Chapter 221 Asking the Emperor for Marriage
The emperor had long wanted to depose the prince. He looked at the head of the Imperial Observatory with admiration and pretended to hesitate for a moment.
Finally, he happily handed down the punishment: "Come here, draft an edict. The Crown Prince's behavior is impure and he is unfit to preside over the grand sacrificial ceremony. Therefore, he is dismissed from his position as sacrificial priest and appointed another."
The imperial edict has been issued and cannot be changed.
The entire court was in an uproar.
No one expected that we could witness history today.
Ji Weiming was in a trance for a moment.
Ji Wenyi was as calm as ever.
Ye Xiaoman finally made Ji Wenyi lose his position as the priest and successfully completed the life-threatening mission online, feeling very happy.
Life was saved.
You can also get a large reward for going online.
This is not the only trap she set for Ji Wenyi.
The emperor then confiscated Ji Wenyi's power as regent.
"Prince, are you satisfied with my punishment?"
Ji Wenyi also took responsibility: "Father is wise, and I have no objection."
The emperor said, "Go back to the Prince's Mansion and stay there for a few days to reflect on your mistakes."
The dethronement and enthronement of the crown prince affected the entire world, and the emperor understood this. He wanted to gradually marginalize Ji Wenyi, and when everyone was mentally prepared, he would dethrone Ji Wenyi in one fell swoop.
Ji Wenyi's last words were meant to protect Ye Xiaoman, and he was particularly responsible: "This matter is the fault of this son and minister alone, and has nothing to do with Gong Zhaoyi."
Concubine Shu has helped Ye Xiaoman negotiate the terms with the emperor.
The emperor said happily, "Gong Zhaoyi has not lost her virginity to you, and her reputation is intact."
But having caused such a scandal, she can never be allowed to stay in the harem again.
The emperor paused and announced his decision on Ye Xiaoman: "I will send Concubine Gong back to her homeland, and she will depart today."
At this point, everything was going as Ye Xiaoman planned, very smoothly.
She also helped Gong Xier.
The emperor asked, "My dear ministers, do you have anything else to say?"
Ji Weiming was about to step out.
"Father!"
Prince Teng ran out before him.
Prince Teng faced Ji Wenyi's death gaze and stammered:
"Son, son, I have a letter to report to the Crown Prince."
The emperor looked at his foolish son lovingly, "What evil deeds has the prince done? Don't be afraid, tell me the truth."
Concubine Shu had taught Prince Teng step by step, and Prince Teng recited the lines fluently.
First, he presented the memorial suppressed by Ji Wenyi, telling about the mutiny in Maoye.
Maoye was a relative of Ji Wenyi's mother's family and had close contacts with the crown prince. Prince Teng tried his best to exaggerate the situation as if the crown prince wanted to rebel.
The emperor was angry again.
Immediately afterwards, Prince Teng ordered people to bring up several trays of documents.
The document was a letter from the prince. The prince wrote the letter to conspire with officials and noble families from all over the country, planning to attack the imperial capital and usurp the throne.
——These were forged by Xiao Chujing. The handwriting was exactly the same as Ji Wenyi's own. He was familiar with Ji Wenyi's way of speaking and imitated his writing style almost flawlessly. The end of the letter was also stamped with Ji Wenyi's private seal as the prince.
Once the red seal is stamped, it is basically ironclad evidence.
Xiao Chujing forged a lot of letters and distributed them in the imperial capital for fun. Each of the royal family members sent a few letters. Some of these letters were collected by Prince Teng, which indirectly helped Ye Xiaoman to trick Ji Wenyi.
Ji Wenyi denied it, "My seal is lost, these are all forged."
The emperor's face was twisted with anger.
He had long suspected that Ji Wenyi wanted to kill him, and now he saw that his rebellious son was indeed like that.
Yes, he killed Ji Wenyi’s biological mother, but didn’t he then try hard to find hundreds of new mothers for Ji Wenyi?
An ungrateful person who can never be tamed.
