Chapter 165 Is He the Late Emperor?
Wei Wanyi's plea did not move Madam Wei.
In the end, she refused to say anything and was taken away by Feng Ruobao.
Several people in the hall did not leave yet, they were waiting for the results of the interrogation.
"Your Majesty, please save Shi Qian. Please save Shi Qian."
Suddenly, Wei Wanyi fell to her knees with a plop, "In the past, Shi Qian often said that his mother's family was not prominent and his mother died early.
It is because of your care that he is what he is today.
It was you who encouraged him to read more. He was grateful to you and said that he would compile a geography of the Great Wei so that even if you did not leave the palace to travel, you could still know what your country was like.
Your Majesty, please save him because he has you as his brother in his heart."
She didn't understand what Miss Chang meant by "taking over another's body".
But she understood that Miss Chang said that the current King Jing might be the previous emperor.
Then where is her King Jing.
The gentleman who smiled whenever he saw her, who obviously liked her but never dared to do anything beyond the norm by observing etiquette.
Where is Shi Qian, who wrote many poems for her, said that after they got married he would take her to travel all over the mountains and rivers of Wei, and would compile a geography of Wei for the emperor?
Her mother's silence frightened her.
She didn't dare to think whether Shi Qian was already dead.
So, she could only ask the emperor for help.
Although the emperor was not well versed in metaphysics, he did understand what it meant to possess another's body.
It probably means that a soul has taken over someone else's body, and the body's original soul has been displaced.
Perhaps, the real King Jing has already died.
The emperor didn't express his suspicions, but only asked, "When did his transformation begin?"
"After we got married, I discovered that he was a little different from before."
Wei Wanyi recalled seriously, "He loved reading and was a quiet and honest person. But after marriage, I found that he rarely read and was addicted to eating, drinking and having fun.
When the minister asked him about it, he just said that it was not easy to make a living in the palace before, but now that he has his own fiefdom, he wants to live the life he wants.
I thought it was because I didn’t know people well, or maybe he had been pretending to be too good before.”
But she never expected that it was a different person.
The late emperor's expression darkened, and he asked, "Is there a specific date?"
He remembered that not long after King Jing got married, the late emperor died of illness.
Before he died, the late emperor had instructed him that after his death, his brothers should return to their respective fiefdoms.
Therefore, after the funeral of the late emperor was over, King Jing and his brothers all left the capital.
Only Shi Yu stayed and refused to leave.
"It should be after leaving Beijing." Wei Wanyi said uncertainly.
At first, when they were newlyweds, they were very close to each other, and even if he acted a little abnormally, she wouldn't think too much about it.
Less than half a month later, the late emperor passed away.
He was very sad at the time and spent most of his time in mourning in the palace.
During mourning, the female and male relatives were separated, and the couple's next contact was on the way to the fiefdom.
It was during this journey that she discovered his changes.
The emperor remained silent.
Shi Yu half-closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Wei Wanyi seemed to have thought of something and continued, "When I first arrived at the fiefdom, I fell ill due to acclimatization, and he then caned the eunuch who had grown up with him.
The reason was that the eunuch did not take good care of me. I was grateful to my husband for his consideration, but I also felt that he was making a fuss about nothing, so I thought of having someone secretly take care of the eunuch.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch died shortly after being carried back to his room. Thirty strokes of the cane took his life.
Afterwards, he and his wife blamed themselves for taking their anger out on the eunuchs just because they felt sorry for him. His wife was stupid and actually believed what he said.
Now I understand that he is taking the opportunity to get rid of the eunuchs who might notice something strange about him.
The eunuch has been with him since he was a child and knows him best."
Her words made the other people in the hall think of Eunuch Defu at the same time.
Both Shi Yu and the emperor had checked Defu. He had worked diligently all his life, and all his thoughts were on the late emperor and the prince.
Although he would occasionally accept gifts from his subordinates, he knew how to handle it well and did not give anyone any leverage over him.
Therefore, they did not understand why Defu would betray the prince and help the traitor.
