Two days later, the news suddenly broke that the queen had been deposed and banished to the cold palace, shocking the capital and causing an uproar.
There are hints of inside information, that the deposed Queen Chen not only cruelly killed concubines and royal heirs, with her hands stained with blood, but she also cruelly killed the wives of ministers.
What is shocking is that the deposed queen was also the mastermind behind the Mafengwo incident.
When this explosive news came out, the whole city was shocked.
If the emperor had not thoroughly investigated the hornet's nest incident, who would have known that the culprit for the murder of the fourth Miss Tang would be the high and mighty Empress.
Everyone sighed.
Liu Jintong was shocked.
In the previous life, Empress Chen was not deposed, but it happened in this life.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother is still fine.
Liu Jintong still hasn't given up on following the Queen Mother's path.
Tang Cheng was not surprised at all to hear the news, but he was still very happy about the emperor's move to depose the queen and send her to the cold palace.
So Tang Cheng waved his hand with great generosity.
"Zhenzhu, go tell Butler Tang that the monthly salary of all the servants in the mansion will be doubled this month. By the way, go to the kitchen and tell him that I want to eat a roast suckling pig to celebrate today."
Pearl happily agreed and went out.
It's time to celebrate.
The servants in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion were all overjoyed when they heard the good news.
At noon, Tang Cheng happily ate a roasted suckling pig.
After Wen Huaian returned home, he couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Tang Ping said.
This girl Tang Cheng!
He hurried back to Wutong Courtyard. Before he entered the house, he heard Tang Cheng humming a tuneless song outside the door. He was obviously very happy.
Wen Huaian raised the corner of his mouth, stepped directly over the threshold and walked in.
"Wen Huaian, you're back."
As soon as Tang Cheng saw Wen Huaian, he waved to him happily.
Zhenzhu and others in the room bowed to Wen Huaian and then tactfully left.
Wen Huaian walked up to her and naturally embraced Tang Cheng in his arms, smiling and joking: "Are you so happy today?"
"Yes, I am happy when I think that the queen who plotted to murder me was deposed and banished to the cold palace."
Tang Cheng did not hide her happiness at all. She loved to take revenge on the spot. Even though the queen suffered a lot from being stung by a wasp, Tang Cheng still felt unsatisfied.
Who asked this culprit to be the queen who is so high and mighty in the end
The Queen Mother, the accomplice who helped the Queen clean up the mess, was not only stung by a wasp on the face, but also blackmailed for 100,000 taels of gold. Tang Cheng had already revealed this.
But the Queen didn't.
Tang Cheng knew the result of the Duke of Zhenguo's secret investigation yesterday, and today he learned that the queen was deposed and sent to the cold palace. He was so happy.
Wen Huaian gently scratched her upturned nose and said with a smile.
"The culprit has been dealt with. Now you can rest assured and take care of your baby."
"Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, I will stay in the house quietly until the baby is born safely." Tang Cheng touched his bulging belly and nodded quickly to assure.
Just because she attended the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, someone attacked her. Tang Cheng didn't want Wen Huaian to worry about her all the time.
Wen Huaian curled the corners of his mouth slightly, tightened his arms around Tang Cheng's waist, and gently placed his other hand on Tang Cheng's soft little hand.
"I have found four midwives in advance and will send someone to bring them to the mansion tomorrow."
Tang Cheng was surprised: "I still have at least two months to give birth, why are you preparing so early?"
"It's better to prepare in advance. We have to find a few concubines next month." Wen Huaian said with a smile.
Tang Cheng is in good health and the delivery should go smoothly.
But you still have to be prepared.
Tang Cheng thought about it and agreed, "You're right. We should find a midwife in advance. We have nothing to do anyway. Wen Huaian, what do you say I secretly make a diary of observing midwives in Beijing?"
"When I need to give birth, I can always find them."
Tang Cheng said excitedly.
Wen Huaian's mind moved, and he immediately understood what Tang Cheng meant. He nodded with a smile: "Okay, I will give you some of the secret guards to use."
Tang Cheng was very happy.
She was not worried about the birth of the child. What she was worried about was that someone would bribe or threaten the midwife to harm her while she was giving birth.
Having been married to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for nearly three months, Tang Cheng had long known that the other three branches of the Wen family were eyeing the title of Duke of Zhenguo and wanted Wen Huaian to adopt their children.
Tang Cheng snorted secretly.
You wish!
She wants to give birth to many children for Wen Huaian.
Therefore, Tang Cheng decided to be prepared.
The midwives Wen Huaian found were kept in the open, and she would definitely not use them when she gave birth.
The room was filled with warmth and affection.
That night, a Taoist priest who was proficient in hypnosis came quietly to the mansion. Wen Huaian did not hide the fact from Tang Cheng that he wanted to hypnotize the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo to tamper with her memory. Tang Cheng was quite interested in this and wanted to go and take a look.
Wen Huaian quietly took Tang Cheng to the main courtyard.
At this time, the Duke's wife was talking to a strange Taoist priest in the house.
The trusted nanny was guarding outside the door.
Soon, the trusted nanny was knocked unconscious.
Tang Cheng saw the Taoist's true face through the dim candlelight from the gap in the window. He was a Taoist who looked like an immortal.
But this person was in disguise and was not wearing a Taoist robe.
Tang Cheng lowered his voice and asked Wen Huaian curiously: "Didn't they say that this Taoist priest was hired by my father-in-law? My mother-in-law seems to trust him very much."
Wen Huaian explained in a low voice: "Hypnosis needs to be done face to face, and the person being hypnotized needs to be awake, so my father tricked my mother into finding a Taoist priest in private, and then sent the Taoist priest to my mother."
