Chapter 20 The Empress Dowager Sacrifice
The Empress and Xia Miaoyuan looked at the testimony in a hurry.
It said that after Lanxiang was transferred to Zhonghe Palace, Concubine Jiang Guifei made her a concubine in the Jiang family as a condition. She asked her to climb into the bed and frame the Second Prince when he went to change clothes during the full-month banquet of the little princess.
As a result, when she entered the house, she found that she had entered the wrong room. It was not the Second Prince, but Jiang Zhichang. Jiang Zhichang saw her and became beastly, so he used force again.
[Wow, so that's how it is! ]
[The treacherous concubine is really vicious. After failing to harm me once, she planned to harm me again. ]
[If her evil plan succeeds today, I will be caught in adultery in public. My reputation will be ruined and I will be punished. 】
【In that case, his future will definitely be greatly affected. 】
Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in anger, and clenched his fists tightly.
Xia Zhengqi felt a chill all over his body, and his body trembled slightly.
The Jiang family has such vicious hearts, harming the queen, the prince, and the second prince. If one plan fails, they will come up with another. Xia Zhengqi
recalled all the things that happened to the queen in the past ten years.
Every time the queen hosted a palace banquet, there would be unexpected situations.
The gifts that the queen gave to the queen mother and Concubine Jiang were always found to have problems.
The queen seemed to be possessed by a disaster star. Accidents always happened from time to time in her daily life and daily travel.
But his first wife, Xiao Ruoyu, was obviously a very good princess before she entered the palace to become the queen. She
is well-mannered, dignified and generous, and manages the affairs of the entire palace at a young age with ease.
Her luck is even better, as she gave birth to two sons in succession. Even her daily travels are smooth.
In the 20 years since Ruoyu married him, her life was completely different before and after entering the palace.
After entering the palace, she seemed to be under a curse.
What kind of curse is this? It is clearly the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang who have repeatedly harmed her!
Xia Zhengqi suddenly understood a lot of things.
This time, the Jiang family must not be let off! No
matter how powerful the Jiang family is, he will not waver again.
He will get rid of the evil people in the Jiang family one by one.
Every bit of leniency shown to the Jiang family today will become a sharp blade that will pierce the descendants of the Xia family in a few years.
Xia Zhengqi ordered people to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and immediately wrote an imperial edict:
Jiang Zhichang repeatedly raped palace maids and caused chaos in the palace. He was dismissed from all official positions and sentenced to serve as a soldier in the northern border. He was not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned.
Concubine Jiang condoned and protected her brothers, persecuted palace maids, took human lives lightly, and framed the prince. She was immoral and unworthy of being a mother. She was stripped of her title, demoted to a concubine, and moved to Qiuyue Pavilion. She was imprisoned until her death and was not allowed to leave without being summoned.
The fifth prince was handed over to Concubine Shu to raise.
The power to control the six palaces was returned to the queen.
Master Jiang was not strict in educating his son, so he was fined for one year.
As soon as the imperial edict was written, Eunuch Debao immediately stated the crimes of Jiang Zhichang and Concubine Jiang in front of all the guests and read the imperial edict. Everyone was shocked.
First, they were shocked by Jiang Zhichang's audacity, second, they were shocked by Concubine Jiang's ruthlessness, and third, they were shocked by the emperor's decisiveness in killing.
[It's really a relief! Roar, roar, roar, roar, today is so happy. The Jiang family suffered heavy losses this time. Mother also took back the power to manage the six palaces. ]
[Yeah! Yeah! Long live the emperor father! Long live the empress mother! ]
Xia Miaoyuan danced with her little hands and feet, and laughed with her toothless mouth.
The second prince excitedly pulled the queen's sleeve: "Mother, now you can finally continue to be in charge of the six palaces and be a true queen."
The queen's eyes were red with excitement, and tears overflowed from her eyes.
Since she entered the palace and became the queen, the queen mother and Concubine Jiang have been setting traps for her everywhere. She has only been the queen for a year, and the queen mother deprived her of the right to be in charge of the six palaces on the grounds of incompetence and bad conduct.
