"You may have to ask His Highness the Crown Prince about this question." Aunt Shi said expressionlessly, "Ms. Situ's brother has been taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Hearing that he was tortured, Uncle Situ stood in the Prince's Mansion all afternoon.
Outside the gate, he said that he had no way to teach his daughter, and Mrs. Situ was running around, and even begged the queen... Miss Situ should think carefully about what she had done."
After saying this, she turned and left.
The color on Situ Wan's face faded little by little, and his face became pale and ugly. He sat there completely unable to react.
Aunt Shi's words echoed in her ears, finally making her feel fear and uneasiness.
She clenched her hands and suddenly stood up and walked out.
However, there were several maids outside the room blocking her way, "Miss Situ is injured, please take a good rest."
"Get out of the way!" Situ Wan said sharply, "I want to see the Crown Princess!"
"Miss Situ, please go back to bed and lie down."
"I want you to get out of the way!"
The maid stopped her forcefully: "Miss Situ, please go back to the bed and lie down."
Situ Wan's whole body was cold and his face was completely white.
It was only then that she realized the serious consequences of her actions.
Ask her if she regrets it?
Situ Wan must have regretted it, but regretting is of no use. What she regrets is not the assassination of Yun Zishu. She regrets that she acted impulsively and failed to make the plan more foolproof. She regrets that she was implicated because of her reckless behavior.
Father and elder brother.
If the Queen can protect her, and if her father and mother can put pressure on the Prince's Palace, her regrets will definitely not exist.
However, this time, Situ Wan will completely understand that the Situ family does not have the final say in this world, and the Dongyou royal family is far from having the final say.
The queen's power is not great enough to protect her anytime and anywhere.
Situ Wan stood frozen for a long time, then turned around and walked back to the room. Thinking that his father had been standing outside the Prince's Mansion for half a day but could not see Yun Zishu, a strong resentment arose in his heart. Why would his father, a dignified uncle, want to be so dissatisfied with a marriage proposal?
The princess who came was groveling?
Who is Yun Zishu? Who is she?!
Situ Wan gritted his teeth and cursed, no longer as gentle and kind as he usually maintained in front of others.
Yun Zishu, you and I are inseparable!
…
At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor, who was resting in the palace, had just drank a cup of tea. He seemed to be in better spirits than usual, and he was quite interested in chatting: "Yuan Hai, the ministers in the court are all paying attention to the affairs of the uncle's palace.
?”
The personal eunuch Yuan Hai bowed and replied: "Yes, they are all paying attention secretly."
"What's the attitude of the Crown Princess?"
"The Crown Princess doesn't seem to have much reaction," Yuan Hai replied, "But the Crown Princess feels that Miss Situ is narrow-minded and selfish, and is not worthy of Mr. Huangfu."
Not worthy of Huangfu Lingfeng?
Emperor Wu was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his head to look at Yuan Hai: "Is she dissatisfied with my gift of marriage?"
"I don't know." Yuan Hai was surprised and lowered his head, "The Crown Princess probably doesn't mean this..."
"Well, it doesn't matter even if you have this intention." Emperor Wu said calmly, "Situ Wan is indeed not worthy of Huangfu Lingfeng."
Yuan Hai lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
"What's going on now?"
"The Crown Princess is generous. She means that as long as the Queen gives Miss Situ another marriage, she will promise not to pursue the case of Miss Situ sending someone to assassinate her."
"No more investigation?" Emperor Wu frowned, "She said she didn't want to pursue it, so she stopped pursuing it?"
Yuan Hai lowered his head: "The emperor means..."
"The Situ family has been a bit uneasy recently." Emperor Wu raised his hand and put it lightly on his forehead, his calm tone full of imperial pressure, "Situ Xuan is not a prince and has no right to raise dead soldiers or pass on my will. The remaining three around him
All the dead men have been recovered. Situ Xuan committed an unforgivable crime by assassinating the Crown Princess. He has an eighty stick. He should go home and reflect behind closed doors."
Yuan Hai became more and more frightened. He originally thought that the emperor was silent and didn't care about what happened, but he didn't expect that he would be cruel when he opened his mouth.
"Situ Wan is narrow-minded, jealous and vicious. From now on, she is not allowed to enter the palace without a decree. She will withdraw the marriage decree between her and the imperial family and get married separately." After Emperor Wu finished speaking, he went through the candidates for the princes of the imperial family in his mind.
He quickly made a decision, "Hou Zhongyi hasn't married yet?"
Yuan Hai was stunned, almost thinking that he heard wrongly, "Zhong...Zhongyihou?"
Emperor Wu glanced at him, and Yuan Hai was excited and quickly replied: "Since Mrs. Zhongyi Hou passed away, the Marquis has not renewed his marriage."
Yan Wei, the Marquis of Zhongyi, was nearly forty years old. He was the previous commander of the Royal Forest Army. His leg was injured more than ten years ago while protecting the chariot, leaving an incurable disease. Emperor Wu was grateful for his meritorious service in protecting the chariot and named him the Marquis of Zhongyi.
Although this man was good at martial arts, his temperament was violent and unpredictable, and he became even more unstable after he injured his leg. There had been rumors that the wife was accidentally beaten to death by him, but when Mrs. Zhongyi Hou passed away, Yan Wei had just gained great favor.
No one has dared to investigate the truth.
After the wife passed away, she left behind a pair of children, who must be eleven or twelve years old. Yan Wei has never married again in these years, because he has a bad temper, a disabled leg, and is old. The daughters of officials naturally look down on him.
He was married to a marquis, and he was not willing to marry a commoner's daughter. The marriage had been delayed over the years.
The more Yuan Hai thought about it, the more frightened he became. What the emperor meant was... to give Situ Wan to Marquis Zhongyi as a successor?
this……
"According to my decree, the eldest daughter of the Situ family is a virtuous and virtuous woman. She is a model of a good wife, and is specially given to Marquis Zhongyi in marriage." Emperor Wu spoke calmly, as if he did not think this was a shocking decision, "Marquis Zhongyi once served as
He injured a leg while saving me, so I gave him a gentle and virtuous wife, which can be regarded as compensation for him."
Yuan Hai swallowed, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
"Huh?" Emperor Wu glanced at him, "You think it's inappropriate?"
"No, no!" Yuan Hai quickly bowed and said, "I don't dare. I mean the queen...will the queen..."
Queen?
Emperor Wu's expression became calmer, "I only punished Situ Xuan and Situ Wan for the sake of the queen. If the queen feels that something is wrong, I can also handle official matters."
The prince's murder is the same as that of the common people.
What's more, Situ Xuan and Situ Wan were not princes or princesses. They dared to assassinate the Crown Princess, but they were disrespectful. If they were guilty of a crime, they would be beheaded in public according to the law, and in the worst case, they would implicate the nine clans.
"Let's draw up the decree." Emperor Wu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to say more about the matter, "Prince Xuan and the Crown Princess will come to the palace later, and I would like to have dinner with them."
"Yes. I will go right away."
Yuan Hai understood that the emperor had made it clear that the imperial edict was unchangeable and would not give anyone the opportunity to intercede in front of the prince and princess.
As the royal family changed generations and power changed, the emperor not only wanted to make the crown prince's throne more secure, but also paved the way for the crown prince's future throne in advance.
The emperor's mind is unfathomable, and this statement is never true.