"Your Majesty, it's not me. It's the Empress. I just didn't dare to say it. At that time, my family and Empress Yuan's family were not good. I was not as good as the Empress. Even if I saw it, I didn't dare to say it at that time. It's not that I didn't want to help Empress Yuan prove it."
Concubine He cried.
"If it were before, I might still believe you, but after the incident with the Crown Princess, I realized that the so-called sisterly love is really too fake. Even if they are cousins, when it comes to betrayal, there will be absolutely no mercy. As for you and Empress Yuan, your relationship is even more distant. How could I believe at that time that you were wholeheartedly taking care of her and treating her as a sister?"
The emperor smiled, tears rolling down his eyes.
He was indeed a little stupid. He thought that Concubine He and Empress Yuan were sisters from the same clan and had their own feelings for each other and would never harm Empress Yuan.
If the matter of the Eastern Palace had not been exposed, he would still be superstitious about this and would still favor Concubine He, because she was the cousin of Empress Yuan. For Empress Yuan's sake, he would have to take care of her and let her live well in the palace. But who could have known that he was raising a poisonous snake
"Your Majesty, are you blaming me? I didn't mean to. I obviously met you before her, but you only saw her and not me. I was supposed to be married as a dowry, but she didn't want to. Why didn't she want to? The clan had already made arrangements. If she didn't fall in favor, she still had me. But she didn't want to."
Concubine He knew that the situation was hopeless, so she gave up at this time, crying and complaining. How could she not hate him? She thought she was going to marry the man she loved, but in the end, because of another woman, she became a joke in the clan. She was unwilling to accept this. If she was given a chance, she could do better.
She is more adapted to the palace and is more likely to ascend to the throne of queen.
But all these belonged to another woman, not her. She was just a side branch, of low status, and not worthy of a noble man. Why couldn't she be worthy of him with her talent and beauty
Since those people won't tolerate her, she has to do whatever she wants. She has to become the one who is superior to everyone else, stepping on everyone and the woman whom she once could only look up to.
"Your Majesty, for so many years, I have served you wholeheartedly, but what does she have? She has nothing! Your Majesty, she is already dead, deader than ever, and today she has not even left any offspring. Why do you have to make me and my son sad for her? Prince Jing is your own flesh and blood, your own son."
Concubine He cried as she spoke, her hair disheveled and her appearance haggard.
At this point, she only regretted that she had not put an end to the matter of the Eastern Palace and killed Ji Youran, who was so much like her, early on. Who could have thought that an inadvertent incident that had nothing to do with her would make the emperor suspect her and bring up old matters.
She felt regretful and greedy. The prince's lineage was indeed in conflict with her. If she had known this earlier, she would not have allowed Ji Youran, that woman, to stay in the East Palace. At that time, she was just watching a good show and thought it was a good show of the East Palace. She did not expect that the consequence of this incident would eventually fall on her.
However, she still has a son. Even if the emperor does not consider her, he has to consider her son's. The crown prince is not a good person either. Moreover, the queen was the culprit who killed the empress. Since the emperor has investigated, he must know it.
As long as the prince is gone, her son must be able to stay. Even if he has done something excessive, the emperor will still keep his son.
Then there is still hope.
No matter whether those things were her guesses or suspicions, they must be the facts at this time. She wanted to expose the true faces of the queen and the prince.
Compared to the Queen, I was just adding fuel to the fire. The Queen was the culprit who harmed the Empress Yuan.
A thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant hole
If she had discovered earlier that what happened in the East Palace was a replica of her and Empress Yuan, and had gotten rid of Ji Youran earlier and stopped the loss in time, why would it have come to this
After so many years of fighting in the harem, she understood the emperor's mind deeply and knew what she should say and do in front of the emperor. She indeed "held" the emperor tightly in her palm. There was no one else except herself. What did the power of her royal family matter? Compared with herself, she had no other advantages except her position.
"Someone, take her away and give her a white silk." The emperor looked at Concubine He coldly with disgust in his eyes.
I used to think she was considerate. During the period when Empress Yuan passed away, only with Concubine He could I find traces of Empress Yuan, which showed that the woman who loved me deeply was always there and just left temporarily.
"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!" Concubine He struggled violently and shouted for help.
The emperor lowered his eyes and didn't even look at her.
The eunuchs pulled her down and sent her back to the palace where she lived before. As a concubine, even if she was given the white silk, she still had to consider the dignity of the royal family.
The Queen Mother was also anxiously waiting for news. There was a great commotion in the palace last night and she was worried all night. In the end, she could not bear it any longer and fell asleep in the cupboard.
When I woke up in the morning, I was anxious and panicked. I didn't know what had happened in the palace. I only heard that Prince Jing was plotting a treason.
