Chapter 193 The Empress's Dissociation 2
The silver note fell into Xiao Jingheng's hands, which was like grasping the queen's lifeline.
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the Queen.
She also covered her chest in panic, not knowing how to refute it for a moment.
And what about Yu Shengshou?
He was calm and composed, and didn't even look at the queen.
Actually, the Queen was really too careless this time.
Who is this Yu Shengshou?
In the past, when the late emperor wanted to keep him in the palace, he always refused.
Having lived to his age, he is well versed in the ways of the world and has become a shrewd person. How could he be easily manipulated by the Queen?
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng's eyes, mixed with anger, fell on the queen.
She could only explain palely: "Your Majesty, I really have a heart disease! Or, maybe... it's possible that Master Yu made a wrong diagnosis! How about Your Majesty let another imperial physician come and treat me?"
"hehe."
The Concubine Chen interrupted the Queen's words with an arrogant sneer.
Then he looked the queen up and down with a provocative look and said:
"If I were you, I might as well say that Judge Chu has brought you back to health with his miraculous hands and has completely cured your heart disease."
She approached the queen step by step, the smile on her face froze, and her tone gradually became fierce.
"Queen! I have no grudge against you, but just because I contradicted you a few times, you want to plot against me like this? You are already the queen, what else do you want?"
"I have never plotted against you!" The Queen suddenly raised her voice, as if to give herself courage, and pointed at the Concubine with a trembling finger:
"It's you! It's you who made Concubine Yun use the Yiyun incense with Qi-promoting powder to serve me every day. It's you who caused me to have premature birth and hemorrhage! All this is..."
Seeing that the tip of the Queen's index finger was about to poke the tip of the Concubine's nose,
The Concubine Chen raised her hand to push her hand away, raised her sharp eyebrows, and said more wantonly:
"Empress Yun has already confessed, why are you still acting?"
"She confessed?" The queen was stunned. "What did she confess?"
"Since she confessed whatever you did."
Every time the Concubine Chen got closer to the Queen, she would say something in a resounding voice:
"It was you who gave Concubine Yun Yiyunxiang, and then staged such a show in front of the emperor, wanting to get rid of me as soon as possible!
If the Queen Mother had not been concerned about your health today and brought Yu Shengshou to take your pulse and asked you to pretend to have a heart disease and expose it to everyone, I am afraid that I would have been accused of murdering the Empress by now!
"The murder of the Empress is a capital crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of the family! Queen, you are so cruel!"
Hearing the Empress' sonorous words, the Empress was even more shocked.
She stared blankly at Yun Fei who was kneeling on the ground, the surprise in her eyes almost overflowing.
"You are lying! When did I ever order you to do anything..."
Concubine Yun seemed to be very afraid of the Queen.
As soon as the Queen opened her mouth, Concubine Yun shrank back and sobbed.
The Queen was startled for a moment before she came to her senses and realized that she had been the victim of a joint plot by Concubine Chen and Concubine Yun.
She smiled bitterly and glared at Concubine Chen.
"Great! Concubine Chen, you are so smart! You actually put so much thought into plotting against me?" Then, the Queen and Concubine Chen started to bite each other.
It was just the same few repetitive sentences over and over again. Even Song Zhao's ears would be callused from listening to them, let alone Xiao Jingheng?
Song Zhao glanced at his gloomy expression.
She knew that given Xiao Jingheng's suspicious nature, he would definitely not trust anyone.
But it has been confirmed that the Queen pretended to have a heart disease, the evidence is right in front of us, and this matter must be explained.
"Shut up!"
Xiao Jingheng scolded, and the hall immediately became quiet.
Only the Queen still cried and said to Xiao Jingheng:
"Your Majesty, I am truly innocent! You saw with your own eyes how I risked my life to give birth to Jinghe for you, and it is an indisputable fact that I had premature birth and hemorrhage! Concubine Chen said that I wanted to plot against her, but I am the mother of a country, why would I use my inability to give birth as a bet to plot against a concubine who has no children yet?"
The queen cried until she was hoarse, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
But Xiao Jingheng is not blind.
No matter how good the queen's acting skills were, the judge Chu who was kneeling beside her was so scared that his face turned pale. Who couldn't see it?
If he wasn't feeling guilty, he would have spoken up to explain himself long ago. Why has he remained silent?
Xiao Jingheng probably understood that the Queen was probably responsible for all these evil deeds.
But she was the Empress, the one whom he had carefully selected and bestowed with the Golden Book and the Golden Seal, the mother of a country respected by all the people in the world.
If today's events were to get out, wouldn't all the people in the world be laughing at the royal family?
Deceiving the emperor is a serious crime, but Xiao Jingheng cannot help but consider the various troubles that would be caused by suddenly deposing the queen.
So after a brief thought, Xiao Jingheng said calmly,
"Saint Yu has cured the Queen's heart disease with his miraculous hands. This thousand taels of silver is the reward you deserve. You don't have to refuse."
He threw the banknote back to Yu Shengshou, then lowered his brows and looked at Chu Yuanpan.
"As for Judge Chu, you have served the Queen for many years, but you are helpless against her stubborn illness. How can you know that it is not because you are not skilled enough and are just eating for nothing? If you are so incompetent, you don't need to stay in the Imperial Hospital. Jiang Deshun, have someone strip him of his official uniform, castrate him, and throw him into the Xinzheku to serve."
"I obey your order!"
Jiang Deshun took the order and immediately took his men to shut up Judge Chu.
Judge Chu was dragged away before he could even finish his words of plea.
What Xiao Jingheng just said about "castration" is not as simple as its literal meaning.
The punishment of castration was to have Chu Yuanpan be stabbed with a knife and become a eunuch.
Eunuchs were not allowed to marry and have children, so Xiao Jingheng meant that Chu Yuanpan's one wife, three concubines, two daughters and one son outside the palace should all be killed.
After finishing cooking this dish,
Xiao Jingheng walked straight to Queen Du, patted her shoulder, and said in a solemn tone:
"The queen was deeply troubled by the hemorrhage, and today she suffered a heart attack. She is really suffering. In your condition, it seems that it is inconvenient for you to worry about the affairs of the six palaces. From now on, the affairs of the six palaces will be handed over to Concubine Ying and Concubine Chen to take care of together."
"Your Majesty, I, your concubine..."
"As for Jinghe. You need to rest in your current condition. Your young son is always making a fuss and is no longer suitable for you to keep him around."
The Queen Mother immediately understood Xiao Jingheng's intention, so she said:
"I have been in good health recently and have been idle all the time. It would be great if you could send the princess to my place so that she can enjoy the company of her grandchildren."
Xiao Jingheng nodded and said, "Then let's do as the Queen Mother said and send the princess to be raised by her."
Every word Xiao Jingheng said sounded like he was concerned about the queen's health.
However, this concern subtly undermined the queen's real power and took away her premature daughter.
It was like taking away everything she held dear.
How is this kind of "concern" different from being deposed?
It was just to leave her an empty title and a little bit of face for each other.
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