When the emperor returned to the palace, the farce was over.
He Yu failed to outwit Jiang Yi, and instead ruined his own and his brother's reputation.
Everyone knows that the He family girl is vicious and wants to destroy the Crown Princess, but she doesn't want to shoot herself in the foot.
The elder brother of the He family was abused half to death by a man and turned into a monster that was neither male nor female.
The Queen's family had lost face so much, and the Queen and Princess Cheng, who were married daughters of the He family, also felt bad.
They tried their best to have Jiang Yi deposed from the position of Crown Princess in order to make room for their own niece.
But He Yu's reputation was ruined, and even without Jiang Yi, she could not become the Crown Princess.
"Fortunately, our family has more than one daughter, He Yu. It's a pity that the rest are concubines. But it's not impossible." Privately, the Queen said to Princess Cheng, "The most important thing right now is Jiang Yi."
"I'm afraid the emperor will spare Jiang Yi for the sake of the crown prince. For now, you'd better go back to the palace and take a look."
"But then again, we were all called over by Yu'er at that time, so we didn't see Jiang Yi."
"It is very likely that the emperor has already punished Jiang Yi. This is also good news for us."
The Queen and Princess Cheng's tired faces finally showed a hint of joy.
"I will go back and take a look right away." Princess Cheng said.
The queen went to apologize to the emperor on behalf of her niece, but the emperor was quite absent-minded and only came to his senses after the queen called him twice.
"What did the Queen just say?" asked the Emperor.
The queen had no choice but to say it again.
"The He family has truly acted recklessly today. They've ruined Qingping's birthday party." A hint of disgust flashed across the emperor's eyes. "I had no idea that the Taifu Mansion, renowned for its poetry, literature, and etiquette, would teach children this way."
The emperor rarely showed his emotions on his face, but now he clearly showed his dislike for the He family, which made the queen feel depressed.
The Queen knelt down and apologized, "It's because the He family only has this one girl in this generation, so she's inevitably a little spoiled. I'll definitely ask my brother to discipline Yu'er properly."
"Forget it, Queen, is there anything else to do?"
The Queen hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do with Crown Princess Jiang?"
"Oh, I have already punished him, so I will not mention it here anymore," said the emperor.
This was within the Queen's expectations, because at the princess's birthday party, she saw with her own eyes that the Emperor followed Jiang Yi.
"Jiang is the Crown Princess, yet she stole. I believe that having someone like her in the position of Crown Princess is truly a disgrace to the Royal Family. Fortunately, she stole the Emperor's things. If it were someone else, the Royal Family would lose face." The Queen said in a serious tone, "I personally believe that a Crown Princess like this should be deposed. What does the Emperor think?"
The emperor said nonchalantly: "She is indeed not suitable to be the Crown Princess."
The queen was delighted.
"It's just that the Crown Prince was adopted, and he already deposed his legal wife. If outsiders knew about this, they would think he despised his first wife because of her humble origins after gaining power, which would also be bad for the reputation of the royal family."
"Let me think about how to deal with this Jiang family."
The emperor's words gave the queen peace of mind.
In this way, they won't have too many concerns when it comes to what Jiang wants to do.
Even if it was a frame-up known to the world, no one would say anything as long as the emperor didn't say anything.
"I'm tired and want to be alone." The emperor ordered them to leave.
The emperor has always liked quietness, and the empress was used to him. After hearing this, she didn't say anything and took her leave.
The emperor ordered a thorough investigation of Jiang Yi's family background. He only knew that Crown Princess Jiang was of humble origin, but knew nothing else.
This inquiry made the emperor very happy.
The letter said that since Jiang married Chu Chengfeng, she had been kept by Princess Cheng's side every day to set rules, and she had never slept with Chu Chengfeng.
But the more he read, the worse the emperor's mood became.
Because Princess Cheng brought Jiang Yi to her side not to set rules in an ordinary way, she treated Jiang Yi as a servant, beating and scolding Jiang Yi. She even beat Jiang Yi every time she saw Chu Chengfeng.
He didn't even have time to feel pain for the person he liked, but Princess Cheng dared to trample on her like this.
The emperor crushed the letter in his hand, lay down in the rocking chair and closed his eyes.
He needs to think carefully about how to treat Jiang Yi.
If Jiang Yi was living a good life in the Eastern Palace, he could still restrain his selfish desires, but Jiang Yi was obviously not living a good life.
She belonged to him and only to him.
But Jiang Yi's identity is indeed a bit tricky.
But there is a solution.
The emperor immediately had an idea and called Master Qingya.
True Person Qingya was the emperor's elder sister. Since she was devoted to Taoism, the emperor built a Taoist temple for her outside the palace.
It happened to be Princess Qingping's birthday, and True Person Qingya also came to the palace to congratulate her little niece and has not left yet.
The two siblings had always been very close, and the emperor, in front of his sister, did not mince words and simply said, "I have fallen in love with a woman who is the Crown Prince's wife."
Even the usually chaste and reserved Qingya Zhenren was so shocked by the emperor's words that she couldn't recover.
The emperor continued, "I need my sister's help."
Master Qingya said, "Let me think about it."
"I have never liked someone as much as I do today. She is not living well in the East Palace. I want to take care of her, but I am crazy when I can't. Can you understand what I say, my sister?" There was a dark tide in the emperor's eyes. Thinking of Jiang Yi, he couldn't help but smile again.
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