Chapter 459

“Of course there is!” Empress Wei knew that she had met the biggest hurdle in her life: how much Emperor Duanhua had trusted and defended himself in the past two years, then at this moment, how suspicious and angry he was towards her!

The thing that was so fearful that she couldn’t sit still at the beginning, really happened, and it happened in such a sudden and violent way the despair turned in the Empress’s heart only for a moment, and then she was ruthlessly snuffed out!

When Empress Wei raised her head, there was no longer any weakness in her eyes, but the usual calmness, and she even smiled slightly, “But concubine, I want to speak to Your Majesty alone!”

Emperor Duanhua looked at her and didn’t say anything for a long time, and the rest of the people, including Gu Shao, didn’t dare to make a sound.

The only one who spoke was King Liang, who seemed to be smiling but not laughing, “Imperial brother, I wonder what Father said in his posthumous edict? Can my younger brother listen in?”

He met the emperor and empress’s unclear gaze, and said with a straight face, “I don’t have any other intention, it’s just that Song Lu not only mentioned my father’s posthumous decree, but also mentioned my mother who is no longer with us my brother and sisterinlaw know that I was raised by my mother who is no longer with us, and I would like to know how my mother died, is this request not excessive? How did my mother die, this request, is not too much?”

“… In that case, let’s listen together!” Emperor Duanhua looked straight at King Liang, and after a moment of the two brothers staring at each other without letting anyone in, Emperor Duanhua considered, and said in a faint voice, “Zhu Qin, go and guard the door, and if there are no important matters next, no one is allowed to come in and disturb!”

Empress Wei sighed in her heart, she knew that the reason why Emperor Duanhua was doing this was not actually agreeing to King Liang’s request, but rather that he was suspicious of his married wife but Emperor Duanhua also knew that the Empress had a deep city and a quick mind, far above him, and that if the Emperor and Empress were the only ones to be questioned alone… …

Emperor Tuanhua, fearing that he had been hoodwinked once again.

So he took advantage of King Liang’s request to leave Gu Shao, Jian Xu Bai, and Cui Ziyu all behind.

So that even if Emperor Duanhua couldn’t hear the problem, these people, in their hearts, always had a number.

Especially since King Liang had now clearly expressed his ill will towards Empress Wei.

“A person who is a ruler may not need to be good at everything, he only needs to make good use of the people in his hands!” When Emperor Duanhua made this decision, he subconsciously thought of the teachings he had heard from Emperor Xianjia when he was a teenager; what he had never expected was that one day he would use such calculations on his married wife.

And it was only two or three years ago that he promised Empress Wei that there would be no more newcomers, and that he would thereafter live the rest of his life with the Empress supporting him.

The Emperor pressed down the emotions stirring in his chest and signaled Empress Wei that she could begin to defend herself.

Empress Wei stood on the side of the imperial case, her eyes turned toward the courtyard, looked at everyone in turn, and finally retracted above the courtyard, landing on Emperor Duanhua, and then paused before opening her mouth, “Back then, in the soup that Han Ji served to His Majesty, it was indeed my concubine who caused someone to place the poison, and finally planted Han Ji.”

The words have not yet fallen, although the temple deterred by the majesty of the emperor and queen, do not dare to whisper, but even Gu Shao and Jane Xubaibai, but also look at each other, not to mention the rest of the people.

“This matter, my concubine only learned about it later, and the entire process was in Father Emperor’s eyes.” Empress Wei ignored the crowd’s reactions, still looking at Emperor Duanhua, she said calmly and quietly, “Now, my concubine only wants to ask Your Majesty to think about why Father Emperor didn’t stop it at that time, and didn’t chastise my concubine later on, but only left an imperial decree to the Imperial Aunt of the Dai Guo?”

Emperor Duanhua closed his eyes and leaned back in the imperial chair to gaze for a moment before he said, ”When you were in the Eastern Palace, you were seldom to ask about dynasty politics. Especially at that time, there was Gu Xiang presiding over the big picture, you only needed to follow what you were told to do. But you changed Gu Xiang’s arrangement without authorization … You suspect Gu Xiang?”

