Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 68

"Call me Xiaoyue!" Du Xiaoyue smiled lightly, "The title of empress is really harsh! Mengnan, can you tell me, who entrusted you to take me out of the palace that night? Is it Du Zhengxuan or King Xuanwu? Did you know them before entering the palace? What is your relationship with them? Why do you want to help them?"

"This..." Liu Mengnan thought for a while, and smiled apologetically at Du Xiaoyue, "I can only tell you that it was your third elder brother who asked me to take you out of the palace, and King Xuanwu assisted me in taking you out of the palace. The rest of the matter will be discussed in the future." You should ask your third brother yourself!"

Really good at keeping secrets!I thought I could get some words out of her mouth by drinking, but after three glasses of wine, I forgot about the serious matter; today I wanted to question her in front of her, but she answered, but at the same time Delegate all problems to others. "If I could see him alone, would I still ask you?" Du Xiaoyue couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Anyway, Xiaoyue, don't worry, no one in this palace can do anything to you!" Liu Mengnan also guessed Du Xiaoyue's worries and worries, and said comfortingly, "Your third brother will protect you."

Du Zhengxuan protecting himself?Where is this word? "Mengnan, can you make your words clear?" Du Xiaoyue stood up, with a trace of confusion in her eyes but forced herself to be calm, and lightly twisted the handkerchief in her hand, "Ming people don't speak dark words, and neither do I." I don’t know anything, I just want to confirm something! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have spoken to you so frankly.”

Liu Mengnan was slightly taken aback, recalling what Du Xiaoyue had done in the past few days, she is a delicate person, she must have discovered something to ask such a question. "Okay, if you want to know something, I can answer as much as I can." Liu Mengnan stood up slowly, and looked at Du Xiaoyue brightly, "Son and daughters of the Jianghu, be honest, and I have nothing to hide from you thing!"

"Your relationship with my third brother or King Xuanwu, and with the emperor, besides being his concubine, what role do you play?"

"Du Zhengxuan is the one I love!" Liu Mengnan did not pretend, "King Xuanwu and I are friends, and in the palace, we are just ordinary concubines."

"Then why did you enter the palace?" Since there is someone you love, why would you enter the palace willingly?If Du Xiaoyue remembers correctly, Liu Mengnan is General Liu's only daughter. If she is not willing, General Liu will definitely ask the emperor for a letter.

"Like you, entering the palace is just a tactic to delay the attack, but I am not anyone's chess piece, and I can leave the palace at any time."

"What kind of soldiers are you slowing down? And you are the emperor's concubine now, how could you just leave the palace as soon as you say so?"

"When I first entered the palace, the emperor had reached an agreement with my father. I entered the palace only for the occasion of being selected as a noble concubine, to show other people in the court that my father, like my father, had to send his daughter into the palace as a hostage—I On the surface, father is a centrist, but in fact, he was protected by the late emperor's will to protect the royal family."

I see!Du Xiaoyue suddenly understood why Liu Mengnan was so indifferent to the palace. Her heart had already been left on other men, so naturally she would not be interested in the man with a bunch of wives! "Then... there is nothing between you and the emperor?" Du Xiaoyue asked curiously, "I heard that Tan Wenhao also lives in Feiyue Pavilion, so is it the same as in Zhaoyang Palace?"

"Heh!" Liu Mengnan smiled lightly, blushing slightly, but replied straightforwardly, "I'm still waiting to leave the palace to marry your third brother!"

Ah!what!It turns out that there is such a thing in the palace, so I am not a maverick! "Mengnan... Well, I think I should call you the third sister-in-law in the future!" Du Xiaoyue said with a smile, heh, it's not bad to have such a chivalrous third sister-in-law! "I will leave the palace someday. When you get married, I will be your bridesmaid!"

"You?" Liu Mengnan was blushed at first by Du Xiaoyue's three calls, but when she heard her saying that she was going out of the palace, her face turned bewildered, "Aren't you the queen?"

"Same as you!" Du Xiaoyue replied with a smile, "However, I am not as lucky as you. You have a father to help you, so I can only help myself! By the way, can you tell me why Du Zhengxuan is on the emperor's side?" Isn’t he the third son of the Du family? The other two sons of the Du family have never made a clear statement, but he, who clearly said that he was traveling abroad, actually went against them! Haha, it’s really interesting to think about it!”

"This is also what I don't understand!" Liu Mengnan shook her head and sighed softly, "I also asked, but he didn't say anything."

Uh... It seems that everyone here has a secret!Du Xiaoyue is not a gossip person, she would ask such a question, she just wanted to know why Du Zhengxuan wanted to help her.

"Bold! How can you break into Zhaoyang Palace?" Seeing this group of guards with knives rushing towards the main hall domineeringly, the red silk glared at the leader, and when he looked again, the guards had already Surrounded Zhaoyang Palace, and all the palace people of Zhaoyang Palace gathered in front of the main hall.

