Chapter 379 (1/2)



379 Bringing honor to the ancestors (3)

However, with the state uncle’s letter of confession, the case took a turn.

Whether the Empress was innocent or not was not discussed for the time being. With the Imperial uncle’s confession, there was room for wrangling.

The fourth Prince’s faction had swept away their previous decline and started to speak out, expressing their support for Wei Yuan and criticizing the uncle.

Gradually, there were only two voices left in the hall, the war of words between the crown prince’s faction and the fourth Prince’s faction. The fourth Prince’s party was led by the Imperial Censorate of the right, while the crown prince’s party was made up of various small, messy parties.

Among the big parties, there might be some who secretly supported the Crown Prince, but they would never jump out in public. The king was always hidden underwater.

After a round of intense bickering, Wei Yuan said, “”Your Majesty, please make a decision.”

“Your Majesty, please make a decision,” the ministers agreed after the quarrel stopped.

Wei Yuan’s Memorial had been sent to the palace yesterday. Usually, the memorial would be sent to the palace a day in advance during court meetings, so Emperor Yuan jing had already read his Imperial uncle’s confession letter.

In today’s court meeting, if Emperor Yuan jing wanted to end Fu Fei’s case, he could seal the coffin at this time. If he didn’t want to, he would order another investigation.

Seeing that the ministers had stopped arguing, Emperor Yuan jing slowly said, “”Shangguan Ming has caused chaos in the harem, and he has been sentenced to death! The Empress knew about it and did not report it, so she is guilty as well. However, considering the relationship of blood, it is excusable. The Empress is ordered to shut herself in and reflect on her mistakes for three months.”

The ministers thought it was over, but Emperor Yuan jing paused and continued, “”The Crown Prince barged into Qingfeng Palace drunk and has no self-control. He is ordered to reflect on his mistakes for half a year. Noble Consort Chen incited the Crown Prince to get drunk, causing a great disaster and demoted her to Consort Chen.”

The hall was silent.

The ministers looked around blankly, unable to figure out why the Empress, who was involved in the case, had pondered over her mistakes for three months.The Crown Prince had pondered for half a year. And Noble Consort Chen, who had nothing to do with the whole process, fell from noble consort to concubine Chen, two ranks in a row.

Could it be that this case was related to noble Consort Chen … The old foxes thought.

……….

The court session had just ended, and not long after, the old eunuch went to Feng Qi Palace and Jing Xiu Palace to deliver the decree.

After the Empress learned of this, she bent over the table and cried bitterly.

Noble Consort Chen accepted the Imperial edict with a stiff expression. After the old eunuch left, she swept the decorations on the table, along with the Imperial edict, to the ground.

Amidst the banging sounds, noble Consort Chen’s towering chest heaved up and down violently, and her dignified oval face turned blue with anger.

“Wei Yuan …. She spat through gritted teeth.

Then, she clenched her fist and said word by word, “”Xu Qian!”

At this moment, she realized that the emperor’s sudden change in attitude was definitely related to yesterday.

Yesterday, the old eunuch had come over for no reason and used the excuse of consoling him. This was not a problem, but when he thought of the changes in the court today, it was not difficult to guess the mystery.

His Majesty was suspicious of her …

She had only been exposed to Xu Qi ‘an, so it was speculated that the bastard must have played some tricks on her.

His painstaking plan had fallen into the hands of a small gong.

A few minutes later, ping, ping, pang, pang sounds came out of the room again. The palace maids and officers in the courtyard were silent.

…….

The day after the fu Fei case was closed, Xu Qi ‘an finally found his beloved little mare.

This was a horse that had a very unfortunate life. It had just managed to escape with its life that day. After being driven away by its owner, it ran and ran and ran until it was met by the Imperial saber guards who were patrolling the city.

When the Royal sword guard saw the mark on the horse’s butt, he thought to himself, isn’t this our horse? So he brought it back to Guard Camp.

This horse was indeed a military horse used by the Royal sword guards. Second uncle had gotten it at a low price through his own connections. After he bought it, he gave it to his nephew to ride for a few years.

After that, the watchman of the Yamen learned that they had indeed ” picked up ” a horse through the Imperial saber guard on duty that day. Following the clues, they found Xu Qian’s beloved little mare.

That morning, Xu Qi ‘an was having dinner with his family in the living room.

The little one was on break today. She was very happy that she didn’t have to go to school and had a great breakfast.

“A day off is like picking up a treasure. I’ve never had a daughter as stupid as you in my life.” The aunt said in disdain.