The Empress Dowager snorted heavily: "Then Empress Dowager Feng is done with the punishment now? After the punishment is over, the person will be returned to the Ai family."
Empress Dowager Feng was also hard-hearted: "The Empress Dowager wants to take people away and I cannot stop her, but Jiang Feixue has committed such a crime. If she is let go, how can she convince the public? I also ask the Empress Dowager to give an explanation to everyone in the harem."
The Empress Dowager choked, and the anger in her eyes was about to burst out: "Explain? The Ai family will explain it to you."
"Someone, take her away."
She insisted on taking the people away, but this time Feng Wei did not stop them. They just walked forward, and Feng Wei dragged the guard Qian Sheng to the gate of the middle palace and killed him with a cane.
The beating was so bloody that the whole wall was stained with blood.
In the Yongshou Palace, Jiang Feixue held the Empress Dowager's sleeve tightly. Even though she was about to be beaten to death, she still thought of her lover: "Aunt, save Qian Sheng, you save him."
Jiang Feixue has feelings for Qian Sheng. She met Qian Sheng when she was in the most miserable time in the palace. Neither her aunt nor her cousin helped her. At that time, living was more uncomfortable than death. Only Qian Sheng helped her and gave her warmth.
He was considerate of her and obeyed her orders. This was the first time she met such a man. She really liked him.
The Empress Dowager was furious: "It's been so long and you still think about men, your life is almost gone."
Jiang Feixue begged sadly: "Aunt..."
The Empress Dowager was not angry yet: "It's not the right time to save you. The Ai family has already given up their dignity by bringing you back."
However, before she could calm down, she immediately heard that Qian Sheng was pulled out and killed with a stick in front of everyone. After a while, he was beaten to a bloody pulp and his life was gone.
"Qian Lang..." Jiang Feixue screamed excitedly, her eyes were about to burst, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out: "Feng Wei, I'm going to kill you."
"Miss Jiang, hurry up. Miss Jiang has fainted. Call the doctor quickly."
The Yongshou Palace was in chaos. The Empress Dowager got up and walked further away and sat down. Her hands were trembling with anger. Feng Wei, what a Feng Wei, she didn't realize that she was a ruthless person.
"The Empress Dowager, please take care of yourself."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she could not calm down for a long time: "She is... going to deal with the Ai family..."
She was already dead and a sinner, so what could the Empress Dowager do? She would not care about the life of a guard. She was angry that Feng Wei dared not give her face, but she never imagined that this
It's not over yet.
It was in the evening that she received the news. It turned out that Ye Zhaoru had been sent to prison yesterday. The crime was clear and the evidence was conclusive. The general situation pushed the new emperor to kill Ye Zhaoru.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her eyes darkened and she fainted.
Feng Wei asked the imperial doctor to examine the two of them, but at the same time, in the name of the Empress Dowager's frail health and the need for self-cultivation, she re-sealed the Yongshou Palace and no one was allowed to enter or leave it without permission.
Finally, the Yongshou Palace was re-sealed, and Feng Wei let out a heavy breath. She would never let these two people take a step out again in her life.
Here, Ye Zhaoru didn't know that something had happened to the Empress Dowager, so he tried every means to deliver the news and put all his hopes on the Empress Dowager. However, all the news finally came to nothing. In the end, everyone saw the situation clearly, and those who were willing to help him also
there is none left.
He didn't know that something happened to the Empress Dowager, but everyone outside knew about it, and finally someone told him about the Empress Dowager just to ridicule him.
After learning that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had all fallen, Ye Zhaoru recognized the reality and felt sad.
"The cunning rabbit dies and is cooked by lackeys, and the flying birds use up all their good bows. My dear Zhao Zhuo, how dare you do this to me?"
"Someone, I want to see the emperor, someone... someone..."
No matter how much he yelled, no one paid any attention to him.
Ye Zhaoru was unwilling to give in, but the people in the court pushed him against the wall. They couldn't wait to execute Ye Zhaoru, and kept putting pressure on him.
Zhao Zhuo was in a dilemma. He was hesitant to send someone to deliver a message to Ye Wanwan, because he knew that Ye Wanwan didn't want to care about it, but after all, this was her biological father. He had to take it into consideration, and he guessed his concerns.
Ye Wanwan handed a letter to the palace. There were only two words on it: cut off the title.
The reason why Ye Zhaoru was so arrogant was because he got the title of Duke and then followed the general trend to support Zhao Zhuo. The fact that Zhao Zhuo is tolerating him now is not because Ye Guogong supports him, but Ye Wanwan.
To say that Zhao Zhuo could successfully win the throne, Ye Guogong's contribution is almost negligible. He just openly participated in the trouble. He didn't even have a hand in the really decisive thing.
But he couldn't carry his own weight, thinking that he was the one who had the greatest credit. The new emperor had only been on the throne for a short time and he was already making people hate him. If he continued, there was no telling what he would do.
Since Ye Zhaoru only started because of the title of Duke of the Kingdom, then cut it off and let him have a long memory.
Only by gaining and losing can we remember a lifetime.
Seeing these two words, Zhao Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and called the King of Jin and several ministers to discuss, and finally decided to strip Ye Guogong of his title, remove him from the post of prime minister, demote him to a commoner, and ban him from the house for five years.
It can be seen that the new emperor is still benevolent. All the measures are directed at Ye Guogong alone, and his family members and children are not mentioned at all. However, such benevolence cannot convince the public.
The crime Ye Zhaoru committed was not a small crime, not to mention that the crime was not as bad as that of his family. He could be punished according to the law, including being executed and exiled.
"Your Majesty, please think twice."
"Your Majesty, Ye Zhaoru's crime cannot be forgiven. He is treated so lightly. Where are the laws of the country? If civil and military officials follow suit one by one, wouldn't the court be in chaos?"
Zhao Zhuo looked at the speaker coldly: "Do you still remember that Duke Ye Guo is my uncle? My father died less than three months ago and his body is still cold. If I robbed the Ye family, how would I explain to my father?"
"Ye Guogong is guilty, but the crime will not lead to death. I have made up my mind, who has any objections?"
Several people looked at each other, and in the end they could only accept the reality: "Your Majesty."
In any case, it was a good thing that Ye Zhaoru finally withdrew from the court. They themselves knew that in the current situation, it would be unrealistic to really destroy the Ye family.
King Yan Wu of Jin stood aside and did not say a word from beginning to end. When the dust settled, he stepped forward and received an errand from Emperor Xingfeng to escort Ye Zhaoru back to his home.
Zhu Li, the chief eunuch, went to deliver the order, and he was respectful to King Jin along the way. However, when he arrived in front of Ye Zhaoru, he immediately put on airs: "Ye Zhaoru accepts the order."
In just a few days, Ye Zhaoru seemed to have aged ten years. I don't know if it was because he had seen through the warmth and coldness of human emotions. He was neither sad nor happy at the moment. He knelt down with a dull face, as if he didn't care about anything anymore, and the content of the imperial edict seemed to have no meaning.
Didn't listen much.
After the reading was finished, King Jin had people take him away and escort him all the way back. Ye Zhaoru said nothing and looked like a zombie, so he who originally wanted to say something fell silent in the end.