Zhu Qing was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. He overturned the table at the banquet and described the matter between him and Qin Zheng in such a terrible way.
Their affair was made public, and Qin Zheng used this opportunity to clarify their relationship, "If we go by the timeline, Zhou Yuan is the current queen."
In this era, men could talk about marriage and it was no longer a problem among the common people. However, in the palace, they were ostracized because of their infertility.
The ministers frowned and advised the emperor that he was confused.
The Queen stood up to moderate the atmosphere. Her actions were quite noble. Although women did not handle government affairs, she still had some say in her current position.
She stood on the side of justice, but her words were biased towards Zhou Yuan. Zhou Qing found it amusing and gave the queen a favor.
After their affair was exposed, they would talk about it every day in court. It was easy to shirk responsibility once or twice, but after too many times, they became tired of it.
Qin Zheng was determined to become a good emperor. He governed the country in an orderly manner, the people's living standards improved, and the soldiers stationed on the land were well taken care of.
But these old stubborn people in the court gave earnest advice as if they were looking for trouble.
This was the first time that Qin Zheng lost his temper in the court. He dismissed these old guys who could not distinguish right from wrong, and directly imprisoned those who were too extreme and sentenced them to false accusations.
He secretly selected talented people to replace the removed positions, and the ministers finally shut up. They knew that if they didn't shut up, they would lose their positions.
The current situation has become an imperial dictatorship system, which involves the interests of ministers in the court.
Unwilling to accept this, the ministers secretly plotted to disrupt the existing peace, colluding with powerful nobles. They spread rumors among the people that a male vixen had infiltrated the palace, tempting the emperor into decadence.
During a spring hunting expedition, Qin Zheng was ambushed and fell off a cliff. Upon learning of this, the Queen Mother was enraged and soon fell ill. Zhou Yuan became the target of public criticism and was imprisoned and tortured.
The Queen tried to rescue him but failed every time, so she had no choice but to go to the Queen Mother. With the Queen Mother's order, she finally released Zhou Yuan.
But this man was already in poor health, and after being abused, there was not a single spot on his body that was unharmed. Furthermore, there seemed to be some traces of being ravaged on his body.
Seeing him so heartbroken, the queen didn't dare ask him what had happened, fearing he would collapse. Qin Zheng was still missing, and she didn't know how much longer she could hold out.
Zhou Yuan was unconscious for a long time, and when he woke up, he had no will to live. Qin Zheng's disappearance was a blow to him, and the humiliation he suffered in prison was another.
After the Empress finished attending to the court and visiting the Queen Mother, she came here to relax with him. She was about to give birth, and on the day of her birth, someone secretly changed her medicine and fed him a cup of poisoned wine.
Qin Zheng happened to see this scene when he came back. He angrily executed the man and hugged Zhou Yuan in grief.
Zhou Yuan reluctantly inhaled his scent, regretting that he couldn't spend more time with him. He wrote a letter for him, asking Qin Zheng to let him go and admitting that he had been using him from the beginning...
Qin Zheng was heartbroken. He thoroughly investigated all the people in the court who were involved in this incident and executed all nine generations of his family.
The queen gave birth to a son, whose appearance and features were very similar to hers, but his eyes were neither like hers nor like the queen's. Instead, they were the same as Zhou Yuan's.
After the treatment, Qin Zheng buried Zhou Yuan in the garden with his own hands. It was early spring, and the winter jasmine flowers were just blooming.
He feared that Zhu Yuan would be lonely, so he buried him with many strange and bizarre little things. There was another one next to it, and he would be buried there himself in the future.
He was afraid that someone would bully him, so he would go to accompany him after he had dealt with all the things.
"Xiaoyuan, wait for me, I will come to accompany you soon."
Qin Zheng vaguely felt that Zhou Yuan came to find him in his sleep. He wanted to open his eyes but couldn't. He could only feel him gently hugging him and snuggling in his arms.
He told himself not to be so tired, to let go of his worries and live a good life.
Suddenly, they seemed to have returned to the past. Qin Zheng had never been bullied by his brothers when he was a child, and Zhou Yuan had lived in a happy family and had never suffered...
"Cut!" The director wiped the tears from his eyes, "Congratulations to Zhou Yuan on finishing! Congratulations to Jing Zuohuai on a perfect finish!"
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