In the end, nothing serious happened in Lanyue Palace.
Even though such a big thing happened in Concubine Peng De's family, she did not go to Emperor Longqing to cry and beg for mercy, nor did she make excessive demands by relying on the little prince's company.
He just sent someone out to meet with Master Peng Da and Master Peng Er, and settled the remaining elderly, weak, women and children in the Peng family.
This is human nature and we should not blame them too much. Even the Censors have nothing to say about it.
However, the number of people cursing the Peng family increased day by day, and more and more people spoke up for Guo Zixing.
Emperor Longqing finally ordered Guo Zixing to be reinstated as the Lieutenant General of Taizhou, and gave Guo Zixing special permission to go to Yiwu to recruit soldiers again.
As for the Wei family, Wei Yangqing was framed for no reason, but facts proved that he really had nothing to do with the incident. It was all a frame-up from beginning to end. So Emperor Longqing reinstated him to his original post and allowed him to go home and recuperate for a few days as a vacation.
Everyone had a good ending, except the Peng family, which was broken up.
When Concubine Peng De talked about this, the excessive sadness and the viciousness at the beginning were no longer on her face. She frowned at Concubine Yu who was crying non-stop and said, "What's there to cry about?"
She looked at Concubine Yu with a bit of sarcasm: "When the eldest and second brothers were in trouble, you didn't even lend a hand to help."
Concubine Yu cried so hard that tears and snot flowed out. She slipped to the ground without caring about her manners and cried her heart out.
She wanted to help, but how
The original intention of plotting against the Peng family was also to target the King of Linjiang.
The Peng family wanted to place a bet, but she didn't want to be just a pawn, she wanted to be the one whose bet was successful - the Peng family placed a bet on Concubine Peng De.
But the Prince of Linjiang, whom she followed, had no ambitions of his own.
Not only that, she also gave birth to a son for King Linjiang.
If you can have wealth and glory and all that extravagant wealth and splendor, why should you bow your head and ask others for it
She is not the kind of person who would think so.
She easily made the choice between her parents' home and her husband and son, and she never regretted it.
But of course she couldn't say that in front of Concubine Peng De. She held a handkerchief to hold back her tears and cried as she watched Concubine Peng De sob: "Sister, I have no other choice... I heard the news, and I can't do anything..."
She looked at Concubine Peng De cautiously, and spoke of her suffering: "At that time, it was just the failure of Caichen's proposal to marry Princess Shouning, so I went to her home and persuaded my brother and sister-in-law to make a big deal out of a small matter. Later, Caichen and my eldest sister-in-law killed people to silence them and went to Shuntian Mansion. I also asked the prince for mercy, but you also know our difficulties. The prince... there are really limited things he can do... there are taboos everywhere..."
This was the truth. For the princes, interfering in other people's trials in the capital was absolutely a taboo. Concubine Peng De's expression eased a little.
Seeing the change in Concubine De's expression, Concubine Yu slowly stopped crying and said in a clear and logical manner: "What happened at the beginning was a small matter. I even asked the maid to deliver things to my eldest sister-in-law and her family. Who knew that my second sister-in-law would later think of reporting my eldest brother and his family... This is really too sensational. I couldn't react at all. By the time I reacted, there was no room for maneuver in this case - not to mention that the prince couldn't help, even if he could, the princess would not agree to his help. What's more, this case has alarmed the emperor..."
Every word Concubine Yu said was true and she did not shirk her responsibility.
Concubine Peng De sighed and let her get up: "You are right, I was also angry and confused. I am powerless in this kind of thing, how can I ask you to save them."
Concubine Yu bit her lip and stood up, carefully sitting on the chair next to her. She shook her head with a sad look on her face: "Even though I said that, I still don't feel comfortable doing it."
She paused, and when Concubine Peng De fell silent, she continued, "But my brothers are too daring. It's not easy for you to be in the palace, and they still did such a thing, and people caught them..."
It is indeed not easy for Concubine Peng De in the palace. The relationship between her and Empress Fang has long been tense and the atmosphere is stiff.
It would have been fine if the Peng family didn't support her, but they also caused such a big incident, which really put her in a dilemma.
She stretched out her hand to support her head, and suddenly seemed to have grasped something important, and asked Concubine Yu: "Did someone catch you?"
"Didn't my second sister-in-law catch us?" Concubine Yu was very angry: "I asked people to investigate when something happened. My second sister-in-law collected evidence and asked her brother to report it... If my second sister-in-law hadn't come forward herself, we might not have been able to catch my eldest brother and second brother..."
The latter part of the sentence became quieter and less powerful, and Concubine Peng De sighed in a long tone: "Second sister-in-law used to respect the eldest sister-in-law so much, but later she had such an unhappy relationship with the eldest sister-in-law. If the eldest sister-in-law and the eldest brother hadn't pushed her too hard, the second sister-in-law might not have been so desperate."
Concubine Yu pursed her lips and seemed to be a little hesitant. After a while, she coughed and covered her mouth and said to Concubine Peng De: "Sister, there is something I don't know whether I should say... On the surface, it is because my elder brother and sister-in-law pushed her too hard, but do you believe it?"
What is faith
Do you mean it’s because of the back
Concubine Peng De remained calm and took a sip of tea: "Do you mean there is another reason?"
Concubine Yu hummed and whispered, "I always feel that this is too coincidental. From what Awei said, Caichen really didn't have anything to do with that Tao. He doesn't even know this person!"
Concubine Peng De frowned.
When this first happened, she was just disappointed and didn't take it seriously, until things got out of control.
Now listening to Concubine Yu's story, it seemed that there was another story behind it. She looked at Concubine Yu and let her speak slowly.
Speak clearly,
It seems that Peng Caichen never did those things, and his cries of injustice were not fake. It's not that he was afraid to admit it, but that he really felt wronged.
But if it wasn't fake, why was the eldest sister-in-law, Madam Peng, in such a hurry to kill the mother of Little Tao, Big Tao, to silence her
But if you think about it carefully, killing someone to silence them seems a bit unbelievable - how could Mrs. Peng be so impulsive? How could she leave so many loopholes in her actions and wait for something to go wrong
This is not something her sister-in-law would do.
Concubine Yu let out an almost inaudible sigh: "I heard from Awei that all this was done by the Wei family to take revenge on Caichen and the Peng family... They deliberately framed us."