Chapter 207 Xie Yao, the eldest princess's daughter
As the eldest princess entered the palace, she noticed a deep and burning gaze.
She knew who that gaze came from, and thought to herself, how could this old man Gu Zhaotang be so rude now?
After calming herself down, the princess said in a cold voice, "Your Majesty, there are still survivors among the Western Rong people who tried to assassinate me. This man is a guard close to me, claiming to be a remnant of King Rui. Yesterday, he finally confessed that the Queen Mother has been colluding with the remnants of King Rui for many years!"
The eldest princess' words left the Queen Mother's followers speechless.
The emperor gave the princess the power to supervise the Ministry of Personnel and exercise supervisory power over all other officials. In just one month, the princess had uncovered several corrupt officials in the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue.
Every time she went to court, she could see the officials' eyes that hated her to the core.
The eldest princess couldn't help it and wanted to kill all these officials in private, but she couldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, so she didn't attend court recently.
But today is the big day for Ayao to eradicate the treacherous villains, so of course she wants to make this fire burn even more vigorously.
"Xie Yao is my savior. I will never tolerate anyone hurting her." She said seriously.
Anger rose in the emperor's eyes. He knew that the imperial sister insisted on her own way and would not lie at all. This meant that the empress dowager was actually connected with the remnants of Prince Rui.
This was even more intolerable to him than the Queen Mother colluding with the Western Rong people!
The eldest princess's eyes were clear and bright. She suddenly looked at Xie Yao. Her face was pale and she tried hard to show a gentle smile.
She doesn't smile often nowadays, so this smile is a little stiff.
Afraid that Xie Yao might not like it, the princess quickly suppressed her smile.
She took a deep breath, as if she had made some kind of decision, and her clear voice echoed throughout the hall:
"Empress Dowager Jiang colluded with the remnants of Prince Rui, and Minister of Revenue Jiang Rushan and Xie Ming'an engaged in corruption and bribery. They colluded and assassinated my daughter. I beg Your Majesty to punish them severely!"
"boom--!"
The four words "minister's daughter" exploded in the hall like a thunderclap.
"What?! The Princess means that Xie Yao is her daughter?!"
"The eldest princess has a daughter? When?"
"The Xie family did say before that Xie Yao was an abandoned baby brought from Chengfo Temple..."
In just two days, all the civil and military officials had experienced so many shocking things about Xie Yao that they had become numb.
Now, when they heard the eldest princess' words, they were not too surprised.
Isn’t it just that the eldest princess has a daughter, Xie Yao?
It’s not like Xie Yao has a daughter, she’s the eldest princess.
What they are more curious about is who the father of the child is.
The emperor suddenly came to his senses: "Imperial sister is saying... no wonder, no wonder!"
He was overwhelmed by recent events and had a vague feeling that he had overlooked something. It turned out to be this!
He should have thought of this as early as when Xie Ming'an confessed his guilt in Jingzhao Prefecture and the old lady of the Xie family talked about Xie Yao's life experience.
And why did the Queen Mother send someone to assassinate Xie Yao when she was fine?
Xiao Yizi's peach blossom eyes sank slightly, and he tilted his head, looking up at the woman beside him.
Xie Yao once asked him if he knew that the eldest princess was pregnant, and he had expected it at that time.
Now that he heard the eldest princess say with his own ears that his princess was her daughter, Xiao Yizi was not too surprised.
Whether Xie Yao was the daughter of Xu Susu, the eldest princess, the daughter of a guilty minister, or of royal blood, he only knew that she was the one he loved.
What Xie Yao wants most in her heart is a home.
She used to call him mother when she was drunk, but now she has two mothers who love her.
Xiao Yizi was happy for his princess.
Xie Yao's pupils trembled slightly. She stared at the eldest princess and saw a cautious flattery on that noble and beautiful face, which made her nose sore.
She recalled the first day of her rebirth when she went to see the eldest princess.
It turned out that she met her biological mother at that time.
The princess continued, "Xie Yao was my daughter, born in Chengfo Temple before I went to Yong State for the marriage. She is of the royal bloodline of the Li family. The Queen Mother's assassination of her is a crime of murdering a member of the royal family, a crime of the highest order!"
