After hearing what the emperor said, Concubine Yi gave up crying and just stared at the emperor pitifully. In fact, she was planning in her mind, how to punish Beibei
Beibei's identity was special, and it was obviously impossible to ask her to exchange her life for hers. So what should she do to get her own benefits? In fact, she had thought about it before, but now that it involved the queen, she felt that she could ask for more.
"I will obey your Majesty. Your Majesty, what do you think we should do?"
You still have to have the right attitude. Moreover, with so many people seeing it, the emperor shouldn't favor Beibei.
The emperor glanced at Concubine Yi with a half-smile and said, "Do you really want me to tell you?"
Concubine Yi thought that the emperor always favored the Bingxiang Palace, and looking at the emperor's expression, her heart was still beating fast, so she didn't dare to answer. After thinking about it, she said something else.
"Your Majesty, I know that Prince Bingjian is very powerful. Princess Ankang is his daughter, so even if she killed my prince, it doesn't matter. But Your Majesty, that's my child. I feel wronged, wuwuwu..."
As she spoke she started crying again, and those few short sentences just now had already revealed some of what she wanted to express.
The emperor also heard it and glanced at Concubine Yi: "So how do you want to punish Princess Ankang? Tell me about it."
Concubine Yi looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I want Ankang to kneel down and apologize to me, and then I want her to be confined for at least a year."
One year of house arrest? This is unexpected. The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Ankang, what do you think?"
Beibei actually felt a little guilty. After all, Concubine Yi was pregnant, and the baby in her belly was really gone. She had killed a little life.
But if she was asked to kneel down and apologize, she still felt a little aggrieved. After all, she really didn't push her, she fell out by herself.
Beibei looked at the emperor: "Uncle Emperor, I didn't, I didn't push her."
Concubine Yi was waiting for Beibei to refute! After hearing Beibei's words, she couldn't help crying even more weakly: "What does Princess Ankang mean? Could it be that I fell down by myself? I have a child. I want to ask myself, which mother in this world would use her own child to frame someone?"
The queen frowned: "That's not necessarily true."
But just as she said this, Concubine Yi found an opportunity to refute: "Your Majesty, others don't understand, don't you understand too? Are you a mother too? Ever since I knew I was pregnant, I have been looking forward to when this child will be born and what he will look like when he is born. But now, I haven't even seen him born, and he is gone."
"My queen, this happened right before your eyes. You can't confuse right and wrong just because you are afraid of the palace. She pushed me and I lost my child. Not only did you not stand up for me, you also wronged me. Queen, can you really not tolerate me?"
"Or do you think, Queen, that I can also give birth to the Emperor's child? Do you feel that I am a threat to you?"
The queen was a little speechless. She only said one sentence, but this woman actually refuted so many words. It was so funny. Let's not talk about whether the baby in her belly is a prince. Even if it is really a prince, what can he compare with
The emperor frowned and looked at Ankang: "Princess Ankang, please tell me, can you fulfill your request to Concubine Yi?"
Bei Bei snorted, "Uncle Huang, I didn't push her anyway. Kneeling down to apologize is impossible. I absolutely won't."
The emperor sighed and said, "Then you should go back to the palace and be confined to your room for a year."
House arrest for a year? Bei Bei's eyes widened. He obviously didn't expect the emperor to make such a decision. He suddenly felt very aggrieved: "Yes."
But he couldn't go against his uncle's wishes. Beibei bowed to the emperor and the queen, then turned around and went back to the palace.
As for the palace market, who would be in the mood to play now? Cao Suixin had been waiting at the palace gate of Concubine Yi. When she saw Beibei coming out, she followed Beibei back to the mansion: "Senior sister, are you okay?"
Beibei rolled his eyes: "What's good about that? Forget it, that woman actually dared to scheme against me like this. It's so pissing me off."
But under the watchful eyes of the public, and considering the angle, I'm afraid no one can prove their innocence.
"So what should we do now? Do you really have to stay at home for a year?"
Bei Bei nodded: "What else? What else can we do?"
Cao Suixin frowned and said, "You can ask your master or your father-in-law to come back. If you have been wronged, they will definitely come back to seek justice for you."
Beibei was stunned for a moment, and looked at Cao Suixin: "Junior sister, do you believe that I didn't push her?"
Cao Suixin curled her lips in silence: "Senior sister, I'm not blind. I was standing next to you at the time. How about I go to the emperor to testify for you?"
