This one sentence made Murong Zheng and all the civil and military officials in the court feel nervous.
Before, it was only Concubine Dong who dealt with the Bei'an envoy. Now, if the thief came out of the palace, who instructed this person to do it, was it the concubines in the palace, or the emperor who was high above
The emperor, in particular, tried his best to protect Concubine Dong.
"What are you looking at? If the thief comes out of the palace, it could be me, or the emperor?" Concubine Dong's battlefield has always been in the harem. With Murong Zheng's protection, she has always been successful. This time, seeing that everyone looked at her with different expressions, her heart was confused, and the words she said were obviously lacking in confidence.
Qu Jingze looked at Murong Zheng with a smile, but he was already very happy in his heart. It was said that Concubine Dong, whom Murong Zheng favored, was brainless, but he didn't believe it before. Now it seems that she was really stupid.
With just a few words, she not only dragged Murong Zheng into the group of suspects, but also made it impossible for Murong Zheng to even defend her.
"In this deep palace, besides you and the emperor, is there anyone else who can make people obey you? In this palace, the person who can successfully steal the precious things of the imperial concubine is definitely not an ordinary servant in the palace."
Lord Xu couldn't help but remind her that he didn't mind Concubine Dong doing something stupid, but the Emperor was implicated and was the one that the Empress Dowager repeatedly told him to protect before she left.
"Of course there are others. Above me is the Queen. She hates my Phoenix Jade Hairpin, so she had someone steal it. The Queen sent someone to burn the Princess of Bei'an to death."
After listening to what Lord Xu said, Concubine Dong came up with a plan. She thought she could use this incident to overthrow the Queen.
"Ru'er, don't talk nonsense."
After hearing what Concubine Dong said, Murong Zheng could no longer control his anger and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, you actually yelled at me, you..." Concubine Dong couldn't believe her ears. She looked at Murong Zheng with tears in her eyes, completely forgetting that she was now in the court and that there were still issues concerning the diplomatic relations between the two countries that had not been dealt with.
At this moment, she is just a poor woman who has been hurt by her lover.
"It was the Queen. She had someone steal my jade hairpin in order to frame me. Through Bei'an, she wanted to take my life. Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me."
Concubine Dong wiped her tears while speaking. At the end, she knelt down, looking as if she had suffered a lot of injustice.
It has to be said that Concubine Dong's performance was a bit clumsy, but the audience was blind. After Murong Zheng heard what she said, he actually raised his hand to wipe her tears.
Murong Zheng did not speak again, but just looked at Concubine Dong and listened to her talk about how she was bullied by the Queen in the harem and how the Queen was resentful. He just listened quietly, as if what Concubine Dong said really happened.
Although the court officials had long known that their king was blinded by lust, they all looked unhappy when they saw him indulging Concubine Dong.
"Your Majesty also thinks that the Empress did this?" Lord Xu spoke again, the disappointment in his eyes unable to be concealed.
In fact, the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Dong was already clear. It made no difference whether Lord Xu asked or not.
Almost everyone present saw the result.
Their queen is wiser than the emperor and will only be foolish about one person, but this person has softened his heart for another woman at this moment.
"If it was the Queen who did it, why not ask the Queen to ask her?" Murong Zheng's voice was neither hurried nor slow, without the previous urgency and panic.
In his heart, he and the queen were husband and wife in name only and there was no love involved. This matter concerned the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so as long as he asked, the queen would always agree.
No one knew that after Murong Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly felt relieved.
If he had known that the matter would be so easily resolved, he would not have had to be angry with these court officials who were disloyal to him.
(End of this chapter)