The virtuous concubine listened attentively to the words of the empress dowager, and recalled the events of the past six months.
Yes, the Jiang family was originally powerful, and the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang had absolute power in the harem. The Empress was only in name only. Although Emperor Mingxi saw everything, he was cowardly and did nothing.
But suddenly, everything changed.
When did it start?
The Queen Mother was right. After the little princess was born, that seemed to be a turning point.
From then on, Emperor Mingxi's personality changed drastically. He became decisive in killing people in the court. With the protection of Emperor Mingxi, the empress also regained the power of the imperial palace.
The Crown Prince and the Second Prince have made many great achievements and have a very good reputation both in the court and among the people.
The Jiang family, on the other hand, has been plagued by constant misfortunes. Now, this prominent and noble family has been severely damaged in less than a year, with their titles stripped and their descendants scattered.
Normally, he was indifferent to the Queen and had very little contact with her, so he did not see the little princess very often and did not notice anything unusual about her.
Perhaps, there is indeed something wrong with this Princess Anguo.
Maybe it's a monster.
The virtuous concubine frowned and thought carefully, perhaps she could start with the little princess.
That night, after returning to her Xiande Palace, Concubine Xian dismissed the palace maids and whispered to her trusted eunuch Yang, "Find a few trustworthy people to keep an eye on the little princess."
In early winter, the days become shorter, it gets light later and gets dark earlier.
When Xia Zhengqi went to court, the sky was still pitch dark.
He asked the nanny to quickly clean up Xia Miaoyuan, wrap her in a quilt, and take her to court.
Because he loved his daughter, he was reluctant to wake her up every morning to go to court. Only when there was a difficult situation would he bring Xia Miaoyuan to listen to his heart.
However, when Xia Yi, Prince Jing and others were beheaded at the Meridian Gate yesterday, some accidents occurred at the scene, which caused a lot of discussion in the court and among the people. It is expected that today's morning court will definitely not be peaceful.
[Oh, this princess has such a miserable life! ]
Xia Miaoyuan woke up again to the sound of civil and military officials cheering "Long live the emperor".
[Oh my god, this noise is more shocking than a passing train, and more annoying than the square dancing aunties this morning.]
Xia Miaoyuan lay beside the dragon throne, complaining indignantly.
In order to make his daughter more comfortable, Emperor Mingxi simply placed a small bed next to the dragon throne and let Xia Miaoyuan lie on it.
Xia Zhengqi: What are green trains? What are square dancing aunties?
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!" Censor Dongfang Yi stepped out and said loudly.
Xia Zhengqi nodded to Dongfang Yushi, indicating that he should continue.
"When the traitor Xia Yi was beheaded yesterday at the Meridian Gate, he shouted at the execution ground: 'The emperor is incompetent, the government and the people are in darkness, talented and ambitious people are being miserably buried, and Daxia will soon perish.' He then cursed many obscenities that were unbearable to the ear..."
"I believe that the traitor Xia Yi has shown no remorse even at the brink of death. This is a great disrespect to Your Majesty and truly brings disgrace upon the court."
As soon as Dongfang Yushi finished speaking, the officials below began to whisper.
"Oh my, this is outrageous! Xia Yi deserves to be cut into pieces."
"If you ask me, pull out his Dongfang corpse and whip it."
Xia Zhengqi slammed the armrest of the dragon throne and cursed, "Traitor! How despicable!"
He only heard a little rumor yesterday that there was a small incident at the execution ground. He didn't expect that Xia Yi would dare to insult him and curse Da Xia like this at the execution ground.
He could tolerate being accused of being too kind and weak, but he really could not tolerate being accused of being stupid and not valuing talents.
"My dear ministers, what do you think we should do about this?" Xia Zhengqi asked coldly.
Seeing Xia Zhengqi so angry, all the civil and military officials immediately rushed to answer.
A minister shouted, "Whip the corpse!"
Another general said, "Chop it up and throw it into the sea to feed the fish!"
Another minister was probably too excited and shouted, "Kill his entire clan!"
Xia Zhengqi and other ministers all looked at him instantly.
Xia Zhengqi: Are you okay? His nine clans are me and the entire imperial family. Are you planning to wipe out the entire imperial family and become emperor yourself?
The sentence of "execute all nine generations of his clan" actually made Xia Miaoyuan sober up: "Oh my god, this minister is still asleep, let me see who said that."
She climbed up from the small bed, rubbed her eyes, and searched among the ministers.
General Wu Yong's face flushed red as he lowered his head in embarrassment. The ministers around him looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"General Wu, if you have any opinions about me, you can write them down in detail in a memorial like the civil servants do and hand it to me to read." Xia Zhengqi said coldly.
Wu Yong knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed several times: "Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. I..."
Wu Yong's brain raced, searching for an excuse. Finally, his eyes lit up and he said, "I've been suffering from severe insomnia lately, and my brain hasn't been functioning properly, so I said the wrong thing."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Xia Zhengqi rolled his eyes in anger, then calmed down and said, "I'll give you a month off from court. You should catch up on your sleep at home, but your salary will also be suspended for a month."
"Pfft!" Xia Miaoyuan covered her mouth and laughed: [Daddy is so stingy, he doesn't even give me paid leave.]
Xia Zhengqi then instructed Debao, "After court, go to the treasury and get 100 kilograms of walnuts for General Wu. Let him eat more walnuts to nourish his brain."
"Your Majesty, I have a different opinion." A wise voice came.
Xia Miaoyuan looked down and saw that the person who spoke was the prince's teacher, Yan Wenjing, the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy.
"Oh? Lord Yan, if you have any insights, please share them with us." Xia Zhengqi said seriously.
"I believe that Xia Yi, as a prince, enjoys a life of luxury and wealth, and should be content and grateful. However, he harbors so much dissatisfaction."
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