The third is more likely to be after the early hours of the morning, so don't wait, let's come back tomorrow

Chu Zihou hurried to Zichen Palace, informed the emperor of the queen's installation of a palace maid to listen to the conversation between the emperor and Xizhen, and handed over the palace maid's confession.

This can at least prove that there is a reason why Shen Xizhen wanted to make others retreat when he met with the emperor in the first place. Moreover, even if it was not to help Xizhen but out of consideration for the emperor's safety, Chu Zihou would not hesitate to reveal this truth.

"I have long been suspicious of this matter, and I will uphold justice for Miss Shen." Emperor Guangzhao looked at the confession and said.

"If you offend the queen because of this, please ask your father to bear more." Chu Zihou added.

"You're just presenting a fact, so why bother, besides, do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong?"

"Of course not."

Suddenly, I heard Gonggong Liu report outside: "Your Majesty, the queen has arrived." ”

"Call her in." Emperor Guangzhao responded.

"The minister retired first." Chu Zihou hurriedly retreated.

Emperor Guangzhao threw the letter from the Yun family to Empress Wenci, and said coldly: "In order to assist the crown prince to ascend to the throne, you can do anything!" If I hadn't woken up today, I'd have dared to bury me alive tomorrow! ”

Empress Wenci opened the letter with trembling hands, and after reading it, she was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to Emperor Guangzhao and begged for mercy.

She never expected Yoon to write such a letter. I didn't expect that this letter had not been eliminated by so many people's hands, let alone that it was caused by Shen Xizhen's help in it.

Well, in the face of such conclusive evidence. She simply couldn't argue with her actions.

"And the matter of installing a palace maid to listen to the conversation between me and Miss Shen, how should you explain it?" Emperor Guangzhao threw the information that Chu Zihou had just handed over to her.

Empress Wenci's face changed again.

Didn't that palace maid jump into the lake? Why did you leave such a thing beforehand?

The more Empress Wenci thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and her body trembled unconsciously.

Emperor Guangzhao walked to Empress Wenci's side, tried his best to hide his anger and disgust, and said: "Empress, because you are afraid that King Qingping and the crown prince will compete for the throne, you twice asked someone to perform a curse spell, so that I and my beloved concubine and beloved son were separated from each other for eighteen years, and you almost died in this technique. This is already a heinous crime. Now you are blaming Miss Shen again, and you are also instigating the crown prince to usurp the throne with Liu Shipai, and your behavior is simply outrageous. There is no forgiveness, so I must punish you severely. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines were still young, but they did it because they wanted to get more favor from the emperor. It was not intended to harm Concubine Lazagina. As for instigating the prince to usurp the throne, it was the idea of the protector, and the concubine listened to him in a daze, which was the fault of the concubine, but this matter had nothing to do with the prince, and I hope the emperor will not blame him. Empress Wenci hurriedly pleaded with Emperor Guangzhao.

Emperor Guangzhao looked at her with a detached look, thinking of Lazagina and Chu Zihou, who were far away from him, thinking of the knife he saw when he first woke up and her eyes at that time, and he became more and more determined to abolish the queen.

"Queen. You could have received my heart and my favor, but you are overly superstitious about power. Even if I only see me as a tool to help you and the prince gain greater power, how can I be willing to give you my heart. Emperor Guangzhao's voice was not high, and his voice was full of coldness.

Empress Wenci had heard a lot of his tone, but she had never felt so sad and hopeless as this time, and she knew that she had completely lost, to the woman who was determined to stay away from the capital.

In fact, she had already lost, but she didn't want to admit it.

"The concubine knows that she is wrong, and the concubine admits that she really doesn't care enough about you, please give the concubine another chance to compensate."

"If you give too many opportunities, you will be connived, Queen, my connivance with you should also be enough."

"Your Majesty, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, I hope you will read it in our husband and wife relationship for more than 20 years......" Empress Wenci hurriedly stretched out her hands to pull him.

"Enough, Queen, I don't want to hear you say such false things anymore." Emperor Guangzhao shook off her hand, sat back in his place, and announced on the spot that he would abolish her status as empress and send her to the cold palace.

"The emperor ......" when she heard the words "The Emperor and the Cold Palace", Empress Wenci was completely panicked, and hurriedly knelt down again to plead, but Emperor Guangzhao did not look at her again, and waved his hand to signal the guards to take her away.

The prince came to ask to see him, but Emperor Guangzhao refused to see him.

Emperor Guangzhao knew that he had come to intercede for Empress Wenci.

"Tomorrow I will see him directly and tell him to go back first."

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In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Guangzhao announced the ins and outs of the Zichen Hall incident and the results of the investigation, and at the same time announced that Shen Xizhen was not guilty.

"Released and paid on the same day." Emperor Guangzhao said.

