Chapter 886 I am not afraid of retribution
No one expected the Empress Dowager to say such a thing.
The Crown Princess of Prince Hui was pale, with a look of astonishment in her pitiful eyes.
It shouldn't be like this. The Empress Dowager is obviously soft-hearted. She pleaded for my mother and let her go!
"Grand Empress Dowager, that's not true. I really don't know anything. My child and I are innocent..."
Tang Ning raised his voice: "Come here, drag her away."
"Empress!!"
Outside, Yue Jian came in quickly with his men, captured the Crown Princess and walked out.
The Crown Prince's Consort immediately began to struggle. She could no longer maintain her previous gentleness due to her loss of control and fear. Her face was covered with tears and her voice became sharp.
"Empress, you are also a woman, and you will be a mother in the future. God is merciful..."
"You are already the most noble person in the world. This world belongs to you and His Majesty. You have already killed the prince and his men. Why can't you spare the lives of me and my son?"
Tang Ning said nothing in response to her accusations. She just watched her being dragged away with a cold expression. Seeing that her pleas were in vain, the Princess of Hui's expression was filled with resentment.
"Song Tangning, you are so cruel, aren't you afraid of retribution..."
Bang!
A porcelain bowl suddenly flew towards her, interrupting the curse from the mouth of the Princess of Hui.
The Empress Dowager sat upright on the bed. Because she was weak, the bowl didn't hit anyone, but it fell to the ground and broke into pieces, which scared everyone.
She had lost her previous amiable demeanor, and her old face was filled with anger as she looked at the Crown Princess of Prince Hui.
"If retribution really existed in this world, why would so many people die unjustly? What was the point of having national laws and family rules? Besides, what qualifications do you have to talk about retribution?"
"If your nobility demands that you forgive and indulge the weak without reason, then how much mercy do you have for those concubines in your husband's harem who offended you, the servants in your house, the common people on the streets, and the beggars outside? I'm afraid they would lose their lives if they offended you even a little!"
Tang Ning chuckled at the words of the Empress Dowager, reached out to appease her who was a little angry, and then said to the Princess of Hui:
"I only have one question for you. If Xie Zhuo and his son succeeded last night and ascended to the throne and discovered that I was pregnant with His Majesty's child, would you spare my life?"
The princess consort of Prince Hui's lips trembled and her face turned pale.
"I have long since stopped believing in retribution."
"Someone once taught me not to believe in fate or retribution. The greatest retribution in this world is what you pay back with your own hands. That's why I won't leave any trouble behind."
"The greatest mercy I can offer you is to let you and your son pass away more easily than Xie Zhuo and the others did."
There was a pause, adding a solemn tone.
"Drag him away!"
The Crown Princess of Prince Hui opened her mouth to beg for mercy, but Yue Jian was quick to slap her on the back of the neck. The people around her hurriedly stepped forward, carried her away, and left quickly.
When the bedroom became quiet again, Princess Yao of Prince Hui lowered her head and silently cursed "idiot".
No matter whether it is the Empress or the Grand Empress Dowager, how could anyone who has reached their current status be a soft-hearted person? The Empress is one thing, as her youthful sharpness was brought up to be ruthless by His Majesty himself. The Grand Empress Dowager was the one who emerged from the harem of Emperor Taizu and became the final winner.
Emperor Taizu was different from the current emperor. Although he was a natural emperor with great talent and strategy, he was extremely unrestrained in his emotions. His harem at that time was a gathering of beauties from all over the world. There were dozens of empresses and concubines with official titles in the six palaces in the east and west.
There are countless women who have no name or status, who had fleeting relationships, or who served the emperor by chance and then died of old age in the palace without ever seeing him again.
So many women have used all sorts of tricks, schemed, plotted, and even coveted the throne of the Queen, but the Empress Dowager has still been able to sit firmly in the Central Palace for many years, suppressing those favored concubines in the palace who even have higher family backgrounds than her. How could she be a simple person?
The reason why the late emperor and the deposed emperor were able to trap the Empress Dowager was because she had not been on guard against them, and the incident in the Eastern Palace at that time had caused the Empress Dowager to be momentarily at a loss. However, the Crown Princess of Prince Hui actually thought that she was easy to fool because of this, and even thought that she was old and soft-hearted, and wanted to use her child in exchange for her own escape.
It's so stupid!
Yao felt no sympathy for this "daughter-in-law". After all, when she was in the palace, she had witnessed with her own eyes how her adopted son beat the pregnant concubine in the backyard to death just because of a few tears, a few aggrieved and hypocritical words, and a few words of feigned concession from the Crown Princess, using the innocent blood to prove their childhood love.
Yao lowered her head very low and heard Tang Ning calling her.
"You go down first. I will order an investigation into the Yao family. As long as they haven't been involved in the rebellion, I will release you."
"Yes, Queen."
Yao appeared extremely docile. She kowtowed respectfully to Tang Ning and the Grand Empress Dowager, then stood up and left with the palace maids.
After everyone left, Wang Yuzhen was the only one left and was already on the verge of collapse.
Tang Ning didn't speak to her, but turned to look at the Empress Dowager: "Grandma, I thought you would feel sorry for the Crown Prince's Consort in Prince Hui's Mansion."
The Grand Empress Dowager patted her gently and said, "I am sometimes confused because of my old age, but I am lucid now and I am not crazy. If anyone felt sorry for me, I would have been buried in the ground long ago."
Tang Ning acted coquettishly: "Yes, yes, you are the wisest."
The Grand Empress Dowager looked at Tang Ning, who was wearing the Queen's court dress, but she still remembered how the little girl accompanied her to make kites when she was confused.
She was not a heartless person, so she could naturally feel Tang Ning's sincerity towards her. When Yuan Sheng first seized power, she stayed by her bedside every night. Whenever she opened her eyes, she could see the little girl's smiling but red eyes.
The Empress Dowager said softly, "I called them here today simply because of the old relationship between the Yao family and Emperor Chen'an's father. Rong Hui marrying Xie Zhuo was not her wish, but I don't have the energy to care about other people and other matters, and I won't make things difficult for you."
"Aning, since Chen An has handed the court to you, you can do everything with confidence. Grandmother will only support you."
Tang Ning's eyes softened when she heard this. She knew that the Empress Dowager loved her as much as she loved her family, but this love still warmed her heart. She reached out and hugged the old woman's arm, leaning lightly on her shoulder: "I know, the grandmother is the best to me and my brother."
The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and the Empress Dowager finally ran out of energy and looked tired.
After Tang Ning helped her to sleep, he asked Nian Xia to take good care of her before leading Wang Yuzhen out.
Madam Qin was right in front of the door, and Tang Ning smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager looks in good spirits. Is her health improving?"
"no."
Madam Qin's words broke the smile on Tang Ning's face: "The Empress Dowager is just worried about Your Majesty and you, so she's forcing herself to use medicine to prolong her life..."
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