"Your Majesty, the Queen is the mother of a country. Without any evidence, just..." After hearing what Murong Zheng said, Lord Xu felt a sharp pain in his head.
The mother of a country is guilty, so they have to try their best to cover it up. Now it seems that Concubine Dong is trying to make trouble, so it is inappropriate to ask the Queen Mother to come up and confront her.
"Your Majesty, after escaping from the sea of fire, my Princess Bei'an Jiaoyang asked me to send someone to tell the Queen, fearing that the Queen would be worried. The two of them have a very good relationship, and the Queen of Great Zhou probably has no intention of murdering my Princess Bei'an."
Not to mention the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even Qu Jingze was somewhat surprised by Murong Zheng's decision.
The purpose of his trip was to punish Concubine Dong, and it had nothing to do with the Queen, so he refused to do anything unnecessary.
"What if the Queen did this? Do you think the Bei'an envoys are going to watch me suffer injustice?"
Concubine Dong never expected that the Bei'an envoy would speak up to stop her. She glared at the Bei'an envoy and questioned him word by word.
"Let the Queen come to the palace first and find out what happened." Murong Zheng patted Concubine Dong's hand and made the decision as he spoke.
Qu Jingze's words gave him a glimpse of a possible reconciliation. If the queen admitted that she was the one who set the fire, then Princess Jiaoyang and the queen had a good relationship, so this matter should be able to be resolved...
"Your Majesty, you can't do this." Lord Xu tried to stop him anxiously. Before he finished speaking, civil and military officials in the court knelt down and begged.
"Your Majesty." Concubine Dong was panicked when she saw the ministers acting like this, but the only one she could count on was the emperor beside her.
Murong Zheng looked at the kneeling ministers with a mocking expression. Today in the court, they were defending the Grand Empress Dowager, and they even defended the Queen because she was personally chosen by the Grand Empress Dowager.
He had previously thought that none of the ministers could help him protect Concubine Dong, but he didn't expect the reality to be like this.
It’s not that they can’t protect it, but that they don’t want to protect it.
Murong Zheng had resentment in his heart. Everyone knew that his favor for Concubine Dong was because it was a matter of life and death. Concubine Dong was willing to sacrifice her life for him, and she could protect him like that. Naturally, he would give her wealth and glory and ensure that she would live a worry-free life.
"Go and ask the queen to come over." Murong Zheng ordered with a cold face, as if he didn't hear the advice of the civil and military officials in the court.
"Your Majesty, you look unwell. Please sit down and rest for a while. When the Empress arrives, the truth will be revealed and I will be vindicated."
Murong Zheng's words gave Concubine Dong peace of mind. She was overjoyed and spoke to Murong Zheng with concern, playing the role of a virtuous concubine.
But this pretentiousness only made the court officials more dissatisfied with her.
A woman who can influence the emperor's mind, if this woman is devoted to her country and family, they would accept it, but she is such a person who is not presentable.
But the emperor still protects her closely.
After the eunuch who went to announce the decree left, there was no more sound in the court. The officials were silent, as if to protest to Murong Zheng. Murong Zheng wanted to discuss a few things with the officials, but the officials seemed not to hear him.
First, they did not agree with the emperor pushing the embassy affairs to the queen, and second, they were unwilling to mention anything in front of Concubine Dong. Concubine Dong was too ambitious and could influence the king. It happened that she could just say a few words and cause the direction of political affairs to completely change.
Qu Jingze glanced at the gloomy emperor and silent courtiers from time to time, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Empress Dowager, whom he had never had the chance to meet, was really good at her tricks. Even though the king was so willful, he was still able to keep the Great Zhou Dynasty running stably.
The empress came very slowly, making the emperor and his ministers in the palace anxious. Concubine Dong did not forget to complain at this time, and kept saying that the empress ignored the emperor and did not come even after the emperor had summoned her for such a long time.
Murong Zheng knew what Concubine Dong was thinking, but surprisingly did not speak according to her wishes. He just stared at the entrance of the court hall. He saw a red shadow slowly walking towards him from a distance, step by step, like a spreading fire, growing bigger and bigger, burning his eyes.
(End of this chapter)