The reason why Shang Xiche wanted to punish Shang Beiyu as soon as he entered the room was because the Empress had hinted at it to him that morning, and he just wanted to do the Empress a favor.
Although Chen Ziyun was the empress, Shang Xiche was extremely concerned about his reputation and pride, and he never told her that the late emperor had left such a decree for Shang Xiye.
The Empress was overjoyed to hear Shang Xiye spout such outrageous words.
This one sentence alone is enough to convict the Ninth Prince of attempting treason!
"Ninth Prince, you have quite the audacity to utter such disobedient words to the Emperor, Your Majesty..."
"Empress!" Shang Xiche hurriedly interrupted the Empress, his face and eyes filled with malice. "The Ninth Prince's wife has been in trouble. The Ninth Prince must be too grief-stricken and may have said something inappropriate. Can someone tell me what exactly happened?"
The Empress was stunned by what she heard.
Did Shang Xiche take the wrong medicine this morning? Why is he suddenly so magnanimous?
Didn't he also want to bring down Ninth Prince? Why is he speaking up for Ninth Prince now?
Shang Xiye coldly stared at the pretentious emperor, without saying a word.
His anger had reached a certain point, and he feared that if he lost control, he would depose the emperor and empress on the spot!
Seeing this, Xique, who had been beating people without stopping, finally stopped whipping them and kicked Caiqin, whose legs were broken and who was in excruciating pain, hard. She said hatefully, "Let you catch your breath a few more times, then I'll deal with you later!"
Caiqin looked hopefully at Shang Chuyue, who was still lying on the ground sobbing, but saw that she was only concerned with her own grief and had no time to care about her.
Only after losing Shang Chuyue's protection did Caiqin finally understand fear.
But the current situation was clearly not suitable for her to plead for help, so she endured the pain and remained silent for the time being.
The magpie put away its blood-stained whip, walked up to the group, and declared loudly, "Let me speak!"
Shang Xiche then noticed that when he first came in, the unruly bandit not only did not greet him, but also continued to commit violence beside him!
However, at this moment, the Ninth Prince was extremely angry because of her bandit master, and Shang Xiche did not want to argue with this bandit maid about such trivial matters at this time, so he pretended not to notice.
Chen Ziyun: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Why does the emperor seem a bit timid?
This bandit is so arrogant and rude, committing violence in front of the emperor, and the emperor doesn't even reprimand him?
Xi Que swaggered up to the Emperor and Empress, casually curtsied, and then recounted how Ji Fengyao was attacked and kidnapped in the palace, and how they immediately chased after her.
Finally, she questioned Chen Ziyun with extreme displeasure: "Empress, you were the one who organized the royal family banquet in the palace today, weren't you? Our young lady has been involved in such an incident, and instead of trying to catch the thief, you are determined to smear our young lady. Don't you think you are being too hasty and too deliberate?"
Everyone present was a shrewd and astute individual.
After listening for a while, I had already figured out some of the tricks of the trade.
Now that Xique had spoken so frankly, even Emperor Shang Xiche's gaze towards the Empress became somewhat complicated.
Throughout history, the struggles among women in the imperial harem have boiled down to two main points:
One was vying for favor, the other was a son.
The Empress was quite old, so it was impossible for her to compete for the Emperor's favor with that bandit Ninth Prince's wife;
Then, only the son remains.
There's nothing worth targeting this bandit; the only reason to mess with her is because of the Ninth Prince behind her.
But the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince have no apparent conflict, so why is the Empress so eager to deal with this bandit?
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