Chapter 70 Your man is in trouble
Empress Yang frowned and looked at Xu Miaoyan. She expected to hear her defend herself, but she didn't expect Xu Miaoyan to lower her head with a guilty look.
"Empress, please spare my life!" Xu Miaoyan lay on the ground, not daring to look up.
She had just been enjoying the feeling of standing on the altar. When she thought of Fang Qianxue also bowing to her in the crowd, she felt refreshed, as if she had completed half of the task assigned to her by Heaven.
But now, only half an incense stick of time had passed, and Xu Miaoyan was already so panicked that she seemed to have lost her soul, and could only kowtow and apologize repeatedly.
Queen Yang's beautiful eyes widened in shock, and her head went "boom" as she immediately understood: Lu Changqing and Xu Miaoyan were so bold that they even deceived her!
"Your Majesty," she turned back, grabbed Emperor Ming's robe and cried, "It was my fault that I failed to notice. I didn't know... Lord Lu clearly said that she and Xu had no physical contact. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Your Majesty! The Empress was also deceived by Xu," Prime Minister Yang said loudly, "Lord Lu has said more than once that he and Xu were in love but polite, and never overstepped the boundaries. The entire court heard it!"
Emperor Ming slowly turned his eagle eyes, his gaze like fire cast towards an official in the last row, and his voice was as loud as thunder: "Lu Changqing, didn't you say that you and Xu had no physical contact? Then where did the child in her belly come from?"
Lu Changqing walked out of the line in fear, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor and empress who were sitting on the throne: "Your Majesty, spare my life! I really didn't know that the female official who was in charge of silkworms couldn't get pregnant!"
"Lu Changqing!" Yang Shijun shouted, "Why did you lie to the Queen? Tell the truth!"
The situation that their Yang family has built up over the years cannot be ruined by this bastard. If someone has to die, it should be him and that Xu!
Lu Changqing was sweating profusely, trembling with fear, and even his words were incoherent: "Your Majesty, spare me. Miao Yan and I only had a drink together once... I was drunk and acted ridiculously. I thought we were already engaged, so I thought it was okay..."
"Master Lu! You are also a person who reads the books of sages. How can you do such a thing? It is really disgraceful!"
"Last time you swore that you had no physical contact with Xu, but what does this mean now? This is really embarrassing for us scholars!"
"Lord Lu, I originally supported you marrying Xu, but you can't...Alas!"
The officials began to add insult to injury. Several officials who usually treated Lu Changqing as brothers immediately turned against him and began to spit at him verbally.
The ladies were timid, and although they had different thoughts, no one dared to complain in front of the emperor. After all, people like Song Zhuyan and Zhuang Xiaoyun were a minority.
Lu Wanrou was already frightened out of her wits. She huddled beside Du Jinzhi, looking down at the ground, pretending she heard nothing.
It’s none of her business, definitely none of her business!
There were so many people who knew that Xu was pregnant, including the staff at Tzu Chi Clinic and the servants at Song Sheng Residence. Maybe they were the ones who leaked the news to Concubine Song.
Fang Qianxue looked quietly at the silkworm plaque in front of her.
The little silkworms, after drying their bellies in the sun, stretched their bodies and began to eat and chat.
I could hear the rustling sound of silkworms chewing mulberry leaves, mixed with the tiny chatter of silkworms.
"These people seem to be arguing about us not eating leaves. They still care about us!"
"Of course, we are treasures. Didn't you hear them calling us 'silkworm babies'?"
"But mulberry leaves are really not tasty. They are as hard as dog shit."
"Have you ever eaten dog shit? Is it delicious? I don't want to eat leaves anymore."
Listening to the nonsense of these young silkworms who had never experienced the hardships of life, Fang Qianxue bit her lips hard to hold back her laughter.
Just as she was trying hard to press down the corners of her mouth, she suddenly felt someone looking at her. It was King Beining again.
The man winked at her, as if to say, "Your man is in trouble, but you are quite happy."
Fang Qianxue immediately put on a serious expression, even a little sad.
"Your Majesty! Lu Changqing deceived the emperor and should be severely punished!" Yang Shijun pointed at Lu Changqing and said righteously.
Lu Changqing felt as if he was kneeling on pins and needles, and he hated these colleagues who killed people without bloodshed. No wonder Dayong was plagued by internal and external troubles, it turned out that there was such a group of villains and treacherous ministers.
"Just wait, when I gain power over the world one day, I will definitely clean up the court and restore peace and prosperity to Dayong!" Lu Changqing clenched his fists and made up his mind silently.
"As the empress, Yang committed such a serious mistake while presiding over the Silkworm Ceremony. I order that she be confined to Fengqi Palace for three months!" As soon as Emperor Ming finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked.
The Yang family's influence is widespread in the court, but this is the first time the emperor has imprisoned Empress Yang. Could this be a sign of deposing her?
Several old ministers of the Yang family looked at each other but said nothing.
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