It was no joke that Chu Moyuan ordered Concubine Wan to kneel in front of the East Palace Gate every day to accompany the prince in confinement.
Concubine Wan Gui had been kneeling intermittently in front of the East Palace for five days and five nights. She fainted several times during the process because the Queen Mother couldn't bear it and ordered people to carry her to her palace.
Unexpectedly, the emperor would come and ask Concubine Wan to continue kneeling.
Concubine Wan was crying like a tearful person at first, begging the emperor to spare her. She would freeze to death in the ice and snow, but Chu Moyuan was completely unmoved and directly ordered someone to pull her over and kneel down.
Later, Concubine Wan couldn't even cry anymore. She was kneeling in front of the East Palace in a numb body and mind, and she almost fainted.
Everyone in the palace said that Concubine Wan was about to fall out of favor, and the emperor would not see anyone who interceded for her these days.
Prime Minister Xia spent time outside the Zichen Palace, but never saw the emperor, and finally had to mention the matter in the court.
Xia Mengshi: "I don't know what mistake my little girl made, so that Your Majesty made her kneel in front of the East Palace for half a month in the cold winter..."
As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers were moved in their hearts. They had long heard that the emperor was angry and punished Concubine Wan to kneel in front of the East Palace gate, but they didn't know that she was still kneeling today?
Is Concubine Wan going to fall out of favor?
What about the prince? Is it possible to raise her to the knees of a good concubine?
The good concubine is Lingyao Zhong, the daughter of Prime Minister Zhong Wenyue. She was brought into the harem after Chu Moyuan ascended the throne. Now she has a pair of twin little princes, only three years old.
Or is it under Su Fei’s knees?
Concubine Su's status was not as high as Concubine Wan and Concubine Liang. She was the daughter of the Anyang Su family of the Empress Dowager's mother's family.
The Su family in Anyang began to decline since the time of the late emperor, and it was not until the Queen Mother entered the palace that there was a slight improvement.
However, the Queen Mother was the successor of the late emperor and did not give birth to a son or a daughter. The current emperor was not her biological child, so the Anyang Su family was still inferior to other aristocratic families.
Maybe it’s Concubine Liu’s knee...
Concubine Liu is the legitimate daughter of the Liu family of Nan'an, the current Holy Emperor and Princess Ancheng's mother's family. Although she does not have a son or a half, with this relationship...
The ministers had different thoughts, and finally returned their attention to Prime Minister Xia at the front.
Prime Minister Xia's back was straight, neither humble nor arrogant, waiting for the emperor to give him a reason.
However, Chu Moyuan just glanced at him and said, "Xia Xiang has been an official in the court for decades. Is it possible that he doesn't understand what political affairs are and what family affairs are?"
Xia Mengshi gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty has found out that I have been to the palace every day in the past five days to ask your Majesty about this matter, but your Majesty has never seen me once. If there was no other way, I would not let this matter go." Come to the court and say..."
Chu Moyuan's expression did not change at all after hearing this, and he did not answer Xia Mengshi's words.
"If you have something to do, start to act, if nothing happens, leave the court -"
The eunuch on the side saw this and immediately shouted.
"I have something to report! Your Majesty, please tell me what mistake my little girl has made!"
Xia Mengshi took a step forward again, raised his voice and spoke, as if Chu Moyuan would not leave until he spoke.
The ministers looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to react. Seeing that the emperor did not stand up, they did not move either.
"Your Majesty, please give me a reason!"
Chu Moyuan sneered: "You want a reason?"
Xia Mengshi said, neither humble nor arrogant: "My beloved daughter is kneeling in the snow every day in this freezing cold day. How can I not need a reason?"
"I'm afraid you will faint and die in this court after hearing this."
Xia Mengshi choked and said, "Your Majesty just said so."
Chu Moyuan snorted, and the next moment the fold in his hand fell to His Highness.
"Don't you need a reason?" Chu Moyuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Let's see."
When Xia Mengshi saw the folded book lying on the ground, he suddenly felt timid for some reason. He took a deep breath, bent forward to pick it up, and looked at it carefully.
The ministers behind him couldn't help but be extremely curious when they saw this, but they had no way of knowing what was written in the memorial. They could only watch Xia Mengshi's reaction from the corner of their eyes.
Unexpectedly, after Xia Mengshi held the memorial and read it for a moment, his face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and his hands couldn't help but loosen.
The memorial fell to the ground, and Xia Mengshi also knelt on the ground limply.
"This, this...impossible!" Xia Mengshi knelt on the ground with trembling hands: "Your Majesty, this is a crime framed by a gangster to frame my little girl!"
"Your Majesty, please check clearly. How could my little girl do such a thing! This, this, this, this, this will do her no good at all!"
Chu Moyuan looked at him deeply, and then said quietly: "There are many things that the Prime Minister can't think of."
Xia Mengshi shook his hands and knelt down, kowtowing: "Your Majesty has found out clearly that this little girl must have been wrongly accused!"
"His Majesty!"
"Retreat from the DPRK"
"Retreat from the court——"
"His Majesty--"
"Master Xia, what mistake did Concubine Wan have made? Yesterday the Queen Mother sent a message saying that the Emperor is determined to punish Concubine Wan this time. No one can persuade her!"
After Su Changhe, the Minister of War, saw everyone leaving, he walked up to Xia Mengshi and asked in a low voice.
Xia Mengshi's hands were still trembling, and he shook his head after hearing this: "Impossible...impossible...
"How is this possible!"
Su Changhe sighed anxiously: "Master Xia, please tell me, what's going on!"
In the end, Su Changhe was unable to ask anything useful, and the memorial was taken away by Eunuch Su beside the emperor with a smile.
After a few days of nursing, Shen Wanqi's injury gradually improved, and he could at least be helped to walk, so he hurriedly went to court.
Then he was dragged into a corner by Xia Mengshi and asked if Princess Ancheng could be allowed to intercede on behalf of Concubine Wan before the emperor.
Shen Wanqi was stunned for a moment. He was recuperating in his mansion these days and was completely unaware of everything that happened in the court. He was dumbfounded when asked by Xia Mengshi, but he still subconsciously agreed to the matter.
After the morning court, Shen Wanqi asked someone to inquire carefully before he understood the cause and effect.
He secretly thought that something was wrong. If something happened to Concubine Wan, the Xia family would definitely be affected. As the prime minister, Xia Mengshi would definitely no longer be as favored as before. Then wouldn't he, who was on the same side as Xia Mengshi, also be affected?
Not to mention that the emperor has been unhappy with him recently. If something happens to Xia Mengshi again...
Shen Wanqi shivered and hurried back home.
