As soon as Concubine Dong finished speaking, the court officials who were kneeling down raised their heads. They looked at each other excitedly, and the joy in their eyes could not be concealed.
Emperor Murong Zheng turned his head and looked at the still excited woman with a cold face, but his heart was cold.
He knew that Concubine Dong was not very smart and that she had always been plotting against the Queen, but he did not expect that she would be so stupid as to admit in public that she had paid someone to murder a princess from another country.
It turned out to be her.
Murong Zheng protected Concubine Dong before, partly because of selfish motives, and partly because he always felt that although Concubine Dong was not smart and even attacked her own princes, she wanted to be the queen and let her son ascend the throne. However, he did not expect that she would actually ask people to murder the princess of another country.
"Why did you do such a thing? This will not do you any good. You are really reckless." Murong Zheng's words could not hide his disappointment. Concubine Dong had never seen Murong Zheng look at her with such disappointment. She could not help but panic. She stepped forward and grabbed Murong Zheng's hand, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I have already said that it was not me who did it, but the Queen."
"Your Highness, you have just admitted that it is one thousand taels of silver." Some court officials had long been fed up with Concubine Dong's behavior, and seeing that she was still trying to get close to the Queen, they could not help but remind her loudly.
"I didn't, no, that's not right. I didn't say that the silver was used to hire someone to set the fire. You are trying to frame me. Your Majesty, are you going to let them bully me like this? In all these years, I have never done anything to annoy Your Majesty. I am not a narrow-minded person. How could I do something that would damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries?"
Concubine Dong was already panicking at this time. She reached out and grabbed Murong Zheng's hand tightly, explaining anxiously.
At this moment, she was very clear that the man in front of her was her only salvation.
What she didn't know was that the more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make. When she explained to Murong Zheng with what she thought was an injustice, her words were tantamount to bringing her own stupid past to the table for Murong Zheng to examine.
Murong Zheng was annoyed at Concubine Dong's stupidity, but when he saw the tears in her eyes, his heart softened. He patted his hands helplessly and looked at the empress and courtiers kneeling in front of him.
"Queen, you are guilty of deceiving the emperor..."
"Your Majesty, I have already said that if you want to depose the queen, you can just issue an order. The eunuch who sent the silver is outside the palace right now. I said it was the Flying Phoenix Hairpin just to get Concubine Dong to admit it."
The queen looked up at Murong Zheng. Her calm eyes hid strong affection, but she could not hide the disappointment in her heart.
What kind of feelings must the emperor have for Concubine Dong? Even though she made such a big mistake, he still helped her
So, I gave up. I really gave up.
"You..." The queen's words left the emperor speechless.
"The witnesses are outside the palace. I'm sure the emperor will give the explanation that the Bei'an envoy wants. I will return to Fengqi Palace and wait for the emperor's decree."
The queen, dressed in bright red, knelt slowly, then stood up, turned around, and walked out of the court step by step with her back held high.
Murong Zheng watched his queen leave. Looking at the bright red ball, which seemed to gradually disappear from his sight like the sunset, his panicked heart could no longer be controlled.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has done nothing wrong. You cannot depose her."
"Your Majesty, the Empress was chosen by the Grand Empress Dowager. If you want to depose her, you must get the Grand Empress Dowager's approval. Otherwise, it would be unfilial."
"Your Majesty, our Great Zhou has a demon concubine causing chaos. We cannot afford to lose such a virtuous queen again. Otherwise, our Great Zhou will be in chaos and will perish."
"… "
"… "
Seeing Murong Zheng staring into the distance in a daze, the court officials could no longer hold back and expressed their opinions one after another.
But Murong Zheng seemed to be deaf to their words. He only looked at the red in the distance, and remembered the day of the wedding, when the queen, also dressed in red, said to him with a bit of shyness: "In this life, if you don't leave me, I will not abandon you."
(End of this chapter)