Tang Cheng suddenly realized.
I didn’t expect that hypnosis was so troublesome for the ancients.
She glanced at the Duke of Zhenguo, who was standing beside her with his hands behind his back, silent and serious, and thought to herself that her father-in-law really tolerated her mother-in-law again and again for the sake of Wen Huaian.
Tang Cheng still felt uncomfortable thinking that her mother-in-law had joined forces with the Queen to deal with her, even though she had not participated in the hornet's nest incident.
It would be better to use hypnosis to tamper with memory, so that the mother-in-law will not do something irreparable.
After Tang Cheng took another look at the situation in the house, she lost interest. Seeing that she was not interested, Wen Huaian sent her back to Wutong Courtyard.
At this time, the Taoist priest in the room began to hypnotize the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo subtly by making tea.
After a stick of incense, the Taoist priest successfully hypnotized the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and began to instill some memories of the Duke of Zhenguo's legacy into her.
More than half an hour had passed after everything was completed. The Taoist looked at the unconscious wife of the Duke of Zhenguo, stood up and left the house, respectfully saluted the Duke of Zhenguo who was standing at the door and said.
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I have completed what the Duke asked me to do."
The Duke of Zhenguo nodded with satisfaction.
"Tang Ping, present the reward and send this Taoist priest away."
After the Taoist priest left safely with a generous reward, he quietly wiped his cold sweat. He had made the right bet, as the Duke of Zhenguo had no intention of killing to silence the witness.
He will keep this to himself.
The next day, Tang Cheng saw the dignified and noble wife of the Duke and the strange nanny beside her in the main courtyard.
The swelling on the Duchess's face had completely subsided yesterday and she had returned to her original appearance.
She looked at Tang Cheng with a kind and approachable look. After breakfast, the Duke's wife took Tang Cheng's hand and told him many things to pay attention to during pregnancy. She even personally suggested going back to the nunnery today to pray for the baby in Tang Cheng's belly. The housekeeper's duties were still left to Tang Cheng.
Well, from the heart.
Tang Cheng: “…”
Hypnosis is scary!
The Duke's wife seemed like a completely different person.
Wen Huaian looked at his mother like this, a complex look flashed in his eyes, and he felt mixed emotions.
Actually, this is quite good.
After Tang Cheng sent her mother-in-law away, the midwife that Wen Huaian had found was brought to the mansion.
Tang Cheng stayed at the Duke's Mansion and seldom went out, but Tang Xin visited her from time to time.
Wen Huaian's good friends Su Jingxing and Qi Changxiu also visited him every now and then.
Rumors about the queen's dethronement were still flying around, and Tang Cheng, the person whom the deposed queen had murdered, was also implicated.
Tang Cheng was speechless about this.
Time passed quickly and winter came in the blink of an eye. As the weather got colder, Tang Cheng's belly grew bigger and bigger.
About to give birth.
During this period, Tang Cheng learned from Wen Huaian that the thoughtful Miss Liu from the Jian'an Earl's Mansion created an accident and became the unfavored fiancée of the Seventh Prince.
Tang Cheng had long forgotten about Liu Jintong. When he learned that she had used some trickery to become the seventh prince's fiancée, he was slightly surprised but no longer cared.
Even though Tang Cheng has been living in seclusion for more than two months, there are still many people paying attention to him.
Especially when she is about to give birth.
The three concubines of the Wen family prayed in unison in the small Buddhist temple that Tang Cheng would either have a difficult labor or give birth to a daughter.
At this time, Tang Cheng was sitting on the warm kang and looking through the information handed over by the secret guard. These were the information of midwives and several wet nurse candidates in the capital.
Tang Cheng selected a few midwives and wet nurses for special observation, and they did not disappoint Tang Cheng.
As for the four midwives and two wet nurses in the mansion...
Even though he has not been bribed or lured by anyone, Tang Cheng still does not trust them.
Wen Huaian took special leave to accompany Tang Cheng during the days before her delivery.
Now everyone in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is surrounding Tang Cheng and protecting her very well.
On the day of birth, the sky cleared after the snow.
Tang Cheng held her bulging belly, feeling the constant pain in her abdomen, and said to Wen Huaian very calmly: "Wen Huaian, I'm about to give birth. Please quickly bring the two midwives and wet nurses I've chosen to the mansion."
Wen Huaian shuddered and said anxiously, "Is your stomach starting to hurt? I'll have someone bring the midwife and the wet nurse over right away."
Tang Cheng nodded.
"I've just started the labor pains, and it's still a little early for the birth. Wen Huaian, don't panic, get the midwife over first."
"Okay, okay, I got it." Wen Huaian quickly called Zhenzhu and the others in and gave them a few instructions.
When Pearl and the other three learned that the young lady was about to give birth, they hurried to boil some water.
Wutong Courtyard began to get busy.
After the midwife came, Tang Cheng was already in the warm delivery room waiting to give birth.
As Wen Huaian deliberately blocked the news, the four midwives in the mansion didn't know that Tang Cheng was giving birth today, not to mention the four concubines in the mansion.
After Tang Cheng gave birth to a big fat son smoothly without suffering any hardship, they learned that the Crown Prince's wife had given birth to a legitimate son when they were sent away by Butler Tang Ping.
Four midwives: “…”
Wen Huaian hugged his newborn son excitedly, and then looked at Tang Cheng, who was lying on the bed with a relaxed look after giving birth, with a face full of joy.
"Tang Cheng, this is our son."
Tang Cheng looked at his ugly son with a wrinkled and red face in the cradle with a worried look on his face.
"We are both good-looking, so why is our son so ugly? What will we do if he can't find a wife in the future?"
Wen Huaian: “…”
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