Chapter 133: Death penalty
Because of the good talk with Bai Haoqing, let the Yang family take the blame. Therefore, when Empress Chen came to Emperor Jin Ming, she was only willing to admit that she prevented Princess Wuning from recognizing Shui Qingqing, but she refused to admit the other evil things she had done, and tried her best to quibble.
However, Shui Qingqing, who knows her true face, how can she be willing to let her go?!
Hearing Empress Chen shamelessly mention her sisterhood with her mother again, Shui Qingqing felt a chill in her heart, and said coldly: "The queen mother keeps saying that she has a deep sisterhood with my mother, but she knows who the person who killed her is, and she has always concealed it for the murderer - whether it was the Yang family who caused me to be abandoned and separated from my mother when I was in the Western Desert nineteen years ago, or nineteen years later, she was threatened by you and killed her mother, you are clear in your heart. ”
"Bengong doesn't know that the Yang family is the murderer of Wu Ning...... The main palace guards the deep palace every day, and it knows about the affairs of the White Mansion there......"
Empress Chen didn't care about the hot pain on her face that was beaten by Emperor Jin Ming, swallowed the blood foam in her mouth, and argued in a panic, but her ears were eager to listen to the movement outside, hoping that Bai Haoqing would come over to relieve her quickly.
This time, without using Shui Qingqing to speak, Emperor Jin Ming's face had just calmed down for half a minute, and he was blue again, and said angrily: "You wrote a secret letter to the Yang family the night before, and Wu Ning died the next day, according to your shrewdness, you won't notice the abnormality in this?!" ”
"And it's been almost a year since Wu Ning died unjustly, you never thought of helping her find out the real murderer, returning her justice, and always hiding it for the murderer, this is your so-called sisterhood and gratitude to Wu Ning?!"
"The Emperor's ......"
Emperor Jin Ming personally opened his mouth to expose Empress Chen's lies, which made her completely panicked.
She threw herself at the feet of Emperor Jin Ming, wept bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines really don't know...... The concubine was just a ghost for a while, and asked the Yang family to stop Wu Ning from recognizing the daughter, but the concubine really didn't know about other things...... And before, didn't the emperor ask Bai Xiang to investigate the cause of Wu Ning's death, he also said that Wu Ning's death was an accident, so the concubine didn't suspect it at all, please let the emperor know it......"
Looking at Empress Chen's dying and struggling appearance, Shui Qingqing's heart was cold, and she said coldly: "Even if you don't know that the Yang family is the murderer who killed your mother, if it weren't for your threat in the secret letter, the Yang family would not have murderous intentions towards your mother." Therefore, you, like Yang, are the murderers of your mother. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Jin Ming was already furious, kicked Empress Chen who was in front of him away, and shouted loudly: "It is rumored that Bai Haoqing and the Yang family will come to see me immediately-I let you two poisonous women confront each other on the spot, see how you still have to quibble!" ”
Wu Yong outside responded in a panic through the temple door.
While waiting for Bai Haoqing, Empress Chen, who was kicked to the side, lay on the ground with her hair scattered, crying mournfully, and muttered to herself: "Your Majesty, the concubine is really wronged...... The Emperor ......"
That description, it seems that she really has endless grievances and grievances.
And the red sleeves guarding outside the door heard the movement inside, and couldn't help it anymore, and hurriedly followed Queen Chen's previous instructions, quietly handed a look to the palace people on the side, and asked the palace people to go to Cining Palace to move the rescuers.
In the palace, Emperor Jin Ming, who was angry, kicked the queen, and his chest hurt so much that he sat back on the warm couch, his face pale.
Seeing this, Shui Qingqing hurriedly stepped forward and poured him tea and served him to drink.
Since the previous serious illness, Emperor Jin Ming's health has deteriorated.
In addition, in the past few days, for the matter of Shui Qingqing, Emperor Jin Ming was also sad and tired, punished the prince and the queen, and also caused a lot of turmoil in the previous dynasty......
Looking at Emperor Jin Ming's tired and haggard appearance, as well as the cold sweat on her forehead, Shui Qingqing was heartbroken, and the prescription that she pinched in her hand was hesitant to show Emperor Jin Ming at this time.
At this time, Wu Yong was cautious outside: "Your Majesty, Bai Xiang is holding the Yang family, and Jing is here!" ”
Hearing this, Emperor Jin Ming and Shui Qingqing were both stunned-
Emperor Jin Ming took a sip of tea, but he was afraid that Wu Yong would not have time to get out of the imperial study, let alone go out of the palace to pass the decree, but Bai Huo Haoqing had already brought the Yang family into the palace to ask for sin.
