Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 597 The Uproar (1)
Hearing the second prince's words, everyone couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts.

Empress Ning did this for him.But in order to survive, he did not hesitate to sell Empress Ning, and all the crimes were pushed on Empress Ning. Empress Ning was his biological mother. He dared to do this, let alone treating others.

How can someone who is so selfish and indifferent be worthy of sitting on the throne?

Emperor Xian De was disgusted when he heard this, but he was still his son, which made him feel very dull, if he had known this, he should have been strangled to death when he was just born.

Regarding the second prince's words, the one who was hit the hardest was naturally Empress Ning.

Empress Ning had already fallen into despair and gave up on herself. However, when she heard what the second prince said, she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. She clutched her chest and looked at the second prince in disbelief. I couldn't say a word, and I didn't know whether it was disappointment or sadness in my eyes.

The second prince's eyes dodged, he didn't dare to look at Empress Ning at all, he seemed to feel a little guilty and guilty, in the end, he still raised his head, with a pair of eyes, he only stared eagerly at Emperor Xian De, hoping that his father would forgive his sins.

No matter how stupid he is, he still knows that once he is convicted of the crime, he will have no way out. Therefore, he can only push everything on the queen mother. Anyway, the queen mother is dying, right? What does it matter if you save your son's life?
Empress Ning looked at her only son, and when she thought of what he said just now, the pain in her heart was beyond words.

She was indeed willing to die for her son, but when she heard Liang Tan so eagerly pushed her out to be a scapegoat, her heart felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and her whole body froze. .

This is the son she wants to keep by all means?
She broke her heart for him, put her life and death aside for him, gave her all for him, and did such treasonous things, is this how he repays her?
Empress Ning suddenly felt that her life was like a huge joke.

But, this is her flesh and blood, a piece of flesh that fell from her body. He is still so young, he is not even sensible, his life has just begun, how could she let him die like this?

No matter how sad she was, she couldn't bear to blame him, let alone watch him die.

As long as there is life, there is hope.

Therefore, Empress Ning raised her head, looked at Emperor Xiande, and said word by word: "Your Majesty, all of this is the idea of ​​my concubine, and has nothing to do with Tan'er. Please consider that he is your own flesh and blood. , don't embarrass him, the crimes committed by the concubine will be borne by the concubine alone."

After speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Xiande.

Emperor Xiande squinted his eyes when he heard the words, and said: "You bear it yourself? Can you afford it? My good son, but he plans to share the world with King Jin!"

There was a bit of irony in Emperor Xian De's tone.

Now that Empress Ning and the others have pleaded guilty, he didn't bother to talk to them, and directly ordered: "Empress Ning and the second prince intended to assassinate Yu, seek power and usurp the throne, and committed a heinous crime. They should be punished. Immediately abolish Empress Ning as empress. , the second prince was demoted to a commoner, imprisoned in the clan's mansion, immediately arrested the members of the Ning clan, sent them to the death row, and waited to be punished."

Hearing this, the fifth princess finally couldn't sit still anymore. She got up from her seat, quickly ran to the queen's side with her skirt in her hands, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Father, my daughter, please let the queen and the second brother live together. The way to survive? They know they are wrong, the daughter cannot live without the queen mother. Besides, the queen mother is already dying of illness, if she is locked up, the queen mother will definitely not be able to survive, the emperor—"

Emperor Xian De didn't waver at all when he heard the words, and said with a sneer: "Don't worry, I won't let your mother die easily. Someone, pull the fifth princess down!"

The fifth princess saw that her father's heart was as hard as iron, and she didn't agree with her pleading at all. She was panicked and desolate, and looked at Su Wan again, and began to ask Su Wan for help: "Imperial concubine, you The kindest heart, I beg you, say a word on behalf of the mother, the mother has been abolished, and there is no threat to you, please show mercy and forgive them this time? I beg you!"

After the fifth princess finished speaking, she was afraid that Su Wan would disagree, so she kowtowed to her in a self-harming manner. Although the floor was covered with carpets, she could still hear the sound clearly, which was enough to see how hard she kowtowed.

But will Su Wan agree to her?

Totally impossible!
When Empress Ning did such a thing, she should have known that there would be such consequences.

It's no use asking anyone.

Assassinating the emperor, seeking power and usurping the throne, any crime is enough to make her die a hundred times.

Not to mention, she assassinated the two most important people in her life.

If it weren't for His Majesty's preparations, the four of them would have died now.

For the enemies who wanted her family's life, she was possessed by the Virgin Mary, and it was absolutely impossible for her to forgive, let alone speak for the queen.

Therefore, Su Wan said coldly: "Princess Fifth, I advise you not to waste your words. Your mother has assassinated His Majesty again and again before. Now that she has pleaded guilty, you dare to ask His Majesty for her?" I beg you, are you doing this out of filial piety, or do you think she has done nothing wrong? Even if it is out of filial piety, where will your Majesty be placed if you do this?"

The fifth princess, Liang Jing, couldn't help but stop kowtowing when she heard this, and hurriedly raised her head, shaking her head with a pale face and denying: "No, I don't. My son's heart for the emperor and the queen is the same. Yes. I know that my mother made an unforgivable mistake, and I dare not ask my father for forgiveness. The mother deserves to be deposed, but now she has learned a lesson and is dying of illness. I can't bear it. I just want my mother to be safe and sound. This is the only thing my daughter can do to repay her mother. Father, please, just agree to my son's request!"

When Empress Ning failed in the assassination, she was already in despair, but no one wanted to die, it was better to live than to die, and one more day to live was one day.Therefore, when she heard her daughter begging for mercy from Emperor Xiande, a trace of longing for life inevitably appeared in her eyes.

Even if His Majesty cannot forgive her, it is good to let Tan'er go.

(End of this chapter)