For more than ten years, Concubine Jiang has held the power of the six palaces, and she has only the title of queen, becoming a laughing stock of the whole world.
Concubine Jiang knelt on the ground, crying: "Your Majesty, please have mercy, please don't take away my Chengshun, at least leave the child to me."
[Why are you pretending to be a tragic mother? The fifth prince is not your biological child. You want to keep the child by your side, just to give yourself a glimmer of hope. 】
【As long as the emperor father agrees to let you continue to raise the child, he will definitely not be able to imprison you. The treacherous concubine has a lot of tricks! 】
Xia Miaoyuan muttered and complained.
The fifth prince is not the biological son of Concubine Jiang? !
Then who is his son?
Xia Zhengqi felt that he had eaten a big melon from his daughter's mouth again, and he actually felt the pleasure of eating melon for a moment, but then he thought that this was ultimately his own concern, so his face became gloomy again.
"Zhengqi, how can you be so cruel to Qiqiu and Zhichang?!" The cry of an old woman came over, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and it was the empress dowager who stumbled over.
"I beg you, even if I beg you, although Qiqiu and Zhichang are at fault and should be punished, your punishment is too heavy. They are the descendants of the Jiang family."
"Zhichang is your cousin who you grew up with, and Qiqiu is your husband and wife and has raised your child. Even if you think about your relationship as husband and wife and your child, please revoke your decision!" The Empress Dowager
burst into tears, and in an instant she was sobbing that she was unrecognizable and sat paralyzed on the ground. Concubine Jiang crawled over on her knees, and the aunt and nephew simply hugged their heads and cried.
Several eunuchs tried to help the Empress Dowager up, but the aunt and nephew were hugging each other so tightly that they couldn't help the Empress Dowager up at all.
The guests were just discussing Concubine Jiang and Jiang Zhichang, but when they saw the Empress Dowager coming and performing a tragic drama with Concubine Jiang, they immediately gathered around to watch.
"I've never seen anything like this before, the Empress Dowager is making a scene in public!"
"How will Your Majesty end up with the Empress Dowager making such a fuss!"
The guests were talking at once.
"What are you doing, mother? Get up quickly!" Xia Zhengqi looked flustered.
"If you don't agree to my request, I won't get up and cry to death in front of you," the Empress Dowager cried.
[Oh my god, does the Empress Dowager also know how to throw tantrums? ]
[It's really eye-popping! ]
[Daddy Emperor, please don't be scared. If you are scared, all your efforts will be wasted! ]
The Empress watched the aunt and nephew of the Jiang family crying and throwing tantrums coldly. Suddenly, she called Sang Qi and whispered something.
Sang Qi walked to the Empress Dowager in two or three steps, pretending to help the eunuch to support the Empress Dowager. However, she caught a silver needle between her fingers and stabbed the Empress Dowager's neck.
The Empress Dowager immediately fainted and fell to the ground.
"What's wrong with you, mother?" Concubine Jiang cried in surprise.
"Hurry up and carry the Empress Dowager back to Shoukang Palace, and ask the Imperial Medical Bureau's Su Yuanpan to come and treat her." Xia Zhengqi said in a deep voice.
"The Empress Dowager's body needs to rest and recuperate. From today on, Shoukang Palace will close its doors to guests, so that the Empress Dowager can rest and recuperate in peace." Xia Zhengqi looked at the guests with a cold look in his eyes.
Seeing that her love story was over, Concubine Jiang's psychological defenses collapsed instantly. She screamed with a sullen face, "Xia Zhengqi, my grandfather was a founding hero of the Great Xia Dynasty. He assisted Taizu in building the country. My father and brother were loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty. My father went to Qianjiang to control floods and provide disaster relief at an old age. But you took advantage of their absence to persecute the children of the Jiang family and made the Empress Dowager sick. You are really unkind and unjust. Wait until my father comes back and see how you end up!"