"Empress, do you know your crime?" Ye Ling asked coldly.

The empress immediately knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, I know my crime and beg for punishment."

Ye Ling: "Since you admit your guilt, you should no longer sit on the throne of Empress."

"By imperial decree, the Empress has murdered the prince and betrayed the trust of me and the Empress Dowager. With such conduct, she is unworthy to remain Empress. Effective immediately, the Empress's seal and title are revoked. The imperial edict appointing her as Empress is hereby revoked. Shen Lianqiao is hereby deposed and moved out of Jingren Palace to the Cold Palace!"

Shen Lianqiao immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty! I cannot be banished to the Cold Palace! I still have four princes to raise!"

[Oh, this bitch has really forgotten how she killed the mothers of the Second Prince, Fourth Prince, and Fifth Prince, and seized control of all the princes!]

She'd also forgotten how she'd suppressed the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince, forbidding the other princes from studying late into the night, teaching them how to lie down, how to be lazy and incompetent, how to be apathetic—essentially ruining other people's sons, while forcing her precious son, the First Prince, to compete fiercely! He had to learn more and eat better than the other princes!

[Tsk tsk tsk, this vile woman has really gone to great lengths for the Crown Prince's position!]

The Empress Dowager was fully aware of these messy affairs.

They were frustrated by the lack of evidence and couldn't find any fault with the Empress.

However, the Empress Dowager did not give up and continued to secretly investigate the cause of death of the Second Prince's mother, Consort Tao.

As for Ye Chen, his mother died in childbirth, so he was raised by the Empress after he was born.

The mothers of the fourth prince Ye Sen and the fifth prince Ye Lin also died in childbirth.

Third brother, you don't know this yet! Your mother died in childbirth because of your so-called adoptive mother!

[She bribed the midwife, causing your mother to hemorrhage. That bitch didn't have the patience to wait until you were born to plot against your mother; she cut the root of the problem at its source! She originally intended for both mother and child to die, but unexpectedly, you were blessed and survived!]

At first, that vile woman tried every possible way to kill you and then shift the blame onto someone else, until the imperial physician said you had a congenital leg ailment, and only then did she spare your life! As for your fourth and fifth brothers, their mothers were also killed by the Empress using the same methods, but they were a little luckier than you, born without any problems.

The Empress originally intended to kill them while they were still young, but fearing it would arouse the suspicion of the Emperor and Empress Dowager, she added poisonous mushroom powder to the Fifth Brother's daily food. This poisonous mushroom powder can slowly destroy a person's mind, making them mentally impaired. The Sixth Brother is still in swaddling clothes; once he starts eating solid food, this vile woman will use the same trick again!

Upon hearing this, Ye Ling's anger level soared even higher!

He genuinely believed that the Empress was overly maternal, which was why she adopted his son.

Little did they know that such a huge conspiracy was involved.

At this moment, Shen Lianqiao was still thinking of using her identity as the mother of the eldest prince Ye Yu to put pressure on the emperor and ask him to spare her life.

Little did they know that the Emperor had heard Ye Qianqian's true feelings.

I've already thought of a hundred ways for Shen Lianqiao to die!

Xu Qingzhi was also shocked by Shen Lianqiao's methods.

She had suspected that Tao Jieyu's death was related to the Empress.

But I never expected that Shen Lianqiao would be so ruthless.

To prevent other princes from rising to power, they killed their mothers from the very beginning and seized the princes.

They raised them with the intention of ruining them, while secretly supporting the eldest prince.

This scheming is utterly vicious! Outrageous! Inhuman!

"Summon all the princes and concubines from the six palaces," Ye Ling coldly ordered.

Less than fifteen minutes.

All the concubines of the six palaces gathered at Chuxiu Palace.

Ye Yu, 20 years old; Ye Mu, 13 years old; Ye Sen, 5 years old; and Ye Lin, an infant, also came over.

After seeing Shen Lianqiao kneeling on the ground, Ye Yu understood a few things.

"Father, Mother—"

"She doesn't deserve to be your mother."

Ye Mu: "Father, what mistake did Mother make?"

"You are not allowed to call her Mother. Your Mother is Consort Tao."

Ye Mu knew that Tao Jieyu was his biological mother, but she drowned when he was three years old.

After that, the Empress adopted him, and gradually he came to accept the Empress as his mother.

[Second brother! Your biological mother was pushed into the lotus pond and drowned by Shen Lianqiao's men! She is not your mother; she is your mother's killer!]

Ye Mu was taken aback!

Where does that sweet, childlike voice come from?

He glanced at Ye Lin, who was still in swaddling clothes.

Ye Lin was sleeping with his eyes closed.

Besides, he's only four months old; he can't possibly say that many words yet!

Could it be—

Ye Mu glanced at Consort Jin's belly.

Could it be that his biological mother was reincarnated into Consort Jin's womb to tell him the truth?

That's not right either. She clearly called herself Second Brother, not Mu'er.

Ye Ling sat in the center, coldly staring at Shen Lianqiao.

"Tell me everything you did back then!"

Shen Lianqiao cried out that she was wronged.

"Your Majesty, I did nothing wrong! You must believe me! I am truly innocent!"

Ye Ling didn't waste any more words with her.

"Guards! Use torture! Cut off her hands and feet!"

Wow! Father is truly wise and mighty! That's the right way! To deal with this kind of shameless wretch who won't shed a tear until she sees the coffin lid, she should see what a coffin lid looks like first!

The guard immediately drew his sword and stepped forward.

It's clear the Emperor is serious!

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