The Queen of the TV Series: Take turns to sit in my house this year

The incident of mung bean soup did remind Hongli of those bad memories in the past.

But he is the winner now, and he really likes Qingying, so he can tolerate the past sins of Empress Ulanara. After all, the proposal to make Queen Jingren Palace the Queen Mother was just a tactic to force the Queen Dowager to compromise, not a real intention to make two Queen Dowagers.

The shadow of his youth and the death of the nanny he depended on did make Hongli feel uncomfortable, but he also knew that the empress dowager acted like this because she was impatient and anxious.

Although he didn't like the bowl of mung bean soup that year, it was more important to fight with the Queen Mother and force her to give up her interests so that she could retire in peace.

Therefore, Hongli did not react much after receiving the mung bean soup sent by Cui Jinxi.

Zhen Huan was not disappointed either. She was planning for the future, not the Ulanara Yixiu in front of her.

Now that Hongli and Qingying are very close, some things can naturally be ignored. But how long can the emperor's deep love last? When the love fades...

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That day, as soon as Hongli left the court, Deputy Chief Steward Wang Qin reported the death of the Queen of Jingren Palace in a trembling manner.

"What did you say? The Queen of Jingren Palace passed away? When? How did she die? What was the Queen Mother's reaction?"

Obviously, at this critical juncture, with the Queen of Jingren Palace gone, it was difficult for Hongli not to suspect the biggest beneficiary, Zhen Huan.

"According to the guards at Jingren Palace, the Empress of Jingren Palace summoned Qing Zhu'er for a secret meeting last night. Today at 5:45 AM, the head maid Yi Qiu of Jingren Palace entered the palace to help the Empress with her grooming as usual, only to discover that the Empress of Jingren Palace had passed away a long time ago.

Yi Qiu's exclamation attracted the attention of the guards guarding outside Jingren Palace. At that time, the emperor was in the morning court, and the guards did not dare to disturb him. They could only report the matter to the empress dowager and the queen first.

Now, the Queen Mother has summoned Lord Qing to the Cining Palace for questioning."

Hongli's face looked ugly. He wanted to pull Ulanara Yixiu out to check and balance the empress dowager, but he didn't expect the empress dowager to be so cruel that she would directly push people to the underworld and even use Qingying to set up a trap.

"Do you know how the person from Jingren Palace got there?"

"The imperial physician said he committed suicide by taking poison."

"Suicide? Have you found out the source of the poison?" Hongli asked as he walked.

Wang Qin followed up, “Based on the current clues, this medicine should have been prepared by the Queen of Jingren Palace herself.

"Impossible!" Hongli's first reaction was absurdity. The emperor died suddenly and did not leave any decree on how to arrange for Empress Ulanara.

Now that she has ascended the throne, and she and Empress Dowager Nianhulu are only half-time mother and son, and she has a deep affection for Qingying, the niece of Empress Ulanara, who is about to be released from her house arrest and become the mother of her mortal enemy Zhen Huan. In such a situation, how could she be willing to die?

But Wang Qin said, "I also feel it's strange, but the guards found a lot of secret medicines from the previous dynasty in Jingren Palace. After identification by the imperial physician, it was found that one of them was the poison that the Queen of Jingren Palace took.

And when Yiqiu discovered something was wrong, the Queen of Jingren Palace was sitting peacefully on the Phoenix Throne, dressed in her royal attire. It was clearly not murder."

Hongli was feeling annoyed. What on earth did the Queen Mother want to do?

She deliberately let the guards release Qingying to Jingren Palace. Even though the death of the Queen of Jingren Palace had nothing to do with Qingying, she was under house arrest, but she disobeyed the Queen Mother's order and secretly left the palace at night to visit the Queen of Jingren Palace who was imprisoned by the late Emperor. This was already a handle!

Moreover, Ulanara was willing to die after Qingying left, which made the matter even more complicated.

The Ulanara clan passed away so peacefully, which must have been due to some kind of cooperation with the Empress Dowager. And this cooperation must have been related to Qingying and the Ulanara clan!

What Hongli was not sure about was whether the Queen of Jingren Palace cooperated with the Empress Dowager first and met Qingying later, or whether the Empress Dowager discussed with Qingying first and Qingying went to Jingren Palace with the Empress Dowager's conditions later.

