The atmosphere in today's morning session was somewhat condensed.
The ministers who were more well-informed had already known what happened last night, and they were careful not to start playing randomly.
After finally staying up until the end of the morning session, everyone had dispersed.
"Second brother, you stay!"
The emperor spoke coldly, his voice seemed to have an icy edge, coming straight towards the center of King Gongxi's eyebrows.
His fingers couldn't help but tighten.
What he did last night was very secretive, and no matter how much he checked, it would not be possible to trace it to him.
Even if something fishy is discovered, all the clues point to the Gongsun family.
Thinking of this, King Gongxi calmed down a little.
He followed the emperor to the imperial study room.
The queen and the prince were both there, as was Chu Yi. Gao Gongguan came to the house and left.
"You all know what happened last night, right?" The emperor sat on the dragon throne with an unpredictable expression, "There is no need for me to say it clearly."
"Your Majesty, I just asked my nephew. He went to the racecourse and passed by Pingxi Prince's Mansion last night. He didn't do anything else." The queen said slowly, "I was wondering if Princess Guli knew about this. If a woman exists, it should be dealt with before the wedding?"
The prince shook his head quickly: "Yesterday I played polo with Princess Guli's brother. The prince said that his sister, Princess Guli, didn't like the third child. How could she kill someone in Kyoto of the Jin Kingdom for the sake of the third child."
The queen glanced at her son with hatred.
Now the evidence points to the Gongsun family, so she must point out the second suspicious person.
Otherwise, the mother and son will fall into a vicious cycle of self-evidence.
King Gongxi raised his head and said, "I remember that at the last banquet in the palace, the third brother kicked Lord Gongsun to injury in order to rescue Miss Yun. Could it be that Lord Gongsun held a grudge and took revenge on the third brother?"
After saying this, the queen was also stunned for a moment.
Her nephew was fine in other aspects, but Chu Yi stopped him from getting close to Yun Chu when he saw the beauty couldn't walk. The gangster might indeed take revenge on Chu Yi for this, and he didn't dare to tell her aunt openly... It's hard to say No...
Even if it was true, she couldn't admit it.
She asked back, "I heard that the place where Miss Liu was arrested was the ancestral fields of the Gui family, Mo'er, but is this true?"
Gongxi Wang Chumo couldn't believe it: "That piece of land may have belonged to the Gui family hundreds of years ago, but it was sold long ago and has nothing to do with the Gui family."
If you put it this way, at least half of the land in the capital once belonged to the Gui family, because the Gui family was a famous big landowner in the capital a hundred years ago. Later, when he became an official, he slowly sold those properties...
"My mother has the Gongsun family, my second brother has the Gui family, and I have nothing." A bitter smile appeared on Chu Yi's lips, "The Yin family is incompetent, and so are the sons and ministers. They can't protect their own women. I don't blame the empress. It’s the fault of the Second Emperor Brother, it’s me who is so useless, it’s me who feels sorry for her…”
The emperor's eyebrows were gloomy.
He asked the Royal Forest Army to investigate all night, but no obvious evidence has been found until now.
But obviously, either the queen or the second child.
Even if nothing was found, he still had to give an explanation to the third child.
Now it seems that the third child is indeed too weak.
My maternal grandfather, the Yin family, was only a fifth-rank petty official, and had no sense of presence in the court. Compared with the Queen's natal family and Concubine Hui's natal family, it was much worse.
Moreover, the Crown Princess of the East Palace and the two side concubines were of high origin, and Princess Gongxi was also the daughter of a bachelor. On the other hand, Chu Yi really didn't have anything to ask for.
"No need to quibble anymore." The emperor patted the table coldly, "The queen neglected her duties and will be fined half a year."
The queen couldn't believe it: "Your Majesty, I am my concubine..."
"Let me ask you, even if you were not responsible for this incident, the innocent woman in the capital lost her life. Did you neglect your duty?" the emperor asked coldly.
The queen pursed her lips and said, "I accept my punishment."
"And you, second child." The emperor's voice became even colder, "Don't go to the Ministry of Finance for the time being. I'll punish you to shut up and think about your life for three months. Do you accept it?"
King Gongxi lowered his head: "My son is surrendering."
Calculation after calculation, nothing was gained.
Chu Yi's face was dark.
That woman deserves to die though.
But from the father's point of view, she was an innocent woman and her son's sweetheart.
A woman died like this, just as a punishment for a month and to think about her mistakes behind closed doors.
In the imperial city, human life is too despised.
"Concubine Yin has been in the position of concubine for many years." The emperor thought for a moment and then said, "With my decree, concubine Yin will be canonized as concubine immediately."
The queen lowered her head: "Yes, I will do it as soon as possible."
She glanced at Chu Yi calmly.
This matter caused her to be fined for half a year as the mother of a country. Money was not an issue. What was important was that she lost her dignity as a mother of the country and made people laugh.
Secondly, the second child was also kicked out of the household department by the emperor and had to live in isolation for three months, which was a big punishment.
As a result, the third child gained the emperor's love and affection, and Concubine Yin also became a concubine.
She had every reason to suspect that Lao San used her sweetheart to plan this series of events...
After leaving the imperial study, the queen called Gongsun Ning and cursed him profusely.
"Aunt, I am really unjust..." Gongsun Ning was about to cry but had no tears. "I wanted to take revenge, but that is King Pingxi, who has the Yun family army and the eight thousand elite bandit suppressors. I have I have no guts, I really didn’t do anything!”
The queen narrowed her eyes.
Since this matter has nothing to do with the Gongsun family, then she was dragged into the water by the second child, Chu Mo.
What a Chu Mo, how dare you scheme against Dong Palace.
In the imperial study room, the emperor stepped down from the throne and held Chu Yi's shoulders: "Yier, she's just a woman..."
"She is my sweetheart, and I feel sorry for her." Chu Yi lowered his head, "Her death was all because I promised to marry the princess of Hongnan Kingdom, and the queen and the second emperor brother could not tolerate me. Father, please let this matter go. "
The emperor had a headache.
Fortunately, he vaguely heard that Princess Guli was not satisfied with this marriage either.
Since neither of them has any intention, why should they become a grudge couple?
Thinking of this, the emperor nodded generously: "In that case, let's forget about the marriage, but Yi'er, you are a man, a grown man, and you should not be immersed in the love between your children. You should cheer up earlier."
Chu Yi looked sad: "Yes, father."
He handed over his hand and said goodbye to leave.
"Wait a minute." The emperor stopped him, "I had a restless night and almost forgot that today is Brother Yu Changsheng's birthday. This is a little thought prepared by me, the imperial grandfather, for the two of them. You can take it back to them. "
Chu Yi nodded: "Thank you, Father."
The emperor prepared cloth and the Four Treasures of the Study.
Not only did the emperor give gifts, Concubine Yin... It should be said that Concubine Yin also arranged for someone to send the child's birthday gift early.
Chu Hongyu was very happy.
From now on, he and his sister will have two birthdays. The first day will be spent with his mother's grandparents' house, and the second day will be spent in the palace with the imperial grandmother.
Is there anyone happier than him and his sister in the world?
