Everyone didn't know how the emperor would deal with the imperial concubine. Now that the evidence is here, what she said now is useless.
The imperial concubine froze in place with a pale face. She didn't expect that she would be framed by such a contrived method, and she felt a little unwilling, but it was too late to say anything now.
She didn't speak, just looked at the emperor, waiting for him to speak.
The emperor did not expect things to develop like this. He clearly knew that the imperial concubine was innocent, but there was no way to keep the imperial concubine. He did place great value on the child in the womb of the noble lady, and perhaps it was confirmed that this situation will only develop now.
"Pei Lan, is there anything else you want to say?" The emperor looked at the imperial concubine with a somewhat solemn tone, and his eyes contained some indescribable affection.
The imperial concubine sighed faintly, looked at the emperor and said, "Is there any use in what the concubine said now? There is no need to add a crime."
"It's a good one who wants to add a crime without words. Now the witnesses and physical evidence are here, do you still say it's not you?"
The imperial concubine was angry, but the nameless fire could not be sent out.
At this moment, Du Zihuan's subordinate, Yue Lin, hurried in to find the emperor, saying that he had something important to discuss.
"Your Majesty, the big thing is bad. It has been raining heavily for several days in Pingnan. Now the surrounding area of Pingnan and Pingnan has been flooded. All those people have gone to Jinsui. Now Jinsui has started to lack food." Yue Lin's face was covered in sweat, and even the clothes he was wearing were already wet with sweat.
The emperor heard that the top priority now is to send people to transport food and grass to Pingnan for disaster relief. How can I care about the troubles caused by the jealous women in the harem.
"Can someone be sent to Pingnan?" The emperor didn't care much now. After all, the disaster was urgent, so he discussed the matter directly in the Imperial Garden.
"I also just got the news, Lord Du still doesn't know about it." Yue Lin's voice was a little anxious.
"Zihuan is at Yueyatou. Even if there is a flood in Pingnan, not everyone will go to Jinsui, right?" The emperor frowned, wondering why the situation in Pingnan would change. so.
Logically speaking, there should be no shortage of grain reserves among the big families in Pingnan, and the money allocated by the imperial court every year is enough for them to cope with such a sudden disaster.
But now Pingnan has happened such a thing, so there is only one possibility, that is, the officials of Pingnan have filled their own pockets with the disaster relief money issued by the court.
"Who is the prefect of Pingnan?" The emperor asked with a cold face.
Although the emperor did not necessarily remember the appointment of every official, Yue Lin knew it. At this time, Yue Lin raised his head and glanced at the queen, and seemed a little hesitant.
The emperor didn't need to guess to know that it must be someone from the Duan family. If so, this time is a good time to weaken the Duan family's power.
Even if it is not for the fame and fortune in the court, but also for the sake of the world.
Yue Lin was actually not afraid of the Queen. After reading the Queen, he said to the Emperor: "If you go back to the Emperor, the prefect in Pingnan is the cousin of the Queen's Empress. His name is Duan Xi."
The emperor didn't go to see the queen at all, he just said with a cold face and a murderous aura: "Send someone to take this Duan Xi back to me, I want to try him carefully! I want to see, this is no teacher. The Duan family, what will it be like to degenerate?"
All the pride in the queen's heart was extinguished at this moment, and when she thought of this cousin who was greedy and lustful, her heart began to get angry. Moreover, the emperor is now directly scolding him by name and name, and now he has been accusing their Duan family for a long time.
She had no choice but to say to the emperor with a pale face: "Your Majesty, things are not necessarily what you think, why don't you let Yu'er go to this disaster relief..."
"Presumptuous! Is it your turn to speak here? Do you really think that Da Yu is the world of your Duan family? Do you think you can cover up your greedy cousin by letting Nan Xuanyu go? I will tell you this time. , I want to cut off all the side branches of your Duan family."
The emperor looked at the queen and cursed without hesitation. If the Duan family hadn't covered the sky and the officials under them were selfish, the people of Pingnan would not have been displaced now, nor would they be unable to return home and have enough food. If you don't wear warm clothes, you have to leave your hometown to make a living.
Everyone didn't dare to make a sound. There is nothing more ugly than the empress's face now. This time, it is not just Duan Xi's side branch, I am afraid that even Nan Xuanyu will be implicated.
"Come on, go to Xinyue Pavilion and let Master Du come over, be quick!" The emperor gave an order, and no one dared to delay.
As for the mess of jealousy among the women here, the emperor has no time to take care of it.
Yun Zhexuan also knew that the next words were not something he could listen to, so he immediately resigned with the emperor.
However, the emperor let Yun Zhexuan stay. After all, Yun Zhexuan can be considered to have a relatively good understanding of life outside the palace, not to mention that Yun Zhexuan is not a sloppy bag. Multiple people have multiple ideas, but it can be regarded as a disaster for the majority of people. The common people contribute their part.
The emperor seemed to remember something, and at the same time sent someone to invite Nan Xuanjue over. If it wasn't for Nan Xuanjue who really had no intention of taking this position, he would have really considered giving this position to him.
The queen stood here, feeling a little overwhelmed for a while. On the one hand, she wanted to see what the emperor would do next. On the other hand, she had to tell her brother about these things quickly. These are not jokes.
"Why are you staying here if you haven't left? Do you still want to participate in government affairs here after you become a country?"
The queen's face turned pale. Now the emperor will definitely not let them go. Now he can only tell his brother to break the relationship there, otherwise, I am afraid that the city gate will catch fire and bring disaster to Chiyu.
"Your Majesty, the noble concubine murdered the emperor's heir..." The queen asked from the side, even though she had not given up on framing the noble concubine by this time.
"There is still no actual evidence for this matter. Anyway, no matter what happened to the noble lady, Pei Lan will reflect on it for three months in the palace." The emperor said with a bit of annoyance.
"This slave..." the queen continued.
"How long do you have to ask? Are you the queen or I am the queen? What to do? Are you still asking me? If that's the case, I don't think you need to be the queen anymore." The emperor looked at the queen , said in a cold voice.
The queen's face was ashen, and she didn't dare to say anything else, so she asked someone to take the nurturing aunt and hurried away.