When Taifu Liang said this, the clan members and ministers were shocked.
Prince Baoan asked, "Teacher Liang, if there is no real evidence, your statement would be a false accusation against the Queen, which is a serious crime."
Taifu Liang walked out slowly, looked at the queen sadly, then turned to look at the clan ministers, his eyes filled with unspeakable grief, "I knew about this today, but the prince begged me, saying that he would take the blame for his mother and not allow me to make it public. Seeing that the prince was so filial but was criticized by thousands of people, my heart was broken. In fact, all of this was instigated by the queen behind the scenes. She didn't know that Wang Yi'er was the princess of Liang State. She only thought that she was a commoner of Da Zhou. She didn't want the King of Liang to marry her, so she instigated the prince to kidnap her. The prince was afraid of hurting the relationship between brothers, but he didn't dare to disobey his mother's order, so he privately ordered someone to notify me to find a way. After I learned about it, I secretly ordered someone to notify the princess to rescue Wang Yi'er. If you think about it carefully, you will know that if the prince really wanted to kill Wang Yi'er, he could do it halfway. Why did he send it to the Imperial Temple? He knew that the monks in the Imperial Temple were kindhearted and would definitely try every means to stop it, so he delayed until the princess arrived. As for stealing the bloody antelope horns, the prince didn't know about it. It was Zhang Quanlong who was instructed by the queen to do it. After the matter was done, Zhang Quanlong informed the prince, and the prince immediately ordered someone to inform me. It happened that at this time, the prince summoned the ministers of the clan to hold a court meeting. The prince knew that he was investigating these two things, so he knelt down and begged me, crying, not to tell the truth no matter what, not to let the queen and the King of Liang turn against each other, and not to let the queen's reputation be damaged. The prince's foolish filial piety made me very angry and sad, but the prince said that Emperor Hui had taught future generations to govern the country with benevolence and filial piety. He did this in accordance with the spirit of Emperor Hui. I had to agree to the prince and agree to conceal this matter. "
Lord Cui asked, "Since the Grand Tutor promised the Crown Prince to conceal the matter, why did he tell the Crown Prince about it? Also, the Crown Prince's accusations against His Royal Highness Prince Liang just now were full of gnashing of teeth. It seems that he really hates Prince Liang, and it doesn't seem fake. Moreover, why did the Queen steal the bloody antelope horn? She has no feud with the Grand Princess, so this doesn't make sense."
"Because of power, the Grand Princess is on equal footing with the Queen, and her seniority is also higher than hers, so she doesn't want the Grand Princess to come back to life."
The queen's face was extremely pale, but her expression was still arrogant. She listened to all this, as if it had nothing to do with her.
No one knows the anger and pain she is feeling deep in her heart, and no one knows how desperate and helpless she feels now.
Because it was impossible for her to even refute what her father said.
As long as she refutes it, the prince will be deposed. Then, even if she can keep her position as queen, it will be of no use. As long as she can keep the prince, even if she is deposed now, she can still ascend to the throne of queen in the future.
Prince Bao looked at the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, is what the Master said true?"
The prince thought he would be deposed, but he didn't expect the tutor to have kept this trick. He had been listening to the tutor and slowly getting into the role. Suddenly, he heard Prince Bao ask this question, and he burst into tears, "Grandpa, why did you say it out? You want to make me unfaithful and unfilial."
The prince really cried, and cried so sadly, with tears and snot streaming down his face. He looked so miserable that he could finally keep his position as the prince. He was really scared to death just now.
Prince Baoan looked at the Queen, "Queen, do you have anything to say?"
The queen slowly raised her head and looked at the tutor with resentment. The tutor also looked at her with cold eyes.
The queen sneered, "Father, I didn't expect that it was you who betrayed me. That fool was willing to take the blame for me. Why are you interfering? Do you really think of me as your daughter?"
The Grand Tutor said in a deep voice, "Empress, I cannot watch the Crown Prince being dragged into the mire by you. Although he is not talented, he is not a bad person by nature. Otherwise, the Emperor would not have established him as the Crown Prince so quickly. The Emperor is wise and will not allow you to tarnish him in the slightest."
He knew that the officials still had doubts about what he said, because the prince's words just now were indeed arrogant and domineering, so he deliberately reminded everyone that the prince they were now suspicious of was appointed by the emperor himself and was the person chosen by the emperor. If he was really immoral and corrupt, how could the emperor choose him as the prince
Sure enough, after these words came out, Prince Baoan no longer insisted on this issue, but looked at the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, it is more appropriate for you to handle the affairs of the harem, and we should not interfere."
The Queen Mother looked at the Queen, then at the Crown Prince. She knew very well who had done those things.
The queen still had a proud look on her face, maintaining the dignity that a queen should have.
She shook her head gently, "Queen, do you plead guilty?"
The queen looked at the prince, and the prince looked at her nervously, with pleading in his eyes.
The queen's body was stiff, her fists clenched, and there were complicated emotions in her eyes. Finally, she gently relaxed her body and said, "Yes, I did it all."
The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Since you admit it, then you must bear the consequences of what you have done."
Not many people understood what the Queen Mother said. What she meant was that since the Queen had chosen to take the blame for the Crown Prince, she should bear the consequences of taking the blame, not the accusations.
The queen sneered sadly, "I know."
The Queen Mother was silent for a moment, then slowly raised her head and looked at everyone, "I will discuss with the Regent and decide on the punishment for the Queen's crime."
The Empress Dowager still wanted to give the Queen a chance, because, from her point of view, she always believed that deposing the Queen was as serious as deposing the Crown Prince. Deposing the Queen would cause turmoil in the harem, and once the harem was in turmoil, many things would also become chaotic. She really did not have the energy to manage the entire harem.
After the court discussion, the Empress Dowager called Murong Jie, Prince Baoan and Prince Yuedong into the side hall.
The four discussed for about half an hour. Finally, the Empress Dowager issued an edict to depose the Queen and demote her to Liang Concubine. She was required to move out of Jingning Palace and move to Shuxin Palace within three days.
When the Queen heard Eunuch Sun reading out the imperial edict, she collapsed to the ground with a sad look on her face.
The prince came to help her up despite his injuries, knelt down in front of the ministers and cried, "Mother, I have advised you long ago, why didn't you listen?"
The queen's body trembled slightly, and she stared at the prince with eyes as sharp as a knife.
After the decree to depose the Queen was issued, the Queen Mother left Murong Jie alone.
"Are you going to depose the Queen today? I guess what you are thinking." The Queen Mother asked bluntly.
Murong Jie also said bluntly, "Yes, I did so much today just to depose the queen."
"You don't have the power to depose the queen, so you make a big fuss and let her fall into the trap. Tutor Liang will definitely not let you depose the prince. In the end, they will kill each other. Ajie, your methods are very clever, but what do you want me to do? I really can't manage this harem. I am powerless." The Queen Mother sighed softly.
Murong Jie said, "Mother, there are priorities. The Queen is selfish and biased. She can no longer blindly occupy the high position, otherwise the vortex will get bigger and bigger. The Liang family has suffered a blow from the Queen's abdication this time, and at least they will be quiet for a while."
The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "I understand your approach. Among the concubines in the harem, who can help me?"
(End of this chapter)