Chapter 539: Deposed Queen
The emperor sent people out of the capital to hunt down Xiao Yun, Duke Song and others. The emperor also captured all of King Cheng's followers in the capital.
In the next few days, Prince Yuzhang and Chu Yang were very busy.
They raid this company today and that company tomorrow.
It’s a lot of fun to copy.
Confiscating property is a lucrative job.
Their fathers had been officials in the imperial court for more than 20 years, but they could only get one or two lucrative jobs. Their sons were able to get such lucrative jobs by clinging to the support of the Prince of Jingbei. Even if they did not hold any official positions, such lucrative jobs could still fall on their heads.
Nothing to say.
He had a premonition that soon his son would confront him in the court in front of his colleagues.
I don’t know if I can bring a feather duster to court.
Those who were under the king's control had their property confiscated, those who were demoted were demoted, and those who were exiled were exiled...
No one was spared.
Xiao Yun, Duke of Song, Prince Qing and others escaped, but some people who could not be taken with them, such as Prince Cheng's concubine Chen Ti, the wife of Duke of Song, the wife of Prince Qing and Du Xiner, were all imprisoned.
Duke Song and Prince Qing could abandon them, and there was no point in saving their lives, so the emperor sent them directly to the guillotine.
Poor Du Xiner thought that if she got rid of Prince Qing, the title of Prince Qing's Mansion would fall into her and Xiao Jingxi's hands. As a result, not only did she lose the title, but she even lost her life because of Prince Qing and his men.
Du Xiner realized it later. Outside the Ministry of Justice, Prince Qing slapped Xiao Jingxi, and the look in his eyes when he looked at her clearly showed that they had ruined Prince Qing's plan.
Prince Qing originally wanted to take them away from the capital and go to his fiefdom of Suizhou.
The Ning Dynasty is so big, as long as I leave Kyoto, I might be able to find a hiding place and save my life.
Because she didn't have the patience to wait for Prince Qing to die, she blocked Prince Qing's way of taking them out of the capital.
Kneeling on the execution platform, Du Xiner was filled with regret.
Chen Ti still fantasizes about Xiao Yun ascending the throne and her being the mother of the country. And Chen Wu, married to the Marquis of Wucheng, has never enjoyed a single day of happiness. People ridicule her behind her back for marrying a homosexual...
These people were executing the sentence, but Chen Wan did not go to watch. Yin Chuan was going out of the house to buy something, so she took a look, but there was nothing to see. The big fish had escaped, and these were just small shrimps.
Chen Wan sat on a stone bench in the yard, holding Mo'er in his arms. The little guy was dancing with joy as he watched the koi swimming happily in the small fish tank on the stone table.
But the child is big now, and it really hurts when he kicks his feet.
Seeing Shen Wan frowning in pain, the nurse suppressed a smile and said, "The young master is very strong, so let this servant hold him."
Chen Wan had held the baby for a while, so she stopped making things difficult for herself and let the nanny take Mo'er away.
Just as they were carrying the baby away, Yinchuan came back with a bundle of luggage. She started talking a lot and then changed the subject, "Just now, there was news from the palace that Queen Song's face was disfigured..."
The topic changed so much that Shen Wan almost couldn't keep up, "How could he be disfigured?"
Yin Chuan said, "Empress Song relied on her position as empress and the Empress Dowager's protection, and she has punished many concubines over the years. There are still several concubines in the cold palace who have been bullied by her. After Empress Song was imprisoned in the cold palace, those crazy concubines came to settle accounts with her. This morning, one of the crazy concubines scratched Empress Song's face with a broken bowl..."
Queen Song defiled the harem, and the emperor should have given her poisoned wine and white silk, but Queen Song instigated the empress dowager to hunt down Lin Qingyin, and also joined forces with Prince Qing to use the birthday ceremony to kill the king and seize the throne.
Killing Queen Song like this would be too easy for her. She had been sitting on the throne for twenty years, and the emperor wanted her to atone for her sins in the cold palace for twenty years.
Um.
