The Queen and Xia Miaoyuan hurriedly looked at the testimony.
It only said that after Lanxiang was transferred to Zhonghe Palace, Concubine Jiang made it a condition for her to enter the Jiang family as a concubine. She asked her to climb into the bed with the Second Prince while he went into the palace to change clothes during the little princess's full moon banquet and frame him.
When she entered the house, she found that she had entered the wrong room. It was not the Second Prince but Jiang Zhichang who was in the room. Jiang Zhichang's bestial nature was aroused when he saw her, so he raped her again.
[Woqu, I see! ]
[The treacherous concubine is truly vicious. After failing to harm Er Guoguo once, she plotted to harm him again.]
If her evil plan succeeds today, I, Er Guoguo, will be caught cheating in public. My reputation will be ruined and I will be punished.
[If that happens, his future will definitely be greatly affected.]
Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in anger and clenched his fists tightly.
Xia Zhengqi felt cold all over and his body was trembling slightly.
The Jiang family is so vicious. They harmed the queen, the prince, and the second prince. If one plan fails, they will come up with another.
Xia Zhengqi recalled everything that had happened to the Queen over the past decade.
Every time the Queen hosts a palace banquet, there will always be unexpected situations.
The gifts that the Empress gave to the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang were always found to be problematic.
The queen seemed to be possessed by a disaster star. Accidents always happened from time to time in her daily life and travel.
But his first wife, Xiao Ruoyu, was obviously a very good princess before she entered the palace to become queen.
She speaks and behaves appropriately, is dignified and generous, and at such a young age, she manages the affairs of the entire palace with ease.
Her luck was incredibly good, as she gave birth to two sons in quick succession. Even her daily travels went smoothly.
In the 20 years since Ruoyu married him, her life was completely different before and after she entered the palace.
After entering the palace, she seemed to be under a curse.
This is not a curse at all, it is clearly the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang who are repeatedly harming her!
Xia Zhengqi suddenly understood a lot of things.
This time, the Jiang family must not be let off!
No matter how powerful the Jiang family becomes, he will not waver in the slightest.
He wants to eliminate the evil people in the Jiang family one by one.
Every bit of leniency shown to the Jiang family today will become a sharp blade that will pierce the descendants of the Xia family in a few years.
Xia Zhengqi ordered people to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and immediately wrote an imperial edict:
Jiang Zhichang repeatedly raped palace maids and defiled the harem, so he was dismissed from all his official positions and punished by being sent to the northern border as a soldier, and was not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned.
Concubine Jiang condoned and shielded her brothers, persecuted palace maids, disregarded human life, and framed the prince. She was immoral and unfit to be a mother. She was stripped of her title, demoted to the rank of a concubine, and moved to Qiuyue Pavilion, where she remained imprisoned until her death, and was not allowed to leave without being summoned.
The fifth prince was raised by Concubine Shu.
The power to manage the six palaces was returned to the Queen.
Grand Tutor Jiang was fined one year's salary for not educating his son strictly.
As soon as the imperial edict was written, Eunuch Debao immediately stated the crimes of Jiang Zhichang and Concubine Jiang in front of all the guests and read the imperial edict. Everyone was shocked after hearing it.
First, I was shocked by Jiang Zhichang's audacity; second, I was shocked by Concubine Jiang's cruelty; third, I was shocked by the emperor's decisiveness in killing.
[This is truly delightful! Roar, roar, roar, today is truly a joyous day. The Jiang family has suffered a heavy loss. And Mother has regained control of the Six Palaces.]
[Yeah! Yeah! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empress!]
Xia Miaoyuan danced with her little hands and feet, laughing with her toothless mouth.
The Second Prince excitedly tugged at the Queen's sleeve and said, "Mother, now you can finally continue to be in charge of the six palaces and become a true Queen."
The queen's eyes were red with excitement and tears welled up in her eyes.
Ever since she entered the palace and became queen, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang had been putting obstacles in her way at every turn. After only one year as queen, the Empress Dowager deprived her of the power to manage the six palaces on the grounds of her lack of ability and bad conduct.
For more than ten years, Concubine Jiang held the power of the six palaces, and she only had the title of queen, becoming a laughing stock of the whole world.
Concubine Jiang knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably: "Your Majesty, please have mercy on me. Please don't take my Chengshun away. At least leave the child to me."
"Why are you pretending to be such a grieving mother? The Fifth Prince isn't your biological son. You want to keep him by your side, but it's just to give yourself a glimmer of hope."
"As long as the Emperor agrees to let you continue raising the child, he will definitely not be able to imprison you. The treacherous concubine has quite a few tricks up her sleeve!"
Xia Miaoyuan muttered and complained.
The Fifth Prince is not Concubine Jiang's biological son?!
Then who gave birth to him?
For a moment, Xia Zhengqi felt as if he had eaten a big melon from his daughter's mouth again, and for a moment he felt the pleasure of eating the melon, but then he thought again that this was ultimately a matter of his own concern, and his face became gloomy again.
"Zhengqi, how could you be so cruel to Qiqiu and Zhichang?!" An old woman's crying voice was heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Empress Dowager stumbling towards them.
"Zhengqi, even if I beg you, although Qiqiu and Zhichang are at fault and deserve to be punished, your punishment is too harsh. They are descendants of the Jiang family."
"Zhichang is your cousin who you grew up with. Qiqiu is your husband and wife and has even raised your child. Even if you consider your relationship as husband and wife and the child, please take back your decision!"
The Empress Dowager burst into tears, her eyes streaming down. She was sobbing uncontrollably and collapsed on the ground. Concubine Jiang crawled over on her knees, and the aunt and niece simply embraced each other and cried bitterly.
Several young eunuchs tried to help the Empress Dowager up, but the aunt and nephew were hugging each other so tightly that they couldn't lift her up at all.
The guests were just discussing Concubine Jiang and Jiang Zhichang enthusiastically, but when they saw the Queen Mother coming and performing a tragic drama with Concubine Jiang, they immediately gathered around to watch the show.
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