It seems that he was prepared.
Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing saw Queen Chen who took off her hairpin and asked for sin, and her heart suddenly became clear.
It turned out that this was the reason why Empress Chen dared to admit her guilt, but she was only willing to admit the guilt in the secret letter, and she kept desperately arguing and refusing to admit other crimes. Presumably, it was Bai Haoqing who found her someone to bear the blame for her.
And this person who bears all the blame for all the crimes, he doesn't have to think about it to know that it is the Yang family!
Thinking about this, Shui Qingqing's heart became more and more cold, and she clenched the prescription in her hand tightly, wanting to see how these embarrassed people could clear their sins? !
The door of the palace opened, Bai Haoqing took off the official uniform of the first-class minister, wore an ordinary Confucian robe, and took off the jade crown on his head, only tied his head with a thorn cloth, and bowed his head into the hall and knelt down, looking guilty and self-reproachful.
And the Yang family was even more disheveled, and he didn't even wear a robe, his bare feet on a snowy day, he was frozen red, and his hands were tied with hemp rope, but he was not even qualified to enter the palace door, and he knelt in the snow outside the hall, his face was frozen purple.
Without waiting for Emperor Jin Ming to speak, Bai Haoqing had already snorted heavily and said, "The criminal minister Bai Haoqing has come to ask for the guilt with the Yang clan in the lowly state!" ”
Emperor Jin Ming's eyes glanced at Bai Haoqing coldly, but the next breath was to look at the Yang family who was kneeling in the snow outside, thinking that it was Princess Wuning who she killed, and hatred and murder burst out in his eyes.
"Is she the one who separated you from your mother, and finally killed your mother?"
Emperor Jin Ming turned his head sideways to look at Shui Qingqing standing beside him, pointed at the Yang clan and asked.
Shui Qingqing looked at the current appearance of the Yang family, but her mind was full of the description of her mother's tragic death, and she was eager to cut her with a thousand knives.
She said in a deep voice, word by word: "Back to the emperor, it is she - Bai Haoqing's favorite concubine, the head of the Bai Mansion Yang family." Her daughter is the Bai Lingwei of the Bai family who robbed my child and sank me into the lake. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Jin Ming was already furious and smiled: "If there is a mother, there must be a daughter - the mother and daughter are both femme fatales and have done all the bad things." ”
Bai Haoqing knelt down and listened silently to the conversation between Emperor Jin Ming and Shui Qingqing, even if he was fully prepared, cold sweat still trickled down, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister is unladylike, and he has been deceived by this poisonous girl before, but he didn't know that she was such a vicious person...... It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the convicted minister realized that she had met with the Wang family of Naxi Mo in private, and she knew that the Wang family had disturbed the marriage between the county lord and the marquis, and it was actually instructed by this poisonous woman......
Hearing Bai Haoqing's words, Emperor Jin Ming was shocked again.
But Queen Chen, who was kneeling on the side, was relieved, knowing that the appearance of Bai Haoqing and the Yang family would solve her danger.
What surprised Queen Chen even more was that she didn't expect that Bai Haoqing would let the Yang family take the affairs of the Wang family with all their might.
In this way, all the worries of her and the prince were relieved. Empress Chen suddenly felt that the humiliation she had just suffered was nothing remarkable.
She hated Shui Qingqing out of blood in her heart, and secretly swore that as long as she escaped this difficulty, in the future, she would definitely cut Shui Qingqing with a thousand knives and become an adult to solve the hatred in her heart.
Bai Haoqing knelt on the ground, snorted his head on the ground, and said in a panic: "The criminal felt that something was wrong, and when he tied them all up and interrogated them strictly, he realized that the fire when Wu Ning had an accident was also set by this poisonous woman, and even the separation of Wu Ning and Guan Qing's mother and son nineteen years ago was also ......done by them."
"The mothers-in-law and maids around her were all beaten to death, and they wanted to beat her to death to Wu Ning to pay for their lives, but they thought that what she had committed was serious, but they couldn't deal with it hastily, so the criminals personally escorted her into the palace early in the morning to ask the emperor for her guilt......"
Bai Haoqing described a sense of grief and guilt, and when he talked about Wu Ning's death, he was even more tearful, choked up, and seemed to be reluctant.
