for so long, they should at least give a reasonable explanation. Otherwise, how would Nian Chengyun face his former colleagues?

"what?!"

"The Emperor has been in a coma for a month!"

"That year, the Prime Minister and Eunuch Li said that the Emperor was just overworked and there was nothing serious!"

……

Civil and military officials were talking about it, and the situation was instantly in an uproar.

The Queen glanced at Nian Chengyun calmly, and felt happy when she saw his bewildered reaction.

An old immortal with half of his body almost buried in the ground is nothing to be afraid of, but if he is not brought down now, he may become the biggest stumbling block in the future.

"Nian Chengyun, you have to give us an explanation!"

"That's right! We all trusted you so much, but you actually...actually lied to us for a whole month!"

As the Queen had expected, the spearhead was directed at Nian Chengyun.

Others did not know the inside story, but Li Zhongquan knew it best. Nian Chengyun took this desperate measure out of consideration for the overall situation and did not intend to deceive.

Moreover, when the ministers were forcing him, Li Zhongquan had already thought of asking Nian Chengyun for help, but he didn't even need to ask, Nian Chengyun came on his own.

Li Zhongquan wanted to help Nian Chengyun explain, but Nian Chengyun noticed it and used his eyes to signal Li Zhongquan not to speak before he opened his mouth.

The Queen was obviously coming for him, and he didn't want to implicate others.

The queen coughed a few times to calm the situation, "There is one more thing you probably don't know yet."

"This is about Liuli's future and fate. Those present are our country's most trusted officials and pillars. I believe you have the right to know!"

She closed her eyes with a painful expression, "The Crown Prince teamed up with General Xiao... to rebel."

At this time, everyone didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence and exchanged puzzled looks with each other.

Nian Chengyun had already guessed what the Queen was going to do, and he smiled bitterly. It seemed that he could not escape this game.

The Queen added solemnly: "The Emperor originally asked the Crown Prince and General Xiao to go to Liangwu and Shanglin to borrow troops to support Prince Ren and fight against the Northern Wei together."

"In the end, not only did they not obey the order and lead their troops to join Prince Ren, they also attempted to usurp the throne!"

The ministers were shocked, and their reaction was even greater than when they heard that the emperor had fainted.

The four words "plotting to usurp the throne" are too heavy. Faced with internal and external troubles, is there any way out for these powerless Confucian officials like them?

At the same time, another question arises: Why did the Prince and General Xiao want to rebel?

General Xiao is an admired figure in the world. He has made more military achievements than some people eat. All members of the Xiao family are loyal and have fought for their country and their people. Not long ago, his two sons were fighting against the Northern Wei at the Yanmen Pass front line and are now missing.

Who could believe that General Xiao would rebel?

As for Qin Junyu, he is the emperor's most trusted son and the only one among the five princes who meets the criteria for succession.

He was already sitting on the throne of the crown prince. As long as he led the army to repel the Northern Wei this time, he would have one foot on the throne. Why would he risk rebellion? The crime of patricide and regicide was enough to make him infamous for eternity.

Who would believe that Qin Junyu was plotting a rebellion?

The queen didn't hear the feedback she wanted from the discussions, and she became a little anxious.

"Prince Ren and our Liuli's 50,000 soldiers were trapped in Liangcheng by Qin Junyu! He attacked the city again and again, and killed countless Liuli soldiers." The queen was heartbroken: "If he didn't rebel, how could he have the heart to kill his own people?"

Everyone was shaken, and the more they listened to the queen's words, the more credible they seemed.

"Ridiculous!" Nian Chengyun was furious and confronted the Queen in front of everyone.

"Rebellion, collaborating with the enemy, treason, all three of these things were committed by Prince Ren! But the Queen bit back and put the blame on the Crown Prince and General Xiao!"

Nian Chengyun took two steps forward and approached the queen. He no longer cared about etiquette and rules. He stared at the queen and sneered, "If it weren't for the emperor's wisdom, he would have noticed that Prince Ren had ulterior motives long ago and sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Xiao to borrow troops from neighboring countries in advance to intercept Northern Wei and Prince Ren in Qingshan City and Liangcheng respectively."

He was so emotional that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He cursed: "At this time, Shengjing has been razed to the ground by the Northern Wei!"

Another shocking reversal.

Nian Chengyun and the Queen each held their own opinion and the two sides argued endlessly, each with their own reasons. The ministers were wavering in the middle like duckweed.

Even though Li Zhongquan spoke for Nian Chengyun openly and secretly, they still did not dare to clearly express who they believed in.

Only the emperor knows the truth, but the emperor is now in a coma and no one can guarantee whether he can wake up.

The reason why the Queen dared to accuse Qin Junyu of treason was because the Emperor was in a bad condition and no one could expose her.

At the end of the debate, the Queen had a slight advantage, and Nian Chengyun was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison because of his identity as the "rebel father-in-law."

Before being taken away, Nian Chengyun avoided the Queen's eyes and ears and hinted to Li Zhongquan to write a letter to inform Qin Junyu of the situation in the palace so that he could make plans early.

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The emperor had a stroke, the prince was plotting a rebellion, and the Xiao family was committing treason. This news spread like wildfire in the court. The queen wanted to use public opinion to put pressure on Qin Junyu, but she was also worried that the situation would get out of control, so she didn't dare to let the people of Shengjing hear it. Only court officials heard the news.

The country was already in a state of leaderlessness, and its most prestigious Nian Chengyun was imprisoned. The queen quickly took control of the situation, pacified her own people, and guided them to lobby other officials to make them completely believe that Qin Junyu was plotting a rebellion.

Li Zhongshen was the emperor's personal eunuch and knew a lot. The empress didn't dare to do anything to him and could only send people to keep a close eye on him.