Chapter 495 The Queen Was Punished
The emperor laughed in anger, "No, you are wrong."
"I don't think I've done anything wrong. Since ancient times, it has always been the case that if the ruler wants his subject to die, the subject must die!"
The queen who could say this truly felt that without the pressure of the retired emperor, she could also turn the tables and become the master. She did not realize that as a queen whose wealth and fortune depended on the emperor, she was really just a queen.
"It's true that if the ruler wants his subjects to die, they must die. But I am the ruler, and the world belongs to the Yang family, not the Gu family. You are only the queen, and it's not the Yang family that has to share the world with the Gu family.
"To be honest, Funing is a member of the royal family. You, the Cheng'en Mansion, are merely relatives by marriage. How dare you challenge the eldest princess of a country? I am already partial by not punishing their crimes, and you dare not spare them one by one. You can sit on this throne of Queen, and so can anyone else."
Besides, Duke Cheng'en is not a rare title. There are three Duke Cheng'en in Yuan Kyoto right now! Who gave you the illusion that you are the king?
This queen can be made or deposed. If you, Gu Jia, can't handle the job well, there are plenty of others who can."
The queen was panicked and immediately knelt down with a thud. She just thought that she and the emperor were one husband and wife, and never thought about what the country had to do with their Gu family. This was treason!
How could she dare to think about the heinous crime of killing nine generations of her family? She tried to calm herself down in her heart. She thought that the emperor was just trying to scare her. After all, she still had two good sons. "Your Majesty, I have never had those treasonous thoughts. I am just jealous of Funing. I am jealous that she is just a princess from another family and she has a better life than anyone else.
I was also thinking that Your Majesty and I are husband and wife. If Funing doesn't respect me, isn't that disrespecting Your Majesty?"
The Queen had a good idea. She felt that the Emperor had been so generous to Funing in the past because the Emperor was there. Now that the Emperor was gone, the Emperor had made his own move and could take advantage of the situation to discipline Funing and lower her arrogance.
The queen was quite happy thinking about this. She thought that she was the most noble woman in the world.
All I can say is that when a person's efforts are in the wrong direction, the harder she works, the more miserable she will be.
As expected, the only person who responded to the queen was the angry emperor. He grabbed something nearby and threw it at the queen, "Asshole!"
As an emperor, he is never the kind of person who can get angry on his own. He always takes out his anger on others.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Emperor is gone, what are you doing?" Even if the angry Emperor smashed a plate of snacks on the Queen, she would not give up. Now that the conversation has come to this, she is unwilling to give up like this.
"Oh, Funing is my biological sister. No one can take Funing's place. If you and the Crown Prince can't tolerate Funing, I'm still young and have many sons! I can always find a capable one."
The emperor didn't want to tell this brainless queen about Fu Ning's true identity. He and the prince had hinted to her before, but since she dared to take action, it meant that this stupid woman didn't take their hints to heart at all.
Anyway, the emperor should be willing to take the blame. If he is really dissatisfied, he can go and have a fight with Marquis Zhao!
The Queen never imagined that Funing was actually the Emperor's biological sister. "This is impossible, how could it be possible!"
Although Empress Gu didn't want to believe it, she thought about the attitude of the retired emperor towards Funing. Isn't that the attitude towards a daughter who is owed something? Give her whatever she wants.
The Emperor didn't want to hear any more of the Empress's gossip, so he quickly announced, "Queen Gu has committed insubordination and will be confined to her palace for six months. Considering her fault, her authority to manage palace affairs will be stripped, and the Imperial Concubine and the Four Concubines will share management. Duke Cheng'en Gu, for disregarding the Emperor's grace, will have his title of Duke Cheng'en revoked as a warning to others."
The Queen was already shocked when she heard about the house arrest. She had never been under house arrest since she married the Emperor, and now she was being forced to do so. But when she heard that her power in the palace had been taken away, she was even more incredulous.
In the end, her mother's family lost their title. She couldn't believe it. Because of such a small matter, her mother's family, as the queen, lost their title. This made them a joke in Yuanjing.
The emperor completely disregarded their marital relationship! Not only did he disregard the marital relationship, he also didn't care about the face of the two children. "Your Majesty, I was wrong. Can you forgive me this time? Even if it's not for my face, please do it for the two children's face."
It would have been fine if the queen didn't mention the two children, but as soon as she did, the emperor became furious again.
"Child, you mentioned two children to me. When you did these things, did you think about the two children? Chen'er and Zhao Houming get along well. In the past few years, whenever he had free time, he would go to Funing Mansion for meals.
Chen'er grew up in Princess Funing's mansion. Did you have time to take care of him back then? Even Four Seasons' clothes were sometimes taken care of by Funing. While you were doing all this, did you ever think about how the two children would cope in the future?
Funing is definitely a member of the prince's party. Do you think Chen'er's position as prince is too secure?
Who do you have in your heart? Only your family and your own feelings.
I think you've had an easy life. I've never seen anyone so foolish and unaware. Fortunately, neither of my two sons grew up under your wing."
The emperor vented his anger, and when he saw the queen's look of disbelief, he left in a rage.
The queen was completely stunned by the scolding. She felt a little regretful and aggrieved. She just fell to the ground and sobbed.
When the emperor left, the entire harem knew that the queen had angered the emperor. Although they couldn't find out the specific reason, it didn't affect their joy as if it were New Year's Day.
When the emperor's decree spread throughout the harem, not only the concubines who had been given power, as this was their first time, but also the concubines in the entire harem were as happy as if it were a festival. Some used their private money to buy jewelry, some had more food, and some saw the imperial physician.
Everyone thought that the Queen had made the Emperor angry, so now was their chance!
The most confused person was the old Marquis Cheng'en. He hadn't done anything recently, so how could he lose his title? When he heard that the queen in the palace was also under house arrest, he knew that his daughter was causing trouble in the palace.
Duke Cheng'en could only quickly send someone to convey a message to the Empress in the palace to find out what was going on.
The old lady of the Cheng En Duke beside her looked thoughtful. She knew her own daughter well. She felt that it must be related to Princess Funing. If she traced the source, it was probably her fault.
Thinking of these, the old lady of Duke Cheng'en was even more afraid to say anything. She was also afraid that Duke Cheng'en would divorce her if he knew that it was because of her that the family lost its title.
At this moment, the old lady of Duke Cheng'en truly witnessed the power of the royal family and what a real ironclad force was. After that, she never dared to reach out again. This is a story for later.
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