The Queen Mother's expression changed slightly, worry and panic disappeared for a moment, and finally her expression returned to calmness and she closed her eyes.
After a long while, he only said in a deep voice, "The emperor just remembers to promise the Ai family. The Ai family doesn't want to say more about the stakes involved.
If Aijia offends Long Yan, the emperor can also depose Aijia, the queen mother, and imprison Aijia in this Cining Palace. Aijia will not blame the emperor. "
Not long after the queen was deposed, the prince was deposed again. If the queen mother was deposed again, the Wei royal family would really become the biggest joke in the world.
The Queen Mother obviously understood this. The emperor's shoulders slumped down, and his whole body was filled with a sense of powerlessness.
After a moment, he said, "Maybe the Shi family shouldn't be in this position."
Whether they should or not, they were all seated.
The mother and son were in a stalemate, and a quarter of an hour later, the emperor walked out of Cining Palace with cold eyebrows.
Returning to the imperial study, the emperor issued several imperial edicts, demoting Xie Shen to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, and Du Xueyi, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, took over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Punishments.
All the officials who originally planned to see how the emperor would deal with Du Xueyi were dumbfounded.
He intimidated the emperor, but instead of being challenged, he was promoted?
Your heart is truly unpredictable!
Du Xueyi himself was stunned for a moment, and then went to Wei Qingyan's yard with the imperial edict, "Boss, you are so awesome."
Wei Qingyan looked at his happy expression and said with a smile, "This is not my fault."
She always suspected that the death of Du Xueyi's grandfather was a coincidence, that is, his death was the same. Considering the achievements of Du Xueyi's grandfather and Du Xueyi's achievements in the National Guard Army over the years, he also did this as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Du Xueyi hurriedly bowed to Lan Shu and said, "Xueyi, thank you, Auntie."
"It has nothing to do with me. It's probably because the emperor is displeased with the Xie family." Lan Shu denied.
The emperor didn't even want to take care of the affairs of his two children. How could he promote Du Xueyi just because she said a few words?
When several people were blaming each other for not being their own fault, Alu hurried in again and said, "Miss, Mr. Marquis, the emperor has sentenced."
"What's the sentence?" Seeing A Lu pause, Du Xueyi hurriedly asked, without even noticing that A Lu had habitually ranked Wei Qingyan in front of him.
A Lu was really running in a hurry, so he took a breath and said, "Princess Yu and Liu Huan were sentenced to Ling Chi and will be executed in public three days later at the intersection of Xishi Street.
The rest of the criminals were beheaded in Caishikou three days later at noon. King Yu did not participate in the crime and was released.
However, his stewardship was unfavorable and allowed Princess Yu to commit such a serious crime and invite herself to guard the Ancestral Temple. Your Majesty agreed and the imperial edict has been issued. "
Wei Qingyan and Lan Shu looked at each other.
The emperor wanted to use Princess Yu's incident to divert the people's attention from the prince's incident.
After Wang Gangzheng, he interrogated Princess Yu again. Her statement was the same as before. Under various criminal laws, Princess Yu had only one breath left, so it was difficult to find out anything.
The emperor's judgment at this time is not a bad thing.
Both of them thought so.
Alu slapped his forehead, remembering that there was something he had not reported back, "By the way, Mr. Xu, who reported the prince, was sent to the fiefdom of King Rong by the emperor."
"What does this mean, Your Majesty?" Du Xueyi looked at Wei Qingyan and Lan Shu in confusion.
Lan Shu also looked at Wei Qingyan.
Wei Qingyan thought for a while and said, "The emperor should also be able to imagine that there is someone behind Mr. Xu.
Mr. Xu invited himself to the wasteland, but the emperor could not let him get his wish. He sent him to Shi Yu's fiefdom, and Shi Yu kept an eye on him. "
"Your Majesty, don't you doubt that Master Xu is behind Prince Rong?" Du Xueyi asked.
Wei Qingyan shook his head, "Given Shi Yu's relationship with the general protecting the country, if he had that letter, how could he wait until now to report it."
Du Xueyi thought about it, too.
