The emperor listened to the two people teasing him back and forth, and couldn't help but roll his eyes: "That's enough, you two. This is not what I wanted. This is for the country."
What a great phrase! "For the sake of the country and the people". It sounds like it implies picking up girls on orders.
Gu Xiangning shook his head and smiled: "Okay, let's talk about something serious. The Wei family has been captured first, but we are not sure. Among the senior officials in Kyoto, the only ones who have a relationship with the Tianzhu Palace are from the Wei family. Is it too early to close the net now?"
In fact, according to his idea, he would let the people of the Wei family participate in this autumn examination. It would be best to see if there are any spies from the Tianzhu Palace among these students who can be captured together.
It’s a pity that the emperor couldn’t bear to see the people suffer for too long, so he wanted to close the net early. In fact, we should be happy because he is a good emperor.
The emperor frowned and said, "First, arrest those who show their presence, and continue the investigation in secret. Don't let up. Those who are disloyal to the court will eventually reveal their tracks. By the way, you can let Jiang Hu bring his men to the capital."
Wang Yanran is a woman in his harem and also a very powerful figure in Tianzhu Palace. It is estimated that a lot of things can be extracted from Wang Yanran.
Gu Xiangning nodded: "Okay, what else is there? How does the Wei family plan to deal with it?"
The emperor frowned and said, "Treason is an unforgivable crime. The entire Wei family should be executed."
Ugh! This is too tragic, but if not, there seems to be no other way. After all, the Wei family is in collusion with the Tianzhu Palace, and the Tianzhu Palace is doing things against the court. It seems that it is not too much to sentence the whole family to death.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiangning and Lin Zezhi stopped trying to persuade him. After all, they didn't know if the woman kneeling outside could bear it.
"Then Your Majesty, please send down the decree. As for the one outside, what do you think?"
What else can one think of this? Of course she should go with her family, what else can she do
"I will banish her to the cold palace in my next decree."
The one kneeling outside was banished to the cold palace, not sentenced to death, which was already a mercy. Lin Zezhi coughed twice: "Then at this time, shouldn't the emperor release a few imperial doctors to testify for Princess Ankang?"
That's true. After all, Beibei was wrongly accused. The emperor nodded and said, "Okay, let's go. Let's go and get the imperial doctors out. I'm sure they are tired of being locked up."
Gu Xiangning stared at the emperor with eyes wide open, as if he was a little bit unbelievable, and then glanced at Lin Zezhi: "So you already knew that these doctors were locked up by the emperor?"
Lin Zezhi nodded: "Why do you think I haven't been able to bring those doctors out for such a long time? It's because I have to get the emperor's consent."
The emperor had already stood up and looked at the two of them: "Let's go, I'll take you to see some imperial doctors."
Lin Zezhi and Gu Xiangning quickly followed the emperor's steps, left the palace, and came to their own bedroom. Under the gaze of Lin Zezhi and Gu Xiangning, the switch of the underground passage under the bedroom was turned on.
Gu Xiangning looked at Lin Zezhi in disbelief: "The emperor hid someone in his own bedroom, and you were able to find him. You are really amazing."
Lin Zezhi glanced at Gu Xiangning speechlessly: "Lord Gu really overestimated me. I knew that the emperor had hidden someone, but I didn't know that the person was hidden in this cold palace by the emperor."
The emperor looked back at the two people and said, "Why don't you follow me? What are you talking about?"
Gu Xiangning said with a fake smile: "We were discussing that the emperor is really good at hiding people."
The emperor looked at the two of them with some pride and said, "You didn't expect that I am so powerful. Let's go."
Hiding one's own minister, what is there to be proud of? Soon they arrived at the underground secret room.
The living conditions in the secret room are quite good. There are five imperial doctors and five beds in total, and it seems that there are special people to take care of them.
The five imperial doctors had not seen the sun for a long time, and their faces were all pale. Seeing the emperor coming, they were so happy that they rushed forward to pay their respects to the emperor: "Your humble servant greets the emperor. Are you here to save us?"
They had been imprisoned here for a long time, and they were so excited to see the emperor. The emperor touched his nose, still a little embarrassed, after all, these people were imprisoned by him.
And he never showed up once. He must have been living in fear for such a long time. The emperor said, "Yes, I came to save you. You can go out now."
After the emperor finished speaking, he realized that Gu Xiangning and Lin Zezhi were looking at him with incredible eyes. They obviously didn't expect that he would be so shameless.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, you are truly a great man."
