377: Removal from office, prelude to conviction?
Cheng Qing is a four-person soldier, divided into two ways, and works in two ways.
The first team is Cheng Qing and Xiao Yunting, and the other team is Meng Huaijin and the Five Princes, plus the assistance of Jinyiwei, each has gained.
The more he investigated, the more Cheng Qing believed in the queen's innocence.
Therefore, it is unnecessary to be afraid of the 'art of disgust with victory', as long as the emperor calms down a little, so many people will not die.
Cheng Qing has to suspect that the emperors are too lazy to investigate, whether they don't want to be calm, whether they are pushing the boat down the river and killing chickens and monkeys, so that every time they make a fuss, they will kill and injure a large number of people.
The things found out by Cheng Qing and Meng Huaijin gathered in the emperor's Qianqing Palace.
Except for the emperor himself, others are not aware of the progress of the case.
The emperor has been out of office for three days, and the courtiers can only analyze and make up the progress of the case by themselves.
The queen's mother was secluded in Kunning Palace, and some courtiers and clan relatives interceded for the queen, but it was also a general talk, just like a formality.
In the palace, the queen was empty on her knees and had no children.
Outside the palace, the queen's family has not fallen for many years, the direct relatives are not alive, it is the distant relatives of the same clan who attacked the title that should belong to the queen's father, the queen never interacts with this family, and does not summon the so-called 'mother's family' during the New Year's holidays.
The nominal mother's family is indeed very anxious, and what they are anxious about is not whether the queen is living in seclusion in Kunning Palace, but whether she is worried that the queen will be deposed, and they are even more worried that the queen's crime of 'disgusting with victory' will be confirmed, which will implicate them.
If you go to the lord and lose your office, the sky will fall, and the lives of the whole clan will be lost, but the sky will fall!
This family, inherited the title of Marquis of Cheng'en, relying on this title, the family has also enjoyed many years of fine clothes and food, and now the wealth and life of the Mansion are in danger, one after another loyal folds are handed to the front of the emperor, at first it was still for the queen to distinguish, and then saw that the emperor did not move, while distinguishing for the queen, it was also for the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion to distinguish themselves - Niangniang didn't care about them for so many years. Mother's family', do not summon the female dependents of the Chengenhou Mansion during the New Year's holidays, and have not brought the children and nephews of the mother's family, they have the status of the family, and there is almost no contact with the mother!
In other words, if the queen really engaged in the 'art of disgust with victory' in the palace, the Chengenhou Mansion did not provide any help, and did not know about it at all.
When the emperor saw these folds, he was furious.
The queen didn't want to pay attention to the family all these years, and the emperor still felt that the queen didn't accept his affection, Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui, including Concubine Ning's maiden family, were slowly getting up, if the queen didn't have the help of her mother's family, she would be forced to have no place for high-ranking concubines in the palace.
So he found these "mother's family" for the queen.
The ability is not much, at least it does not drag the queen back.
The wealth of the Chengenhou Mansion comes from the queen, even if it is just a distant relative, it should be clear that the queen is good, the Chengenhou Mansion is good, and this interest bond is the strongest.
Unexpectedly, these "mother's family" have enjoyed wealth for many years and have benefited from the queen, but they are unwilling to share hardships with the queen.
Hurriedly cleared the Hou Mansion.
Do you think that without the queen, the current Chengenhou Mansion will still exist?
Even if the queen really used the technique of disgust and was deposed and given death, the Chengenhou Mansion must also be buried by the queen, and there is no free lunch in the world.
Now that the queen's crime has not been convicted, these people have shown such ugly faces, no wonder the queen has not associated with these people for so many years.
The emperor was furious, and after reading the more than a dozen folds sent to the palace by the Chengen Hou Mansion, he issued a holy decree to seize the title of "Cheng En Hou", and the people with official positions in the Cheng En Hou Mansion were also swept to the end, and the female dependent's orders were taken away together - the Cheng En Hou Mansion was like a mourning in an instant, and others did not know the point of the emperor's anger, so they would naturally misunderstand that the queen's case had definite evidence.
