"You can also talk." Emperor Jingli took a sip of tea leisurely.
But Concubine Liang was not idle.
Her mind was buzzing.
Xian, Concubine Xian?
Concubine Xian said everything?
Why?
Why did Concubine Xian betray her?
Was she not good enough to Concubine Xian?
No,
no!
Concubine Xian would not betray her.
Concubine Xian looked like she was going to step on Liao Qingqing this morning.
It is impossible for her to change in the evening.
It was Emperor Jingli.
It was Emperor Jingli who deceived her!
Emperor Jingli has always had countless means, otherwise he would not have played the court officials around!
Thinking of this, she calmed down a little, her stiff face slowly returned to normal, and a smile floated on her face.
Then he asked softly, "I wonder what Concubine Xian said to the Emperor?"
"I don't know?" Emperor Jingli gently put down the tea bowl, slowly raised his eyes, and shot a sharp look at Concubine Liang.
Although Concubine Liang was mentally prepared, she couldn't help but shudder when she met Emperor Jingli's gaze. She forced herself to calm down, lowered her head slightly, and replied, "Your Majesty, I really don't know."
"Oh, then I need to remind you." Emperor Jingli said coldly.
Concubine Liang's heart tightened, and her mind rumbled again.
Concubine Xian, didn't she really say everything?
She panicked.
She wanted to find someone to ask, but Emperor Jingli was right in front of her. She dared not do anything. Her body stiffened involuntarily. This scene did not escape the eyes of Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli said, "Then listen to Concubine Liang."
Concubine Liang panicked and tried to maintain her demeanor.
Emperor Jingli stared at Concubine Liang, not missing any of her subtle changes, and said, "Does Concubine Liang know that Judge Liao Shiwen was corrupt, accepted bribes, and formed a clique for personal gain?" Concubine
Liang's hands, half hidden in her sleeves, flicked slightly.
Emperor Jingli caught it again, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked extremely handsome.
Concubine Liang felt terrified. She said with a tense heart, "I heard someone in the harem mention this."
"Who in the harem mentioned this?"
"I don't know."
"Is it you, Concubine Liang, who mentioned it first?"
Concubine Liang shuddered and looked up at Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli said, "Not only did you mention it, but you also did it. You and Concubine Xian wanted to frame Xi Zhaorong, but Xi Zhaorong was under strict discipline. She either went to Shouxi Palace or the Agricultural Bureau. You couldn't find a flaw to start with, so you set your sights on Judge Liao."
"Your Majesty, I didn't."
"Not only did you pull Concubine Xian in, you also used your father's connections to publicize Judge Liao's 'crimes' in the court, and put pressure on me to make me angry, so that I could deal with Judge Liao and Xi Zhaorong!" Emperor Jingli's voice became louder and louder, "Concubine Liang, I misjudged you. You, the loyal granddaughter of Prince Huaishan, played power games, pulled court officials, framed loyal officials, and put me in an embarrassing situation. I ask you, was it Judge Liao who was corrupt, accepted bribes, formed a clique, and worked for personal gain, or was it you, the Liang family, who bribed people privately to win people's hearts?!"
With a "bang", Emperor Jingli smashed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground.
Concubine Liang was so frightened that her legs went limp. She knelt down with a thump and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't do that. I didn't play power games. I didn't..."
"You won't cry until you see the coffin!" Emperor Jingli said with contempt, and then shouted loudly, "Fusheng! Bring someone up!"
"Yes!"
As soon as Fusheng finished speaking, he brought a thin man and
threw the thin man directly in front of Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli pointed at the thin man and said, "Tell it, tell Concubine Liang! Look at the good things Concubine Liang has done!"
The thin man lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice, "Concubine Liang, I am a bandit from Dagu Mountain. A few days ago, someone found me and gave me a sum of silver. He asked me and my brother to pretend to be officials and send two boxes of silver to the Liao Mansion. He also handed a letter to Judge Liao of the Liao Mansion, and then asked me to send letters to other high-ranking officials, saying that Judge Liao wanted to see them. I did all this and reported to that person, but that person killed my brother. I was lucky to escape, and when I went back to find that person, I found out that he was the steward of Huaishan Palace. I--"
"You are talking nonsense!" Concubine Liang scolded immediately.
"I dare not talk nonsense. I have the house number of the steward of Huaishan King." The thin man took out a house number from his arms.
Huaishan King's Mansion is strictly managed. Every servant has a house number, which is the certificate for entering and leaving Huaishan King's Mansion. It is more important than life.
Especially the house number of the steward Liangshan.
They are all symbols of status and power. Concubine
Liang was paralyzed.
Emperor Jingli asked: "Concubine Liang, do you have anything else to say?"
