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

"Take the matter of Empress Yao for example. If she doesn't confess, what will people say if we kill her? " Fang Yao continued to say to Shen Li, "Especially when the Chu family is coming back soon, will people say that the emperor is stupid and wants to kill the innocent Empress Yao to vent the Chu family's anger? If such rumors spread, it will not be good for the Chu family either. They will be suspected of using meritorious service to oppress the master."

"Have Empress Yao admit her guilt and sign her name with her fingerprints. With this in hand, no matter what happens in the future, no one can use this incident to stir up trouble. This will affect the crown prince's canonization of the Empress Dowager..."

Fang Yao's words stopped abruptly, and he subconsciously glanced at Shen Li.

Shen Li pretended not to hear and lowered her head to rummage through the things on the table.

It seems that the emperor is very satisfied with what Xiao Chenze has done recently and has decided to enthrone him as the crown prince.

No wonder he was so serious about Queen Yao's confession. He was afraid of leaving hidden dangers for Xiao Chenze.

"Uncle, when do you plan to let me go to the cold palace to find Empress Yao? Do I have to take Qili to see what Old Madam Yao looks like, so that the painting doesn't look like her?"

"Qili has already gone with Zhu Yi. If it's convenient, it would be best if she could go to the palace tonight."

"I have no problem. My uncle will make the arrangements."

After this was settled, Shen Li returned to her room.

She rarely returns to the Shen Mansion now, and lives next door to her grandmother's courtyard. She heard from her uncle at the Shen Mansion that the old Prime Minister temporarily asked Shen Zhaojiang to take Xiao Zhao back to live with him for a few days, apparently waiting for the Queen's matter to be resolved before leaving.

Shen Yan said that in order to confuse others, his uncle set up a mourning hall in the Shen Mansion, and Shen Yao did a lot of tricks at that time.

Shen Li is now fully focused on tracking down the murderer and is too lazy to pay attention to her. Once Ding Lan's revenge is taken, Shen Yao will be in trouble.

That night, the Queen sat in front of the window of the cold palace, lost in thought. Suddenly, a nurse’s voice came from outside, exclaiming, “Old Madam, why are you here?”

She turned around suddenly and saw that the door of the cold palace was not open under the moonlight, but her mother was walking slowly towards her with a cane.

She stood up blankly and rubbed her eyes, thinking she had seen it wrong.

"Mother, how did you get in?"

The palace gates had long been closed, so how could my mother enter at this time? Especially since this was the Cold Palace, no one could visit her privately without the emperor's permission.

Old Madam Yao said nothing. She walked to the window and looked at the queen standing inside.

"You've lost weight," the old lady stretched out her hand, as if wanting to touch the queen's face. The air was very cold in the late autumn night, so she retracted her hand. "It's so cold, why don't you close the window?"

The queen still couldn't believe her eyes and stared at her in a daze, "Mother, is it really you? How did you get in?"

"You came in like that. Mom couldn't bear it any longer, so she came to see you before she left."

An ominous aura instantly spread around, and the queen's hair stood on end. "Mother, what are you talking about?"

Outside, the nanny suddenly screamed, and then there was no movement.

The queen could not see anything from where she was standing. In front of her was only Old Madam Yao. Through the dim light from the window, the old madam's face was pale and her eyes were dark, looking very strange.

"Someone come, someone come." The queen hurriedly shouted loudly to the outside. In addition to the nanny, there were two maids who came to the cold palace with her. No matter how loud she shouted, the two maids were nowhere to be seen.

"Mother, you..." The Queen was a little frightened, and her hands couldn't help shaking. "What did you say?"

Madam Yao snorted coldly, her face darkening. "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't be in this situation. It's all because of you. Your father lost his title, your brother lost his official position, and our entire family almost lost their lives. Look at what you've done. Ah, look at it yourself."

"What did you say?" The queen was even more frightened and wanted to close the window, but her mother was outside and she couldn't close it. "How can you blame me? It was my father who wanted to kill Fang Yao's son. My father offended Fang Yao. If it weren't for this, Fang Yao would never have fought with my father to the death..."

"You're talking nonsense," the old lady cursed. "I hit you, you heartless one. Why did your father do that? Wasn't it because of you? If you hadn't sent a letter home asking your father to cooperate with you in suppressing Fang Yao, why would he have gone to fight against the Fang family? You actually said such a heartless thing, it really makes me angry."

For some reason, the queen always felt something was strange. The moonlight outside was very bright and her mother's appearance was still clear. It was obviously her mother, but she felt a creepy feeling.

"Mother, how did you get in?"

The palace gates were clearly closed. An old lady couldn't possibly be climbing over the walls, right?

"Haha." The old lady laughed very strangely. The queen shuddered suddenly and thought to herself that something was wrong. Her mother suddenly disappeared.

Before the queen could react, a face suddenly appeared under the window.

If it’s not Madam Yao, then who else could it be?

A cry of ah.

The queen took a step back suddenly, almost falling down, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"What are you afraid of? I'm your mother, and I can't eat you," Old Madam Yao sneered, casually pulled something out of her sleeve, and threw it at the Queen. "Look, do you recognize this thing?"

The queen quickly reached out to catch it, looked down, and suddenly felt a chill from her heels upwards.

She recognized her hairpin.

This was the token she had given when she sent a letter to her parents' home, asking them to help her find medicine to treat depression.

"Mother, didn't I tell you to melt it down and make it into something else? Why are you still keeping it?"

"Why can't I keep it?" the old lady said in a cold tone, "The family has done so much for you, I have to leave something for your brother to protect him. If you and the Second Prince want to silence him in the future, your brother won't be left without something to protect himself."

The queen's portrait was hit hard by something, making a buzzing sound.

What did the mother say?

In order to allow her brother to protect himself, her mother actually left her with something she could use against her!

And you still threaten her!

The expression on her face seemed to be both crying and laughing, but her heart was as cold as an ice cellar.

No wonder my mother came in at night today. Was it the secret guards hired by my father who sent her in?

Yes, this is the cold palace, the most remote and least noticed place in the entire imperial palace. Not to mention the patrolling guards, even rats are too lazy to run here.

My mother wanted to come over, and as long as the money and people were in place, nothing was impossible.

This is her mother. Haha, why does she want to laugh and cry so much?

When did the tears come?

My face feels so cold.

"Besides this, I still have the secret letter you sent home that year," Old Lady Yao continued, "I can't see my body will last much longer..."

"What do you want?" the queen interrupted her and asked coldly.

"what?"

"Let me ask you, you've given me so many handles, and you've only come to me today. What do you want? Tell me straight away."