But this silence only lasted for a moment, and soon, voices of rebukes were heard from the court.
The emperor sat upright on his dragon throne, his fingers slightly curled up, and his eyes were full of hatred.
The queen looked at the mess, her eyes filled with desire and greed.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Just this one sound silenced all the court officials below.
Looking at the queen sitting on the dragon throne, what else don’t they understand?
The Grand Tutor was the first to step forward. The Grand Tutors and Junior Tutors of all dynasties were the ones who educated the princes and future emperors.
The honor and disgrace of the entire family depend on the emperor, and it is basically passed down from generation to generation. Naturally, the family tradition of loyalty will not be bad.
So at this time, the Grand Tutor was the first to jump out and curse at the Queen.
"So that's how it is. You thief, you actually dream of stealing the country!"
As soon as the Grand Tutor finished shouting this, Wen Xiuting rushed up and kicked him hard. Poor Grand Tutor was so old that he almost sprained his waist.
Seeing this, other ministers either avoided it or rushed over to check on the condition of the Grand Tutor.
"Master Taifu, don't you understand the current situation? And it's better not to talk about the crime of stealing the country so casually. After all, the Wen family didn't intend to steal the country, but to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the government is delayed, can you afford to bear the consequences?"
The Grand Tutor was so angry that he was speechless. He pointed at the other person with his red face, and it looked like he was about to vomit blood.
The eldest prince rushed out from the back hall in a hurry. He couldn't let his teacher confront him head-on, otherwise if some trouble really happened, the loss would be huge.
"Teacher, please stop talking. The Wen family has no ill intentions!"
The eldest prince rushed out at this time, and the tutor almost immediately understood what was going on.
So in anger, he raised his hand and slapped the eldest prince.
"Asshole, Your Highness Prince Yu, as you are of royal blood, I taught you to be loyal to the emperor and love your country, and to govern the world with benevolence and filial piety. I didn't want you to do such a treacherous thing!"
The eldest prince felt really wronged. If he had known this earlier, he would not have shown up and let the second prince take the lead.
I am so unlucky. Not only did Master Wu almost break my leg with his crutch, but Master Wen almost knocked out two of my teeth.
Besides, isn't the Grand Tutor a civil servant? Why did he hit me so hard? My head is buzzing after the beating!
"Teacher, please stop hitting me. If anything happens to you, General Mu will break my legs."
The Grand Tutor could not care about anything else at this moment. Perhaps the conflict between civil and military ministers was inevitable in all dynasties.
In the court, the Grand Tutor and General Mu have always been at odds, but he also can't stand Prime Minister Wen's hypocritical face.
This time the Mu family was thrown into prison, and Prime Minister Wen was very proud of himself. He even went to the house of the Grand Tutor to show off and try to win them over, but was beaten out by the Grand Tutor.
Now, after hearing these words from General Mu, the Grand Tutor was so angry that he even uttered harsh words.
"You're still afraid of Old Wood! If I'd known you were so useless, I should have let Old Wood break both of your legs!"
The emperor, who was sitting on the high throne at this time, felt a little sorry for his eldest son. He was beaten by one and hit by another. He looked so pitiful!
However, Wen Xiuting sensed something was wrong at this moment. It was already raining heavily in the Mu family. Was the eldest prince still so afraid of old man Mu?
"Your Highness, you just said you were afraid General Mu would hit your leg? Now that the Mu family has been arrested and imprisoned, what is there to be afraid of?"
Wen Xiuting had just finished speaking when someone behind him suddenly answered him.
"What do you think Your Highness is afraid of? Of course, he is afraid of the cane in my hand!"
The voice was obviously that of General Mu, and everyone looked over when they heard it.
General Mu was seen holding a golden dragon-headed cane in his hand. The cane was two meters long and was decorated with golden beads on both sides of the dragon whiskers, which looked extremely majestic.
General Mu, holding a cane, looked even more majestic, and his domineering aura was fully displayed.
Prime Minister Wen, Wen Xiuting and the Queen obviously had not thought of this, and they felt something was wrong.
But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot, so Wen Xiuting shouted at General Mu: "How dare you, the traitor, trespass into the court! Come and arrest him!"
After Wen Xiuting shouted, the people he had brought in stopped moving and just stared at him coldly. At that moment, he knew he had fallen into a trap.
But the queen did not give up and was so anxious that she jumped up and down while sitting on the dragon throne.
"Why are you all deaf? Hurry up and take this old guy down, ah!"
Just as the queen finished her words, she was suddenly slapped hard in the face. He was already unsteady on his feet, and the slap hit his head. The phoenix crown was extremely heavy, so he rolled off the dragon throne.
When he looked up again, he saw the emperor glaring at him. He was not a puppet at all.
"Impossible! How could you be fine? I clearly gave you so much Wu Shi San!"
The emperor sneered, took out a paper bag from his arms and threw it in the queen's face.
"Is this what you're talking about? Queen, how else can I bestow favors upon you?"
The queen sat on the ground and suddenly smiled bitterly.
"Enrong, when have you ever been kind to me? We've been married for decades, but that woman is the only one in your eyes and heart."
The emperor sneered, stood in front of her, looked down at her and asked, "Isn't this what you want?"
The queen was stunned for a moment. This was indeed what she had requested. On the night of her wedding, she had said that she only wanted to be the most noble woman in the world.
"On the night of our wedding, you said with your own mouth that you only wished to be the woman above everyone else. Over the years, I have never considered taking your place as queen. Even when I doted on the Imperial Concubine, I never allowed her to surpass you."
"As for the Wen family, if it weren't for you, do you think your father would have the honor he has today?"
The queen collapsed on the ground, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, but she did admit that her mind was fed up with thoughts.
"But what have I done wrong? You have so many princes, yet you refuse to adopt any of them into my family. Your position as queen is in jeopardy. What can I do?"
"If you hadn't taken the initiative and murdered the princes, do you think I would have allowed all of them to live with the concubines?"
In fact, the emperor had long thought about adopting a prince for the queen. As the Wen family became more powerful, he was indeed a little hesitant to let the queen have children.
But no one ever thought of taking away her position as queen, because the queen was cruel and many concubines died in the womb.
"I know everything you've done. The Imperial Concubine has been arrogant and domineering for years. Why do you think I don't care? Is it really just because I dote on you? Do you think I don't know how these three princes grew up?"
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