In June of the fifteenth year of Jingyuan, many major events occurred in the Wei Dynasty.
First, the Xiao Clan, which was most valued by the imperial court, was raided. Without Xiao Yunqi, the head of the Xiao Clan, knowing anything about it, the secret guards of the imperial court sneaked into the Xiao Clan and found out Xiao Yunqi’s letters of collaboration with the enemy.
This was evidence of providing military supplies to the South Vietnamese army.
Finally, a corpse was dug up under the statue of the founder of the Xiao family.
After investigation, it was confirmed that it was the body of Xiao Yunqi, the real head of Xiao Clan, and the current Xiao Yunqi was Xiao Qi, a South Vietnamese nobleman.
Even Xiao Fengyun, the Xiao Clan's young master, was the son of Xiao Qi's eldest brother. That is, Xiao Qi even killed the real Xiao Clan bloodline and replaced him with his nephew.
As soon as the news spread, the entire Wei Dynasty fell into shock and panic. Fortunately, Xiao Qi and a group of South Vietnamese spies were arrested.
Xiao Qi committed many evil deeds, and the natural result was death.
His nephews and nieces were sent back to South Vietnam together with the prince and princess of South Vietnam.
All this is for the sake of Queen Zhou.
The second incident was that King Ning confused the blood of the royal family, and even colluded with Yu Qi, an internal official, to rebel and was cut in half. Yu Qi, an internal official, clashed with King Ning's eldest son on the way to escape, and both of them died.
The third thing is that the Crown Princess of the Wei Dynasty, the only concubine who was born in a merchant family, asked to be deposed.
The reason is that he cannot accept the move of Prince Xie Jinyan to the three palaces and six courtyards, and he is unable to take charge of the harem.
Originally, the Yu family was unable to afford a concubine. If she had not donated the family property that day and the prince insisted on making her his concubine, how could the high position of the crown prince have fallen into the hands of a pheasant like her.
What's more, the prince at that time did not live up to his expectations and was a complete playboy.
Anyone with some ability in the court is unwilling to push his daughter into a pit of fire. Who knows if the prince will be deposed one day, and his family will suffer the same consequences.
But now, the eldest prince Xie Qiyun is a cripple, and the You family has lost power. Xie Rufeng, who was originally considered a rising star, was also executed for confusing the royal bloodline.
The few remaining princes either have poor family backgrounds or lack of ability.
Prince Xie Jinyan, a former playboy, has now become a hero in the hearts of the people, and even has the support of the chieftain of Qingzhou.
Anyone who is not a fool knows where to take advantage of it.
As a result, there are many noble girls who covet the position of princess.
Even if the ladies have no intention of fighting for it, the ministers still want to cling to it.
Therefore, in the past month, the Prince's Mansion has also been breached.
In front of the emperor and the empress, it was rare for someone to ask for the emperor's favor.
Now that the most powerful foreign enemy has been eliminated, the emperor also needs to promote new talents and check and balance the new nobles. Therefore, it is normal for the prince to give the daughters of several ministers as concubines and let them fight with each other.
However, now that the position of concubine is occupied by a merchant girl, their targets will naturally be aimed at the Yu family.
Therefore, the Yu family's request to be deposed at this moment was in line with Emperor Jing's wishes.
Therefore, the prince was still running errands outside the city, and the imperial edict to depose the prince's concubine reached Yu Qingwu's hands.
"Public woman, thank you for your kindness."
Yu Qingwu tightly grasped the bright yellow silk in his hand and kowtowed heavily to Emperor Jing.
Emperor Jing was sitting on a chair, with a somewhat complicated look on his face that looked roughly like Xie Jinyan.
He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, stared at the woman kneeling on the ground for a long time, and then said slowly, "Get up."
"Ms. Yu, if you leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to meet the royal family again in this life. Don't you regret it?"
"Actually, I have never thought about taking Jin Yan's life, let alone changing others."
"It's just that sometimes, to do something, I need to be a fool for a while, and someone needs to make sacrifices."
"You are a good girl."
"Yu Qi is also the best minister."
"He is also... the best eldest brother. Although he is not a complete man, he has done what a man should do. He has done well in the hatred of family and country. If he is still alive, he must hope that you can
well
of."
Emperor Jing's tone was extremely calm, and his words contained advice and explanations.
Explain for Xie Jinyan...
He also tried to save her for Xie Jinyan.
What's more... he told her indirectly that he already knew about her relationship with Yu Qi.
Perhaps because he knew about the relationship between Yu Qi and Yu Qingwu, when Emperor Jing looked at Yu Qingwu, his eyes were much kinder than before. That was true kindness.
But at this moment, looking at Emperor Jing's admonishing look, Yu Qingwu only felt ironic.
So many things had happened these days, and she finally understood them.
The fact that his beloved is the cook and Xie Rufeng are actually just a cover, just a way to get rid of Prince Ning.
Who is Emperor Jing? He also climbed up to the throne amidst the light of swords and shadows, and even fought on the battlefield. If he could be so stupid that he couldn't even tell the difference between his own children, he could be so stupid that he would use such ridiculous methods to protect his so-called beloved.
Human, then it is not him.
Emperor Jing was really ruthless, ruthless enough to disregard his own reputation, ruthless enough to bet on his most beloved son.
If Xie Jinyan really died in the hands of Xie Rufeng during the Yunzhou battle, what would Emperor Jing do? Or, how should he face Empress Zhou?
It’s not that he didn’t know the consequences, but he just did it.
Just like Xie Jinyan, he had no idea about Emperor Jing's plan when he was in Qingzhou, but in order to stand up, he still chose to sacrifice her brother.
Maybe the brother did it voluntarily, but it didn't mean that he, Xie Jinyan, could use her brother's life to make plans.
After he finished, he advised her to be generous with a high-sounding and overall-oriented attitude.
How ridiculous? How hypocritical?
The same goes for Emperor Jing in front of him...
Maybe he was a good emperor, but in Yu Qingwu's eyes he was so ugly.
It was so ugly that she didn't even want to take another look at it, but her brother's voluntary sacrifice also made her understand that he would not agree to her fighting with the royal family.
Looking at Emperor Jing coldly for a moment, Yu Qingwu raised the corner of his mouth, but his voice was cold, as if he had not heard Emperor Jing's advice, and said to himself, "A commoner woman has thanked your majesty for your kindness."
"If there is nothing else, the civilian woman will leave first."
After finishing speaking, Qing Wu slowly stood up, and regardless of the expression on Emperor Jing's face, he stepped out of the palace without looking back.
Walking down the steps and looking at the huge imperial city, she couldn't help but smile. She laughed so hard that her eyes turned red and she shed tears.
I thought that walking into this imperial city would expose the filth, but I didn't expect that what I saw was an even dirtier side.
After all, she and Xie Jinyan are not the same kind of people. Some decisions may be for the sake of the overall situation, but she is ultimately unable to accept them.
I walked slowly and numbly all the way, passing through one door after another and passing through countless palace passages.
Finally, I saw the light outside the prison.
However, when the sun shone down, a familiar and disgusting figure also came into view.