The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 325 Only the Crown Prince Can
"Huo Ming molested you? Empress, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

As soon as the queen's voice fell, she heard a cold voice from above her head, and she raised her eyes to meet the emperor's eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Like needles piercing her back, the Queen's eyes flickered, and from the corner of her eye she glanced quietly at the Prince and Zhao Yan next to her, before finally daring to speak.

"Your Majesty, before Huo Ming was rumored to be hopeless, the concubine went to visit him because of his feelings for a moment. Later, when the concubine went to the temple to worship Buddha, he met him. Unexpectedly, he started to touch the concubine after drinking some wine. If Yan'er hadn't seen it, the reputation of the concubine and the emperor would have been tarnished by this person. Yan'er vented his anger for me, what's wrong with designing him?"

She thought that the emperor should believe her half-truth and half-false words, but she still responded with a cold snort.

"Back then you caused the Zhou family to be ruined and Huo Ming lost his beloved wife. Even if he was turned into ashes, he would not reconcile with you. How could he play tricks on your opponent!"

As if a hard punch had hit her heart hard, the queen's face changed suddenly, and she froze in place for an instant.

She never mentioned this matter to anyone, thinking that no one in this world knew what she did to his wife Zhou, and it turned out that the emperor had already known everything.

She and the Zhou family were still close friends back then, and the two of them had hoped for a future husband-in-law together, and even agreed that if their children were born in the future, they would all be in-laws.

Now that I think about it, it should be that any feelings I had when I was young could not stand the temptation.

The two of them soon drifted away because of Huo Ming's appearance.

Huo Ming is good at speaking and writing, and his poems are not only highly appreciated by the emperor, but also sung by the people. He is a hot talent, and he is also the object of crush of countless girls in the capital.

She has admired Huo Ming for a long time, but she didn't expect him to fall in love with Zhou Shi at first sight.

Mrs. Zhou babbled about Huo Ming's love in her ears every day, constantly stimulating her nerves, until one day, she finally couldn't help but ran to confess to Huo Ming, wanting to snatch him from Mrs. Zhou. come over.

However, Huo Ming rejected her resolutely.

The empress felt dissatisfied and secretly tricked Su to attract the emperor's attention during the emperor's draft.But what I didn't expect was that Huo Ming came forward to ask for a marriage on the spot, but she was forced by the family to enter the palace because of the beauty of the emperor.

She thought that if the Zhou family hadn't snatched Huo Ming away, she must have been the one who asked the late emperor for a marriage.Then she would not have to marry into the palace, let alone experience the intrigue in the palace, so the person who caused her misfortune was the Zhou family.

In the ten years that followed, she put all of this account on the Zhou family, secretly accumulating strength to plan everything, and finally made the Zhou family involved in a case of embezzlement of disaster relief money after the eldest princess married Xiluo. In the case, the whole family was executed.

This incident was like helping him get out of the pustules that had been on his body for many years, and it made her feel relaxed.In order to prevent accidents, she also expelled all the palace guards and even officials who knew the inside story and participated in it.

Ten years later, the Zhou family's case of misappropriating disaster relief money has been cleared, but no one suspects her.

Now that the emperor brings up this matter again in front of the crown prince, is he trying to take this opportunity to hold her accountable?

"Father, the queen mother has always been the most kind, how could the Zhou family's case have something to do with the queen mother, this time it was indeed my son who saw Huo Ming messing with his mother!"

The queen was speechless for a long time, Zhao Yan realized that something was wrong, and then remembered an injustice case that was vindicated by the court several years ago.

He didn't know much about this matter, but he never believed that it had something to do with the empress. At this time, he heard the emperor's intentions, and immediately helped the empress to intercede.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Because of interjecting with eyes, the local eyes immediately shifted from the queen to his face.

A dark color flashed in his eyes, and the emperor suddenly narrowed his eyes: "Don't tell me this, let me ask you, can you admit that you designed Huo Xun and his son to work for you?"

"My son... my son did design Huo Ming, but father, please trust me, I just want to teach them a lesson, and I really have no other intentions."

"Very good! Like a mother, like a son, Queen, this is the good son you have taught!"

As soon as Zhao Yan's voice fell, the emperor's angry reprimand resounded in the hall.

Recently, the crown prince was abolished in the capital, and the voices supporting Zhao Yan became louder and louder.And Huo Xun holds the military power, if the two of them compete for the throne, they are important officials who need to win over urgently.

The emperor was going to pass the throne to the prince, so he naturally supported him to establish his own circle of influence and allowed Huo Xun to get closer to the prince, but Zhao Yan was different, if he wins over Huo Xun, he must defy his will.

The battle for the throne between the crown prince and Zhao Yan was just a matter of a layer of window paper, and no one would admit it publicly.But now that he has heard Zhao Yan personally admit that he planned to coerce Huo Xun, they still want to continue to deceive, which is clearly contempt for him!
"I tell you, no one in the world can inherit my throne except the crown prince. If you dare to fight for the position again, I will never let you down lightly!"

