"..." Cang Qiao looked at her lonely back with dark eyes, retracted her hand, held Xiao Qi Zi's arm and followed her into the palace.
Ming Lanruo bowed down to Emperor Ming in a formal manner: "See Your Majesty."
Emperor Ming looked at Ming Lanruo with eyes full of impatience and murderous intent.
He was originally tired of Ming Lanruo, a rebellious and stained existence, and he only allowed her to live because she was still somewhat useful.
But seeing Cang Qiao following him in, he reluctantly snorted: "Tell me, what's going on."
If it weren't for Cang Qiao's face, he would have ordered Ming Lanruo to be cut into pieces!
Before Ming Lanruo could say anything, Ming Yueying had already come in and knelt down in tears with the support of Xing Xing——
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for your daughter-in-law. This is the child that the East Palace has been waiting for for four years. My sister just because she was jealous that I replaced her as the crown princess, she pushed my daughter-in-law into the lake after a few quarrels!"
Empress Zhou also sighed and stepped forward to help Ming Yueying up: "Poor child, get up quickly, Princess Mourning is so irritable and unscrupulous that she actually poisoned her own sister!"
"Empress, my child is gone!" Ming Yueying stood up and cried on Empress Zhou, as if they were really a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
They were obviously in hostile camps, but now they were getting together in order to kill her.
Ming Lanruo pulled the corners of her lips expressionlessly and said nothing.
This expression was extremely dazzling in the eyes of Queen Zhou. If Minglan didn't take her seriously, it was simply because she had the support of the Queen Mother.
But in the past few days, the Queen Mother went to offer incense and worship Buddha, and was not in the palace.
Empress Zhou said softly: "Your Majesty, if there is no direct grandson in the East Palace, it is most likely to attract criticism and shake the foundation of the dynasty."
The consequence of her pulling out Gao Ming Yueying's miscarriage immediately made Emperor Ming's face look even more ugly, and he could no longer hide his murderous intent.
Empress Zhou sneered secretly. Last time, Ming Lanruo caused her to lose a palace minister and two confidant maids whom she had worked hard to cultivate. This time, she will definitely make Ming Lanruo suffer.
Ming Lanruo suddenly asked quietly: "If the minister really pushed the crown prince into the lake because of a quarrel, causing the legitimate grandson to miscarry, what sentence should be given?"
As soon as these words came out, Cang Qiao frowned and looked over. Did she completely give up on herself?
Emperor Ming always wanted to have a reputation for benevolence, and he was concerned about Cang Qiao, so he simply looked at Empress Zhou.
Empress Zhou sighed softly: "Conspiracy to kill the emperor's heir is a crime of conspiracy, and the body should be cut into pieces. Princess Mourning has been exterminated by the Duke of Ming Dynasty, so naturally she cannot implicate the princess family."
Ming Yueying's eyes flashed, and she couldn't help but squeeze the handkerchief tightly in excitement. The bitch who had harmed her all her life was finally punished!
But the next moment, Empress Zhou looked compassionate: "But since Ming Lanruo is the eldest sister of the Crown Princess after all, and has medical skills to take care of the Queen Mother and is nine thousand years old, it would be better to sentence her to mutilation and tattooing.
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Empress Zhou patiently explained in detail: "After all, a doctor only needs her hands, not her legs. She has tattoos on her face, so that everyone knows that she is a lowly sinner who has committed a serious crime, and serves as a warning to future generations."
The execution method of this dynasty was not only to cut off the lower legs, but also to cut off the legs from the thighs, leaving only the upper body.
Tattooing completely ruined Ming Lanruo's face.
Ming Yueying was annoyed when she saw Queen Zhou retort, but suddenly she felt happy again when she heard what she said next.
What could make her happier than making Minglan worse off than alive?
Emperor Ming was very satisfied with the plan given by Queen Zhou and was about to nod in agreement.
"But in my eyes, the Empress connived at her son, King Qin - such an adult prince did not go to the fiefdom and stayed in the capital, making all civil and military officials doubt whether your majesty had the intention to change the crown prince. This is really shaking the foundation of the dynasty.
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Ming Lanruo was kneeling there and suddenly stabbed her coldly.
"You..." Queen Zhou's face suddenly changed and her whole body became stiff.
Cultural relics officials usually question this kind of statement in their hearts, but no one dares to challenge it so boldly.
"How outrageous!" Emperor Ming was furious and raised his hand to smash the inkstone directly on Ming Lanruo's head.
Cang Qiao suddenly raised his hand, flicked his fingertips, and the inkstone hit the ground in mid-air.
