The emperor naturally replied, "It was Jiang Yi, the daughter of Marquis Wu'an."
He omitted his previous experience at the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion and simply said that it was Jiang Yi who gave him the detoxification pill when he went to the palace to express his gratitude yesterday.
The Queen Mother had no doubts and said directly, "Good, good, good. She saved the Emperor's life. I will reward her handsomely."
"Since the Emperor has conferred upon her the title of Princess, I will adopt her as my adopted daughter."
"Where is Jiang Yiren? I want to see her."
The emperor said, "She fell into the water yesterday and is still sick."
"It's okay, I'll go see her myself."
The empress dowager came to Jiang Yi in a sedan chair, but the emperor did not follow. He thought that if he did not go to see Jiang Yi, those unnecessary thoughts would fade away.
The Queen Mother went straight into the side hall, and Jiang Yi saw from afar a gorgeously dressed woman approaching him.
There were no other concubines in the palace except the Queen Mother. Jiang Yi had a general understanding of the identity of the person in front of her. She stepped forward to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother directly helped the person up.
"There's no need to be so polite between you and me, mother and daughter."
"Mother and daughter?" Jiang Yi was a little confused.
"Yes, they are mother and daughter." The Queen Mother said, "You saved the Emperor's life. I will adopt you as my daughter."
"Good child, you just caught a cold. Hurry up and get up from the ground. Come, let's sit up and talk slowly, mother and daughter."
The Queen Mother affectionately took Jiang Yi's hand and sat aside.
Jiang Yimian looked confused.
"Your Majesty, I have never met you, but Mr. Gu?" she asked the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother asked, "You don't know his identity?"
Jiang Yi then said, "When I fell into the water, Master Gu saved me. He only said he was a palace guard. I didn't know he was the emperor."
The Queen Mother's eyes became more affectionate. "You gave him this precious antidote pill without knowing his identity. You are such a kind-hearted child."
"So, Mr. Gu is really the emperor?" She was stunned.
"Yes," the Queen Mother said, "In the past he was the Emperor, and from now on he will be your sworn brother."
"The Emperor has bestowed upon you the title of Princess Jingshu. Now that you are my daughter, you naturally become Princess Jingshu."
"You are the benefactor of the Emperor and me. I have heard everything about you and Zhili. He is such a good child, but he is blind and unworthy of you. I used to think he was a good child, but I am also blind."
"But don't worry. Now that you are my daughter, I will definitely find a good marriage for you. What do you think, Prince Shen?"
"No hurry. I'll host a plum blossom viewing banquet and arrange for you to sit with Prince Shen. Take a closer look. If you like them, I'll decree the marriage."
Jiang Yi barely had time to speak before the Queen Mother made the decision.
It can be seen that the Queen Mother is indeed very happy.
The Queen Mother took another look at Jiang Yi's clothes and said, "It's too simple. A girl of your age is more beautiful than a flower. It's time to dress up."
"The Wu'an Marquisate was originally built by your father. Your grandfather was kind enough to put on such a show to make the late emperor think he was a good person and hand you and your sister over to him."
"I never thought that not only would he not treat you well, but he would actually allow someone else to steal your husband."
"He has enjoyed enough blessings these years. Come, pass on my imperial decree. I will accuse the Marquis of Wu'an of inaction and allowing his daughter to commit murder. I will exempt him from three months' salary and order him to confine himself to self-reflection for six months. I hope he will repent."
"Wait, let the emperor stamp this imperial edict."
Although Marquis Wu'an inherited the title from his son, he was still a marquis after all, and the empress dowager could not punish him for no reason.
But the emperor can.
The emperor looked at everything written on the empress dowager's edict, rubbed his brows, then brushed away the edict and issued a new one.
The imperial edict stated, "Marquis Wu'an is incompetent and unfit to be a marquis. He is stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, and expelled from the Marquis Wu'an mansion."
When the imperial edict reached the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion, Wu'an Marquis and his men thought they were dreaming.
They have been staying in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion for fifteen years.
They were used to living here, used to doing nothing and having servants flatter them.
And habit is a terrible thing.
Over the years, they even regarded everything in the Marquis' Mansion as their own.
They completely forgot that they had snatched all of this at the cost of Xie Yulan's life.
Geng shouted, "Our Lord has done nothing wrong. Why should his title be stripped from him?"
The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict was also Wang Baoquan.
Eunuch Wang understood the emperor's intention very well. Recently, both the emperor and the empress dowager valued Princess Yulan very much.
These people in front of her have offended Princess Yulan so thoroughly that it is difficult for them to survive.
Therefore, Eunuch Wang smiled contemptuously and said, "The Emperor can strip you of your title if he wants to. Does he need a reason?"
"Old Master Jiang has done nothing for the Northern Wei Dynasty. It's been extremely difficult for him to enjoy the prosperity of the past decade. You've been dreaming this for over a decade. It's time to wake up."
After saying this, Eunuch Wang turned and left, leaving the people in Marquis Wu'an's mansion crying bitterly.
Geng called Jiang Lian and said, "Go to the Xin Palace and ask the Crown Prince to plead for us. Your grandfather is innocent."
Although Gu Zhili said that day that he would let Jiang Lian be a concubine, the fact was that after Gu Zhili returned, no one came to Prince Xin's mansion.
A concubine is not like a wife. She does not need to arrange a wedding date. She just needs a sedan chair to enter through the back door.
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