A few days ago, Huaixia found the midwife and several palace maids from Chengfo Temple eighteen years ago.
The palace maids all said they knew nothing.
When the midwife was brought before the eldest princess, she immediately knelt down when she saw her.
It turned out that the late emperor had given the same secret order to all the palace ladies - no matter whether the child she gave birth to was a boy or a girl, the child would be killed and the mother would be kept.
But the midwife couldn't bear it, so she found Nanny Su and exchanged the baby with Xu Susu, who also gave birth in Chengfo Temple.
Xu Susu's child died the moment she was born because of premature birth. The midwife handed the dead baby to her, and her child became Xie Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Wenchang Earl's Mansion.
No one knew that the eldest princess had given birth to a child. Because Xu Susu became pregnant before marriage, very few people knew that she gave birth in Chengfo Temple. Even the midwife did not know the identity of Nanny Su.
The midwife had kept this secret in her heart for all these years. When she saw the eldest princess find her, she immediately told her everything.
The officials who had wanted to defend the empress dowager before now all looked as pale as death.
The two charges of murdering royal relatives and treason were enough to depose the empress dowager and execute the entire Jiang family.
When Gu Zhaotang heard this, his breathing became disordered.
Eighteen years ago, he knelt outside the palace gate for three days and three nights, but all he got was a "just a joke".
He was taken home by his father, Marquis Zhenyuan, and had his leg broken. However, one night while he was recuperating, he saw Li Xiangyi, who had secretly come to his house after getting drunk.
She said she was drugged.
The young man Gu Zhaotang looked at her coldly with a cold and indifferent expression and said, "Li Xiangyi, I am not your consort, and I don't have any improper thoughts about you."
"Really? But I've been longing for you for a long time." The eldest princess spread out her phoenix hairpin, and her black hair cascaded down like clouds, setting off her black and white eyes, and her breath was hot.
"There's no cure for this medicine. If you don't want it, I'll find someone else."
"Yes." He grabbed her waist.
…
Gu Zhaotang looked at Xie Yao.
For a moment, it was difficult for him to accept that the disciple he had loved for many years was actually... his own daughter.
The eldest princess turned her head away and didn't look at Gu Zhaotang.
The emperor's eyes also fell on Xie Yao.
This made him "love and hate". In his opinion, there was nothing special about this woman except that she was pretty. How could she be the daughter of the emperor's sister?
Then isn't Xie Yao his niece?
The emperor glanced at Xiao Yizi inadvertently. The "disabled person" who used to be pleasing to the eye became colder and colder in his eyes the more he looked at him.
Why can Xiao Yizi marry his niece?
How could his niece marry a man with disabled legs?
The emperor looked at the eldest princess, then at Xie Yao, and said, "Zhang Qingcai."
Eunuch Qing: "I am here."
"The Empress Dowager colluded with the enemy and committed treason, and assassinated members of the royal family. Her crimes are unforgivable. Her title of Empress Dowager will be revoked immediately, and she will be banished to the cold palace and imprisoned for life." He spoke each word with emphasis.
"The Jiang family has secretly hoarded weapons, colluded with traitors, and plotted rebellion. I hereby decree that, considering Prime Minister Jiang's advanced age, he behead him in the autumn. Minister of Revenue Jiang Rushan shall be executed immediately. All officials of the Jiang family shall be dismissed and exiled. No one with the surname Jiang shall ever be employed in the court again."
The emperor's eyes were stern, and he finally said, "As for Xie Ming'an, he aided the tyrant and assassinated the imperial generals. The entire Xie family aided the tyrant and committed atrocities. Their crimes are unforgivable. His entire family shall be executed immediately, and all nine generations of his clan shall be exterminated!"
Minister of Rites He Yu advised: "Your Majesty, the entire Xie family should be executed. Isn't it too harsh to execute all nine generations of the family?"
"My Lord, I never joke."
A large number of officials in the hall had already knelt on the ground, shouting in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Xie Yao: "Your Majesty, my younger brother Xie Yan sacrificed his own family for the greater good and reported Xie Ming'an for merit."
Emperor: “Uh…”
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