Chapter 461: Easy and Difficult
The matter of deposing the queen was a foregone conclusion, and the queen naturally received the imperial decree, which was conveyed by Zhao Hai.
Three days passed in silence after the empress was taken away from Fengyi Palace. She had thought about everything in her mind, and finally received this imperial decree. Now she was sitting in the same place as before, still wearing the empress's phoenix robe.
No one took off her clothes at this time. It was just a piece of clothing. It didn't matter. She would change it eventually.
Did you ever ask the Empress Dowager when you were the Empress?
Zhao Hai thought that this person was still unwilling to give up and was still thinking about the Queen Mother's help, so he told the Queen what Xuanyuan Ling said in the court.
That's the sentence when the Queen Dowager became so angry upon learning that the Queen had done evil that she became paralyzed in bed.
After hearing this, the queen curled her lips in sarcasm.
Zhao Hai didn't care what she thought after hearing this. Anyway, the dust had settled. After delivering the decree, he only had one thing to say: "It's time for you to leave."
She is no longer the queen, so she cannot live in Fengyi Palace. It is not appropriate for her to live in other palaces either. She has to live in the cold palace. Thinking of this, she will have a companion with Qin in the cold palace. In fact, Qin's imprisonment in the cold palace was also due to the dethronement of the queen.
The queen looked at the familiar furnishings around her. She had lived here for so long. This was her place. Now she couldn't live here anymore. Who would move in next time? The virtuous concubine?
It seemed that it had nothing to do with her anymore, because she couldn't control it anymore.
The queen could only prop herself up and slowly walk out of Fengyi Palace under the watch of others.
Step by step, she left the residence of the most noble woman in the palace.
Many scenes flashed through the queen's mind, and then there was a blank for a moment. When the time really came, she couldn't think of anything. She just felt like the time had come.
She even thought that if the emperor wanted to depose the queen, it would be troublesome and might even cause her to die of illness. After all, if he wanted to depose the queen, he had to have a reason. It would be a disgrace to the royal family for the emperor to have a wife who did evil.
The emperor did not choose to let her die quietly, but openly deposed the queen. He chose the most troublesome and most easily criticized method, which ended everything between them as husband and wife.
From then on, she would not even put her coffin together with his.
Yes, if she died of illness, she would die as the queen and wait for him for a hundred years, and she would still be in the same mausoleum with him. But now, that is not the case.
Her dignity turned to ashes at this moment. She was still alive, but she was also dead.
Queen Chen's life has ended today.
Naturally, all the concubines in the harem knew about the Queen's behavior, but no one dared to come out and watch. They could only say that they knew, and that was all they knew. The dethronement of the Queen was a surprise, even more surprising than the Queen's death. As for the rest, it was not easy to speculate too much, as overthinking was not a good thing.
Afterwards, the matter of deposing the queen gradually settled down in the former dynasty and the harem, and the matter came to an end.
Now that this matter has come to an end, Xuanyuan Ling can finally free up his hands to deal with other things, such as the Shen family's matter.
Xuanyuan Ling also summoned Shen's father, and the two talked in the imperial study for a while. No one knew what they talked about specifically, but in the end, the matter of the Shen family was going to be kept secret by everyone. After today, all those who knew about it would be unaware of it. Physical evidence, such as the roster that recorded Shen's mother's original position in the Jiaofang Division, would naturally be destroyed. As for the people who were familiar with Shen's mother at the time, they were dug out by the Chen family and had their names sealed. If one word was revealed, it would be a disaster for the extermination of the family, and no one would mention this matter again.
It was not difficult for Xuanyuan Ling to handle the Shen family's matter, but the matter of King Huai made him feel more upset.
Previously, I had just happened to be dealing with the matter of the Queen being deposed, so naturally I had not bothered to deal with the matter of Prince Huai and Concubine Yi for the time being. But now I can make time to deal with them.
First of all, the eunuch who delivered the letter to Prince Huai and Concubine Yi was arrested quietly.
Zhao Hai has been very busy for a while and is speechless. Why are there so many things going on? The Queen has just left and Prince Huai shows up again. Especially Prince Huai. The Emperor doesn't like the Queen, but after all, Prince Huai is his biological son.
Zhao Hai interrogated the eunuch with quite harsh blows. The eunuch couldn't bear it and confessed naturally. After knowing something, he hurriedly reported it to Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling was still angry after hearing the eunuch's testimony. He couldn't believe Shen Qing's words. If it weren't for the fact that they had so little time alone, was he really trying to find out something or was he giving something away in private?
She took a deep breath for the whole day and at least she didn't make any blatant move. Concubine Yi didn't move immediately either, so she was easy to deal with. The one who was difficult was Prince Huai.
Finally, Xuanyuan Ling prepared to summon King Huai. He wanted to hear what King Huai meant by this matter and why he had contact with the concubines in his harem.
King Huai was also worried about the dethronement of the queen, for he was afraid that a legitimate son would appear after the queen was deposed.
At this time, Xuanyuan Ling deliberately kept him in the imperial study to question him.
King Huai was left here for questioning and didn't know what Xuanyuan Ling was going to ask. He was still confused when he heard Xuanyuan Ling say directly, "Bring the person out."
Then King Huai's heart skipped a beat when he saw the eunuch being brought out.
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