jdhmnovel Chapter 262: Finding the Truth
Chapter 262: Finding the Truth
What the Imperial Concubine said roughly matched what Li Siqi said, which meant she did not lie.
When Xu Yingying found out that she had been asked what she wanted to ask, she did not stay any longer and turned around and left.
After confirming that the queen's feet were in the well, Xu Yingying did not go to salvage them directly, but went to the Yangxin Palace to find the emperor.
"Oh? How do you know that the late queen's feet were in the well in their bedroom?" the emperor asked curiously.
At the same time, he felt that Xu Yingying's statement was absurd and ridiculous.
"Your Majesty, this is what the late queen told me in her dream. She told me in person in the dream that she wanted me to help her find her feet again."
Xu Yingying replied with a serious look on her face.
Unexpectedly, the emperor's expression suddenly became serious after hearing this.
The emperor said without hesitation: "Okay, I will send someone to assist you in handling this matter."
At the same time, the crazy imperial concubine also regained her sanity. She immediately realized that someone was playing tricks on her to get her to talk.
When she thought of this, the imperial concubine immediately lost her composure.
Regardless of her sprained foot, the Imperial Concubine immediately rushed to the Yangxin Palace to stop this.
The Imperial Noble Consort walked to the entrance of the Yangxin Palace. Su Shengyuan saw her and stepped forward to stop her. "Your servant greets the Imperial Noble Consort. May the Imperial Noble Consort be blessed with good health."
At this moment, the Imperial Concubine was fully focused on trying to stop the Emperor from investigating the matter of the Queen's foot, so she had no time to care about Su Shengyuan.
"Alright, alright, get up! Where's the emperor? Is the emperor in there?"
The Imperial Concubine spoke impatiently, her eyes trying to glance towards the Yangxin Palace.
"Reporting to the Imperial Concubine, the Emperor is inside." Su Shengyuan said respectfully.
"Okay, okay, just stay inside. I have something important to tell the Emperor."
After saying this, the Imperial Concubine prepared to step in.
But before she could go in, she was stopped by Su Shengyuan.
The Imperial Concubine immediately lost her temper when she saw this, "What are you doing, you little slave? How dare you not stop me from seeing the Emperor?"
Su Shengyuan knelt down immediately upon hearing this and explained, "How dare I report this to your Majesty! It's just that the Emperor is discussing important matters with Lord Xu right now and has already instructed me not to allow anyone to interrupt. I dare not disobey the Emperor's order!"
"Xu Yingying? She's here too?"
"So fast?"
When the Imperial Concubine heard this, she became anxious and rushed in, fearing that if she was late, Xu Yingying would reveal that she was the one who killed the late queen.
The actions of the Imperial Concubine and Su Shengyuan immediately attracted the attention of the Emperor in the Yangxin Palace.
"What are you doing? Who is making noise outside the palace?" the emperor shouted in dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, the Imperial Concubine took the opportunity to slip in and said, "I am here to pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
The emperor was immediately unhappy when he saw the imperial concubine.
But because the Imperial Concubine had saved him, and was his nominal savior, the Emperor still asked, "Why did the Imperial Concubine come here today? Is there anything?"
Although she could clearly tell from her bosom that the emperor did not like her, the imperial concubine still said with a stiff upper lip: "I heard that the emperor wants to fish out the queen's feet from the well?"
"How do you know?" The emperor looked at the imperial concubine in surprise.
Xu Yingying had just reported this matter to herself, but the news had spread before she even left the Yangxin Palace?
It's really unreasonable.
Faced with the emperor's question, the imperial concubine still lied: "I was just about to come to see you, and I overheard it at the door by accident."
The emperor immediately relaxed when he heard this, "So that's how it is."
The imperial concubine heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that the matter was resolved.
She went on to say, "Your Majesty, I think it is a waste of money and manpower to search the well based on a dream without any basis. It is a waste of manpower and material resources."
At the same time, Xu Yingying stared at the imperial concubine with a half-smile on her face.
When the Imperial Concubine saw Xu Yingying staring at her, she felt extremely guilty.
Xu Yingying was not surprised to see the Imperial Concubine so flustered. If she didn't stand up at this time, Xu Yingying would find it a little strange.
"It's just digging a well, why is the Imperial Concubine so angry?" Li Siqi stepped forward and stood in front of Xu Yingying.
“Seventh Prince, the late queen was your biological mother. It’s not appropriate for you to build so many buildings in the palace where she lived.” The Imperial Concubine looked at Li Siqi coldly.
Li Siqi was not afraid at all. "Royal Concubine, you also said that this is my mother's palace. As a son, I want to thoroughly investigate my mother's affairs. What's wrong with that? If my mother is still alive, she will definitely agree with me doing this."
Camellia next to her kept nodding her head. Although no one else could see, she completely agreed with what Li Siqi said.
"What if nothing is dug out? Who will bear the consequences?" The imperial concubine almost bit her back teeth off when she saw Li Siqi was so determined to do what he wanted.
"I will take full responsibility for all the consequences of this matter. Does the Imperial Concubine have anything else to say?" Li Siqi looked directly at the Imperial Concubine.
The Imperial Concubine's face had turned red with anger. Seeing that she couldn't stop Xu Yingying and Li Siqi, she suddenly had an idea and actually spoke to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let me handle this matter? After all, this is the late queen's bedroom. Even though the seventh prince is the late queen's biological son, he has not lived in this palace for many years. I know everything about this palace well, and I won't damage the late queen's belongings." The imperial concubine said it very sincerely.
Li Siqi and Xu Yingying breathed a sigh of relief. If the emperor really wanted to let the imperial concubine be in charge of this matter, it would be disadvantageous for them.
Li Siqi turned his gaze to the emperor. The emperor was Xu Yingying and Li Siqi's last hope.
But after thinking for a moment, the emperor actually agreed to the imperial concubine's request. I really don't know what kind of drug he had been fed.
Xu Yingying and Li Siqi gasped. They never thought that the emperor would really trust the imperial concubine to do this.
"Father..." Li Siqi wanted to say something, but the emperor waved his hand.
"It's settled now. Leave this matter to the Imperial Concubine." After saying that, the emperor stood up and left, not giving Xu Yingying and Li Siqi any chance.
When the Imperial Concubine saw that her goal had been achieved, the anxiety and worry on her face changed and was replaced by full of provocation.
She gave Xu Yingying and Li Siqi a disdainful look, then left with the emperor, leaving the two of them staring at each other.
At this point, Xu Yingying could only find another way.
After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Li Siqi punched the wall next to him, "Yingying, what should we do now? If the Royal Concubine takes power, we are now at a disadvantage."
"We can only wait." Xu Yingying said helplessly.