The emperor has already issued an edict to depose Queen Song, but he has not yet taken his anger out on Princess Shouzhen.
It was Princess Shunyang who was demoted to Princess Shunyang by the emperor. She invited Queen Song to the Peach Blossom Banquet. The emperor did not believe that the wild cat that stained Queen Song's phoenix robe was a coincidence. Moreover, Princess Shunyang hosted the Peach Blossom Banquet but failed to supervise it properly, which led to Princess Qiyang being killed by Prince Qing in her mansion. It would be unjustifiable not to punish Princess Shunyang.
Princess Shunyang was extremely regretful. If she had known that Princess Qiyang would die in her mansion, she would never have held the Peach Blossom Banquet.
In a fit of rage, Princess Shunyang ordered all the peach trees in the forest to be cut down.
Queen Song...
No, it was the deposed Queen of Song.
The news of her disfigurement came after lunch, and in the evening the news of Princess Shouzhen's accident also came.
When the deposed Queen Song had an accident in the palace, Princess Shouzhen learned about it and wanted to go to the cold palace. The palace servants refused to let her go, so Princess Shouzhen put a golden hairpin against her neck.
She threatened with her life, so how could the palace maids dare not let her go? Even if Queen Song and Prince Cheng had an affair, Princess Shouzhen was still the emperor's princess. If Princess Shouzhen really hurt herself, they would be beheaded.
Princess Shouzhen forced the palace maids to retreat step by step, and she lowered her head all the way to the cold palace.
Princess Shouzhen relied on the love of Queen Song and the Queen Mother to act recklessly in the palace. How dare those concubines who should have been killed long ago take revenge on her mother?
Princess Shouzhen wants to avenge her mother.
Then he was pushed by the crazy and strong concubine and fell down, hitting his head on the steps and causing it to bleed.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be scars.
She doesn't even know what crime her mother has committed, but she keeps her head down and runs to the cold palace to show off her princess status. She deserves to be taught a lesson by those crazy concubines.
Chen Wan was sitting on the swing, listening to these things, when Xie Jingyu came in from the courtyard gate.
He was dressed in a black brocade robe, with an upright posture and an air of nobility. Especially his face, it was so beautiful that one could not take their eyes off it.
Prince Cheng is already a fugitive, and Queen Song can only linger on for the rest of her life, so the matter in Kyoto is over.
Xie Jingyu is also about to leave Kyoto to find the princess.
During dinner, Shen Wan couldn't help but ask, "When are you planning to leave?"
Xie Jingyu said, "At least I'll accompany you through the Lantern Festival."
A few days ago, Chen Wan asked the emperor to hold a lantern festival outside the palace on the birthday of Concubine Chen, which is the day after tomorrow.
Shen Wan said, “Maybe the Lantern Festival won’t be held…”
Zhao Yuanzheng said that the empress dowager was on her last legs and could only live for another seven or eight days. Today was already the eighth day. If the empress dowager died before the Lantern Festival, the festival would not be held.
Xie Jingyu picked up some food for Chen Wan and said, "I'm going to look for my mother. It won't take more than three to five days."
Once I leave, I don’t know when I will be able to come back.
Chen Wan also wanted to thank Jingyu for accompanying her through the Lantern Festival, but the timing was so dangerous that she could only pray silently in her heart that the Queen Mother could live for two more days.
The next day, there was no sound of the death knell in the palace. Shen Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and then it was Concubine Chen's birthday.
That day, at noon, Chen Wan was still sound asleep when she was awakened by Shanhu, "Princess, please wake up..."
Not only did he shout, he also shook his hands.
Chen Wan was sleeping soundly when she was rocked by Shanhu. As they were about to part, they were reluctant to part and clung to each other all night long. They could not fall asleep until the second half of the night every night. She was very sleepy.
Opening his sleepy eyes, Shen Wan didn't even see Shanhu clearly, and asked casually, "What's wrong?"
Shanhu said excitedly, "At the court this morning, the emperor issued an edict to appoint Prince Ling as the crown prince!"
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