The Emperor was really angry.
The Marquis of Chengen's Mansion was deprived of his title and dismissed, which frightened the courtiers and clan relatives, and it was difficult for them to continue to intercede for the queen.
The third prince was also very confused.
Now the three princes are undecided.
Should we continue to show filial piety?
Before the Qianqiu banquet, he received a letter from Roujia, asking him to curry favor with the queen.
The third prince believed it and spent a lot of money looking for a pair of warm jade pillows.
As a result, the Qianqiu banquet was a mess, and the warm jade pillow was gone.
After the Qianqiu banquet, the third prince faintly regretted that it was difficult for the queen to get out this time, but Roujia sent him a letter after leaving the palace, asking him to support the queen clearly and intercede for the queen.
The third prince did the same.
Even if the queen is convicted in the end, his intercession for his mother-in-law is right!
However, at this time, the third prince hesitated a little.
It must be ironclad evidence that the Marquis of Cheng'en will be implicated and dismissed, and it depends on when the father will issue an order to deal with the queen.
At this time, he also pleaded with the queen, in addition to showing his filial piety to his father, will it also make his father feel that he is dull and inflexible?
Although the third prince has internal favorites, he will not talk about these important matters with the Cui family sisters at all, and the two sisters are gadgets to relieve boredom, and they are not qualified to communicate with the third prince.
He had the heart to ask Roujia again, but he was afraid that Roujia and the eldest princess would look down on him and laugh at him for not having his own courage and judgment.
"Companion, what should I do?"
Zhang Neijian was a supporter of the three princes at all times, he hunched his back and replied respectfully: "No matter how His Royal Highness chooses, it is not wrong, both choices have their own risks, Your Highness may wish to see what the eldest princess does, the person who knows Your Majesty best is not the concubine in the palace, but the queen mother and the eldest princess." ”
The three princes were settled.
If Zhang Neijian left his side, it would be like cutting off his arm.
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The Marquis of Cheng'en Mansion was dismissed!
The concubines in the palace, if they are a little ambitious, who knows that this news can hold back their displeasure?
It was a prelude to the fall of the Empress.
Everyone endured the joy, and did not dare to celebrate because of this, but made a sad appearance.
After the Qianqiu banquet, the Queen Mother fell ill.
Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui were busy going to Shoukang Palace to serve the sick, and did not go to the emperor's side.
Concubine Ning also wanted to learn from these two, but the eldest prince and the second prince were not in the hands of Jinyiwei, so Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui were naturally stable.
The fourth prince couldn't get any news from Concubine Ning's hand, and Concubine Ning wasn't sure what the four princes would say to Jinyiwei, so she didn't dare to act rashly.
The Marquis of Cheng'en Mansion was dismissed, and in the end, the queen was convicted.
Concubine Ning breathed a sigh of relief, cleaned herself up, and ordered the small kitchen to boil nourishing soup and send it to the Qianqing Palace in person.
She changed out of the bright palace clothes, wore a new plain dress, and was about to set off, when the palace people came to report, saying that Zhao Jieyu didn't look good.
"Niangniang, do you want to Xuan Imperial Doctor to take a look, Zhao Jieyu hasn't eaten a grain of rice for two or three days."
Concubine Ning sneered, the five princes worked hard to please the queen at the Qianqiu banquet, and lacked a little luck, although the queen praised the five princes, but it was difficult to protect herself, and the opportunity for the five princes to come out came to naught.
Zhao Jieyu knew about this, she was a mouse's guts, and she really wanted to scare herself to death.
Concubine Ning wanted to say what kind of imperial doctor to invite, she deserved to die, but after thinking about it, she suddenly smiled again:
"Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor, Zhao Jieyu is not very good, the palace will report to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will allow the five princes to visit your mother!"