Taking a deep breath, the emperor could no longer hold back the anger in his chest, and shouted angrily: "Come here, lock up the Queen and Duke Huai!"

"Didn't you go to meet the queen? How could you be hurt again?"

Xiao Zhongheng was quite curious when he heard that Xiao Ruan was going to see the queen this morning, and when she asked Xiao Ruan about her relationship with the queen, he got the news that Xiao Ruan was injured in the queen's palace.

He was worried about Xiao Ruan's injury and hurried back, but seeing that Xiao Ruan was fine, he let out a sigh of relief and asked with doubts on his face.

"Brother, don't worry, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach, so I was sent back to rest by the emperor."

Facing Xiao Zhongheng's concerned eyes, Xiao Ruan squeezed out a smile, and found an excuse to explain.

Before she was sent back, she had been warned by the emperor that she was not allowed to spread the matter to the outside world, so she naturally did not want to involve Xiao Zhongheng in it.

Xiao Zhongheng dubiously looked at Xiao Ruan's swollen abdomen, knowing that she was lying to him.But I also knew that if Xiao Ruan didn't want to talk about it, no matter how much she asked, she would not get an answer, so she simply asked with a solemn expression: "The child in your belly is about to be born. If you really care about the child in your belly, during this time Then don’t bother with those useless things any more, just take care of your baby with peace of mind.”

"What brother said is very true. Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to it."

"you……"

Xiao Ruan's reaction was too obedient, Xiao Zhongheng saw that she was absent-minded, he sighed and couldn't help but said: "You don't have to worry too much, if the emperor really wants to take his life, he won't wait until after autumn to execute him, You just wait, maybe he will be released from the prison by the emperor soon."

"Do you really think so?"

Xiao Ruan was startled, and suddenly raised her head: "Could it be that brother also heard some reliable news?"

Ever since Huo Xun was imprisoned by the emperor, Xiao Ruan was always worried. Even if she went to beg the queen according to the prince's arrangement today, she was not sure if it would be useful.

Especially when she found out that Zhao Yan was actually hiding in the queen's room and eavesdropping on her conversation with him later, she felt a sense of despair in her heart.I can't care about other things anymore, I just want to have a big fight with the queen and Zhao Yan, I didn't expect the emperor and the prince to appear suddenly.

When she left, she remembered that the emperor looked at the queen and Zhao Yan with eyes full of anger, presumably he believed her words.

But as Zhao Yan said, the reason Huo Xun was convicted this time was because of colluding with foreign enemies. Even if the emperor knew that Huo Xun was persecuted by Zhao Yan before, he could not help him clear his name.

Or if the charge of finding a lone foreign enemy is not cleared for a day, he can only stay in prison.

But Xiao Zhongheng was so sure that she should not worry about whether Huo Xun was consoling or did he really know something inside?
Thinking of the prince's arrangement for her to beg the queen, Xiao Ruan felt more and more that the prince must have another trick, and he would never just watch Huo Xun be executed like this.

As soon as Huo Xun was mentioned, Xiao Ruan's expression and tone became extremely eager, Xiao Zhongheng sighed, and immediately understood that Xiao Ruan was indeed still worried about Huo Xun.

"I haven't heard any clear news. I just believe that Huo Xun's behavior will never do such a thing. Now the emperor is angry and can't listen to any voices of doubt. After a while, as long as the emperor reacts, he will definitely The matter will be thoroughly investigated again, you just need to rest assured."

Xiao Zhongheng's voice was deep and calm, like a stream of clear water slowly washing away the worries in Xiao Ruan's heart, but he couldn't help raising his face, his voice was full of anxiety: "I don't know what the doubtful point brother said?"

"The suspicious thing is... You should take a good rest, your body will indeed feel better, I will tell you in detail."

Xiao Zhongheng deliberately held Xiao Ruan's appetite and refused to tell her what the doubt was. Xiao Ruan begged for a long time but did not get any news from him, so he had to lie down and rest according to his orders.

However, as soon as Xiao Zhongheng left, Li Yun approached: "Madam, Master Xiao has been refusing to tell us exactly where the point is. Do you think his words are credible?"

Li Yun listened with his ears up for a long time, and couldn't help but want to ask Xiao Zhongheng for a long time.I thought he would at least reveal some clues, but I didn't want to be so mysterious as the other party made, and didn't reveal any information, so I was immediately discouraged.

"Brother acts rigorously, and he is a close minister of the prince. Since he said that there is something suspicious about this matter, then we will just wait."

Xiao Ruan raised her head and glanced at Li Yun, but there was no confidence in her voice.

There is sufficient evidence from the crown prince, and it has been pointed out that Huo Xun had colluded with the Xiluo people. It is really difficult to find other evidence, unless the crown prince admits that all the evidence he found is false.

Xiao Ruan thought about it for a long time, and suddenly thought of something: "Is there any news about the queen and Zhao Yan in the palace? What happened to the emperor and the two of them?"

"There is no clear news from the palace yet."

But seeing Li Yun shook his head, Xiao Ruan frowned slightly: "Explore again!"

(End of this chapter)