Unexpectedly, Queen Pei not only failed to learn from her mistakes, but also worsened her situation.
After all, the life of his beloved son was involved. Emperor Zhao finally had a conscience and said sternly: "Let me test it!"
He picked up a basin of water and forced Queen Pei's hand into the water. After lifting it up, he quickly closed the palace door and other items, creating a dark environment.
The next second, he saw that in the entire hall, only Queen Pei's hands were shining brightly.
Now, with all the human and material evidence available, Queen Pei could no longer defend herself.
When the light returned to the palace again, Emperor Zhao had already stepped down from the warm couch. Without saying a word, he raised his leg and kicked Empress Pei hard.
The man's strength was so strong that Queen Pei was kicked several meters away. She fell heavily to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
"You are such a vicious woman, how dare you treat Xiaojiu so viciously and so cruelly, how can you be worthy of the position of the Lord of the Middle Palace!"
Having reached this point, Queen Pei stopped pretending. Instead of begging for mercy, she looked up to the sky and laughed for a long time.
"I am cruel and ruthless? Your Majesty, who is it that forced me to this point? I have been by your side for many years. From the time when you were the King of Qin, I have accompanied you step by step until now.
When you married me, you said that I was your only wife, that you would love me and protect me, and that I would bear children for you. I thought we could grow old together forever, but all this happened after this bitch gave birth to a son.
Everything has changed!”
Empress Pei pointed at Concubine Zhuang angrily, "In your eyes, not only can't you see my concubine, but you can't see your eldest son. You went beyond the limit and canonized him as King Dingbei. It was spread throughout the court. Soon after,
, you will abolish the crown prince and replace him with King Ding of the North!"
Emperor Zhao frowned and said, "Whoever I want to crown as the prince, how can I allow those ministers to make unreasonable criticisms?"
"Your Majesty, do you dare to swear on your conscience that you have never thought of deposing the crown prince? For Qi Jue, you banned me, punished Xi'er to copy books, and even demoted my brother to Tongzhou, you
My heart has long been so biased that I can no longer look at it!"
Could it be that Queen Pei was crazy? She actually dared to point at Emperor Zhao and accuse him repeatedly. Pei Duqin quickly held Queen Pei's arm and whispered to her: "Aunt, stop talking. Your Majesty and you are married.
, As long as you are willing to admit your mistake, His Majesty will give you a chance to correct it..."
"I punish you, the prince, and Prime Minister Pei because you have made mistakes. If you hadn't refused to keep yourselves, one is my wife and the other is my eldest son. The palms and backs of my hands are full of flesh. What would I do?
Are you willing to hurt you?
But you should never, absolutely should not, take advantage of my soft heart, do wrong things again and again, and even want Xiaojiu's life, you are simply crazy and hopeless!"
Empress Pei smiled and shed tears. Instead of the arrogance she had just pointed at Emperor Zhao and scolded him, she knelt and crawled to Emperor Zhao's feet and hugged his thigh.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. All my mistakes are my fault alone. I love Your Majesty and Xi'er too much, so I don't allow anyone to hurt you. That's why I made a mistake.
, make a big mistake,
I agree with you, but I only ask Your Majesty, because you and I have been married for many years, and the Pei family has worked hard for Your Majesty's great cause, please don't touch Xi'er and the Pei family. I... I am willing to die to apologize!
"
As soon as she finished speaking, Queen Pei let go of her hand and hit the pillar next to her.
"aunt!"
"The Queen!"
There was a bang, and Queen Pei's head was bruised and bleeding. Pei Duqin hugged Queen Pei's body with trembling hands.
"Your Majesty, my aunt is your first wife. Over the years, she has been with you all the way, giving birth to children for you, and maintaining the harem. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. This time she did something wrong, but for the sake of the couple,
In terms of love, do you really have to force her to death before you give up?"
Seeing the blood on Queen Pei's face, Emperor Zhao began to hesitate again.
Concubine Zhuang took a step forward and retorted sternly: "The queen's life is life, so my son's life is not life? When has my son ever harmed the queen? He stayed peacefully. It's your Pei family who wants to
The prince's position as heir to the throne, for his own ambition,
She refuses to let us mother and son go, and wants to kill us! Now that the evil deeds she has done have been exposed, there is no mercy here. She deserves it, deserves death, and does not deserve any sympathy!"
While speaking, Concubine Zhuang knelt down towards Emperor Zhao with a plop and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, the prince is your eldest son, so isn't Jue'er your son? The queen has no repentance at all, so she
Will not hesitate to spend a lot of money,
She bought a poison that has no cure. She didn't leave any way for Jue'er to survive. She felt sorry for her son. What about my son? I only have a child like Jue'er. I don't ask him to be well-educated in the world. I only hope that he will be well-educated.
He can be at peace,
Live a happy life, but now, such a small wish has been killed by the Queen. If Your Majesty cannot severely punish the murderer, today, I will also knock my head to death here.
My son is all alone!"
Emperor Zhao sighed and helped her up personally, "My dear concubine, don't get excited. When did I say that I won't punish the murderer severely? Don't worry, I will definitely give you and Xiaojiu a satisfactory result."
Concubine Zhuang cried and was helped up. Emperor Zhao looked at Empress Pei again. Today's matter has reached this situation. He can no longer fool around as casually as he imagined in the past.
"Queen Pei is the lord of the middle palace. She should be a mother to the world and a role model for women. However, due to her own selfish desires, she went to the harem before the cholera epidemic. Now she is deprived of her position as queen and given poisonous wine."
"Pei Duqin, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was beguiled by the queen to seek employment for her. Thinking of the Pei family's past achievements, he is now demoted to the position of editor of the Privy Council."
"Prince Qi Xi, although he doesn't know what his mother did, he has done something wrong with his son. He was banned from the East Palace for half a year and fined one year's salary."
Pei Duqin went from a fifth-grade Hanlin bachelor to an eighth-grade Privy Council editor. This was an extremely small official position.
And Prime Minister Pei had been demoted to Tongzhou as the magistrate before. In addition, Queen Pei was deposed and sentenced to death, and the prince was banned from the East Palace. The glory of the Pei family was completely ruined.
In the future, unless the prince can regain the favor and ascend the throne as emperor, the Pei family will never be able to turn around!
Queen Pei naturally knew very well that this was the biggest concession Emperor Zhao had ever made. With her own death, the prince and the Pei family were saved.
Slowly closing her eyes, Queen Pei kowtowed to Emperor Zhao with blood on her head, "I, my concubine... accept the decree."
"Your Majesty, this is the last time that I call you this. From now on, I can no longer serve you. You... take care of yourself. We will see you in the next life."