087 The road ahead for “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)”

The emperor’s expression was cold, and he raised his hand and waved his sleeves to signal the guards waiting outside to come in and drag the person away. The eyes that looked at Yan Zhaozhao were full of joy, as if a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh had finally been removed.

“Wait a minute!” Yan Zhaozhao spoke anxiously. Her kneeling posture on the ground remained upright, neither humble nor arrogant. Her words were all loud and clear, and she asked the emperor in return.”May I ask Your Majesty, is there any evidence pointing to my concubine as the murderer who poisoned the Queen Mother?”

The emperor sneered lightly, “You still dare to quibble now!” He seemed to think that Yan Zhaozhao’s end had been decided, and he was lazier. He leaned back on the soft couch and rubbed the emerald jade ring on his thumb with his fingertips. “The blood swallow that the queen mother is served is the one you ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare, right?”

Yan Zhaozhao gritted her teeth, but had to admit, “Yes.”

The emperor asked again, “Except for my mother’s personal aunt Yu Min, you are the only one who came to the inner hall today. Are you right?”

“Yes.” At this time, Yan Zhaozhao fully understood that all this was a huge conspiracy from the beginning, and she was the real target.After the death of the Queen Mother, she was dragged down from her position as queen. This was the real purpose of the person behind the scenes.That person was just using the Queen Mother’s death to put her leverage into the emperor’s hands. She didn’t need to do anything next, just wait for the emperor to depose her.

Yan Zhaozhao raised his eyes and looked at Yan Zhiyi who was standing quietly beside the emperor.Aware of her gaze, Yan Zhiyi also glanced back at her, as if she felt that victory was already within her grasp and there was no need to pretend any longer. Yan Zhiyi’s eyes no longer had the softness and meekness of the past, but looked down at her with a victor’s attitude.

It was as if Yan Zhiyi had trampled her under her feet.

The emperor’s cold voice suddenly brought her back to reality, “You ordered the blood swallow to be stewed in the imperial kitchen. There are only three of you, Aunt Yumin and the queen mother in the inner hall. Tell me, if you weren’t the one who poisoned me, who else could it be?!”

Yan Zhaozhao opened her mouth, but stopped talking.She glanced at the delicate woman beside the emperor intentionally or unintentionally. Looking at Yan Zhiyi’s confident look, she knew that no matter what she said now, no one would believe it. The emperor who had been planning to depose her would do anything to depose her from the throne.

“I dare to ask Your Majesty, there is no one in the inner hall, so how can we prove that I am the one who poisoned me? Moreover, I also said that from the moment the blood swallow was stewed in the imperial kitchen until Aunt Yumin brought it back and fed it to the queen, I never touched the soup bowl, so what’s the point?Poison?!” Yan Zhaozhao’s straight back has never bent a bit, even if she knows that the road ahead is bleak, and what she is doing now is nothing more than a desperate struggle, but even if there is only a faint hope, she will earn a way out for herself and will never let others take advantage of her!

An unnatural look flashed across the emperor’s face, “You still say such things now! It’s simply ridiculous!” He slapped the desk angrily, and the tea cup placed on it trembled.”You stayed in the inner hall for such a long time, and there were only three of you in the hall. Needless to say, my mother, it would not be difficult for you to take advantage of Aunt Yumin’s lack of attention and take the opportunity to mix poison into the blood swallow.”

Yan Zhaozhao took a deep breath and said, “It is difficult for me to prove my innocence. Your Majesty can ask the palace guards to search Fengyi Palace to see if arsenic and other poisons can be found there.” She looked directly into the emperor’s slightly guilty eyes, her eyes cold but with a clear conscience. “I dare to swear on my life that I have never poisoned my mother to murder my mother’s life! Please, your Majesty, give me a clear warning!”

The sporadic hint of guilt had already been covered up by the emperor, and looking at her kneeling figure felt happy and ridiculous.”You are the queen, don’t you have any confidants in Fengyi Palace? If you deliberately murdered your mother, how could you be so stupid as to leave evidence for me. Besides, you swear on your life? How can your life be compared with my mother’s?! But some clever words tried to divert my attention.”

He didn’t give Yan Zhaozhao a chance to continue his defense, and turned to look at Yumin, “Aunt Yumin, please raise your head.” He stared at her with a pair of gloomy eyes, “Tell me, has that bowl of blood swallow never left your sight, even for a moment?”

Having said this, Aunt Yumin has served the Queen Mother for many years, how can she be someone who does not understand the Sacred Heart?Such flimsy so-called evidence was placed in front of the emperor, but he turned a blind eye and insisted on throwing the queen into the cold palace. If she went against the emperor at this moment, she would be the one to suffer!

She had worked hard in the palace for decades and had never lived a peaceful life without fear. Now that the Queen Mother passed away and passed away, once this matter was over, she could retire and return to her hometown, and use some private money to find a place to enjoy her old age.But if she offended the emperor at this time, she was afraid that she would end up in this palace with her body and head missing.

