Concubine Hua's heart skipped a beat. From the moment Su Wan'er came over, she had a bad premonition. However, there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart. She hoped, against all odds, that Su Wan'er had come for some other matter.
Now that Su Wan'er suddenly brought it up, her heart plunged into the abyss in an instant.
Su Wan'er had no idea what was going on in her mind. Even if she did, she wouldn't show the slightest bit of mercy.
Concubine Hua took a deep breath to make sure her face showed no sign of panic. Then she looked up at Su Wan'er.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know what you're talking about."
Su Wan'er looked at her calm face. If she weren't the victim herself, and if she didn't have sufficient evidence, she might really have believed Concubine Hua's words.
"Seems like I've wronged you, Concubine Hua?" Su Wan'er's words were full of sarcasm.
She really couldn't understand where this woman got the courage to join the fight for the position of the queen.
With such an IQ, how on earth did she manage to survive the intrigues in the harem?
She didn't come here to have a heart - to - heart talk with her. She came with enough evidence.
Su Wan'er's words were clearly sarcastic, but unexpectedly, Concubine Hua took them up: "I wouldn't dare to complain of injustice."
Su Wan'er was so angry that she laughed: "Concubine Hua, are you really that ignorant or just pretending to be stupid in front of me? Since I'm here, it means I have enough evidence. Do you think it makes any sense for you to deny it?"
Concubine Hua kept silent.
Su Wan'er waved her hand, signaling Fang Xi to bring up the evidence.
"Take a look. These are all the pieces of evidence pointing at you. What else do you have to say?" Su Wan'er threw the evidence in front of Concubine Hua.
Concubine Hua didn't reach for the materials. She just slowly looked up at Su Wan'er: "Your Majesty, I bet it took you a lot of time and effort to collect these pieces of evidence, right?"
Su Wan'er looked at her coldly: "So, you're trying to quibble?"
Concubine Hua shook her head: "No, I don't want to quibble. I just want to tell Your Majesty that although you've found a lot of evidence, don't forget who controls the commercial lifeline of this country. If something happens to me, Your Majesty, I'm sure you don't want to see anything bad happen, right?"
Su Wan'er was stunned by her words.
The commercial lifeline of this country... Su Wan'er took a deep breath and turned to leave the room. Before leaving, as a punishment, she ordered Concubine Hua to be confined to her palace. As for when she would be released, it would depend on her order.
When Su Wan'er left, she could even feel the proud look in Concubine Hua's eyes from behind.
"Your Majesty..." Fang Xi could clearly feel the low - pressure aura around Su Wan'er. He called out to her worriedly.
Su Wan'er looked back at him and then said to the people behind: "Let's go to the Queen's palace."
Fang Xi thought Su Wan'er was going to pick a fight with the Queen. After hesitating for a while, he said to Su Wan'er: "Your Majesty, you mustn't anger the Queen again. Otherwise, it'll be even more difficult for you to pursue the Queen in the future."
At this moment, even Fang Xi, who had never been in love, could tell that the Emperor had feelings for the Queen.
Take the time when the Queen was imprisoned in the jail for example. Even when the Emperor was sitting in the study, he had no intention of dealing with state affairs. He just sat in front of the desk every day, as if troubled by some difficult problem, lost in a daze.
Seeing the Emperor like that really made him feel heart - ache.
The Emperor clearly liked the Queen, but he always pretended not to care. He wanted to solve problems for the Emperor, but seeing the angry look on the Emperor's face, his newly - sprouted thought was instantly extinguished.
Now, he'd better give the Emperor a reminder before the Emperor showed his anger.
Su Wan'er just gave him a cold look and then said to him: "I know what I'm doing."
She didn't go to see Si Junlin because of anger. She just wanted to ask him how he had dealt with such national affairs in the past.
Qing Cao saw Su Wan'er from afar. She stepped forward a few steps, bowed to Su Wan'er and said: "Your servant greets Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"
Su Wan'er waved her hand, signaling her to get up and speak: "Is the Queen in the palace?"
Qing Cao bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, Her Highness is reading in the study at the moment."
Su Wan'er nodded and walked straight towards the study.
Qing Cao followed beside her, leading Su Wan'er into the study.
Fang Xi quickly announced in a loud voice: "His Majesty is here!"
Si Junlin was reading in the study. Suddenly hearing this cry, he was also stunned for a moment. By the time he came to his senses, Su Wan'er had already walked into the study.
This was her palace. Even without Qing Cao's guidance, she could close her eyes and walk to any place in the palace from the palace gate.
"I greet Your Majesty." In the presence of outsiders, Si Junlin still cooperated with Su Wan'er to act.
Su Wan'er coughed lightly and said to him: "Rise, Your Majesty."
After Su Wan'er waved away the attendants on both sides, he made a gesture of invitation to Su Wan'er: "Please, Your Majesty."
After Su Wan'er sat down, Si Junlin asked her: "Tell me, Your Majesty, what's the matter that made you come to me on your own initiative?"
Looking at his calm face, Su Wan'er, for some reason, felt a sense of pity in her heart.
Under this emotion, she didn't answer Si Junlin's question. She just stared at Si Junlin, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. Especially when he saw the involuntary look of pity on Su Wan'er's face, he wondered if he was seeing things.
After coughing lightly, Si Junlin asked Su Wan'er: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Only then did Su Wan'er realize that she had been so immersed in her own thoughts that she had forgotten the purpose of her visit.
To avoid embarrassment, Su Wan'er quickly changed the topic: "Actually, I came here this time to ask how you plan to deal with Concubine Hua?"
Si Junlin wasn't at all surprised by the purpose of Su Wan'er's visit. On the contrary, after he found out that it was Concubine Hua who had done it, he had already guessed that Su Wan'er would come to him one day.
He just didn't expect Su Wan'er to be so direct.
Although he wanted to tell Su Wan'er the answer, he was even more curious about why Su Wan'er had shown such an emotion.
"Before answering your question, I want to know what that pitying look on your face just now meant?" Si Junlin stared directly into Su Wan'er's eyes.