novelraw Chapter 341: Doing the Best
Chapter 341: Doing the Best
The Emperor and the Empress came in together and sat down side by side in front of the Dragon and Phoenix Chairs.
"All the ministers stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Empress!"
All the court officials stood up and lined up on both sides.
The emperor looked down at all the military officers in the court, and his voice was cold and full of imperial majesty: "Yan Zheng."
Yan Zheng's face changed, and he walked out of the line stiffly and knelt in the palace: "Your son is here."
"You know what you did." The emperor looked at him with some disappointment, "I will read out your charges. From now on, you must not come to the court again, and stay in your palace. In the future, you are not allowed to enter or leave the palace without the emperor's order."
After speaking, he shouted coldly: "Come here!"
Several imperial guards came quickly and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty."
"Take Prince Wang away, cancel the prince's preferential treatment, and anyone in the court who dares to interact with Prince Wang privately will be regarded as disobeying the emperor's order, and I will punish him severely!"m.
The military officers in the court were silent.
Yan Zheng's face turned pale, as if he had lost all his strength in an instant. He lowered his head and remained silent, allowing the imperial guards to drag him out.
Excusing or begging for mercy would be useless at this moment, and would only make him more embarrassed.
The imperial guards in the court knew that the emperor had done his utmost for the prince.
Reading out the charges was to give him the last glimmer of life. If they tried their best to exonerate the prince, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.
All preferential treatments were cancelled, and he was not allowed to enter the palace even half a step, and no one was allowed to interact with him privately.
Such a punishment was obviously confinement. Although it was not determined how long the confinement would last, it was extremely light if it involved treason - even if it was just a little bit related.
Moreover, the prince was clearly the mastermind.
I'm afraid it will never be possible to recover in the future.
Yan Chen watched Yan Zheng being taken away coldly.
At that moment, he did not feel the joy or relief that an opponent should have, but felt a kind of sadness, a kind of panic and uneasiness.
There was even an inexplicable sadness and irony.
They died in each other's hands, and they lost to a foreign female who was once completely ignored by them.
It was simply the funniest joke in the history of Jin State, even more ridiculous than the queen's regent.
There was silence in the palace.
The emperor was silent for a long time before turning to look at Yan Li: "Li'er, was the housewarming party yesterday lively?"
"Lively." Yan Li nodded, turned to look at the ministers, and the Shangguan Taifu who was standing side by side with Prime Minister Ji, and quickly retracted his gaze, "There was a little incident at the banquet, but it was quickly resolved. Later, my brother will send me a beautiful young man in his prime. The young men are really good-looking and have all kinds of styles."
"It's ridiculous." Shangguan Taifu said with a gloomy face, "Since ancient times, no woman has openly kept a male lover. A heroic woman serves two husbands. Her Royal Highness the Princess really breaks the convention again and again and challenges the minimum limit of secular morality!"
"Why is Shangguan Taifu so excited?" Yan Li said indifferently With a smile, "That young man was sent by my brother. Taifu always thought that the prince was steady and self-sustaining. Does he have the demeanor of a crown prince? He can take the initiative to send it to me, why can I accept it? Does Taifu want me to openly slap my brother in the face in front of so many guests?"
"Is the princess ashamed and complacent?"
"Whether I am complacent or not is my own business." Yan Li sneered, "On the contrary, Taifu Shangguan keeps talking about the rules, but he even teaches his granddaughter well. A mere concubine of the Shangguan family bullies my people in my house. People who know it think she is a princess and I am a concubine of a minister?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar.
"Shangguan's concubine?"
"When did it happen?"
"Is Shangguan's granddaughter always dignified, virtuous, and well-educated?"
Shangguan Taifu's face turned pale: "My granddaughter did have some conflicts with the princess' servants, but she was not targeting the princess-"
"If she really came for me, I would respect her courage." Yan Li did not give in at all, "Shangguan Jiao has always been arrogant and unreasonable, and she bullies the weak and fears the strong. The Shangguan family's granddaughter, who is said to be dignified and elegant, watched her sister bully others and was indifferent. I really know where the Shangguan family's education and family tradition are good."
Shangguan Taifu was speechless after hearing these words.
"Is it true?" Jiang Yi frowned, with a kind expression, "How dare a mere concubine's daughter make trouble in the Princess's mansion? Does she still have the distinction between the monarch and the ministers?"
"I know my fault." Shangguan Taifu's face changed, and he walked to the palace and knelt down, "I will strictly discipline her in the future, please forgive me, Queen."
"I am not going to pursue the Taifu's fault, but the Taifu obviously disciplined his own granddaughter well, but he always competed with me and accused me of various crimes, which made me doubt whether Shangguan Taifu was really so upright and selfless, or because my arrival affected the interests of the Shangguan family, so he was so rude and yelled with a teenage girl all day long?"
This sentence was just short of the word "for the sake of the old man" thrown in his face, which made Shangguan Taifu's face turn pale and green, and his face was burning with embarrassment.
"Taifu, please stand up." The emperor said calmly, "Yan Li is young and grew up in Mu State. She is indeed too accustomed to the rules and regulations of Jin State. This is the fault of me and the queen. Taifu has been highly respected for many years, and there is really no need to argue with her."
Teacher Shangguan had a stiff expression, how could he understand the emperor's intention?
Yan Li was adapted to the rules and system of Jin, so all her actions were excusable. It was the emperor and the queen's fault, and it was the turn of others to teach and blame.
The teacher was half his age and had a good reputation. Even if he won a fight with a little girl, he would still be a victory.
If he continued to pester her, he could be charged with "disrespecting the superior and disobeying the superior".
Every word in the words of the slow and slow one was a soft knife. If he continued to talk, he might really lose the future of the whole family.
Teacher Shangguan suppressed his sadness, knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace, and stood up and returned to the queue.
The whole court could see it.
The emperor was supporting the eldest princess with all his strength and would never allow anyone to make things difficult for her again.
One of the princes has been dismissed, and there are still three left. The second prince Yan Chen is also seriously injured.
Are they really going to support the eldest princess to become the next ruler of Jin State, and follow the emperor's wishes to welcome the first empress of Jin State?
"The evidence of Qi family's rebellion is irrefutable." The emperor's words made the temperature in the palace drop to freezing point again. "Three days later, the men of Qi family will be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate and all the women will be sent to the Jiaosifang and leave the court!"
When the three words "Jiaosifang" fell, the ministers were all shocked, knelt down and shouted:
"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"