Chapter 419 What a useless queen!
Zhang Chengyan could no longer conceal the truth, so he sighed and said, "Wutong, this was indeed done by the palace servants around Su Zhaoyi. I have already executed them, which is also an explanation to the Crown Prince."
"A palace maid?" Bai Wutong's voice turned cold, and the smile on his face disappeared completely. "Your Majesty, how could a mere palace maid have the guts to attack the prince? Don't you have any suspicion that Concubine Su was behind this?"
"Isn't Yunhe fine?" Zhang Chengyan was a little annoyed. "And I have sent people to keep an eye on Su Zhaoyi day and night to ensure that she won't have the chance to do anything else in the future."
"Your Majesty!" Bai Wutong said in a more serious tone, his eyes full of disappointment. "Su Zhaoyi wanted to harm the prince, your own son! How could you handle this matter so lightly? What do you mean by ensuring that she has no chance to do it again? Shouldn't Your Majesty completely eliminate this hidden danger and let her never have the chance to hurt Yunhe again?"
"So what do you want?" Zhang Chengyan also got angry, "Do you want me to execute Su Zhaoyi directly?"
"That's the best!" Bai Wutong answered without hesitation.
If it were normal times, and Yunhe's safety was not involved, she would definitely pretend to dissuade him and act magnanimous.
But Su Zhaoyi's repeated attacks on Yunhe have completely touched her bottom line, and she can no longer tolerate it!
"You are totally unreasonable!" Zhang Chengyan's face turned pale. He was already upset because of the change in his relationship with Bai Wutong. Now Bai Wutong was not as considerate to him as before, but was aggressive. He was even more annoyed. "Yunhe was unharmed, but you took the life of Su Zhaoyi, and the palace maid whose mouth you sewed before. When did you become so cruel?"
"So in the eyes of the emperor, the mother who protected her son has become a cruel person." Bai Wutong's eyes were full of disappointment, and her voice trembled slightly. "I would like to ask the emperor, you know that Su Zhaoyi is most likely behind this matter, but you choose to ignore it. Are you going to throw your own son's safety behind your mind for a concubine? Or, deep in your heart, your Majesty, you hope that Yunhe will get into trouble sooner rather than later?"
"How dare you!" Zhang Chengyan's eyes widened with anger, veins popping up on his face. He stood up suddenly, raised his hand and slapped Bai Wutong in the face. "How dare you talk to me like that! Yunhe is my biological son, the crown prince appointed by me personally. How could I wish for his death! If you dare to talk nonsense again, stay in your Fengyi Palace and don't come out again!"
Bai Wutong turned his face to the side after being slapped, and his fair cheek instantly became red and swollen.
She slowly raised her hands to cover her face, but a smile suddenly appeared on the corners of her mouth, "Your Majesty, since you said so, just execute her to prevent future troubles!"
"Absolutely impossible!" Zhang Chengyan looked at her swollen face, his heart suddenly tightened, but his tone was still firm, "Don't be unreasonable anymore. I know you are unhappy because I have been favoring Su Zhaoyi recently. But I have already confined her to her house, and I will not let her cause trouble again in the short term."
Seeing that he was determined to protect Su Zhaoyi, Bai Wutong stopped talking and said with a calm expression that was a little scary. "Since the emperor has made up his mind, I have nothing to say. I will take my leave now."
After saying that, she turned and left. From beginning to end, she never looked back once, nor did she say a word of complaint.
Looking at her back, Zhang Chengyan was annoyed, and a nameless anger rushed to his forehead. He waved his hand suddenly and swept everything on the table to the ground, "Wang Decai, how did she become like this? Since she ascended the throne of queen, she has gradually become estranged from me. When I favored other concubines, she never got angry, and even advised me to favor them more. But now, when it comes to Yunhe, she is so persistent. In front of me, she is just like an emotionless puppet!"
Wang Decai was so frightened that he dared not even breathe. The intense scene just now had frightened him so much that he didn't dare to respond casually at this moment.
Zhang Chengyan took a deep breath and calmed down. "Although Concubine Su was wrong, her crime does not deserve death. And that palace maid, wouldn't it be more efficient to execute her directly than to sew her mouth shut? I really can't understand when she became so cruel!"
Wang Decai hurriedly brought a cup of tea and carefully advised, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Queen is also very protective of her son. Her love for him is beyond words..."
Zhang Chengyan snatched the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. "I know this may not be good for Yunhe, but he is the crown prince and is destined to face countless open and secret struggles in the future. Letting him experience this since childhood, as long as it does not endanger his life, can be considered a kind of tempering. Wasn't I the same in the past?"
Wang Decai shook his head silently in his heart. He really couldn't agree with Zhang Chengyan's words.
The three princes and one princess in the palace now were all born to Bai Wutong. This is completely different from the situation during the previous emperor's time when there were fierce struggles in the harem and many offspring. It is not necessarily the case that they will fight to the death like they did back then.
Moreover, the current situation in the harem is relatively stable.
But he could only keep these words in his stomach and continue to stand obediently by the side with his hands hanging down, without saying a word.
On the other side, Bai Wutong returned to Fengyi Palace. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he immediately ordered Chan'er with a cold expression, "Spread the news that I was beaten by the emperor today. Don't leave any corner out!"
"Your Majesty!" Chan'er's eyes widened in astonishment. "If this gets out, I don't know what the other concubines will say about you. Besides..."
"Stop talking nonsense and do as I say. Just do whatever I tell you to do!" Bai Wutong wanted to use this incident to force the empress dowager to make a decision as soon as possible.
She doesn't want to wait any longer!
This slap made her completely determined!
No matter what the reason was for Zhang Chengyan to become like this, she would never allow anyone to hurt her child!
She can turn a blind eye to whoever Zhang Chengyan favors, but she will never allow him to sit idly by when it comes to matters concerning the safety of the children. This is her bottom line and no one can touch it!
Seeing Bai Wutong's firm attitude, Chan'er didn't dare to say anything more and could only bite the bullet and do as he asked.
The news spread quickly throughout the harem like wings.
When Su Zhaoyi heard the news, she was sitting in front of a bronze mirror and carefully dressing up. She was so excited that she almost jumped up and the hairpin in her hand fell to the ground. "Really? The emperor actually hit her? It seems that the emperor still loves me the most in his heart! Even if I sent someone to attack the prince, what would happen? She is a queen, but not only can she not get justice, but she was also taught a lesson by the emperor. What a useless waste!"
As she spoke, she turned to look at the palace maid beside her, "Quick, spread this news as widely as possible, not only to the concubines, but also to the servants in the palace. In this way, everyone will know that the queen is just a figurehead with no real power! In the end, I still have to suppress her!"
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