Upon hearing this, Concubine Lan was enraged, her hair standing on end. She walked up to the Queen with a fierce look on her face, raised her palm, and slapped it hard on the Queen's cheek: "You vicious woman! You are so cruel and vicious that you had the heart to attack two children! You are already the most noble Queen, why did you not even let two innocent children go!"

The Emperor glared at the Empress with a gloomy face, his eyes revealing anger and disappointment. His voice rang out coldly: "Come, banish the Empress to the cold palace!"

The queen's eyes widened in horror, tears welling up in her eyes. She tried to explain, but the emperor didn't give her a chance. The queen's headdress was askew, her hair was messy, her face was covered with tears, and she looked utterly miserable.

She struggled to crawl towards the emperor, hugged his legs tightly, and burst into tears, "Your Majesty, please don't. I am innocent! I really didn't know about the poison. I must have been used by someone with ulterior motives. Please, Your Majesty, see clearly!"

However, the Emperor remained unmoved. He kicked the Empress away with all his might and said coldly, "Unjust? You personally gave me this lock! As Empress, you hold a high position. Who would dare to frame you? Do you think I would believe you so easily?"

The queen was stunned, unable to refute for a moment. Her face was pale, her lips were trembling, and her mind was in a mess. Just as she was panicking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

Everyone looked towards the door and saw Yun Mushu hurriedly walking in, followed by Concubine Yi, who was being held down by several guards.

Yun Mushu quickly walked to the Queen's side and knelt on the ground: "Your son pays homage to the Emperor, and to the Concubine Lan."

Concubine Yi also knelt on the ground: "I pay my respects to the Emperor, to the Empress, and to Concubine Lan."

The emperor glanced coldly at Yun Mushu and Concubine Yi and said, "Alright, everyone, get up."

Then the emperor asked doubtfully, "What mistake did Concubine Yi make?"

"My dear father, I thank you."

Yun Mushu helped the Queen up and said to the Emperor, "Father, you've wronged the Empress Dowager. This pill wasn't made by the Empress Dowager. Someone else is responsible. It's Concubine Yi!"

The Emperor looked at Concubine Yi in disbelief and said angrily, "What? Concubine Yi did it?"

Concubine Lan asked doubtfully, "If I remember correctly, when Princess Yunxin gave birth, Concubine Yi was still a concubine. What reason did she have to harm Princess Yunxin's child?"

At this time, Yun Mushu looked at Concubine Yi with a look of deep cruelty and a hint of warning in his eyes.

Concubine Yi was frightened by Yun Mushu's gaze. Her body couldn't help but tremble, and she knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, this matter was indeed done by me, the Queen, and it has nothing to do with it."

A hint of suspicion flashed across the emperor's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You said you did it? Why did you do it? How dare you plot against the queen!"

Concubine Yi lowered her head and swallowed nervously, but she thought that if Prince Yunqing told the emperor about her affair with the guard, the consequences would be even more serious than this. Moreover, Prince Yunqing promised her that if he took the blame for all this for the queen, he would definitely plead for his mother's family.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yi smiled sadly and then said angrily: "Now that things have come to this, I will not pretend anymore! I have admired Prince Yunxin since I was a child and always fantasized about marrying him one day, even if it means being a concubine.

When I learned that Concubine Lan was choosing a concubine for Prince Yunxin, I was incredibly excited. But who could have known that Concubine Lan would actually choose Ye Chuxue, a loser? How am I any worse than her? If it were anyone else, it would be fine, but Ye Chuxue is a loser known throughout the capital, so why did it have to be her? I can't accept this!

So I turned around and participated in the selection, and successfully became your Majesty's concubine, but the resentment in my heart never disappeared.

I learned by chance that the Queen had made a hollow golden lock for Ye Chuxue's child, so I bribed the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department to help put the two pills in it.

Who would have thought that four years later, Ye Chuxue, that bitch, would see through my plan? I admit it!

After saying this, he closed his eyes resolutely, waiting for the emperor's decision.

Yun Muheng's eyes were dark and unclear, and he asked directly in a cold voice: "I wonder which eunuch Concubine Yi bribed? I sent someone here to confront him."

Concubine Yi's eyes flashed with panic for a moment, and she clenched her fists, but then she calmed down and said, "Which eunuch? It's been so long, I've already forgotten. Besides, the eunuch was a maidservant of mine who left the palace last year."

Yun Muheng looked at her suspiciously, his eyes sharp, "Really? Which palace maid? I'll send someone to investigate right away."

Yun Mushu saw Concubine Yi staggering, clearly flustered. He narrowed his eyes and glared at Yun Muheng, "Fifth brother, what do you mean by this? Do you think what Concubine Yi said is false? Who is willing to take the blame for murdering the young emperor's grandson? Or do you just want to put the blame on the Empress Dowager?"

After saying that, Yun Mushu glanced at Concubine Yi casually.

Concubine Yi saw the murderous intent in Yun Mushu's eyes and knew that she would definitely die today.

She closed her eyes tightly, then laughed sadly: "King Yunxin, there's no need to ask any more questions. I did this. I just hate Ye Chuxue and I just can't stand seeing you guys get along! I don't want to implicate too many people, so let's just end this farce!"

As soon as Concubine Yi finished speaking, she quickly crashed into the pillar.

The whole process happened in an instant, and no one reacted. By the time they reacted, Concubine Yi had fallen to the ground like a kite with a broken string, and her whole life was gone.

Ye Chuxue didn't expect that the queen would be cleared of the charges just like that, but she still sacrificed a life!

The emperor watched Concubine Yi die in front of him with cold eyes, feeling very uncomfortable.

Eunuch Liu quickly ordered people to carry Concubine Yi's body out.

The emperor's eyes were dark, and he whispered, "Now that the truth has been revealed, Queen, I have wronged you. Although you were used by Concubine Yi, when little Tuanzi fainted in your palace before, you tried to stop Princess Yunxin, which almost delayed her treatment. It was indeed your fault.

How about this, you hand over the Phoenix Seal to Concubine Lan as soon as possible, and go to the Buddhist temple to face the wall for a month.

Concubine Lan was canonized as Concubine Lan, in charge of the power of the six palaces.

Princess Yunxin and her two children have been wronged, so I will reward them with a thousand taels of gold. Heng'er, please take some time to take Xue'er to the national treasury to select a few more treasures as compensation for them.

That's it, everyone go away, I'm tired too."

After saying that, the emperor took Ye Xiaoyuan's hand, and Concubine Lan carried the "weak" Ye Xiaotuan and walked out.

Yun Muheng and Ye Chuxue followed closely behind.

After what happened to the Empress Dowager and the Queen, everyone was worried, so Ye Chuxue took her two children and said goodbye to Concubine Lan.

At the palace gate, Yun Muheng said that there were still some things to deal with and asked Chen Yu to send them back.

Sitting in the center of the carriage, Ye Chuxue became more and more determined to divorce. Only by divorcing would no one bother her and she could live a good life with her two children. However, the most troublesome thing was to let Yun Muheng give up the custody of the two children. This was a headache!

When Ye Chuxue just returned to the villa, Ouyang Zhi had been waiting for her in the courtyard for half a day.

Seeing her come back, Ouyang Zhi said excitedly: "Xiao Xuexue, you are finally back. Do you want to do a business that can make money?"

Ye Chuxue raised her eyebrows: "What business are you looking for me for?"

Ouyang Zhi smiled and said, "Only you can do this deal. Ye Xinrou spent five thousand taels of silver to secretly find out what happened between Yun Muheng and you back then?"

Ye Chuxue curled her lips and smiled, how could she forget about this!

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