He slowly raised a cup of tea and handed it to Emperor Ming, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Emperor Ming's face was extremely ugly, but he still raised his hand to take it, and Gulu took a sip of tea.
Queen Zhou, however, was angry and panicked: "How dare you talk nonsense? Come here, I will drag you down and give you a hundred blows!"
The eunuchs in the palace seemed to have not heard the Queen's instructions at all and remained motionless.
Cang Qiao glanced at her lightly: "The Queen has lost her composure."
Queen Zhou was looked at by Cang Qiao's gloomy eyes, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and she suddenly felt like she was in an ice cave.
Only then did she remember that Minglan Ruo was released by Cang Qiao. Cang Qiao was an eunuch who was extremely vengeful and cruel. Could it be that he felt that he had refuted his face?
Ming Lanruo said leisurely: "Princess Qin is pregnant with her legitimate son recently. The empress should be very happy to see that the princess has lost her child."
She paused and looked at Queen Zhou with a smile: "After all, there is no legitimate grandson in the East Palace, but King Qin has your majesty's first legitimate grandson, which is really a good bargaining chip to compete for the throne."
Calculating the time, Shangguan Hongye's princess should be almost two months pregnant at this time, but they hid it from Emperor Ming and planned to wait until the pregnancy was stable.
Even Cang Qiao hadn't found out about this news yet, so Emperor Ming immediately looked at Empress Zhou suspiciously.
How did Queen Zhou know that Ming Lanruo actually dragged her into trouble, but it was true that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, and she had been hiding it...
"It seems that what Princess Mourning said is true." Emperor Ming suddenly smiled gloomily.
Empress Zhou immediately knelt down with a "pop", her gentle face full of tears: "Your Majesty, you know that it is because I am weak and sick that Hongye's child stayed in the capital to assist the Criminal Department. This is all allowed by Your Majesty, Qin
Even if the princess is pregnant, she just wants to wait until the pregnancy is stable."
Emperor Ming was a very suspicious person, and it was a fact that Queen Zhou supported King Qin, so any concealment she made would be a crime for him!
Just like Ming Lanruo said, the only people who really benefited from the miscarriage of the Princess of the East Palace were the Queen and King Qin, but King Qin also had a legitimate son at this time!
Emperor Ming even suspected that the queen was the mastermind behind the miscarriage in the East Palace.
He sneered: "Since the Queen is sick, let's stay sick and let the Concubine Xian be in charge of the Sixth Palace. King Qin won't have to go to the Ministry of Punishment, so he can just serve you honestly."
Queen Zhou's eyes widened in disbelief, and she almost collapsed, shouting in pain - "Your Majesty, you can't!"
When she was helped down by the palace maid, she couldn't help but look at Ming Lanruo hatefully, but she still saw her looking at her expressionlessly.
Empress Zhou felt chilled by her gaze. Ming Lanruo was not as simple as she seemed, and she was completely defeated in just a few words.
She bit her lip bitterly, regretting for the first time that she had gotten involved in the feud between the sisters in the Duke's Palace of the Ming Dynasty.
Originally, I just wanted to see the Eastern Palace fall and the Ming sisters kill each other and reap the benefits!
Unexpectedly, he was dragged into the water. Not only did he lose the power of the Sixth Palace, but he also lost his son's position as co-chairman of the Criminal Department!
Ming Lanruo withdrew her gaze and looked at her thin white fingertips calmly.
In this life, I originally didn’t want to get involved in these struggles for power, but someone who didn’t know what to do happened to bump into me.
In her previous life, she had done cruel and ruthless things and sow discord, no less than these people. Now everyone thinks she is stupid and sweet...
After Ming Yueying was frightened, she couldn't believe that the queen was so defeated.
She shouted unwillingly: "Your Majesty, please don't be misled by her few words. Either the Queen harmed my child, or Ming Lanruo personally pushed me down."
Emperor Ming then remembered that Ming Yueying really had no reason to help the queen kill her own child, so Ming Lanruo was still the only suspect!
"Ming Lanruo, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll just give you the punishment of beheading and tattooing as the queen said!" He looked at Ming Lanruo coldly.
He still thought the Queen's suggestion of using torture to Ming Lanruo was feasible.
Ming Lanruo suddenly raised her eyes and said seriously: "Your Majesty, Lan Ruo did not push the Crown Princess into the water. Lan Ruo can prove this."
Ming Yueying sneered: "How can you prove that there are only you and me present, and everyone saw your hands with their own eyes."