Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

People like Xiao Zhao only dared to show off in front of the eunuch. Once she arrived at the Emperor's Purple Palace, she didn't even need to go in. Just kneeling outside the palace was enough to scare her so much that her legs were shaking.

The emperor stood up with Fang Yao's help and sat in the main seat. He stared at Xiao Zhao who was kneeling outside from a distance. He spoke with a lack of strength, "Ask her what happened when Queen Chu fell ill?"

Eunuch Chang stood at the door and asked questions, while someone took notes.

Little Zhao was treading on thin ice, touching her head to the ground as she replied, "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I truly do not know why Queen Chu is ill."

Eunuch Chang passed the message in.

The emperor was silent.

The letters left by Queen Chu after her death are still there. In the letters, she said that she had a tumor and it was incurable.

He later asked the imperial physicians, who also said that this disease was incurable and that the patient would be in great pain in his last days, which would feel like millions of steel needles moving between his bones.

The emperor felt a pang of pain in his heart. He closed his eyes, then opened them again. "Zhao, how did you know that Concubine Liu and Empress Yao had passed on information to Empress Chu, deliberately provoking her and causing me to misunderstand her? Explain to me clearly from beginning to end, one by one."

The eunuch who was questioning her spread the news. Little Zhao crawled on the ground, not daring to look up. After a while, she seemed to realize that she could not escape, so she sighed and slowly spoke...

There are always open and secret struggles among women in the harem.

Queen Chu's position in the emperor's heart was unchallenged by anyone, as her father and brother had made great military achievements, her family had been passed down for hundreds of years, and she had a close childhood relationship with the emperor.

The Emperor's path to the throne was quite bumpy, and the Chu family had given him the utmost support from beginning to end. When he first ascended the throne, border wars broke out frequently, and the previous dynasty was also in turmoil.

In order to stabilize the situation, Queen Chu and the Queen Mother enriched the Emperor's harem, and Queen Yao and Concubine Liu were brought into the palace at that time.

As time goes by, the girls who shoulder the glory of their families lose their immaturity and transform into women with deep scheming and calculations.

She smiles like a flower in front of people, but is an evil ghost behind their backs.

Seeing the deep love between the Emperor and Queen Chu, jealousy and hatred grew in their hearts, and the idea of ​​killing Queen Chu came to them at that time.

The entire harem knew about the emperor's favor for Queen Chu. They could not act rashly, lest one mistake implicate the entire clan. They could only secretly wait for an opportunity.

The opportunity came unexpectedly. Queen Chu fell ill and a rift arose between her and the Emperor. Queen Chu drove the Emperor out...

During that period, no one knew whether Queen Chu had offended some god, but bad things happened one after another.

Queen Chu collapsed completely. She closed the palace gates tightly, refusing to come out to see anyone and not allowing anyone to come in to see her, not even to pay their respects.

The concubines tried their best to find out what had happened. Later, it was the Chongguo Mansion that was able to find out that Queen Chu was so ill that her face was haggard and she could not get up. Upon hearing the news, Queen Yao, the former Concubine Yao, was ecstatic.

She wants to take your life while you are sick.

So, inside and outside the palace, the Yao and Liu families began to plot various things.

Until the news of Duke Chu's death was secretly heard by Queen Chu, she was deeply saddened and wanted to leave the palace but was stopped by the emperor. They took advantage of the situation and pretended to be Queen Chu to meet Old Madam Chu.

The original intention was to let the emperor know that Queen Chu had neglected the country for the sake of family affairs, but he did not expect that the news was also captured by the spies. The spies analyzed that the old Duke Chu was dead, so they launched a large-scale attack.

The emperor was furious and broke with the queen.

The emperor and empress never met again until Queen Chu died of illness.

For a long time after Queen Chu's death, both the Yao and Liu families lived in fear, fearing that what they had done would be discovered.

Fortunately, the emperor was immersed in the grief of Queen Chu's death and could not extricate himself. In addition, the letter left by Queen Chu made the emperor ignore all the abnormalities before.

If Xiao Zhao hadn't suddenly appeared in Empress Yao's bedroom in the middle of the night, if Xiao Zhao hadn't been possessed by a ghost and dared to speak out, if Concubine Liu hadn't realized that Empress Yao might kill her to silence her and left a letter for Xiao Zhao, no one would have imagined that there was such a huge secret hidden behind Empress Chu's death...

The emperor covered his heart and forced himself to stay awake until he finished listening to Xiao Zhao's description. A fishy and sweet taste surged in his throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was about to fall to the side.

Fang Yao hurriedly knelt down and held him steadily.

Doctor Wang stepped forward and gave the emperor acupuncture and pulse. He then took out the nose scent that Shen Li had given him from the medicine box and placed it under the emperor's nose to smell it. The emperor took just two breaths and then shuddered and woke up.

That sudden incident almost scared little Zhao to death.

The emperor's voice was hoarse and came from above her head again, "Zhao, are all your words today true?"

"Yes, I dare not tell a single lie. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

"Since you've known about this for years, have you informed Prime Minister Zhao?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were on Xiao Zhao.

"I haven't told my father yet. He only cares about the court and the emperor. If he knew about this, he would definitely not forgive me. That's why I didn't dare to mention it to him."

For some reason, Fang Yao let out a long sigh of relief.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then said to the person beside him, "She is quite courageous. She even dared to open the letter that Concubine Liu left for me without permission. If we were to talk about her crime, she deserves the death penalty, but I really can't bear to see Prime Minister Zhao die young, so I will punish her..."

"Before you punish her, do what you promised her. What did she ask for? To let me give Shen Li poisoned wine, right?"

"Yes, I was afraid of delaying His Majesty's questioning, so I agreed privately." Fang Yao said.

When Xiao Zhao heard this, she realized that Eunuch Chang said that the Purple Palace had agreed, not that the emperor had agreed. This was the trick.

She lowered her eyes and kowtowed heavily on the ground. "I didn't know that the general dared to speak in the name of the emperor so casually. I just thought it was the emperor's promise to me. Therefore, either punish General Fang or give Shen Li poisoned wine, otherwise..."

Before she could finish her words, Fang Yao interrupted her and said nonchalantly, "Don't bother with that. Since I can promise you, I won't make it difficult for the emperor. Come, go and call Miss Shen."

A young eunuch walked away quickly.

After a while, Shen Li came hurriedly carrying a medicine box.

"I have met the emperor."

"Stand up," the emperor looked at Shen Li, then at Fang Yao, not knowing what he was up to.

Then Fang Yao said, "Li'er, you already know the conditions Zhao proposed. Since your uncle has agreed to them on behalf of the emperor, he cannot go back on his word. Over there is the poisoned wine that has been prepared long ago. Now please give it to you, His Majesty. Kneel down and express your gratitude."

So smooth?

The more Xiao Zhao looked, the more suspicious she became.

What poison wine? It must be fake.

"I don't believe this wine is genuine, and I want to inspect it first."