The emperor refused to listen to any of Ji Wenyi's explanations. "The prince's seal was not lost at other times, but you said it was lost after Prince Teng presented the evidence. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"I am your father after all, and I have plenty of ways to deal with you, this rebellious son."
"I will abolish your position as Crown Prince today."
The field was in chaos again.
The important officials of the prince's faction all advised the emperor to think twice.
The emperor had made up his mind. After much wrangling, he finally compromised and passed the throne of crown prince to Ji Weiming.
This was not because he had extra fatherly love for Ji Weiming, but because the ancestors only valued the powerful bloodline of Ji Wenyi and Ji Weiming, and the emperor was afraid that the ancestors would oppose him.
Ye Xiaoman retired after accomplishing her mission and stood aside to watch the show.
Unexpectedly, Ji Wenyi lost his position as crown prince just like that.
She thought that Prince Teng would need to work hard for several more years.
Could it be that the world is really a makeshift team? If the emperor is unhappy, Ji Wenyi's first half of his life's work will be wiped out?
Ye Xiaoman couldn't help but turn around to look at Ji Wenyi.
But she met Ji Wenyi's eyes that were staring at her. He seemed indifferent to personal fate and only cared about her movements.
She immediately turned her head back.
I had just dumped Ji Wenyi, and I was worried that if I looked at him for even one more moment, he would think there was a chance of getting back together.
Prince Teng was furious. He didn't expect that all his hard work would end up making things easier for Prince Rui.
King Rui was terrifying and he was also very scared.
He was muttering when he suddenly heard Ji Weiming take the initiative to resign from the emperor.
"I have no desire for the throne. Please, Father, pass it on to someone else."
Ji Weiming was already fed up with the indifferent affection among the gods and the intrigues in the court.
The appearance of Ye Xiaoman made him think differently about his fate of being Ji Wenyi's substitute for a long time.
He plans to spend the rest of his life living the life he really wants.
Ji Weiming took out a token, which was the emperor's token.
When he was young, he was standing in the yard crying because he had lost his mother. The emperor happened to pass by and saw him. Perhaps he suddenly felt guilty and gave him a token of his love.
"Does the emperor still remember this?"
The emperor saw his emblem and said, "I remember it."
"My father once promised me that I could use this token to exchange for a wish from you."
The emperor was very kind to Ji Weiming because he had the good sense to decline the position of crown prince. "Oh? What wish do you want to fulfill? Tell me."
Ji Weiming walked over to Ye Xiaoman and stood beside her, taking her hand. Ye Xiaoman was once again the center of attention.
The emperor's eyebrows twitched and he made an absurd inference.
Ji Wenyi's gentle and calm expression finally changed.
Ji Weiming said in a clear voice: "This son and Gong Zhaoyi are in love with each other, and I beg your Majesty to grant us the marriage."
Ye Xiaoman: “!”
The development of the situation was so sudden that Ye Xiaoman almost sprained her waist.
She had a clear distinction between gratitude and resentment, and only wanted to trick Ji Wenyi, so she tried every possible way to get rid of Ji Weiming.
She didn't expect that Ji Weiming, whom she had tried so hard to protect, would choose to expose himself.
My fingers couldn't help but tremble.
Ji Weiming thought Ye Xiaoman was too happy, so he lowered his head and smiled at her, "Today will have a good result."
He stayed up all night last night and had made a thorough plan.
Sooner or later, the emperor will find out about the feud between him and Ji Wenyi over Ye Xiaoman.
Ji Wenyi's power is above his. Even if he elopes with Ye Xiaoman, Ji Wenyi can use his power to bring them back.
He wanted to gain the upper hand, and the best way to deal with it was to take the initiative to expose the matter. Once the whole world knew about it, Ji Wenyi would be under the supervision of public opinion and would no longer be able to target him.
Only then will he and Ye Xiaoman be truly safe.
Ji Weiming would ask the emperor for marriage today no matter what, and was even prepared to be demoted to a pariah.
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