C260 (1/2)
The three men in the cell were whipped and lay motionless on the ground.
”Li Gang, there is an eighty year old mother and a younger sister. They are not even twenty years old. Old Mother is very ill, so you're spending a lot of money every month, right? ”
”Li Zhi, father is blind, mother is also sick in bed, and a three-year-old son, wife is dead. It must have been hard for the old couple to take care of the child, right? ”
”Li Yong, fatherless and motherless, but with a wife that's five months pregnant, isn't it dangerous for her to be alone at home?”
The three of them immediately struggled up from the ground and stared at Ming Jiling.
”I'm not wrong, right? Right now, I've invited all of your families to be guests. If you guys get invited, I guarantee their safety. Otherwise …”
Ming Jiling did not continue, he knew that they did it for the sake of their family.
”I said, I said, it's the crown prince and the Empress.
”Li Gang said. He only wants his family to be safe, his cheap life is nothing.”
The other two people nodded.
”That's right, I'll bring you all to the emperor. Just tell him the truth.”
Ming Jiling folded the paper in his hand and handed it over to his subordinates. Then, he ordered a few people to bring them to the emperor together with him.
Within the empress dowager's palace.
The empress was leisurely sipping on her tea when she heard a commotion outside the door, and then the door was kicked open.
The furious Ming Chengjun walked in front of her, snatched the teacup from her hand and threw it onto the ground, ”Poison woman! You actually ordered the assassins to kill! ”
He thought the empress was just jealous of him and had no idea that her ambition and viciousness had already reached such a level.
The empress's face changed. She knew that the matter had been exposed and was no longer flustered. She stood up calmly and looked at Ming Chengjun coldly.
”Yes!” I am that kind of person! But who allowed me to become like this? It's you! You and I are married, but you! In your heart, there is only Su Yunruo, there has never been me. I have always felt that as long as there was a sliver of my status in your heart, I would be satisfied, but there has never been one! Have you forgotten how you ascended to the throne? It's me, my parents support you, and I beg my parents to help you. ”
The empress bellowed, tears streaming down her face before she laughed again.
Looking at Ming Chengjun's puzzled expression, she felt it was just too funny.
”Afterwards, when I gave birth to Ze'er, I was very happy that you had bestowed him the title of Crown Prince. I naively thought that you had me in your heart, but you actually valued Ming Jiling so highly. I watched Ming Jiling return triumphantly time and time again, watching him manage important national affairs while my son was the crown prince. I can't accept it, I feel that it's unfair! ”
She pointed at Ming Chengjun with her finger, ”Later on, when Su Yunruo lost his favour, I thought I had endured to the end, but she came out. You treated her even better, other than the position of Empress, you gave her everything! Me! Am I useless to you? ”
She had been married to him as a teenager for more than twenty years, but in the end she had nothing.
”Do you think Su Yunruo still loves you? Hahahaha! I tell you, women are the best at seeing women, and from the moment you sent her to the Cold Palace, she didn't love you. I can see something broken clearly in her eyes, because I, too, believe it or not, I'm the only one who cares about you. ”
She looked up at the man, and her mind wandered back to that night more than twenty years ago, when the red candles were shining and they were married.
She never thought that she was wrong, and only hated herself for not being desperate enough. If she had known earlier, she would have killed Su Yunruo the moment she entered the cold palace, to prevent trouble in the future.
”The empress has lost her virtue. She will be sent to the Cold Palace from today onwards, and will never come back!”
Ming Chengjun took a deep breath and walked out of the empress palace without looking at the empress.
The queen burst into tears as she laughed and allowed the servant to drag her away.
In the morning assembly the next day, Prince Su explained the ins and outs of the assassination to everyone, causing an uproar.
Most of them didn't think that the empress and crown prince had done this.
”The empress was wicked. We have already sent her into the cold palace, and in a few days, she will be sentenced to ruin. The Crown Prince had committed a heinous crime. He would abolish the Crown Prince and be sent to prison, waiting for his punishment. ”Let's withdraw.”
Ming Chengjun felt extremely tired, so he left right after.
Along the way, he kept thinking about what the Empress had said. Could it be that Yunruo really had already … Or did the Empress have to create a barrier between them before she left?
With her treacherous personality, she probably did it for the sake of separating them.
Ming Chengjun thought about it in this way and felt a lot more relieved. He returned to the study room to continue with his matters.
As for the Queen's mother's family, their influence these few years was not as great as before. Several important positions were found guilty of embezzlement of superior officials for treating human life as grass. They only needed to organize the evidence and they could arrest people.
As for the other women and children, Ming Chengjun did not want to kill them all. After all, they were innocent.
”Your Majesty, the Prince Su wishes to seek an audience.”
The eunuch came in to report.
”Send him in.”
Ming Jiling walked in quickly, ”Greetings, Royal Father.”