Concubine Liang sat on the ground as if she had been drained of her vitality.
Emperor Jingli said: "Come on, take Concubine Liang away."
Take her away?
Where to take her?
Concubine Liang came back to her senses instantly and saw two eunuchs walking in from outside. She looked at Emperor Jingli in panic and said, "Your Majesty, where are you taking me?"
Emperor Jingli said, "To prison."
"Your Majesty, I am a concubine."
"From today on, you are no longer."
"Just because of this? Your Majesty, just because of Judge Liao, you are going to put me in prison?"
"Princes who break the law are subject to the same punishment as common people."
"Your Majesty, you are so cruel."
"Is it crueler than you framing loyal officials?" Emperor Jingli asked, "Is it crueler than you framing concubines and loyal officials? I have said that princes who break the law are subject to the same punishment as common people. You Liang family members dare to form a clique and pursue personal interests under my nose, and I will not let any of you go."
Not one will be spared?
Concubine Liang no longer felt wronged and said immediately, "Your Majesty, this was done by me alone and has nothing to do with the Liang family."
Emperor Jingli sneered and asked, "Do you admit that you did it?"
Concubine Liang was shocked.
Emperor Jingli waved his hand.
The two eunuchs left.
The thin man got up from the ground, walked behind Fusheng, saluted Emperor Jingli together, and left.
Concubine Liang looked at Emperor Jingli with wide eyes in shock.
Emperor Jingli pinched the cuffs of his dragon robe, and brushed off the tea that might have splashed on it. He said in a gentle and pleasant voice: "Liang Guifei, you are right. You are a concubine, the head of the harem. I should not have thrown you into prison. Then you should stay in Linhua Palace for a while and think about how to deal with the aftermath. Oh, by the way, you can work with your father to find a way to make the aftermath perfect. Xi Zhaorong cannot have a single stain on her body, understand?"
"Your Majesty, did you deceive me?"
"Yes."
"You-"
"Think about the aftermath carefully."
Emperor Jingli stepped forward and left.
Liang Guifei simply couldn't believe that this would be the result.
She had always been on guard against Emperor Jingli. She
had always been on guard against Emperor Jingli deceiving her.
How come she still fell for it?
How... She couldn't accept this fact. She felt a tightness in her chest, a dizzy and heavy head, and then rolled her eyes.
She fell to the ground with a "bang".
"Liang Guifei!"
"Liang Guifei!"
A group of palace maids surrounded Liang Guifei and shouted.
But the sound did not reach the ears of Emperor Jingli.
Emperor Jingli had already left Linhua Palace.
He was very angry.
He didn't expect that a Liang Guifei could decide a person's life or death so easily. If he didn't take over the case, but handed it over to the Censorate, would they be able to reach out to the Censorate?
Too rampant!
Some methods of national supervision and management emerged in his mind.
Go back and discuss with the ministers before implementing them.
With a solution, Emperor Jingli's anger was relieved. When he looked up and saw the bright and round moon, he suddenly thought of Qingqing and could not help but quicken his pace towards Lisheng Pavilion.
As soon as he saw Lisheng Pavilion, he saw Liao Qingqing sitting on a stone bench in the yard .
Liao Qingqing was holding her fair little face with both hands, looking up at the round moon in the sky, looking cute and adorable.
Emperor Jingli's heart softened after taking a look. He raised his hand to stop Fusheng from reporting and called directly: "Qingqing."
Who?
Liao Qingqing turned around when she heard the voice.
When she saw Emperor Jingli, she couldn't help but show a surprised expression on her face.
"What? Don't you recognize me?" Emperor Jingli walked towards Liao Qingqing.
Liao Qingqing looked at Emperor Jingli. She was a little depressed because Emperor Jingli went to Concubine Liang's place, so she went out to look at the moon. Just when she felt relieved, she saw Emperor Jingli and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you back?"
"I've finished my work, so of course I have to come back."
"Your Majesty, what did you do?"
"Guess." Emperor Jingli picked up the tea bowl in front of Liao Qingqing and drank the lotus water happily.
"I can't guess."
"It's about your father."
"What's your father's business?" Liao Qingqing suddenly became nervous.
Emperor Jingli looked at Liao Qingqing with a smile.
He briefly told Liao Qingqing what happened in Linhua Palace.
Liao Qingqing opened her mouth wide after hearing it.
"What's wrong?" Emperor Jingli touched Liao Qingqing's face.
Liao Qingqing asked, "Your Majesty, how come you are so powerful?"
"How can I be the emperor if I am not powerful?"
"Too powerful! The most powerful emperor!"
Emperor Jingli was very pleased with the flattery. Liao
Qingqing asked again, "How about my father's matter?"
