"Very good! After you go back, tell Feng Liao, Feng Shi, and Feng Kuan all the truth." Emperor Chengtai looked at Concubine Shen, and said very coldly, "Tell me how you killed the birth mother of King Pingjun and how you gave it to the mansion." You have to tell those children everything about the sterilization pills given to the women, how I threatened you after I became the throne, why King Pingjun can survive to this day... all these things."
Concubine Shen's complexion suddenly became extremely pale.
"Your majesty..." She completely forgot about etiquette, looked up at Emperor Chengtai, trembling all over, "How...how can I tell them these things?"
If she did as the emperor said, how would she behave in front of her sons and daughters
Emperor Chengtai hooked the corners of his mouth and showed a bit of a sarcastic smile: "Didn't you say just now: But according to my orders? Why, now you know... you can't see people for those things you do? Hehe, I knew that , why bother?"
Concubine Shen's head and body quickly gathered a thick layer of cold sweat.
She no longer had the calmness and secret complacency she had just now, and kowtowed to the emperor anxiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Please spare my concubine!"
"I have made up my mind, and there is no room for negotiation on this matter." Emperor Chengtai said coldly, "Now that things have happened, do you still want to pretend to be a loving mother in front of your children?"
Concubine Shen knelt on the ground, full of distress.
She wandered around and saw Empress Wei who was sitting beside her silently. She took two steps on her knees and begged: "Empress, please speak for me! Empress, you are also a mother, how can you bear..."
Speaking of this, Concubine Shen suddenly remembered: Although Princess Longqing has always been raised by Queen Wei's side and has been favored by Queen Wei, she is not Queen Wei's own.
A thought flashed instinctively in her mind: Would it be counterproductive to plead for mercy like this? The words to plead with Empress Wei got stuck in her throat, and she couldn't speak any more.
Empress Wei sighed, looked at Concubine Shen with a complicated expression, and said softly: "The emperor has decided to bridge the relationship between their brothers, and this matter cannot be changed. Follow the order!"
Of course, the only thing that can be bridged is the relationship between Feng Shi and Feng Liao. The brotherhood between Feng Kuan and his two younger brothers was doomed when Concubine Zhou suffered a miscarriage and collapsed.
Concubine Shen couldn't help but slumped on the ground.
She really hoped that she could suddenly faint at this time, and then become seriously ill, unable to do anything.
It's a pity that she usually takes good care of herself, and after being so stimulated, she didn't show any signs of fainting.
She thought about pretending to be dizzy, but she didn't dare to play this kind of flower gun in front of Emperor Chengtai.
Emperor Chengtai gave Concubine Shen a disdainful look, clapped his hands again, and called Cai Qingnian, the head of the eunuchs, and asked Cai Qingnian to send Concubine Shen back to the mansion in person and to be a witness.
Cai Qingnian was one of the insiders about Concubine Shen's affairs back then.
Walking with them was He Qinfang, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital who had been waiting by the side.
He Qinfang was also an insider of what happened back then. Emperor Chengtai asked him to follow, not only to be a witness, but also to let Concubine Shen finish telling the truth quickly, without having the opportunity to pretend to faint and delay things.
Concubine Shen lost her mind and was helped out of the palace by two young eunuchs.
Princess Ying was waiting for her outside the palace gate.
When an older female family member like Concubine Shen enters the palace, if one of the juniors has obtained the royal title, they will usually bring this junior with the title to serve.
But this time, the emperor clearly asked Concubine Shen to enter the palace alone, so Princess Ying could only wait outside the palace gate.
Princess Ying couldn't help being surprised when she saw Concubine Shen's appearance.
She rushed up to greet Concubine Shen, supported Concubine Shen, and greeted Tainian Cai and Qinfang very politely, exchanging greetings half-testing and half-grateful: "... It's really a crime for Mr. Cai to personally send Mother and Concubine out of the palace!"
Cai Qingnian returned the gift with a smile: "Concubine Ying, you are welcome! The old slave and Mr. He are following the emperor's order to send Concubine Shen back to the mansion, and have something to do. Don't delay any longer, let's go!"
"Yes!" Princess Ying guessed in her heart what would happen when Cai Qingnian came to Prince Ying's mansion in person, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and directly helped Princess Shen into the car.
When the carriage drove towards Prince Ying's mansion, she asked Shen Dowager Shen in a low voice, "Mother Concubine, what happened?"
Concubine Shen closed her eyes, turning a deaf ear to her words, only the cold sweat on her forehead was still breaking out.
Seeing that she ignored her, Princess Ying didn't dare to speak anymore, she just silently took out her handkerchief and wiped off Concubine Shen's sweat.
In this suffocating atmosphere of silence, the group finally arrived at the British Palace.
The people who came to welcome Concubine Shen back to the mansion, General Manager Cai and Envoy He, besides Prince Ying Fengshi and Princess Xing'an who lived in the mansion, were Fengliao and Hepingjun Wang Fengkuan. The two of them came to Prince Ying's mansion specially after receiving an oral order from the eunuch of Qianyuan Palace to listen to what Concubine Shen had to say.
After returning to Shou'an Hall, Concubine Shen changed into dry clothes and gradually calmed down.
Now that the matter has come to this point, she has no possibility of struggling anymore, so she simply admits it readily, and she can do whatever she wants in the future!
In the main room of Shou'an Hall, Concubine Shen sat on the couch in the middle, and Cai Qingnian and He Qinfang sat a little lower on both sides of her.
