Chapter 355 Punishment
The chief eunuch went to the trial in person, and the case progressed rapidly.
Following the clues, he found the Queen Mother's bedroom.
As if forgetting to consider the Queen Mother's face, the chief eunuch took the testimony and reported directly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother confessed to the previous nanny named Rongci that she bribed the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to frame Zhou Huaishan."
After the chief eunuch finished speaking, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The prince's party.
The leaders of the prince's party were kneeling on the ground and trembling because of the problem with their own boxes. They had no fighting power at all.
The prince was ridiculed by Zhou Huaishan and felt that he could not speak at all at this moment.
The second prince's people knew that it was not suitable to suppress the prince's party at this time, so they gloated over the misfortune and watched the changes.
Royalists.
Zhou Huaishan stood in the center of the hall. After the eunuch chief said, he looked at the queen mother and sneered softly: "Madame Rong? A madame who has no grudge against me, why would she harm me? Are you crazy?"
The eunuch chief said: "Madame Rong said that she hated the fact that Rongyang Hou had stabbed her with a needle. Because you have the same name and surname as Rongyang Hou, she couldn't help but take revenge on you."
Zhou Huaishan rolled his eyes immediately, remembering that there was such a thing.
Madame Rong stabbed a little palace maid with a needle, and he happened to see it. He couldn't stand this old slave committing a crime, so he picked up the needle on the ground and stabbed Rong Madame.
This is all old sesame seeds and rotten grains from many years ago.
"I don't accept this reason.
She is just a nanny, but she has such great power and can do whatever she wants in the palace. This is the birthday party of the Queen Mother, and she can be so arrogant.
If this is true, I don't know whose face this is!"
The Queen felt her breath tremble, and she shook her body and almost fell over.
But in the current situation, she couldn't help fainting. Trying her best to calm her mind, the Queen said to the Emperor: "It was my negligence, I know the crime."
The Emperor glanced at her lightly, said nothing, and looked at the chief eunuch.
The chief eunuch shook his head slightly, almost imperceptibly. This case can only be investigated to Rong Mama, and it can't be investigated further. Rong Mama refused to let go.
The Emperor sighed in his heart.
He was ready to tear his face on the spot!
What a pity.
After coughing and clearing his throat, the emperor said in a calm voice: "Dare to frame someone like this under my nose. This is the first time I have seen such audacity!
Madame Rong, kill nine clans! No, ten clans!"
Generally, in such a situation, they would be beaten to death.
This directly killed ten clans, and the whole audience was shocked and trembled.
Ten clans include not only relatives and friends, but also good friends!
Madame Rong's good friends are naturally all the servants in the Queen Mother's palace.
An old maid standing behind the Queen Mother was so scared that her legs went soft, and she cried out, "Queen Mother!"
She was so miserable and terrified that her whole body was fighting.
The Queen Mother also recovered from the shocks, and she turned to look at the emperor.
The emperor seemed to know that the queen mother would look over, and looked directly at her, "When this doll came out, my mother was very angry. Now that the truth has been found out, my mother must be even more furious. What's more, there are curses in this box.
My mother is my biological mother. I know that she loves me. You don't have to blame yourself too much."
A series of words blocked the queen mother's words of pleading.
But if the ten clans are really executed, wouldn't more than half of the people in her palace be killed?
The queen mother was trembling with fear, and her personal nanny beside her cried and trembled in panic. The emperor said firmly: "This Rong nanny has served my mother for decades. Among them, there are many who have a good relationship with her. I know that my mother can't bear to part with the old people. I will let others register."
After that, he looked at the eunuch chief steward.
The eunuch chief steward received the order and turned around and left.
The Queen Mother blurted out to the back of the eunuch chief, "Wait."
The eunuch chief seemed old and confused, and did not hear anything, and walked away with a brisk pace.
The Queen Mother's throat was blocked by a mouthful of blood, which came up directly. She looked at the emperor bitterly, "You are really my good son!"
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, "I haven't done well enough, I can do better."
After that, he turned around and ordered loudly, "Take Mama Kou away!"
Mama Kou, the Queen Mother's personal nanny, was originally just crying softly beside the Queen Mother. Hearing this, she screamed in fear.
But it was of no use.
The king never jokes about punishing ten clans.
Everyone watched Mama Kou being dragged away, and everyone in the prince's party was terrified.
The emperor ignored the reactions of others and looked at the queen.
"You made the Queen Mother's birthday a mess. Do you know your crime?"
The Queen knelt down, "I know my crime."
The Prince couldn't stand it and blurted out, "Father, it was Rong Mama who did the evil. What does it have to do with the Queen Mother? She is in charge of the six palaces alone, so there will always be omissions!"
The Emperor smiled gently.
"I like this kind of mother and filial son.
Since the Emperor is begging for you
You are in charge of the six palaces alone, so it is indeed difficult to avoid various omissions. Let Concubine Shu help you in the future.
You used to choose the people in the Queen Mother's bedroom, which shows that you have a bad eye.
This time, if there is any vacancy, let Concubine Shu choose."
The Second Prince's mother immediately stood up to thank her, suppressed her heart and said happily, "I will do my best."
The Prince then realized that he had just been reckless.
Shu Fei assigned servants to the Queen Mother's bedroom, which must be to place confidants openly.
The emperor did not look at Shu Fei for long, and looked at the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo who was lying on the ground and had not yet woken up.
Holding the waist card just handed over by Shen Li, he flipped it over and read it, "Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, Yu Anying kidnapped Su Ke, the evidence is solid, the crime is unforgivable, I will let him go for the old Duke of Zhenguo's loyalty."
The emperor's voice, word by word, neither high nor low, but it was like a drumstick hitting the hearts of every prince's party.
Let him go, how to let him go?
"Deprive the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo of her imperial title."
Depriving of identity means being white.
From now on, she can no longer enter the palace freely, can no longer enjoy privileges, and must greet the ladies of status.
The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo is already old, how can she withstand this humiliation
However, the emperor had not given up yet. He paused for a moment and said, "Su Ke died. The whole Zhenguogong Mansion is in grief. I am considerate of human feelings and have allowed Su Heng to stay in Beijing for three months!"
After the death of Zhenguogong, the Zhenshuo Army lost its backbone.
Originally, Su Heng had to carry the coffin back to Beijing. He was supposed to go back immediately after the mourning period, but he was delayed by some things at that time.
Now
The emperor is not considerate of human feelings at all. It is clear that he has put Su Heng under house arrest in Kyoto.
The prince's party was suddenly as cold as ice.
The queen mother designed such a big plan. She originally wanted to stabilize people's hearts and contain the emperor. She didn't expect it to end like this.
Not only did she fail to contain the emperor, but she also lost her own people!
It was a heavy loss!
Just when the queen mother was about to collapse and almost couldn't sit still, Zhou Huaishan looked at her.