"The Liang family will handle it, so we don't have to worry about it."
"Will they handle it?"
"Yes, they will do a great job to atone their sins, and--" "
And what?"
"And they will do it better than us."
"Why?"
"Because they took the lead in putting pressure on me in the court, and now they let everything change direction naturally, which is more convincing and more convincing than us."
"Your Majesty, you are so awesome! Let me pour you some tea." Liao Qingqing knew that Emperor Jingli was very awesome, and she also knew that his palace fighting value was max. She didn't expect it to be maxed out. She really admired him, and couldn't help but be a bit of a servile person, pouring water like a servile person. However, she was still a little confused, and asked, "Your Majesty, Concubine Liang was very awesome, how did she fall into his trap?"
Emperor Jingli looked at Liao Qingqing with disdain.
Liao Qingqing lowered her head and said in a low voice humbly, "I don't understand."
Emperor Jingli had no choice but to say, "It's an inner battle."
"Inner battle?"
"Yes." Emperor Jingli began, "Concubine Liang is not a stupid person. Whenever she does something bad, she always tries to keep herself clean of all blame, including when she entered the palace. On the surface, she had feelings for me, but in fact, she knew that the Liang family was gradually declining, and she used her last bit of warmth to 'persevere' me to recruit her into the palace, using emotion as a card. In fact, what she coveted was the position of empress, and the glory that the position of empress would bring to the Liang family."
Liao Qingqing nodded after listening.
"As with Judge Liao's case, I have guessed the whole story, and I believe some of the ministers have guessed it, but we don't have any evidence."
"Your Majesty, you haven't found any evidence either?" "
The evidence I found is not enough to prove anything."
"So you thought of cheating?"
"Well, I kept putting the matter of Judge Liao on hold, causing the court officials to urge me, just to give them the illusion that I was investigating. Recently you said it seemed like someone was monitoring you, and I sent people to check, and it was indeed Concubine Liang and Concubine Xian's people who were watching your every move."
"You used this to figure out that Concubine Liang and Concubine Xian were having an affair."
"Yes, Concubine Xian is Concubine Liang's cousin, but her mind and scheming are far inferior to Concubine Liang's."
"Then why doesn't the emperor start with Concubine Xian?"
"If I start with Concubine Xian, Concubine Liang will be prepared."
"Yes." Liao Qingqing nodded vigorously.
Emperor Jingli continued, "So I used Concubine Xian as the starting point and set a position for Concubine Liang Gui, putting her at a disadvantage. As smart as she is, she would definitely think that I was deceiving her. Once she had this idea, she fell into my trap."
"Why?"
"It's still the human heart. Once she thinks of 'deception', then what she has done will always exist in her heart, and even be infinitely magnified. She must concentrate on using illusions to cover it up, and it is easy to ignore the loopholes in what others say. This also gives me an opportunity to take advantage of it. I put out the thin man and the house number and threaten her, and she can't stand it."
"Who is the thin man?" Can men enter the harem? Liao Qingqing thought carefully and realized that he was brought in by Emperor Jingli, so there was no problem.
But the Emperor Jingli replied, "A new eunuch under Fusheng." "
...Then, where is the house number?"
"I sent someone to steal it."
"???" This is all right. Liao Qingqing was stunned. This Emperor Jingli was too shameless. He was so good at cheating and stealing. She asked again, "What about the story about the big steward?"
"I made it up." The Emperor Jingli said confidently and a little proud.
"???" This, this, this kind of thing can be made up?
"Anyway, Concubine Liang is deep in the harem. She knows the general trend of things, but she doesn't know the details. It doesn't matter if I make it up." The Emperor Jingli said, "Aren't the scripts you read all day also made up? Does it prevent you from being addicted to it?"
"..." This, this, this is 100% logical!
If Emperor Jingli was not an emperor, he would probably be a scoundrel.
"In the final analysis, Concubine Liang's heart is not strong enough." Emperor Jingli sighed.
"That's right, there are not many people in this world who have a heart as strong as yours."
"Yes." Emperor Jingli nodded without any humility, and said: "People live with a heart. No matter what others say or think, as long as the heart is strong enough and work hard, you can be invincible."
Liao Qingqing agreed with this.
"So." Emperor Jingli said with a sense of realization: "In the future, we must let our children have a strong heart, so that we can overcome all difficulties and obstacles." "
Children?" The topic changed a little too quickly, talking about her and his children?
"Yes." Emperor Jingli said.
Liao Qingqing felt her temples throbbing and said, "Your Majesty, you are thinking too far ahead."
"Far?"
"Far." Liao Qingqing's eyes could not help but move to the three inches below Emperor Jingli's groin.
Emperor Jingli: "???"
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