Return of the Swallow

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and fiddled with the melon seeds scattered on the table.

It would not be that easy to find another woman as beautiful as Concubine Yun and so easy to manipulate in the palace.

Li Helan had already ridiculed: "The emperor's sister-in-law is really interesting. The incident happened in your Kunning Palace, and you were surrounded by your people. Sister Yun Fei is single and weak, so why don't you just let a dozen of you say whatever you want? Yes? Sister Yun Fei is not stupid. How could she be unfavorable to the eldest prince in front of so many people? Even if you make up a lie, you should make up a decent one to convince the queen. It’s so slanderous that people don’t care. "

After ridiculing, Li Helan grabbed some melon seeds and ate them again. The crunch of the melon seed skin made the Queen Mother laugh.

"That's the truth. It's a serious crime to be detrimental to the emperor's heir. Even if someone is daring, he has to do it secretly. How can there be any reason to do this in person? Queen, the Ai family knows that you have never liked Concubine Yun, but you shouldn't do it either. Fool everyone for a fool.”

The queen turned red in panic and said, "Your Majesty, if I say anything false, I will suffer a terrible death! Concubine Yun really tried to use a sharp armor to scratch Brother Hao's face when I was not prepared!"

"How old is Brother Hao? What if he is injured on the face, infected and has a fever? Even if Brother Hao's life cannot be harmed, if the wound leaves scars, it will cut off Brother Hao's future. Concubine Yun, she is It's because everyone thinks like you and the eldest princess that they act unscrupulously!

"It wasn't just my concubine who saw this, Princess Zhongshun was also present, and Grandma Gong was also present. They and the palace officials at the time can all testify!"

The Queen Mother frowned and looked at Qin Yining, "My wife Zhixi is trustworthy, can you tell me?"

Qin Yining listened for a long time and found out that the Queen Mother was just deliberately playing tricks on the Queen.

The Queen Mother is now the person in power in the harem. The Queen does not have as deep a mind and ambition as she does. She is too lazy to take care of everything. She no longer has enough connections. In order to consolidate her power, the Queen Mother naturally has to fully support her. Concubine Yun was supported.

Therefore, no matter what happened today, whether Concubine Yun is really innocent or not, Concubine Yun will only be innocent to the Queen Mother.

Qin Yining already knew this result before he came. It's just that she is just a wife of fate, not a talker, and it is not advisable to mention the queen too much to avoid having counter-effects. So she could only watch the queen eagerly do something that would definitely slap her in the face.

That's right, Qin Yining had actually foreseen that what happened today would definitely slap the queen in the face. Because the eldest prince was indeed not seriously injured, even if so many people saw it at the time, the other party would still have reasons to quibble.

The only benefit this incident brought to the queen was that it made her understand how unwise it was to rush to attack an opponent without conclusive evidence and no way to refute it.

When Qin Yining's thoughts changed, he had already saluted and said: "I have only one position in my heart, which is loyalty to the Holy Emperor and loyalty to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, my words do not contain any bias. What Queen Cai said just now is indeed true."

The Queen Mother choked at what she said. Just now, she wanted to scold Qin Yining for deliberately slandering Concubine Yun in order to please the queen, but she was blocked by her words that sounded like a "prophet of the unknown".

Li Helan ignored this and said with a sarcastic smile: "Don't flatter yourself, even if you want to be loyal, your land has not been used yet. You are just a woman and child, you still want to imitate the loyalty of a man? You?" What a thing!”

Qin Yining smiled and said to Li Helan: "Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is afraid that she will use herself to save others.

The minister's wife was not talented, but she did her best during the palace change. "

The eldest princess stared at Qin Yining and said nothing.

When Li Qitian was able to return to the palace and take control of the overall situation, the Qingtian Alliance was indispensable. She had even forgotten that Qin Yining was some kind of bullshit alliance leader...

Qin Yining turned to the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother should understand that I have no position to favor anyone. When I grabbed the hand of Concubine Yun that was about to commit murder, it was only out of love and care for the child that I couldn't bear it." Seeing little babies suffer, that's all."

The Queen Mother actually believed it in her heart.

Just as Qin Yining said, outsiders didn't know that the Holy One was deliberately targeting Pang Xiao, but those present knew the inside story. As a foreigner, Qin Yining didn't have much interaction with the palace on weekdays. There was really no need for her to lie in order to please the queen. Even if she tried to please the queen, if the emperor took action in the future, the queen would not be able to help her.

What's more, the Queen Mother knew Concubine Yun's temper and knew that the Queen was an upright person.

But what if you believe it?

The Queen Mother said calmly: "That's all. No matter how big the matter is, it's fine as long as the prince's face is fine. Besides, Concubine Yun may not have really done it. Even if she did, it may be framed by others.

"As the Queen Mother, Ai Jia must handle matters in the palace impartially. You cannot draw conclusions based on the Queen's one-sided words. What's more, you had many people at that time. How can you tell the difference between calling Concubine Yun just one person? You are not just listing the charges randomly. . Otherwise, the Ai family can just ask Concubine Yun to accompany you."

