C58 follow up

After Duan Yunfei left the pepper house, with an anxious heart, Duan Liusu tried to avoid eye contact with the empress. The look in their eyes made people feel guilty, and Duan Liusu still did not want herself to fall into the hands of the empress.

However, the Queen would obviously not let Duan Liusu off easily this time.

The Queen's eyes were fixed on Duan Liusu, and just as she was about to flare up, she was stopped by Duan Yingluo.

Duan Yingluo did not want to organize the empress to investigate Duan Liusu's crimes, it was just that there were too many people within the pepper house. Although the palace maids and eunuchs were all loyal to the empress, if news of the empress' scolding of Duan Liusu were to spread, it would inevitably ruin the empress's reputation, and increase the conflict between the empress and the Imperial Consort Yun.

"All of you can go down first. We do not need you here for the time being. If you have any orders, I will call you in." Now, Princess Eleven needs to rest well. " Duan Yingluo decided to send the palace maids and eunuchs away first, so that she could create a space for the empress to interrogate him.

"Your servant (servant) commands." The palace maids and eunuchs left the pepper house one after another. After serving by the empress's side for so long, they had good judgement. They knew that the empress had matters to discuss with the princesses, so they each went to do their own things.

Xiao Xi might not be able to enter the pepper house, but he could also not stay. Although Xiao Xi was someone that had been planted by Duan Liusu, since this matter was dealt with by the Empress, it would not be good for Duan Yingluo to speak up for him in public. If not, Duan Liusu would be suspicious of him and he would not be able to continue this errand.

Duan Yingluo seemed to have thought about this, and shot Xiao Xi a look.

"Princess Eleven, that servant …" Xiao Xi pretended to not know what to do and tried to ask Duan Liusu for instructions.

Duan Liusu was afraid, how could she let Xiao Xi leave so easily? Duan Liusu kept begging Xiao Xi to stay, but the Queen did not.

"Xiao Xi, you go out too. I have something to ask your master."

Xiao Xi was eager to leave this place, who knew if the unreliable Duan Liusu would say that it was all her idea.

"This servant will take his leave." Xiao Xi left the pepper house very quickly.

This time, the only people in the room were the Queen, Duan Yingluo and Duan Liusu.

Duan Liusu was extremely perturbed, although this matter was not big, and was not small, the Queen did not fall for it this time. Although the Queen did not fall for it, but if they were to pursue this matter, it would still be a crime of murdering the Queen, and even with Imperial Consort Yun's protection, Duan Liusu would inevitably be punished.

"Empress …" Don't know... You have something important to tell Liusu. " Duan Liusu knew that he wouldn't be able to escape death this time, but he still wanted to gamble. What if the Queen didn't suspect him?

But the Queen wasn't stupid at all. On the contrary, she was extremely shrewd.

"Don't you understand that I have something to tell you?" There was no one else in the room, and the Empress no longer hid her anger.

"Empress, Liusu really doesn't understand." Even now, Duan Liusu was still pretending to be stupid.

"You don't understand? Very well, then, I will explain everything to you. The medicine in the wine today, was ordered by you, right? " Even though the Empress was asking Duan Liusu, her tone was clearly determined.

If he admitted that Duan Liusu had ordered someone to release the antidote, Duan Liusu would definitely be punished this time.

The Queen saw that Duan Liusu was even more stubborn than before, so she decided to explain everything to her at once.

"I have always wondered why you would want to pay respects to me today, but I still don't understand. Firstly, if you want to use me to get rid of the Thirteenth Princess, this crime would naturally be poisoning me. And since you were present, you can testify that it was done by the Thirteenth Princess. Secondly, you were instructed by the Imperial Consort Yun to use the Thirteenth Princess's hand to attempt to poison my palace. At that time, you can push all the crimes to the alcohol delivery Thirteenth Princess, but you didn't expect the Thirteenth Princess to disrupt your plans. The third is that you are jealous of the Thirteenth Princess and hope that I will drink this wine today. At that time, the Thirteenth Princess will become my killer and you will reap the rewards. Princess Eleven, tell me, which of these three is your true goal? "

This time, Duan Liusu did not dare pretend to be stupid, the Empress's words were clear and straightforward, even if Duan Liusu pretended to be stupid, she could not continue acting.

Duan Yingluo never thought that the Empress would actually think of so many results in such a short period of time;

"Esteemed Empress, Liusu did the wrong thing. I beg you, please forgive her this time. Liusu won't dare to do it again." Duan Liusu was truly afraid, the pain on her body coupled with her fear of the empress caused her expression to turn extremely ugly. But so what?

The empress scoffed. "Do you really need me to make my words clear before I plead guilty?" Speak, what exactly are you doing? "

"Empress, Liusu did not mean to harm you. Liusu only … I just wanted to frame Duan Yunfei. "

"What is it? framing the Thirteenth Princess requires you to even throw away my life? Duan Liusu, who gave you the guts, is it the Imperial Consort Yun? "

Duan Liusu would not be able to escape this calamity, but she would not be so stupid as to want to stir up Imperial Consort Yun into this muddy water. Empress, it's Liusu's idea, and it has nothing to do with the matriarch. If you want to punish her, then punish Liusu. "

Duan Liusu, do you think that just because you said that, I will be softhearted? If not for Thirteenth Princess screaming in pain first, I would be lying on my bed right now! "

Duan Yingluo saw that the situation had gone out of control, since this matter was more or less related to Duan Yingluo.

"Mother, don't be angry, sit down first, we have something to talk about," Duan Yingluo helped the Queen to sit down, then turned and said to Duan Liusu, "Liusu, why are you so silly? How many times have Big Sis told you to stop fighting with Thirteen? You actually set your sights on the empress? If something were to happen to the empress today, how many lives would you have left to pay for it? The empress and I have treated you well, but you actually did such a thing. "

Duan Liusu still placed a strand of hope on Duan Yingluo, as she attempted to beg Duan Yingluo to speak up for him, "Big sister, Liusu went wrong, so let's beg big sister for Liusu. "Esteemed Empress, this kind of thing definitely won't happen again in the future. I beg the empress to spare Liusu."