But what if the traitor is the late emperor?
In Defu's heart, although the prince is important, he is far less important than the late emperor.
Thinking about it this way, the possibility that King Jing was the previous emperor became clearer.
But the current King Jing doesn't seem to be that smart and doesn't have much power. Is he really the former emperor who founded the Wei Dynasty?
The brothers' hearts felt so heavy that beating seemed like a huge effort.
And Wei Wanyi was the same at this time.
She thought of her two children.
The eldest son was conceived before the death of the previous emperor, but the daughter was born in the year when her brother had an accident.
If King Jing was possessed by someone after leaving the capital, then...
That daughter was her child with the devil.
She betrayed Shi Qian.
Wei Wanyi suddenly hated Madam Wei.
Madam Wei knew that her husband had been murdered, but not only did he not tell her, he also helped the devil to conceal it, and even had an affair with him in private.
There is no such selfish mother in the world. Wei Wanyi squeezed her hands hard.
But before she could vent her hatred, she saw Feng Ruobao running in, tumbling and crawling, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, Madam Wei...she...she's dead."
The emperor was furious, "How could he die?"
"I am bringing people with me to conduct the interrogation myself. The people I have chosen are all trustworthy people who have been with me for many years.
But I didn't expect that one of them would suddenly attack Madam Wei. Before I could catch him, he took poison and committed suicide. I deserve to die."
"Check, check who that person has had contact with."
After the emperor gave his order, he looked at Shi Yu again and said, "You go."
The Queen's secret guards, Nanny Wang Chun, and Madam Wei, every time he wanted to ask something, they died in time.
He couldn't help but suspect Feng Ruobao.
Feng Ruobao knew that he had done a bad job, and he also knew that the emperor's trust in him had changed, so he knelt on the ground and dared not move.
Shi Yu left the imperial study and ordered Dong Zang to personally lead people to Yongzhou to keep an eye on Prince Jing and investigate the whereabouts of Su Mao.
He took Jingzhe to Xingshen's place.
The emperor sat back at his desk and looked at Wei Wanyi, "Shi Qian is my brother. If you want to divorce him, I must ask his opinion first. So I will summon him to the capital to handle this matter.
The Queen Mother has been unwell recently, so you three, mother and son, should stay in the palace to accompany her, as a way of showing your filial piety to Prince Jing."
This means that Wei Wanyi, her mother and son will be temporarily detained in the palace.
Wei Wanyi knew that she had heard too much today.
The emperor was merciful in not killing her.
But the emperor's mind was unpredictable, and she was not sure whether the emperor would keep the three of them forever, so she pleaded, "Your Majesty, my two children rarely went out when they were in Prince Jing's mansion.
Now that they have come to the capital, they have never seen the world. I earnestly request Your Majesty to allow them to stay at my eldest sister's house.
I will stay in the palace to accompany the Queen Mother and wait for Prince Jing to return to the capital."
She wants to wait for her real husband to come back.
The emperor said calmly, "The child is still young, how can he be separated from his mother?"
That's disagreement.
Wei Wanyi had no choice but to kneel down to express her gratitude. As she prostrated herself on the ground, tears fell to the ground and spread out little by little.
Wei Qingyan felt sorry for it, but he also understood why the emperor wanted to keep the two children.
In this palace, apart from the empress dowager, the others living there are either the emperor's women or his daughters.
Wanyi was the Princess of Jing. Even if she left her two children behind and stayed alone in the palace in the name of being filial to the Queen Mother, it was inevitable that people would speculate whether the Emperor had any bad intentions towards Wanyi, his sister-in-law.
She tugged at Lan Shu's sleeve.
Lan Shu understood and said to Wei Wanyi, "I am also in the palace these days, so I will keep you company."
She was telling Wei Wanyi that she would protect the three of them, mother and son.
Wei Wanyi was grateful and was about to bow to Lan Shu to express her gratitude when she heard the emperor say in a cold voice, "You are no longer my concubine. You cannot stay in the palace for long. You can go back later."
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