Wei Qingyan looked at him and said, "Xueyi, now that you are the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, you should think more about everything and act cautiously."
"Xueyi understands and will not embarrass the boss." Du Xueyi looked solemn.
At the moment when he accepted the imperial edict, the thought came into his mind that the higher his official position rose, the better he could protect the general.
In the past, the general protected him, but now that the general is a woman and his sister, Du Xueyi, he should be her support.
Wei Qingyan didn't know what he was thinking, so he raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "I know you can do well."
Du Xueyi used to rely on her. In the years without her, Du Xueyi has been making progress.
Wei Qingyan was actually relieved that he was kind and righteous, so he didn't say anything more.
In the evening, Shi Yu came over in person again.
"After Agu left, the emperor went to the Queen Mother's palace and dismissed all the palace people. No one knew what they talked about.
But it didn't take long for the emperor to find an excuse and take away Grandma Wang Chun. However, Grandma Wang Chun was too cautious and committed suicide by taking poison on the way to being taken for interrogation. You probably wouldn't know where her poison was hidden. "
"Where?" Wei Qingyan's eyes were cold and he felt a little bad in his heart.
Shi Yu lowered his eyes, held her hand, and said two words, "collar."
The emperor suddenly took away Grandma Wang Chun. Grandma Wang Chun did not know in advance that the emperor would take her, but she prepared the poison to commit suicide in advance.
It can only be that she has always prepared this poison.
A personal maid serving the Queen Mother, always hiding poison in her collar, Wei Qingyan's expression suddenly became solemn.
She remembered that in the past, Shi Yu and the emperor often went to the Queen Mother's palace to have meals.
"How did the Queen Mother react?"
Shi Yu's expression also became solemn, "There was no response, and we didn't even let anyone from Cining Palace pick up the body.
The Queen Mother is the concubine of the Xie family. Her mother died young. Her life in the Xie family was not easy before she married her father. Aunt Wang Chun was dependent on her.
When her father's uprising reached a certain scale, the Queen Mother had intended to marry her to a counselor under her father's command. Now she had a high official position, but Nanny Wang Chun was reluctant to leave the Queen Mother and refused to marry.
When I was a child, I heard the Queen Mother lament many times that Grandma Wang Chun wasted her whole life for her, so the Emperor and I should treat Grandma Wang Chun well.
At that time, their relationship was beyond that of master and servant. In the past three years, I had little contact with them and never noticed when their relationship changed. "
"Did the Queen Mother know about Grandma Wang Chun's betrayal?" Wei Qingyan asked, "But for such a deep-seated master and servant, what made Grandma Wang Chun betray the Master?
And why did the Queen Mother still keep her by her side even though she knew she had a problem?
Does the Queen Mother know about those things about Princess Yu? "
After a pause, she frowned and said, "Shi Yu, do you still remember the Queen Mother's unusual reaction in Prince Rong's Mansion last time?"
Shi Yu nodded, "She also ordered someone to pull out the tongue of the prince's servant. I think this matter may be related to the prince's desire to rob you from me.
The Queen Mother seemed to be very angry at the Prince's behavior towards me, so he angered the chamberlain. "
Wei Qingyan pondered, "Shi Yu, for some reason, I always feel that the Queen Mother's unusual attitude towards you is related to this matter.
Assuming that what we observed is true, does it mean that the Queen Mother actually cares about you?
When she was assassinated in Prince Rong's Mansion that day, her first reaction was to protect you, which was from the bottom of her heart. Her indifference to you in the palace was just an act. "
"Perform for Grandma Wang Chun, or the people behind her?" Shi Yu followed her words.
Wei Qingyan nodded, "Maybe we can make this assumption and give it a try?"
Shi Yu rolled his eyes slightly and nodded, "Then give it a try."
There are too many mysteries and strangenesses nowadays. If they want to piece together the truth, they need to find a line. The Queen Mother may be a breakthrough.
Although, that may face new confusion.
But both of them are people who have strong execution ability after making a decision.
The next day, as soon as the Queen Mother got up, she heard the servant come to report, "An assassin entered Prince Rong's mansion last night, and Prince Rong was injured and fell into a coma."
