My husband is a traitor

Chapter 323 doubt, questioning
Facing the angry questioning in Qi Rui's clear and warm eyes, Rong Jue's eyes flashed a dark light and ridicule.

In the imperial family, how could such an upright and stupid prince like Qi Rui be raised?
This is the leader taught by the emperor and empress, who is fatuous and unreasonable. I'm afraid they will suffer the consequences of themselves, and they will be mad at themselves in the end.

"What does the prince mean, I don't understand."

Qi Rui held his breath and stared at the man in front of him who said he didn't understand but had an extremely cold face. It seemed that all the bad things happened one after another because of this man.

He closed his eyes, calmed down, and said calmly, "Not only do you want to put the Duke Hu to death, you also want to completely dismantle the Gu family, right?"

This "Gu family" naturally included his queen mother.Qi Rui even wondered why Rong Jue didn't directly target him as the prince, but bypassed him and made trouble for his uncle and queen mother.

Qi Rui is not stupid, he used to be an idle and unambitious prince, but with the decline of the Gu family, the incidents against the Duke Huguo's mansion and his mother followed one after another, although he didn't want to get along with his uncle , but also know that his position cannot be completely neutral.

Especially the mother queen, he couldn't just sit idly by and ignore the mother queen.

He secretly investigated Rong Jue. Regarding Rong Jue, besides Jiang Linlang, he was probably the second traitor who first discovered that he was not greedy for power and wealth. This person hides too deeply, and his purpose is confusing...

But as long as it is a human being, how can it be completely flawless?

"It seems that the lord has found a lot of things." Rong Jue blinked his eyes with a half-smile, neither admitting nor denying it.

"What is your purpose?" Qi Rui took a step forward, not afraid of Rong Jue's aura of indifference. He stared at him with burning eyes, "Emperor throne? Or - something deeper?"

throne?Rong Jue raised his eyebrows, but he looked down upon him. He actually guessed the throne, and even mentioned a deeper level. It seems that this Qi Rui needs to think carefully about how to deal with it.

Rong Jue took half a step sideways, opened the distance, his brows and eyes were cold, and his expression was calm and composed, "My purpose is not important—what is important is that your so-called relatives should pay back for what they did back then."

As he spoke, his soft and deep voice gave another light laugh, tinged with sarcasm, and walked away.

The long cloak was dragging, stretching his figure very long.

Qi Rui clenched his fist slightly, his eyes flickered, he suddenly turned around and rushed towards the palace.

He thought, there are some things, maybe the queen mother will have the answer.

Renshou Palace.Small ancestral hall.

The last time the queen copied the scriptures and recited the Buddha was the time when Qi Rui suppressed the bandits, this time, it was Gu Shengchang who was imprisoned in the prison.

She knelt on the tufts, closed her eyes, her back was straight, and she looked devoutly from her back.

He muttered softly in his mouth, and the prayer beads in his hands were turning regularly.

Hong Gu couldn't stop Qi Rui, the latter had always observed etiquette, but this time without a smile on his face, he flicked away Hong Gu's blocking arm and went straight to the small ancestral hall.

However, even though he was full of doubts, when he reached the entrance of the small ancestral hall, he still stopped, did not rush in, and guarded the entrance, standing there quietly like a green pine.

Seeing this, Hong Gu tried to figure out what he was thinking, but to no avail, she could only bite the bullet with a gentle and respectful smile, and said softly, "Your Highness, there is still some time for your majesty to worship the Buddha, why don't you go to the front hall to sit and wait?" ?”

"No, I'll just wait here." Qi Rui didn't move, quietly staring at the pious figure, his eyes were obscure and his voice was low.

Hong Gu's persuasion was fruitless, so she sighed and stepped aside.

The queen was really attentive when she was praying to the Buddha, at least the muffled conversation outside did not attract her attention, and it was not until half an hour later that she put down the prayer beads, put them on her wrists, and got up with the help of the maid beside her.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness is coming." The maid kneaded her knees while looking outside, seeing Qi Rui standing upright at the door looking inside, she was startled, then reminded in a low voice to hold the maid's arm, The queen with tired eyes.

Ruier is here?

The lethargy on the queen's face disappeared in an instant, she turned around, and saw Qi Rui standing there, he could not help but help the maid's arm, and hurried out.

"You child, why are you standing outside waiting? Hong Gu, you don't invite your highness to sit in the hall and have tea." The queen first reprimanded Qi Rui gently and distressedly, then looked at Hong Gu, frowning slightly.

Before Hong Gu could speak, Qi Rui said indifferently, "I don't blame Hong Gu, it's my servant who insisted on waiting here."

He looked at the queen without a smile on his face, his eyes were sizing up, and he locked the queen's eyes firmly.

In his impression, this is a gentle and generous, beautiful and kind mother, the master of the harem, and the mistress of a country.

But maybe there was a gap in his heart. When he looked at the queen mother who couldn't fault him, he found that the mother's gentleness and kindness were divided into people. For example, the way she looked at him and Honggu just now——

He told himself, don't be alarmed, but he couldn't heal the wrinkles in his heart.

Qi Rui's eyes were too strange, this was something the queen had never seen before, which made the smile on her face froze slightly, her heart turned back and forth, her eyes flickered slightly, she maintained a gentle and loving smile, and asked softly, " What's the matter? Why are you looking at your mother like this?"

She stretched out her hand, as if to pull him.

Qi Rui avoided it.

Seeing the obvious surprise in the Queen's eyes, he pursed his lips slightly, feeling a little guilty, but then he still stared at her without a smile on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Queen, I want to talk to you."

It means to talk about it alone.

The queen saw what he meant, rolled her eyes slightly, thought for a while, then sent the palace servants away, and led him away from the small ancestral hall, to the gazebo behind the palace.

"Okay, if there is anything you want to talk to the queen mother about, just say it." She sat down along the table, pointed to the seat opposite, still kindly and authentically.

It's just that if you look carefully, there is a slight smile in her eyes.

He had already started to speculate about Qi Rui's purpose in coming to her today and what he wanted to ask.

She thought, she understood what he was here for...

"Queen, did you kill Li Wancai?" Qi Rui cut to the point, sat down, and intertwined eyes with the queen. He looked into the queen's eyes, unwilling to miss the slightest change in her eyes.

The teacup in the queen's hand was slightly raised, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, her face was calm, and even a little funny, "Why do you ask that? He's dead? He's dead, and then you suspect what the queen did?"

"Is that the queen mother?"

"No." The queen gracefully blew off the tea powder on the tea surface, and replied calmly. 1
Too calm.

Looking at such a queen, Qi Rui wasn't surprised or angry. It should have been a frank reaction, but it really surprised Qi Rui.

"It's really not you?" His heart skipped a beat, and he kept asking.

The empress frowned slightly, raised her eyelids lightly, and looked at him with an expression of inexplicable scorn for his question, "Why, can the empress still lie to you?"

(End of this chapter)