An imperial decree directly blew up the pot in the Zhao family. The two masters were dismissed from their official posts, and the two wives were also deprived of their titles.
Seeing the people coming to the palace carrying away all the symbols of honor one by one, the second lady watched with heartache as the little father-in-law took away the imperial orders, and once the people left, she became angry.
"Why did the second room get implicated in the troubles caused by the eldest room? All the benefits these years have been taken by the first room, and the second room got nothing. They acted as foils for the first room everywhere. Now that there is a problem, why should the The second room dragged into the water? It's too deceiving!"
The second madam became more and more angry when she thought about it, while the second master remained silent, he was the second son, far less favored than his elder brother Zhao Zihan, he lived a good life, but he was completely incomparable with Zhao Zihan.
Mrs. Zhao has always warned the second master and the third master that the eldest son is the one who inherits the Zhao family and should not compete with Zhao Zihan.
So the second master and the third master didn't have the idea of surpassing the big house at all. As long as they did their duty, they might have to rely on the big house in the future.
"Hey, don't say a few words, maybe something happened. Even the sister-in-law was hit by the board, and Qing Lin was also injured and was carried back." The second master paused, regretting, "I knew You should learn from the third child, at least you will be released."
The second lady frowned in displeasure, "No, something is wrong!"
"What's the matter?" The second master was a little dissatisfied with the second lady's surprise.
The second wife squinted at the second master, "The mother insisted on separating the family that day and asked the third child's family to leave Shengjing immediately. Did the mother know something a long time ago and deliberately concealed it, if she knew it earlier and stayed and was punished, I can Won't you go?"
The second wife murmured displeasedly, the second wife was born in a family, although she didn't have a housekeeper, she was also a little clever, and she figured out the key point at once.
"this… "
The second lady suddenly felt a chill down her spine, "Come on, let's go and see mother, even if you die, you must understand that you must die, you can't be a scapegoat for Dafang for nothing!"
The more the Second Wife thought about it, the more uncertain she felt. All these things that the eldest room did were hidden from the second room. If the second room was dragged out to take the blame, wouldn't the second room be wronged
"No, brother is not that kind of person."
Facing the eyes of the second lady, the second master's aura gradually softened, and the second lady was annoyed, "It's already like this, don't you understand? Your Highness has no intention of marrying that girl Zhao Qinglin. It's the mother and sister-in-law who are unwilling." , in private, maybe how to confuse the empress, what should not be done, otherwise the emperor would not have beaten the sister-in-law thirty times in public, and the Zhao family lost their official positions!"
The second master didn't refute when he heard the words, "You are right, we are all a family, so we should have made it clear long ago."
So, the couple went directly to Mrs. Zhao, and happened to meet the Dafang couple on the way, and the second lady's face immediately changed.
"Sister-in-law's body is as if beaten with iron. After being hit by thirty boards, she can still jump out of bed."
Mrs. Zhao was too lazy to argue with the second wife, she just glanced at the second master, "Second brother, what are you going to do with your mother, she is not feeling well..."
The second master didn't have time to speak, the second lady sneered, "Joke, the husband was also born by his mother, but not only your eldest wife, it's wrong to visit your mother. Besides, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are also looking for their mother, right?"
"You!" Mrs. Zhao took a deep breath, "We have important matters to discuss with our mother."
The second wife became more certain of her thoughts when she heard the words, and looked at Mrs. Zhao with a sneer, "The Zhao family is already like this, what is the sister-in-law doing to hide the truth from the second room, and the second room will be implicated, so it's good if you don't blame the big room. Sister-in-law, don't push yourself too far, it's too much!"
Mrs. Zhao glared at the second lady, but Zhao Zihan said, "Stop arguing, let's go together!"
After Zhao Zihan finished speaking, he lifted his foot and left. Mrs. Zhao was supported by two maidservants and followed slowly.
Mrs. Zhao lay on the couch and groaned twice, her whole body was in a daze, her eyes were dull, her temples turned gray overnight, and several people were shocked when they saw it.
"Mother?" Zhao Zihan stepped forward and looked at Mrs. Zhao worriedly, "What's going on?"
The eyelids of the second master and his wife twitched, and they became more and more uneasy. The second lady also stepped forward, "Mother, did something happen? We are all a family. If you tell me, everyone can think of a solution together."
"Yes, mother, what is there to hide at this moment?" The second master also echoed.
Mrs. Zhao raised her eyes and glanced at a few people, and the focus of her eyes slowly converged, her entire face was pale with despair.
"Mother, is that rumor true?" A bold guess flashed through Mrs. Zhao's mind, and her voice trembled when she said this.
"What rumors?" The second lady was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened, and she suddenly looked at Mrs. Zhao, "Mother, is your highness really a fake?"
Confusing royal blood is a capital offense!
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhao Zihan glared at Mrs. Zhao, and Mrs. Zhao also nodded, covering her mouth and not daring to say more.
But if it wasn't for this matter, how could the Emperor Xiyue treat the Zhao family like this? Over the years, the Zhao family has made several mistakes, large and small, and the Emperor Xiyue always turned a blind eye.
