0p0 Chapter 483 [The Legend of Zhen Huan 18]
Chapter 483 [The Legend of Zhen Huan 18]
In Shoukang Palace, Sun Zhuxi walked over quickly, saluted to the Queen Mother and said, "My Lord, I just got the news that the Emperor has deposed the Queen!"
The Queen Mother was horrified and stood up abruptly. She asked in disbelief, "What? How could the Emperor depose the Queen so hastily? What was the reason? No, I must go and find out immediately. Ulanara must not be deposed!"
Sun Zhuxi hurried forward to support the queen mother and comforted her, "Don't worry, my master, we will be there soon."
The two hurried to the Yangxin Palace. When they arrived at the gate of Yangxin Palace, they ran into Su Peisheng who had just returned from outside. When he saw the empress dowager, he knelt down and greeted her, saying, "Your servant greets the empress dowager. May the empress dowager live long and healthy. I wonder why the empress dowager is here in person? If you have any instructions, you can just send your servants. Why bother to come here in person?"
The Queen Mother was so anxious that she had no time to talk to him. Seeing this, Sun Zhuxi quickly answered for the Queen Mother: "Eunuch Su, the Queen Mother has something important to present to the Emperor. Please let the Emperor know."
Su Peisheng responded, "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, and allow me to go in and report first." Then he turned and entered the Yangxin Palace.
When the Queen Mother saw this, she couldn't help but sneer, "Zhu Xi, you see, I am useless now. I can't even see my own son. I still need someone to pass on the message. This would never have been necessary in the past."
"Master, don't say that. Maybe there are some important documents in the Yangxin Palace that need to be processed. After all, the harem cannot interfere in politics, and the Yangxin Palace is where the emperor works." Sun Zhuxi hurriedly comforted.
"Hmph, who knows!" The Queen Mother still snorted coldly, feeling somewhat dissatisfied in her heart.
At this time, Su Peisheng came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is waiting at the door, saying that she has something important to discuss with Your Majesty."
The emperor frowned, thinking that it must be about the queen again. He sneered and said to Su Peisheng, "As expected, the queen mother knew about it right after you went to Jingren Palace to announce the imperial decree. The power of the queen mother is really great. I'm afraid she knows everything about the harem. Su Peisheng, go tell the queen mother to let her in. I want to see what she wants."
"Yes." Su Peisheng took the order and turned to leave.
A moment later, Su Peisheng returned to the door and bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you."
The Queen Mother glanced at Su Peisheng and walked in.
"Your Majesty, I won't waste any more words with you. I just want to know why Your Majesty wants to depose the Queen?" The Queen Mother said directly.
"To harm one's own offspring is unkind and immoral," said the emperor.
"Does Your Majesty have any evidence?" asked the Queen Mother.
"Since Your Majesty wants evidence, I will give it to you. These are what Yixiu has done over the years. Your Majesty, please take a look for yourself," said the Emperor.
The Queen Mother took the evidence and started reading it. After reading it, she was shocked. She didn't expect that so many things were done by the Queen.
The Queen Mother actually knew what the Queen had done. After all, she had cleaned up many of the messes for the Queen. So, she said, "Let's put this aside for now. Has Your Majesty forgotten what Chun Yuan told you? Yi Xiu is Chun Yuan's only sister. When Chun Yuan was alive, she asked you to take good care of her. Have you forgotten that, Your Majesty?"
The emperor looked at the empress dowager with a serious face, and his tone was questioning: "It would be fine if the Empress Dowager didn't mention Chun Yuan, but since she did, I will talk to you about Chun Yuan's incident! At that time, I had not yet ascended the throne and was still in the palace. Yixiu was pregnant, and her mother and sister came to visit. But this time, Chun Yuan danced, wearing that concubine's dress... How could a minister's daughter have that dress? If I remember correctly, that dress should be what the Empress Dowager wore when she was conferred the title of concubine. Was the Empress Dowager also involved in this matter? I was too lazy to investigate at the time, and I just went with the flow and took advantage of the situation."
His voice was deep and powerful, as if it could penetrate the Queen Mother's heart. Every word was like a sharp sword, piercing deep into the Queen Mother's heart. The Emperor's eyes were firm, with anger and disappointment flashing in them. He stared at the Queen Mother, waiting for her response.
"I'm doing this for your own good. Even so, you can't depose the queen. What will the ministers of the previous dynasty think?" The queen mother said stubbornly.
"Don't bother Your Majesty Mother about this. I almost forgot that Chunyuan is not a good person. Some people in the palace got pregnant, and they all died at her hands. Su Peisheng has conveyed my decree. Empress Chunyuan is demoted to concubine and given the title of Ulanara concubine, and is moved to the concubine's mausoleum." said the emperor.
The empress dowager suddenly had a headache. She came to persuade the emperor not to depose the queen, but the emperor did the opposite. Both of Ulanara's queens were deposed, the living one and the dead one as well. As the saying goes, disaster does not affect the dead.
The Queen Mother continued, "Your Majesty, are you determined to do this?"
"It was you, Empress Dowager, who was responsible for the incident at Chengqian Palace, right?" said the Emperor.
The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Red Beauty Drunk? What is this? I have never heard of it, nor have I used it! Your Majesty, please don't listen to other people's slander!"
The emperor sneered and said, "My Queen Mother, there is no need to quibble. If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. I have already investigated this matter thoroughly."
The Queen Mother sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it, since the Emperor already knows, I have nothing to say. Concubine Shu is a witch, she is a witch, she must die."
After the emperor heard the queen mother's words, an expression of anger and disappointment appeared on his face. He shouted loudly: "She is my woman and the one I love the most, Empress Dowager, how dare you?"
The Queen Mother did not flinch at all. Instead, she straightened her body and said with a firm look in her eyes, "For the Emperor, I can do anything."
However, the emperor was not intimidated by the empress dowager's momentum. He responded coldly: "If the empress dowager does not want Fourteen to be without another leg, then go ahead." This sentence made the empress dowager's eyes widen, and her heart was filled with fear and regret.
"Your Majesty, you actually let someone cripple one of your own brother's legs. He is your own brother, how could you be so cruel?" The Queen Mother could not help but curse, her voice filled with despair and anger.
The emperor's eyes became even more cruel and ruthless. He said mercilessly: "My Queen Mother, I am only giving you a tooth for a tooth. After all, Fourteenth wants to atone for his biological mother."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at the Emperor and cursed, "You...you...you rebellious son, I wish I had never given birth to you."
The emperor sneered and said, "Hasn't the Empress Dowager always disliked my son? She always thought that I stole the throne from your youngest son."