The queen suddenly turned her head and gave Princess Ning Rong a fierce look with eyes that could almost penetrate a person.
Ning Rong shrank her neck and tears fell.
She collapsed to the ground, seemingly realizing that something was wrong.
However, she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart.
The emperor loves her so much, he will definitely not take her life.
The child hasn't even grown up yet, but she has been doted on by her father for fourteen years!
But the more she listened to the crying inside, the more anxious she became.
I waited until the crying sound in the house died down for a long time, and then the door opened.
The numb mother and daughter raised their heads and looked at the emperor, not knowing what their fate would be.
Qi Xiuyuan seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. Fatigue and grief crushed this heroic emperor.
He glanced indifferently at the mother and daughter kneeling on the ground, and said calmly, "Princess Ning Rong allowed her dog to kill the royal heir and murdered the concubines, and she is ordered to commit suicide.
Empress Xue was incompetent in educating her daughter, so she was demoted to a commoner and placed in the cold palace, where she could not be released unless she died."
"Father!!! No!!! It's all that dog's fault. Please kill it. I lost my composure in desperation. I won't do it again!! Father!!!"
Princess Ning Rong screamed miserably and crawled towards the emperor, but was held down by someone.
The queen's face turned pale. She knelt before the emperor and kowtowed frantically, "Your Majesty! I have failed in my daughter's upbringing. I am willing to die for Ning Rong. Please forgive the princess! She is a royal heir, Your Majesty! Please!!"
"Royal heir?" Qi Xiuyuan smiled coldly, grabbed the queen's collar with his big hand and lifted her up alive.
He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "You know better than me how this child came about. Your cousin Xue Changgui must have worked so hard."
After saying that, he threw the queen out.
The queen suddenly covered her head like a madman, screaming and wailing.
It’s over, it’s all over, the Emperor knows everything!!
He knew that Ning Rong was not his child, he had known it for a long time!
But why has he tolerated it until now?
The Xue family is finished, the princess is finished, and he is finished too.
It seems that even if Ning Rong did not harm Concubine Rou, the emperor would never let them go.
What happened today is just a prelude.
The emperor wanted to execute Princess Ning Rong, which shocked the six palaces.
The Queen Mother woke up and immediately got up to see the Emperor after hearing this.
But he saw that his son looked gray and worn out, like rotten wood and dead ashes.
Sitting alone in the empty palace with disheveled hair, he drinks a cup of tea.
When the emperor saw the queen mother coming, he knew what she was going to say.
She wiped away her tears and said firmly, "Mother, there is no need to plead for Ning Rong. If you knew the evil she had done, you would definitely not condone her anymore.
Not only because she hurt Rou'er and the child, but also because..."
He took a deep breath and told the whole story.
The Queen Mother staggered and it took her a long time to come to her senses, holding her chest.
Qi Xiuyuan said, "Mother, I shouldn't have concealed my illness. However, telling you would be useless and would only cause you more trouble.
I love Rou'er, eight parts because she is simple and kind-hearted, and two parts because she is the only woman who can arouse my male desire.
I thought I could have children with her, but who would have thought this would be the result.
It's all because of my incompetence that I can't even protect my own wife.
The imperial physician said that Rou'er's mother was injured and that she might have difficulty having children in the future. I feel sorry for her.
After he finished speaking, he burst into tears again. The Queen Mother walked forward and took her son in her arms. Both mother and son cried uncontrollably.
The next morning, the emperor took decisive action.
The queen was deposed and sent to the cold palace.
The princess was also imprisoned in the cold palace and was sentenced to death on a certain day.
The Xue family's property was raided, and 45 crimes were uncovered.
All males were demoted to commoners and exiled, and the females were sold and confiscated.
That’s not all, the emperor also discovered the collusion between the Xue family and Li Tinghai.
They illegally manufactured arms, smuggled salt, falsely claimed military merit, and embezzled state funds...
There are dozens of serious crimes, each of which is punishable by death according to the law.
Nearly a hundred officials were implicated, and finally Li Tinghai was also implicated and dismissed from all official posts. He was sentenced to death and executed immediately.
Before Li Tinghai was executed on the seaside, Qi Xiuyuan personally went to the prison to watch him being castrated.
He once attempted to violate Qiao Luoluo, and Qi Xiuyuan would never tolerate him.
Originally, the pregnant Qiao Yingying could have divorced to protect herself, but the things on Qiao Luoluo's shoes that drove the dog crazy left a deep impression on Qi Xiuyuan.
After ordering an investigation, they found out the culprit, Qiao Yingying.
The Qiao family was detained and investigated on the charge of plotting to murder the royal heir. After Qiao Yingying divorced Li Tinghai, she was returned to the Qiao family.
Qiao Yingying lost all her usefulness and became a disgrace to the family.
Under the pressure of her father and brother, she hanged herself, and even the child in her belly was not spared.
This was something Qiao Luoluo had not expected. She had thought that after changing into Qiao Yingying in this life, Qiao Wendao and that thing would be different.
But it turns out they are all the same.
Qiao Yingying died, and Qiao Wendao thought he could be cleared of the charges, but he was eventually dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown.
You are not allowed to enter Beijing or engage in business for the rest of your life.
The second branch of the Qiao family, Qiao Wencheng, the magistrate of Anyang County, came to Beijing and became the new Shaoqing of the Guanglu Temple.
The reason is simple. Qiao Luoluo cannot live without her mother's family, which is not conducive to her promotion.
Next is the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
Although they have no connection with the Queen's family, does it matter whether they are related or not?
If Qi Xiuyuan says there is, then there is, even if there isn’t.
Besides, the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was already a mess. If a small hole was torn, the rest would be exposed.
Ningyuan Hou was sentenced to death, and his wife, son and daughter were all demoted to commoners and exiled three thousand miles away.
The emperor seemed to have shown mercy and spared Liang Yuxiao, but it was just a show.
Everyone knows that Qiao Luoluo came from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. If the emperor kills Liang Yuxiao, it would be too narrow-minded.
However, if Liang Yuxiao died on the way to exile, I'm afraid no one would be able to say anything, right?
There are so many things that can cause a person to die silently during a three thousand mile exile.
All these turmoil, house searches, imprisonment, sentencing, and exile.
All finished quickly within a month.
When everything was settled, Qiao Luoluo's confinement period was also over.
She leaned back in the recliner, drinking hot tea and eating the sweet potatoes that Qing'er had roasted for her. She chatted and laughed while watching the petals falling in the yard outside.
Her body has completely recovered. The imperial physician believes that it will be difficult for her to have children. That is the imperial physician's diagnosis.
She has the final say on whether it is difficult or not.
If she didn't want to be considered a monster, she would be pregnant now.
At this time, Xianglian walked in and said anxiously, "My Lady, Xuetuan still refuses to eat."
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