Yu Min had already made up her mind. She glanced at Yan Zhaozhao guiltily, lowered her head, and said in a very low voice, “That’s not the case.” After saying that, she buried her head even lower, as if she was ashamed, “After I got the blood swallow back, I coaxed the Queen Mother for a while. At that time, I just put the bowl of blood on the table without paying attention.”

The emperor was overjoyed, and there was even more smile in his eyes.”Yan Zhaozhao, can you hear me?” Seeing the face of the woman he hated the most turning pale inch by inch, he felt even more happy.”Right now, no one can testify for you. However, Aunt Yumin has proved that you have the opportunity to touch the bowl with the blood swallow, so you have no way to quibble!”

He waved his hand, “Take this poisonous woman to me and take her to the cold palace!”

Yan Zhaozhao did not resist at all, nor did she yell and complain about injustice.Her eyes were dark and hollow, her vision was hazy, and her brain was buzzing as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer.She failed in the end. After working hard for many years, she could not escape the fate of spending the rest of her life in the cold palace. The thing she feared most in the past was laid out in front of her bloody, but she was not afraid at all, only sad.

She glanced at Yan Zhiyi inadvertently from the corner of her eye. At this time, the smile on her face became even bigger, and the curve of the corners of her lips seemed more provocative.Aunt Yu Min, who was kneeling on one side, noticed her gaze and thought Yan Zhaozhao was looking at her. She was so ashamed that she quietly kowtowed heavily in Yan Zhaozhao’s direction.

Yan Zhaozhao saw it but indifferently moved his eyes away, as if he didn’t see it.She didn’t blame Yu Min. Before her own life and death interests, other people’s lives really didn’t matter. As long as she could save herself, there was no harm in sacrificing others.

This is not the first time she has been sacrificed by others.

One more time won’t make much difference.

But Yan Zhaozhao can no longer forgive those who sacrificed her for profit.Except for Xie Ciyan, no one in this world would treat her sincerely.

This world is sad and cruel, and everyone and even her closest relatives push her into the abyss.There was only one Xie Ciyan in the world who treated her sincerely and gave her a short but unforgettable time.It was Xie Ciyan who let her know that there was no need for scheming in the palace, and let her know that she, Yan Zhaozhao, could be the greatest treasure in his hand, not a chess piece that others could throw away and use at will.

It was precisely because of Xie Ciyan in the world that she had hope to continue on.

Such a good thank you speech is worthy of the prosperity and splendor of this world.

The moment he was pulled out of the palace, Bi Luo saw his wife being escorted out by the guards. She was so panicked that she hurriedly stepped forward to pull her.

Seeing Bi Luo coming forward, Yan Zhaozhao’s eyes lit up. She turned around and saw that she was already a little far away from the inner hall, and then she said to the two guards, “I have two things I want to say to her. Can you please be accommodating for a moment?”

The two guards looked at each other with a hint of hesitation.Although Yan Zhaozhao has been deprived of her status as queen and has been deposed in the cold palace, there is still a huge Yan family behind her. If the Yan family is willing to protect her, maybe one day she will come out of the cold palace.

One of the guards gently nodded, pulled the other person back two steps, turned his back, “My lord, please hurry up.”

Yan Zhaozhao pulled Bi Luo and saw the confused and worried look on her face, so she spoke first, “Bi Luo, don’t ask anything. All you need to do now is listen to me and do as I say. Do you understand?”

At this time, Bi Luo also knew that the matter was not simple, and the situation was even serious. With tears in her eyes, she nodded hurriedly.”Your Majesty said, slave, listen.”

Yan Zhaozhao came closer and whispered in her ear: “Go to Jinyuan and tell Xie Ciyan not to come to save me. Tell him that I will live a good life no matter where I am, and ask him not to do anything for me. Remember.”

Bi Luo was a little surprised, with questions stuck in her throat, but she couldn’t ask, so she could only nod.

“After you go find Xie Ciyan, don’t go back to Fengyi Palace. Let him find a place for you. Don’t stay in the palace.” Yan Zhaozhao patted her hand lightly. Seeing her shaking her head in reluctance, Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t help but increase her tone.”I just said, you just need to do what I say. Do you understand what I say?”

Bi Luo had no choice but to nod after being stunned for a while.

After Yan Zhaozhao’s eyes fell on her for a few seconds, he resolutely turned around and walked behind the guards, asking them to take him to the cold palace.

The cold palace never sees the light of day all year round and is the coldest place in the harem.At the moment when the broken door was about to close, Yan Zhaozhao raised her eyes and took another longing look at the clear sky.

I don’t know when I will see such a beautiful sky again.

But only she knew in her heart that what she wanted to see most was not the sky, but Xie Ciyan.

But Yan Zhaozhao thought, it’s better not to see each other again.If Xie Ciyan confronts the emperor in order to save her, it will ruin his years of planning. By then, the emperor will be more suspicious of him and his future will be more difficult.

It’s not worth it at all to let a man who should be sitting on a dragon’s throne and enjoy all the prosperity in the world destroy his own future for her.

This is the best.

The moment the door was completely closed, the surroundings were eerily quiet.Yan Zhaozhao slowly closed her eyes, tears falling uncontrollably from the ends of her eyes, like pearls with broken strings.