Princess Changying finally bent down and knelt on the ground, knocking her head loudly.
Things have come to this point, and Queen Fang has not sent anyone yet. She knows that the situation is irreversible.
At this point, she could only hope that Emperor Longqing would show leniency. Her previous arrogance and the calmness and self-control that she was proud of finally disappeared without a trace, and she begged Emperor Longqing with tears in her eyes to let Li Gui Niang go.
Li Gui Niang was so frightened that she couldn't even cry.
The biggest setback she had ever experienced since she was a child was the competition with Wei An, but from that competition on, misfortunes followed one after another.
My brother died...
Now even the mother, who had always been favored by the emperor, was about to fall.
One cold word after another came out of Emperor Longqing's mouth. Princess Changying became more and more desperate as she listened. When she heard Emperor Longqing's decision, she finally collapsed to the ground, unable to control herself.
Emperor Longqing said that, considering that she was of the same blood as the previous emperor, he would demote her to a commoner and take back Princess Changying's mansion...
This time, she really had nothing.
Princess Changying was demoted to a commoner, and Emperor Longqing also took the Li family's memorial requesting that the princess be divorced and threw it in front of her: "The Li family will no longer tolerate you, the two of you..."
He looked at them, his face still calm, without the slightest sign of anger, and said softly: "Since you like Puci Temple so much, why don't I choose a temple for you, and you can go there now."
Li family!
At this time, the Li family actually took advantage of the situation! Princess Changying could not have been more angry, but now she was still furious.
Emperor Longqing didn't even look at them again, and turned his gaze to Prince Duan and his wife.
The salt administration deficit case had already made him very angry - Prince Duan actually dragged the Fang family into the water and used the Fang family to escape punishment. For the sake of the Fang family and the Queen and her son, he had let him go.
But now he has caused such a difficult thing to resolve.
He is really asking for death.
He laughed coldly: "What about you? What do you say? Are you so dissatisfied with the daughter-in-law I chose for you?"
Prince Duan was kept in the dark about the whole thing. He was not aware of it until he was hurriedly summoned to the palace and stayed there for a whole day before he finally understood why his wife had done such a stupid thing. He was stunned.
Emperor Longqing hated him so much that he wanted to find something to hold against him. He had been walking cautiously on thin ice for so long, as if he was walking on a tightrope, just to avoid disaster. However, while he was so cautious, his wife and son took the initiative to give the evidence to Emperor Longqing.
He immediately knelt on the ground with a pale face and closed his eyes: "I did not cultivate virtue, and the harem was not peaceful, so this scandal happened. It is my fault. It is my fault..."
"It's your fault!" Emperor Longqing scolded, "You indulged your wife's mischief. If I don't punish you severely, how will you face Prince Linjiang and Prince Zheng in the future? How will you give an explanation to the meritorious officials?!"
He seemed to have a headache and said coldly, "Go back to the palace and reflect on your mistakes. I will discuss with the cabinet before deciding your charges."
Princess Duan still held out hope and didn't want to look at Princess Changying again. When she returned to the palace, she couldn't wait to ask Prince Duan: "The emperor didn't make a decision on the spot. Does that mean... he can let us go?"
Prince Duan fell into a chair, already extremely tired, and ignored him, only asking first: "Where is the Crown Prince?"
Chu Jingzong had also been carried back. He was injured and was still groaning in pain.
When he saw Prince Duan and Princess Duan, he anxiously asked them whether they had helped him vent his anger.
Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu were so arrogant. He would make them pay the price.
Princess Duan had no time to pay attention to him and called out "Prince" in a low voice.
Prince Duan finally withdrew his gaze from his son, then suddenly stood up and kicked him hard in the chest without any warning.
He has always been strong, and he was filled with anger and resentment when he kicked. Chu Jingzong was so fat, but he was kicked and fell to the ground sideways.
"Idiot!" He looked coldly at his son who had made a big mistake and still didn't know where he was wrong. He was extremely disappointed: "Because of your and your mother's stupidity, your whole family is now being roasted on the fire!"
As if to verify his words, as soon as he finished speaking, his trusted guards outside asked to see him, saying in panic that a team of Jinyiwei had surrounded the mansion.
The Imperial Guards surrounded the mansion!
Chu Jingzong didn't dare to cry out in pain. He covered his chest and looked at his father in disbelief, then looked at his mother. He couldn't understand what was going on. How could it have alarmed the Jinyiwei
Princess Duan was even more at a loss.
"Go back!" Prince Duan sneered, "Take your son and get lost!"
After he calmed down from his anger, he quickly made a decision, met with his staff, and submitted a letter of apology.
Emperor Longqing simply wanted to find fault with him and make him pay the price for the previous salt administration deficit case. He had already given all his family fortune to the Fang family, and now that he was submitting a letter of apology, Emperor Longqing would always leave him a way out because of his tact.
As for the other things, don’t worry about it anymore.
Emperor Longqing reacted quickly this time and made a decision four days later. Prince Duan had a bad history and allowed his wife and children to bully others by taking advantage of their power, so he was demoted from a prince to a county prince.
But a prince has no fiefdom.
Emperor Longqing took back the Prince Duan's Palace and gave him a Prince Jun's Palace instead.
In just a few days, a princess and a prince were successively demoted to commoners and downgraded, and several other royal palaces simultaneously became more timid and behaved more quietly.
Prince Zheng is a little different. Emperor Longqing has often summoned him to the palace to discuss matters recently.
Prince Linjiang is devoted to Taoism, Prince Jin has the least presence, and Prince Zheng stands out from the crowd for a while.
Because he was valued by Emperor Longqing, Wei An's status also rose.
Although the matter was kept secret this time, everyone had a vague idea of it - those who were interested would find out that it was the incident that happened between the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion, the Duan Prince's Mansion and several princesses at Puci Temple that day, and that the ones who were punished were the Duan Prince and Princess Changying. Everyone knew it, and no matter what, it was the Duan Prince and Princess Changying who had done something wrong that made Emperor Longqing angry.
Prince Zheng was still the same as before. He refused to accept gifts and saw no guests. Instead, he went to the residence of Marquis Huairen all day long. Outsiders saw this and felt that Prince Zheng was becoming more and more tactful.
The visiting cards Wei An received were piled up like a mountain.
But she didn't have time to look. Old Madam Wei was discussing Wei Yubo's matter with her: "Old Fifth's idea is... this matter can't be brought up openly. He hasn't committed any serious crime, so let me let him off."
This is in line with Wei Yangqing's personality, he is a person who prefers to keep things peaceful.