What's more, Empress Zhao is still pregnant. Mrs. Zhao really can't think of a reason for Emperor Xiyue to punish the Zhao family so severely.
Mrs. Zhao raised her eyes and glanced at the few people, her deep voice was full of exhaustion, and her dry and hoarse voice was like sand grinding on the ground, very harsh.
"That's right, the current His Highness is not the crown prince Song Zhan, but the Second Highness Song Yan. The mother gave birth to a pair of twins."
Mrs. Zhao seems to have exhausted all her strength to finish this sentence.
Several people gasped and looked at Mrs. Zhao in disbelief. The second lady took two steps back in shock, "How is this possible? Whose child is that Princess Chaoqi? discovered?"
Mrs. Zhao sighed, and glanced at Mrs. Zhao, the corner of Mrs. Zhao's mouth twitched, "It's Zhao Zun, and that child is the Second Highness, right?"
"Zhao Zun?"
This name has not been mentioned in the Zhao family for more than ten years, and when it was mentioned rashly, the second lady thought for a long time before she remembered that Zhao Zun was the concubine son born by Aunt Ye, who had been raised by Mrs. Zhao all the time.
"Isn't Zhao Zun already dead? What's going on?" The second lady was at a loss, with too many questions and couldn't figure it out.
Mrs. Zhao's face turned pale, "No wonder His Royal Highness has changed his temperament and refused to marry Qinglin. It turns out that this is the case. I should have thought of it a long time ago. Zhao Zun is as old as the crown prince and Princess Chaoyi."
"So Princess Chaoyi is Aunt Ye's daughter, the eldest brother's concubine, and the eldest concubine's eldest daughter?"
The second lady was stunned by all this, she didn't come to her senses for a long time.
Mrs. Zhao nodded, "The twins are unknown, and they are a sign of chaos. Back then, Concubine Xu Guifei was supported by the Queen Mother, and she was also pregnant. Once the news spread that the Queen Mother gave birth to twins, the queen's position would not be guaranteed. The two children I can’t even live in this world, how can I watch my mother go to die, and it just so happens that Aunt Ye is also pregnant..."
Mrs. Zhao slowly told the story of the year, "The real His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was poisoned and recuperated elsewhere. In order to prevent someone with evil intentions, the second prince was replaced."
Mrs. Zhao's whole body trembled when she heard the words, and her eyes were full of horror. No wonder Mrs. Zhao refused to let Zhao Qinglin marry into the East Palace at first.
"Even so, the Zhao family is also the second prince's close relatives, and the Zhao family has raised the second prince for several years, and the empress is His Highness's biological mother. Why does His Highness target the Zhao family like this?"
The second madam only had one thought in her mind, that was the end, the whole Zhao family was going to end, one crime of deceiving the emperor and one confusing the emperor's heir, any one of them was enough to make the Zhao family die without a place to die.
"The second prince stabbed this matter?" Zhao Zihan suddenly asked.
Madam Zhao and the Second Madam suddenly raised their eyes to look at Zhao Zihan, their backs shivered from shock.
Mrs. Zhao didn't deny it, she just looked at Mrs. Zhao's eyes more and more unkindly, which made Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.
"At the beginning, Zun'er's death was inseparably related to you. The Zhao family has prospered for twenty years because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and now it has come to this end because of the Second Highness. It deserves what it deserves!"
Mrs. Zhao was glad that the third master had left Shengjing City, and the Emperor Xiyue had demoted Zhao Zihan and the second master, but he ignored the third master. Thinking about it, he had given the Zhao family enough face.
"Mother!" The second lady was about to cry from fright, and looked at Mrs. Zhao with aggrieved eyes, "Let's go and beg the empress, the emperor cares so much about the empress, as long as the empress begs for mercy, the emperor will definitely let the Zhao family go."
The second wife is almost remorseful, she knew earlier that she should be like the third master, take the money and leave Shengjing, and she won't stay in Shengjing and be punished, or even lose her life.
Zhao Zihan glanced at the second master, and the second master immediately stepped forward and grabbed the second wife, "Don't worry, listen to what mother says, this matter is no small matter, even if the empress asks the emperor, the emperor should give an explanation to the people of the world."
The second lady's face became paler and weaker when she heard the words, and she panicked for a moment.
Mrs. Zhao couldn't listen to anything, "It's the Zhao family who is greedy and squanders the relationship between the empress and the emperor time and time again. The Zhao family is always on fire, so it may not be a bad thing now."
Zhao Zihan's heart was in his throat, and it was difficult to accept this reality for a while.
"We are all one family, so why should mother keep it from us?" The second wife stomped her feet and looked at Mrs. Zhao complainingly, tears of excitement almost came out, "My husband is also my mother's son. , the unlucky thing happened to drag him to the second room."
Mrs. Zhao glared at the second lady angrily, and then at the second master, "Bastard, what are you talking about!"
The second master shrank his neck and stood behind the second lady again. This time he was convinced and had no objection to the second lady's words.
"The mistake was made by the big house. It angered the second prince, so he let the second prince expose the matter, and let the whole Zhao family suffer. It is really unfair. Besides, how did the second prince leave the Zhao family? My sister-in-law can hardly absolve herself of the blame." !"
