Chapter 47 Confrontation

The queen smiled and said: "Apologize? Are you here to repent of the marriage?"

Prime Minister Xia said with shame on his face: "Going back to the empress, this minister came to plead guilty for this matter. I have no way to control my wife, and no way to teach my daughter. I have swept away the face of His Royal Highness King Liang. I really cannot escape the blame."

"There is no way to marry a wife? Where does this start? What does this matter have to do with the Yuan family?" The queen looked at him very strangely.

The queen thought that he was going to blame Xia Zi'an for all the crimes, but she didn't expect to involve a Yuan family. When Eunuch Sun said it just now, she thought that Eunuch Sun had heard it wrong, but she didn't expect it to be so.

Prime Minister Xia said: "The Queen's Majesty said, the repentance of the marriage was caused by Yuan's selfish revenge and disregard of the consequences, which caused a catastrophe. The minister is not good, and he indulged her to be so lawless. Please punish the Queen's Majesty."

"This is a strange thing, tell me about it." The queen said with wide-eyed eyes.

Concubine Mei repeated what she had said to the Empress Dowager just now, and there was no deviation in a single word.

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The queen listened, smiled, and looked at the empress dowager, "The queen mother also heard about this, what do you think?"

The Empress Dowager said without hesitation: "If this Yuan family is really so bad, he must be dealt with."

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Xia and Mrs. Linglong looked at each other and immediately lowered their heads.

The queen asked the empress dowager again, "How much does the empress know about regretting the marriage?"

The empress dowager was taken aback for a moment, and then she understood what the empress meant.

The news that came to the palace that day was not rumors from the outside world, but the people who welcomed the relatives came back to report. One sentence can stand scrutiny, because Prime Minister Xia was completely irrefutable that day.

Therefore, she also thought that Prime Minister Xia was mean and ungrateful and abused his prostitute.

It's just that today they brought in Yuan Shi, whom she didn't like, and it was Concubine Mei who testified in person, which made her reverse her view on the whole matter.

What kind of person is Yuan Shi? Will it really be as bad as Concubine Mei and Prime Minister Xia say?

The empress dowager immediately had reservations, and thought of Xia Zian's words and deeds, if the mother was so vicious, how could she raise such a daughter?

Thinking of this, the empress dowager did not raise her eyes, and said lightly: "The Ai family is also a little tired, let the queen handle this matter, and the Ai family is just listening."

The queen stood up, bowed and said, "Yes!"

Fu sat down again, his eyes glanced coldly at Concubine Mei's face, "Concubine Mei, you have been in the deep palace, how do you know about the Xiangfu's affairs? How do you know that the Yuan family is so vicious?"

Concubine Mei was startled, her face was a little stiff, "This..."

"Huh?" The queen's eyes became a little colder, and she asked forcefully.

Concubine Mei murmured: "Well, the concubine's aunt is the old lady of the prime minister's mansion, so naturally..."

"Of course I heard it, didn't I? How can I take it seriously?" the Queen snorted.

Concubine Mei blushed and argued, "Where is this hearsay? The concubine's aunt is also the second-rank imperial wife of the dynasty, how could she lie?"

"You mean, the old madam entered the palace in person just to tell you some bad things about your family?" The queen suddenly raised her neck and asked Eunuch Sun, "Go and check, how many times has the old madam entered the palace in recent years?"

Eunuch Sun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to check. Every time the old lady enters the palace, she will definitely come to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. She didn't come this year, nor did she last year. It's just a few years ago. She came occasionally. The old lady is a thoughtful person, every time she enters the palace, besides paying respects to the empress dowager, she will also pay respects to the empress empress, have you forgotten?"

The queen hummed, "I haven't forgotten, and I do remember that the old lady has rarely entered the palace in the past two years. When she comes here occasionally, she just sits for a while and leaves. I also said that this old lady comes and goes in a hurry. It turned out that she went to Concubine Mei’s Palace to say that her family had a problem.”

Concubine Mei began to look a little unsightly, "The old lady is the aunt of the concubine, and it is human nature to chat with the concubine for a while, the empress said that, is it a bit mean?"

The Queen and Concubine Mei had a good relationship before, but in fact, Concubine Mei has never liked the Queen, but because of the Queen's deep scheming and clever means, she had to pretend to get closer.

Now in front of the empress dowager, she knew she couldn't back down step by step, so she pointed out the empress' shortcomings, because the empress was mean, even the empress dowager agreed.

The queen sneered, "What the old lady said is only a one-sided statement. As for whether it is true, you have to ask clearly."

Concubine Mei frowned, why is the queen so messed up today? Isn't it just to deal with some people to save her face? Who can't deal with it? It's just a matter of face, besides, since Xia Zi'an has been held up, wouldn't it be good to just deal with Yuan Shi to settle the matter?

Prime Minister Xia was also a little confused. Although he expected that the Empress might not fully believe that it was Yuan's instigation, he was the prime minister after all, so he had to be cautious about his face so as not to embarrass him too much.

But I didn't expect that the queen didn't believe that it was Yuan's instigation at all, and she didn't even believe what Concubine Mei said. What's going on?

Could it be that after Xia Zian was detained, what did he say that convinced the empress?

But it's not right, if the empress believed what Xia Zian said, why didn't she just order someone to pass him into the palace for questioning? It can be seen that the empress does not believe in Xia Zian either.

Although Mrs. Linglong was afraid of the queen's majesty, she felt a little annoyed when she heard that the queen didn't believe what they said, and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can order someone to go to the mansion to investigate, even if you ask any servant, you can know what Yuan Shi is like. "

The queen waved her hand, "Why bother? Isn't there a servant in this palace?"

Mrs. Linglong was startled, and quickly shook her head, "Empress Empress, it's impossible, that Xiaosun is the girl next to Zi'an, she must have obeyed Zi'an's orders, how can she speak a fair word?"

The queen said coldly: "According to what you said, don't the servants in the mansion also protect the Prime Minister? And..."

The queen leaned forward slightly, staring at Mrs. Linglong with a rather sharp expression, "You just called Mrs. Xiangye Mrs. Yuan, and you called Mrs. Yuan this time?"

The Empress Dowager was also a little unhappy, Yuan's character was good no matter what, as a concubine, no matter what the occasion, she could only respect Madam, this was the rule.

So, she also said lightly, "Indeed, no matter what happened to Mrs. Yuan, she hasn't been dismissed yet, and she is still the wife of the prime minister's mansion. If you talk about each Mrs. Yuan, where do you put the status of the wife of the wife? "

Mrs. Linglong has always called Yuan Shi by that bitch in the mansion, and she only called Yuan Shi as a last resort. In addition, she had heard Concubine Mei say Yuan Shi and Yuan Shi all the time, so she blurted it out. Unexpectedly, it aroused the Queen's attention. Note that even the empress dowager is not happy.

She hurriedly said: "The empress dowager forgives the sin, the queen forgives the sin, the concubine has always been called the wife in the mansion, it was just a moment of nervousness, so I followed the concubine Mei to call Yuan Shi."

Concubine Mei said: "Queen Mother, this is a title, the important thing is the fact."

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