Concubine Xuan was so shocked that she couldn't believe her ears: "Your Majesty, you, you want to banish me to the cold palace?"
"You deceived the emperor and framed the prince and me. I am already easing you up by not sentencing you to death!" the emperor roared.
Concubine Xuan was completely dumbfounded: "I have deceived Your Majesty and deserve death. I am willing to accept the punishment, but my feelings for Your Majesty are real. I risked my life to block the sword for Your Majesty. Even if I were asked to choose again, I would still do the same."
Sure enough, the emperor's expression changed a little.
"You said you love His Majesty deeply, but you used His Majesty's birth date and horoscope to perform witchcraft to harm His Majesty. Is this your deep love?
If God hadn't been unable to bear it and sent down lightning to strike you, His Majesty would have been killed by you long ago. Is this your sincerity and care for His Majesty?
"Don't use the pretense of caring about His Majesty to harm His Majesty. Come, take Concubine Xuan away immediately!" the Queen ordered.
The Queen had finally seized the opportunity to overthrow Concubine Xuan, so naturally she would not give her the chance to counterattack.
Two imperial guards came in: "Empress Xuan, please come in!"
Concubine Xuan glared at the Queen. She had been fighting with the Queen for so many years and had always wanted to kill each other, so the Queen would definitely be hurt at this time.
But Concubine Xuan couldn't care less about these things. She absolutely couldn't be sent to the cold palace, otherwise she would never be able to get out.
Concubine Xuan looked at the emperor's face, which was as cold as ice. She saw that the emperor had no intention of changing his mind, so she could only beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, please give me another chance because I blocked the knife for you in the past------"
Before Concubine Xuan could finish her words, she fainted.
The emperor frowned and was about to run over.
The queen's cold voice came: "You're doing this again. Every time Concubine Xuan is punished, she pretends to faint. Last time she even pretended to be crazy. Your Majesty, are you going to repeat the same mistake?"
As soon as the words came out, the emperor stopped his raised foot in mid-air, his face turned even darker: "Take Concubine Xuan away!"
"Yes." Two imperial guards carried Concubine Xuan away.
Princess Xuan pretended to be unconscious, her hands clenched into fists in her sleeves. She didn't feel any pain even when her nails pierced her flesh. She was extremely angry.
Queen, I will avenge this grudge sooner or later.
Only when Concubine Xuan disappeared did the emperor's expression fall: "Queen, are you satisfied now?"
"Your Majesty, I am only helping you clean up the harem. Do you really want to allow someone who would harm you to be around?" the Queen asked back.
The emperor glared at her angrily, so angry that he turned away.
The Queen, however, had a very proud look on her face. She had been fighting with Concubine Xuan for so many years, and today she had finally defeated her, and she felt really vented.
"Madam Zhong, let's celebrate today. The wages of servants in the entire palace will be doubled!" said the Queen with relief.
"yes."
The news that Concubine Xuan was banished to the cold palace spread throughout the harem in an instant, and all the concubines in the harem applauded.
It was because Concubine Xuan had been favored for so many years that now that she was gone, everyone was trying their best to compete for her favor.
That night, the emperor had just favored Concubine Ji, who laid on the emperor's shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, when I left the palace two days ago, I seemed to see Ye Xingchen in the regent's carriage."
The emperor's face turned cold: "Are you sure?"
He didn't even know when Ye Xingchen had a relationship with the Regent.
"I was wondering how the Regent had any relationship with Ye Xingchen, so I paid special attention and found that they were heading towards the east of the city. I was in a hurry to come back, so I didn't follow them, for fear of angering the Regent." Concubine Ji explained.
"I know about this matter." The emperor's face was solemn.
Ever since the last time the people outside had spread the rumor that he had poisoned the regent, the emperor never summoned the regent again, as he was afraid of arousing public anger.
Ye Xingchen was described by Abbot Xuankong as a blessed person. If she helped Cang Boyi, the emperor would never allow it.
The emperor sat up, put on his inner clothes, and walked out.
"Someone come!"
The commander of the Royal Guards came in immediately and asked, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"
"Send someone to keep an eye on Ye Xingchen and see who she interacts with on a daily basis. Report to me immediately, no matter how big or small the details are!" the emperor ordered.
"yes."
Jipin, who was lying on the bed behind him, raised her lips with a hint of pride, "It's good that Your Majesty has listened to me."
However, the Royal Guards had been watching for more than half a month but did not see Ye Xingchen remove the regent. Basically, Ye Xingchen stayed in the Ye family most of the time.
But how could they know that Ajiu had noticed them the first time they appeared outside the Ye family, and immediately told Ye Xingchen and the Regent.
Therefore, the Regent did not come to the Ye family again. Instead, Ye Xingchen used the teleportation talisman to go directly to the Regent every time. Naturally, the Royal Guards outside did not know about it.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for the announcement of the results. Early in the morning, all the people in the capital went to the place where the results were posted to wait.
Ye Xingchen was naturally no exception, and the whole family took Ye Laosan with them.
Ye Lao San looked nervous: "Dad and Mom, why don't I just not go?"
He had taken the exam for several years but had never passed. Although Ye Laosan was well prepared this time, he still had no information.
"Get out of the way, everyone, get out of the way!" An arrogant voice came, and it was Jingtian who came.
There were several servants following behind him, very arrogant, and they immediately pushed the crowd aside and squeezed in: “Sir, look.”
"He's just a bully." Ye Xiaosha curled his lips.
"Why bother with them? Let's go check if the third child has graduated from high school." asked Ye's mother.
"Okay, then I'll go take a look at the front." Ye Xiaosha squeezed in.
"What? The top scholar is not me. Who is Ye Zhoucheng? Why have I never heard of this person?" Jing Tianlai roared.
Ye Xiaosha, who squeezed in with him, was very excited: "I won, Third Brother won, No. 1!"
The Ye family members outside the crowd were extremely surprised: "It's a success, the third child really got the top score in the high school entrance examination, that's great."
Ye Lao San was also in disbelief: "Did I really win?"
Ye Xingchen smiled calmly: "Third brother finally got what he wanted."
"That's great, congratulations, third brother." The entire Ye family congratulated him.
When the people nearby heard this, they all looked over and immediately congratulated the Ye family.
Jing Tianlai inside was furious: "It's actually the Ye family. A merchant family can actually produce a top scholar. They must have cheated. They must have paid for the top scholar."
When these words were spoken, all the people were shocked, and even the people who had just congratulated him dared not speak.
"Jingtianlai, you are full of shit, and you even slandered the number one scholar bought by my Ye family. Do you think those ministers who review the papers in the court are just eating for free?
The number one scholar was chosen by His Majesty. Are you trying to say that our Ye family has bribed His Majesty? Or are you questioning His Majesty's injustice and dissatisfied with his choice? "Ye Xiaosha immediately retorted.
Jing Tianlai was speechless after being rebuked: "Stop talking nonsense. How dare I question His Majesty? Stop accusing me of something. Everyone knows that Ye Lao San has failed the exam for several years. He must have cheated this time."