Chapter 537 Overthrow
Emperor Song regretted his decision.
She never expected that her life would be ruined by Prince Qing.
But it's too late to regret.
"Someone come!"
"Send the queen to the cold palace!"
The emperor's voice suddenly came.
It was like a heavy hammer hitting Queen Song and the Queen Mother in the heart.
Queen Song's face was as pale as if she had been dead for three days. She knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I was also harmed by Prince Qing..."
The emperor's face turned pale.
Ever since Lady Yaoguang said that Prince Qing and Queen Song killed Princess Qiyang, the Emperor had a vague suspicion. No man could tolerate being cuckolded, even though the Emperor had never liked Queen Song and knew that the person she wanted to marry most was Prince Jin. However, Prince Jin was poisoned to death on their wedding night. The Emperor felt that even if Queen Song did not like him as an emperor, she would not cuckold him.
Unexpectedly, before the late emperor granted them marriage, Queen Song had already had an affair with Prince Qing, and even Xiao Yun was Prince Qing's flesh and blood.
Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu came to Shoukang Palace for a long time. The empress dowager called Queen Song over. The emperor was worried and came to take a look. When he came in, he heard these things and almost died of anger on the spot.
No one dared to disobey the emperor's order. Two guards came in immediately and wanted to drag Queen Song away.
Queen Song begged the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, it was Prince Qing who killed Prince Jin, not me. Queen Mother, save me!"
Save her?
The Empress Dowager wanted to kill Queen Song, but she still hoped that the Empress Dowager would save her.
If she didn't want to kill Lin Qingyin, she wouldn't give Prince Qing the opportunity to kill someone with a borrowed knife!
The eldest son-in-law investigated the cause of death of Prince Jin and found out that they were the ones who killed him and buried him in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion, making her daughter cry all day long. In order to cover up the crime, they even killed her daughter to silence her!
The Queen Mother wished she could cut Queen Song, Prince Qing, and the Duke of Song into pieces.
In order to maintain the prosperity of Duke Song's Mansion, she wanted Queen Song to marry Prince Jin. As a result, the one who hurt her the most in her life was her own mother's family!
Two guards pulled Queen Song up from the ground and dragged her out.
The phoenix hairpin on Queen Song's head fell off as she walked, and her hair was messy. She looked as miserable as could be.
Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu stepped forward to salute the emperor.
The emperor asked, "When did you know that Queen Song and Prince Qing were having an affair?"
Chen Wan asked, "Father, do you still remember that on New Year's Eve, Eunuch Li, who was by the Queen Mother's side, was murdered in the palace...?"
The emperor remembered this matter, after all, it was a special day.
Shen Wan said, "Before Eunuch Li died, he asked his nephew to tell me and my husband that Prince Qing and Queen Song had..."
"Eunuch Li didn't have time to finish his words, but his nephew Fu'an still told these words to me and you, so I and you followed up and investigated."
The emperor was already angry, and the death of Eunuch Li added fuel to the fire.
On New Year's Eve, a banquet was held in the palace, but the queen was drunk and went back early.
As a result, she did not go back to rest, but went to have a secret affair with Prince Qing. She was accidentally caught by Eunuch Li, who killed her to silence her.
He, the emperor's father, was cuckolded, and it was his daughter and son-in-law who found out. How could he, the emperor, save his dignity?!
The emperor wanted to have Queen Song torn into pieces by five horses.
Seeing that the emperor was very angry, Shen Wan said, "Father, please don't get yourself hurt by being angry..."
"Empress Dowager!"
Before Shen Wan finished persuading her, Nanny Gui’s anxious voice suddenly came.
Shen Wan turned around and saw the Queen Mother fainted on the phoenix couch.
The Empress Dowager fainted, and the already exhausted Yaoguang County Lady also fainted due to anxiety.
The bedroom suddenly became a mess.
Zhao Yuanzheng hurried over with his medicine box, knelt on the ground to feel the empress dowager's pulse, and then reported to the emperor, "The empress dowager has been extremely sad these days, and today she was also very angry. She is already exhausted..."
The Emperor asked, "How much time does the Queen Mother have left?"
