Jiang Xiancao walked out of the emperor's bedroom and stood in the winding corridor, looking at the palace eaves rising and falling in the distance.
In this quiet and magnificent palace, all disputes will eventually come to an end. She has a premonition that what she has been waiting for will soon come to an end.
A few days later.
The people deployed by Shen Yubai outside captured the Sun family members who had sneaked into the military camp outside Beijing with the intention of starting a rebellion. At the same time, the right prime minister who had fled to Henan Prefecture was also captured by the local army.
The right prime minister committed suicide on the way to the capital.
In the palace, Empress Dowager Lu issued an imperial decree in the name of the emperor, the crown prince was deposed, and the empress was ordered to be hanged in the Buddhist temple of Kunning Palace with a white silk scarf, and she died with her eyes open.
At the last moment before she breathed her last, Jiang Xiancao and Shu Linyue stood in front of her.
Shu Linyue looked at the woman who had killed her entire family, her haggard, pale, terrified face, and her unwilling death in agony.
"Dad, Mom, and Sister, you can rest in peace now."
After Shu Linyue finished speaking, a tear fell from her beautiful cheek.
But when she looked at Jiang Xiancao, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She held her daughter in her arms, even though her daughter was still in the form of a man.
Outside the palace, the Queen Mother looked at this scene with deep eyes.
But the Queen Mother did not go in to ask anything. She turned and left silently.
Emperor Yong had not yet woken up, and the Queen Mother had been guarding her bedside.
After Shen Yubai finished dealing with the Sun family's uprising, he came to the palace to see her. She lowered her eyes, her face hidden behind the curtain, making it difficult for him to see her expression:
"Has the leader of Tianming Pavilion not been captured yet?"
Shen Yubai whispered:
"I have already ordered people to do their utmost to capture him, but his cultivation is profound, and he has found countless ways to escape. Therefore, it will take some time."
The Queen Mother's voice turned cold:
"Still need more time? But your royal brother is almost dying! Is it that you can't catch him, or that you don't want to catch him?!"
Chen Yubai paused.
The Queen Mother's attitude became even colder. "So those rumors are true, and what the Sun family said is also true. You really want him dead. If he dies, the Crown Prince and the Sun family will fall, and you can sit on the throne with full justification!"
There were many palace servants serving in the bedroom. When they heard the empress dowager's words, they were so frightened that they knelt down in panic.
Only Shen Yubai still stood there motionless. When he spoke, no anger or grievance could be heard. "In the Queen Mother's heart, is this the kind of person I am?"
The Queen Mother sneered:
"Stop pretending. No one knows a son better than his mother. I know what kind of person you are! You've been extremely talented since childhood, far surpassing your royal brother. It's just that he was born earlier than you, so he became the crown prince, while you can only be a prince. But you are unwilling to bury your talent and become just an idle prince.
So, at the age of twelve, you left the palace and joined the army. For so many years, you shed so much blood and sweat on the frontier, earning such glorious military exploits for yourself and Dasheng, becoming a god of war admired and revered by all. But unfortunately, the Right Prime Minister ordered the people of Tianming Pavilion to poison you with a lifelong and incurable poison, rendering you a cripple. You will never again be able to fight on the battlefield, and Dasheng no longer needs you. How did you feel at that time?
Shen Yubai listened calmly to the Queen Mother's questioning of him. In the eyes of outsiders, these words were like a knife stabbing into his heart, but his expression remained calm, so calm that it was admirable.
"You're still unwilling to accept this. How can a child of destiny like you be willing to be a useless person and just enjoy life at home?"
The Queen Mother sarcastically said, "You can't go to the battlefield, and your martial arts skills have been abolished, but you still have your brains. Leading troops to fight is as easy as eating and drinking water for you, and playing politics is just a piece of cake for you!"
You easily persuaded your brother to agree to let you take charge of the Imperial City Bureau. So many powerful families and relatives in the capital opposed you, but you silenced them in just a few months. You are much more capable than your brother at manipulating power!"
Shen Yubai said slowly:
"What exactly does the Queen Mother want to say?"
Seeing him so calm, Empress Dowager Lu became even angrier. "You are more capable and ambitious than your brother, so naturally you don't submit to him! It's true that the Sun family has always been plotting something ill, but you also have second thoughts."
You used the incident of dealing with the Sun family to gain the full trust of your royal brother, used the suppression of the rebellion to establish your own position, and easily gained power.
Now your royal brother is lying here unconscious, how much longer can he live? In other words, how long do you plan to let him live?
Shen Yubai said calmly:
"I will do my best to wake you up."
"You're lying!"
Empress Dowager Lu stood up and pulled back the curtain, revealing her furious face. "You've long since disregarded the sworn brotherhood between monarch and subject. You only want to replace him!"
Shen Yubai looked at her without any ripples in his eyes, as if he was not surprised at her sudden attack at all.
His calm attitude made Empress Dowager Lu feel flustered.
Is he fully prepared and not even afraid of her, the queen mother, openly breaking up with him?
"Mother, a person always believes what they want to believe. If you believe that I think so, I can't prove it myself."
He said softly, "But I cannot stop doing the right thing just because of your misunderstanding."
Empress Dowager Lu simply revealed her final trump card, "Come here, bring in Jiang Xiancao and the real Ninth Prince!"
A group of guards came in escorting Jiang Xiancao and Shen Tingsi.
Shen Yubai glanced at Jiang Xiancao. Her expression was as calm as his.
Empress Dowager Lu walked up to Jiang Xiancao and pointed at her face. "She is not my fourth son, your nephew! And my real grandson is trapped in her original female body, being abused and humiliated in the Jiang family. The daughter of a guilty minister actually dared to occupy the body of the current prince. She deserves death!"
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