The three brothers Feng Kuan, Feng Shi, and Feng Liao sat on the armchairs on both sides in turn.
Concubine Shen sent away Princess Ying and other family members of the Prince of England, girls, women, eunuchs, etc. from a distance, and asked Madam Du to guard the back of the house, and Princess Xing'an to guard the front of the house to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
After only mother and child, two witnesses, Cai and He, and two Qianyuan Palace eunuchs specially sent by the emperor were left in the room, Concubine Shen cleared her throat and talked dryly about the past.
"Feng Kuan, the reason why your birth mother, Concubine Zhou, had a miscarriage was because I put a miscarriage medicine in her soup."
Concubine Shen's words stunned the three brothers in the room.
Feng Kuan already knew the truth of what happened back then, but he did not expect Concubine Shen to confess it in front of these people.
Feng Shi and Feng Liao didn't expect such a thing at all. Both of them looked at Concubine Shen and Feng Kuan with pale faces, in disbelief for a moment.
Concubine Shen looked at Feng Kuan blankly.
Feng Kuan stared at Concubine Shen, his face flushed rapidly, his eyes widened, his eye sockets turned red rapidly, and his body trembled slightly.
"you you!"
Feng Kuan panted heavily, staring at Concubine Shen with tearful eyes. There seemed to be a lump of hot wax stuck in his throat, which made him extremely painful and difficult to breathe.
"Mother Concubine, what nonsense are you talking about?" Feng Shi looked at Concubine Shen with a changed expression, and growled in a low voice.
Feng Liao looked at Concubine Shen with a pale face, unable to say anything. From the corner of his vision, Feng Kuan's body was shaking violently.
Although Feng Liao has been shocked by many cruel truths in the past six months, she thinks her heart is very strong.
But at this moment, when he heard Concubine Shen admit to murdering her side concubine and concubine, he still had the feeling that all moral and ethical concepts in the past were collapsing.
"I'm not talking nonsense." Concubine Shen looked at Feng Shi and said expressionlessly, "Director Cai and Envoy He are both insiders of what happened back then and witnesses of what happened today. If you don't believe me, you can ask them for proof. "
Before Feng Shi could ask Manager Cai and Court Envoy He for confirmation, Feng Kuan pointed at Concubine Shen and laughed wildly with tears in his eyes: "Hahaha... you poisonous woman! You finally admitted today? You finally admitted that you harmed my relatives. Mother and brother?!"
Feng Kuan laughed wildly, the tears in his eyes quickly ran across his cheeks and landed on the lapel of his clothes.
He stood up from the chair, and wanted to pounce on Concubine Shen.
The two Qianyuan Palace eunuchs who had been standing behind him pulled him back quickly, and said, "Prince Pingjun, the emperor has an order: don't do anything!"
Prince Ping struggled twice but did not break free, so he stomped his foot on the ground bitterly, gritted his teeth and said, "It's been so many years! What happened to the concubine today, to admit it in public?"
Concubine Shen looked at him expressionlessly, and said coldly: "Because you ordered Yuan Cheng to assassinate Feng Liao, you ordered Yuan Cheng to gather a crowd to rebel, but you wanted to put the pot of shit on Feng Shi's head. You failed in the assassination, and you used Yuan Cheng And that forged letter created a rift between their brothers, so that they could reap the benefits. Do you think that such a clumsy trick can hide it from me and the emperor?"
Feng Kuan froze for a moment, and his emotions quickly cooled down.
He folded his arms, and said to Concubine Shen indifferently: "I don't understand what Concubine Shen is talking about. I have always been indifferent to the world, what do those dirty things have to do with me?"
Concubine Shen curled her lips: "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, the emperor will surely ask you for an explanation. I didn't say this today to make you admit it."
"Then why do you say this? Conscience found out?" Feng Kuan continued to fold his arms.
"Because the emperor is well aware of all the causes and consequences, and wanted to bridge the relationship between Feng Liao and Feng Shi brothers, he forced me to explain everything back then..."
She paused, took a deep breath, and said, "Besides this, there are other things that you don't know."
Concubine Shen told her everything that Emperor Chengtai asked her to explain.
Of course, she wouldn't say anything more about what the emperor didn't let her admit in public.
In the end, she said to Feng Shi and Feng Liao who were stunned: "There are many dark ghosts in the back house that you men don't know and don't understand.
"There is only one man, but there are so many concubines. There are those who are favored and those who are not. Suppression and conspiracy calculations.
"I can't control you anymore! If you want to prosper, from now on, you can't just focus on those big things, but also pay attention to your own backyard.
"Okay, let's all go! From today on, I won't see anyone." She closed her eyes wearily, and waved her hands weakly.
Both Feng Liao and Feng Kuan sat on the chairs, with tears in their eyes, looking dazed and painful.
Princess Xing'an, who was guarding the door, squatted against the door, covered her mouth with her hands, and burst into tears.
Feng Kuan was silent, got up and wanted to leave.
But Cai Qingnian stopped him: "Prince Pingjun, the emperor has a decree: After the prince has heard this, he will go to the palace with the old slave."
Feng Kuan could only stand still.
Cai Qingnian called in the princess of Xing'an County who was guarding the door, and said to the four brothers and sisters: "The emperor has a decree: as long as you brothers and sisters know about today's affairs, don't tell anyone anymore! It is for the court, for the royal family, and for the sake of the family." Prince Ying's Mansion, save some face for your father under the nine springs."