He didn't want to doubt Qingying, but now all his wives and concubines had moved out of the Qiandi Palace, and only Qingying was detained by the Queen Mother in Qianxi Erhu and could not leave. Although the Queen Mother compromised and allowed Qingying to move into her own palace after the Grand Reign, she was confined to mourn for the late emperor.

However, due to the stalemate between him and the Queen Mother, the enthronement was delayed.

Qingying didn't know what she was planning, so it was possible that she was threatened and used by the Queen Mother.

But if that were the case, even if Hongli could understand her choice, he would inevitably feel disappointed.

"I am arguing with the Queen Mother on your behalf. What about you? Qingying, what role did you play in the Queen's suicide at Jingren Palace?"

(According to research, the morning court session in the Qing Dynasty was usually at 6:00 a.m. in spring and winter, and at 5:30 a.m. in summer and autumn. Emperor Qianlong usually got up at 4:00 a.m. to wash and prepare.

In historical records, Empress Fucha was canonized as empress by imperial decree on the day of Emperor Yongzheng's death. However, the ceremony was delayed a year, not until the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1737).

It was obvious that Hongli was not the only one who suspected that Empress Ulanara's death was related to Empress Dowager Niohuru.

There were also speculations in the previous dynasty. Zhang Tingyu even confronted the empress dowager for this, begging Hongli on his knees to thoroughly investigate the matter and to give Empress Ulanara posthumous honors.

"There's nothing to investigate in this matter. Ulanara committed suicide out of fear of punishment after the new emperor ascended the throne!"

"May I ask the Queen Mother, what crime has the Queen of Jingren Palace committed?"

Zhen Huan glanced at Hongli and said calmly, "In the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, Ulanara poisoned the emperor for her adopted son, Hongshi, now the son of Aqinar. I wonder if the emperor still remembers this?"

Hongli felt a sinking feeling in his heart, but he still argued, "The Empress Dowager had already investigated this matter. It was the servants who misunderstood the Emperor's wishes and made the decision on their own. The Empress of Jingren Palace was not aware of this."

"Hmph! Do you believe what the Emperor says?" Zhen Huan sneered. "How dare a mere servant like her poison the prince? Besides, your wet nurse died instantly after accidentally consuming that bowl of mung bean soup! How could a mere servant like her acquire such a potent poison?"

Hongli wanted to argue again, but Zhen Huan cut off the attack, saying, "The person who knows about this case is still here. If the emperor doesn't believe me, you can bring him here and ask him.

This will also allow Wang Shi (the privately appointed wet nurse was named Wang) who died in vain to rest in peace in the afterlife."

Qingying heard it clearly from outside, and the embroidered handkerchief had been torn by her nervousness.

Qingying had not known that her aunt had poisoned Hongli before. Now that she saw the empress dowager swearing to it, she knew it was true. For a moment, she felt sorry for her brother Hongli who had been in danger, and was deeply moved that Hongli was willing to give up his aunt's poisoning for her sake.

Zhang Tingyu had heard a little about Empress Ulanara's plot to murder the emperor's fetus, but he never expected that Ulanara would dare to attack a teenage prince!

But, "Even so, the Emperor, out of filial piety, would not have his biological mother pay for the life of a wet nurse. It would be far-fetched for the Empress of Jingren Palace to commit suicide for this reason."

"The Ulanara clan wouldn't kill herself for this, but what if she wanted to pave the way for her niece and eliminate hidden dangers?"

Everyone knows that the Empress of Jingren Palace has no children and treats her niece Qingying like her own daughter. If the Emperor becomes estranged from Qingying because of her, affecting Qingying's status in the palace and even the future of the Ulanara family, will she choose to commit suicide to atone for her sin?

This was a difficult matter to answer, and even Zhang Tingyu couldn't refute it. He could only seek outside help. "I heard that the Empress of Jingren Palace had met Lady Ulanara before her death. I wonder what Lady Ulanara thought of the Empress of Jingren Palace's death?"

Hongli raised his head and looked at Qingying's reflection on the screen outside. "Empress Dowager, what Lord Zhang said makes sense. Why don't we let Qingying come in and hear what she has to say?"

Zhen Huan closed her eyes and said, "Then let her in."