Emperor Mingxi nodded secretly. Indeed, if his father hadn't died young, his ascension to the throne wouldn't have been so smooth.
Therefore, he showed considerable leniency in dealing with the beautiful woman, only allowing her to be buried with the emperor and not implicating her family.
Even among the eunuchs and palace maids responsible for the late emperor's bedchamber affairs, only the ringleader Wu Shouxian was executed.
"Actually, the emperor's death can't be entirely blamed on Consort Hua, but since the emperor died in her bed, she and the Zheng family probably won't get away with it, right?"
[That's right, the old emperor himself didn't know how to exercise restraint, and even dragged a few people down with him when he was about to die!]
The Emperor and his ministers of the Great Yan Dynasty: My divine artifact, you can use a scapegoat like this? If the late emperor knew, wouldn't he crawl out of his tomb to make money for you!
Some people's eyes flickered slightly. They had long heard about the cause of the emperor's death, and today it was confirmed. In particular, the historian Ma Yuanqian's eyes lit up.
He showed no alarm at all at the mention of a royal scandal. If Yue Fuguang saw him now, he would definitely find it very familiar, like a paparazzi digging up a celebrity scandal.
Of course, this Lord Ma's work is even more respectable. He dared to record true history, especially royal scandals, which makes him an admirable genius!
Looking at the guards under the moonlight, each of them had a wooden expression, as if they were living people waiting to die.
They couldn't help but look up at the azure sky, which might be the last time they would ever see the sun in their lives!
Yue Fuguang was naturally unaware that her guards were all waiting to die. She continued to talk to the system, "The Zheng family is still doing well, although they have declined somewhat. I have never heard of the royal family punishing them."
I recall that Lord Zheng Ziling was from a collateral branch of the Zheng family, wasn't he?
Zheng Ziling's eyelids twitched. He and the Zheng family of Yuzhou were already beyond five degrees of kinship, so they could no longer be considered family.
Yes, but the two families don't seem to have much contact. After Emperor Mingxi ascended the throne, he dealt with Wu Shouxian and several other key individuals responsible.
The Zheng family was only reprimanded, but the old patriarch at the time feared royal retaliation, so he expelled Qu Zheng and his branch of the family from the clan and drove them out of the Zheng family's territory.
Qu Zheng changed his name because within two years, his father, his two older brothers, and his older sister all died either from illness or from accidents.
Qu Zheng's mother, Wu, seemed to know something. After arranging her second son's funeral, she took Qu Zheng and left Yuzhou overnight, traveling all the way to Yizhou.
Zheng Qu also changed her name to Qu Zheng. The mother and son did not have a few years of peaceful life before her mother 'contracted an illness' and passed away.
Qu Zheng moved again, and a few years later he encountered that assassination attempt.
Qu Zheng is dead. Now, Emperor Mingxi has secretly executed Gao Ming because Gao Ming knew the cause of the late emperor's death. However, he doesn't know that Gao Ming also knows a secret he hasn't revealed.
Emperor Mingxi: Was this another case of killing too early?
Everyone was speechless. Their emperor was quick enough. Prince Rong died too soon, missing the chance to learn about the Dayan Treasure and the late emperor's treasury.
If you encounter a skilled opponent and have them in your grasp, why not wait? Why are you in such a hurry to kill them?
If they can spare Chonghua and Empress Zhou Yunxin, then they should at least not let him live a single day longer!
"What secret? Is it a vine with one melon inside another?"
[Who do you think killed Qu Zheng, or rather, his entire family?]
This really stumped Yue Fuguang. Although Qu Zheng was the last to die, his father was the first to pass away, so the feud must have started from the previous generation.
However, it seems that the main branch of the Zheng family is unaffected; this is only targeting their family.
"Is it related to the palace? Didn't Wu Shouxian and Consort Hua both become scapegoats for the old emperor? Could they be the mastermind behind this underhanded scheme by His Majesty?"
Emperor Mingxi: I was enjoying my own father's drama when suddenly a huge black pot flew from the sky and smashed onto my crown!
Emperor Mingxi was speechless. When would these two ancestors ever change their habit of blaming him for everything?
The adults following closely behind hid in the carriage, their lips twitching involuntarily, barely managing to suppress their laughter.
Yu Huaixian stood tightly guarding his cousin's carriage. Upon hearing this, he swayed and almost fell off his horse!
I always feel like my head is swaying on my body, as if it's about to run away from home at any moment.
Then look at the carriages of my great-grandfather and his two uncles behind them, they seem to be doing nothing!
Are all elders so magnanimous?
【Master, this matter is indeed related to the palace, but this time it really wasn't the emperor who did it; he's still kept in the dark!】
Emperor Mingxi: Hehe? No hehe!
Before he could even feel happy after hearing the first half of the sentence, the second half of the sentence knocked him into a hole.
Emperor Mingxi simply gave up; he had already laid down his arms and said, "Whatever happens, happens!"
The person who attacked Qu Zheng's family was Wu Chengye, who was Wu Shouxian's son, not one of those godchildren you can find everywhere.
He was Wu Shouxian's biological son, who was castrated at the age of sixteen and entered the palace. At that time, his lover was already pregnant with Wu Chengye.
Before Gao Ming killed Qu Zheng, the jade pendant he took from him originally belonged to Wu Shouxian. It was accidentally obtained by Hua Meiren and secretly sent out of the palace.
This was also a handle she left for her family to use against her. Unexpectedly, the old emperor died of a stroke in his own palace, and Wu Shouxian and she herself were buried with him.
The jade pendant, originally intended as leverage, now became a death warrant for the entire family.
"What is that jade pendant?"
The jade pendant was both a token and a symbol. Once, Hua Meiren discovered Wu Shouxian's secret and stole the jade pendant.
If the late emperor hadn't died so suddenly, Wu Shouxian wouldn't have had a chance to harm Hua Meiren, because of this incident, Hua Meiren wouldn't have lived much longer either.
Emperor Mingxi acted swiftly; Wu Shouxian only had time to inform his son before Emperor Mingxi arrested him and executed him without even allowing him to stay overnight.
Moonlight exclaimed, "I would call the Emperor the fastest gunman... the fastest knifeman of the Great Yan Dynasty!"
Emperor Mingxi: I always felt this wasn't a compliment, and even though I had evidence, he couldn't say it! (Frustrated/frustrated)
[Does the master still remember when Caibing and Huoshui were framed?]
Tsai Hsien and Huo Ying: I remember, I remember. What happened? Is it related to this?
"Little Bead, is the mastermind about to surface?"
The system immediately offered a flattering remark: "Master must have guessed that the person who orchestrated this was Wu Chengye, who inherited Wu Shouxian's mantle after his death."
It can be considered a case of 'son following in father's footsteps'. This Wu family father and son are in cahoots with the Drunken Rakshasa.
Their organization is even more mysterious than the 'Youtan'.
"Is this Wu family father and son just a small fry?"
Yes, the jade pendant in Qu Zheng's hand is their proof of identity, and with it, they can mobilize a hundred-person team hidden in the capital.
After Qu Zheng's death, Wu Chengye investigated Gao Ming, who had already passed the imperial examination and become a government official in the capital. Wu Chengye then changed his approach from killing him to silencing him to trying to win him over.
If Gao Ming hadn't been exposed for murdering his wife, he would have joined the gang this year, becoming yet another protector for Wu Chengye.
Emperor Mingxi recalled the items Pingyi had presented that had been found in that residence, and it seemed that there was indeed a uniquely shaped jade pendant among them.
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