Chapter 158 is a bargaining chip and a paving stone
Song Junzhan messed up the matter and felt that he had no face to see Xiao Li, so he immediately changed his direction to prove himself.
I don’t know what method he used, but Wang Shiyao’s matter was personally delivered to the emperor by Wang Chengyun, the Minister of Household Affairs.
He embezzled public funds, raped women, murdered officials, and even secretly hid silver mines. The evidence was conclusive.
For these crimes, Wang Changwen could not save his grandson even if he took his head off.
The emperor rarely made a big fuss and directly ordered people to arrest Wang Shiyao. However, Wang Changwen was incompetent in teaching, concealed and refused to retaliate, and directly took away the position of chief minister, banned him from home, and kept him for future use.
Only then did Mrs. Wang understand why her husband and father-in-law insisted on marrying Wang Wanqing to He Chengfeng.
Knowing that her son would not only lose his official position, but might even be in danger of his life, she was so angry that she entered the palace and slapped Wang Wanqing hard in the face. She cried and said, "You are trying to kill your elder brother!"
"Wouldn't it be great if you just married well? Now that your grandfather has lost his official position and your eldest brother is about to die, are you satisfied?"
Wang Wanqing covered her face in disbelief: "Mom, it wasn't me who made the mistake. What does this have to do with me?"
Mrs. Wang stared at her bitterly: "What you eat, wear, and use are not earned by your grandfather and your father and brother? Will you have to rely on them to support you when you get married?"
"Family honor, father and brother's life, which is not more important than you? You can endure it for a while, can't you endure it for a while?"
"Now you are free, but our Wang family is finished. Are you satisfied?"
Mrs. Wang scolded her all over her face. She was so hysterical that Wang Wanqing was heartbroken after hearing this.
Why can she be blamed for this?
The elder brother committed murder, embezzled, and raped women. These were clearly his own wrongdoings. Why didn't the mother blame the elder brother, but blamed her for not sacrificing herself in order for others to protect her brother?
And she didn't know anything before. She let a scumbag violate her without knowing the reason. Then what has become of her?
Besides, even if she knew, she couldn't do that to herself.
She is the daughter of the Wang family and has enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but aren't her father and brother enjoying even more? Don’t others enjoy it?
Why did you choose to fuck her alone? Is it her fault that she wasn't insulted by He Chengfeng like a prostitute?
"Mrs. Wang!"
Two rough nuns stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Wang, pulling her out directly.
At the door, the queen looked at her coldly: "Since when did this palace become a place for you to be arrogant? You hit and scolded me, but did you take me seriously?"
Mrs. Wang hated the Queen. If she hadn't intervened, nothing would have happened. But when she thought of her son, she had to beg her: "Queen, Shiyao is your eldest nephew. You watched him grow up, and he is the most important." Be filial to your aunt, please help him plead with the emperor.”
The queen lowered her eyes and looked at her, with a trace of resentment flashing in her usually empty eyes: "Back then, I also begged you like this."
Mrs. Wang's expression froze, and the queen raised her hand: "Pull her out. After today, no one from the Wang family will be seen."
Mrs. Wang was dragged away. She was still saying something, but she was quickly covered by her grandmother and dragged away.
The queen walked in and saw Wang Wanqing slumped on the ground. Her eyes were numb and painful, and she was obviously badly hit.
The palm prints on her face were bloodshot, which showed how hard Mrs. Wang was exerting herself.
The queen saw it with a rare trace of pity in her eyes.
Bending down, he reached out and gently brushed her cheek. "Is this slap enough to wake you up?"
Wang Wanqing looked up at her, tears instantly filling her eyes: "Aunt. Why is this happening? She is my mother, she loves me so much"
"The one who did the wrong thing is my brother. I have been the most obedient since I was a child. Why did she treat me like this?"
The queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, stood up and walked to the side to sit down. She looked at the door with a trace of sadness and hatred in her eyes.
"Why. Parents have high hopes for their sons, because they are destined to inherit everything in the family and honor their ancestors. They always ask for their daughters' contributions, thinking that their daughters are destined to belong to other people's families, so what they put into her must be rewarded. Otherwise, you will be disrespecting your upbringing. Your daughter is a chess piece, a bargaining chip, and a stepping stone for your father and brother.”
Wang Wanqing had never seen such a queen before. Wang Wanqing didn't understand that desolate and indifferent look in her eyes before, but she seemed to understand it at this moment.
My aunt married His Majesty, who was still the Crown Prince, as the Crown Princess twelve years ago.
Wang Wanqing was only five or six years old at the time, and her memory was not clear, but she vaguely remembered that her aunt was unwilling, but she didn't know what happened. Anyway, her aunt got married, but she was never close to the family.
"Aunt." Wang Wanqing stood up and squatted in front of the queen, holding her hand: "Aunt."
She called her, and at this moment, the two generations of royal daughters seemed to be the only people each other could rely on.
Today's events brought back the past that the queen thought she had forgotten. In fact, she had never forgotten it. She just hid it and forced herself not to think about it. If she thought about it every moment, she would not know how to live to this day.
She said calmly: "Back then, I had a childhood sweetheart fiancé, the son of a close friend whom your grandfather had chosen personally. We have known each other since childhood, from childhood to hairpin, from childhood sweethearts to sending love letters to each other. I want to marry him, and I’m waiting for him to be married to a bright matchmaker.”
"But when I was fifteen years old, his family was convicted and ransacked. When I was desperate, I came to the Wang family for help, but my father and brother locked me out."
"I was just across the door, watching him kneeling on the ground and begging, his forehead bruised, but my father and brother were indifferent and even had him beaten away."
"I begged my father and brother, but they said there was nothing they could do. I brought my gold and silver jewelry and wanted to give it to him to tide him over, but my father and brother stopped me."
"Do you know what his crime was at that time? Corruption is the crime your eldest brother is now, and it's not even that extreme."
The queen slowly leaned back on the chair, her eyes suddenly clear, with a smile, but the smile was full of sadness: "The day after he was driven away, my Gengtie was sent to the palace. Alternative for the Crown Princess ”
"In less than three days, I was selected to become the crown princess. The palace began to prepare for the wedding ceremony, and the wedding date was set for half a year."
"I was so dumbfounded when I heard the news. Why did I become the Crown Princess?"
"I made a fuss, but my father and brother analyzed the pros and cons for me and said how much benefit I would have to the family as a crown princess, and how much glory I could bring to the royal family."
"I escaped. I naively thought I could escape. I escaped with the help of the maid. I met him, my fiancé, but guess what I know. Haha"
The queen smiled, obviously without a single tear, but it felt like she was crying in grief.
"My beloved fiancé told me angrily that it turned out that my father had people report the corruption in his family, in order to get rid of him so that I could send my famous post up and gain the glory of the Crown Princess."
"Later, I forgot how I was captured. I only remembered that I got married half a year later. I was a princess, with beautiful makeup and unlimited scenery."
"But that day, he committed suicide on the way to the wedding sedan. His blood was brighter and more dazzling than the wedding dress."
"He hates me and I hate me, but I have still been the queen for more than ten years, and the Wang family is still the Wang family more than ten years ago."