"What?!"
In the Chang'an Palace, Queen Mother Su, who had just arrived, was shocked and unsteady when she heard the news that Su Changhe had been arrested for plotting to rebel and bewitching the prince.
"Su Changhe was arrested?!"
Concubine Wan Gui, who was still feeling hot while lying on the couch, was also shocked. Her already pale face turned extremely pale: "Su Changhe... was arrested?!"
Queen Mother Su gritted her teeth in anger, and her whole body began to become restless: "What on earth is going on!"
The eunuch who came to report immediately bowed his head and replied: "I heard that the Taifu said something treacherous when he was giving lectures to the prince, and later found a book that the Taifu gave to the prince.
"After seeing it, His Majesty said that the Taifu wanted to commit rebellion and that he had a terrible intention. Not only did he order the search of the Taifu's residence, he also ordered that the residences of all Su family ministers be searched to find his accomplices..."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Su was trembling with anger and fell down on her chair: "Su Changhe, this waste... this waste!"
Her original intention was for him to slightly alienate the relationship between the emperor and the prince. Who knew he would be stupid enough to trick the prince into rebelling! ?
Compared with Queen Mother Su, who was extremely angry, Concubine Wan, who was lying on the couch, was completely immersed in fear.
Because she was the one who secretly ordered Su Changhe to do these things!
She even secretly gave orders to Su Changhe without telling the Queen Mother several times...
If Su Changhe confessed her... plus her abuse of the prince...
Concubine Wan couldn't imagine what would happen to her.
"The Empress Dowager, what if Su Changhe gives me away!?" Concubine Wan Guifei looked at the Empress Dowager Su in confusion and said in a trembling voice.
Queen Su's expression was gloomy and she was already in a bad mood. After hearing these words, she became even more angry: "What else can I do! If you refuse to acknowledge the emperor, can I just chop you down?!"
Concubine Wan's face turned even paler after hearing this. If she had refused to admit it before, the emperor had discovered her beating the prince a few days ago!
Concubine Wan suddenly felt dizzy when she thought of this incident, and immediately leaned on the pillow behind her.
But I was extremely worried.
In fact, she had also thought about whether she was mistaken. In fact, what the emperor discovered was not her abuse of the prince. After all, the emperor had not punished her for so long.
But when I think about it carefully, she has never done anything else. This is the only thing that can make the emperor so angry. What's even more coincidental is that on the day she was punished, the emperor sent the imperial doctor to the East Palace!
She originally thought that as long as her father and the Queen Mother came forward, nothing big would happen, but she never expected that the Emperor actually made her kneel in front of the East Palace for half a month!
A few days ago, someone from the emperor's side took Ye Tao away, but she was not particularly worried about this, because she was the only one who knew about her abuse of the prince from beginning to end!
Ye Tao didn't know anything at all.
Thinking of Concubine Wan, she felt relieved.
But then he remembered Su Changhe's incident.
"The Queen Mother, if Su Changhe framed me, you must help me..." Concubine Wan bit her lip and got out of bed. After a moment of thought, she knelt directly in front of the Queen Mother Su.
In fact, Concubine Wan looked down on Su Wanyao. She was just a concubine who appeared out of nowhere from the Su family. She was presented to the emperor by the Su family. She climbed to the position of queen with her beauty, and it happened that the late emperor passed away. Only then was she respected as the Queen Mother, otherwise...
However, in order to save her life at this moment, Concubine Wan had to seek help from the usually unhappy Queen Mother Su Wanyao.
After all, in this deep palace, the only one who could directly help her was Su Wanyao.
The corner of Queen Mother Su's mouth raised in a mocking arc, but she quickly covered it up. She was not stupid, so she naturally knew that Concubine Wan looked down on her, but so what?
Her status as Queen Mother is untouchable by anyone.
She sighed, stood up and helped Concubine Wan up personally: "The Ai family was angry just now. Don't take it to heart. Don't you know what the relationship between our Su and Xia families is now? Can the Ai family help you? What?"
Concubine Wan is a direct noble daughter of the Xia family in Jiangling. No matter how much Su Wanyao dislikes her, she cannot really abandon her.
After all, if the Su family in Anyang wants to return to its former glory, it depends on the Xia family in Jiangling, which is now flourishing among the aristocratic families.
"But before that, you have to tell the Aijia how on earth you offended the emperor a few days ago?"
Recalling Chu Moyuan's words before, Queen Mother Su's face calmed down again: "The Ai family thought you had suffered a terrible disaster, so they directly complained to the emperor, but unexpectedly he silenced the Ai family with just a few words! "
Queen Mother Su closed her eyes: "Tell Ai Jia what you did!"
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The news that the prince's tutor Su Changhe was imprisoned for deceiving the prince and intending to rebel quickly spread throughout the capital.
The aristocratic family that had no ties to the Su family in Anyang was naturally gloating over the misfortune, and even began to plan how many officials from the Su family Su Changhe would be demoted this time, and how the emperor would arrange these vacant positions.
The emperor wants to change the situation in which aristocratic families dominate the court. Everyone knows it. However, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. There are not many talents in the court now, and the emperor is now powerless.
If the children of the Su family in Anyang are removed from their posts, they will definitely be replaced by children from other aristocratic families. This cycle goes on and on, just like tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
There is a high probability that the Xia family has declined, but the Gao family has risen again, the Wu family has declined, but the Liu family has risen again. Even if the aristocratic family is no longer entrenched, there may still be a dictatorship of foreign relatives...
Therefore, these aristocratic families are not worried about the emperor's actions. Even if the emperor really wants to remove the cancer in the family, it will not be them first, but the Xia family in Jiangling and the Wu family in Hongnan, which are currently the most powerful.
On the contrary, they can still get a piece of the pie.
"What's going on? How could Su Changhe attempt to rebel?" Su Changhe, the Minister of War, secretly went to Xia Mengshi's house as soon as he learned the news.
Xia Mengshi's face was full of anger: "I still want to ask you! Why did Su Changhe attempt to rebel and seduce the prince?!"
Su Changhe sighed: "Impossible, this is impossible! He has never had such a thought!"
Xia Mengshi gritted his teeth: "How much thought and effort did I put into finding Su Changhe the position of Taifu! Is this how you, the Su family, repay the truth?"
Su Changhe was also anxious: "No one expected such a thing to happen, no one expected it!"
Xia Mengshi: "At this point, it's useless to say anything. The emperor not only raided Su Changhe's residence, but also sent troops to search the houses of all Su family officials in Anyang!"
Su Changhe: "What?!"
Xia Mengshi snorted coldly: "Why don't you go back and ask those people to tidy up the mansion and destroy everything that should be kept and what should not be kept. If this matter involves the Xia family, then don't blame them for turning their backs on each other!"
After saying that, he snorted again, tossed his sleeves and left.
