Chapter 39: The Angry Emperor with No Heir x The Cannon Fodder Female Match and the Concubine's Daughter 39
With the arrival of Mo Liyuan, the Queen Mother and Aunt Qiao, the full-moon banquet officially began.
The Queen Mother held Chenxi lovingly the whole time; even other ministers' wives were a little secretive when they wanted to take a look at her.
Mo Qiong curled his lips in disdain and whispered, "What's there to be proud of? It's like you don't have children."
"Shut up," Prime Minister Qiao scolded in a low voice, "Watch your mouth. If you are punished for saying something wrong again, don't expect me to plead for you."
Although Prime Minister Qiao lowered his voice on purpose, Mo Qiong still felt embarrassed for a moment, and the look he gave to Aunt Qiao became even more vicious.
Prime Minister Qiao didn't care about Mo Qiong's mood at all. Looking at Mo Liyuan who was smiling happily, he snorted coldly, "While your face is still swollen, tell the emperor what Concubine Yuan did."
"Put aside your domineering temper. Our goal is not to let the emperor make decisions for us."
"Let the ministers see how a person who disrespects his stepmother can become the queen."
Mo Qiong pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and nodded, "I understand."
Mo Liyuan's eyes never left Qiao Jinjin and Chenxi, with a slight smile on his lips, but his good mood was completely ruined by a voice.
"Your Majesty, please help me."
Everyone in the hall was whispering, but Mo Qiong pretended not to hear.
Mo Liyuan's good mood was completely ruined, and he looked at Mo Qiong with a gloomy face.
Mo Qiong felt a chill all over her body and a little scared. "Your Majesty, I went to Kunning Palace today with good intentions to pay my respects to Empress Yuan, and I also wanted to see the eldest prince."
"Who knows... who knows..."
Mo Qiong said this with trembling shoulders and wiping tears, "Who knew that the Empress Yuan would actually let the servants slap my mouth?"
"Shut up!" Mo Liyuan shouted fiercely, then turned to Qiao Jinjin and asked in a gentle tone, "My beloved, what happened?"
Aunt Qiao watched Mo Qiong acting coldly, with a hint of mockery in her eyes.
Her eyes suddenly turned red, and she choked with tears as she said, "Your Majesty, why did my stepmother wrongly accuse me?"
"It was clearly my stepmother who went to Kunning Palace to insult me, and my maidservant had to take action to protect me."
"Wuwuwu, I was abused by her in the Prime Minister's Mansion before, but I didn't expect that she would still speak rudely to me now that I am the emperor's concubine."
The ministers below looked at Mo Qiong and Prime Minister Qiao with strange eyes, and took a few steps back to distance themselves from them.
Mo Liyuan felt extremely upset. He didn't care whether Jinjin Qiao was crying for real or fake, it was all Mo Qiong's fault for daring to mess with his woman.
Mo Qiong looked at Aunt Qiao with a distorted expression, especially when she saw Aunt Qiao secretly rolled her eyes at her, she was so angry that she almost fainted.
"You're talking nonsense"
Mo Qiong pointed at Aunt Qiao, his anger rising to his head, "You bastard, kneel down and admit your mistake now, or I won't forgive you."
"How outrageous!" Mo Liyuan's roar frightened all the ministers in the hall and made them kneel down, even Prime Minister Qiao.
Prime Minister Qiao, with his head lowered, was completely speechless about Mo Qiong. He also decided not to keep Mo Qiong any longer, as he was simply too incapable of accomplishing anything but causing more trouble than success.
Mo Qiong only felt that the anger in his heart was out of control, and he even wanted to curse Mo Liyuan when he looked at him.
The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. This prime minister's wife was truly lawless. How could the emperor still forgive her?
Sure enough, Mo Liyuan looked at Mo Qiong deeply and said, "Madam Prime Minister Mo Qiong is lawless and reckless. She insulted and abused Concubine Yuan. She is now imprisoned. After the first prince's full-month banquet, she will be beaten with fifty sticks."
"Prime Minister Qiao Zhenshan, as the Prime Minister, was unable to control his wife and allowed her to speak wildly in the palace. Now the position of Prime Minister is revoked and he is confined to the Prime Minister's Mansion and is not allowed to enter or leave."
Prime Minister Qiao was simply incredulous that the emperor had actually removed him from his position as prime minister.
However, Prime Minister Qiao thought about it and kowtowed to express his gratitude. After all, his master had already given him other instructions some time ago.
At night, Mo Liyuan and Qiao Jinjin had just finished a sports activity.
Mo Liyuan held the sweaty Jinjin Qiao in his arms and stroked her back again and again.
"Your Majesty, are you worried about something?"
Mo Liyuan smiled fondly upon hearing this and said, "Nothing can be hidden from Auntie."
"Today I took advantage of the situation and demoted Prime Minister Qiao. He did not object but just accepted it. I always felt something was wrong."
Aunt Qiao pondered for a moment and said, "There is indeed something wrong."
"However, because of Mo Qiong's disturbance, the evidence collected by the emperor has not been used yet."
Mo Liyuan nodded, frowned and said, "I am going to remove him from his position first, and then announce it in the court in a few days. He will definitely not be able to live."
After saying this, his brows relaxed, and he turned around and pressed Qiao Jinjin under him. "Let's not talk about these disappointing things. My beloved concubine doesn't think you can get rid of me just once, right?"
Aunt Qiao's face suddenly turned red, which made Mo Liyuan laugh out loud.
"My beloved concubine is truly a beauty, even more attractive than before she gave birth"
Taifu Mansion
Master Li sat in the study with a serious expression, and opposite him sat Li Huaijiang who also looked serious.
"Father, what should we do now?"
Master Li kept tapping the table with his fingers. After a long while, he said, "We can't get involved, nor can we plead for them."
"Huaijiang, find a reason to divorce Qiao Zhenzhen."
Li Huaijiang frowned tightly. "But if this is the case, what should we do if Prime Minister Qiao is reinstated one day?"
Master Li glanced at Li Huaijiang and said, "I want you to find a reason, a reason that will make Qiao Zhenshan speechless."
"This Mo Qiong is completely useless. Even if he doesn't die from fifty strokes of the cane, he will be crippled."
"And I think the emperor no longer intends to keep Prime Minister Qiao. This time, Mo Qiong's actions really helped the emperor a lot."
Li Huaijiang nodded and said, "Son knows what to do. As for that idiot, I don't want to see her anymore. Zi Xin is better. She is gentle and is pregnant with my child."
Qiao Zhenzhen didn't know that her position as young lady was no longer secure.
She was now pacing back and forth in the room, sweating anxiously.
"Lian Yue, follow me to find my father and the young master."
"yes"
Qiao Zhenzhen deliberately changed into a more formal dress and hurried towards Tutor Li's study.
But on the way, I saw Zi Xin who was also walking towards Master Li’s study.
Qiao Zhenzhen didn't want to pay attention to her because she had something urgent to do, but Zi Xin would not miss this opportunity.
"Hey... Madam, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
Qiao Zhenzhen glared at Zi Xin who was standing in front of her and gritted her teeth and said, "Get out of my way!"
Zi Xinsi was not panicked at all. She looked at Qiao Zhenzhen from head to toe with a smile, "Are you going to ask the Grand Tutor to save the princess? Or to save the Prime Minister?"
"Zi Xin advises you not to waste your energy"
"Don't let it happen that you fail to get the favor and end up getting yourself into trouble, because that would be a loss."