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Chapter 603 Meng Zhao’s demotion
As expected, Li Beichen showed up at Changchun Palace in the evening.

Meng Zhaoyi was already beautiful, so she prepared extra carefully today, decorating her from head to toe, from the inside out. If she were compared to a dish, it would definitely be at the state banquet level.

And the environment where you eat this dish is not an ordinary restaurant, but a privately customized limited edition set meal.

From the dinner menu to the indoor candlelight, incense, and green plants, they were all designed and decorated by Meng Zhao himself.

However, when Meng Zhaoyi and Fang Chang were picking him up, Yang Zhengyi, who had been bedridden, heard that the emperor was coming, and was supported by his personal maid Hongdou to come out to greet him.

Yang promised that after half a month of conditioning by Jiang Yu, the allergies on his face had basically subsided, but some old scars were left that were difficult to remove and might remain forever.

After all, she was the woman he had loved for a while, and Li Beichen felt a little sad and sighing.

Considering that due to some special reasons, she was not given any promotion after entering the palace and had not visited her for more than half a year, she was immediately announced to be promoted to a noble person.

Seeing that Yang Guiren was hesitant to speak and her eyes were dim with tears, Li Beichen knew that she had something to say to him, so he took her hand and went to the east hall. After everyone was screened, the two talked for more than an hour.

Even the evening meal was passed down from the imperial dining room and shared with Yang Guiren. During the whole process, Meng Zhaoyi could only watch her cousin snatch the emperor away from her because of her reserved and generous character.

Yang Guiren told Jiang Yu's condition after diagnosis and treatment, as well as all the details he recalled these days.

Li Beichen was extremely shocked. Concubine He completely hid such a big thing from him.

The concubine and the concubine did not mention that Yang Guiren was once pregnant, but someone used poinsettia-soaked clothes and shoes to disfigure her face, miscarry her baby, hurt her body, and almost died.
Yang Guiren threw herself into Li Beichen's arms and put her hands around his waist. "Your Majesty, it was Mrs. Chen who killed our child. It was Mrs. Chen! Your Majesty, you must believe me, concubine."

She is a smart person and knows how to only mention the living criminal minister Chen, but not the loyal empress.

Li Beichen patted Yang Guiren's back with his broad palm, "Don't be too sad, take good care of yourself first. Mrs. Chen is suspected of treason and has been thrown into the cold palace. She deserves her crime and deserves to die."

He did not say anything about Chen's retribution for miscarriage. Because it was also his child who was aborted.

"Your Majesty, why did Mrs. Chen want to harm me? I have never offended her. I didn't even know I was pregnant. How did she know first?"

Li Beichen sighed.

Yang Guiren's face was completely disfigured by scars, but it was so smooth and beautiful last year.

"The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade. With Chen's methods and connections, it was too easy to diagnose your pregnancy in advance. It was me who failed to protect you in the first place. You suffered so much grievance."

Jiang Yuebai's gentle face under the moonlight came to mind. She thought that this kind of thing must never happen again and let anyone hurt Jiang Yuebai.

Yang Guiren's tears fell down: "It's okay for me to feel wronged. But we originally had a child. If there was no Chen family in the palace that I entered in August, it would have been nine months now, and it would be almost Just thinking about this makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Li Beichen wiped her tears and said, "You are still weak, so stop crying."

Yang Guiren suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Li Beichen, tears falling like beads:

"Ms. Chen is both the daughter of a traitor and the murderer of our children. Every time I think that the murderer is still at large, I can't forgive myself. I beg the emperor to make the decision for our children."

Li Beichen thought of Chen's arrogant appearance that day when he repeatedly slapped Jiang Yuebai, and nodded in agreement after a moment:
"The Chen family has repeatedly conspired to kill the emperor's heirs. She lives in the cold palace and is plagued by nightmares. Feeling that she is guilty, she hangs herself from a beam tonight. She has committed such a heinous crime and cannot be buried in the imperial concubine's mausoleum. Liang Xiaobao, go and do it now."

After Liang Xiaobao took the order and stepped back and closed the door, Li Beichen helped Yang Guiren up.

Yang Guiren lay in Li Beichen's arms and burst into tears, pulling Li Beichen down on the bed.

Li Beichen just comforted Yang Guiren with words, and went to Meng Zhaoyi's place without staying any longer.

Although Meng Zhaoyi was dressed very beautifully, her face was very ugly.

Secretly sniffing the scent of Li Beichen's body, he looked at the folds on his body to judge whether he had done that kind of thing in the east hall just now.

Her pride determined that she could not accept that she was the second person to sleep with her tonight, even though she clearly wanted it.

She couldn't get over this hurdle in her heart.

When she served Li Beichen to wash his hands, she washed them carefully and carefully over and over again, as if her hands were stained with something unclean.

When it was time to eat, the twelve carefully prepared dishes tasted very delicious. Because Meng Zhaoyi kept a cold face, Li Beichen tasted them tasteless in his mouth.

After dinner, Li Beichen rinsed his mouth and suddenly asked Meng Zhaoyi if he could dance.

Meng Zhaoyi bit her lip and said, if you want to watch dancing, you can call a kabuki performer. She can play the guqin to the emperor.

Li Beichen stood up, flicked his sleeves, and asked Meng Zhaoyi again coldly: "Are you not able to dance or are you unwilling to dance for me?"

Meng Zhaoyi can actually dance, and she can dance pretty well.

But she thought that when Chen was still Concubine Jing, she had danced in front of the emperor many times and was famous for her good dancing. She was unwilling to use her shortcomings to take advantage of others' strengths and fall below the inferiors. She also reminded the emperor of her old people and used her as an excuse. Compared.

Subconsciously he knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I am not good at dancing. And although the mourning period has come, according to the etiquette, singing, dancing and entertainment are still not allowed today."