Looking at his fake appearance, Shui Qingqing hated him more and more!
After that, Bai Haoqing turned around and shouted loudly to the colorless Yang on the other side: "Poisonous woman, don't you confess your guilt honestly and carefully." If you dare to hide it again, the old man will pick your skin. ”
After seeing Mama Jin and Cai Juan beside her, who were beaten to death in front of her, the Yang family, who was threatened by Bai Haoqing, entered the palace with the determination to die.
Therefore, in order for the dying daughter in the nunnery, and her son to become the heir of the Bai family, the Yang family, who will die sooner or later, will not hide it anymore, and drug her nineteen years ago, together with Mama Jin beside her, to the newly born Shui Qingqing, so that Princess Wuning thought that her daughter Yaoshi had died without a doctor, but she threw the 'corpse' into the desert to feed the wild wolves. Worried that the matter would be discovered, preventing Shui Qingqing from returning to Baifu, setting fire to the mother and daughter, and using his hands and feet in the carriage, inciting the people to block the road on the streets of returning to Beijing, and sending killers to assassinate them all in detail.
At that time, it had been snowing heavily outside, and Yang's head was covered with snow, like a snowman who was about to lose his life, and his words were intermittent and trembling, but what he said was shocking.
After listening to her, although Emperor Jin Ming had heard Shui Qingqing say some of the things that happened to Wu Ning before, but now he heard the Yang family personally tell her about the process of framing Princess Wu Ning, Emperor Jin Ming was still shocked.
Even the Queen Mother, who rushed to the imperial study, was shocked when she heard the weight of Yang's confession!
And hearing Yang's confession, Queen Chen, who had been kneeling silently on the side, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When he saw that the Queen Mother was also coming, Gao Hang's heart was even more stable, and he didn't care about the numbness of his legs and the painful shoulders kicked by Emperor Jin Ming, so he hurriedly knelt down and stepped forward to greet the Queen Mother.
On the way here, the Queen Mother had already heard the palace people around the Queen tell the Queen Mother about the birth of the imperial study.
As soon as the Queen Mother heard about it, she understood Empress Chen's current predicament, so when she saw Empress Chen crying bitterly, she was puzzled: "What's wrong with the Queen today, why is she kneeling here with such a description?" ”
After that, he pulled up the queen in front of Emperor Jin Ming and sat down on the soft chair with her.
Seeing the Queen Mother appear, Shui Qingqing's heart was cold, and she understood that it was Empress Chen's rescue, because after the prince and the county lord of Linrou set up a family, the queen mother and the queen were completely connected, and the two were really allied like enemies.
Of course, Emperor Jin Ming also understood the relationship between the Queen Mother and Empress Chen, so he couldn't help frowning, and stepped forward to greet the Queen Mother and said: "On this snowy day, the Queen Mother is not resting in the palace early in the morning, why did she come to the imperial study?" What if I slip and fall along the way? ”
The Queen Mother's eyes swept over Shui Qingqing, who also stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile: "The mourning family is in a panic, and I heard that the emperor's imperial study is lively here, so I can't help but want to come over and join in the fun." Unexpectedly, I heard such an unbelievable and terrible thing. ”
The latter sentence was said by the Queen Mother to the Yang family in the snow outside.
Without waiting for the Yang family and Bai Haoqing to speak, Empress Chen slipped down from the soft chair, knelt down in front of the Queen Mother again, and told the Queen Mother about the secret letter she had written to the Yang family before, as well as Shui Qingqing's 'slander' against her.
The Queen Mother has been immersed in the harem for many years, and after hearing Queen Chen's words, she instantly understood the twists and turns, but she didn't care about pulling Queen Chen up again, her eyes swept coldly from Shui Qingqing's face, and she snorted coldly: "The mourning family doesn't think that the queen has done anything wrong. If you really want to seriously investigate it, the queen's mistake is that she shouldn't hastily take the prince's marriage as a reward for her kindness and give it to others at will - the prince marries a wife, such an important thing, in case the girl you promised to marry has a corrupt character, does not abide by women's morals, or has other stains, is it because of a promise at the beginning, will it hurt the prince's life? ”
The Queen Mother's words were a naked mockery that Shui Qingqing was not worthy of Li You, and she was even more sophistry for Queen Chen.
Shui Qingqing's face turned white immediately, but Empress Chen's lowered eyes showed a smug smile.
And the Queen Mother's following words directly blamed Shui Qingqing.