"Seven or eight days at most."
Aunt Gui's tears welled up in her eyes. "Zhao Yuanzheng, you must save the Empress Dowager's life..."
Zhao Yuan was sighing.
The Empress Dowager lived a glorious life in the first half of her life, but she never expected that the family she valued most would kill her two children, and even the Princess of Yaoguang County almost died. She suffered a lot.
"Try to let the Queen Mother live longer."
After saying this, the emperor turned and left.
The emperor trusts Zhao Yuanzheng's medical skills. The empress dowager only has seven or eight days left. Even if Zhao Yuanzheng argues with the King of Hell, he can only help the empress dowager buy another three or two days.
And every day of her life was nothing but pain for the Queen Mother.
The emperor left, and Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu did not stay any longer. When Eunuch An saw them come out, he said, "Let the emperor be alone for a while."
They are not so ignorant.
Shen Wan said, "Eunuch An, please tell my husband and father that we will go back first and come to the palace to pay our respects to him another day."
Eunuch An nodded repeatedly.
Then Princess Shouzhen learned that Queen Song had been banished to the cold palace, and came to the emperor to plead for mercy, which was really walking into the emperor's trap.
It has now been confirmed that Xiao Yun is Prince Qing's flesh and blood, but it is still uncertain whether Princess Shouzhen is the emperor's.
Even though the child was the emperor's own, he felt upset and had no mood to listen to Princess Shouzhen's plea on behalf of Queen Song. He directly put Princess Shouzhen under house arrest.
Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu left the palace in a carriage.
Thinking that Queen Song and Prince Qing were overthrown like this, Shen Wan had a feeling of unreality.
It seems... too easy...
In fact, it was not easy. It was bought at the cost of Princess Qi Yang's life and half the life of County Lady Yao Guang.
But Shen Wan always felt uneasy in his heart.
Xie Jingyu rubbed Shen Wan's hand, "What are you thinking about?"
Shen Wan asked, "Were they really brought down like this?"
Xie Jingyu didn't say anything.
Shen Wan asked, “Why don’t you speak?”
Xie Jingyu said, "Wait for news."
"What news?" Shen Wan asked puzzledly.
The carriage here left the palace, and then suddenly stopped, and Shen Wan was almost hit by Xie Jingyu.
Chen Ping's voice spread, "Master, Prince Cheng and the Duke of Song have escaped, and the Prince of Yuzhang and the Duke of Linjiang have led their men in pursuit..."
really!
She knew it wasn't that simple.
Xie Jingyu asked, "Where are Duke Song and Prince Qing?"
Chen Ping said, "They have been taken to the death row of the Ministry of Justice."
It’s good that Duke Song and Prince Qing didn’t escape, but Xiao Yun and the Duke Song’s son will never amount to anything.
In his previous life, even the throne was snatched away from him, let alone now that he has become a stray dog.
From this moment on, the position of crown prince is in Prince Ling's pocket.
Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu returned to the Jingbei Palace. Everything was calm inside the palace, but there were turbulent waves outside.
Duke of Song, Prince of Qing and the Left Prime Minister were imprisoned, Prince Cheng and the Duke of Song's son fled the capital on horseback. Prince Cheng's party was in a state of chaos. Prince Cheng had considerable power in the court, and these party members didn't even know what was happening and were stuck in the mud.
The affair between Queen Song and Prince Qing was a matter of great importance to the Emperor's reputation and could not be disclosed. Apart from this part, other details such as Queen Song drugging Prince Jin's wife twenty-one years ago, Prince Qing replacing the wine glasses and killing Prince Jin, and the eldest son-in-law being found to be the head of Prince Jin four years ago, and they killing the eldest son-in-law to silence him, and also killing Princess Qi Yang and seriously injuring Princess Yao Guang were all made public.
Anyone who heard about these things was shocked and sighed.
In the evening, the maid brought dinner into the room, and Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu sat down to eat. However, as soon as they sat down, there was a knock on the window.
Chen Ping jumped in through the window and said, "Master, Prince Cheng and the Duke of Song were chased to a dead end by Prince Yuzhang and his men, and they jumped off a cliff..."
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