Chapter 280 Mother? Whose mother are you?
After taking a look at the living dead emperor, Empress Lin was no longer worried about what might happen if she left Old Master Wang behind. She nodded slightly and left the Yangxin Palace with Yun Ji.
Standing outside the palace, the sun rises and shines on the golden bricks, the golden light shines, as if the glory of this palace has never changed.
"You were able to invite Old Master Wang here without making any noise. Your methods and schemes are becoming more and more powerful. You have won a great victory today." Looking at the rising sun that could not be stopped, Queen Lin's eyes showed some anger, which was rare.
"It's the Queen and the Lin family who don't want to protect Prince Long." Yun Ji pointed out.
Queen Lin didn't expect that he had guessed even this.
Indeed, she and the Lin family both wanted to nibble away at Prince Long step by step. This time, Yun Ji was holding on tightly and refused to let go, and she was thinking of giving up the opportunity, but she didn't expect Yun Ji's cut to be so clean and neat.
"I really didn't expect that General Tang would kill his own son for the sake of justice." Even though Tang Yuli was treated like that by the second son, Queen Lin didn't expect that General Tang would personally pull Prince Long down just because of a useless daughter who defected to the Yunji camp.
"Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run, but I don't think Your Majesty can truly understand that."
This is an irony to her. Even after giving birth to two children, she is still not a qualified mother.
However, Queen Lin didn't care about this.
At this moment, Old Master Wang came out from the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I am old and cannot come here. I will take my leave now."
"Old Grand Tutor, please take care of your health. It's cool in autumn, so you should stay in the capital for a while and don't rush back." Queen Lin's polite concern seemed just like it was more than ten years ago.
Old Master Wang looked at the woman in front of him who had remained the same for more than ten years. He went from being wary and complaining at first to admiring her now.
He admired her courage and vision, her decisiveness, and her cold-blooded rationality, which were incomparable to his daughter who died early.
It’s a pity that as a woman, she is bound to the Lin family.
However, at this point, there was no point in saying more. Old Master Wang just nodded with a smile and let Yun Ji support him as he walked out.
Watching the two people walking away, if it weren't for the fact that Old Master Wang was so old, Queen Lin would have thought that she had returned to more than 20 years ago when the Emperor and Old Master Wang walked side by side.
It took a lot of effort to force Old Master Wang to leave back then, but now he comes back so easily, which is really frustrating.
"Your Majesty, the Dali Temple has sent people to ask what to do about Prince Long's case?" Youlan asked in a low voice.
"Whatever needs to be done, that's what needs to be done."
With Queen Lin's order, the Dali Temple naturally acted without any scruples. They had evidence, no one from Prince Long's mansion tried to stop them, and with the various prisoners of war already prepared as solid evidence, within three days, Prince Long was convicted of treason and selling out his country for personal gain.
But before he was sentenced, Prince Long committed suicide by taking poison in prison.
No clues were found about who sent the poison and when the man committed suicide. The Dali Temple Minister was so frightened that he couldn't sleep well for several nights. Fortunately, Queen Lin did not pursue the charge of negligence in supervision.
In order to make amends, the Dali Temple worked even harder.
Although Prince Long hanged himself, his body was torn into pieces by five horses and hung outside the city gate for several days to appease the public anger.
Prince Long's palace was searched and more than a hundred people were imprisoned and thoroughly investigated. Those who deserved to be beheaded were beheaded, those who deserved to be executed were executed, and those who deserved to be exiled were exiled.
Those who were not involved were exiled to Ningguta to do hard labor as men, and the women were made military slaves.
However, General Tang had already broken with Prince Long. He sent troops to rescue Yunji and saved Changdu Pass, and he made great contributions. He also killed his own relatives for the sake of justice and was not implicated by Prince Long. However, they were brothers from the same mother, so General Tang declined this military achievement.
The wolf cub cannot be considered a true member of the Tang family. Moreover, he is young and has produced evidence of Prince Long's treason, which offsets his faults. In addition, although Prince Long was a traitor, he had made great military achievements in his early years and also defended the Great Zhao. At the suggestion of the old Grand Tutor Wang, considering his many years of military merits, the wolf cub was recorded as a member of the Tang family, and the prince was demoted to a marquis, who was inherited by the wolf cub, to show that the emperor used both grace and power and ruled the country with benevolence.
Everything is settled, go and arrest the person.
Seeing countless officers and soldiers rushing in, arresting people regardless of their cries and pleas, even the crazy Changning was dragged out like a torn quilt, Zhou Yao, who was standing next to the wolf cub, was not afraid at all. Instead, she felt that these officers and soldiers were not cruel enough and were slow. They hoped that they would catch everyone quickly so that she could be her old lady.
Although Prince Long became the wife of Marquis Longfeng, and she herself changed from the old lady of the prince's mansion to the old lady of the marquis' mansion, there was a big difference, but now that things have come to this, she can barely accept it.
From now on, she will be the one in charge of this mansion.
So what if that bitch Su Rui is a concubine? She is just a concubine, but I am the old lady.
She thought that finding the wolf cub would put her in an irretrievable state. Humph, how ridiculous! This was clearly a blessing for her, letting Su Rui know that she had shot herself in the foot. She wondered if she would die of anger after just returning from the gates of hell.
Just when Zhou Yao was daydreaming smugly, a hand suddenly grabbed her and pulled her.
Seeing clearly that they were arresting soldiers, Zhou Yao immediately scolded them, "You are blind! How dare you arrest me, your wife?"
The officers and soldiers were frightened by her. They paused to carefully examine the servant-dressed woman before them, mocking her, "Whose wife are you? The wife of the traitor Tang Yun?"
"You're talking nonsense!" How could she be the wife of Prince Long? That meant she was being dragged to pieces. "I'm the mother of Marquis Longfeng, and the wife of this mansion!"
Everyone knew that the wolf cub's biological mother was the daughter of the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an and the bandit Lin Chuan, and that she was later taken into the Prince Long's mansion by Changning and given to Chen Youming as a concubine. However, the officers and soldiers had never seen Zhou Yao. Even if they had seen her before, they would not think that this skinny, sallow-faced woman in her thirties or forties was Zhou Yao.
But seeing that he was standing not far from the wolf cub, the officers and soldiers still looked at the wolf cub inquiringly.
The wolf cub turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Yao pointed at the soldiers and shouted in grievance, "Cheng'er, please come and take care of this! This bastard is trying to take my mother away too. He really doesn't take our mansion seriously."
Seeing Zhou Yao talking to the wolf cub like this, the officers and soldiers became panicked, wondering if they really had failed to recognize a great man and offended the newly promoted marquis.
Even if the wolf cub took advantage of Prince Long's situation, and Prince Long's Mansion is now penniless, but at least he has obtained the title, which is not something a small person like him can offend.
"Mom? Whose mother are you?" the wolf cub asked in confusion.
Zhou Yao thought he would immediately stand up for her, but when he asked her this, she was stunned for a moment and said anxiously: "Cheng'er, are you confused? I am your mother, your mother Zhou Yao."
"My biological mother's surname is indeed Zhou Yao, but she was tortured to death by Princess Changning a month ago. How can you be my mother?"
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