"The emperor has decreed that the empress move to Jingyang Palace in the West Fifth Palace to live in order to cultivate her moral character and reflect on herself. From now on, the power of the harem will be taken over by Concubine Shu. I appreciate this!"
The queen knelt on the ground. As Yuan Hai finished speaking, her face turned pale: "Why?"
Yuan Hai lowered his eyes: "Please accept the order from the Queen."
The queen stood up, looked directly at Yuan Hai, and asked coldly: "Why?"
"Early this morning, Princess Rong and the princesses from the clan were making trouble in the Crown Prince's Mansion. Princess Rong accidentally bumped into the Crown Princess, which may have caused the Crown Princess to have a miscarriage." Yuan Hai lowered his head and replied, "This matter was reported to the Emperor.
It was the queen who ordered the king to recruit him out of desperation."
The queen took a step back and turned pale.
"Several royal censors jointly impeached the Queen for over-indulging the eldest daughter of the Situ family, which caused her to repeatedly try to murder the Crown Princess. Now she even refused to spare the imperial heir in the Crown Princess's belly. The Emperor was furious.
, order the Queen to think about her mistakes." After Yuan Hai finished speaking, he respectfully handed the imperial decree to the Queen's hands, "Please Queen, please move."
The queen's face turned pale and ugly, Prince Rong betrayed her, and several censors also impeached her?
Why do they have to impeach her? She is the empress of the palace and the biological mother of the crown prince. What qualifications do they have to impeach her?
Princess Rong is that good-for-nothing! She can’t handle even this little thing, so she still expects her son to sit on the throne of the crown prince?
What a joke!
"I want to see the Emperor." The Queen took a deep breath and spoke calmly, "He cannot convict me just by listening to the words of those people."
Yuan Hai bowed and said, "Queen, please move."
The queen stared at him for a moment, then suddenly looked downcast: "Yuan Hai."
"The slave is here."
"Do you think I am wrong?"
Yuan Hai was frightened: "I don't dare to say anything."
The Queen was right, how could he, a slave, dare to make such arrogant opinions? There is only one standard for conduct in this palace, and that is the Holy Will.
If the emperor says you are wrong, you are wrong, and you are right. If the emperor says you are right, you are right, and you are right even if you are wrong.
Besides, the Queen did behave badly.
Yuan Haishen thought that the emperor was already tolerant of the empress. He had always respected her over the years, whether he liked it or not. The emperor also reminded her more than once about the Crown Princess and Situ Wan.
But the queen always insists on having her own way, and now that she is in this situation, she must be to blame.
However, Yuan Hai only dared to think about these words in his heart, and did not dare to show any strangeness on his face, let alone say a word with his mouth.
The queen stood as stiff as a wooden sculpture for a moment, and finally resigned herself to accepting the facts.
The decree quickly reached the Zhongyihou Mansion.
"The Emperor has a decree that Situ, the wife of Marquis Zhongyi, has attempted to murder the Crown Princess again and again but failed. In order to exempt Situ from the death penalty because of Marquis Zhongyi's meritorious service in escorting her, he ordered Marquis Zhongyi to strictly discipline his wife and make her shut up and reflect on her past.
, Without the decree, the Situ family is not allowed to take another step out of the Hou Mansion!" After the eunuch who conveyed the oral instructions, he respectfully stepped forward to help the old lady who was kneeling on the ground, "Old madam, the Emperor is very tolerant of the Zhongyi Hou Mansion.
, I also ask the old lady to clean up the family style in the future, manage the inner house of the family well, and never let Madam Hou have the intention to harm others again, otherwise she will be implicated in the Hou Mansion in the future, and I am afraid she will not be as graceful as she is today."
The old lady stood up, broke into a cold sweat with shock, and nodded repeatedly: "My father-in-law is right, I am incompetent in running the family. I am really ashamed of the emperor, the prince and the princess. Fortunately, the emperor is so gracious and the princess is magnanimous. The Marquis Mansion
Only then can we avoid being implicated.”
Situ Wan was kneeling on the ground with a pale face. He was mentally exhausted due to serious injuries and his body was weak and shaky. At this moment, when he heard the words of the father-in-law who delivered the decree, a chill and fear spread from the bottom of his heart.
The father-in-law who delivered the decree glanced past her, and soon looked at Madam Hou calmly, and solemnly warned: "Old Madam, you must manage the inner house well in the future, and never make the same mistake again."
"I will definitely act in accordance with the emperor's will." The old lady responded respectfully, and ordered someone to give him some money. "Please return to the palace, and please exchange the emperor's grace for me and Yan Wei."
The eunuch who passed the order agreed and quickly returned to the palace with a few people accompanying him.
It wasn't until they were far away that the old lady turned to look at Situ Wan. The respectful smile on her face disappeared little by little, and her expression became cold and stern: "Take the young lady to Cixin Hall."
After saying this, she slowly turned around and entered with the help of two maids.
"Old Madam." Two female officials who were serving Situ Wan chased after her, "The injury on Young Madam's body is not healed, can you wait for her -"
"I am disciplining my daughter-in-law, do you need to talk more?" Mrs. Hou looked at them coldly, "My father-in-law just left, do you want to resist the order?"
The two female officials were at a loss for words, thinking that now even the empress had been relegated to the cold palace. They had no support behind them and could no longer assume the tough posture of the past.
The two female officials turned to look at Yan Wei and begged in a low voice: "Master Marquis, my wife's injury has not healed..."
"Mother just taught her the rules and won't let her die." Yan Wei said coldly, "The imperial decree cannot be violated. You have been in the palace for so long and you don't understand this rule?"
The expressions of the two female officials changed, their heads lowered, and they did not dare to say anything more.
As a man, Yan Wei would beat Situ Wan severely when his temper broke out, but he would not keep an eye on her all the time. After all, the male protagonist was outside and the female protagonist was inside. Even if he resigned from the post of commander of the Royal Forest Army, he would still be a
Mr. Hou, you have your own entertainment.
Therefore, it was natural for her mother to discipline Situ Wan.
He glanced at Situ Wan and warned in a cold tone, "Mother teaches you the rules for your own good. You'd better be good, otherwise you won't get the best of you."
After leaving these words, he turned and left.
Situ Wan was in a very bad condition right now, with pain everywhere on her body, and her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, as if the wind could blow her away. However, no one in the Hou family who was almost implicated in the crime obviously cared about her.
Situ Wan was quickly taken to the Cixin Hall. The old lady ordered the maid to place a long table outside the door, and prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones. She looked at Situ Wan with cold eyes: "From now on, you will get up at Yin time every day.
After washing, I came over to say hello, and then I knelt down outside to copy the "Commandments for Women."
Situ Wan was shocked, and the hands hanging by his sides tightened little by little.
"When I have nothing to do, I will teach you the rules from now on." Madam Hou raised her hand, "Kneel down."
Situ Wan stood motionless.
The old lady looked sternly and ordered the people around her: "You guys can help a bunch of young ladies."
Two broad-shouldered women grabbed Situ Wan's arms and pushed her to kneel in front of the long desk. Situ Wan's arm was already injured, so they pushed her to the ground roughly and knocked her on the leg, causing her to scream in agony.
"ah!"
Cold sweat rushed out of her pores, quickly soaking her clothes and making her tremble all over in pain.