As soon as Chu Yunxi finished speaking, two pairs of eyes stared at her closely. One was from Emperor Sui Ming, with a look of surprise, and the other was from the Queen, with a look as if poisoned!

Emperor Sui Ming clenched his fists and tried his best to make his voice sound normal. "What else did she do?"

"Plotting to murder the Emperor!"

Chu Yunxi spoke these words word by word, and Emperor Sui Ming could no longer hold his composure, and suddenly fell into his chair, saying incoherently: "This...this thing was also...did you do it?"

The queen said in panic, "It's not me, it's not me, Chu Yunxi, how did I offend you? Why are you accusing me like this?"

There was no emotion in Chu Yunxi's voice. "Empress, there is no grudge between you and me. It's just that the prince is the Minister of the Dali Temple, and as his concubine, I assisted him in finding out the truth and reported it to Your Majesty. It's all official business, and there is no personal grudge involved."

The queen no longer had any dignity as a mother of the country. She fell to the ground, tugged at the corner of Emperor Sui Ming's clothes with both hands, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, it's not me, please believe me."

Emperor Sui Ming gritted his teeth and pulled out the corner of his clothes, suppressed his thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "What have you found out? Tell me."

Chu Yunxi said: "Everyone in the palace knows that the emperor should stay away from pets such as cats and dogs to avoid triggering wheezing. But that day, someone deliberately placed a black cat far away in the imperial garden and lured the cat over with the scent of a cooked fish. The Thirteenth Prince and Wan Boyu can both testify to this.

Someone had put a muscle-softening powder in the fish, but the drug didn't take effect immediately after the black cat ate it. At this time, the twelfth prince went to the Yongshou Palace. He wore bells on his feet, because he was a child and no one would be suspicious of him wearing bells on his feet. But the black cat was trained and would run over when it heard the bells. When it arrived at the Yongshou Palace and entered the bedroom of the retired emperor, the muscle-softening powder took effect. Cats are afraid of people and will hide in unfamiliar places, so the black cat lay behind the retired emperor's bed, not moving or making any noise, and no one knew it.

Until I went there and found the black cat, it had almost recovered. After I drove it away, someone used the same trick to get rid of the cat, without anyone noticing. The emperor was ill and his life was in danger. If he died, it was because of wheezing. No one would suspect it. When I returned, the queen ordered the twelfth prince to take off the bell on his foot, and the matter ended perfectly. "

Chu Yunxi said so much in one breath. The Queen had already collapsed to the ground. Emperor Sui Ming held the back of the chair tightly and said calmly, "These are all your guesses. Do you have any evidence?"

"Your Majesty, the twelfth prince saw the empress summon a cat keeper in Fengyi Palace some time ago. You can ask the twelfth prince. As for the cat keeper, I think it should not be difficult to find him. Just ask him and you will know whether the empress asked him to help train the cat. The bell on the twelfth prince's foot was removed when he went to see the emperor the next day. My daughter-in-law also consulted cat keepers in the folk and confirmed that bells can be used to train cats to come at any time. There are also people who appeared in the Imperial Garden and Yongshou Palace that day with a cat, so it is not impossible that no one saw them. Your Majesty can send people to find them. After interrogating these people, I believe my daughter-in-law's words can be confirmed."

Emperor Sui Ming was so angry that he covered his chest and asked, "Queen, what do you say?"

The queen's face was pale, and she just shook her head, "It's not me, it's not me..."

"Your Highness," Chu Yunxi raised her voice, "You said that Yunxi wronged you, so does that mean she was also wronged for murdering Empress Xian and Prince Dingbei?"

The queen's body trembled, and her eyes finally moved. She looked at Chu Yunxi, her lips moved a few times, her eyes were full of hatred, and finally, she said: "Yes, I did it all."

"You...you..." Emperor Sui Ming covered his chest, so angry that he couldn't speak.

The queen's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she said bitterly, "Who made that old man want to depose the crown prince? I naturally can't let him live."

"But didn't I agree?" Emperor Sui Ming was heartbroken. He still had feelings for the empress. After all, they were a young couple who had been together for many years. Even if they didn't have much affection for each other, the kinship was there.

Queen Yuan smiled sadly, "Your Majesty, it's because I didn't trust you enough. It's all my fault. These things are all because of my selfishness. I made mistakes again and again. I hope that Your Majesty will not take your anger out on Mo'er for the sake of our long-term marriage, okay?"

Emperor Sui Ming was even more furious. "Have you thought about not involving Mo'er now? When you did these things, did you think about Mo'er?"

Chu Yunxi wanted to say something, but Xiao Mubei held her back and shook his head. Chu Yunxi swallowed the rest of her words. Everything is excessive or excessive. It was not easy to overthrow the queen today. As for the prince, she could only look for other opportunities.

In fact, Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi were also gambling on today's strategy. They were betting that the Queen would not let anything happen to the Prince, and that the Queen would take responsibility for the matter and protect the Prince.

However, if this happens, the prince will probably take revenge on Xiao Mubei even more crazily. But it doesn't matter. Even if nothing happens, the prince will still not let Xiao Mubei go. Now that he is using the queen to drive him crazy, he will reveal more clues.

Xiao Mubei asked Baiyu Heimu to take the guard and Lu'e, who was pretending to be a lovely girl, out. He and Chu Yunxi also withdrew. Next was the matter of Emperor Sui Ming and the Queen. They had done what they should do.

The queen has no chance of survival this time as she was charged with three crimes: murdering the retired emperor, murdering the empress, and murdering the prince.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi waited outside the prison until Emperor Sui Ming came out. Xiao Mubei said, "Father, I will take the two criminals back to the Dali Temple and sentence them to death by a thousand cuts. The execution will be carried out tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Accurate."

Emperor Sui Ming had no intention of thinking about those two people. He responded and left in a hurry. Xiao Mubei received the order and asked Bai Yu Heimu to arrange to bring the people from the Tianlao to the Dali Temple Prison.

The two returned to Yongshou Palace to bid farewell to the retired emperor, and then left the palace. This time they stayed in the palace for a few days without returning, and Chu Yunxi hadn't slept in a bed for several days.

They returned to the Dali Temple first. Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi went directly to the cell to interrogate "Keren".

In the interrogation room, Lu'e had already sat down and gulped down a few cups of tea before finally letting out a long sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, I am really scared to death."

"You did very well," Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi also sat down, "Tomorrow I will find a death row prisoner to replace you. From now on, you will change your name and stay in the other courtyard to keep Qingxi company, but you may also have to change your face."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Lu'e and Keren are both dead. I am the maid you rescued from Southern Xinjiang. Please give me a name, Your Majesty and Your Majesty."

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