The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 423
Zhao Yuan'er insisted: "Uncle Huang, that Zhou Yi had an affair with the deceased Concubine Li, and this Qingluan is the illegitimate daughter of the two of them. Uncle Huang was deceived by these crafty sycophants, so he came here to tell you."

Which man can bear such a shame, let alone an emperor.

When Emperor Ming heard this, he was so annoyed that he glared at Zhao Yuan'er and said sharply, "Presumptuous!"

Zhao Yuan'er persisted and continued: "If Uncle Huang doesn't believe me, just order someone to search the general's mansion. The other inkstone is in Zhou Yi's study. I have lived with him for so many years, and I have seen it with my own eyes when Zhou Yi was quiet at night. Weeping at this inkstone in a daze, everyone in the older generation in Beijing knows that he fell in love with the second aunt of the Duke of Zhen when he was young, and he couldn't even forget the second aunt of the Li family after she entered the palace. He only married his wife under the persecution of his parents, which shows that he never forgets the second aunt of the Li family."

Glancing at Emperor Ming's livid face, Zhao Yuan'er continued: "That Zhou Yi had already disarmed and returned to the land to ignore worldly affairs, but last year when the Huns invaded, Princess Jiu was going to be married. The princess is in trouble, hmph! Your Majesty can go and investigate, if these nine princesses are not Zhou Yi's flesh and blood, the concubine is willing to suffer the death penalty."

Regarding what happened between Zhou Yi and Concubine Li back then, Emperor Ming, who was in the palace, only found out about it after Concubine Li entered the palace for many years.

The second aunt of the Li family was beautiful and talented. After she was brought into the palace, Emperor Ming doted on her very much, but no matter how much Emperor Ming treated her, she was always depressed. Later, by chance, Emperor Ming met her. The poems she wrote revealed that she had other people in her heart, and Emperor Ming threw her into the cold palace in a rage. Later, because Empress Li begged for mercy at the end of her life, Emperor Ming forgave her sister because of the relationship between husband and wife. Restored it to its position.

These old things were originally a thorn in Emperor Ming's heart. Now that he heard Zhao Yuan'er's words, Emperor Ming believed ninety percent of his heart. He was so angry that his face was pale, and blue veins burst out on his forehead, which provoked Li Dequan to issue an order: " Go to General Zhou's mansion to search, and if such a purple gold inkstone is found, the Zhou family will be imprisoned and wait to be punished."

If this matter is settled, not only Zhou Yi will have his entire family executed, but the government of Zhen Guo will also have to follow suit.

Concubine Meng and Zhou Yi also had no grievances or enmities. What she is most concerned about now is to let Emperor Ming establish her son as the heir apparent as soon as possible, but she doesn't want to cause extra problems at this juncture.

Concubine Meng tried to persuade Emperor Ming, saying: "Your Majesty calm down, this matter cannot be left to one's own opinion, just wait for Zhou Yi to be arrested and interrogated slowly."

Without waiting for Emperor Ming to answer, Zhao Yuan'er rushed to say: "This matter is not trivial, I'm afraid Zhou Yi may not be willing to plead guilty easily, and this matter has nothing to do with Zhen Guo Gongfu, why don't your majesty arrest the people of Zhen Guo Gong Fu for interrogation together? As long as there is one who can't stand it, you don't have to worry about asking why."

Emperor Ming was so angry that his chest heaved violently, and he said bitterly: "My Zhao family has always treated the Zhen Guo government well. I never imagined that they would raise such a shameless daughter and dare to tease me like this. I will definitely not let it go easily. Pass."

As he said that, Emperor Ming waved his sleeves and issued an order: "Put your car back to the palace, I want to personally try this case."

Emperor Ming drove back to the palace with overwhelming anger. As soon as he entered the inner hall, the person who was ordered to search General Zhou's mansion came back and replied that the inkstone that Emperor Ming mentioned was indeed found in Zhou Yi's study, and it was also returned. A portrait of the late Concubine Li was found.

Hearing this news, Emperor Ming was even more certain that Zhou Yi had an affair with Concubine Li.

Then, Qingluan is definitely not his biological daughter, and Concubine Li left the inkstone to her daughter, which is a tactful hint of Qingluan's life experience.

It is the limit for Emperor Ming to endure Concubine Li harboring other men in his heart. Now that Concubine Li dared to have an affair with Zhou Yi after entering the palace, Emperor Ming was furious.

He immediately issued a decree: "Seize the town government's mansion, except for the eldest princess and the three brothers and sisters of Li Ling, everyone else will be imprisoned."

After a while, the eldest princess's luan car entered the palace. After the eldest princess got out of the car, she went straight to the inner hall. When she saw Emperor Ming, she scolded him sharply: "Are you crazy? Why did you come here because of this pretentious thing?" The Duke of Zhen's mansion asked the teacher for the crime?"

Emperor Ming was in a fit of anger. When he met the eldest princess, he replied in a cold voice: "Eldest sister really deliberately favors the Duke of Zhen. Even if your own brother is teased by them like this, do you still want me to bear it? I am the emperor, No matter how great his achievements are in the Duke of Zhen, how can I allow them to see his dignity like this."

The eldest princess waved her hand and retreated from the crowd, comforting Emperor Ming and said: "It's not like what you said, then Zhao Yuan'er was only resentful after being abandoned by Zhou Yi, and that's why she deliberately framed her. How can you trust this woman's one-sided words."

Emperor Ming retorted, "The inkstone was found in Zhou Yi's study, so it can still be fake."

The eldest princess replied: "Even if the inkstones are a pair, it doesn't mean that Ah Tian still had an affair with Zhou Yi after she entered the palace. Maybe it was a private gift from the two of them before she entered the palace. As for what happened to them back then, do you know?" It’s not that I don’t know.”

Before the Eldest Princess could finish speaking, Emperor Ming interrupted: "Ah Tian has a crush on outsiders, she is so shameless, Eldest Sister, please don't tell me about her past."

"Hmph! I hate her and Zhou Yi in a hurry."

The eldest princess said with a cold face: "At the beginning, Ah Tian really cared about Zhou Yi, but he was not the one you liked, and you brought her into the palace. If there is something wrong with this matter, you have nothing to do with it, hmph! With that Zhou Yi, even if you knew that A Tian liked him back then, it was because you relied on Zhou Yi to fight for you and defend the country, so you didn't care about him back then. To ransack the house to question the crime, wouldn't it be crossing the river and tearing down the bridge."

Emperor Ming said angrily: "At the beginning, I thought they were just young people's minds, and they didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so I let them go lightly, but it didn't happen. Qu, and even pregnant with an illegitimate daughter, such a shameful humiliation, how can my elder sister let me bear it?"

The eldest princess sighed and said, "Where is that what you think? Even if Ah Tian can't let go of Zhou Yi, he will definitely not dare to do such a thing. Qingluan is the flesh and blood of our Zhao family. Don't listen to slander."

Emperor Ming retorted: "If Qingluan wasn't Zhou Yi's flesh and blood, would he disregard Ding You and fight against the Xiongnu when he had already disarmed and returned to the fields? Hmph! This Qingluan is definitely the evil seed left by him and A Tian. "

Without waiting for the Eldest Princess to distinguish, the Emperor Ming continued categorically: "Zhou Yi and the Duke of Zhenguo deceived the Lord so much and caused me to suffer such a great humiliation. When I find out the truth, I will never forgive you lightly. I can guarantee that I will not hurt my brother-in-law and others Eldest Sister's three children, as well as the rest of the government, will all have to pay for it."

(End of this chapter)