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother immediately ordered people to go to the prison of the Zongren Mansion: "Let Concubine Yun go. If you ask, just say it's the Ai family's wish. The Ai family has something to ask."

"Yes." Someone from the palace immediately responded outside the door and quickly went to the clan's mansion to pick him up.

At this time, the queen looked at the proud faces of the queen mother and the eldest princess, and her heart was already cold.

This is her mother-in-law.

For the sake of your own selfish interests, you can ignore your own grandchildren. In order to raise her niece up so that she could get along with her daughter-in-law, she would ignore everything, not caring about her face, not to mention her own face.

When I lived in the countryside, I didn't realize that the Queen Mother was such a person!

Who knows, some people can share adversity but not wealth.

The queen's nose felt sore, tears welled up in her eyes, and she almost shed tears on the spot. If she hadn't clenched her fists tightly and pinched the flesh of her palms with her nails, reminding herself not to lose face in front of others, she would have been almost unable to bear it.

Not long after, the palace attendants in Ci'an Palace brought Concubine Yun back.

In fact, when Concubine Yun arrived at the Zongren Mansion, she was quickly picked up even before she was imprisoned. She was still full of fear. She had done such an impulsive thing unintentionally. If the Queen Mother knew about it, she might not let her off lightly.

Who would have thought that before she could endure hardship, she would be picked up by the Queen Mother.

After all, they are my relatives. Even if she pokes a hole in the sky, the Queen Mother will be able to support her.

With this idea in mind, Concubine Yun looked quite proud when she stepped into Ci'an Palace.

Seeing the queen standing there with a pale face, Concubine Yun twisted her waist and crossed her body, and stepped forward: "Concubine, please give my regards to the Queen Mother, please give my regards to the Queen."

"No need." The Queen Mother waved her hand. Seeing that Concubine Yun had obviously done something stupid, but she was not ashamed but proud of it. You didn't need to guess what she was thinking. She suppressed her anger and said, "Concubine Yun, you Let's talk about what happened at that time. Do you really dare to be disadvantageous to the emperor?"

"Queen Mother, please don't listen to the slander. How can I be harmful to the emperor's heir? The eldest prince is the grandson of the Queen Mother and the legitimate son of the Holy Emperor. Even if I have a hundred courages, I would not dare to do such a thing. , Besides, I am not stupid. With so many people present, how dare I take action? If I want to take action, I have to choose a time when no one is present, right?"

Concubine Yun stared at the empress and said pitifully: "The empress has never wanted to see me. She has been learning the rules these days and has made every possible effort to make things difficult for me. I have been patient, but who knew that I would be bitten in the end. Chen concubine. I am really unjust."

Concubine Yun knelt on the ground and began to cry, as if she had really been greatly wronged.

The queen was so angry that she was trembling with anger at Concubine Yun's shameless behavior. She stared at Concubine Yun with red eyes: "Concubine Yun, people are doing it, and God is watching. Did you deliberately want to scratch Brother Hao's face? You I know it in my heart, and everyone present sees it, and God also knows it! You are so confident in your talk, and you say that I have falsely accused you, won't you feel guilty in your conscience!"

Concubine Yun twisted her waist and shook her head confidently: "Look, Queen Mother, this is how the Queen intimidates me. If I hadn't been with the Queen Mother, I would have been skinned and cramped, and not even the bones and dregs would be left. "

Concubine Yun turned around and kowtowed to the queen: "Queen, please spare me. I am just a little concubine. Although the emperor loves me a little, in the end you are the queen and the queen." My concubine, you are so lucky to have a prince. I have nothing. What on earth does this concubine have that deserves the queen’s jealousy? If you have to frame me like this, I will die!”

When Concubine Yun finished speaking, she pressed her forehead tightly to the ground and started sobbing loudly.

The Queen was so angry that she trembled all over and turned to look at the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother clearly knows that there is really no need for me to tell this lie. If Concubine Yun did not do such stupid things, how could I say such things to Concubine Yun? Are you here? Everyone is proof, please check it carefully, Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother shook her head: "As Concubine Yun said, everyone in Kunning Palace is yours, and they all talk to you? Queen, the Ai family usually thinks that you are an honest person, but I never thought that you would do this. A jealous thing.”

The queen bit her lower lip tightly, feeling extremely aggrieved. Tears finally fell silently down his face.

Qin Yining looked behind and shook his head.

The Queen is just too emotional and still has hope for the Queen Mother and others. That's why I put myself in such an unbearable situation. She just couldn't accept reality, so from the beginning of the conversation, she failed to grasp the key points and fell behind.

Seeing that the Queen was speechless, the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows proudly and said with a smile: "Well, the Ai family also knows that you are just obsessed with it for a moment, so I won't punish you severely this time. You can just go back to your Kunning Palace to think about it. As for Brother Hao, the Ai family thinks it’s better to take him to Ci’an Palace and have him be raised by the Ai family themselves.”