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Chapter 784 Chapter 803: Queen Wang was demoted

Wu Meiniang is Wu Meiniang after all, she killed her own daughter with her own hands, if she were any other woman, she might go crazy, but she didn't, she cried for a long time, remembered her plan, and hurriedly grabbed Li Zhi's arm, Qi Chu cried out: "Your Majesty, you have to decide for Meiniang, you must find the murderer who murdered Meiniang's child!"

Li Zhi patted her hand lightly, comforting her with a heavy face: "Don't worry, Mei Niang, I will definitely punish the murderer severely and avenge you and my child."

At this moment, Empress Wang stood there thinking about what happened before, and suddenly her face showed a look of panic. Why, because she suddenly found out that after she chatted with Wu Meiniang in the room, all the maids went out, and there were only two people who entered here. The first one is her and Wu Meiniang, and she stayed alone in the inner room for a long time. Although Wu Meiniang also stayed alone in the room, she is the mother of the child, so the suspicion can definitely be ruled out. In this way, she is the biggest suspect.

Thinking of this, how could Queen Wang not be frightened.

Li Zhi didn't notice the strange behavior of Queen Wang, so he turned his head and asked Wu Meiniang, "Meiniang, think about it carefully, who was the last person to come into the room?"

Wu Meiniang said: "Go back to the emperor, I'm a concubine."

Li Zhi asked, "Then when you saw the child, were you still alive?"

Wu Meiniang shook her head sadly and said: "I don't know, the two children didn't make a sound at that time, I thought they were asleep, so I didn't look closely, went into the room, relieved my hands and came out."

Hearing this, Li Zhi asked again: "Then before you, who was alone with the child." He had ruled out the suspicion of Wu Meiniang, after all, the victim was Wu Meiniang's child, so Wu Meiniang was regarded as a victim.

When Queen Wang heard Li Zhi's words, she was shocked, and her hands trembled uncontrollably. Although she knew that she was innocent, she didn't know how to prove her innocence, so she was naturally afraid.

"The last one who was alone with the child..." Wu Meiniang turned to look at Queen Wang while speaking.

Empress Wang felt that her feet were weak, and she was almost paralyzed with fright. She shook her head and said in a trembling voice, "Your... Your Majesty, no... not a concubine, not a concubine..."

Li Zhi frowned and stared and asked, "If it wasn't for you, then why are you panicking?"

"Concubine...concubine..." Empress Wang didn't know how to answer, tears streaming down her face, "Your Majesty, it's really not concubine, concubine is just coaxing two children to sleep, after coaxing the children to sleep, Then Mei Niang called me out to drink tea."

Li Zhi asked gloomyly: "Then besides you, who else has entered this room alone?"

"And... and..." Queen Wang looked around at the servants, but she couldn't find a suitable one to take the blame, because all the maids and wet nurses had never entered the inner room, and she suddenly I was so anxious that tears gushed like a fountain.

At this time, Wu Meiniang also said with tears in her eyes: "Sister Queen, I treat you as my own sister. I didn't expect you to hate Meiniang so much. If you think that Meiniang caused you to be neglected by the emperor, you can take revenge on Meiniang." Oh, the child is innocent... woo woo woo..." He was already implying to Li Zhi that Queen Wang was the murderer.

"No, no, I didn't harm the child, I really didn't..." At this moment, the queen could only continue to defend, but it seemed so pale and powerless.

Li Zhi turned his head and glanced at the maidservants, and finally set his eyes on the queen's maidservant, and asked, "I ask you, besides the queen, who else has been alone with the child?"

How dare the queen's two maidservants lie to Li Zhi, they both shook their heads.

Li Zhi was not reconciled, he didn't want to believe that the queen would do such a heartless thing, because he had been married to the queen for many years and knew the queen's temperament very well. Although the queen was a bit arrogant, she was not a vicious person, so He asked again: "Then have you ever entered the inner room?"

The two maidservants were silent for a while, afraid to answer, because they were afraid that Li Zhi would make them take the blame.

"Respond!" Li Zhi glared and shouted angrily. Although he had an aggressive temper, how could he not be angry now that his child was dead? No one would be able to stand it.

The two maidservants were so frightened that they both knelt down on the ground, and they replied almost simultaneously: "Your Majesty, the maidservant entered the inner room with the two empresses, but she came out soon, absolutely did not kill the little princess. "

Li Zhi asked again: "I will ask you again, when you saw the little princess, was the little princess still alive?"

The two maidservants said in unison: "I'm still alive. I sent the blanket in. I saw the two maidens playing with the little princess and the little prince. Then the two maidens wanted to talk privately, so they let the maidservants come out."

"I understand." Hearing this, Li Zhi suddenly raised his head and closed his eyes, took a long breath, then turned his head to look at Queen Wang, his eyes were full of chill.

Seeing his cold gaze, Empress Wang trembled all over, and shook her head with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, I am not a concubine, really not a concubine..."

Li Zhi's face was sullen, and he said coldly: "Your maid has already said so, why do you have sophistry, who else but you?"

Queen Wang turned her head to look at Wu Meiniang, only to see Wu Meiniang was crying bitterly there, she looked more painful than her, she collapsed to the ground, her heart was full of despair, she knew that she was finished.

