"Where?" Wei Yuanwei obviously would not give up until she reaches the Yellow River, the Queen pursed her lips into a mocking smile."Under the emperor"s throne, of course!" Wei Yuanwei spoke quite easily.
However, it undoubtedly caused everyone to suck in a cold breath.
Zhong Lixian never thought that Wei Yuanwei would actually have such guts, to even dare to search the place where the Empress is sitting.
"Wei Yuanwei, do you really want to die?" Zhong Lixian lowered her voice, the veins on her forehead almost popping out.
"How dare you! Do you suspect that the emperor and I have stolen the painting of the East Slope?" The empress slammed the table. Due to the excessive force, the armour on her ring finger and pinky were broken. It was like a broken mirror that was separated from the empress"s finger.
The empress lowered her gaze and looked at him, but that look immediately made the empress stand up in fear. She held her hand and said, "Your hand … My hand! "
At this moment, the scroll quietly fell off the empress"s body that was about to stand up.
The empress"s frightened voice had already attracted everyone"s attention, and the scroll painting that fell from the empress"s robes had attracted even more attention.
Even the emperor, who was sitting beside her, couldn"t help but reveal a strange expression when he saw the scroll that fell from the empress"s body.
The empress"s frightened voice suddenly stopped when she saw the scroll that had fallen off her body. Her long and narrow phoenix eyes seemed to almost pop out from their sockets, and only after a long time did she speak again, "What is this? Why did it fall out of my clothes? "
The smile on Wei Yuanwei"s face became brighter and brighter, like a lark"s voice coming out of her mouth, "Empress, won"t we know once we open it?"
The empress"s dignified face instantly turned unsightly. Even though she didn"t open it, she knew what it was.
His hands could not help but tremble.
When the Fourth Concubine and the Fourth Marquis saw the painting, their faces turned dark green.
The emperor looked at the empress, his brows furrowed even more. "Someone, open it and take a look!"
The empress stood on the spot and watched as the two palace maids walked up to her and picked up the painting, then slowly unfurled it in front of the emperor.
As the scroll slowly opened, the emperor"s expression changed. It was as if there was a layer of thick frost attached to it. His tightly knitted brows even tightened into the word "Chuan".
Seeing the emperor"s expression, the empress couldn"t care less and walked to the emperor"s side to look at the painting. Immediately, the empress knelt down, "Your majesty, that"s impossible. How could this painting be with chenqie? How could chenqie steal a painting of the Fourth Princess? This must be. Someone must have framed me. "
When the crowd heard the empress"s words, they already knew what the scroll was.
All of them revealed looks of shock and amazement.
Even Zhong Lixian revealed a shocked expression, she looked puzzled, and even looked at Wei Yuanwei suspiciously.
How could the empress have hidden the painting on her? But how did Wei Yuanwei do it?
The emperor slowly raised his gaze from the scroll, his expression grave and gloomy. He looked at the empress kneeling on the ground and said, "Then tell me, who would be able to secretly place this painting on the empress? And the empress doesn"t notice at all? "
The empress shook her head furiously at the emperor, "Your majesty, chenqie was really wronged. How could chenqie take that painting? Besides, there"s no need for chenqie to do this! "
The map of the east was hers. Why would she want to take this fake?
"Your majesty, perhaps the empress also coincidentally has a map of the east slope!" At this time, Wei Yuanwei did not forget to ridicule them.
"Wei Yuanwei..." Hearing that, the Queen turned her head and glared at Wei Yuanwei.
"Esteemed Empress, looking at me like that, could it be that I"m suspecting that I secretly hid the stolen painting inside your clothes?" Even if I, Wei Yuanwei, had three heads and six arms, I still wouldn"t be able to do it, and it"s in front of everyone"s eyes! " Wei Yuanwei looked at the Queen"s resentful eyes;
A flash of killing intent quickly flashed across Wei Yuanwei"s eyes.
From the moment she arrived in this world, she swore that if anyone dared to touch her, she would return it tenfold.
The empress wanted her dead, but today might be the day she dies!
"Explain yourself to me. What is going on?" The empress was enraged, and looked at her with utter disappointment.
When the Fourth Prince and Fourth Concubine saw this scene, they were all as anxious as ants in a hot pan. However, they couldn"t say a single word.
"Your majesty, chenqie was really wronged …" The empress was puzzled by the painting of the eastern slope that had appeared on her body. She suddenly shot a fierce glare at the fourth w.a.n.gfei beneath her.
The fourth w.a.n.gfei shook her head in fright when she saw the empress"s gaze, retreating uncontrollably.
"Your majesty, the empress naturally wouldn"t steal the map of the east slope. It was naturally the empress who had other intentions!" The Imperial Concubine who sat on the left side of the emperor said this with a smile.
Wei Yuanwei was very satisfied with the Imperial Concubine"s performance.
The empress has served you many people, but you are hostile to many people!
The Imperial Concubine"s words caused the empress"s face to go completely pale, as if someone had sucked all the blood out of her body in an instant.
"As a n.o.ble empress, you should have been a motherly figure of the world, with a broad heart. But you actually did not hesitate to plot such a conspiracy for a Wei Yuanwei, and even plotted against your own son. What are your intentions?" The emperor was obviously very angry. He slapped the table with all his strength, shaking the table so hard that the wine splashed out from his wine cup.
"Your Majesty, chenqie was really wronged."
This matter really has nothing to do with chenqie, how could chenqie plot against her own son? chenqie indeed doesn"t like Wei Yuanwei, but it"s not like she would set up Wei Yuanwei in front of the emperor on New Year"s Eve. " The queen said miserably.
"Your Majesty, if you want to know more, you might as well ask the fourth w.a.n.gfei. Perhaps the fourth w.a.n.gfei knows something …" Otherwise, why would the fourth w.a.n.gfei"s painting appear on the empress"s body? If you say that they are innocent, I"m afraid you wouldn"t even believe a three-year-old child, right? " Wei Yuanwei raised the corner of her lips as she tilted her head to glance at the stiff Fourth Princess.
Now that the mastermind has come out, you as a partic.i.p.ant, do you still want to run away?
Fourth Princess was shocked and her face paled slightly, "Father... Imperial Father, perhaps the Empress really does have a map of the eastern slopes. After all, the eastern slope is so famous that there are many people copying it! "