I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 368 An Lingrong 24

Of course, these things have nothing to do with her, and An Lingrong would never bring this up.

Afterwards, An Lingrong turned her attention to the Queen.

Something will happen to Concubine Hua soon, and Zhen Huan is just a maid. So from then on, won't the Queen be the only one in power?

She didn't want to see such a situation, so this time the queen would also be in trouble.

She won't take action directly, so she will borrow Hua Fei's knife.

Since the Emperor punished Zhen Huan on the spot, Concubine Hua was no longer worried about anything.

Although she could still hear some ministers speaking ill of her brother in front of the emperor, she was no longer as panic-stricken as she was the first time.

After the emperor temporarily paralyzed Concubine Hua, he began to deal with Prince Dun's affairs.

If you want to get rid of Nian Gengyao, Prince Dun must fall first.

Since the emperor came to the throne, although Prince Dun appeared to be submissive, he had always been dissatisfied. He did not accept it and believed that it should be my brother who came to the throne.

So he planned to rebel.

But he didn't expect that the emperor had one more trick up his sleeve. He had already sent Prince Guo to assist him in finding evidence of Prince Dun and Nian Gengyao's conspiracy to rebellion and usurp the throne, and then captured Prince Dun unexpectedly.

Afterwards, the emperor imprisoned Prince Dun in the clan house.

After learning that Prince Dun was in trouble, Nian Gengyao immediately wrote a letter of apology and presented it to the emperor. However, in a hurry, Nian Gengyao wrote "朝乾夕提" as "夕阳朝乾". The emperor was furious after reading it.

Then it was decided to deal with Nian Gengyao, and now was the best time to deal with Nian Gengyao.

The emperor asked the ministers around him to constantly enumerate Nian Gengyao's crimes and use other people's words to eradicate the Nian family.

Because of various crimes, Nian Gengyao was stripped of his title of Governor-General of Sichuan and Shaanxi and the title of first-class duke by the emperor, and then demoted again and again. Finally, he was punished for multiple crimes and ended up as a soldier guarding the city gate.

Concubine Hua also learned the news very quickly. She ignored everything and immediately took off her hairpin, put on plain clothes, and went to the palace where the emperor was, wanting to see him.

But the emperor did not want to see her at this time. Hua Fei had no choice but to kneel in front of the palace and beg the emperor to forgive her brother. However, Hua Fei's forehead was broken and she did not see the emperor.

In the end, Concubine Hua was so sad that she fainted and left the emperor's palace.

As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a tree falls, monkeys scatter. There is some truth to this.

After Nian Gengyao lost power, Concubine Hua's position was not so stable, so the concubines who had grudges against Concubine Hua all wanted to step on her.

Among them, Concubine Cao had the strongest reaction.

Seeing that Concubine Hua had completely lost her power, she immediately went to the Queen and reported all of Concubine Hua's previous crimes.

It was morning when Concubine Cao made the accusation. The concubines were about to pay their respects to the Queen, but she knelt on the ground in front of all the concubines and accused Concubine Hua.

The Queen had been waiting for this day for a long time. After Concubine Cao reported the incident, she immediately ordered a thorough investigation into Concubine Hua's crimes over the years.

For this day, she had found evidence of Hua Fei's previous mistakes in advance, so she pretended to do something and then sent Hua Fei's trusted eunuch Zhou Ninghai to the Ministry of Punishment. Zhou Ninghai could not bear the torture and soon confessed.

With both witnesses and evidence in hand, the queen immediately reported the matter to the emperor.

She did not delay at all, which showed how anxious she was to deal with Concubine Hua.

But the emperor had not arrived yet, and Concubine Hua arrived at Jingren Palace first.

As soon as Concubine Hua arrived at Jingren Palace, she first set her eyes on Concubine Cao, but Concubine Cao just lowered her head and did not dare to look directly at Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua looked at the person who betrayed her and showed no mercy. She pulled Concubine Cao down from her seat and kicked her on the back with all her strength.

Concubine Cao didn't react in time and fell to the ground. It happened that Concubine Cao's head hit An Lingrong's feet. In order to avoid being hit, An Lingrong immediately retracted her feet.

Really, she was just a spectator and didn't want to attract attention.

Concubine Hua is about to fall, and the Queen's mood is different. Before, she could only tolerate Concubine Hua's various behaviors, but now she will not tolerate it anymore.

So the Queen said angrily, "Hua Fei, what are you doing? Jingren Palace will not allow you to be so presumptuous."

Concubine Hua snorted coldly: "You have not allowed me to be presumptuous many times, is this the only time?"

After saying that, she hit Concubine Cao again.

Concubine Cao was so scared that she could only hide with her head in her hands. Even though the Queen tried to stop her, Concubine Hua did not stop. It was not until the Emperor came and saw Concubine Hua like this that he ordered people to step forward and stop her.

After seeing the emperor, Concubine Hua stopped attacking.

The emperor sat on the throne where the queen had been sitting and asked, "What is it that the queen asked me to come here for?"

The Queen said, "Today, Concubine Cao said many crimes of Concubine Hua, and I sent someone to investigate and found that it was true, so I want to ask the Emperor, how should we deal with it?"

The emperor looked at Concubine Cao who was kneeling on the ground and asked: Concubine Cao, are you telling the truth?

Concubine Cao, full of hatred for Concubine Hua, said firmly, "I never lied."

Afterwards, the emperor looked at Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua knew that with Concubine Cao as a witness and the physical evidence collected by the Queen, she would definitely not escape punishment. However, if she had a hard time, the old Queen would not have an easy time either.

"Your Majesty, I admit everything that Concubine Cao said. It was indeed I who did it. Since Concubine Cao wants to report me, I will also report someone."

As she spoke, she looked at the Queen and gave her an ambiguous smile. The Queen, who had been feeling very proud of herself, suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"I want to report the Queen. She killed Queen Chunyuan. All the pregnant women in the palace and the palace over the years were killed by the Queen."

wow——

This melon is quite big.

All the concubines looked at the queen in shock, who was sitting next to her and had frozen in place.

The emperor didn't react at first, until he heard the whispers of the concubines, then he realized that the Buddhist beads he had been holding for years were broken.

The round Buddhist beads fell to the ground and rolled everywhere.

The emperor stared at Concubine Hua: "What did you say?"

Then Concubine Hua repeated it again, and this time the emperor finally heard it clearly.

The Queen knelt on the ground and said sadly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hua is slandering me. Your Majesty knows what kind of person I am. If I really killed my sister, why would my sister let me be your wife before she died?"

"And I didn't harm those pregnant women. I understand that Concubine Hua is dissatisfied with me because I investigated the mistakes she made, but I am the queen, and this is my duty. Do I have to protect her?"

After saying this, the queen lowered her head and wiped her tears, looking very pitiful and aggrieved.

When everyone heard this, they felt that what the queen said made some sense.

But the emperor did not say anything. There was obvious suspicion in his eyes as he looked at the queen.