The empress turned around, wanting to say something to the emperor, but the emperor was holding a letter in his hand. When his gaze fell upon the personal seal, his face changed and the hand holding the letter trembled.
"Your Majesty …" The empress's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous feeling rose from her back.
"Pah!" The emperor slammed the letter and the wooden box to the ground. He glared at the empress and said, "I really didn't think that you would scheme and murder Consort Liang and Yun Zheng for that unfilial son of Feng Ming's!"
"Your … Your Majesty, what are you talking about …" "Chenqie, chenqie doesn't understand." The empress was baffled. What was going on? Didn't the emperor also conclude a moment ago that there was a relationship between Feng Yunzheng and Liang Lishu? Why, why did his attitude change all of a sudden?
Feng Qianyue and Xiao Zhenhai, who had been watching from the sidelines and thought that victory was within their grasp, were instantly stunned.
What was going on? What's wrong with the Emperor?
"Your majesty, your majesty has made it clear that someone informed chenqie of Yun Zheng's situation in Southern City. When chenqie saw that this Liang Lishu was truly pitiful and that she had ruined the imperial family's prestige, chenqie decided to handle it at her discretion, your majesty …" The empress dropped to her knees.
"Mother, your son's private letter has been changed since he came back from Southern City. The words on the new private letter were personally written by Imperial Father for the artisans to carve, and it is to reward your son for completing the Southern City's mission ahead of time. At that time, royal father said that 'Zheng''s mountain was too small, so if you wanted to change it to be larger, then he personally changed it to 'Zheng' for your son. " Feng Yunzheng took out his new private badge from his bag at his waist and stamped it on one of the letters — —
Comparing it, the two words "Zheng" were different.
Because the difference wasn't too obvious, Zhou Chengdi didn't pay much attention to it in the beginning, but when Feng Yunzheng said this, he immediately saw through the problem of this private message.
"What …" The empress felt her legs go limp, her hands gripping the two private stamps tightly. Her eyes widened as she stared in disbelief.
How could this be … How could this be …
"That, that could be because you are afraid of the matter being exposed and used an old secret letter." The Queen caught on to this last point.
"This son's old secret letter is with royal father. It should have already been destroyed for the sake of chaos." Feng Yunzheng's lips revealed a slight smile as he spoke.
What? The empress looked at the emperor abruptly, and the emperor's face was extremely gloomy.
Feng Qianyue was shocked!
How could this be? Every one of his plans was almost perfect, so why did he keep planning them one after the other... He had failed.
With a plop, the empress kneeled on the ground once again and said, "Your Majesty, chenqie, chenqie definitely doesn't have any intention of framing Consort Liang and Yun Zheng. Only when Liang Lishu and the letter are in chenqie's hands will chenqie …"
"Your majesty, regarding the matter of the Commander Liang's daughter, this subject has a matter she doesn't understand. I'd like to ask the empress to clarify my doubts." At this time, Lian Ruyue stood up and said.
"Speak." The emperor's voice was very cold.
"Yes." Lian Ruyue turned around and bowed to the empress. "Esteemed Empress, the southern city is a long way from the capital, and you live deep in the palace. How did you find out that the daughter of Regional Commander Liang has gone insane? Could it be that you have been monitoring the Ninth Prince's every move? " Heh, at this time, the empress was still holding on and not willing to reveal Feng Qianyue, either because she didn't want all of the people on the same boat to sink down and await Feng Qianyue's rescue in the future, or because she wanted to keep Feng Qianyue from fighting with Ninth Prince in the future, and she wasn't willing to take advantage of Ninth Prince.
However, how could she be like them!
As expected, when Feng Qian saw Lian Yue bring up the question in this regard, he was shocked in his heart. Was she trying to uproot the empress?! Once he was pulled out, he would definitely be found out!
Lian Ruyue, how dare you! Feng Qian clenched his fist.
A layer of cold sweat appeared on Lian Yan Qing's forehead.
"You!" The empress had never expected a little girl like her to dare question her in public. However, Lian Ruyue's expression was calm and serene, her eyes deep and mysterious. There was an intimidating aura about her, causing her, the empress, to flinch.
No, this was just an illusion. She was the grand empress, how could she be afraid of a girl without power or influence!
"How dare you!" Who do you think you are to dare to be so overbearing against me. "
"Mother, even the daughter of the prime minister has doubts in her heart. Weren't you being aggressive towards me just now?" Feng Yunzheng said.
"You …" The empress's face was pale.
"Empress, and also, for the sake of preserving the position of official, the Liang clan's Governor did not want to cause any big trouble." Empress, and also, the Liang clan's Governor did not want to make any big trouble for the sake of preserving the position of official. Lian Ru Yue asked softly.
"Empress, I would also like to know about the matter regarding the daughter of the prime minister. Speak …" The emperor's expression towards the empress had changed, now filled with questions and doubts.
"That's right, esteemed empress. This princess lives outside the palace, so officials often come to and fro in the estate and have never heard of this matter. How did you know?" Princess An Guo asked.
"Chenqie, chenqie …" The empress's gaze flashed across Feng Qianyue's face, and there was a brief moment when their gazes met. She said, "Some people saw that Liang Liewu was pitiful, so they discussed everywhere. In the end, they accidentally brought it up in front of me.
Even a trace of a faint smile that no one noticed appeared in the corners of Xiyue's eyes, yet she still chose to protect Feng Qianyue at such a critical juncture. Looks like Feng Qianyue has promised the Empress something.
However, even the Emperor would start to suspect whether the Empress had said it or not. Since there was suspicion, he would investigate it. Feng Qianyue wanted to retreat unscathed once more …
It was too difficult!
As expected, the emperor's face darkened, obviously dissatisfied with the empress's reply.
"Royal father, royal father, someone wants to harm me. Save me …"
Right at this time, the voice of the crown prince, Feng Ming, came from the East Palace once again.
"Royal father, the Ninth Emperor's heart is not ancient. He did not save this son of mine when he saw me die, and he is heartless and heartless! Royal father!"
At first, when the Emperor heard Feng Ming's shout and saw him climb up the tree, his heart was moved with sympathy, but now it seemed that —
All of this was just a scene that they, mother and son, husband and wife, were going through together! What the emperor hated the most was having someone scheme in front of him.
"Your majesty, listen, listen. Tomorrow, someone really did harm him. Your majesty, save him!" Save him! "He's the only eldest son of the emperor, your majesty." The empress prostrated herself on the ground, crying bitterly. Unbeknownst to her, her cries were filled with a sense of sorrow and exhaustion.
"Evil creature!" The emperor snorted coldly and stood up. "What lich Gu arts? This isn't the first time you've put on a show. You even brought that unfilial son of yours with you!" That unfilial son of his, all lost to you today! "