Upon hearing this, aside from the Empress and Empress, everyone subconsciously looked at Gu Shao.

Gu Shao’s expression was flat and unperturbed.

“Your Majesty is wise!” Empress Wei revealed a dismal smile, “My concubine was confused for a moment, but I have caused you to narrowly escape death no matter what purpose my concubine had for doing this, it’s still a sin that I can’t get away with! I don’t have much to say now, I just want to tell Your Majesty: I actually prepared two copies of that poison, and if Your Majesty had any problems at that time, I intended to take them together. Both to apologize to your majesty, but also in the hope that the new king can spare the crown prince’s life for the sake of our couple’s death together and the crown prince’s young age!”

Emperor Duanhua was silent for a long time again before he said, “I trust my father.”

Empress Wei captured the most important point: Emperor Duanhua originally trusted the Empress, so why did his attitude change drastically? Because although Emperor Duanhua trusted the Empress, the one he trusted the most was not the Empress, but Emperor Xianjia.

So after confirming that the posthumous edict presented by Song Lu was indeed from Emperor Xianjia’s hand, his trust in Empress Wei immediately fell apart.

Then since Emperor Duanhua trusted Emperor Xianjia so much, and since Emperor Xianjia knew what Empress Wei had done back then but never told Emperor Duanhua, it was obvious that Emperor Xianjia also thought that such actions of his daughterinlaw were understandable.

Emperor Duanhua trusted his biological father’s judgment, and at this moment, when he said this, he was naturally indicating that he forgave Empress Wei in this matter.

“Concubine thanks Your Majesty for your great kindness!” Empress Wei knelt down with tears in her eyes, she understood in her heart that this hurdle was considered to be over, but things were not over.

Over the past three or two years, a crack had appeared in Emperor Duanhua’s trust and closeness to her.

Going forward, it would be difficult for the relationship between the emperor and the empress to reach the level of these three or two years.

Even though the Empress had never pursued imperial favor as her first goal, she still felt the pain when she lost it.

“King Liang …!!!” The Empress lowered her head, and out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed her brotherinlaw underneath, handing herself a triumphant smile.

She hated blood in her heart, but her face was dripping, only maintaining a grateful and ashamed expression as she humbly knelt.

“The matter of Han Ji, this is over.” Emperor Duanhua did not let her get up, after pondering for a while, he said this, but did not continue to interrogate her, but turned to Song Lu’s under Edward Dan, “You said that the commoner Cui Jianren, as well as the birth mother of me, both of these things, are related to the Empress, is there any evidence?”

Still, Emperor Duanhua trusted Emperor Xianjia very much.

When Cui Jianren and Empress Cui’s aunt and nephew died, Emperor Xianjia was still alive.

Therefore, Emperor Duanhua thought that if the Empress had a hand in both of these matters, she must not be able to hide them from Emperor Xianjia!

And the fact that Emperor Xianjia didn’t trouble the Empress meant that the things Empress Wei had done were within Emperor Xianjia’s tolerance.

Therefore with this imperial decree on the imperial case at the moment, for Emperor Duanhua to believe that Empress Wei had also plotted the deaths of his own biological mother and cousin, he would not believe it.

“Your Majesty is only asking this because you trust the late Emperor.” However, Song Lu snorted out a laugh at his words and tilted his head to remind, “But Your Majesty must not forget that while the late Emperor certainly loved and cared for Your Majesty, he also loved and cared for Her Highness the Grand Princess of the Kingdom of Generation as a sibling! Otherwise, how could this imperial decree be handed over to Her Highness the Grand Princess of the Dai Kingdom for safekeeping?”

She smiled at Empress Wei, whose face changed abruptly, “It’s just that although the late Emperor valued His Majesty the most, and loved His Highness the Grand Princess of the Dai Guo, but let me say something unpleasant: the late Emperor didn’t value His Majesty’s birth mother, Empress Cui of the Cui Empress Dowager, so highly! But isn’t it because of Empress Cui that Your Majesty has a grudge against the Grand Princess of Daiguo? Please think about this, Your Majesty: when the late Emperor decided to make you the Crown Prince, and gave you all the rivers and mountains of Da Rui, what was the most important thing to do?”