Although Li Zhi was very unwilling to believe all this, all the unfavorable evidence pointed to Queen Wang, forcing him to believe that he and Queen Wang have been married for many years, and their relationship is still very deep. Now that the Queen has done such a thing, he is very sad .

However, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the harem has the rules of the harem. Even if Li Zhi was unwilling in every possible way, he still personally ordered Li Yuanzhong to take the queen to the deep palace where Concubine Xiao Shu was imprisoned, and put her under house arrest. Then he immediately summoned everyone The important minister decreed to demote the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu to common people. The Queen committed a crime and even involved Concubine Xiao Shu.

The main reason is that Li Zhi was too angry. He felt that Wu Meiniang was too pitiful. First, he was poisoned and almost died. Now his daughter was killed again. He must severely punish the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu to prevent anyone from hurting Wu Meiniang in the future. .

In the Palace of Ganlu, Liu Shi was shocked when he heard Li Zhi's words. He hurried out and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, the Empress has always been virtuous and virtuous. It is absolutely impossible for her to do such a wicked thing. I hope Your Majesty will investigate clearly. Never wrong the queen!"

Li Zhi stared at Liu Xun, and snorted coldly: "Mingcha, how do you want me to investigate clearly? Wu Zhaoyi and all the maidservants can prove that except for Wu Zhaoyi, only the queen and the little princess stay together alone." However, even the queen's maid said the same thing, tell me how to investigate!"

Liu Xun was stunned for a moment, he couldn't figure out how things would turn out like this, at this moment, Changsun Wuji suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, since all the evidence has proved that this matter was done by the Queen, then there is nothing wrong , I have no objection."

"The ministers have no objection." All the ministers echoed in unison.

Liu Shi looked desperately at Changsun Wuji, and he finally understood that he had been fooled by Changsun Wuji's thief. From the very beginning, Wu Meiniang was Changsun Wuji's man, and Changsun Wuji didn't want to help the queen. Obviously he wanted to help Wu Meiniang, although he knew it now, but it was too late.

Liu Xun could only shake his head and sigh, thinking that he didn't know how long he could do as Zhongshu Ling.

Li Zhi looked at Liu Shi, and said coldly: "Liu Shi, you will draw up the decree as soon as you go back. If you can't do it, I will change it to someone else!" Just roll him off.

Liu Xun could only salute, and said, "My minister... I would like to obey the holy order!"

This incident caused quite a stir in the harem and the court. Those officials who disliked Wu Meiniang were all heartbroken. Why did Concubine Xiao Shu and Queen Wang do such a thing without understanding the general situation? Isn't this even more embarrassing Is Wu Meiniang the only one to be favored?
The eldest grandson Wuji was complacent, but he didn't expect Wu Meiniang to be so lucky. After only four or five months in the palace, the queen was completely defeated by Concubine Xiao Shu. , When he thought about it, who would poison himself and kill his own child if he had nothing to do.

Now that Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu are down, Wu Meiniang is the only one who has won the holy favor, and as a person who helps Wu Meiniang, he will naturally get corresponding rewards.

When the ministers were discussing in private about the killing of Wu Meiniang's child by Queen Wang, Li Hao was already on his way home.

Because Yuchi Baolin has been appointed as the consul of the Silla Consulate, and led an army of 20 troops to the Silla Golden City. According to the strict conditions set by Li Hao, the puppet regime of Silla was closely monitored. Bian has been transporting people continuously, and it is estimated that it will take three to five months to complete the immigration plan of [-] people.

On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Hao returned to Chang'an and offered prisoners outside the Zhuque Gate. Chang'an City was in a commotion, and the people came to the streets to sing praises of Li Hao's merits. The mood finally improved a lot, and Li Hao was named Qiongnan King!
Li Hao was originally the King of Qiongnan County, and his title was equivalent to that of the Duke of the State. However, everyone usually called him Qiongnan King, just like Li Daozong. Although he was the King of Jiangxia County, his colleagues generally called him Jiangxia King.

And this time Li Hao was named King of Qiongnan, that is the real King of Qiongnan. His title is higher than that of the Duke of the State, and he is equivalent to a vassal king, except that the vassal king can build a private army, but Li Hao cannot.

In addition, there are some household closures and rewards of fertile land money. It can be said that the rewards this time are really not good, but there is no way. Li Hao has basically reached the point where there is no seal, so Li Hao didn't care too much about these rewards.

But Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui's awards made Li Hao frown.

Fan Lihua's rewards were to be named the Protector of Qinghai, honored to the Kingdom of Shangzhu, General Hussars, Duke of Lantian County, and Deputy General of Tiance Mansion.

Everything else is easy to talk about, but what the hell is Qinghai Duhu? Although Qinghai Duhu is in charge of military and political power in Qinghai, he has to stay away from the government, and it is still a hard job. This is terrible for Fan Lihua who is just about to climb to the top. Not a good thing.

Xue Rengui's reward was similar to that of Fan Lihua. Xue Rengui was awarded honors to Shangzhu Kingdom, served as the governor of Youzhou, and led General Zuo Xiaowei from afar. Xue Rengui was also released.

If Fan Lihua's award was an accident, then Xue Rengui was also released. This cannot be explained by an accident. Li Hao frowned secretly. If this is not Li Zhi's intention, then someone is causing trouble.

(End of this chapter)