At the critical moment of life and death, the second lady is not stupid, she said without hesitation, "Since the source of everything is the big house, the Zhao family should take an attitude, instead of waiting to be severely punished and exposed, it is better to ask The anger of the second prince did not implicate the entire Zhao family, thousands of clans attached to the Zhao family, how could they all lose their lives because of the eldest sister-in-law alone, not only that, even the empresses in the palace may not be... "
"Enough!" Mrs. Zhao picked up the pillow and threw it at the second lady, but the second lady avoided it.
The second lady took a step back and still couldn't help saying, "Mother, what I'm telling is the truth. Right now, the emperor is just confining the Zhao family, maybe he's just waiting for the Zhao family's attitude. We are relatives, the former eighth prince was still the emperor's younger brother, so the house was ransacked, why should mother protect a sinner, the Zhao family still has so many descendants, Yan Lin is not married yet, mother is really willing ?"
The more the second lady talked, the more reasonable she felt, as long as Mrs. Zhao was handed over, maybe Emperor Xiyue would be able to spare a sinner and protect a sinner, the second prince would definitely not do it.
Although the second madam is an asshole, but these words touched Mrs. Zhao's heart. The second prince gave the Zhao family a chance before, but he just wanted an explanation. Unfortunately, the Zhao family didn't take it seriously and kept covering Mrs. Zhao, which caused today's situation ending.
Mrs. Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and she was so angry and annoyed that she wanted to gag the second lady's mouth.
Mrs. Zhao looked at Mrs. Zhao with cold eyes, and Mrs. Zhao's legs went limp in shock, "Mother, now is not the time to pursue this matter. If something happens to the daughter-in-law, won't it confirm the rumors? The Zhao family has a guilty conscience."
"Bah!" The second lady spat, "Right now, the rumors are just rumors, and the emperor didn't admit anything. As long as the second prince is found and the second prince clarifies the rumors, the Zhao family will be fine. You are safe and sound in the Zhao family. It's strange that the second prince is willing to come back!"
"You!" Mrs. Zhao choked, and glared at the second lady angrily. She had never hated the second lady so much for a moment.
The second lady raised her chin, but her mind became enlightened, "Mother, it's not that I'm cruel, I blame my sister-in-law for her own sins, and Qing Lin, who rejects Princess Yihe a lot, who is Princess Yihe, the second prince The best of the best, is going to get married soon, and what happened to Qing Lin's natural phoenix, it's ridiculous, the second prince can't be blamed, the Zhao family owes the second prince so much, the second prince didn't care about it before, let it go,
I came to help Xiyue again, and being so forced by others, if it were me, I would just take Princess Yihe and fly away without stopping! "
The second lady looked at Mrs. Zhao contemptuously, she felt that Mrs. Zhao was really crazy, she had gone mad, and she had to see if Zhao Qinglin had that kind of luck!
The second lady suddenly remembered something. The second prince replaced Song Zhan as the crown prince. If the prince came back in the future, would Zhao Qinglin want a female servant and two husbands
Thinking about it this way, the second lady had goosebumps all over her body, and she really couldn't accept Mrs. Zhao's thoughts.
Mrs. Zhao glanced at the second wife. In the past, this daughter-in-law was reckless and greedy for money, but she never thought that she could see clearly the whole Zhao family.
"Mother, don't listen to what the second sibling said. She deliberately slandered her daughter-in-law. If something happens to her daughter-in-law..."
"If something happens to you, the Zhao family can breathe a sigh of relief. It's atonement for yourself, and you should also think about it for your two children. Sister-in-law, do you really want to drag the entire Zhao family to be buried with you?"
The second lady's tone was gloomy, and looking at Mrs. Zhao, a chill came straight to her forehead, and she felt chilly.
"Mother..." Mrs. Zhao swallowed her throat, and looked at Mrs. Zhao nervously, for fear that Mrs. Zhao would do something to her if she couldn't think about it for a while.
"Husband, please speak for me. The second prince is only a six-year-old child after leaving the Zhao family. What can he understand? What happened this time is that the Zhao family did something wrong. The second prince should not be forced to marry Qinglin, nor should he marry Qinglin." For Princess Yihe, but I also have good intentions, if I knew that the second prince is not His Highness, I would never force Qinglin to marry the second prince."
Mrs. Zhao was completely panicked, and she still had a little luck in her heart. As long as the second prince didn't admit it, he would be the prince if he killed him, and no one could do anything to the Zhao family.
The big deal is that it's fine for Zhao Qinglin not to enter the Prince's Mansion. With the Empress here, Emperor Xiyue will definitely not let the Zhao family do anything.
The second lady sneered, "The elder sister-in-law considers herself too important. The crime is not as good as a married daughter. The empress is protected by the emperor. If the choice between the second prince and the Zhao family is related to the country, what do you think?"
Mrs. Zhao's face was completely pale when she heard this, her body trembled violently, she looked at Zhao Zihan uneasily, and when she saw him looking at her with an unhappy expression, her heart tightened.