"We are here by the emperor's holy will." Commander Xiao walked in front of the red silk, clasped his fists to the left, and said loudly and calmly, "This is the imperial decree, do you want to prevent this commander from carrying out the imperial decree?" ?”

"You!" Hongsiu's face turned pale, and a large group of guards with knives rushed in, thinking about it with their feet, they knew that nothing good would happen!Turning her head to look at Qingzhu, she wanted her to go in quickly to inform Du Xiaoyue, but Qingzhu's face was paler than the paper used for drawing, and even her whole body began to tremble, presumably she was frightened, so she quietly moved to Qingzhu's side, Squeezing her thigh, whispered in a low voice, "Qingzhu, go in and tell Miss and Empress Liu that something serious has happened, I'll stay outside for a while!"

"I...I..." Qingzhu groaned for a while, only two words came out, and her feet didn't move at all.

"What's wrong? What are you arguing about? What happened?" Suddenly, the door behind Hongsi opened, and Du Xiaoyue and Liu Mengnan came out.

"Niangniang..." Hongsi and Qingzhu turned around and shouted anxiously.

"Come behind me." Du Xiaoyue softly comforted the two girls whose faces were already pale, and then raised her eyes to look at the person who came. There is a small pinch of beard on the forehead. If you use modern people's terms, it is a little sexy. With his military uniform, he is really handsome, but it is not the type that Du Xiaoyue likes——Du Xiaoyue doesn't like men with beards ! "General, what advice do you have for coming to Zhaoyang Palace?" The corners of his mouth slightly raised, he asked in a calm and unhurried manner.

"Empress Empress, I have come here at the emperor's will." Commander Xiao did not salute, but looked at Du Xiaoyue with a serious face, and announced in a serious voice, "The empress is suspected of murdering the royal heir and will be interrogated at the Zongju Bureau. The servants from the palace are brought to Ye Court for interrogation! Come and seal the entire Zhaoyang Palace!" The guards took orders and hurried into the main hall of Zhaoyang Palace.

Du Xiaoyue looked at the guards rushing in, not caring about the palace people who were kneeling on the ground, she was furious.He yelled fiercely: "Stop all this! Who will allow you to be unrestrained in Zhaoyang Palace?!" Walked in front of Commander Xiao in three steps and two steps, and stared at him tightly, "What do you mean? Suspected of murdering a royal heir? Who did this palace kill?"

"I'm just doing things according to the emperor's wishes. As for whether you have murdered the royal heir, I'm afraid the empress is the clearest!" Commander Xiao was a little disdainful to answer Du Xiaoyue's question, and turned to the guard on the side, "Come on, send the queen Empress take away!"

"Get out of the way!" Du Xiaoyue was angrily facing the guards who came up to arrest her. This incident happened inexplicably. What murdered the royal heir?Where did this happen? "Speak clearly, who do you think you are, to arrest people without evidence? It seems that you really don't pay attention to the royal family! What is the emperor's decree? Take out the imperial decree?"

"I'm just acting according to the emperor's orders!" Commander Xiao was unmoved by Du Xiaoyue's angry face, and he didn't even bother to explain the incident.

Seeing this happening, Liu Mengnan was also at a loss, so he stepped forward lightly and asked softly, "Commander Xiao, what happened to Faji? Why did the emperor suddenly order the queen to be brought to the Zongju Bureau?" The bureau is the place where concubines in the harem are interrogated for serious crimes.

"Oh, Xiao Yong pays his respects to Concubine Liu Gui." Seeing that Liu Mengnan was here, Xiao Yong softened his voice, bowed and saluted, and then continued, "When Concubine Liu Gui asked, the subordinate simply said: This morning, After Concubine Li Gui went to Zhaoyang Palace to pay her respects, on the way back to Jiaoyin Pavilion, she suddenly collapsed on the ground, bleeding profusely. The palace people hurriedly sent Concubine Li Gui back to the palace. The prince failed to keep the abortion medicine, and Concubine Li Gui also fell into a coma. The imperial physician checked carefully and found that Concubine Li Gui was poisoned. This poison is called soul-eating incense. Although this incense is called incense, But it doesn’t have any fragrance, and it only works on pregnant women, it can make pregnant women lose their fetuses, fall into a coma, and even cause them to die.”

"Just kidding, can you conclude that the poison is from this palace?" Du Xiaoyue sneered, it turned out that someone wanted to frame her!No, you can't let others hurt you like this, you must be calm, find loopholes in his words, and find a side that is beneficial to you.

"All the meals of Concubine Li Guifei are taken care of by the medical women of the Imperial Hospital, and I heard that Concubine Li Guifei came to Zhaoyang Palace early today to pay her respects. During this time, she drank a cup of tea." When Xiao Yong faced Du Xiaoyue, he did not With a good complexion, he said coldly, "The emperor said that everyone who gave Concubine Li Gui anything to eat today will be taken down, and now the medical girl has also been brought to the Zongju Bureau."

(End of this chapter)