When Zhao Xifang saw her mother crying, she realized how bad the situation was.
Not only was her husband demoted, her family home was ransacked, and her second brother was dismissed from his post. Fortunately, she finally came back.
Zhao's father and her elder brother were stripped of their official hats and uniforms and thrown directly into prison. No one knew what kind of miserable state they were in.
"Why did it become like this?" Zhao Xifang was a little panicked. Her parents' home was her support. If something happened to her parents' home, her status in her husband's family would plummet.
Zhao Xifang's prediction was correct. Her husband didn't know about the trouble in the Zhao family before, but now he knows. He suspects that he was demoted because of the Zhao family.
A letter of divorce was sent to Zhao's house and handed to Zhao Xifang.
Zhao Xifang broke down and cried while holding the divorce letter, "Mother, what should I do?" Even if the Zhao family had not been defeated, she would not be able to marry into a good family after her third marriage.
"My poor daughter!" Mother Zhao hugged Zhao Xifang and cried uncontrollably.
The second son of the Zhao family didn't even bother to comfort the women in his family. He was trying to find a way to save his father and brother.
But the Emperor wanted to investigate the Zhao family, and those who were familiar with the Zhao family would want to avoid them as much as possible, so how could they be willing to help
Half a month later, Zhao's father and Zhao Lao Da were released from prison, but the entire family was about to be exiled three thousand miles away.
Zhao Xifang was divorced and sent back to her parents' home. She had nowhere to go, so she had to stay with her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, and nephews and nieces. She was escorted out of Beijing by soldiers like a stray dog.
The reason why the Zhao family fell into decline so quickly was all due to Emperor Xuanzhi's deliberate manipulation.
If Zhao Xifang had not used the Zhao family's wealth and power to overreach and interfere in the palace's selection of concubines, Emperor Xuanzhi would not have done so.
In addition to the Sun family, she also found someone to instigate it. She also found Feng Sui, who was somewhat similar to Jiang Changning.
After Emperor Xuanzhi learned everything, he was so disgusted that he wanted to skin Zhao Xifang alive.
He found the faults of the Zhao family and used both defense and force Zhao Xifang out of the capital.
A journey of three thousand miles, sleeping in the open air, was enough to wear out the spoiled Zhao Xifang.
Even if she was lucky enough not to die on the road, she would not be able to survive for long in the bitter and cold northwest.
Jiang Changning in the palace had no way of knowing these things. She stayed quietly in Qiyuan Palace to take care of her pregnancy.
The concubines left the palace one after another, and Feng Sui was secretly sent to a nunnery in the suburbs and was not allowed to go out for the rest of her life.
On the sixth day of September, Jiang Changning had just finished breakfast when she started having labor pains. "Help me into the delivery room. I'm about to give birth."
Jiang Changning did not give birth to her fourth child quickly.
When Emperor Xuanzhi received the notification and rushed to Qiyuan Palace, the child had not yet been born.
Half an hour later, a cry was heard in the delivery room, announcing that the baby was born.
"Your Majesty, the queen has given birth to a little princess for you." Nanny Feng came out to announce the good news.
"How is the Empress doing?" Emperor Xuanzhi looked at his fair and tender daughter and asked with concern.
Nanny Feng smiled and said, "The queen is fine. She even visited the little princess."
The three sons were all born before Emperor Xuanzhi ascended the throne, and the little princess was the first child born after he ascended the throne.
Emperor Xuanzhi was so happy that he did not follow the ancestral rules and waited until his daughter got married before giving her the title, and he gave it on the full moon day.
He also gave the word "Xuan" from his reign title directly to his daughter, and the little princess was given the title: Xuan Yi.
Yi means harmony; Yi means joy; Yi means happiness.
This is a very good word, full of a father's expectations for his daughter.
Her nickname was given by Jiang Changning, Yuer, where Yu is the homonym of Yu.