Beibei shook his head: "Not for now. As for the matter of me being wronged, I will go and tell my parents. They will know about it anyway, so I'd better do it myself."
Seeing Cao Suixin's surprised expression, Beibei wanted to cover his face: "Ah, I have never been so embarrassed before. I was actually schemed by that bitch. The more I think about it, the angrier I get."
There is nothing you can do about it. No one cares what the truth is now. Everyone is waiting to see how this matter will be handled.
After Beibei and Cao Suixin returned, the queen looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, isn't a year too long?"
When Concubine Yi heard this, she became dissatisfied again: "Does the Queen think that the life of my child is not worth a year of freedom for Princess Ankang?"
The Queen frowned. This woman was really annoying. "I didn't talk to you. Your Majesty, what I mean is that you should investigate it thoroughly. It's not good for Princess Ankang to make a conclusion directly."
She didn't want Princess Ankang to be burdened with a life at such a young age. After all, this life was not a human life to begin with and would never have been born. Why should it be carried by Beibei
Hearing this, Concubine Yi became even more dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, I feel so uncomfortable. It turns out that my child is so unbearable in the eyes of the Empress."
The emperor frowned and said, "Alright, Queen, you are the mother of a country, but you can't tell right from wrong. Alright, you will also be confined for three months. It won't be long. Go back."
The queen widened her eyes, looking incredulous: "Your Majesty, what I said is true. Ankang didn't push her at all. I saw it all."
"That's enough! As the queen, how can you talk nonsense? Come, take the queen away."
The queen was unwilling to leave, and the emperor suddenly became angry: "You want to disobey me too? Then I will personally escort you back. Concubine Yi, take good care of yourself. I will come to see you when I have time. In addition, you will be appointed as Concubine Yi."
It is impossible to make this woman a concubine. The queen glared at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't even think about it. As the queen, I am the one who decides the promotion of the concubines in the harem."
The emperor immediately picked up the queen and said, "Do you think that if you don't leave, I can't do anything to you?"
She was supposed to be under house arrest, but she was carried away. What was this? Yi Guiren was furious, but she had no choice but to lie in bed.
The emperor carried the queen out of the house, and there was a sedan chair waiting outside. After they got into the sedan chair, the queen looked at Huang Shan with dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? That woman can plot against me, but she can't plot against Beibei. Beibei is still young."
Seeing the queen's worried look, the emperor patted her on the head and said, "What are you thinking? How could I let her take the blame for someone's death? All right, you go and protect the baby. I'll have someone send all the things to the small kitchen so that no one finds out."
The Queen was confined to her house again. Concubine Chen was the first to come to the Queen's palace to see her: "My Queen, what is going on? The Emperor actually confined you to your house. What does the bitch's miscarriage have to do with you?"
Concubine Chen also went to join in the fun today, but she didn't see what happened. She was having a good time when she received the news that Concubine Yi's child was rejected by Princess Ankang. The Queen was also confined to her house for pleading for the princess.
The Queen looked at the anxious Concubine Chen and said helplessly, "Even as you saw, I never thought that woman would dare to plot against me like this. That bitch actually lied that she didn't recognize me and wanted to steal my headdress. When I revealed my identity, she knelt down to apologize and rushed towards me, but was stopped by Beibei."
"Who knew that this bitch would fly out like this? Naturally, the child couldn't be saved. Beibei didn't even have time to touch that bitch at that time. This is simply outrageous."
Seeing the Queen's angry expression, Concubine Chen was also very angry: "The Emperor doesn't believe you?"
This is such a rare thing. How could Concubine Yi make the Emperor not trust the Queen? Aren't the Emperor and the Queen in love with each other
At this time, the crown prince came with his two younger brothers: "Mother, I heard that father has confined you for three months and your sister for a year?"
The queen looked at the prince and said, "That's right. Well, don't worry about these things. Just study hard every day."
The prince frowned and said, "You are my mother, and how can I ignore my sister's affairs? I will go find my father."
The Queen was somewhat helpless and looked at Concubine Chen: "Concubine Chen, go and persuade the Crown Prince to come down, don't go to the Emperor. The Emperor is now preoccupied with the crying woman who had an abortion, and I am worried that he will vent his anger on the Crown Prince."
Concubine Chen was stunned: "The emperor has always trained the prince as his successor. Is it possible that he will treat the prince badly?"
The queen sighed and said, "This is a different time. Before, I was the only one in the harem who had a child. Now it's different."
The concubine was startled for a moment, then she understood: "I understand. I will go now."