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The empress was the direct victim, so it was more accurate to ask her. However, the State Duke Ninng said again, "Could it be that the other palace servant s have seen Rong Jiu committing the crime?"

"State Duke Ninng is so sure that the culprit is Jiu Er, if the truth from the Queen has nothing to do with Jiu Er, what do you think?" This was the first time Dongfang Qisu spent so much time with a court official. He hated it, but he had no choice.

"Then naturally, my father …" "Wait, Your Highness, you have always been feared and respected by everyone. If you insist on asking the empress, then you can't go, and now that the empress has woken up, you can just wait here, the ministers and emperors will personally go and ask the empress."

"How hard can that be?" Dongfang Qisu raised his robes, and directly sat on the throne in the hall, which was a seat given by the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, this …" When an imperial court official was about to criticize him, the Emperor waved his hand and said, "State Duke Ninng, Cloud Kingdom's Minister, Marquis of Wan Ning, Marquis of Zhou Wu, you can come with me."

"Yes." The four officials cupped their hands and said, while the other court officials could only stay at the Assiduous Hall and wait, so did Dongfang Qisu.

He wasn't in a hurry at all, as if he already had a chance of winning this battle.

When the emperor and his men were heading towards the Jiaofang Hall, the empress was already dressed in his phoenix robe waiting there. Regarding this disaster, she had already understood it, now everyone said that Rong Jiu wanted to kill her, and had even messed up the Fragrant Congealing Pavilion.

"Is the empress better?"

The emperor's tone was full of concern, and the empress was very relieved. She nodded. "Thank you for your concern, your majesty."

The four officials bowed respectfully. "We pay our respects to the Queen's lady, and the Queen's lady is extremely fortunate."

"Quickly, dispense with the formalities." The empress rose and bowed towards the emperor. "Chenqie pays her respects to the emperor."

"There's no need to be so polite, Queen."

The emperor helped the empress to sit down. "All subjects wanted to know the truth behind the empress's injuries. Could the empress explain it clearly to the four ministers?"

The empress put her hands on her knees, the corners of her lips curving up as she slowly spoke, "Sigh, this matter is rather frightening. However, if the ministers wish to hear it, there's no harm in speaking of it."

"Last night, I entered the palace after a few rounds. At that time, I was only wearing my undergarment. I thought that no one had seen me, but I never expected that a thief would barge in. Alas, what a disgrace."

The empress sighed, accusing him of being discovered last night, but he was not dressed properly. "At that time, I was meditating, when the thieves barged in, and I cried out 'I didn't answer' every day, I cried out 'soundly'. The palace maid who was on night duty also didn't show up for some reason."

"I was fleeing everywhere, but I couldn't escape the Jiaofang Hall …"

"Queen lady." The State Duke Ninng cut her off, "Is that person the Prince Zhan's Wife's Rong family? A lot of people saw her before they fainted. "

The Empress laughed lightly, "How did State Duke Ninng know of Jiu's presence?"

State Duke Ninng raised his head, proving that the truth was already known to the world and that the culprit was Rong Jiu.

At that time, I was already injured, and thought that I would end my life, but Jiu suddenly appeared like a god, and fought with all her might against the thieves, and in the process, she even injured my forehead. At that time, I was too scared to leave, and could not help her, the thieves were truly ferocious, and Jiu was just about to be stabbed.

The Queen said with a face full of shock and relief. Since that was the case, what she said should be true, so Rong Jiu was not the culprit?

"But the Queen's lady, when the imperial guards arrived last night and saw palace servant fall to the ground, you kept telling them to catch the thief while you were at Jiaofang Hall. At that time, why didn't you tell them where the thief was? Also, where was the Rong family? Why would anyone have seen her before they fainted? "

When State Duke Ninng said this, everyone looked at the Queen.

The case was suspicious and had to be pointed out one by one.

"Hai." The Queen sighed again, "At that time, the thief was right behind me, pointing the blade at me, if I had told him where he was, he would have definitely killed me immediately. After the imperial guards left, the Jiu appeared and saved me, as for why people would say that I saw the Jiu before I fainted, it is possible that the Jiu knew that I was in danger and came to save me."

"Then why did the Fragrant Congealing Pavilion say they saw the Rong family? Also, everyone said that the Rong family was the culprit, so why did the Empress lady want to defend the Rong family? " State Duke Ninng was overbearing, the Queen slammed the table and stood up.

"Impudent!" Are you trying to force me? "

"This old official dares not." State Duke Ninng lowered his head, his eyes filled with sullenness. He guessed that the Empress must be the same as Rong Jiu, why else would Dongfang Qisu be so confident?

"Regarding those people with ulterior motives, if you say that the culprit is Jiu, then I cannot control them, but! If there is anyone who has seized the opportunity to disrupt the program, slander the innocent, and if there is someone who has done meritorious deeds, I will not let them off lightly! "

This was the first time that the Queen, who had always shown kindness and gentleness to everyone, had such a domineering side to her. Everyone was shocked, and the Emperor was relieved as well, but the culprit was not Rong Jiu. Otherwise, their relationship would have been even worse.

"The empress's words make sense." The emperor was not angry that the empress crossed over him like that, and said, "Since Rong Jiu saved the empress, then it must not be Rong Jiu who assassinated the empress. Marquis Zhou Wu, you are the Emperor of history, do you understand the case now?"

"This official will definitely capture the real culprit!" The Marquis of Zhou said with his hands cupped in front of his chest.

"Hai." Yun Guo shook his head, "State Duke Ninng, you really love your daughter dearly. If someone said who the culprit was, you would think it was him? Seeing that this old subject has a daughter like the Empress, and was not in a hurry to say that the culprit was Prince Zhan's Wife, wasn't it? "

"You!"

State Duke Ninng's Qi could not be exhausted, he waved his sleeves and said, "Your majesty the Emperor, this old subject's body is unwell, I shall take my leave!"

"Since that is the case, I shall return, Lady Ning. Leave this case to Marquis Zhou."

Since the empress had already told them the truth, they still had to investigate this matter thoroughly. Why did everyone think that Rong Jiu was the murderer?

Returning to the Assiduous Hall, he told everyone that the empress had mentioned that Dongfang Qisu had been brought out of the Sky Prison by someone else.

"Let's find out about it now." The Emperor said.

"Then, your majesty, this old official thinks that we should ask the Rong family and see how they explain themselves. Why did so many palace servant say they saw her committing a crime? " Someone said.

"Jiu Er is now in a high fever and unconscious. What do you want to know? We can talk about it in the future. Since the empress has already said that Jiu Er is the one who saved her, then this matter of the thieves has nothing to do with Jiu Er!"

Dongfang Qisu then looked at the emperor, "If father also wants to know why palace servant said those words, wait for Jiu Er to recover first, if anyone dares to disturb Jiu Er before she is done, this king will not forgive them!"

When Dongfang Qisu left, the Main Palace once again started a ruckus, mostly about Dongfang Qisu's arrogance and disrespect towards the Emperor, the Emperor had a deep look in his eyes, as though he was hiding something.