Chapter 573

"You're alienating the palace." the queen was helpless when she said this.

"Anle didn't," said Du Xiaoli.

"You didn't call me mother before, nor did you call yourself Anle." the queen said, "you call yourself me or Xiaoli."

A sound of empress and a sound of happiness opened the distance between them.

Du Xiaoli smiled faintly: "my mother is so careless."

"This palace is just self-protection." the queen looked at the top of the tent and her eyes became sharp. "Avenge the children of this palace by the way!"

"Is it......" Du Xiaoli said in surprise.

"That's right," said the queen. "You told the palace that the miscarriage was not an accident. Later, I kept checking. Finally, I found out who was doing it secretly."

"Imperial concubine Yi?" Du Xiaoli asked.

"Yes," said the queen, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, the palace has never harmed a concubine. Although there were occasional abortions, they were not done by the palace. We have more trust in the palace. Although the Phoenix seal is here, many things are under her control. Especially in the last palace change, the palace saw that she was sincere to the emperor and relied on her even more after she regained her post. However, this is true A harem is not a place where people will not harm you if you don't harm others. "

Du Xiaoli understood, so she felt sad for the women in the palace more than once.

"The children of the palace died early in ignorance, and they didn't even have time to see the world." the queen continued, "you know, if it hadn't happened last night, you wouldn't see the palace today."

"Is this what you call self-protection?" Du Xiaoli asked.

"Yes." the queen smiled bitterly. "Do you think this palace really wants to be like this? It's not all forced."

"Even I am a pawn in your plan," said Du Xiaoli.

"No, you are not a chess piece. You are the last resort of the palace," said the queen. "If you didn't attend the banquet last night, the palace wouldn't dare to take this step. I gave my life to you."

Du Xiaoli looked up in surprise and saw the Queen's weak smiling face.

"What about Princess Fang Shu?" Du Xiaoli asked, "you took two princesses yesterday to make her cooperate with you?"

"I can't hide anything from your eyes," said the queen. "In that case, I'll tell you everything. I've been poisoned more than three times in recent months."

"Three times?!"

"No, I didn't succeed three times." the queen said, "since the miscarriage, I don't trust the people around me, because I don't know who will betray me. Therefore, the first three poisons were found. I sent someone to investigate. Imperial concubine Yi ordered people to do them three times."

"Are you sure?" Du Xiaoli wondered, "in that case, why don't you expose her to the emperor."

"The emperor has been very fond of imperial concubine Yi since the change of the palace. Every time I find her, the relevant people die. Moreover, she has always been careful and rarely leaves a handle. The witness is dead and there is no material evidence. Even if she tells the emperor, he won't believe it." the queen said.

"If you say you haven't succeeded three times, is there any success? Is it the chronic poison on you?"

"Yes." the queen nodded and said, "in fact, I knew I was poisoned a month ago."

"Then you..."

"Why not detoxify?" said the queen, "When I found out, the emperor had asked imperial concubine Yi to host the banquet last night. At that time, I knew that she poisoned me just to slowly seize the power of the harem from me. I treated me secretly by the imperial doctor. He said that I had been poisoned for more than a month, but the poison would not kill people in half a year. So I began to plan slowly Yes. "

"You said that if you didn't bring down imperial concubine Yi, you wouldn't live long, did you..."

"Look at the second box on the right wall," said the queen.

Du Xiaoli got up, walked over, opened the box and said in surprise, "bitter apricot!"

"Yes, it's bitter apricots," said the queen. "I'm surprised, isn't it, but I tell you, I didn't prepare this?"

"You mean... Imperial concubine Yi?"

"I've arranged a lot of people in the Palace during this time, and I know she's going to poison me, so I've always asked people to pay close attention to the situation there, and finally let me know the news. It turned out that she planned to poison me after the banquet, using the poison of last night. The emperor already knew her ability, and there were many people last night, so I'm not sure when I will be poisoned, so she said I can not only get the queen, but also put the blame on others. I just helped her advance her plan. "

"What role does Princess Fang Shufei play in it?"

"She is the one who poisoned," said the queen. "In fact, I picked up the princess and just asked her to find a way to take the poison and use it at the party."

"So, Hongye is your person, Yan'er is also." Du Xiaoli said definitely.

"Hongye is, Yan'er just used some means to make her turn away." the queen said, "if it was poisoned at the party and you were there, I might have the hope of surviving. If it was poisoned after the party, I think I have reported to the Lord of hell." Du Xiaoli was silent after listening to it. She didn't know how to characterize the queen. She said she was poor, but she was also cruel. She said she was bad. What she did was just to survive. After detoxifying the queen, she left the palace. Before getting on the carriage, she looked back at the snow covered world again. No matter how white it looks now, it can't hide the blood and cruelty inside. The palace gate blocked not only the way in and out, but also formed a small world, a magnificent but cruel small world. She can only rejoice now that she is just a passer-by in this small world. There is no place for her to live. She doesn't have to participate in the struggle and turn herself into a person she doesn't know. "Master, it's cold outside. Let's go back first." Xia Yuan said. "Well, today is new year's Eve. Everyone is busy in the evening and ready to welcome the new year." Du Xiaoli then stepped on the footstool and got on the carriage. Xia Yuan then followed in. The coachman put the stool on the carriage, raised his whip and drove the horse slowly away from the Palace. The carriage drove through the snow, leaving two lines of ruts. Du Xiaoli returned to the Dingwang mansion and saw the big red lanterns hanging on the gate. Looking at the guards who guarded the gate, they all changed into new clothes. Their faces were jubilant and their mood suddenly improved. "Princess." the bodyguard saw Du Xiaoli get off the carriage and salute together.