No one among the hundred officials dared to disagree.

Most people are still very happy in their hearts.

A person who is highly skilled, good at using the right time, and good at strategy, no matter what the circumstances, will not let herself be in a dead end, not to mention that all her starting points are in line with morality.

And what everyone admires the most is that she quietly shook out the conspiracy of Empress Wenci and Liu Shipai, and dealt a powerful blow to the conservative old courtiers who wanted to support the crown prince to consolidate their own interests, and also gave Lazakina a bad breath.

Who would dare not be in awe of such a person?

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Shen Xizhen's unjust case has been revealed, and the next thing is to deal with the issue of Liu Shijian and the prince.

Liu Shiji was escorted up by two people.

Emperor Guangzhao put the evidence provided by the people involved in the incident in front of Liu Shipai one by one and asked him if he pleaded guilty.

Liu Shijian saw that there was evidence from a large number of conservative ministers such as Prime Minister Ji Chengfan, and suddenly knew that he had fallen into isolation and helplessness, so he confessed his guilt one by one.

Emperor Guangzhao immediately issued an order to demote him to a commoner, remove him from the status of protector, confiscate his family property, and not be allowed to be an official for five generations.

Emperor Guangzhao handled the whole process neatly, but he couldn't make up his mind on the issue of disposing of the crown prince, so he announced that he would make a judgment three days later, and then retired from the court.

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The queen mother was deposed, the protector was demoted to a commoner, and the prince's side suddenly lost the most powerful supporters, but the prince could not have a trace of resentment towards Emperor Guangzhao, because he knew that the queen mother and the protector did deserve it, and the emperor's punishment was already very merciful.

So, what will the emperor do with him?

The prince thought with a wry smile.

He didn't know what Emperor Guangzhao would think of his usurpation, but judging from the results of Emperor Guangzhao's delay in announcing the punishment, it was obvious that he had saved face and affection for him, but he was still deeply uneasy.

Some things, wrong are wrong, and they must be faced bravely, so the prince did not feel that fate was unfair to him, on the contrary, after these things, he realized the importance of being in the company of virtuous people.

The next day, all the ministers, including Chu Zihou, begged the emperor to give the prince a chance.

After thinking about it, Emperor Guangzhao finally accepted the advice of the ministers.

"Out of affirmation of your character, everyone hopes that I will give you a chance, then I will give you a chance, but if you don't ask about the crime, it doesn't mean that you don't need to be punished, so I ordered you to move out of the East Palace to the Meditation Garden to think about it for a year, during this year, I will confiscate your military power, and you will not be allowed to see any high-ranking officials and ministers, the only thing you can do is to study and practice martial arts."

"Thank you for your kindness!" The prince hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

The fact that his father did not abolish his status as the crown prince is already the greatest forgiveness for him, plus he just wants to be quiet, and Jing Siyuan is an ideal place to go, as for military power, anyway, he is still in the stage of showing loyalty, and it is better not to hold military power, so this is not a matter for him at all.

It's just that he thought of his marriage to Hua Yueyu. However, it seems inappropriate to ask my father again at this moment.

"I know what you want to say, your marriage with Hua Yue Song will go on as usual, and you will have to move to the Garden of Meditation after your marriage is completed." Emperor Guangzhao said.

"The sons obey the orders, and the father is really good to the sons!" The prince was moved to tears.

"I will ask someone to set a date for you, and try to consummate your marriage in the near future." Emperor Guangzhao said again.

"Okay, follow my father's arrangement."

"As for your mother, I can't be more tolerant, think about the suffering that King Qingping and Concubine Jina have suffered because of this, think about the pain of my separation from my own flesh and blood, so I won't make concessions in this matter."

"Erchen understands, and Erchen is deeply sorry."

"It's none of your business, I just want you to understand that being a king should have clear rewards and punishments, and follow etiquette."

"The sons know it, and the sons will remember their father's teachings."

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Shen Xizhen was personally escorted back to the Shen Mansion by Chu Zihou.

They snuggled up to each other on the same horse, enjoying this rare time together.

"Thank you for helping me so much, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have been able to prove my innocence." Hee Zhen held his hand and said sincerely.

Because of the hardships they have experienced together, the relationship between the two is deeper than before.

"Of course I want to help you, Ah Zhen, I have long made up my mind to share your weal and woe." Chu Zihou said with a smile. The joy of immortality is full of pity.

When they appeared at the door, they immediately made the entire Shen Mansion happy.

Xizhen, who has been in prison for nearly half a month, looks a lot thinner, but her eyes are brighter and brighter.

Because they were so happy and excited, everyone didn't know what to say for a while, they just held her hand and silently conveyed their feelings for her.

Jiang Weibai, who had just learned the news, also rushed over immediately. (To be continued......)