Chapter 454: Drag out the carrot and bring out the mud
On the second day, at the usual morning court time, Xuanyuan Ling's biological clock woke up on time.
Chen Qing was still sleeping, Xuanyuan Ling got up as usual. He glanced at her sleeping face, thinking about how she couldn't sleep after having sex and was afraid that he would be suspicious. Now seeing her sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
But he was dressed by the servants, and said, "Go and tell them that there will be no court today, and let all the ministers go back."
He no longer wanted to wear the court dress, so he asked his servants to change him into his casual clothes.
He looked normal at the moment, but it looked like a storm was about to come.
The subordinates naturally went to convey the emperor's edict.
Those ministers who attended the court thought that today would be no different from the past, but the emperor suddenly said that there would be no court today. Don't they have to ask if there is something wrong with his holy body?
In fact, Xuanyuan Ling has been practicing diligently in recent years. Apart from daily rest, he rarely cancels the morning court unless he is not feeling well. However, Xuanyuan Ling has been in good health in recent years. So it is rare for him to cancel the morning court at such a short notice.
When the ministers learned from this question that the Emperor did not have a holy body, they began to have doubts in their hearts.
But Tong Yi did not think about Shen Qing. Over the years, all the ministers in the court had seen that this virtuous concubine was indeed favored and stable. Although she gave birth to a prince, there was nothing that could be used against her. She was a well-behaved woman. She committed suicide for the sake of justice and had a good reputation. Later, she also did things like praying for the country and copying scriptures. In short, she did a lot of good things over the years and had a very good reputation. Although she was favored, she didn't look like a demon concubine at all.
Since they were so well-behaved, the ministers could only find excuses for themselves, thinking that it was a good thing that the emperor favored someone who was well-behaved and didn't cause any trouble.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are others besides Xianfei. The emperors of all dynasties have their favorites. The only difference is how often they change. Sometimes this one, sometimes that one. Does it mean that everyone in the harem will be favored? It is not like this at all.
Unless the ministers have daughters in the palace and want them to be favored, they don't care about this. They don't even think about how the women in the harem live. They only think about whether the emperor's preference for the virtuous concubine will involve state affairs, for example, directly making the sixth prince the crown prince.
Now, it seems that the emperor treats all the princes equally. I heard that the third prince is often praised by the emperor. What else can I say? It's nothing more than favoring Concubine Xian more. Concubine Xian is a rare beauty. Men, after all, love beauty.
That's going too far.
The ministers did not think about Chen Qing but thought about other things. Few ministers could find out what was going on in the palace, but some of them were well-informed and knew that someone from the Chen family had been arrested. Now they were caught up in this incident.
Several people who knew the situation gathered together and inquired further, especially seeing the atmosphere of the officials from the Chen family. They thought that something big might be going to happen. Although the emperor did not inform them in advance, the inexplicable cancellation of the morning court also meant that his subordinates should think twice.
Zhao Hai interrogated the man all night long. He even had a sore back from sitting there, but he couldn't care less. After all, except for Jin Zhi, everyone else had confessed something.
Zhao Hai, on his part, was counting on what he had revealed to report to Xuanyuan Ling. Although it was for the sake of reporting, he knew in his heart that the Queen was up to no good, but he never expected that this one move would actually reveal a lot of things. Zhao Hai thought to himself that the Queen had really not been idle all these years.
Then Xuanyuan Ling came to receive Zhao Hai's report. The testimony was handed over by Zhao Hai. Xuanyuan Ling angrily threw the cup when he saw it.
All the servants around knelt down, and now they could only shout: "This servant deserves death, Your Majesty, please calm down."
Xuanyuan Ling was so angry that he couldn't calm down. What was this all about? Under the heavy punishment, everything was dug up. Some things that were only suspected but not proven back then were now dug up one by one. Even, there were many things that were never suspected or known.
For example, the Queen had plotted against Concubine Yu, causing her to have a miscarriage, and the second prince's death later. There was the death of Noble Lady Shen, Concubine Li killed the mother and kept the son, and Concubine Wang was deliberately released in order to murder Shen Qing, which resulted in Concubine Yi having a miscarriage. What's worse, Concubine Yu was framed when she poisoned Shen Qing, and it was actually the Queen who did it behind the scenes, not to mention forcing the fourth prince. All of these were known to Xuanyuan Ling and have now been confirmed.
There were many things he didn't know but only found out now. The confession alone took up several pages, and even included a lot of things from the previous dynasty.
After Xuanyuan Ling vented his anger, he took a deep breath and finished reading the pages of testimony.
I was speechless for a moment after watching it.
Xuanyuan Ling laughed after a long while, but this laugh was really ugly: "Catch all those involved in the harem affairs and bring them to me for trial!" Some things above were not ordered to the servants in the palace, but to be done by other people. As a result, many people in the palace were implicated.
The queen is in charge of the harem, and she has planted so many thorns. These people usually don't move, but once they move, they may kill someone. Whose life will be killed? She doesn't dare to murder the emperor. After all, if she fails, her entire family will be implicated. But what about others? What about Concubine Qiao? She did it perfectly, targeting the concubines! She targeted the prince! She really dared!
When Zhao Haishen found out about the incident, he already knew that it might cause a big commotion. He was not surprised at this moment and just agreed to do the job.
In addition to the people in Fengyi Palace, the Queen must have her own people in other palaces and rooms, so this involves many people.
This matter really became a big deal. Many people in the harem were involved in it. Everyone was in danger. Some people were also stabbed by others. Now, those who should be interrogated were pulled out one by one.
Some concubines only realized at this moment that people had been arranged around them.
There was also one on Chu Linglong's side. Because she occasionally interacted with King Huai over the years, she rarely trusted the servants around her, so she didn't have any handle on him. But even if she didn't, this incident was enough to scare her.
After all, she had a brain. After thinking about it, she realized that the matter of Concubine Qiao had not been concluded yet, and now it was made such a big fuss. What must have been found out? The emperor was going to take action against the queen.
She was thinking more, what would happen if the emperor did something to the queen? With such a big fanfare, it was obvious that he didn't give the queen any face at all. Was he planning to depose her?
What happens after the empress is deposed? Who will be the successor? Will it be the virtuous concubine? Or the virtuous concubine? No matter which one it is, won't there be a legitimate son in the future?
The virtuous concubine has six princes, and the virtuous concubine has three princes. No matter which of them becomes the successor, one of them must be a legitimate son.
It would have been fine if the queen had no children in the past, but if she had a legitimate son, then it would have been difficult for Prince Huai, the eldest son.
Chu Linglong frowned as she thought about this. Secretly, she felt that it was much better for the Queen to be there than not to be there. But what should she do now?
The emperor wanted to investigate and she had no choice, but suddenly, she thought of something, so she called Ming Su and told him something.
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