Ever since the Emperor offered the betrothal gift and gained everyone's approval, he often came to the Prime Minister's residence every few days to ask Qingyao to go out for a walk.
Everyone was initially terrified by the majesty of the royal family, but after often seeing the dignified emperor humble himself for a woman in various places throughout the capital, everyone began to have a new understanding of the emperor and felt that he was approachable.
However, the common people did not know that the man who was so obedient in front of Qingyao was a ruthless and murderous person towards others after leaving Qingyao.
There were less than three months until the Emperor's wedding to Qingyao in January of the following year. During these three months, everyone in the Imperial Palace and the Prime Minister's Office was incredibly busy, knowing that this would be an unprecedentedly grand wedding ceremony.
The Emperor wanted to give Qingyao the best, so he ordered all the palace embroiderers to work overnight, and all materials used for the wedding had to be of the highest quality. As a result, all the officials in the palace were so busy that they wished their feet were flying and their hands were multiplied.
The Prime Minister's Office believed that Qingyao was worthy of being the most promising woman in the Qing family. She had the possibility of becoming the Crown Princess before, and after breaking off the engagement, she was able to become the only Queen of the dynasty.
With this "chess piece", the Prime Minister's Mansion will surely prosper. At this time, the Prime Minister and his wife have long been obsessed with power and money, and have completely forgotten that they have a daughter who was once their most beloved.
When Qing Siyuan was brought back, she married the former prince and became a concubine in his harem.
At this moment in the former prince's mansion, Xu Qingqing, Qing Siyuan and the former prince Di Jin were still blaming each other and even fighting from time to time.
Di Jing was often tortured by Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan, but he did not dare to tell the truth to Prince Zhennan for fear of losing face.
Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan took advantage of Di Jing's pride and tortured him.
At this moment, Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan were quarreling in the Prince's Mansion and disliked each other. Suddenly, they heard from the servants that Qingyao was going to marry the Emperor and become the only empress in the world.
It is said that the Emperor abolished all the concubines in the harem for her, and now Qingyao is the only one in the harem. The Emperor also came to propose marriage, offered betrothal gifts, and arranged the marriage like an ordinary family, and even made a promise to Qingyao that they would be together for the rest of their lives.
Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan's eyes suddenly filled with jealousy.
The Prince of Zhennan saw that the backyard behind his mansion was filled with smoke and chaos every day, and felt that it was unlucky, so he simply built another courtyard next to it and threw the former crown prince Di Jing, Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan into that courtyard, leaving them to fend for themselves.
In the end, Di Jing died under the torture of the two half a month before the wedding of the emperor and empress. When the emperor and Qingyao heard the news of Di Jing's death, they just said "oh" and ignored it. After hearing the news, the King of Zhennan and his wife angrily sent Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan to a nunnery, and had people torture them day and night. Qingyao also considerately sent those people who bullied the original owner in the previous life to the nunnery to bully Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan. Soon the two fell ill and died. Qingyao asked Dongzhu to take those people away and put them in the water dungeon and tortured them to death. At this point, only the prime minister's family was left. A hint of amusement flashed in Qingyao's eyes.
When the Central Minister's family and the Prime Minister's family received the news of Qing Siyuan and Xu Qingqing's deaths, they were no longer as excited as when they first learned that the two were injured.
At this moment, they were trembling with fear because the Emperor was punishing all families that were closely related to the former prince by eradicating them completely.
Now, his own family has suffered for two useless pawns. That little bit of favor is not worth mentioning at all. The bodies of these two people were just hastily thrown into a mass grave.
Xu Qingqing and Qing Siyuan never understood until their death how things could have turned out to this point.
The day of the emperor and empress's wedding soon arrived, and Qingyao was woken up early by the four maids of the East Palace to wash and dress.
The Emperor opened the palace gates, rode on horseback, and led hundreds of palace maids and eunuchs behind him to the Prime Minister's Mansion to marry Qingyao.
When Qingyao heard that the Emperor had arrived at the door, the servants from the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly urged Qingyao. Qingyao glanced at them coldly, and the servants immediately fell silent, not daring to say anything, and just waited quietly by the side.
Seeing that the Emperor had been waiting for a long time but Qingyao still hadn't come out, the Prime Minister and his wife paced back and forth anxiously. The Emperor waved his hand to signal the two elders to sit down, saying that he was not in a hurry and would wait slowly for Qingyao to be dressed.
An hour later, Qingyao finally finished dressing. She stared at herself in the bronze mirror, recalling the time since she first met the Emperor until today. She felt how quickly time had flown by. The self in the mirror was noble, charming, and dignified.
Qingyao nodded with satisfaction, and then the princess immediately took out the veil and covered Qingyao's head with it.
Qingyao saw a sea of red before her eyes, and then she walked out of the boudoir with the help of Dongzhu and others. As soon as she went out, she saw a pair of men's shoes on her feet, and Qingyao smelled the ambergris belonging to the Emperor.
So under the veil, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly, and the emperor did not follow those red tape. He was eager to marry Qingyao home. There was no male in the Prime Minister's Mansion, only two daughters. One daughter had passed away, and now only Qingyao was left, so no one would carry Qingyao out of the door.
The Emperor simply picked up Qingyao and walked towards the gate. At this moment, the Emperor had just walked out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion with Qingyao in his arms. Qingyao asked the Emperor to put her down, and the Emperor put her down as he asked.
As soon as Qingyao stood firm, all the people inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, including the palace maids and ministers, knelt down and saluted the Emperor and Qingyao. Everyone shouted in unison: "May the Emperor and the Empress love each other forever."
Upon hearing this, Emperor and Qingyao happily raised their hands and signaled everyone to stand up.
Because it was the Emperor marrying Qingyao, the ceremony was of a very high standard, and the couple in the Prime Minister's Mansion were not worthy enough to accept the thanks from the Emperor and Qingyao.
After the ministers rose, Qingyao turned to face the Prime Minister's residence. Beneath her veil, a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes. Those people deserved to die, and the Prime Minister and his wife deserved death the most.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com