Chapter 147 The prince was deposed
The third prince and the prince were fighting, but the emperor did not intervene. Now that something happened to the prince, the queen and the household minister could not sit still. They did not expect that the emperor would do it because of this incident. , banning the prince.
The queen only felt that it was making a fuss out of a molehill. It was her nephew's fault. How could she blame her son? Later, the empress learned that the third prince was causing trouble in order to bring down the prince.
The Queen was so angry that she immediately announced that the pure concubine would come to her palace to pay her respects. She is the queen and the mother of a country, but she can't cure a little concubine?
After so many years, if she hadn’t turned a blind eye, would Chun Fei be able to thrive till now? Concubine Chun knew what the queen wanted her to do, but Concubine Chun knew that the queen couldn't convict her unless she had some evidence against her.
If she is not guilty, then even if the queen still hates her, she cannot punish her for no reason based on her temper.
This will only accelerate the pace of the prince's dethronement. Not only will the prince be deposed, but even the queen will not end well.
Now the emperor is very angry because of the prince's affairs. If anyone tries to get into trouble at this time, there will be no good consequences.
The queen called Chun Fei to her side, but it was just a round of ridicule with a gun and a stick. Chun Fei was not a soft persimmon. She and the queen had "fluent answers". The queen was so angry that she almost fainted. .
After Concubine Chun came out from the Empress, everyone in the harem knew about her affair with the Empress.
Everyone feels that the wind is going to blow in Chunfei's direction, and that Chunfei's good days are coming. But when Chunfei gets better, life will become difficult for many people who don't deal with Chunfei.
For example, Cui Xiu and Ning Bin.
Both of them had offended Chun Concubine to death. In fact, Cui Xiu was okay. Chun Concubine would be worried about the fifth prince and the Cui family and would not dare to attack Cui Xiu casually.
But Ning Bin is different. She has no children around her, and no one in her family is in Kyoto, so she is helpless.
In the eyes of Concubine Chun, Concubine Ning is as easy to squeeze as a soft persimmon, the kind that can be crushed in a short time.
In the imperial study room, the emperor was sitting on his dragon chair, looking at the memorial presented by the minister. The personal eunuch beside him was quietly accompanying the emperor.
The emperor looked at the memorial with a serious expression on his face. His brows were furrowed and he could have pinched a fly. The eunuch on the side saw that the emperor’s expression was not so relieved, so he asked the emperor for help. Pour a cup of tea.
"What is troubling your Majesty?"
Hearing the Grand Eunuch's concern, the Emperor breathed softly, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?" As soon as the incident happened, the people in the court were busy handing out documents.”
“This idea is too obvious.”
"I don't need to guess."
The emperor looked at this piece of memorial. Most of them were enumerations of the wrong things the prince had done before. Many of them happened a few years ago, but here. It’s time to speak out.
Some things are small, but some things are not. Small things can be ignored lightly, but big things always require some explanation.
If you pick it up high and put it down gently, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the officials and the people.
But the emperor is not a fool. He can see who wrote these ministers' memorials. Someone wants to take this opportunity to trample the prince to death.
He didn't give the prince a chance to stand up, and asked him to leave the prince's position and give way to the East Palace.
"The slave is confused, but he also knows that many things must be dealt with in an official manner."
"If you make a mistake, you must accept the punishment. Those who deserve the punishment will not escape, and those who do not deserve the punishment will not. Punishment." The Grand Eunuch risked losing his head to talk to the Emperor about his thoughts. He had also been the Emperor's personal eunuch for many years, so he naturally had some courage.
He knew what the emperor was worried about, and since he knew it, he would tell it.
Often times, the emperor just wants such a clear and definite word that can be consistent with his decision in his heart.
The emperor heard the Grand Eunuch's "sincere" answer. He raised his eyes to the side of his head and glanced at the Grand Eunuch. He raised his hand and nodded at the Grand Eunuch and said, "You."
"You still understand what I think. It's useless what others say."
The emperor wanted to move the prince, but he never found a suitable opportunity to do so before. It's better now. Someone took the initiative to list the mistakes the prince had made, handed them to him, and asked him to deal with them.
The emperor will naturally not miss this opportunity, but he knows who asked the person who made this list to do it. The emperor knows exactly how the power in the court is distributed now.
The biggest beneficiary of the prince's fall is the third prince, who has wanted to take the position of prince for many years.
The emperor sees it and keeps it in his heart.
But the emperor did not want the third prince to be the crown prince. The third prince was raised by Concubine Chun. Concubine Chun was a confused person, so the children she raised would probably not be confused.
Besides, the powerful old officials in the court have all been dealt with by Chun Fei’s brother. The emperor does not want the new forces to take away the power that he has finally recovered from his hands. .
The third prince will not be a prince, and Chun Fei’s brother will not be used in China again, but he is not ready to abolish Chun Fei’s chess piece for the time being.
The emperor has a successor he wants to cultivate, and cultivating an excellent prince requires a lot of help.
It is not as good as a dutiful whetstone. In the emperor's opinion, the third prince can be this whetstone. I just don't know if the third prince can survive for a few more years with the temperament brought up by the pure concubine.
The emperor went through all the crimes the prince had committed over the years. Finally, he drafted a deposing edict, demoting the prince to an ordinary prince and letting him live in his own fiefdom for as long as he could. His own creation.
The emperor was not cruel. He still cared about the friendship between father and son. At the same time, he also gave the third prince a warning. Don't think that since the prince was deposed, he can act arbitrarily and lawlessly.
The prince is still a prince. If the prince changes his ways one day, he will still have a chance to come back.
Of course, this is just for outsiders to hear and read. In the emperor's own opinion, the deposed prince will never have a chance to return to Kyoto.
Unless he dies and a new emperor ascends the throne, he will have to wait in his fiefdom until he dies.
As soon as the edict of deposing came out, the whole city of Kyoto was shocked. Along with the edict was a list of the crimes committed by the deposed prince. The empress originally wanted to intercede for the deposed prince in the imperial study.
But when she saw the list of evidence compiled by the emperor himself, she went back as if she had lost her soul.
After the deposed prince left Kyoto, the empress fell ill and lay in bed for several months. The imperial doctor prescribed medicine for the empress, but it didn't work.
The empress just didn't feel better. Later, the imperial doctor said that the empress had a heart disease and couldn't take medicine well.
The Queen's illness lasted for more than half a year, but she finally failed to survive the end of the year and passed away with the snow in the sky.