Chapter 316 If she were his and Wei Si’s daughter, he would hold her in his hands and pamper her
Xie Zhe glanced at her and said, "You are the youngest, but you are the most cunning! Don't think I don't know what you did behind my back. Your brothers and sisters have fallen to this point today because of you who fanned the flames behind the scenes."
He scolded, but his tone was not harsh.
Wen Xingluo was born cute, and her appearance was most like Wei Si when she was young. However, her cleverness and tenacity were inexplicably similar to when he was a hostage.
If she were his and Wei Si's daughter, he would pamper her no matter what.
It’s a pity that she is Wen Qingsong’s descendant.
Wei Si frowned and stood in front of Wen Xingluo, "Your Majesty?!"
Xie Zhe waved his hand.
The imperial guards rushed forward, pushed Wei Si aside, and escorted the five siblings out in an orderly manner.
Sun Zuosi glanced at Wei Si, coughed lightly, signaled the palace maids to follow him out, and carefully closed the lattice fan for the two of them.
Wei Si demanded, "Are you really going to take Ningning away from me?! Are you so proud of bullying a weak and pitiful little girl?!"
"Weak and pitiful?" Xie Zhe played with the Buddha bone and glanced at her. "Does Wei Ning have anything to do with these four words?"
Wei Si gritted her teeth and said, "She is just very delicate!"
Xie Zhe sneered.
Only the little girl's mother would think she was fragile and helpless.
He said, "I have accepted the deal you proposed last time. I can exchange my position as Queen for the exact location of Baiyujing."
Wei Si clenched her hands.
She didn't care about the position of queen. She just wanted to make things difficult for Xie Zhe and to take revenge on Mei Chuyi.
"In seven days, I will hold a ceremony to crown you queen." Xie Zhe held her hand and pulled her into his arms. "Until the dust settles, Wei Ning must remain in prison, under the personal supervision of my men. When you become my queen and tell me the location of Bai Yujing, I will naturally release her back to you."
Wei Si was extremely disgusted by the man's touch.
She was silent for a moment, then took a step back. "Ningning suffered a lot when she was little, and I feel so sorry for her. I hope you can still arrange a separate cell for her, just like you did last time, and have her favorite meals delivered to her from the imperial kitchen every day. Don't neglect her food, clothing, shelter, and transportation."
"An Ning resembles me, like my half-daughter. Naturally, I will not treat her unfairly."
As Xie Zhe spoke, he bent down and sniffed the fragrance from Wei Si's neck.
Wei Si avoided him in disgust.
She stood up and took a few steps back. "There can only be one queen in the harem. If I become queen, where will Mei Chuyi be?"
Xie Zhe said nonchalantly, "Didn't Zhang Tingliu lose two children? I think Mei Chuyi was jealous and did it behind her back. Mei Chuyi is vicious and jealous. She plotted to murder the heir to the throne and is unfit to be the empress."
He doesn't care who the murderer is.
Whoever gets in his way is a murderer.
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He Yu took his guards to Kunning Palace to arrest people.
Sun Zuosi personally announced the imperial edict, enumerating Mei Chuyi's crimes, and finally announced that she would be deposed from the title of queen and demoted to a commoner, and taken to prison to await trial.
Mei Chuyi is dressing up.
Every morning for her was wonderful. After waking up, she was used to having the palace maids serve her and apply rose juice on her face. She would then carefully apply the royal pearl cream on her face and body. The palace maids would use their warm fingertips to massage the pearl cream into every inch of her skin in circular motions, and even the fingertips and toes would not be neglected.
The change of clothes had already been prepared, and the palace maids used a specially made enamel-painted small heater to heat the clothes to a temperature close to her body temperature before helping her put them on.
After changing clothes, she had a bowl of hot red ginseng, milk and blood bird's nest. The red ginseng had to be the ten-year-old tribute ginseng with chrysanthemum patterns, the milk had to come from the grassland cattle raised specially for her in the imperial kitchen, and the blood bird's nest was the most precious of the tributes. In the entire palace, only her Kunning Palace could get three pounds of it every year.
This was her daily routine for the twenty years she had been queen.
Although she felt sorry for Wei Si, she still secretly felt fortunate countless times, fortunate that she and her family had chosen to stand on Xie Zhe's side.
Now she is the mother of a country, even more glorious and prominent than Wei Si was back then.
Except for Xie Zhe, she doesn't need to look at anyone else's eyes!
Therefore, she never regretted betraying Wei Si.
Even when Wei Si returned to the capital later, she, like Zhang Tingliu, was still gloating in her heart. Look, their identities had been swapped, and she no longer needed to pay respect to Wei Si.
The once proud little princess even had to behave like a concubine in front of her!
Of course, there are also unsatisfactory things in life, such as the emperor not loving her, and she not giving birth to a prince.
However, the emperor treated her as an equal in public, and the crown prince was her adopted son.
She is not only the queen, in the future, she will also become the empress dowager who rules the country from behind the scenes!
Wei Si, after all, could only look on with utmost detachment.
But today...
Sun Zuosi smiled faintly, "Empress—oh no, Miss Mei, why don't you quickly accept the imperial edict and express your gratitude?"
Empress Mei sat in front of the dressing table.
She ignored Sun Zuosi and just combed her hair expressionlessly.
Perhaps she was combing her hair too quickly, and a strand of her long hair got stuck in the ivory and gold comb. She reached out to pull it, but the more she pulled, the more it got stuck.
Sun Zuosi urged, "Miss Mei?"
Empress Mei's expression grew increasingly gloomy, and she untied her hair more hastily. In the end, she even pulled out the long hair along with her scalp.
She covered her head in pain.
The ivory and gold comb fell to the ground.
The golden comb was entangled with black hair, and attached to the black hair was a small piece of white scalp, which was bloody.
Seeing her like this, Sun Zuosi rolled his eyes in displeasure and winked at the people around him.
The eunuchs understood and immediately stepped forward to arrest Empress Mei and dragged her out of Kunning Palace without any explanation.
Sun Zuosi turned to He Yu with a smile and said, "I'll leave the search for evidence to you, Lord He. I'll take my leave now."
He Yu stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at an ancient painting hanging on the wall.
It is a spring peony painting by a master of the previous dynasty. Because of its gorgeous colors and elegant style, it is praised as the best peony painting in the world. It is said that it was a gift from the Queen of Wei to Wei Si on her tenth birthday and was always hidden in the bedroom by Wei Si.
But later, when the Wei Kingdom was destroyed, the painting was moved to Empress Mei's bedroom.
Twenty years later, it seems this ancient painting will be returned to its original owner...
He Yu thought about the recent developments in the imperial court and sighed softly.
The storm is coming.
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