These questions, like nails, were hammered into Ulanara's heart by the Fourth Prince with his flat voice and almost uniform force. They created bloody holes from which blood flowed, and hatred flowed out as well.
She gazed at the Fourth Master, and two lines of clear tears streamed down her face.
The Fourth Prince continued, "In the past, I spared your punishment out of concern for the unstable political situation. I gave you warnings both openly and secretly many times, but I never expected that you would not only fail to repent but also go even further, colluding with your good son Hongshi to disrupt the grain market!"
"Do you know that my Great Qing Dynasty was almost destroyed in your hands? Do you know how many Manchu bannermen were buried in the desolate northwest because of your selfishness!"
Ulanara shook her head repeatedly, her tears falling even more fiercely. She said, "Your Majesty, I swear to Heaven, I have never done anything so heinous! These things have nothing to do with me!"
"Even now, you still show no remorse, Empress. You have disappointed me greatly." The Fourth Prince sneered. "Fucha Argon and the eldest son of the He family have both confessed to their crimes. The evidence is conclusive. Do you think I am blind and cannot see anything?"
Ulanara still denied it: "That's not true, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I am innocent..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! You just mentioned Hongshi. Where is my Hongshi now?" Ulanara suddenly changed the subject.
The Fourth Prince felt increasingly disappointed as he looked at Ulanara, whose heart and eyes were full of thoughts of escaping reality.
He looked at Ulanara with disgust and said, "Ulanara, aren't you supposed to have connections everywhere in this Forbidden City? You even know about the food shortage in the Northwest. Don't tell me you don't even know where Hongshi is right now!"
"Your Majesty, I never intended to harm you, nor did I ever think of doing anything detrimental to the Qing Dynasty," Ulanara said, shaking her head desperately.
When the Fourth Prince saw that Ulanara was about to argue again, he rudely interrupted her and said, "I have already begun to draft the decree to depose you. From now on, you are no longer my Empress."
"Deposed Empress?!" Ulanara chewed on those two words, biting them hard, as if she had thrown her reason into her mouth and chewed it up. She spat out a mouthful of curses: "This is all because of that bitch Niugulu, isn't it? I knew she was a vixen!"
"Aaaaah! That bitch, I'll tear her face apart so she can never harm me again!"
Ulanara started cursing Lanqin hysterically. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Fourth Prince's contemptuous gaze. She laughed without caring about anything else and pointed at the Fourth Prince, saying, "And you, you are blinded by lust and have been bewitched by that slut. You are a tyrant."
"How dare you!" Su Peisheng shouted loudly, startling everyone who heard him.
The Fourth Prince turned around and saw the once gentle and virtuous Empress shouting and yelling like a madwoman. He said, "Slap her! How dare she curse me and the Imperial Concubine! Slap her until she can't speak anymore!" and left.
Ulanara, clutching at the bricks on the ground, strained her voice, her trembling voice filled with resentment, and screamed, "It was you, you tyrant, who turned me into this! It was you!!!"
"Kill her! You heard what the Emperor said, didn't you? This madwoman is no longer the Empress. She dared to curse the Emperor and the Consort; she can be killed." Su Peisheng immediately ordered.
Immediately afterwards, wails echoed from Jingren Palace.
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