King Jing actually plotted rebellion? Is this true
Before he and his son officially started the war, King Jing actually started a rebellion. How did this happen
The Queen Mother was very anxious and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, but the Pepper Palace was also under martial law. Everyone entering and leaving was questioned and checked again and again, and no one was allowed to leave the palace at will. No news from outside could come in, and no news from inside could get out.
Eunuch Li Quan, who was beside the emperor, did come over to comfort the empress, saying that there were assassins infiltrating the palace, and some of the people who were plotting treason had not been found out. All palaces were not allowed to move and could only recuperate in their own palaces. If anyone was sent to inquire without reason, they would be killed!
Li Quan was smiling when he said the last sentence. The Queen Mother felt a little frightened for no reason. She no longer dared to ask if she could send someone out of the palace. She only carefully asked about the Crown Prince.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Nothing serious has happened in the Eastern Palace and the Crown Prince is fine." Li Quan replied with a smile.
The Queen Mother finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her son was still alive and well, nothing else mattered. Of course, the Queen Mother also deliberately asked about the situation of her old rival at the end: "How is the Imperial Concubine?"
"Empress, such a big thing has happened in the palace, and it concerns Prince Jing. The Emperor will make arrangements for the Imperial Concubine." Li Quan did not answer yes or no. He only said this, then said goodbye to the Empress, saying that he had to go to other high-ranking concubines to convey the Emperor's words.
Concubine He is in trouble!
This is what the Queen Mother deduced from Li Quan's words.
The woman who had been fighting with her for more than twenty years finally collapsed. The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back weakly on the chair.
Finally, this harem is hers alone.
Apart from Concubine He, no other woman could be his rival, and his son's position as crown prince would be secure.
The King of Wei is not good enough, and the King of Yan has no foundation
There is another point, which is about Empress Yuan. When Empress Yuan died, she had a hand in his death, and Concubine He also had a hand in his death.
For so many years, the Empress Dowager had been tolerant of Concubine He. On the one hand, it was because of the Emperor's great favor, and on the other hand, she was afraid that if Concubine He was pushed to the limit, she would go all out and bring up what happened in the past.
The Empress' affairs were something she didn't dare to bother about, nor did she dare to turn over
The original plan was well laid out, so that others could take the blame. However, some things are afraid of being investigated in depth. If they are investigated in depth, who knows if some old things will be uncovered, especially if Concubine He proves it.
The Empress did not dare to think about it, nor did she dare to force Concubine He too much. The two of them, one of them had the position of Empress, and the other had the favor, and they shared the benefits left by Empress Yuan.
From then on, no one mentioned it, and no one talked about the matter anymore, as if both of them were truly innocent and knew it was a good thing to avoid.
The Empress Yuan died, and the Emperor was left to deal with what happened after her death. It was nothing for a woman who died without leaving any offspring to remain in the Emperor's memory.
Therefore, it is said that royal children must go to pay homage to the Empress' spirit tablet before getting married.
This is what the emperor agrees with, and naturally everyone agrees with it.
Now that Concubine He could no longer be a stumbling block to her, the Empress laughed so hard that she cried. From now on, the harem was truly hers, and from now on, the world finally belonged to her son.
His son had been in trouble one after another, so how could the frail emperor not be in trouble
At the embassy in Northern Frontier, Prince Qi Lie had a very ugly look on his face, and he sat in the room with a frown on his face. He also hadn't slept the whole night, and only took a short nap for an hour before dawn, and now he was still waiting for news.
"Your Highness, there is no news from the palace, so we don't know the specific situation." A guard hurried in to report.
The emperor was unwell, and the King of England was the regent, but he only handled some necessary affairs for the emperor. He did not attend court in the past few days, and officials did not have to enter the palace. Now that the palace gates were closed, nothing could be heard.
"Send someone to Prince Jing's mansion to ask." Prince Qi Lie could not wait any longer, so he stood up suddenly, walked around the room a few times and said.
"I'll go now." The guard responded and was about to leave.
"Wait a moment," Prince Qilie called out to the man.
"Your Highness?"
"It's not appropriate to go to Prince Jing's Mansion at this time. If something has happened to Prince Jing, anyone who goes to Prince Jing's Mansion may be caught and interrogated." Prince Qi Lie shook his head. He couldn't expose himself at this time.
"Your Highness," another guard is outside reporting.
"Come in." Prince Qi Lie calmed himself down. This time, in addition to secretly helping King Jing with some manpower, he also killed some capable ministers of the Great Zhou.
If these capable ministers were assassinated, the Great Zhou Dynasty would be in chaos. At that time, the troops from the northern border would rush into the Great Zhou and even swallow it up in one fell swoop.
What he wanted was not Pei Yusheng to ascend the throne as emperor, he wanted to be the emperor of Northern Frontier and Great Zhou.
He is the royal bloodline of these two places.