Chapter 457: Old Times
The Chen family is in chaos now. The emperor arrested the Chen family members for interrogation, but he couldn't find out anything about the details. The Chen family knew some news from the palace through secret intelligence. Judging from the current situation, the Chen family is indeed at the critical moment of life and death.
The Chen family naturally did not sit idly by and wait for death. Those who were arrested were arrested, but weren’t the others implicated just because of this incident?
"In my opinion, the Empress must be protected no matter what. The Emperor is not attending court today. He wants to see what the reaction will be tomorrow. If more people try to dissuade him, the Emperor will not insist on doing it. As for whether the Emperor is unhappy, he was unhappy to begin with. Now we can only protect ourselves."
"But the Queen has no children. It is very difficult to protect her."
Normally, the most difficult part of deposing a queen is that it is related to the legitimate son, and being related to the legitimate son is closely related to the interests of court officials. As the saying goes, one move can affect the entire body, but the queen has no legitimate son, and the fourth prince who was originally raised is no longer raised under the queen's name, not to mention that the fourth prince's situation meant that he had no chance of becoming the crown prince, so it couldn't even be used as an excuse.
After these words were spoken, everyone else fell silent. It would be a dead end for the queen to have no children.
"Then the Queen Mother..."
“There’s no need to invite the Empress Dowager out until the last moment. With the Empress Dowager around, the Emperor will always be considerate of some feelings. Even if he can’t save the Empress in the end, it won’t be too embarrassing at the end.” It can be considered a life-saving trump card.
At this time, someone took a different approach. It was the Third House Master, who was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand. "If you ask me, the Emperor seems to be determined now, and the Empress's hands are not clean either. If they want to find out something to prove that the Empress is immoral, there will be nothing the court can refute. Our Emperor likes to shut up the court officials when he does things, and often he makes sure that the court officials can't even say a word of rebuttal. Now that we want to protect the Empress, why don't we find a way to stop the Emperor from staring at the Empress?"
The Third Master's words hit the nail on the head. Everyone else looked over and he said, "The Emperor is counting on that favorite now. If the Empress is really deposed, this person will have a great chance. I have some news. It might be just the right time to use it now."
"What news? What's the use of it at this time?" The others were unhappy to see that the Third Master was still telling half the truth.
The Third Master curled his lips when he was stared at: "Our virtuous concubines have been favored over the years, and it seems that there is nothing to criticize, but she has nothing to criticize, which does not mean that her family members have nothing to criticize."
Everyone else was speechless when they heard this: "It's not like the Shen family didn't have people watching them. The older one didn't seem to be doing anything. He didn't even fall for the trap, and the younger one was also a stubborn person."
I thought he had some good ideas. If the father and son of the Shen family really had some trouble, the virtuous concubine would not have been so safe all these years.
"Who said it was the Shen family father and son? The Shen family is not just the two of them. There is another person who is closest to the Concubine Xian. You can't remember him at all. This was discovered by my wife by accident."
Seeing him like this, the others reacted: “You mean, Mrs. Shen?”
The third master said, "It was a coincidence. A few days ago, when I accompanied my wife to burn incense, I happened to meet this Madam Shen and her maidservant who were asking for a fortune. My wife thought this Madam Shen looked familiar. Guess what? When she looked at Madam Shen, she thought of an old friend. Does anyone remember the Shuntian prefect who was dismissed from office?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