Yes, of course, get rid of Empress Cui, and then try to mediate between her son and her sister, thus achieving the goal of preserving both at the same time!

Emperor Duanhua was no more sophisticated, and when the words came to this point, he understood them!

He instantly recalled the night he stepped into the Xuanming Palace with the thought of ten deaths Emperor Xianjia finally woke up, only to immediately realize that there was something wrong with the medicine served by his favored consort, and tracked down his birth mother in front of him.

At that moment his feelings are indescribable, he instinctively begged for mercy, but was refused by Emperor Xianjia, Emperor Xianjia refused so justified: attempted regicide consort is supposed to be a crime deserving of death, not to mention that this kind of thing spreads out will certainly even involve Duanhua Emperor.

Looking at the sick bones of his biological father, thinking of the biological mother who repeatedly advised him to regicide, Duanhua Emperor’s heart, rightly biased towards his father.

Even when remembering Emperor Xianjia afterward, there was a faint dislike and hatred for Empress Cui in the bottom of his heart: knowing that Emperor Xianjia’s health was not good, he still had to make such a thing to hit him, how could such a mother not be called a son’s antipathy?

This was also the reason why Emperor Duanhua had rarely added grace to the Cui family since he ascended the throne.

Although Cui Jianren was very favored in the beginning, he served him for less than a full year in total.

Duanhua emperor is not a colorful person, to this cousin like to like, to say to the point of unforgettable that is not possible.

The cause that really discouraged him from taking care of his foreign family was actually Empress Cui.

The Emperor said nothing about this to anyone he kept thinking that if it wasn’t for what Empress Cui had done, would Emperor Xianjia have lasted longer?

Although after that night, Emperor Xianjia never mentioned Empress Cui’s regicide again, Emperor Duanhua asked himself, if he were himself, he would never be able to let go so easily!

And Emperor Xianjia was already sickly, and then depressed over this matter, and how to live a long life?

“But if father he later no longer mention this matter, not because of the depression in the heart, but because, this result, was originally the father’s purpose … “Duanhua emperor thought of this, only feel like falling into the ice cellar!

The bottom of Song Lu’s timely spoke, “Since the late emperor to consider for the generation of the country’s eldest eldest princess, that certainly is not to let Cui niangiang alive to be the empress dowager, otherwise even if the late emperor left a posthumous edict to the generation of the country’s eldest princess net a onesided, Cui niang secretly do something to do, is not pure filial piety such as his majesty, but also to take the mother of the how to do it? Even if Niangniang Cui doesn’t kill Her Highness the Grand Princess of Daikoku directly, with the late emperor’s love for Her Highness the Grand Princess of Daikoku, surely he wouldn’t want his only sibling to fall into Niangniang Cui’s hands and be humiliated so often, would he?”

“By the same token, the late Emperor would not have allowed Cui Miren, who is extremely loved by Lady Cui, to stay by your side for long, Your Majesty!”

“After all, what kind of Cui Mirei doesn’t help Lady Cui?”

“That’s why Empress Dowager designed to eliminate these two, just what the late Emperor wanted!”

“And how could the late Emperor, because of the death of Nyonya Cui’s aunt and nephew, blame Empress Dowager?”

“Of course, the late emperor loves you the most, your majesty, and with the Empress being so deep in the city, the late emperor is of course worried that the Empress will one day turn against you!”

“It was to leave a posthumous edict as a backhand to govern the Empress!”

“The reason why only the matter of Han Ji was mentioned in the posthumous edict is that His Majesty is so wise that he must have understood the reason for it!”

The reason for this is naturally that Emperor Xianjia did not want Emperor Duanhua to know that Empress Cui’s death came from his own authorization. How could he have mentioned the deaths of the Cui family’s nephew and aunt in his posthumous edict?

Sinking face like water Jane virtual white, and the bottom of the expressionless Gu Shao exchanged a look, the heart are a thought: so subtle and brilliant planning, from what hand?