"Moreover, the crown prince marrying the crown princess is not only a matter of the prince and the queen, but also a major event of the entire royal family, which is related to the reputation and face of the Great Jin Dynasty - so the mourning family thinks that the queen is the current lord of Guanqing County, and it is not suitable to be the princess of You'er, and it is not good to directly refuse to make Princess Wuning sad, so she will make this decision. From this point of view, the queen is indeed excusable, the emperor should not blame, and the county lord should not hold a grudge. ”
The Queen Mother's sentence of 'holding a grudge' is to regard everything in life as Shui Qingqing's revenge on Empress Chen, and the meaning of the matter is naturally very different.
Shui Qingqing's heart was full of ice and snow, and her chest was so stuffy that she was about to suffocate, and finally couldn't help but coldly retort: "The Queen Mother misunderstood, I didn't hold a grudge, I just wanted to find out the cause of my mother's death - find out who really killed my mother!" ”
When she said this, Shui Qingqing's eyes did not look at the Yang family, who was about to freeze and faint in the snow outside, but looked fixedly at Empress Chen, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother with half of her body on her side.
The Queen Mother's eyes had been following her closely, and when she heard her words, she smiled coldly and said, "Isn't the matter clear?" This Yang family just said very clearly, all the evil things were done by her, so the emperor disposed of her according to the law, and it can be regarded as seeking justice for Princess Wuning - the emperor has a lot of opportunities, and there are other things to be busy with, now that the matter has been clarified, don't delay any longer. ”
Listening to the Queen Mother's words, Empress Chen and Bai Haoqing were secretly relieved.
But Shui Qingqing's eyes sank-
With the Queen Mother here, Shui Qingqing knew that she couldn't have the upper hand, not to mention, Queen Chen and Bai Haoqing were obviously prepared, so she said that no matter how much she had, it would only make the Queen Mother take advantage of the loophole and find her mistakes in turn.
And the Yang family, who was kneeling outside, had been supporting her with good clothes and food before, when had she suffered such a crime, so she was already angry, and when she heard that the queen mother asked the emperor to officially execute her, she finally couldn't stand it and couldn't get up, and fainted in the snow.
The Yang family fainted suddenly, which did not cause much alarm among everyone, and Emperor Jin Ming still had questions in his heart, for example, whether the Yang family plotted to kill Princess Wuning, whether he was appointed by the queen, and he couldn't ask.
Bai Haoqing and Empress Chen were very anxious when they saw that Yang suddenly fainted, because Yang had not had time to explain about framing Shui Qingqing's dementia.
And this matter, the prince once clearly told Queen Chen, and Shui Qingqing was aware of it.
Therefore, thinking of this, Queen Chen was in a hurry, and hurriedly glanced at Bai Haoqing quietly, but was looked at by Shui Qingqing one by one.
She felt a pang in her heart, although she didn't know what Empress Chen and Bai Haoqing were anxious about, but her intuition was still related to Yang's scapegoat.
Sure enough, seeing that Emperor Jin Ming was about to open his mouth to sentence the Yang family's punishment, Bai Haoqing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this poisonous woman still has a crime that has not been explained clearly, about the previous county lord's dementia......
Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled, could it be that they planned to push the matter of Empress Chen framing her for her dementia on the Yang family?
Yes, anyway, the Yang family killed her mother, it is always a dead end, what is the tightness of adding a crime to a dying person, but it can make Queen Chen sit back and relax.
In a hurry, there was only one thought that flashed through Shui Qingqing's mind, that is, she couldn't let the Yang family take all the blame for Empress Chen!
Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing didn't think about it, and hurriedly raised her voice to interrupt Bai Haoqing's words, and said to Emperor Jin Ming: "The Queen Mother is reasonable, since the Yang family has confessed all the crimes, please ask the emperor to put her in capital punishment and give her mother justice as soon as possible." ”
When interrupting Bai Haoqing's words, Shui Qingqing also blocked his body in front of him, isolating him from the sight of Emperor Jin Ming.
Emperor Jin Ming listened to Shui Qingqing's words, and said in a deep voice: "The criminal woman Yang murdered Princess Wuning, the crime is extremely heinous, and she is sentenced to Ling Chi to capital punishment - sent to the heavenly prison, and executed in three days!" ”
As soon as Emperor Jinming opened the golden mouth, there was no maneuver.
