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

The queen looked at her mother coldly.

I was really thinking too much. I thought my mother came into the cold palace at night to visit me.

Cheap emotion is really not acceptable.

"If Mother wants anything from me, you'd better tell me quickly, or else someone will come and you won't be able to leave."

There was no sadness on Old Lady Yao's face. It turned out that she was not here to talk about love with the Queen's daughter.

"You're like this now, what else can I ask for?" She looked at the queen, as if a little angry at her lack of resistance. "Back then, you asked your family to help you find this and that. One moment it was medicine to depress Queen Chu, the next it was medicine to excite Concubine Liu. You said that only by making Concubine Liu lose her mind could she, at your instigation, stimulate Queen Chu. I advised you so much, but you refused to listen. You said that only when Queen Chu died could you have a chance to rise. But after Queen Chu really died of depression, what about you? Has your chance to rise finally come?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned this. As soon as she did, the Queen was like being pricked by something and immediately exploded. "You don't need Mother to mock me for my future. Since I became the Queen, our family has risen a lot. How did that loser Yao Xun have the qualifications to enter the palace to discuss matters? How did Daddy secure the position of Duke Chongguo? How did Jingyi become the Second Prince's Consort? I can do any of these without them."

"You said I killed Queen Chu but still showed no progress, and you still come to laugh at me? Don't you think about it, if I hadn't killed Queen Chu, would I have the chance to become Queen? If I hadn't sat on the throne of Queen, would you have received so many benefits? If I hadn't sat on the throne of Queen, would Hao'er have the chance to become Crown Prince? Would Jingyi have the chance to become Crown Princess? Now I'm just temporarily down, what's the matter? You can't be impatient? You come here to ridicule me? You know, if I get into trouble, you won't have a good ending either?"

After saying this, she rolled her eyes at Old Madam Yao and reached out to close the window.

But Old Madam Yao pulled him back, "You don't have to get so angry with me. I came here to tell you that people say that the Second Prince has been disliked by the Emperor because of you. Not only has he lost his position as Crown Prince, he may even be implicated..."

Before she could finish her words, the Queen paused as she was about to close the window. "What did you say?"

"I said the Second Prince might be implicated by you."

"Impossible," the Queen screamed. "Impossible! My son has sent me letters every few days, and he has never said anything like this. Besides, the Third Prince just had an accident, and the Emperor only has a few sons. It's impossible for him to lose another one at his hands."

"How is it impossible?" Old Madam Yao interrupted her, "The Second Prince didn't tell you because he's filial. As his mother, shouldn't you think about him yourself? As for the Emperor, how does the Empress know that he won't take his anger out on the Second Prince because of you? Even if he can't be killed or imprisoned, that doesn't mean he can't be demoted to a commoner, right? If it really comes to that, do you still expect the Second Prince to become the Crown Prince and rescue you from the cold palace? Oh, you really dare to dream. You've harmed Queen Chu. Can the Emperor forgive you?"

At this moment, the Queen's face finally showed a trace of panic. The domineering attitude she had just shown gradually disappeared. She looked at the old lady blankly, muttering, "This... I don't admit it. Your Majesty, you can't do anything to me without evidence. After all, I am the Queen, and the court officials will not allow me to be convicted without evidence."

Before she could finish her words, she saw that the old lady's expression became very helpless, as if she had nothing to say.

"What's that expression on your face, mother? Am I wrong?"

The old lady was silent for a moment before she slowly said, "Who told you that the emperor has no evidence?"

The Queen was startled. "What do you mean?"

Her heart was pounding, and that ominous premonition came over her again.

Then the old lady said, "The emperor said that as long as the Yao family can provide evidence of your guilt, not only will the Yao family be spared the death penalty, but the second prince will not be demoted to a commoner, and the Yao family will be allowed to follow the second prince to his fiefdom..."

The queen's heart was in her throat. "What have you done? You don't have any evidence of my guilt, right? This hairpin can't prove anything. I don't admit it, so it can't prove anything."

The old lady shook her head and said, "Didn't I just tell you? The secret letter you sent home that year is still there."

"You gave the secret letter to the Emperor?" The Queen felt dizzy and screamed, "You really gave the secret letter to the Emperor? Mother, is this true? What did you do?"

The old lady sighed and said calmly, "Mother has no other choice. I can't let everyone in the family be buried with you just for you. Besides, the emperor's people said that if the Yao family doesn't cooperate, not only will the Second Prince be unable to escape, but the entire Yao family will be executed. Compared to that outcome, it's best if only you die."

"Bullshit," the Queen finally couldn't help cursing. "You idiots, handing over the secret letter only proves that you are also involved. You have not only harmed me, but also yourselves. With such a brain, you still want the Emperor to spare you, idiots, a bunch of idiots, just wait for death, just wait for the Emperor to kill all the Yao family members."

"No," Madam Yao said calmly, not at all affected by the Queen's hysterics. "The Emperor will announce to the public that you died of a sudden illness, and no one will ever mention the things you did. What do you think the Emperor will do with these secret letters? He'll give them to the eldest prince."

The Queen was furious. "Why hand it over to him? Let him put the hatred on Hao'er? This is all your fault. I didn't admit anything. As long as you don't admit anything, as long as we can get through this period, this matter can obviously be over. Without evidence, the Emperor can never punish me without reason. I will have a chance to get out. Isn't it better to wait until I get out? Can't you even wait for a few days?"

Madam Yao raised her hand, silencing her. "Whether you admit it or not, the Emperor knows full well whether you did those things. Do you think, given the Emperor's affection for Empress Chu, he'll let you go just because you deny it? Forget it. And you still call us stupid? We've already considered what you're talking about, but we still had to bring it out. Why do you think that? Do you think we have any choice in the matter?"

"The Emperor has sent someone to make it clear that there are only two options. Either you deny everything and let the Yao family and the Second Prince accompany you on your journey, and we'll all meet in the underworld. Otherwise, if you want to save your life and the Second Prince's, then you must voluntarily hand over the evidence of your crime, and the Emperor will also leave the Yao family a chance to live for the Second Prince's sake."

The queen stared blankly at the old lady's mouth opening and closing, her mind going blank.