"Who is this woman from? How can she be so beautiful?" Hailanzhu pretended not to know. "But it's no wonder. This woman's eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to mine. No wonder the First Prince mistook her for someone else."
They looked like ghosts, but both of them had gentle and graceful appearances, so there was nothing to resemble each other. She said this not to exonerate Hauge, but to imply that Hauge was slandering her.
Huang Taiji glanced at the woman indifferently, "She is Yan Zha Qingcheng."
"Yan Zha, the beauty?" Hailanzhu frowned. "Is she the Yan Zha who pushed the Imperial Concubine's sister?"
Huang Taiji nodded, indicating his agreement.
It must be said that Hailanzhu's ability to feign ignorance is first-rate.
Hailanzhu curled her lips, "No matter how serious her crime is, she is still your concubine. How can she associate with the First Prince? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to Your Majesty?"
"Hmph!" Huang Taiji snorted coldly, but not at Hailanzhu, but at Hauge and Yanzha Qingcheng.
"Shut up! Did you conspire with Yan Zha Qingcheng to frame me?" Hauge angrily pointed at Hailanzhu.
"Your Highness, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't even know Yan Zha, how could I possibly frame you?"
After saying this, Hailanzhu burst into tears, looking pitiful and like a victim.
Seeing this, Huang Taiji felt extremely distressed and quickly pulled her into his arms.
Then he ordered, "Men, take these two shameless men and women away and give them thirty lashes."
Both of them are simple-minded, and even now, they don't understand why things turned out this way.
At this moment, Yan Zha Qingcheng, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke up. She knew those boards were enough to kill her, "No…"
Huang Taiji sneered, "I have spared your lives, which is already the greatest mercy I can show. Do you still want to push your luck?"
“No!” Yan Zhaqingcheng raised her eyes and said, “This sinner is already pregnant.”
Upon hearing this, Hailanzhu's lips curled up slightly. This was exactly what she had been waiting for. Thirty strokes of the cane would be a negligible punishment for these two scumbags and wicked women.
This was the very sentence she taught Yan Zha Qingcheng. She told Yan Zha Qingcheng that if there was no way out, she should speak out about this matter. For the sake of the imperial grandson, Huang Taiji would let them go.
"Is that so? How long?" Huang Taiji's face was unreadable.
“More than a month,” Yan Zhaqingcheng replied weakly.
"Well, you're in such a hurry. I just banished you to the Cold Palace, and you've already had an affair with someone else. Yan Zha Qingcheng, you're really something." Huang Taiji mocked.
“No,” Yan Zha said, tears streaming down her face, “it was the eldest prince who forced me.”
Hauge's IQ was slightly higher than Yan Zha Qingcheng's. In a short time, he had an idea in his mind: "Then you son of a bitch, you must be pregnant with someone else's bastard child, and then you saw me alone here, so you seduced me and made me a cuckold."
The two were fighting like dogs, and Hailanzhu felt a sense of satisfaction at the sight.
"You..." Yan Zha Qingcheng's face turned pale with anger. Fortunately, she had prepared in advance, otherwise she would have really been framed by Hauge.
So she went to find the nearest clothes and handed the jade pendant wrapped in them to Huang Taiji. “This is what the eldest prince is giving as an apology. He was afraid that I would tell others about it later, so he used this to shut me up.”
The jade pendant is made of the finest Hetian jade. It is crystal clear and smooth, with the character "豪" (hao) engraved on its surface, one character each in Manchu and Chinese.
This was given by Nurhaci, who valued it highly because he was Huang Taiji's first son.
Therefore, Hauge often wore it on his body to show off, but now it was taken from Yan Zha Qingcheng, so it is obvious that Hauge was lying.
Who would give away their beloved possessions to someone they don't know well?
"You must have stolen it while I wasn't looking, when you were in the bushes," Haug argued stubbornly.
But Huang Taiji said, "Half a month ago, when you came to the palace to pay your respects to me, I noticed that you were not wearing it. At the time, I thought you had forgotten it, but I did not expect that you had already given it to someone else."
"Your son..."
Hauge tried to explain, but Huang Taiji wouldn't allow him to say anything: "Since you want my concubine so much, for the sake of our father-son relationship, I will bestow Yanzha Qingcheng upon you as my consort."
"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty." Yan Zhaqingcheng said to Huang Taiji with great joy, believing that she would never have to live such a miserable life in the cold palace again.
Huang Taiji glanced at her indifferently, then turned his gaze to Hauge. "I have done more than enough. From now on, you are no longer my son." It wasn't just because of this incident. When Hauge said he had an affair with Hailanzhu, Huang Taiji had the idea of deposing him, but he couldn't say it openly. This incident just happened to come up, so he deposed Hauge in a matter of course.
Unfortunately, Hailanzhu was unaware of the truth and mistakenly believed that Huang Taiji had been cuckolded and had lost face.
"Father, what are you saying?" Hauge was stunned.
"You have been stripped of your yellow sash and are no longer qualified to call me Father Emperor," Huang Taiji said coldly.
"No, no, Father Emperor, you can't do this to your son!" Hauge cried, tears streaming down his face, and grabbed Huang Taiji's sleeve.
"Get out!" Huang Taiji kicked Hauge hard.
Hauge immediately collapsed to the ground, realizing that Huang Taiji was serious.
"How could this be..." Yan Zha was stunned. Huang Taiji not only didn't want a grandson, but he didn't even want a son.
"No... Your Majesty, Hauge is your own son!" Yan Zha pleaded, unable to accept being the wife of a commoner.
"At this moment you think of me as a father, but when you are indulging in your own selfish desires, have you ever thought of me as a father?" Huang Taiji did not want to waste any more words and once again ordered, "Take them away and drive them out of the Forbidden City."
"yes!"
Just as the guards were about to take them away, a series of sounds came from not far away.
"Wait!"
Everyone looked over and saw Yunxian.
As Yunxian walked past Hailanzhu, a malice flashed in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared. She knelt on the ground with tears streaming down her face, saying, "It is my fault for failing to properly educate her. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
She looked like a loving mother, but unfortunately, loving mothers often spoil their children.
Hailanzhu naturally wouldn't let things take a turn for the better. She glanced down at Yunxian and said, "Sister's information network is truly impressive. Even though Aunt is the Empress, she didn't know about this, but you found out first."
Undoubtedly, she was implying to Huang Taiji that Yunxian's people were present.
Huang Taiji understood, and his face immediately turned ashen.
Yunxian tried to remain calm and explained, "I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk. I saw a group of people gathered in front of me and became curious, so I came to take a look. Who would have thought that something like this would happen?"
However, apart from those two brainless individuals, how could anyone else believe such a statement? Huang Taiji didn't say anything, but he began to be wary of the Ulanara clan.
"What a coincidence, otherwise you might not have been able to see the First Prince one last time," Hailanzhu said with a pout, already sensing that things might take a turn for the better.
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