Chapter 459: Ending

The emperor woke up three days later. During this period, Concubine Chen stayed by his side and took care of him.

As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. The Concubine Chen is somewhat sincere towards the Emperor.

When the emperor demoted her to a concubine, she did not feel any resentment in her heart. She always believed that the emperor had his reasons. Sure enough, the emperor suffered a great punishment.

When the emperor woke up, he saw Concubine Chen beside him and felt as if he was in another world.

His first words were:

"Awu, I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position!"

These words broke the defense of Concubine Chen, and her tears fell like beads from a broken string.

"Your Majesty, I am not wronged. As long as you are well, I will not be wronged in any way."

Only at this moment did the emperor feel that his consciousness was under his own control.

That woman is so terrible. She always controls me and makes me do some ridiculous things and say some absurd words.

Now, he can finally control himself, but he feels a sense of powerlessness all over his body.

After this incident, I’m afraid his health will be ruined.

Because there was no conclusive evidence or witnesses to point the finger, the queen and her son were not guilty of the crime punishable by death.

But the charge of falsely conveying the imperial edict is a foregone conclusion.

The emperor ordered that the empress be demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace, and that the virtuous prince be imprisoned in the virtuous prince's mansion, never to leave.

All the female members of the Duke of Tang's family were enslaved, and the male members were exiled three thousand miles away.

This is the consequence of daring to defy the imperial authority. The glory of several generations of the Tang family has since declined.

It seemed that the fate of the Queen and the Virtuous King was already very pleasing to the people, but at this time, another key figure appeared and threw a huge rock under the heads of the Queen and the Virtuous King, smashing them hard into the mud.

The Crown Princess came to see the Emperor in mourning clothes, without her hairpins or hairpins.

She wanted to sue the virtuous king for murdering the former crown prince. She had both witnesses and material evidence, and the evidence was solid.

Before one crisis is over, another crisis arises. The various actions of Empress Tang in the Hall of Supreme Harmony still make many people feel scared when they think about them. Now the former Crown Princess has come out and revealed such a thing, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

Originally, the title of the wise king could still be retained, but now, I am afraid that even the title cannot be retained.

The Crown Princess first took out the secret letter that Zhou Liangdi had given her before her death, as well as all the necessary evidence.

There was a pile of letters, all of which were written by the wise king over the years, asking her to tamper with the diet of the former crown prince, and the words were full of threats.

This is the mastermind behind the food poisoning of the late crown prince.

The late crown prince died young, all thanks to his younger brother.

Not only that, the former Crown Princess also brought Zhou Liangdi's family as witnesses, accusing the virtuous king of coercing them to threaten Zhou Liangdi.

It is an indisputable fact that the virtuous king murdered the late crown prince. The late crown princess requests the emperor to punish the virtuous king and give an explanation to the late crown prince.

She didn't understand why the late crown prince was trying to protect his mother and brother before his death, but she was really angry. Zhou Liangdi chose to hand over the evidence to her and told her that if possible, please fulfill the crown prince's wish and let this secret never be made public.

This time, the Queen rebelled, and the Emperor, considering their decades of marriage, chose to spare her life, but only banished her to the cold palace. As for Murong Rui, he was not worthy of the position of the Virtuous King, and it was an insult to the word "virtuous".

The former Crown Princess was so angry. Why did such a talented and brilliant man like the former Crown Prince end up like this?

If she doesn't make the virtuous king pay the price, she will never have peace in her life, so she chose to go to the palace and report Murong Rui.

When the emperor heard about this, he was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. He had recovered a little, but now he fell ill again.

He ordered that Murong Rui be stripped of his title of King Xian and given poisoned wine.

Murong Rui was forced to drink poisoned wine by a group of people. He was no longer a prince, but just a commoner. He was not even worthy of being buried in the imperial mausoleum after his death.

Not only that, he also implicated his wife, concubines, and several children, and all of them were exiled.

When the queen in the cold palace heard this, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar and was heartbroken.

She never thought that her eldest son was killed by her youngest son. She was still thinking about supporting her son to take the throne.

In despair, within a few days, news came from the cold palace that the deposed queen had committed suicide.

It was clear that not long ago, she was still the graceful and elegant queen who was the mother of the country, but now she has become a dead soul under the three-foot white silk.

The emperor, out of consideration for the late crown prince, gave her the funeral of a queen, but she could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but only in the mausoleum of a concubine.

Afterwards, the emperor ordered that Concubine Chen be made empress.

The King of Yong, the King of Qi, the King of Jin, and the King of Chu will move to their fiefdoms from now on. If they want to enter the capital in the future, they must submit documents in advance and obtain the emperor's permission before entering the capital.

On the day when the kings left Kyoto, Crown Prince Murong Huai came to see them off in person. After all, they were brothers, so he put on a full show.

Prince Yong and Prince Qi were both quite honest and he was not afraid of them causing trouble, but Murong Huai knew very well that Prince Jin and Prince Chu would definitely not accept this.

After arriving at the fiefdom, although it seemed far away from Kyoto, it actually gave them a good opportunity to recuperate.

Murong Sheng will definitely not waste this time in vain.

Gu Yue, with a seven-month-old belly, had to follow the team on a long journey to the fiefdom thousands of miles away.

Two months had passed since the Taihe Hall Incident. Everything had changed. Queen Tang and Prince Xian had fallen, and Prince Xun had become the crown prince, the popular choice.

Gu Yue actually knew very well that Murong Sheng would not give up so easily. However, if he still wanted to fight for it, the chances of success were slim. Once he failed, there would be no recovery.

Gu Yue would not sit still and wait for death. She looked at Zhao Hui. Now that they had left the city gate of Kyoto and arrived at their fiefdom, Zhao Hui no longer had Murong Sheng's favor, nor did she have the support of the Shangshu Mansion. She could only let Murong Sheng control her.

When she returns, she will appear as Princess Jin.

Murong Sheng was riding on a horse. He looked back at the gate of Kyoto, and the ambition in his eyes remained unchanged.

He will definitely come back again, he will not give up easily. Murong Huai, just wait and see, the winner is still unknown.

In the blink of an eye, Su Wan was already five months pregnant.

Her subsequent condition has been very good. Even if there was chaos in the palace, it could not affect her mood. Every day when Jiang Yu was not at home, she would exchange parenting experiences with her eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law.

Jiacheng would come to play with them from time to time. Seeing their bulging bellies, she seemed to be more excited than they were. She would listen to one belly and then another's belly, and then tease little Huaiyu.

Yue Yinshuang was pregnant with twins, and her belly was particularly big at nearly seven months.

Now, the emperor has completely become a hands-off boss, leaving state affairs to the prince to take care of, while he himself is recuperating in the company of the queen, spending his few remaining days. After a lifetime of hard work, what's wrong with taking a break?