Empress Dowager: Husband, please lie down

Chapter 355 Guess?february question
Seeing that Xia Houqing's pale face was full of tears when she was scolded by Tuobaye, she was not at all arrogant and self-willed as usual, Xiahou Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a deep voice to Tuobaye, "Third prince, this is me!" I'm afraid it's not the third prince's turn to point fingers at Beijun's family affairs and state affairs, questioning my imperial sister?!"

"How did the third prince know that Xia Houxin must have been killed by Qing'er?"

Xiahou Yin also put his cold gaze on Tuobaye's arrogant face, and said coldly, "There are many doubts about this matter, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated. Before the matter is clarified, the third prince had better close the door." your mouth!"

Xia Houqing has had a good relationship with his siblings since childhood, and now Ruan Eryue treats Xia Houqing as her own sister, so even if it is not for Beijun's face, he should be consistent with Xiahou Zhu.

When this matter is settled, it's time to settle the grievances between him and Xiahou Zhuzhi!
"Hmph, I didn't expect that since Prince Yin was conferred the title of Queen Jing, his arrogant temperament has become more and more admirable!"

Tuobaye was also full of anger at this time, so he naturally lost his good tone when speaking.

Ruan Eryue gently put her arms around Xia Houqing, comforting her silently.Hearing Tuobaye's satire on Xiahou Yin like this, a layer of displeasure also appeared on his face, and his gaze turned to Tuobaye coldly.

Seeing the close relationship between Xia Houqing and Ruan Eryue, the Empress Dowager felt a little complicated.

"Okay, don't say a word."

The queen mother pressed her forehead with a headache, looked at Xia Houqing, slowed down her voice, and asked softly, "Qing'er, what happened between you and Xia Houxin tonight? Tell the queen mother carefully."

It did not say that Xia Houqing was the murderer who forced Xia Houxin to death.

"Empress Mother, Sister Seventh Emperor was not forced to death by my ministers!"

Xia Houqing pursed her mouth aggrievedly, wiped away the tears that flowed from the corners of her eyes one by one, and said with a choked voice, "Concubine Shu came to Weiyang Palace to find me, and said that there will be a palace banquet tomorrow, because the envoy from Mengnan is leaving And left. And the Seventh Sister, also leave with them, and go to Mengnan with a kiss."

"So, I went to Changle Hall."

Knowing that if he told about Xia Houxin's previous intention to poison her, Tuobaye and those who were watching her behind their backs, trying to catch evidence of her killing Xia Houxin, would definitely not miss this opportunity.

Therefore, Xia Houqing cleverly erased that incident, just treat it as a loss for herself, and speaking out now will only put herself in a more disadvantaged position.

"I don't know whether it was the death of the late Emperor Liang that hit her too hard, or because she was reluctant to leave her hometown because she wanted to go to Mengnan with her relatives. When I arrived at the Changle Palace, there was no servant in the palace. Only the Seventh Sister was alone. Curled up on the soft couch beside the bed, Erchen went in and said a few words to her."

Xia Houqing sobbed a bit, and continued, "In the end, Sister Qihuang said that she would be free soon or something. I thought she meant to marry to Mengnan, so that she wouldn't have to face the empty Changle Hall alone. , and missed his mother and concubine. So Erchen didn't care, and returned to Weiyang Palace with Cuiyu and Fang'er."

"Unexpectedly, at night, Erchen was woken up by Cuiyu from her sleep, saying that the Seventh Sister was gone. She hanged herself. At that time, Erchen was terrified. Before he had time to take a look, the imperial brother sent the Imperial Forest Army Come and put Erchen under house arrest in Weiyang Palace!"

As she said that, Xia Houqing couldn't help but burst into tears of grievance, "What did I do wrong! Just because of other people's few words, I suspected that I forced the death of Seventh Sister. But, why did I force Seventh Sister to death?" Miss Huang..."

Hearing Xia Houqing say this, and thinking about it, she has almost never seen her cry, but today she broke down and cried loudly in front of so many people.

The queen mother and Xia Houzhu felt very uncomfortable. While feeling guilty for not protecting Xia Houqing well, they felt distressed that Xia Houqing had been wronged and became as fragile as she is now.

"Okay, okay, good daughter of the Ai family. Qing'er, come to the queen mother."

Seeing Xia Houqing crying like a child, and seeing that the corners of her eyes were so red and swollen that there was only a thin slit left, she knew that she must have been wronged tonight, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but her eyes were red, and tears poured down on Xiahou Qing waved her hand and said distressedly.

Ruan Eryue let go of Xia Houqing, watched her walk to the queen mother, and cried in her arms, feeling very sad.

"Hmph, the matter hasn't been investigated yet! You're crying so much now, do you think the queen mother and the emperor are planning to just expose this matter so easily?!"

Tuobaye was the most unaffected person by Xia Houqing's emotions. He looked at the words and deeds of the queen mother and Xiahou Zhu coldly, and asked in a cool tone.

Xiahou Yin really can't understand Tuo Baye's rough and barbaric appearance, not to mention his ulterior motives towards Ruan Eryue...

Therefore, he said displeasedly, "The third prince also knows that the matter has not been investigated clearly. In that case, why shut up obediently and wait for the matter to be investigated clearly before questioning again."

Immediately, Xiahou Yin thought for a while, looked at Xiahou Zhu and asked, "Your Majesty, how is your investigation on this matter going?"

Although dissatisfied with Xiahou Yin's questioning of the emperor, like Tuobaye, he used this questioning tone, but he knew that Xiahou Yin must have no malicious intentions this time, and his character was like this.

Xiahou Zhu sighed sadly, and replied in a deep voice, "It's a bit difficult to investigate this matter..."

"Several people in the Changle Palace saw Qing'er leave the Changle Palace, but no one entered the Changle Palace afterwards. That is, just after Qing'er left, they found that Xia Houxin had hanged herself and died."

Xiahou Zhu frowned tightly, "Also, a little maid said that when she saw Qing'er entered the Changle Palace, she wanted to send them a pot of hot tea. But when she walked outside, she heard Qing'er say What retribution or something, the tone is still very bad. The little maid turned and left in fright, so I guess it was Qing'er who forced Xia Houxin to death."

Anyway, everyone doesn't have a good impression of Xia Houxin, so they seldom call Xia Houxin by her boudoir name.

"Ah……"

Ruan Eryue, who had been sitting on the sidelines, couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted Xiahou Zhu's speech with a sneer, "Guess? A single guess is enough to push Qing'er to such an extent. Not to mention the damage to her boudoir's reputation, it is The common people in the world, after knowing that Qing'er has murdered their own imperial sister, especially since this imperial sister is the only married princess of the right age in Beijun, how will they insult Qing'er behind their backs?"

"Qing'er is just a little girl, how can she bear the charges that you just based on guesswork? Your Majesty, do you know how much this will affect Qing'er's future life?"

Ruan Eryue asked with a sneer, looking at Xiahou Zhu coldly without fear.

(End of this chapter)