"Committed suicide?" Ye Jun was a little surprised.
In her opinion, Yao should be a very tenacious person.
He lived his life again and planned everything until now, but why did he suddenly commit suicide
Huiyue sighed, "She must have been heartbroken. I heard she cried all night yesterday, talking nonsense about the queen, the crown prince, and so on. Oh, yes, she kept calling the third princess' name. Until this morning, she suddenly became quiet. She just sat there all morning and didn't even eat the breakfast that was delivered to her. When the servants went to deliver lunch, they found that she had committed suicide."
Of course, no one knew that the person Yao Xiang was calling was not Yan'er, the daughter of the third princess Ning Jiayan, but her son from her previous life, Ning Yuyan.
Yan'er and Yan'er sound similar, so everyone just thinks she is worried about her daughter.
Ye Jun narrowed his eyes and felt uncomfortable.
No one in their right mind likes to watch someone die.
But she was not soft-hearted. After all, Yao Xiang had tried to kill her many times.
I just feel that the palace walls are so deep that I don’t know how many lives have been lost there.
From Sun Xiuyi, Concubine Wende to the later Yang, Lin, Zhao, Su Diya, the Queen, and now Yao Xiang.
There were already many concubines just the ones she could remember.
Ye Jun really didn't understand. God gave Yao Xiang a chance to start over, so why did she still step into this deep palace and ruin herself
Even though she had feelings for Ning Chen, Ye Jun would still not be willing to enter the palace if she could do it again.
"What the emperor said is that it is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide." Ye Jun lowered his eyes.
“Before she died, Yao left a blood letter saying that everything was her fault and hoped that the emperor would spare her family’s death because of the Third Princess and because she had saved him.” Nan Zhi whispered.
Ye Jun's expression was calm. "Although Yao Xiang has done many evil things, his father Shunyuan Hou is indeed capable and has done a lot for the court. With the face of the Grand Concubine and Prince Ping, it should not be difficult to exempt him from the death penalty."
After all, the Yao family had two women who had given birth to children for the royal family. The Tai Guifei gave birth to Prince Ping, and Yao Xiang gave birth to the third princess. They all made great contributions.
However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment of life imprisonment cannot be avoided. Let's see how the emperor will deal with it.
After changing clothes and having a meal, Bai Zhu came over holding the Fourth Prince.
"The Fourth Prince wanted to see Shunyi since early morning. He just woke up from his nap and I brought him here."
Ye Jun has been busy investigating the case recently and has indeed had less time to see his children.
So the Fourth Prince looked at her with aggrieved feeling.
"Come, let mommy hug you. What did Jing'er have for lunch today?"
Ye Jun took the child and kissed his forehead with a smile.
A child who is over one year old has a temper that comes and goes quickly and he will smile soon.
However, he was unable to understand what the adults meant and answer, and he just hugged Ye Jun's neck clingingly.
Bai Zhu answered from the side, "The fourth prince had millet porridge for breakfast, a small dish of boiled shrimp and vegetables, and sticky white porridge with egg custard and a piece of rice cake for lunch."
All of this was prepared according to Ye Jun's instructions.
The Fourth Prince now hardly drinks milk. He just needs to be coaxed before going to bed at night. According to Ye Jun’s plan, he will continue to drink milk for a few more months, and will stop completely when he is one and a half years old.
Breast milk is no longer nutritious.
Speaking of children, Ye Jun suddenly thought of the third princess and the eldest prince.
These two, one lost his biological mother, and the other lost his adoptive mother. It was truly a fight between adults, and in the end it was the children who suffered.
And the question she was thinking about was exactly what Ning Chen was thinking about.
But there is still one thing waiting to be decided.
Early this morning, King Ping went into the garden and requested to see the emperor. He did not say any other words of plea, only asking that the Yao family be pardoned from the death penalty.
After all, Shunyuan Hou is King Ping's uncle, so there is some blood relationship between them.
Inside the palace, the Imperial Concubine fainted from anger and grief when she heard what happened in the garden, and she hasn't woken up yet.
Things have come to this point, and there is no other evidence to prove that Yao Xiang is involved with other people. If many people are implicated, it would make Ning Chen seem heartless and ungrateful.
Moreover, it was less than half a month ago that the queen was deposed and the Xie family was exiled. If the war continues, I am afraid there will be another round of turmoil.
After much deliberation, he finally issued an edict that the Yao family had failed to educate their daughter properly and that they should be stripped of their titles and demoted. Yao Bingshuo, Marquis of Shunyuan, was demoted to the seventh rank and transferred to the northwest. From this generation onwards, for the next three generations, the men of the Yao family were not allowed to take part in the imperial examinations and the women were not allowed to participate in the selection.
In other words, after Yao Xiang's father finished his official duties, the next three generations of the Yao family will be ordinary people.
Three generations is more than a hundred years, which is long enough for a noble family to completely decline.
It is not easy to start over again.
But this is better than beheading the whole family and cutting off the incense.
This means that the matter ends here and will not be investigated further.
After dealing with this matter, Ning Chen came to Jiaotang Garden in the evening.
His complexion was also heavy.
"Your Majesty, is there something on your mind?" Ye Jun sat down beside him, gently fanning himself.
Ye Jun applied some mint dew on her body, and the slight coolness made people feel calmer when they smelled it.
"I'm wondering who should take care of the eldest prince and the third princess." Ning Chen raised his hand and rubbed his brow. "Hui Zhaorong took care of the eldest prince for a while before, so she can continue to take care of him. But I don't know who should take care of the third princess."
The servants around Yao Xiang were imprisoned. Although Zizhu said nothing until he was beaten to death, Nianwen slowly expressed a lot of things.
I guess there are few people in the harem who have not been offended by Yao.
I'm sure many people would not be willing to raise the daughter of their enemy.
Ye Jun lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then said softly, "I think that the emperor can compensate Lady Wan with a child. She has suffered such a great injustice this time, so she should at least have someone to rely on in the future."
"But Yao Shi made her unable to have children anymore, and raising the third princess..."
"No, what I mean is to let Concubine Wan raise the eldest prince, and the third princess should be raised by Concubine Shu. I wonder what the emperor thinks." Ye Jun said.
Ning Chen frowned slightly, a little hesitant.
Ye Jun then expressed his thoughts, "The Wan family sent their daughter to the palace, firstly to serve the emperor, and secondly, probably to find a support for the Wan family. Although a daughter is good, she will eventually marry off and become a member of another family. How close can she be to her grandfather? When the eldest prince grows up, he will definitely be crowned a king. This is the reassurance for the Wan family."
As for whether the eldest prince can become the crown prince, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is impossible.
Not to mention whether he has the right character or not, just based on his physical condition, he will not be able to succeed to the throne unless all his brothers are dead.
Therefore, giving the Wan family a grand prince is just to give them a royal amulet. It is enough to ensure their safety and protection, and they don’t need to think too much about power and wealth.
After saying this, Ning Chen finally nodded.
Originally, Ning Chen thought that if any lower-ranking concubine gave birth to a child in the future, he would give the child to Concubine Wan to raise. But now he thinks it would be better to give the eldest prince to Concubine Wan.
There will only be this one child in the future, and Lady Wan will definitely do her best to raise the eldest prince.
Kill two birds with one stone.
As for letting Concubine Shu raise the third princess, it is also appropriate.
After all, Concubine Shu is now the head of the concubines, so she can afford to have one more child.