Chapter 280: Punishment

On this day, the sun shone on the earth, and the golden halo sprinkled into the solemn and majestic Forbidden City.

I saw that outside the palace, a man wearing a dark blue robe and his black hair neatly tied together walked towards the emperor's palace step by step with the collected evidence, and a few strands of green silk fluttered in the sun halo with his steps.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is here, and now he is outside the door." A eunuch raised his voice and said unhurriedly to the emperor who was sorting out the folds.

The emperor wrote the last word on the fold, then looked up at the eunuch and replied in a low voice: "Pass." ”

After the eunuch saluted, he bowed down and left, walked out of the hall, raised his head and said to the man with a lofty instrument, "Seventh prince, the emperor is waiting for you inside." ”

Shangguan Jin nodded, and then strode towards the luxurious hall.

"Son, please give his father a ......," Shangguan Jin respectfully saluted to the emperor who was concentrating on reviewing the recitals in the main hall.

The emperor glanced up at the Seventh Prince, and ordered: "No need to be polite, get up first!" ”

Then he commanded the eunuch, "Give me a seat." ”

After thanking Shangguan Jin, he sat down and opened a booklet, which was densely covered with black letters.

"Father, this is the evidence of corruption collected by the ministers a few days ago, and this matter has been involved in the queen's mother's house, and I ask my father to take a look." As he spoke, he stood up and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor lowered his head and thought for a while, and gave the eunuch beside him a look, and the eunuch immediately signaled to go down the hall and pass the booklet in Shangguan Jin's hand.

The emperor picked up the booklet, nodded with satisfaction, and thought in his heart, thinking that this child would take care of the queen's face and hand it in as appropriate, it seems that I was too worried.

The emperor's tense face suddenly had a hint of warmth, and he looked up at Shangguan Jin and said in praise: "You have done a good job in this matter, but can you guarantee the authenticity of the matter?" ”

Shangguan Jin sat down when he heard the emperor's words, and replied: "Tell my father, everything recorded in the booklet was collected by the sons and daughters themselves, and if there is a single point of falsehood, the sons must come forward to accept the guilt in person!" ”

The emperor burst out laughing in an instant, and when he stepped down from the dragon chair, Shangguan Jin also immediately stood up and walked to the emperor.

He patted his son with satisfaction and praised: "It is worthy of being my son, of course my father absolutely trusts you, you have worked hard during this time, what reward do you want, just tell your father!" ”

Shangguan Jin immediately knelt down, arched his hand and said: "It is the son's business to do things for the father, and the father's business is the son's business!" Erchen would never dare to ask for anything else! ”

The emperor looked at his child's demeanor and appearance, and he loved it even more in his heart, so he pulled Shangguan Jin and said: "Since you don't want a reward, then give you a pair of calligraphy and paintings that your father treasured!" You have to help your father keep it safe. ”

The emperor patted Shangguan Jin's hand, smiled, and ordered the eunuch next to him to fetch it.

Seeing that the situation had improved, Shangguan Jin asked tentatively, "Father, do you think, how should this matter be handled?" ”

I saw that the emperor suddenly changed his face after hearing this, turned around and thought for a while, and said curtly: "Since the queen is too deeply implicated at this time, then I naturally want to ask the queen to understand."

Then he looked at Shangguan Jin, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry, I am free and measured." ”

Shangguan Jin nodded, took out the calligraphy and painting and left the emperor's palace, at this time the sky changed a hue at some point, showing an unnatural lilac aura, Shangguan Jin took a step, and felt very relieved in his heart.

In fact, Shangguan Jin's approach was also to avenge his mother, although he felt that he had doubts about what happened back then, but he had already decided that the queen was the murderer of his mother, so he had been trying his best to find evidence until the queen and the queen's party were all wiped out.

The emperor stood in the palace, watching the back of Shangguan Jin leaving from a distance, and after the incident here, the doubts in his heart about this too good son were completely dispelled.

Immediately, the emperor looked at the black and white words on the booklet seriously, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and ordered loudly: "Someone! Go and get the queen here! ”

The queen mother on this side didn't know that her crisis had come, and she was still listening to the opera leisurely in the backyard with other concubines, sitting alone on the chair, very leisurely.

The arrival of a eunuch broke the peace here, and I saw the eunuch look at the gorgeously dressed queen, and after saluting, he said indifferently, "Queen Mother, the emperor invites you to go to the palace." ”

Although the queen didn't know what the emperor had let her go to, it didn't prevent her from standing up for herself in front of several concubines, "This palace is going to accompany the emperor, sisters, please take care of yourself." ”

Several concubines lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, their faces full of unwillingness but helpless.

The queen stepped into the hall leisurely, and was about to ask the emperor if she wanted to have dinner together, but the emperor turned around with a dark face.

Seeing that the look on the emperor's face was wrong, the queen was shocked and immediately knelt down, "The concubine doesn't know why the emperor summoned the concubine?" ”

"So what? Hum! The emperor immediately walked to the front of the palace and threw down a manual to the queen, "See for yourself the good things you have done!" ”

The queen already has a little doubt in her heart now, isn't the family matter exposed? Puzzled, she flipped through the book.

The words "queen", "corruption", "accomplices" and "collusion" struck into the queen's mind, and the queen's heart couldn't help sinking, and her mind was quickly thinking about how to explain this matter.

"Now you know what's going on?" The emperor walked down angrily and said to the queen: "Queen, queen, do you think you don't know what you are doing!" In the past, I also turned a blind eye, and now you are still so unrepentant! ”

The queen immediately knelt down and explained loudly: "Your Majesty! Emperor! Don't dare to become a concubine again! Please forgive the concubine and give the concubine a chance! Emperor! ”

The emperor frowned and kicked away the queen who was pulling him, "Opportunity?" Have you ever given me a chance! ”

"Someone! Escort this vicious woman into the cold palace, and do not allow her to enter or leave the palace without my order! ”

The queen was completely hopeless and collapsed, and at this time several soldiers came and immediately dragged the queen who collapsed to the ground.

The news of the queen's grounding spread throughout the palace, and for a time there was a lot of discussion in the harem, and various versions were widely circulated.

Situ Qing was also implicated by the queen, and the favor became less for a while, and all the mothers who didn't look down on Situ Qing began to stop associating with Situ Qing.

When the Situ family heard about this, they immediately reported it to the emperor and decided to deal with it impartially to show their loyalty.