Zhao Qiqi's spell of words was taken away. In addition to releasing her control over the King of Jiangnan, causing the King of Jiangnan to no longer dote on her as dearly as before, another change was that the King of Jiangnan's Palace was no longer protected by her spell of words.
As soon as this protection disappeared, various accidents began to occur in the palace.
First, the courtyard where the princess lived collapsed.
The roof collapsed while the princess was sleeping, and she was seriously injured. She is now in a coma.
Then, a fire broke out in the palace's warehouse, burning many things.
Then, the King of Jiangnan was walking along the lake in his mansion. When he reached the bridge, the bridge suddenly broke. If the King of Jiangnan had not practiced martial arts and had sharp reactions, he would have fallen into the water.
This series of unfortunate events caused panic among the people in the palace.
King Jiangnan was in a state of confusion.
He couldn't help but reflect, could it be that all this was caused by his failure to save Zhao Qiqi?
After all, not long after Zhao Qiqi was born, a Taoist priest said that Zhao Qiqi was the little lucky star of their palace.
But now Zhao Qiqi has been arrested.
Could it be that this is retribution for losing the little lucky star?
The King of Jiangnan directly told his daughter, Concubine Zhao, about his thoughts.
"How can she be called a lucky star? I think she's more like a jinx! If it weren't for her, how could these things have happened in the palace? All this is just retribution!"
However, Princess Zhao had already heard her two sons talk about Zhao Qiqi.
They said that Xiao Shuangbao said that Zhao Qiqi would definitely bring misfortune to the palace in the future.
But this misfortune only applies to those who have done evil in the palace.
Those with a clear conscience will not be affected.
"Father, the princess should divorce the unlucky person this time. Also, all the other stewards in the palace, if they've experienced misfortune, it means they've all done something wrong. They should all be sent to the government. Also, all the uncles, brothers, and others from other families, if they've experienced misfortune, should be separated and moved out! They are no longer allowed to be protected by the palace! As for you... you did so many wrong things for Zhao Qiqi and the princess back then. I advise you to confess to the emperor yourself!"
"You have worked hard and made great contributions in battle. I believe that the emperor will not punish you too harshly in view of these!
“If you do this, you can still save the palace and the title so you can pass it on to your younger brother.
"Otherwise, the future of the palace will be ruined in your hands!"
Concubine Zhao said earnestly.
When the King of Jiangnan heard her say this, he thought about how many people in the palace had misfortune this time, but only his eldest son Zhao Yue was safe and sound. He felt both relieved and regretful that he had done many wrong things in order to pamper Zhao Qiqi, and had actually failed to live up to Emperor Chengxuan's appreciation of him.
"Okay, Dad will listen to you. I will go to the Emperor and confess my crime..."
For the sake of his own future and that of his first wife's son, King Jiangnan hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.
Afterwards, he went to Emperor Chengxuan to admit his mistake.
Emperor Chengxuan was quite surprised by his arrival.
After hearing him admit his mistake, he sighed and threw a thick file at him.
"Prince Jiangnan, you can see for yourself what good things these people in your palace have done in secret!"
After Emperor Chengxuan finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to King Jiangnan and continued to look through other files.
King Jiangnan quickly picked up the file and looked through it carefully.
After a moment, he closed the file with a sad face.
This is really unbearable!
This file records in great detail how his princess used his power to gain many benefits for the Wang family of Langya without his knowledge, including seizing good farmland and houses, even decent women, forcing other officials to cooperate, lending at high interest rates, and dozens of cases of disregarding human lives.
When the other families in the palace learned about these things, not only did they not tell him, but they also followed his example and did a lot of them as well.
Zhao Huan, the son born to him and the princess, was very cruel since childhood. He liked to torture and kill little maids. Dozens of little maids who were not yet grown up died in his hands.
As for his once favorite youngest daughter, Zhao Qiqi, no one knew how many lives she had been involved in, including the maids around her, the servants in the palace, and the daughters of other officials who were about the same age as her. As long as she didn't like someone, she would find a way to kill the other person, just to make herself the most dazzling person in the King of Jiangnan. She hated the daughters who stole her limelight the most.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"
At this moment, the King of Jiangnan knelt on the ground, lowering his head to hide his shame. “I, an old minister, fought on the battlefield in the past to protect the people, so that the people in the border areas would no longer suffer from the torture of war and could live a peaceful and stable life.
"But my family has done countless things that have harmed the people...
“This old minister is unwilling to excuse himself!
"This old minister deserves no death! Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Before the King of Jiangnan came, he hoped that, as Concubine Zhao said, he could preserve the palace and his title and leave them to Zhao Yue in the future.
But now, after reading the file, I realized that everything written in it was done with his tacit approval and connivance.
He should be sentenced to death for this!
"You did make a mistake, but it wasn't your fault."
Seeing his sincerity, Emperor Chengxuan's expression softened considerably, "Shuangbao has already told me everything. You were forced to do this, not voluntarily. You were controlled by Zhao Qiqi's evil magic, which led to the current situation.
"But everything I wrote has something to do with you.
"Even if I wanted to protect you, I'm afraid the people and officials in Jiangnan City would disagree.
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