"Your Majesty, Duke Chengguo is a first-class duke after all, and he has considerable influence in the court. If his property is confiscated and his head is beheaded, it will probably cause a huge wave in the Ming officialdom. The capital is in a state of emergency right now, and it is a time to recruit people. If you confiscate his property at this time, aren't you afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the court officials?"
This sentence sounded like calling for punishment. If anyone else dared to say this, they would have been beheaded long ago. But Empress Yi'an was different. Her kindness to Chongzhen was greater than the sky.
"What the Empress said is true. I don't actually want to confiscate his family property, but Zhu Chunchen has forgotten his roots! His wealth, which rivals that of a country, comes from royal rewards. Now that the court is short of money, he not only does not help the country, but instead contradicts me in court."
"I am helpless too!"
Seeing that Chongzhen refused to give in, Empress Yi'an slowly stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I don't want to get involved in the confiscation of property, and I can't get involved. I want to know, what will happen to Duke Chengguo?"
"What does the Empress mean?"
"Only the house?"
"...I haven't thought about it yet."
"Your Majesty should know that if Duke Chengguo dies, the entire Ming Dynasty will be in turmoil! What happened to Marquis Wuqing is likely to happen again!" Queen Yi'an said in a warning tone.
The threat from the emperor's sister-in-law made Chongzhen very angry. Even if she had done him a great favor, she could not use such an attitude towards the emperor.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the harem was not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and Empress Yi'an's actions had exceeded her authority.
Chongzhen's expression was serious: "Even if the waves are huge, I will still go on the boat. My mistake in the matter of Wuqing Marquis was that I didn't persist."
Empress Yi'an was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, can you spare Duke Cheng's life?"
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