Shen Wei finished her speech and sighed, "Mrs. Wu is really pitiful. She was poisoned when she was pregnant in her early years, which led to repeated miscarriages and severe damage to her body. Now she is poisoned again and will not live for more than three months... If Concubine Lan knew the truth, she would be heartbroken."
Li Yuanjing didn't care whether Wu was pitiful or not.
He has been planning to suppress the Xie family recently and strip away their power bit by bit. The evidence that the Xie family has been selling official positions and exploiting the people over the years has long been found out by the Tiger Guards, and the evidence is piling up like a mountain.
But there is a lack of a fuse to ignite the Xie family.
After listening to the gossip that Shen Wei told him, Li Yuanjing immediately found the breakthrough point.
He held Shen Wei's slender waist, his thin lips slightly curled: "Poisoning the mistress, the crime should be punished. I will send the Ministry of Justice to investigate tomorrow, and I must give Wu Shi justice."
Shen Wei complimented in time: "Your Majesty is wise."
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Huayang Palace late at night.
Clang——
The vase was smashed to the ground, with pieces all over the floor. Lanpin sat on the ground holding the letter from her mother in her hand, crying heart-wrenchingly.
"Mother..."
"Why...why is the truth like this..."
In the letter, Wu wrote with tears in her eyes as she recounted how she was deceived by her husband.
[More than 20 years ago, the eldest daughter of the Xie family was crowned queen. The Xie family was in great prosperity for a while and was on the verge of rising to new heights. But no one expected that Queen Xie would suddenly draw a line between herself and the Xie family and even join forces with the late emperor to suppress the Xie family.
Xie Ji, the young head of the Xie family, fell in love with Zhao, a bartender in a restaurant, and they secretly got married. However, due to family pressure, Xie Ji was forced to marry the noble lady Wu.
On the day of Xie Ji and Wu's wedding, Zhao was drunk in the restaurant. After Zhao got drunk, a lustful drunkard took her to bed and had sex with her.
Zhao was so devastated that she wanted to commit suicide. When Xie Ji learned about this, he was heartbroken and angry, and blamed all the blame on Wu.
Xie Ji pretended to be very caring towards Wu, but in fact he hated her very much. He was even unwilling to consummate his marriage with Wu. Every night, Xie Ji would drug Wu and let the servants take his place in Wu's bed.
After Wu became pregnant, Xie Ji secretly gave her abortion drugs, causing Wu to lose her children one by one. Concubine Lan Xie Fanglan was the child that Wu gave birth to with a household slave without Wu's knowledge.
Wu was in poor health and could not give birth to a son, so with Xie Ji's secret manipulation, she took Zhao, a wine seller, as her concubine.
For many years, Xie Ji pretended to be indifferent to Zhao, but in fact the two of them often met in secret and made vows to each other.
By the time Wu learned the truth, she was already terminally ill. 】
In the room, Lanpin broke down and cried, her fingers were cut by sharp fragments, and the floor was covered with glaring blood.
The palace maid Tong'er's eyes were also red. She knelt on the ground and said, "Master, please don't be sad... God has eyes, and evildoers will eventually be punished."
Lanpin shook her head painfully: "Tong'er... I, I am actually the daughter of a family slave. My mother was born of noble birth, but she suffered such humiliation... My father has such a cruel heart, he has such a cruel heart, how can there be such a disgusting man in this world..."
Lanpin closed her eyes.
She thought of her father’s kind and gentle smile and Aunt Zhao’s gentle embrace when she was young. Her father Xie Ji treated her very well and wanted to put the best things in the world in front of her.
My father always said: "Fanglan, you are my most beloved daughter, and you are the hope of the Xie family. When you grow up, you will definitely become a noble queen. 】
He pretends so well.
Who would have thought that kindness was just a hypocritical mask. Over the long years, Xie Ji instilled in Xie Fanglan the idea of "family first", and finally threw her into the palace as a stepping stone for Xie Fanghua to enter the palace.
"Tong'er, what should I do?" Lanpin collapsed on the ground, wailing in despair.
She saw no hope; despair and pain filled her internal organs, causing her to cry in agony.
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The next day, at Xie Mansion in Yanjing City.
In the early morning, the most beautiful autumn chrysanthemums blooming in the yard were carefully picked by the maids, put into a tray, and sent to the boudoir of Xie Fanghua, the second daughter of the Xie family.
In front of the silver mirror, Aunt Zhao had a gentle smile on her face. She picked up a pink and purple chrysanthemum and pinned it in Xie Fanghua's black hair.
"My daughter is so beautiful." Aunt Zhao showed a satisfied look. She told Xie Fanghua, "When your father returns to Beijing the day after tomorrow, I will discuss with him and find a time to send you to the palace."
Xie Fanghua raised her red lips: "Don't worry, mother, your daughter will definitely win your heart."
She looks similar to Concubine Chen and has similar interests and hobbies. The emperor will definitely fall in love with her because he loves her.
Xie Fanghua added: "Mother, I heard that Concubine Chen sent a royal doctor to check Wu's pulse yesterday. I am worried that the royal doctor may find some clues."
Aunt Zhao said, "Of the two doctors sent by Concubine Chen, one was old, confused and greedy, and was bribed with one thousand taels of silver. The other doctor was very young, and I watched from the side, and he even took Mrs. Wu's pulse in the wrong place. It is obvious that the young doctor is a person who seeks fame and reputation, and has no real talent or knowledge."
Two useless doctors couldn't find anything.
Only then did Xie Fanghua feel relieved.
Aunt Zhao continued to dress her daughter as if she was dressing up a piece of art that she was proud of. At this time, the little maid ran in hurriedly: "Madam! It's bad, it's bad!"
Aunt Zhao's hand slipped, and the hand that was drawing her daughter's eyebrows tilted, and Xie Fanghua's eyebrows were drawn crooked.
"Why are you making such a fuss? It's against the rules." Aunt Zhao asked dissatisfiedly.
The maid said, "The Queen Mother's decree has arrived!"
Aunt Zhao was slightly stunned. Empress Dowager?
As everyone knows, although the current empress dowager was born in the Xie family, she has always been at odds with the Xie family. Over the years, the Queen Mother has never helped the Xie family in the slightest.
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