When the emperor came out of Fengyi Palace, he ordered the people from the clan house to take Yu Wenpo to the clan house for investigation, and they must find out who was the master of Empress Mu.
Ten days later, the clan affairs office finally found out who was Dr. Feng, and then they investigated Dr. Feng overnight.
After staying in the clan residence for five days and being subjected to all the tortures there, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and gave away Concubine Cheng.
The head of the clan affairs office, Prince Chun, the emperor's younger brother, got the confession and hurried into the palace to find the emperor in the imperial study.
"Brother Emperor, this is the confession of Imperial Physician Feng, in which he implicated Concubine Cheng." Zong Ling presented the confession to the Emperor.
The emperor took the confession, read its contents, and became furious.
Good! This bitch actually dared to harm my son. She is so bold.
The emperor ordered Zongzhi to take Concubine Cheng to the clan house, and he wanted to try her personally.
After receiving the order, Zong Ling took his guards to Lanxi Palace where Concubine Cheng lived.
"How dare you! The Empress's bedroom is not the place where you, the dog slaves, can enter." Concubine Cheng's personal nanny shouted angrily.
"Why, even this clan leader can't come? When did this clan leader become a dog slave?" The clan leader from the clan office came from behind.
"I deserve to die. Didn't I say this to you, Lord Zong Ling? Please spare my life." The nanny knew from the voice that it was the dreaded Zong Ling of the Zong Ren Fu. She was so scared that she begged for mercy quickly.
In the palace, besides the emperor, the only person you can't mess with is his younger brother, Prince Chun, who is also the clan leader of the Imperial Clan Court. Anyone who enters the Imperial Clan Court, no matter who you are, no matter how stubborn you are, will tell everything after the first trial.
"What's the matter with all the noise? You've disturbed my rest. Take me out and beat me to death." The voice of Concubine Cheng came from the concubine's bedroom.
Concubine Cheng, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, was sent to the palace to be a concubine because of the Empress Dowager's relationship.
Concubine Cheng is the niece of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is not the Emperor's biological mother. The Emperor and Prince Chun's biological mother is Concubine Rong. Because she has no background, she has never been favored by the late Emperor. Even the Emperor and Prince Chun, who were born to her, were not liked by the late Emperor. He always neglected the three of them, and the Emperor and Prince Chun were bullied by their other brothers.
Until the queen at that time appeared and asked the emperor for his two brothers. From then on, they left their mother and went to the queen.
At that time, the queen had no children. If she wanted to gain a foothold in the palace, she could only adopt the son of another concubine.
She was attracted by the fact that Concubine Rong had no background and that the two brothers were bullied every day, so she asked the late emperor for the two brothers.
The emperor and Prince Chun started to become cruel when they were with the queen at that time. If other brothers beat them, they would fight back tenfold, and the queen would always cover for them no matter what happened.
It was not until the death of the previous emperor that the emperor was pushed onto the throne with the help of the queen at the time.
As soon as he became emperor, he sent the late emperor's concubines to guard the imperial mausoleum and accompany the late emperor. He named the then queen the empress dowager and his biological mother the concubine Rong Taifei, who no longer had to guard the imperial mausoleum.
Just because the empress dowager helped the emperor, he has turned a blind eye to the empress dowager's family since he ascended the throne, and treated Concubine Cheng's food, clothing and other expenses in the palace the same as those of the empress.
"I am the minister Zong Ling, and I am here on the order of the emperor to invite the imperial concubine to the clan residence." Zong Ling said to the imperial concubine Cheng with a sneer.
What a wicked woman! She actually dared to poison his nephew. She was so bold. She relied on the fact that she was the empress dowager's niece to do whatever she wanted in the palace. If the emperor had not considered the empress dowager for her, he would have dealt with her long ago. And the people in her mother's family did such dirty things. Even if they died ten times, it would not be enough to appease the public anger.
"So it's the emperor's uncle. Are you kidding? Why would the emperor let me go to those dirty places like the clan house?" When Concubine Cheng heard that she was going to the clan house, she was frightened and shuddered. Could it be that she had poisoned the queen and the prince in her belly and was discovered? The emperor asked the clan house to investigate her. What a bunch of trash, they can't even do a small thing.
While cursing, Concubine Cheng pretended to be calm and talked with Zong Ling.
"Your Majesty, I am not joking. Please ask the Imperial Concubine to go with me to the Imperial Clan House." Zong Ling ordered the guards to take action and escort Imperial Concubine Cheng to the Imperial Clan House.
Concubine Cheng secretly signaled to her personal maid to go find the empress dowager. The maid understood immediately and secretly went to the Cining Palace.
The emperor visited the empress and the prince, and also went to the clan residence.
He believed that his younger brother must have captured Concubine Cheng, and he wanted to personally interrogate that vicious woman to find out why she had harmed his queen and son.
Concubine Cheng was taken to the court of the clan affairs office.
"Uncle, what right do you have to bring me here?" When the emperor just arrived, he heard Concubine Cheng shouting.
"Is the power I give you enough?" The emperor's voice came from outside the door.
"The emperor has arrived!" Eunuch Hong said loudly.
The emperor walked into the court of the clan affairs office and then sat down in the court.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor!" Zong Ling and Lady Cheng quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Royal brother, please stand up!" The emperor only asked Zong Ling to stand up, but not Concubine Cheng.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Zong Ling stood up after expressing his gratitude.
"Your Majesty, I, your concubine..."
"Noble Concubine Cheng, why did you poison the Queen and the Prince? Do you know that this will punish the entire nine generations of your family?" The Emperor interrupted Noble Concubine Cheng before she could finish.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have a good relationship with the Queen. How could I possibly harm her? It must be someone else who wants to harm me. I beg Your Majesty to help me." Concubine Cheng quickly protested her innocence.
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