Jiang Ziyan leaned forward again, resting her chin on his shoulder and her arms around his waist.
"Your Majesty, there are some things you must be on guard against."
"My mother and I are counting on His Majesty. If they really kill us... our family of three will have to go down together."
Emperor Xuande looked thoughtful and solemn.
After a while, he patted her back gently and said, "Don't worry, my beloved concubine. The Great Zhou Dynasty still belongs to me."
Jiang Ziyan asked again, "What about father?"
Emperor Xuande consoled him, saying, "I think Marquis Jingyuan has been wronged. I will punish him."
Sure enough, the next day, Emperor Xuande issued an edict to the cabinet, bluntly stating that Jiang Rang might be making false accusations due to his impending death. He also stated that the Marquis of Jingyuan was the eighth prince's maternal grandfather and would not do such a thing. He ordered the cabinet to continue the investigation and ensure that no one was wrongly accused.
The officials in the cabinet are all smart people, so how could they not understand the emperor's intention?
In the end, the matter was left unresolved and Jiang Rang became a scapegoat.
This incident also once again proved to everyone how much the emperor doted on Concubine Chen.
In May, Song Hongshen held a grand coming-of-age ceremony for Su Zhilan. After that, the Ministry of Rites selected a date, and the two successfully consummated their marriage.
Logically speaking, after the Crown Princess consummates her marriage, the Crown Prince should continue to select a concubine to enter the Eastern Palace.
However, the court officials did not dare to bring it up again, fearing that it would be targeted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, just like the previous case of empty salaries.
Surprisingly, Emperor Xuande did not mention this matter either.
Everyone thought that the emperor had given in to the Crown Prince on this matter, but Song Hongshen knew clearly that the emperor was afraid that he would rely on his relationship with the concubine to fight for power.
Because ever since the case of the empty salary, the emperor has become more suspicious of officials of the prince's party.
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