The Queen Mother, who had always wanted to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson, immediately sent someone to summon Jiang Changning when she saw that she had finished her confinement.
"It's hard for the Queen Mother to wait for half a year." Jiang Changning said with a smile while changing clothes.
Jiang Changning adjusted the phoenix hairpin on her bun, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother is not a tiger, she won't eat me."
"That's because the Queen Mother thinks human flesh is sour." Fu Cui curled her lips.
Jiang Changning chuckled and said, "How do you know that human flesh is sour? You talk as if you've eaten human flesh before."
"In the book that the prince read that day, it said that human flesh is sour, otherwise how would I know this." Fu Cui said with a smile.
Jiang Changning did not forbid the prince to read miscellaneous books. As long as he could keep up with his studies, she would pick out some suitable books for him to read.
Let her think about it, which book talked about human flesh
After giving birth to Xiao Yuer, she found that her memory had deteriorated a lot.
Jiang Changning changed her clothes, held the hand warmer, sat on the phoenix sedan and went to Ciren Palace.
As soon as she entered the palace, she saw the empress dowager wearing a phoenix crown and a phoenix robe, looking very majestic.
Jiang Changning stepped forward to pay his respects, and the Queen Mother said sternly, "Kneel down."
She did not kneel down obediently, but looked left and right.
The Queen Mother frowned, "What are you looking for?"
"Kneeling mat, didn't you want me to kneel down?" Jiang Changning stared at the Queen Mother in disbelief, "You don't want me to kneel directly on the cold floor tiles?"
Without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, Jiang Changning continued, "Mother, I have just finished my confinement and my body is not fully recovered yet. Do you want me to get sick so that you can depose me?"
The Queen Mother was stunned, "When did I say I wanted to depose her?"
"Mother, no matter how bad I am, you shouldn't want to depose me for the sake of your four beloved grandchildren!" Jiang Changning said aggrievedly, with tears in his eyes.
"I never said I wanted to depose the queen." the queen mother roared.
"Then why did my mother make me kneel on the floor tiles? Wasn't it because she thought that the queen was ill and should be deposed?" Jiang Changning looked at the queen mother and asked for advice seriously.
"You are the best at talking around the bush. If I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know your mistake." The Queen Mother said sternly.
"Everything your mother says is right." Jiang Changning said in a tone that showed he wasn't going to argue with the queen dowager.
"Sit down." The Queen Mother did not dare to let Jiang Changning kneel down. She did not want to bear the reputation of deliberately causing Jiang Changning to become ill in order to achieve the goal of deposing the Queen.
"Thank you, mother." Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows slightly and sat down steadily.
The empress dowager looked at Jiang Changning, but didn't know what to say. Those concubines were not liked by the emperor, and all the concubines were sent out of the palace. If she wanted to add concubines to the emperor, there was no one.
"Queen, I will serve you."
Jiang Changning didn't expect that the Queen Mother had set her sights on Xiulan and the others. She originally wanted to deal with the matter with a joke.
The Queen Mother touched Xiulan and the others, which touched her bottom line.
Jiang Changning interrupted her coldly, "Mother, those girls have been with me since they were young. I wanted to let them go out to be wives for others, but because I gave birth to three sons in a row, they were reluctant to leave because of the relationship between master and servant. They wanted to stay by my side and serve me. I will not give them to Your Majesty. Please don't mention it again, Mother."
The Queen Mother did not expect Jiang Changning to refuse so directly. "Being a concubine of the Emperor will bring you endless wealth and honor, and your children will also be born into a wealthy family."
"No matter how high her position is, she is still just a concubine." Jiang Changning sneered, "Why didn't my mother allow my father's concubine to have children?"
The Queen Mother was startled, and Jiang Changning's eyes darkened. "My mother is also a woman, and you should know the thoughts of women. Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. I think my mother understands this principle. I won't disturb you here. I'll take my leave."
After saying this, Jiang Changning left without waiting for the Queen Mother's consent.
(End of this chapter)