Chapter 466: Suffering the consequences
"Your Majesty, Yuanzhi and Xianglan both committed suicide."
As soon as Su Chenyu walked out of the Ministry of Punishment, the palace servants chased her out to report to the emperor.
Su Chenyu was not surprised by this ending: "Give him a good burial."
"Yes." The palace servant did not expect Su Chenyu to give such an order and agreed immediately.
Su Chenyu continued to walk forward and saw Concubine Shu who had been waiting for her in front: "Does Concubine Shu have anything else to discuss?"
"Your Majesty, Si Yi asked me yesterday when we could take him away from the capital. Now that your Majesty's coronation ceremony is over, there is nothing to worry about in the harem. I hope your Majesty will allow us to leave."
Su Chenyu stopped and looked at Concubine Shu and asked, "Do we have to leave?"
In fact, Su Chenyu knew that Concubine Shu wanted to leave, but she thought that if she didn't say anything, Concubine Shu would not take the initiative to bring it up.
Concubine Shu replied, “Your Majesty, Dayu is not Nanyue, not all ministers can accept a female emperor. No one objects now because they are frightened by Su Lin’s behavior, and someone is needed to clean up this mess. Secondly, there are tons of letters left by the late emperor, as well as the power of the family.
But when they recover, they will act like old ministers and embarrass you. Si Yi is a prince. If he stays in the capital, those ministers will have some inappropriate thoughts. Rather than being embarrassed in the future, it is better to leave now. Anyway, we don’t have those thoughts, so the sooner we leave, the sooner we will have peace.”
Concubine Shu spoke frankly. She analyzed the situation accurately. Taking Su Siyi away would only benefit Su Chenyu.
"It would be great if you could stay in the capital for a while longer."
Concubine Shu shook her head: "Only if we show our determination to never get involved in the throne can we completely stop some people's thoughts. Your Majesty, you don't have to feel guilty. We are all happy to be able to leave the cage that has trapped Si Yi and me for many years.
If you hadn't saved Si Yi back then, Si Yi would have died long ago. Later, you enlightened me, so I was able to protect Si Yi in this deep palace. In this life, both of us will never forget your majesty's kindness."
Concubine Shu was serious, so Su Chenyu had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I will make Si Yi a prince and grant him a fiefdom. As long as I am here, I will ensure that you and your children will be rich and prosperous."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Shu remembered something, "Your Majesty, have you decided where Su Yu will go?"
"If Concubine Shu has any ideas, please feel free to speak out."
"Your Majesty, Su Yu is a descendant of the Su family after all. It would be inappropriate for him to be left among the common people. Why don't you let me take him with me? If I keep him by your side, Your Majesty will be relieved. I will never let him return to the capital in this lifetime."
"Have you thought it through?" Su Chenyu asked.
Concubine Shu nodded: "No matter what Yuanzhi and Xianglan did, the child is innocent. As long as he does not know his own life experience, he can live a peaceful life."
"Then I will hand him over to you."
On the second day, Su Chenyu issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Prince on Su Siyi, granted him a fiefdom, and allowed Concubine Shu and Su Siyi to go to the fiefdom together.
This move really gave some ministers who were still waiting and watching pause.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, he should have issued a general amnesty, but Su Chenyu not only did not do so, but instead thoroughly investigated several cases.
First, the truth of the Fancheng case was clarified, which led to the arrest of many court officials involved in the case, and also led to the affair between Fan Heng and his two sisters.
Soon after, the two brothers and sisters Fan Heng committed treason and treason for revenge, which became known to everyone.
All the crimes committed by Su Lin were revealed. He colluded with Feng Xuanqi to assassinate Su Yi, poisoned all the people with the surname Su in Fancheng, and even colluded with Beirong to kill Su Chenyu, which led to the loss of most of the Northwest Army. Even the Duke of Zhenguo was killed in the battlefield.
All the people spoke of Su Lin, the "emperor emeritus", with contempt. The palace maids who originally guarded his palace tortured him all day long. No matter whether he was really crazy or pretending to be crazy, he could not have a good life.
The Lou family and the Lian family were also implicated and sent to jail. The crimes committed by the two families were simply too numerous to list, and in the end, the entire family was wiped out.
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