When several imperial doctors heard the emperor's words, they couldn't help but kneel down in front of the emperor and thank him with tears. Gu Xiangning coughed twice and said to several people: "My lords, let's go out and talk first. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
The emperor was a little embarrassed when he saw the looks from the two men. He nodded and agreed, "Yes, let's go out first. We can talk about it later if there is anything."
So everyone came out of the underground palace together. After coming out, Gu Xiangning discovered that this was actually another exit, which was really amazing.
Several imperial doctors had not seen the sun for a long time. When they suddenly saw it, they were so happy: "It's finally out. Your Majesty, why did you take so long to come and save me?"
The other doctors also looked at the emperor, hoping that he would answer them. The emperor frowned and said, "I didn't expect that the people of the Wei family were so cruel. They actually hid you in the ground of the palace. I didn't expect that."
The imperial doctors were all stunned and asked weakly, "People from the Wei family, why did you arrest us?"
Gu Xiangning coughed and spoke at this time: "It's still because of Concubine Yi's matter. You all need to answer the truth honestly. Concubine Yi's pregnancy was not safe in the first place. That's why she framed Princess Ankang. You are the imperial doctors who take care of her. You are aware of her physical condition, right?"
The imperial doctors only realized at this time that it was because of this reason that the Wei family dared to kidnap them and lock them up for such a long time. They spoke up immediately.
"Yes, the prince was not going to survive. We have tried our best, and we have told Concubine Yi before that she should take good care of the fetus. There is still a glimmer of hope."
After getting a satisfactory answer, the emperor nodded and said, "Come here, send the doctors home to rest. Since Ankang was wrongly accused, lift the ban. Also, banish Concubine Yi to the cold palace. She dared to deceive me and wrongly accuse Princess Ankang."
Things turned around so fast that it caught everyone off guard. The Wei family was arrested for corruption, and everyone thought that the emperor would give the Wei family a light sentence for the sake of Concubine Yi in the harem.
Who could have thought that the entire Wei family would be sentenced to death, and Concubine Yi would be banished to the cold palace. The eunuch who went to announce the decree soon arrived at the gate of the palace.
The eunuch was led into the house by the housekeeper and greeted Beibei: "This servant has met Princess Ankang. I am here to announce the emperor's order. Princess Ankang has been released from confinement. She was wrongly accused by Concubine Yi. Now that the truth has been uncovered, she has sent a lot of things as compensation. These include..."
He recited a long list of good things, which was a great harvest. Bei Bei smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you for your hard work, eunuch."
The housekeeper had the things delivered collected and put into the storeroom, and then sent the eunuch out of the palace. He also gave the eunuch a lot of rewards, and the matter was over.
Beibei looked at Qingyue and said, "I have been released. Has the Empress been released? Forget it. I will go to the palace to see the Empress."
She hadn't been to the palace to see the Imperial Grandmother for a long time, and she missed her very much. It was inconvenient for the Imperial Grandmother to leave the palace, so she must have missed her these days.
After entering the palace, he went straight to the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother heard that Bei Bei brought Cao Sui Xin into the palace, she was so happy.
He immediately ordered the small kitchen to prepare some snacks that the princess liked, and went to the door to greet her in person.
"After meeting the Imperial Grandmother, I knew she must have missed me. She even came to the door to pick me up. I'm afraid I'm the only one in the entire palace who has received this treatment."
The Queen Mother looked at Bei Bei with a smile: "You, after not seeing you for so many days, are still so naughty. I heard that your house arrest was very lively. Did you even entertain quite a few people?"
Beibei pouted: "As expected, there are a lot of people watching me. Whatever I do, people will know about it. Grandmother, I didn't invite a lot of people! I was just under house arrest and couldn't go out, so I was a little bored and invited a Cuju team."
Speaking of the Cuju team, Beibei looked at the Imperial Grandmother with a smile: "Have you ever secretly gone out to watch the Cuju team?"
The Empress Dowager said solemnly: "How is that possible? Even if I sneak out of the palace, I will go to see you. How can I go to watch a Cuju match?"
Beibei tilted his head and decided not to pursue the issue any further. Well, if she really didn't go, she should have laughed and scolded her. Her expression was so serious, obviously she was feeling guilty.
"I know that the Imperial Grandmother loves me the most. By the way, has the Imperial Aunt been released from confinement?"
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "It should be soon. You've already come out. How could it be early for her? By the way, do you want to go and see the excitement?"
Watching the fun? Wouldn't it be too rude for these three words to come out of the mouth of the Empress Dowager? But the next moment, Beibei spoke.
"What's going on? Where can I watch it? I want to go. I haven't watched anything exciting in a long time."