These words left all the court officials speechless, because given the emperor's personality, he would never let Rong Sheng off easily.
If Rong Sheng were a doctor, she would certainly be fine. But she happens to be the wife of Prince Yi, the woman of the person the Emperor hates the most. How could the Emperor possibly be merciful?
But everyone still refused to budge, otherwise Rong Sheng would leave. Seeing this, Rong Sheng smiled coldly: "Since you want me to stay, wouldn't it make you very sad if I didn't stay? Then I'll grant your wish and let you stay."
But if anything happens next, please don't regret it.
Rong Sheng and the Valley Master did not leave the Qianqing Palace, but rested in a side hall of the Qianqing Palace.
When the night was deep and quiet, Rong Sheng suddenly opened his sharp eyes.
"System, cover for me." Now that we're already in the palace, wouldn't it be a waste of time if we didn't do something within our power for Gu Beiyi?
System: "Host, what do you want to do?"
"System, you'll find out soon enough."
With the system helping to cover for them, no one could see Rong Sheng. Even if they did, they would only see her resting in bed.
If anything happens, all eyes can testify for her, and she cannot be falsely accused.
Arriving at the dragon bedside, Rong Sheng looked at the emperor who was still unconscious. She spent a medical ethics point to exchange for a vial of medicine from the system. After injecting the medicine into the emperor's body, it still didn't work. The emperor suddenly opened his sharp eyes.
Then he sat up. His dark eyes slowly turned to Rong Sheng, then he paused, stunned. The next moment, the Emperor appeared as healthy and strong as ever, without the slightest sign of illness. He respectfully knelt on one knee, "Your subordinate greets Your Majesty. May I ask what Your Majesty's orders are?"
Rong Sheng didn't see anything wrong with it and said calmly, "You are the emperor of Qingluan Kingdom. You should know how many bad things you did during your reign and how you came to the throne. I order you to issue an edict of self-reproach and return the throne to Prince Yi!"
The Emperor said, “Yes, my lord. I will write an edict of self-reproach and announce it to the world, and then return the throne to my brother.”
"Go quickly!" Rong Sheng said.
The Emperor suddenly woke up and said these words to Rong Sheng. No one noticed because the system helped cover it up. However, when the Emperor wrote the edict of self-reproach, the imperial physician, the court officials guarding outside, and the women in the harem all knew. They were just scolded aside by the Emperor and dared not speak or approach.
After the emperor finished writing the edict of self-reproach, he also wrote an edict of succession and affixed the imperial seal.
After writing it, he summoned the heads of the three great families and all the court officials to the Qianqing Palace, where he read aloud the edict of self-reproach and the edict of succession in front of everyone.
Whether it was an edict of self-reproach or an edict of succession, every word was sincere and truthful, and he strictly acknowledged his mistakes and wanted to make amends, but due to his physical condition, he was unable to do so and had no choice but to return the Qingluan Kingdom to Gu Beiyi.
After he finished reading the edict of self-reproach and the edict of succession, he disregarded everyone's astonished looks and their attempts to stop him, and forcefully ordered his men to bring Prince Yi out of the prison.
Gu Beiyi had already discussed this scene with Rong Sheng, but in order to show his innocent anger, Prince Yi did not leave the prison. Instead, he pretended that the emperor had simply moved him to another place to be imprisoned.
After learning of Prince Yi's attitude, the Emperor merely nodded indifferently: "My good brother has indeed suffered a great injustice. I have no reason to blame him for what he did. I am not heartless, so how could my brother possibly blame me? In that case, I will personally escort Prince Yi out of the prison later! Then, I will read out the edict of self-reproach and the edict of succession in the court, and announce them to the world!"
The Emperor's strange behavior made everyone uneasy. After all, he was the Emperor, and they dared not make any rash moves, for fear of angering him and losing their official positions.
Therefore, they went to great lengths to persuade the emperor to allow the imperial physicians to examine them and find out what the problem was.
How could the imperial physicians possibly detect this? Even the Valley Master might not be able to find it, let alone a bunch of good-for-nothings like them.
So Rong Sheng was brought out by the imperial physicians, who gave the emperor a perfunctory examination. “Ministers, there is no need to worry. His health is much better than before.”
This is a result that any doctor could have obtained, but it's not the result they wanted.
"Princess Consort Yi, we not only want to know about His Majesty's physical condition, but also whether there is anything wrong with His Majesty's mind."
If there were no problems, how could he possibly do something so despicable that would be so detrimental to him?!
"As I have already said, His Majesty is in good health. If you don't believe me, do you think you don't believe the imperial physicians?"
“Princess Consort Yi, you know this is not the answer we want!” A minister stared sharply at Rong Sheng: “This humble subject understands that you are Prince Yi’s woman and that you will always side with him in your words and actions. However, if the edict of self-reproach and the edict of succession are truly exposed, then our Qingluan Kingdom will surely be thrown into chaos. At that time, Langya Kingdom and Baiqi Kingdom will definitely take advantage of the chaos to attack our Qingluan Kingdom! Our Qingluan Kingdom has already consumed too much resources and money due to the snow disaster and the war with Qinghao Kingdom. If something goes wrong at this time, then our Qingluan Kingdom may not be able to survive.”
Rong Sheng sneered: "When the country is in trouble, every citizen has a responsibility. This is a matter for you fine young men, what does it have to do with me, a mere woman? Besides, if you can't stop the Emperor from issuing the edict of self-reproach and the edict of abdication, do you think I, the Princess Consort, can?"
The court officials also know that the Emperor's decision is not easy to change, but Gu Beiyi is a wolf in sheep's clothing. If the Qingluan Kingdom is handed over to Gu Beiyi, then the Emperor will have no chance to recover.
"Oh, I see!" Rong Sheng said with a look of sudden realization. "You all think that I took the opportunity to control the Emperor during the treatment, otherwise I wouldn't have been so aggressive!"
"Princess Consort Yi, you've misunderstood!"
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, you all know perfectly well!" Since these ministers want to pin everything on her, then I'm sorry, the Emperor, this puppet, will be put to good use.
Therefore, when the emperor saw the unwilling looks on all the ministers' faces, he gave them a good scolding, making them all wish they could slink away.
But the emperor was already angry, so how could he just scold them and let it go? In order not to affect the administration of the court, the emperor punished them by confining them to their rooms for a day to reflect on their mistakes and fined them 100,000 taels of silver!
The ministers dared not speak out in anger, especially when the emperor was on the roadside.
Only after the emperor had finished scolding them did he send them home to reflect on their mistakes in seclusion.
Rong Sheng thought about it carefully. Gu Beiyi had said he wanted to give the Emperor a big gift, so the edict of self-reproach and the edict of succession could wait until they were ready, so as not to disrupt Gu Beiyi's plans.
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