Li Beichen frowned and nodded, and said coldly, "In that case, you should go to bed early. I have something else to do. Let's go first."

When he turned around and left, Meng Zhaoyi raised her hand, but gritted her teeth and proudly did not hold it back.

She didn't want to disgrace herself and become like other women in the palace, who responded to the emperor's requests and fawned servilely to please him. When Li Beichen really left the room, Meng Zhaoyi quickly chased after him and stood at the door, watching Li Beichen stay in the yard for a while and then disappear into the night.

After going out, Li Beichen's expression returned to normal, and he swept away the agitated and impatient look before returning to the Qinzheng Hall. What he wanted was for Meng Zhao to retreat when he realized the difficulty, or to please and obey.

Li Beichen ordered Xiao Chang to serve the pen and ink again.

At the end of the day, Xu Fang hurriedly came to report that Yang Guiren had swallowed gold and committed suicide in the palace. He was found lifeless.

As he approached his wife, news came that Mr. Chen in Leng Gong had gone insane and committed suicide out of fear of crime, and two slaves followed him.

No one paid close attention to how Chen, who had suffered a miscarriage and was very weak, could commit suicide with two loyal slaves by her side.

All in all, I went.

When she was pushed to the point of miscarriage by Xia Concubine, everyone including herself knew that death would only happen sooner or later, it just mattered how she died.

Her body was transported out overnight, and no one knew where it went.

He and his concubine arrived at Changchun Palace first, and the emperor and Xiao Changzai arrived soon after. There was a large area of ​​people kneeling down in the courtyard, led by the concubine.

Concubine He narrated the general process.

It turned out that after Li Beichen left, Meng Zhao became angrier and aggrieved the more he thought about it. After a whole afternoon of careful preparation with great expectation, this is the result. Thinking that his cousin Yang was good at dancing, Meng Zhao ran to the east hall in anger and severely humiliated Yang Guiren.

After Meng Zhao left, Yang Guiren sent away his personal maid, wrote a suicide note, swallowed gold, and committed suicide.

The concubine asked about the situation of Yang Guiren's maid at that time. She heard that Meng Zhao's words were so fierce and vicious that Yang Guiren could not bear the humiliation and almost fainted.

Li Beichen opened the suicide note and found a thin piece of paper inside, which read: I have no face to live in this world.

"Meng Zhaoyi, what else do you have to say? Do you want to confront someone?" Li Beichen's face was very gloomy.

Meng Zhao raised her beautiful face and looked deeply at Li Beichen, her red lips slightly opened with a sad expression on her face.

According to her personality, she originally wanted to be tough, but after weighing the pros and cons, she finally chose to stay low and do nothing. She said with a bit of grievance, "I just said a few angry words. Who knew that my cousin would..."

He is just a trash with a completely disfigured appearance, and living is nothing but a disgrace to himself.

Li Beichen looked at Concubine He: "Bring Yang Guiren's maids here. I want to question them personally."

As a result, when Li Beichen asked, the maids vividly repeated what Meng Zhao said on the spot according to what Yang Guisheng had told him before his death.

Meng Zhao listened to those disgusting words in disbelief. She did say a lot of extremely cruel words when she was angry at that time. She didn't expect that these maids would dare to repeat the words that were used to curse their masters one by one.

"How dare you be a slave! What nonsense!" Meng Zhao said angrily.

The maids cried and begged timidly. Meng Zhao instantly understood that all this was planned by her cousin before she died, just to make the emperor dislike her.

But she couldn't figure out why her cousin did this.

She didn't do anything excessive to her cousin after entering the palace, except tonight.

Li Beichen looked gloomy, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Meng Zhao still maintained a proud posture at this time. She bit her thin lips and dyed them with blood.

"My cousin committed suicide, and I was deeply saddened and uneasy. I only said a few angry words at that time, but I didn't expect that my cousin would be so sensitive. But I definitely didn't say those vicious words. I don't know why these slaves framed me, and I don't know. I understand why my cousin suddenly committed suicide. I just ask the emperor to believe me and not be fooled by their one-sided words."

Li Beichen said coldly, "I only believe in the facts. Now that the matter is over, it doesn't matter what you said at the time. It's true that you questioned and humiliated Yang Guiren out of jealousy. Yang Guiren couldn't bear the humiliation after you left and left a suicide note. It is also true to commit suicide by swallowing gold.”

Meng Zhao lowered his eyes and was speechless.

Li Beichen's eyes were stern, and his majesty was even stronger at this moment:

"I didn't expect you to be so jealous that you can't even tolerate your own cousin.

Liang Xiaobao, according to my decree, Zhaoyi Meng family did not abide by the virtues of women, was arrogant and jealous, and neglected the care and management of the low-ranking concubines in the same palace. She was demoted to Jieyu and spent a month behind closed doors. No one is allowed to go out unless summoned.

The noble Yang family was encased in the noble system and buried in the imperial concubine mausoleum in Jinshan. The people in Yang's palace were not able to serve them well, and each person received thirty big boards, and then they were all used as rough servants. "

When the concubine heard that the punishment was too severe, she quickly knelt down to plead for Meng Zhao: "Your Majesty, it's better for Sister Meng to enter the palace at a young age..."

A small punishment but a big warning is the right thing to do.

Unexpectedly, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Li Beichen: "The concubine has neglected her duties and will be fined three months' salary to reflect on her own."

He threw down his sleeves and was very angry when he left. He returned to Qinzheng Hall alone.

The concubine had no choice but to comfort Meng Zhao with a few symbolic words, and left the Changchun Palace with Xiao Changzai.

Meng Zhao had always maintained a dignified and reserved demeanor, but in fact he didn't hear what they were saying at all.

Everything is like a dream.