Chapter 362: The Whole Army Was Annihilated

Facing Xingzhi's interrogation, it was similar to Taozhi's.

Few people can withstand the test of the extermination of the whole family.

Xingzhi's confession almost beat the imperial concubine to death.

Yunxuan's affairs were almost all done by her. The old maids got her instructions and used silver and transfer jobs to lure Yunxuan. She also did it after covering it up.

"The imperial concubine instructed me in this way. I don't know why damaging a zither can make Gu Xi fall out of favor... I really don't understand..." Xingzhi didn't know much of the truth.

The queen mother frowned slightly. The imperial concubine entered the palace after the rebellion of the Li King. That period of time was very hidden, and many people who knew about it were silenced. Logically speaking, the imperial concubine should not know about it.

Now, the imperial concubine Li not only knows about it, but also knows about the zither.

Not many people in Shoukang Palace know about this zither, and the queen mother can be sure that the people who know about it will never tell others. In this way, the information that the imperial concubine knows seems to be too much.

It's like she has opened her eyes.

Before the Queen Mother figured it out, a palace maid came to report to the Emperor.

"Mother, the Imperial Concubine came to me to cry and complain, saying that she sent Xingzhi out to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to argue about sending the broken flower branch, but was taken away by your people on the way. The Imperial Concubine didn't know what Xingzhi did wrong, but now she can't leave Xingzhi." The Emperor said.

It was impossible for Imperial Concubine Li to say that Xingzhi was going to complain to the Emperor, but changed her words. Now it seems that the Queen Mother deliberately made things difficult for the Imperial Concubine in order to protect Concubine Li.

A hint of coldness flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes. Imperial Concubine Li was really good at scheming. She knew that the matter of the Li King could not be spoken of. Once it was mentioned, the Emperor would be furious, so she found such an excuse to ask for people.

"Mother, Xingzhi is nothing, but the imperial concubine is still ill and needs Xingzhi's service. When the imperial concubine recovers, let Xingzhi come to Shoukang Palace to be punished, okay?"

The empress dowager saw that the emperor looked like he was negotiating, but every word he said was still for the imperial concubine. The empress dowager felt cold and a little strange.

Her son handled political affairs arbitrarily. No matter how she begged the emperor to spare the life of the prince, the emperor refused. Is he really so obsessed with a woman now?

He really doesn't care about the lives of more than a dozen people in the harem? When he wakes up in the middle of the night, does he really not think the face of the person next to him is hateful?

The more the empress dowager thought about it, the weirder her eyes looked at her son, and she couldn't help asking: "Emperor, do you like the imperial concubine so much? What do you like about her?"

The imperial concubine is indeed beautiful, but there is no shortage of younger and more beautiful women in the palace. The beauty of Luo Meiren made the empress dowager dazed, but the emperor was not obsessed with her.

If it is the grace of saving life, the favor and promotion of the imperial concubine's family over the years can offset it long ago.

When the emperor faced this question, his expression was also dazed for a moment. After thinking carefully for a long time, he said: "My son doesn't know why. Maybe he has been used to her for so many years. After so many years of husband and wife affection, he always can't bear her crying."

The queen mother frowned and said: "She is also an old man who has followed you for many years. When Li Xianfei cried last time, you complained to her face that she was crying and wailing."

The emperor recalled this and felt that something was wrong, but still said: "The affection between my son and the imperial concubine is different from that of others."

After this interruption, the emperor did not forget the matter of Xingzhi.

But he was late after all.

The queen mother took a piece of paper from her side and handed it to the emperor. It was a confession.

"Five years ago, when Madam Zhuang passed away, you thought it was an accident. Now it seems that there are not so many accidents in this palace." The queen mother said.

Madam Zhuang was not an ordinary old madam. She was one of the emperor's wet nurses, but she had a bad fate and all her relatives died. Madam Zhuang did not want to stay outside the palace, so she stayed in the palace. She was a person who liked power, so the emperor asked her to manage the affairs of the four departments in the palace.

At that time, eight of the twelve departments in the harem were controlled by Concubine Li. Without the affairs of these four departments, Concubine Li was unhappy. After the two people who also liked power had conflicts, they immediately fought like black chicken eyes.

The result of the fight ended with Madam Zhuang's accidental drowning. Concubine Li led the harem and was in the limelight.

The empress dowager also knew that the death of ordinary concubines could not affect the emperor at all. Only when it involved someone the emperor cared about would he vent his anger on the concubine.

Sure enough, the emperor's eyes were red with anger at this time.

He had eight wet nurses, and Madam Zhuang was not the worst, because the other seven wet nurses, either because of illness or poisoning for protecting him, all died.

After finally surviving a nanny Zhuang, the emperor wanted to support her until the end of her life, but he didn't expect that she would die in the hands of the imperial concubine.

"Poisonous woman!"

Seeing the emperor's red eyes, the queen mother couldn't help but feel distressed and said, "I know you don't want to let the imperial concubine go, but Xingzhi, as the person who executed this matter, must not be kept."

The emperor knew that the queen mother was giving him a way out. He would definitely not let the imperial concubine pay for the life of nanny Zhuang. Li Ziqin had just been credited with saving the emperor, and even if he demoted the imperial concubine, he was afraid that he would disappoint the meritorious official.

"During this period, let the imperial concubine stay in her own palace." The emperor said.

The queen mother suddenly changed the subject and said, "I still remember that when the imperial concubine first entered the palace, she was so bright and lively, and she looked gentle and kind. Now she has committed so many stupid things, most of which are not her own intentions."

The emperor looked at the queen mother in surprise, not understanding why the queen mother suddenly spoke for the imperial concubine.

"Emperor, I think there is something wrong with the people around the imperial concubine. Not only do they not know how to persuade the master, but they also keep fanning the flames. Since you feel sorry for the imperial concubine, why not send a group of people to serve her personally, so as to prevent her from making big mistakes again, which will be irreparable."

The queen mother wanted to replace the people around the imperial concubine in a few words.

The emperor could naturally see her intention, but at this time he really thought about it seriously.

Both of them knew whether the imperial concubine was vicious, but now she was like a hot potato that could not be killed or let go.

"It's good that way. If she can be obedient, it will be a complete marriage between me and her for many years." The emperor thought that it would not be a bad thing to keep the imperial concubine in luxury.

As for whether the imperial concubine was willing to live such a life, the emperor did not think about it carefully.

Li imperial concubine was looking forward to it in Guanju Palace. She calculated that the queen mother did not dare to mention the king, and Xingzhi would definitely be released.

During this period, two senior maids were taken into Guanju Palace one after another, and the servants were already in a panic. Xingzhi was not only guilty, but Concubine Li also wanted to prove that she was still the most favored concubine in the harem by getting Xingzhi out.

But she waited and waited, but Xingzhi did not come back, but the people in front of the emperor came instead.

Qian Rongsheng waved his hand, and all the servants in Concubine Li's palace were arrested, and a group of new faces were replaced.

"Eunuch Qian, what are you doing? I want to see His Majesty!" Concubine Li tried to stop Qian Rongsheng.