Prosperous advisors

Chapter 1023 Xiao's Confiscated Home (2)
"Empress, the prime minister asks to see you." Outside the door, the maid whispered.

The queen raised her eyebrows, and said curiously: "Prime Minister Bai? Why did you come to see me?" Even if Ge Shujun was not there, she, the queen, had already existed in name only. Even if something really happened, how could Prime Minister Bai come to see her on purpose?After thinking about it, Empress Xiao said, "Please come in, Prime Minister Bai."

After a while, the prime minister walked in quickly, followed by several plain-looking men in gray clothes.Although the queen didn't recognize them, she recognized their clothes, which were the clothes of Ge Shujun's confidant guards.The queen's eyes flashed, and she said calmly: "The prime minister is here at this time, why?" The prime minister glanced at the people around him with some embarrassment, and then said: "I am reporting to your empress, it is not that the old ministers have something to do, but that these few people with Here comes His Majesty's will."

Although the queen and his daughter are both queen and concubine in the palace, and the Bai family and the Xiao family have some minor festivities, Bai Cheng still respects Empress Xiao quite a bit.What's more, the queen has been under house arrest for the past few years. The daughter of the Bai family has not been favored, and even the prince has not been promoted. Your Majesty obviously dislikes all the families that used to be high and powerful, so why bother to embarrass each other? .

The queen frowned, and said: "If your majesty has any will, please tell me."

A gray-clothed man at the head took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has a decree to arrest all of Xiao's family immediately and put them in prison. Please go to the army immediately while waiting for the empress."

The queen's complexion changed, and she said in a deep voice, "What does this mean, Your Majesty?"

The man in gray said: "Your Majesty has His Majesty's intentions, so the ministers can guess at will. Please don't embarrass the ministers and the empress." The queen sneered and said: "Your Majesty will confiscate the entire Xiao family for no reason. Could it be that I can't even ask a reason?" The gray-clothed man frowned, and Prime Minister Bai beside him also said: "What the empress said is true, the Xiao family is a descendant family, I don't know if your majesty has any other orders, So as not to disturb the ruling and opposition parties."

Your Majesty was on the battlefield, but ordered to arrest Xiao's family.Prime Minister Bai's expression was a bit strange, so the Xiao family wouldn't take advantage of His Majesty's no longer wanting to usurp the throne for the eldest son, right?It doesn't look like the Xiao family has such a skill.The man in gray looked at Prime Minister Bai, and Princess Yongjia, and Princess Yongjia hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, Prime Minister Bai, I'm going out first." He also brought out the maids who were waiting in the palace.Only the Queen and Prime Minister Bai were left in the hall, and the man in gray took out a letter and handed it to Prime Minister Bai.Prime Minister Bai opened it in doubt, and after reading it, his face followed, and he suddenly looked at the queen with a flash of shock in his eyes.

With the prime minister's expression like this, the queen also knew that she was afraid that things would be bad, and her heart sank.

"Put...a defense map?" Prime Minister Bai trembled.That is something that is related to the life and death of the Northern Han Dynasty. Let alone copying the house, it is not an exaggeration to copy and kill the whole family.If the matter is verified, the Xiao family is really in disaster.No... Maybe it is the Northern Han Dynasty that is facing the catastrophe. On the battlefield, the Northern Han Dynasty is clearly standing in the favorable position, but the war has not been going well. It turns out...

The queen took a step forward and took a look at the letter in Prime Minister Bai's hand. Her face was also pale, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Nonsense! The Xiao family... how could the Xiao family..."

The man in gray looked at the queen indifferently, telling the queen with such bright eyes that it was not the Xiao family that His Majesty suspected, but the queen herself.After all, there are not many people in the Xiao family who are trusted by His Majesty with high authority and profoundness. Even if they want to treason, they will not have access to such an important thing as the defense map.The queen was trembling with anger, she clasped her hands tightly by her side, and said sharply: "I have never seen any defense plans at all. I am the queen of the Northern Han Dynasty, and my son is the eldest son of the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. Do you want to do this? Your Majesty doubts the Xiao family and this palace so much, what evidence is there?!"

"In the past two years, the Xiao family has had 30 taels of silver through various channels. The source of the money is unknown. And in the end... After checking, the money finally came from Xiyue. In addition... after the queen's maid came out of the palace, Married to a partial general under His Royal Highness Lie Wang. This person... also secretly contacted Xiyue many times. If the empress still needs evidence, two years ago, the eldest son of the Xiao family took in a woman who was said to be from Huaguo As a concubine. This woman disappeared five days ago, and this woman...is not from Hua, but from Xiyue. I wonder what evidence the Empress needs?"

"Impossible?!" The Queen's body softened and almost fell to the ground, and she sat down with a chair.The gray-clothed man said: "The subordinates have clearly locked up all the members of the Xiao family, interrogated overnight tonight, presumably a conclusion can be reached in the morning tomorrow, and by that time... the empress has something to say before it's too late. The queen shook her head again and again and said: "This is someone who slandered me!"

The man in gray lowered his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "These words... please tell the empress herself to Your Majesty."

The queen gritted her teeth and said, "Okay! I will go with you."

"Mother's queen! Mother's queen!" While everyone was talking, a slightly immature voice sounded from outside.Hearing her son's voice, the queen immediately moved to go out, but was stopped by a hand.The man in gray at the head said in a deep voice: "Empress, please leave now with the ministers. It is not appropriate to say anything at this time, the eldest son of the emperor... If the empress is really wronged, I will see you again in the future."

A trace of anger flashed in the queen's eyes, and she said displeasedly: "I am still the queen now!"

"Your Majesty has an order. Before the empress's innocence is proved, the empress do not see the eldest son of the emperor for the time being. This... is not good for the eldest son of the emperor." The man in gray hesitated for a moment, but still said.The queen was stunned, and after a while she couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Okay! What a brother Shujun!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words!"

"Mother's queen! Mother's queen!" Outside, the eldest son of the emperor was stopped outside the door, and shouted anxiously, "You are presumptuous! This prince came to pay his respects to the mother, and you still don't let me in!" In recent years, because of the queen's house arrest, , although the eldest son of the emperor is the eldest son of the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, he has also experienced a lot of human feelings, so he is naturally not a stupid person.Seeing this situation, I knew that I was afraid that something had happened, and I was going to break into it.

"Emperor..." The queen's voice came from inside, "Emperor, your father sent someone back to discuss something with your mother, you go back first."

"Mother... Queen Mother?" The eldest son of the emperor hesitated.Empress Xiao said in a deep voice: "The queen mother is fine, you go back first."

"But……"

Beside the eldest son of the emperor, Princess Yongjia was equally worried, but her face was calm, she pulled the eldest son and said: "Your mother is right, don't you think I have come out too? Maybe your father has something important I need to tell the emperor's sister-in-law about it." The eldest son of the emperor was dubious, "Auntie Yongjia, is the queen mother okay?" Princess Yongjia forced a smile and said: "Of course, the emperor's wife is the queen of the Northern Han Dynasty. Let your mother worry."

(End of this chapter)