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Chapter 227 Crisis of Trust
In the imperial study room.
"Your Majesty, you must not burn the body of the late queen." Xu Yingying said to the emperor earnestly.
The emperor changed his previous attitude of trusting Xu Yingying and looked at her coldly and asked slowly, "Why?"
Xu Yingying was stunned by the emperor's distant tone. She didn't understand what had happened to make the emperor become like this.
Xu Yingying felt that it was no longer enough to persuade the emperor with words alone, and she had to use actions to convince him, which would make her more credible.
"Your Majesty, I'll show you something. You'll understand after you see it." Xu Yingying said as she took out an exquisite bottle from her clothes.
The bottle was filled with cow's tears.
Yes, Xu Yingying wanted the emperor to see the camellia with his own eyes, so that everything could be resolved.
"What is this?" the emperor asked calmly.
"These are cow's tears. Your Majesty, when you touch their eyes, you will be able to see ghosts. Then you will understand why I stopped you from opening the coffin and destroying the body." Xu Yingying explained patiently.
"Eunuch Su, present the things."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Can you see ghosts just by touching this?" The emperor took the thing from Su Shengyuan with doubt.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I dare not deceive Your Majesty."
"Okay, I'll trust you this time and see what you can do."
As the emperor spoke, he wiped the cow's tears on his eyelids.
Feeling a cool sensation, the emperor slowly opened his eyes.
As soon as he looked up, he saw Camellia standing next to Xu Yingying.
The man and the ghost just looked at each other from a distance.
The emperor was stunned at first, then his mouth kept trembling, his face full of excitement, and then he walked down from the dragon throne and walked straight to Camellia to say something to her.
But as the emperor approached, Camellia suddenly felt uncomfortable in her body, perhaps because of the incompatible magnetic field.
She turned and left the imperial study without hesitation.
"My beloved concubine, my beloved concubine..."
The emperor hurriedly jogged up, but still could not catch up with Camellia. Finally, the emperor sat limply on the ground, looking decadent, and it took him a long time to recover.
"emperor."
"Father."
Su Shengyuan, Xu Yingying, Li Siqi and others approached cautiously.
"I'm fine. Let me be alone for a while. You all can go down." The emperor waved his hand.
Xu Yingying and Li Siqi looked at each other and finally chose to leave.
"I, your humble servant, will take my leave."
Just as Xu Yingying was about to step out of the imperial study, the emperor's voice came from behind her.
"Lord Xu, the matter of the late queen's tomb and whether to open the coffin is now entirely in your hands. Everything is up to you."
Xu Yingying was stunned at first, then nodded excitedly, "Okay."
In this way, Xu Yingying achieved her purpose of entering the palace.
The Imperial Concubine's plan also fell through.
In Chuxiu Palace.
"Damn it, Your Majesty hasn't burned that bitch's body yet."
"She's dead, and she's been dead for so many years, what else does she want to do?"
"Bitch, bitch, there are still so many things to do even after you die."
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When the Imperial Concubine learned that the Emperor suddenly changed his mind and decided not to cremate the late Queen's body, she became extremely angry and smashed everything in her bedroom.
At this moment, Li Siming appeared.
"Mother."
Li Siming strode into Chuxiu Palace.
The imperial concubine, who was originally full of anger, suddenly changed her expression after seeing her beloved son.
"What's wrong, son?" The imperial concubine looked at the prince lovingly.
Fortunately, although she had lost her mother's family, she still had a son to rely on, not to mention that her son was the prince, and was extremely noble.
"Your son has something important to discuss with mother." Li Siming glanced at the maids around the Imperial Concubine and said.
The Imperial Concubine understood instantly and waved her hand, saying, "All of you go down! Cuiguo, you stay at the door. No one is allowed to interrupt my conversation with the Crown Prince."
"Yes, ma'am."
When Cui Guo, the imperial concubine's personal maid, learned about it, she immediately took all the maids in the bedroom and went downstairs.
In an instant, the Imperial Concubine and the Crown Prince were the only ones left in the originally bustling bedroom.
"Son, what do you want to tell mother? Now that everyone has left, you can speak without worry."
The Imperial Concubine asked Li Siming curiously.
"Reporting to my mother, some soldiers from the Western Regions have already arrived at the border, and some supervisors from the Western Regions have already penetrated deep into the capital. I don't know what the emperor was thinking today, but he valued my ninth brother so much. I am afraid that my ninth brother will threaten my position as the crown prince, so I decided to cooperate with the Western Regions."
After hearing this, the Imperial Concubine narrowed her eyes slightly, "You mean..."
"Yes, mother. If the situation continues to develop like this, my son's position as the crown prince will be lost and will be handed over to someone else sooner or later. Rather than let this happen, I'd better take the initiative."
Li Siming looked at the Imperial Concubine very seriously.
The Imperial Concubine thought for a while, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Okay, Mother will listen to you."
When Li Siming saw the Imperial Concubine nod, he immediately showed a look of satisfaction.
The border has been in turmoil these days. People from the Western Regions have been eyeing Daxia covetously and frequently harassing the people on the border. The people on the border are suffering terribly.
In order to stabilize the situation, the emperor specially sent Cui Jiangyue's brother Cui Jiangke to Pingfan Zhanluan.
Cui Jiangke was proficient in martial arts and Sun Tzu's Art of War. He was named "General of Cavalry" by the emperor, and the emperor even held a banquet to wish Cui Jiangke a successful start.
There was singing and dancing at the banquet, and the sound of stringed instruments and orchestras continued. It was so lively.
Many ministers were invited to the palace to attend the banquet, including Xu Yingying.
Xu Yingying originally didn't want to attend this party. After all, her injury had not yet healed completely, and now she still felt a sharp pain in her back when she moved the slightest.
But what could she do? The emperor actually personally asked her to attend. As the saying goes, "If the emperor orders his subject to die, the subject has to die." What's more, it was just a small banquet.
Camellia's mental state has not been very good these days, and Yecao just wants to accompany Camellia, so Xu Yingying brought Zhong Lin to attend the banquet.
At the banquet.
Xu Yingying was seated next to Li Siqi, but Li Siming sat opposite Xu Yingying.
During the banquet, Li Siming kept staring at Xu Yingying with a bad look, and even said a few words to imply that Xu Yingying was dressed as a man.
Xu Yingying didn't want to have a conflict with Li Siming, so she deliberately avoided him and ignored him.
I thought that without Xu Yingying's response, Li Siming would be more obedient, but I didn't expect that he and the Imperial Concubine were planning a big move.
During the banquet, Xu Yingying felt a sharp pain in her back.
Xu Yingying estimated that it was time to change the dressing.
So she took the maid beside her and prepared to go to the room arranged by Li Siqi to change the medicine.
At this moment, the imperial concubine, who was paying attention to the actions of the two, also noticed Xu Yingying's actions.
She suddenly had an idea and a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She waved and whispered something to Cuiguo beside her.
Cuiguo nodded immediately and left.