Things had come to this point. Mrs. He knew that the more she concealed the more likely it would be to get into trouble, so she simply did not hide anything and told the story of how she went to Qingzhou, how she learned that her son-in-law had been framed and made a big mistake, and how she was forced to clean up the mess. She then met Su Qing and learned the so-called "truth" about Queen Hu's death.
Mrs. He looked at her sister's portrait and simply told the truth: "Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, I have always resented you in my heart over the years. I always feel that if you had not been too harsh on the prince, the prince would not have died, and my sister would not have..."
Emperor Yuanfeng did not speak.
Su Qing was so frightened that she didn't know how to react. She just stared at Mrs. He blankly, and was so anxious that she broke out in a cold sweat.
Mrs. He didn't care about that. She knew that things had come to this point and there was no point in saying those clichés. Therefore, Mrs. He said what she had thought over the years.
Then, Madam He looked at Emperor Yuanfeng again: "However, in the past few years I have been in the capital, I have seen how you have worked hard to govern the country and how you have cleaned up the mess left by the tyrant emperor. I also understand how difficult it is for you. And the matter of the former crown prince, that was not your intention. I saw everything that happened to Qi Yunxi later. She colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty and planned step by step. Even Prince Zhuang was not immune to her calculations. I know that many things were not your own intention..."
Mrs. He admitted her fault very straightforwardly: "If I hadn't gone to Qingzhou this time, I would have let go of the past. But Su Qing's words about the Qingzhou matter were very convincing, and I did feel resentful for a while. I originally wanted to..." Mrs. He paused, skipped this part, and then frankly told Su Yao's instructions and persuasion: "Yaoyao persuaded me, and after thinking about it, I felt that what Yaoyao said made sense."
Kunning Palace was silent, and Mrs. He's whispers were particularly clear: "It's my fault, brother-in-law. No matter how you deal with me, I am willing."
Emperor Yuanfeng looked at her deeply and said, "Little sister, this is the first time you have called me brother-in-law since you came back."
He did not get angry but laughed. He also walked to the portrait of Queen Hu, looked at it deeply, and then said in a deep voice: "Get up. If your sister knew that I was going to punish you, she would be angry with me."
Su Qing was unable to react for a moment.
Mrs. He did not expect Emperor Yuanfeng to react like this.
She looked at Emperor Yuanfeng in surprise and doubt.
Emperor Yuanfeng raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "Why, is your brother-in-law such a foolish emperor in your mind? You were instigated and plotted against by someone, am I so foolish that I don't trouble the person who plotted against you, but trouble you instead? To make my loved ones sad and my enemies happy?"
Mrs. He was stunned. She really didn't expect that Emperor Yuanfeng would think this way.
Emperor Yuanfeng smiled and said, "I am very happy that you can call me brother-in-law. In addition, I am also very happy that this matter can have this result. Otherwise, if you really believed the provocation and stabbed me, if I died, there is no need to say more about the fate of you and the Su family. No matter who succeeds to the throne, you and your entire family will be executed. If I am not dead, I will be forced to deal with you, which is also not what I want. So, I am really not angry, and there is really nothing to be angry about. Get up."
Mrs. He still found it a little unbelievable, but Emperor Yuanfeng had already made his words so clear, so she thanked him solemnly before getting up.
Emperor Yuanfeng was also in a good mood.
Firstly, it was because Xiao Heng was safe and sound, and secondly, Mrs. He's incident did not cause any consequences and also helped to resolve her worries, so there was naturally no reason for him to vent his anger on Mrs. He.
However, Emperor Yuanfeng naturally did not have the patience and leniency towards other people like Mrs. He.
That afternoon, Chen Dong led his men to surround Liu Chunwang's residence.
Liu Chunwang was still furious in the study. After so long, so many people from the mansion had gone out, but he couldn't even find a woman. Especially, this woman was a life-threatening person. How could he not be angry? !
Mother Liu kept trying to persuade her, but it was of no use.
Liu Chunwang also scolded Liu's mother, thinking that she was incompetent. He had already said before how important this matter was, but Liu's mother could still be so inappropriate and let Liu Suqing run away.
The two were in a stalemate when the study door was slammed open. The manager stood at the door, panting, and pointed outside with a grim expression.
Liu Chunwang was already very angry, and he became even more furious when he saw this. He kicked him and was about to curse him, but when he looked up and saw a team of Jinyiwei in flying fish uniforms behind him, his eyes widened and he was speechless.
Chen Dong had already brought the Jinyiwei to him quickly, and without saying a word, he had him arrested, along with Liu Mama and others, all of whom were pinned down so that they could not move. Then, Liu Chunwang was brought into the palace.
Emperor Yuanfeng was watching him from the top. Seeing Liu Chunwang kneeling on the ground and shaking like a sieve, he sneered, "You are so timid, yet you still plot against me?"
Liu Chunwang was so frightened that his stomach began to ache. Before he could explain, Emperor Yuanfeng took a brush washer and smashed it at him, causing his head to bleed.
Then, Emperor Yuanfeng looked at him coldly: "I transferred you to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and let you live a life of luxury in Yangzhou. Over the years, you have been like a fish in water. Even so, what are you lacking that you actually did such a treasonous thing?!"
As soon as Emperor Yuanfeng got angry, Liu Chunwang swallowed all the words of defense he had prepared and could not utter a word. He was so nervous that he wanted to dig his fingers into the cracks in the ground and could only kowtow desperately.
Emperor Yuanfeng laughed in anger: "It's easy for me to kill you! Is your life worth all the trouble?! I am willing to see you now to ask you who instructed you to do this. If you have a clear mind, you'd better tell me who instructed you to do this! Tell me!"
Liu Chunwang was shocked by the roar. Having been in the imperial court for so long, he could be considered a favored eunuch of Emperor Yuanfeng. Otherwise, he would not have been able to hold such an important position in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. He naturally knew that Emperor Yuanfeng was extremely furious.
His palms were sweating, and he no longer dared to be servile. He knocked his head against the floor with a loud bang, and his hands were tightly digging into the floor tiles. He lay on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it was Lord Wei, it was Lord Wei who ordered me to do this, it was Lord Wei who gave me the idea..."
Emperor Yuanfeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which Lord Wei?"
"Wei Desheng, the general of Yunnan, Sir Wei..."
141. Testimony