Chapter 8 Deprivation of Title

After saying this, Tian Hong seemed to suddenly think of something, and stood up and walked to the edge of the pond where Concubine Chun had just fallen into the water. He

carefully checked the railings, and then his face changed drastically.

He immediately walked to Emperor Qingling, knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are obvious cuts on the railings, and the cuts are neat. It can be seen at a glance that they were caused by a sharp weapon. Someone must have framed Concubine Chun, Your Majesty!" As

soon as these words came out, everyone on the scene was shocked.

He dared to assassinate the princess at her full-month banquet, which was simply too bold!

Emperor Qingling was furious and looked at the Empress: "Empress, is this how you manage my harem? The concubines framed my favorite concubine at the full moon banquet, causing Concubine Chun and Concubine Yao to fall into the water! You didn't even know?"

The Empress was suddenly called out, raised her head and looked at Emperor Qingling, then knelt down.

The concubines in the harem also knelt down.

The concubines said, "Your Majesty, calm down."

All the concubines knelt, except for Concubine Yao, who was still held in the arms of Emperor Qingling.

The Empress looked up at Emperor Qingling, her eyes were filled with sorrow and tears, and she begged bitterly, "Your Majesty, how did I know about this?"

Emperor Qingling frowned, obviously unhappy, "Then Your Majesty means that I should blame Concubine Chun who fell into the water? Or blame Concubine Yao who saved her! Or blame me!"

He was full of energy and his voice was deep, and everyone on the scene knelt down.

In an instant, only Emperor Qingling and Concubine Yao were left standing.

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this matter was indeed caused by the negligence of the Empress, but the most urgent task is to find out the mastermind behind it and clear Concubine Yao's name."

The person who spoke was the Empress's father, Prince Heng, and he was also the Queen Mother's brother, that is, the uncle of Emperor Qingling.

Emperor Qingling glanced at Prince Heng and said in a deep voice: "Of course, my uncle understands my heart the best."

This sentence made Prince Heng sweat profusely.

How could he forget that what Emperor Qingling hated most in his life was the alliance between the former dynasty and the harem? When he spoke up to dissuade them, he was just hitting Emperor Qingling's sword.

Prince Heng kowtowed quickly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just thought that only Concubine Yao and Concubine Chun were present at the time. Concubine Chun fell into the water, so Concubine Yao could not escape the blame." Emperor

Qingling waved his hand and ordered Wei Weiran directly: "Then listen to Prince Heng, Wei Weiran, check for me, search the palace!"

Wei Weiran knelt down and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Prince Heng raised his head suddenly, met Emperor Qingling's eyes and quickly glanced away.

It was really wrong for him to show up this time.

But he was eager to protect his daughter, and was afraid that the emperor would punish the empress.

Such a large-scale palace search, whether true or false, would definitely find something, and the person involved would have a grudge with his Wu Ya family, and there would definitely be a bloody storm in the future.

Wei Weiran sent people to search the palace. Emperor Qingling said coldly: "Everyone, get up."

Everyone stood up, but avoided Emperor Qingling's eyes.

Only Prince Heng looked at Emperor Qingling, and happened to look into his eyes. The emperor's eyes were frighteningly heavy.

Prince Heng suddenly thought of a possibility, and almost fell to the ground with weak legs.

No, no, no, no, how could it be possible?

Everyone waited for about two quarters of an hour, and Concubine Yao had been arranged to sit down. She was still wearing Emperor Qingling's dragon robe. Concubine

Yao did not feel honored, but was a little prepared for danger.

What exactly did the emperor do this time?

Others might think that he was concerned about her, but Concubine Yao herself knew that this was not the case. Does

Emperor Qingling like her?

Of course he does.

As an emperor, he loves all the women in the harem. No one is his exclusive favorite, and no one can really enter his heart.

The superficial favor is nothing more than to balance the former dynasty and the harem. If you talk about sincerity, it is not to say that it is not there, but it is not as good as the country.

She was thinking, Emperor Qingling walked towards her, raised his hand to cover her hand, and said softly: "Are you cold?"

Concubine Yao smiled and shook her head, and held his hand back: "Your Majesty, I am not cold."

Emperor Qingling curled his lips and touched her face, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"Don't worry, I will compensate you."

Concubine Yao just wanted to get up to thank him, but Emperor Qingling pressed her on the chair and said softly: "Sit well, I feel sorry for you."

Concubine Yao pulled the corner of her mouth to look at him, lowered her eyelids, and smiled gently.

The smile reached the bottom of her eyes, and the corners of her eyes were smiling.

"Your Majesty~"

Just two words.

But Concubine Yao was able to make Emperor Qingling's heart itch.

Emperor Qingling looked at her deeply and patted her hands.

"Your Majesty, Wei Xin found some things, but..."

He glanced at Concubine Chun who was standing on the side in a panic, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Emperor Qingling walked up to Concubine Yao and said in a deep voice: "Speak!"

Wei Weiran knelt down quickly and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Wei Xin found a short sword in Yanxu Palace. There were wood chips on the tassel of the sword from the railings by the pond. The maids beside Concubine Chun also said that they saw Concubine Chun ordering people to cut the railings..."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Chun immediately knelt down, horrified: "Your Majesty, it's unjust, someone must have deliberately wronged me!"

Yanxu Palace is her bedroom.

And it was a favor she personally asked for on her bed.

It is said that a former imperial concubine was favored by the previous emperor in Yanxu Palace, and she has been favored continuously since then, and sat on the position of imperial concubine.

She wanted to copy the old path of the Grand Concubine, but she didn't expect that this incident would happen just after Concubine Yao came out.

Who else could frame her so openly and keep herself out of trouble, leaving her with no reason to explain herself, except Concubine Yao!

Concubine Yao must have deliberately cut the railings, and then planned to take the opportunity to push her into the water, and then try to save her, and then clear herself, and then put all the blame on her! With

such scheming and such hatred, she couldn't think of anyone else except Zong Yaohe!

Thinking of this, Concubine Chun pointed at Concubine Yao angrily and said, "It's her! It must be her! She framed me! She did it on purpose, it must be her!"

Wei Weiran glanced at Concubine Chun and looked away coldly.

In his opinion, Concubine Chun was finished. She

was so rude in front of the ministers and concubines. Even if the emperor really wanted to protect her in the future, he would no longer be able to do so.

"Concubine Chun will be stripped of her title, demoted to Concubine Jiang, and banished to the cold palace. All the people in the Yanxu Palace will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment to do hard labor, and her personal maids will be sentenced to death." Emperor Qingling

made a direct decision.

There was no trace of protection in his words, and from beginning to end, he never even glanced at Concubine Jiang.

Concubine Jiang cried bitterly, kneeling down and crawling towards Emperor Qingling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am sincere to you, I hope Your Majesty will consider that I have served you for such a long time..."

Before she finished her words, Wei Weiran stepped forward and covered her mouth.

"Someone, take Concubine Jiang away, don't dirty the emperor's eyes!"

"Yes!"

"Mmmm..."

Concubine Jiang cried bitterly, and was extremely ferocious. She was really embarrassed in front of everyone.

For a moment, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Concubine Yao. As

soon as she came out of the cold palace, the emperor went crazy for Concubine Chun.

Although Concubine Yao had not been favored for a month, looking at her like this today, it seemed that the emperor deliberately stayed away from her in order to protect them. He really favored her endlessly.

With a child, he will definitely be a strong opponent in the future.