Chapter 294 The Difference Between Intimidation and Warning
"How could your noble prince be so ruthless? Do you still have the Queen Mother of the Aijia in your eyes? Do you still have your imperial brother and the law?"
On the side, Luo Jiuli was so shocked by the Queen Mother's crooked reasoning and her overwhelming attitude that she forgot to be angry.
This man! He is really a sophisticated egoist. He seeks his own advantages and avoids disadvantages. He will exaggerate the shortcomings and mistakes of others while turning a blind eye to his own mistakes.
Perhaps this is the only way she feels that she has consolidated her self-confidence and eliminated the interference of other people's problems with her.
To put it bluntly, he was just not confident. The meaning behind this matter was already known to everyone on the road.
In fact, the Queen Mother does not have much say.
It is precisely because there are not many that I am so frustrated.
Xiao Mingxuan raised his eyes slightly and his tone was as cold as water.
"What evidence does the Queen Mother want?"
"Witness witness, Qiao Yue, who was just sent back to the Queen Mother's Changchun Palace, is a witness. Otherwise, does the Queen Mother think why the king spared her life? Does she think she escaped because of suicide?"
"As for the physical evidence, are the poison found from Qiulian and the dagger used to assassinate Luo Jiuli the physical evidence?"
"Or does the Queen Mother think that a palace maid with a low status could not succeed in murdering the king, but the assassination of the second daughter of the Duke's palace is a trivial matter? She should not be held responsible?"
"Don't forget, Queen Mother, that the Queen Mother sent these two people to the Ninth Prince's Mansion. Is the Queen Mother so furious because I killed Qiulian, or because the Queen Mother herself doesn't know people well?"
"Nine Kings, be careful what you say!"
The Queen, who had been silent for a long time, spoke lukewarmly.
"The Queen Mother sent people to teach the prince to teach the maids, also to make up for her previous debt to the prince."
"What's more, the eunuch father-in-law below is the one who selected the person. I'm afraid the Queen Mother doesn't know about this."
The Queen spoke for the Queen Mother, which made Luo Jiuli, who was standing beside Xiao Mingxuan, somewhat surprised.
She used to think that the queen was a dignified and decent woman who was deeply in love with the emperor. It wasn't until she learned some things in the imperial city that she changed her understanding of the queen.
This is a master who is smooth in dealing with things and never offends anyone.
Beside the Queen Mother, Concubine Hu saw that the Queen had spoken, so she spoke indifferently.
"What the Queen Mother said is true. The rough work of selecting people is done by the eunuchs and father-in-law below. As long as they are beautiful, Zhou Zheng will just send them out with a reply. How can the Queen Mother do everything herself?"
"On the other hand, Your Majesty, if Qiu Lian really assassinates Miss Luo Er, the matter is of great importance. We should report it to the Emperor and let the Emperor make a decision."
"Although the prince is a prince, he should not abuse his private power, kill Qiu Lian, and hide Qiu Lian's body in a wooden box."
"Who is the prince doing this to intimidate? To intimidate the Queen Mother?"
As soon as these words came out, Prince Zhao Xiao Zhumo who was standing next to him couldn't help but glance at his mother and concubine, and then subconsciously raised his head to look at Xiao Mingxuan, but only saw the indifferent and emotionless eyes of Xiao Mingxuan.
Your Majesty, the Emperor, who had been silent for a long time, heard this and picked up the tea cup without hesitation. He didn't seem to care about the scene before him, and he had no intention of stopping it. He even seemed to be aloof from the incident.
manner.
"Your Majesty, your words are wrong."
Luo Jiuli took a step forward and spoke calmly.
"Your Majesty has been on the battlefield for many years and is used to doing everything by himself. He has just returned to Beijing not long ago. I'm afraid he hasn't gotten used to complaining yet."
"What's more, the emperor is the king of a country and is busy with government affairs. Why bother the emperor with such a trivial matter?"
Concubine Hu choked and became embarrassed by Luo Jiuli's retort. She slapped the table and roared angrily.
"Luo Jiuli, you are so impudent, kneel down for me!"
"I am talking to the Nine Kings, how can you, a minister, talk to me?"
Luo Jiuli looked cold and unmoved.
Xiao Mingxuan pulled Luo Jiuli over, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were staring at Concubine Hu with a bone-chilling chill.
"What right does Concubine Hu have to ask my unmarried wife to kneel down for you?"
As soon as these words came out, the hall fell into deathly silence again.
If Xiao Mingxuan attacked Concubine Hu, this is nothing new in everyone's eyes.
After all, Xiao Mingxuan even dared to offend the Queen Mother. A noble concubine was nothing to him.
But unfortunately, he called Luo Jiuli his unmarried wife in front of so many people in the main hall.
This is telling everyone that Luo Jiuli is his, and disrespecting Luo Jiuli is disrespecting him.
Xiao Mingxuan ignored the different looks in those people's eyes, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and a layer of frost covered his eyebrows.
"Hu Guifei, did you just sow discord and say that the king threatened the Queen Mother?"
His voice was cold, he looked around casually at the aunt and niece, and said something shocking.
"It's not a threat, but a warning."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was so angry that she trembled all over, and her face became pale and twisted.
"Nine Kings, how brave are you to warn the Ai family?"
"I've turned against you. I've really turned against you."
Xiao Mingxuan sneered and said again that he would be so angry that he would not pay for his life.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Qiu Lian is just an example. From now on, no matter who it is, anyone will dare to send some messy beauties to my palace."
"I will prepare more boxes and put the bones of those beauties in the boxes and send them back with gongs and drums."
"By then, it will be more than just a warning."
The Queen Mother was so slapped in the face by Xiao Mingxuan in front of everyone, she was so angry that she became angry.
She knew that if she continued to fight with Xiao Mingxuan, she might not know what this scoundrel would say. By then, her reputation would be completely ruined by this scoundrel.
Then he turned to look at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, listen, listen, this is what the Ninth Prince said."
"The Aijia cares about him wholeheartedly, but what about him? Not only does he not appreciate it, but he is so bold and has no filial piety in his eyes. Okay! Okay! The Aijia don't have to worry about it in the future."
"From now on, not to mention rewarding beauties, even the Ninth Prince's life-long affairs, the Ai family will not ask a single question."
"Now that the Queen Mother's attitude has been revealed, I naturally have no reason to refuse."
Xiao Mingxuan seemed to have gotten what he wanted to hear, and his eyebrows relaxed.
"It's just that I hope the Queen Mother will remember what she said in the palace today."
The emperor listened without saying a word, his eyes falling on the Queen Mother's pale and distorted face from time to time. He then raised his eyes to look at Xiao Mingxuan, only to see that Xiao Mingxuan was always cold and arrogant.
"Nine Kings."
The emperor spoke calmly, his tone was neither questioning nor reproving, but rather a bit nonchalant.
"I know that you have just come off the battlefield and are used to the way things work on the battlefield. But now that you are in the capital, you still have to adapt to some habits slowly."