0p0 Chapter 626: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (33)
Chapter 626: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (33)
Chapter 626: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (Thirty-three)
"what?"
Everyone stood there in a daze for a moment, and some people even started shouting.
"The eldest prince is just a fool. What qualifications does he have to be the crown prince? What right does he have to be the crown prince?!"
The jailer spat at him.
"Bah! The eldest son of the emperor is his biological son.
He is not qualified to be the crown prince, so how can you, a traitor and a traitor, be qualified?"
The others saw that the jailer was not lying, and they all became dejected. They never knew that the eldest prince had such intentions.
If only I had known earlier... If only I had known earlier...
But even if they had known this earlier, they would only assist the Third Prince.
After all, the third prince is the grandson of the Pingyang Marquis, and the prince is just a grass-roots man from the mountains, so how could he be worthy of their full support?
Someone else shouted, "Impossible! We are from an aristocratic family. How dare he kill us? Isn't he afraid of causing unrest in the court?!"
"Come on, you're still a noble family! You're worse than shit!
They are just a bunch of beasts who are hiding from the eyes of aristocratic families and bullying men and women!
Without you, Butcher Zhang, would anyone know what a hairy pig is?
The imperial court is still in turmoil. You think too highly of yourself!
Our Crown Prince is wise and will not be controlled by a bunch of bastards like you!"
This time, basically all the aristocratic families were wiped out by the queen.
The advantage is that the Queen and Li Xiangyu’s private treasury, as well as the national treasury, all made a lot of money.
Everyone knows that they have money in their hands, and basically all the gold and silver are in their hands.
But I didn't expect there would be so many.
Unfortunately, every time the court had problems and asked them for help, they all cried poor and refused to give a penny.
Although there were fewer officials in the court, all the poor people who had been suppressed and unable to make a name for themselves were brought forward by the queen.
As long as they have talent, their official positions will be promoted directly.
Soon, those people's followers were eliminated and the government was restored to order.
After all these people were executed, the queen felt that the emperor should also die.
It's so hard to pretend to be affectionate facing this annoying face every day.
So he ordered Sulan to feed the rest into the dog emperor's mouth.
Sulan was no longer surprised by the Queen scolding the Emperor in private. After paying her respects, she quickly went out to meet someone.
On this day, the emperor woke up for the first time.
Perhaps he knew that his time was up, so when he learned from Yao Fugui that Li Xiangyu was now the regent, he just listened silently and did not raise any objections.
When he learned that the imperial concubine had been demoted to a concubine, he still didn't say anything.
Only when he learned that the third prince was imprisoned did he finally react.
He said to Yao Fugui in a hoarse voice, "Prince Chengping, Prince Dongting, and the left and right prime ministers come to see you."
After thinking for a while, he said a few more names.
Yao Fugui's heart skipped a beat. He was worried that the emperor had summoned so many people in order to depose the empress and the crown prince.
But he replied respectfully, "Yes!"
After leaving the Qinzheng Hall, they quickly came to the side hall, where the Queen brought Li Xiangyu to review memorials.
Seeing the flustered Yao Fugui, he asked in a calm voice.
"What happened?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has woken up."
The queen nodded, but didn't care at all.
It's just a last glimmer of hope and won't cause much waves.
Yao Fugui continued, "He said he wanted to see several princes and ministers?"
The Queen was stunned. "Yao Fugui, what did the Emperor look like when he said these words?"
Yao Fugui shook his head, "Expressionless."
The queen closed her eyes and thought for a while, then waved her hand.
"You go and notify."
After saying that, he stood up and went to the emperor's bedroom.
There were no outsiders around at the moment, so the queen didn't need to pretend to be affectionate. She walked slowly to the bed with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, you are awake."
The emperor looked at the queen with complicated eyes.
"Queen, does this illness have anything to do with you?"
Since he was able to rise to become the emperor, he is certainly not a stupid person.
The director of the Imperial Hospital could not find any illness, but his health was getting worse day by day. He could not think of any other reason except that he was poisoned.
He had fallen into a misunderstanding before. The queen didn't have it, but the people who relied on her had it!
The Queen would naturally not admit it. How could such a final blow leave any evidence behind?
Frowning in confusion, he asked, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about?"
The emperor's eyes were wandering at this time, but his words were very clear.
"When the eldest prince fell ill, you always blamed me for not avenging him.
After the marriage of Changning, you even hated all the noble families.
I heard from Yao Fugui that you confiscated the property and exterminated all the noble families."
The Queen naturally did not hide this, "Humph, they dared to rebel and assassinate the Emperor, shouldn't they be destroyed?"
After a long while, the emperor nodded slightly.
"Indeed, you did better than me!
In this way, our children and grandchildren will no longer be as cowardly as I am and be controlled by others all their lives.
He didn't even dare to get too close to the woman he loved, for fear that they would exploit his weakness.
Even his most beloved child was harmed in that way, and he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Even though my most beloved daughter was forced to marry, I was powerless to stop her."
The queen looked at the emperor quietly. Just as the emperor understood her, she also knew the emperor's temperament very well.
He was suddenly being forced to play the family card; he must have some ulterior motive.
He said lightly, "Just tell me what you want to say. If we can do it, Yu'er will definitely do it for you."
The emperor was not embarrassed by being exposed by the queen, so he calmed down before speaking.
"For the sake of our twenty-plus years of marriage, I beg you for a favor."
The queen knew what was going on, and she didn't say yes or no, but just asked calmly.
"what's up?"
"Please spare the Third Prince. It doesn't matter if you imprison him in the imperial manor or demote him to a commoner. I only ask that you spare his life."
Then he looked at the emperor for a long time before saying, "Don't worry, I would never bother to lay a hand on your child.
Because I have always believed that as long as my son is good enough, it doesn’t matter how many sons you have.”
But in my heart I was saying: I will only target you and cut off everything at the source.
The emperor nodded, knowing that the queen would never bother to harm children.
The reason why he had few children in recent years was all due to the Imperial Concubine and the Empress Dowager of the past.
There was a hint of affection in his eyes, "I believe you. It's all my fault these years, but I can't help it. Don't blame me."
The Queen, however, acted very magnanimous. "No, don't worry. After you die, I will send your precious cousin to be buried with you."
The emperor was delighted. He truly loved the imperial concubine and was naturally happy to be buried with her.
Then he was very confused, "What do you mean? Aren't you the one who cares the most about her?
"Yes, so I will naturally find another place and not disturb you."
When the emperor heard this, he became anxious and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His face turned as pale as gold paper in an instant.
"No! I really don't agree! You are my first wife, how can a concubine like her surpass you!"
"Don't act so affectionate towards me, it's disgusting!"
"No no no."
At this point, all the drug effects have taken effect, or the last bit of the effect has passed.
The emperor's face was ashen, his chest was rising and falling slightly, and it seemed that he was only breathing out but not in.