Shui Qingqing looked back at Bai Haoqing who was kneeling behind her, and when she heard the 'Punishment of Ling Chi', she obviously saw his prostrate body trembling slightly.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes - it seems that this traitor, who has no friendship with his mother, still has a little affection for this Yang family......
Yang who fainted in the past didn't know that he was about to be cut by a thousand knives, like a frozen dead fish, and was dragged down and thrown into the prison......
As soon as Yang was executed, Empress Chen's whole body was completely relaxed, and the only regret was that the framing of Shui Qingqing's dementia was not carried by Yang.
However, Empress Chen thought about it, the matter of dementia is unfounded, and her suspicions alone will not work!
Thinking of this, Empress Chen's cold eyes looked at Shui Qingqing silently, and her silver teeth were secretly crushed......
After the Yang family was executed and dragged away, Emperor Jin Ming looked at Bai Haoqing who was kneeling on the ground coldly, and said coldly: "When Wu Ning just passed away, I remembered that I personally told you to let you find out the truth about Wu Ning's death, but at that time, you told me that Wu Ning's death was just an accident, but now you came to tell me that Wu Ning was killed by your favorite concubine - Bai Haoqing, you are a dignified and a country's prime minister, and you let the concubines around you kill your mother, you didn't even notice it, you are really old and confused!" ”
Without waiting for Bai Haoqing to speak, Shui Qingqing said coldly: "Shrewd and powerful as Bai Xiang, how could you not notice it." It's just that Bai Xiang doesn't take his mother in his eyes, and even dislikes his mother, wishing she would die, so he connived at Yang's mutilation of his mother again and again. even, to cover up the Yang family. Bai Haoqing, did I say you wrong? ”
Bai Haoqing was not surprised that Shui Qingqing would stand up and command him.
He raised his eyes and looked at Shui Qingqing coldly, and suddenly turned his head to Emperor Jin Ming and sighed sadly: "The emperor is right, the criminal minister is indeed old and confused, he can't notice that the people around him do evil things, and he can't teach his children, so the criminal minister has no face to live in the phase anymore, and voluntarily resigns from his official position to go to the suburbs to guard the princess's mausoleum, which should also be a little repayment for the princess." Please also ask the emperor to fulfill it. ”
Bai Haoqing's age was at that time, and he was not old at all, but at this time, he took the initiative to resign from his official position and ask for guilt, which seemed to be a punishment for himself, but in fact, he understood in his heart that after the Bai family had the incident between Bai Lingwei and the Yang family, it was difficult for the Bai family to raise their heads in Beijing.
In addition, Emperor Jin Ming was obviously dissatisfied with him and no longer trusted him, even if he didn't open his mouth, it would be difficult for him to sit in this position again.
Maybe he took the initiative to resign, and he could still get some pity from Emperor Jin Ming, and then propose to guard the tomb for Princess Wuning, which would make Emperor Jin Ming let go of his resentment against him and no longer investigate his other crimes.
Sure enough, hearing that he resigned and was going to guard the mausoleum for Wuning, Emperor Jin Ming's resentment against him unconsciously lowered, his tone eased, and he said slowly: "That's fine-because of your Baifu affairs, there are not a few twists and turns that have impeached you recently, so you can go back to the countryside to rest!" ”
Although Bai Haoqing had been ready to dismiss the official since he entered the palace last night and quietly saw Empress Chen, when he really heard that Emperor Jin Ming had dismissed his phase, his heart was still staggered, and the whole person was suffocated......
In this way, in the case of the murder of Princess Wuning, the Yang family was sentenced to death by Ling Chi, and Mama Jin and Cai Juan were beaten to death when they were in Baifu. And Bai Haoqing was also dismissed from the post of prime minister, and Queen Chen was also punished and grounded for two months......
After walking out of the imperial study, Shui Qingqing walked forward slowly regardless of the snow, and her face was covered with tears.
The Yang family, Mama Jin and others who killed their mother were all punished as they deserved, and Shui Qingqing was both happy and sad in her heart, but more depressed.
Because, the person who really killed her mother was just simply grounded, and she was still alive and well, and when the grounding was lifted, she was still the queen of the world......
But how can she find evidence, expose Queen Chen's true colors, and let her get the punishment she deserves......
As I walked, the snow in front of me became denser and denser, but the snow above my head stopped.
Unconsciously, Shui Qingqing actually came to the Imperial Garden.
She looked back at the person holding the umbrella for her with teary eyes, but what caught her eye was Mei Zijin's familiar deep eyes......
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