The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 158 Chaos after the abolition
The next day, after the morning court, Wei Jinyang and Prime Minister Zhong came to Longling Hall together, and Emperor Cheng was still asleep.Li Meiying was worried that Emperor Cheng would wake up at night, so she guarded the outer hall all night. She was extremely tired at the moment. Only then did Sister-in-law feel relieved to leave the palace.

Prime Minister Zhong is a foreign minister, it is not suitable for him to stay in the harem for a long time, and he was about to resign, when Concubine Wan Gui's slightly joyful voice came from the inner bedroom: "Your Majesty, you are awake."

When Wei Jinyang and Zhong Cheng heard the sound, their faces showed joy, and they entered the inner room one after the other.On the dragon bed, when Emperor Cheng saw Prime Minister Zhong, he struggled to get up. Seeing this, Wei Jinyang hurriedly stepped forward to help Emperor Cheng, and said with concern: "Father, what do you need? Tell my son, my son go Do it for you."

"You can't do this for me." Emperor Cheng shook his head, stretched out his hand to Prime Minister Zhong and said, "Aiqing Zhong, draw up an order for me. I'm going to abolish the Empress of the Wu family. , not worthy to be Daxin's queen."

Prime Minister Zhong was shocked when he heard the words, and looked at Wei Jinyang with a little anxiety, but saw that Wei Jinyang was not half unwilling except for his complicated expression. Can the matter be postponed for further discussion. Right now, the emperor should rest and rest, and it will not be too late to worry about other things after his body fully recovers."

Wei Jinyang originally had doubts about Prime Minister Zhong's dissuasion. After receiving Prime Minister Zhong's eyes asking for help, he sighed in his heart and said softly: "Father, Prime Minister Zhong is right, you should take care of yourself first. , there is no rush to abolish the queen in the next few days."

Looking at Wei Jinyang, Emperor Cheng finally didn't insist anymore, and only said to Mr. Zhang: "I pass on my will, and from now on, the imperial concubine will be in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, and hand them over to the imperial concubine together with the Phoenix Seal."

Hearing this, Eunuch Zhang looked at Wei Jinyang in embarrassment, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, after you fainted yesterday, Princess Yingsu ordered someone to take the phoenix seal from the queen." Eunuch Zhang said, Then he took the phoenix seal that was placed aside and showed it to Emperor Cheng. Seeing that Emperor Cheng was not angry, Eunuch Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, and continued: "Princess intended to plead guilty to the emperor when he wakes up, but last night , The princess took care of the emperor's sick bed all night, and today she was really sleepy and couldn't bear it, so she went back to the mansion to rest, I don't know how the emperor plans to punish the princess."

For Li Meiying, Emperor Cheng always felt guilt and pity for her, so he was extra indulgent towards her. Hearing what Eunuch Zhang said, Emperor Cheng only shook his head and said: "The princess should be rewarded for taking back the phoenix seal. Why should you punish me? You don't have to do it." Don't worry, send the Phoenix Seal to Yujing Palace now!" After Chengdi finished speaking, he closed his eyes wearily.

Wei Jinyang looked at it and knew that Emperor Cheng was tired, so he helped Emperor Cheng to lie down, and then came to the outer hall with Prime Minister Zhong and said: "Prime Minister Zhong, why do you want to prevent the emperor from abolishing the empress, in case the emperor gets angry because of this?" , Didn’t it cause a catastrophe!”

Hearing this, Zhong Chengxiang sighed helplessly: "Your Highness, I naturally know that this move is too risky, but the one in the middle palace is your mother queen. If she is deposed, I will teach Your Highness how much you will feel! No matter how unvirtuous the queen is, She is also your Highness's mother, for the sake of His Highness's honor, it is absolutely unacceptable to abolish the Empress."

Hearing the words, Wei Jinyang sighed worriedly and said, "It's just that the emperor is very angry this time, I'm afraid that it is imperative to abolish the queen, and now that he is ill, if you and I persuade him, he may listen. Once he recovers, how can you and I persuade him to give up the idea of ​​being abolished?"

When Prime Minister Zhong heard the words, he shook his head and said: "The person who can persuade the emperor is not you and me, but Princess Yingsu. The emperor feels pity for Princess Yingsu, and feels guilty for the princess because of the tragic death of Queen Xueying. , if it is the princess who persuades you, the emperor will give up the idea, it depends on whether you can persuade Princess Yingsu to intercede."

Hearing this, Wei Jinyang showed a look of embarrassment. He couldn't kill Empress Wu to let his son-in-law relieve his anger. He felt extremely guilty, and now he went to persuade her son-in-law to intercede for Empress Wu. How could he do such a thing? How could he be willing to let his son be wronged again and again.

"Zhongxiang, I understand your worry. Father has hurt his vitality this time, and it will take a long time to recuperate. This matter is not urgent. I will find a suitable time to tell my son, but I am not sure that I can do it. Persuade her to agree to intercede for the mother." With a decision in his heart, Wei Jinyang said.

"Prince, try your best. If you really can't be persuaded, let's think of other ways." Sighing, Prime Minister Zhong said worriedly.

"That's the only way to go." Wei Jinyang agreed and said a few words to Prime Minister Zhong, who then left the palace.

In Princess Yingsu's mansion, Li Meiying returned to the mansion and only rested for two hours before getting up. At this time, Yunyu told Li Meiying about Prime Minister Zhong's dissuading Emperor Cheng from abolishing the empress. Li Meiying heard the words, He didn't show much disappointment, he just said to Yunyu: "You find a way to pass the news of the abolition to the Wu family naturally, remember that it is very natural."

"Yes, the slave girl knows, so I will arrange it now." Yunyu responded, exited Siyu Pavilion, and went to find her own way.

Not two days after the heavy snow stopped, the sky began to snowflakes again. The two guards on duty outside the gate of the central palace rubbed their hands, stomped their feet, and chatted nonsense.

One of the older ones glanced at the gray sky and said cursingly: "Our brothers are really fucking unlucky. The other brothers are either staying in a warm room, drinking and eating meat, or staying in the duty room. The two of us It's good, I don't want to drink without talking, but I still have to guard the door for his mother's useless queen in this ice and snow."

The other guard was younger. Hearing his words, he was puzzled and said: "Brother, there is no rumor in the palace that the emperor is about to abolish the empress. The one inside is the prince's biological mother. You'd better be careful what you say."

The older guard smiled contemptuously: "There is no news from the palace for the time being, but I have a good friend who is serving in the Longling Hall. She heard the emperor mentioning this to the prime minister with her own ears. Now, just wait for the jade seal to be sealed and read to the outside world.”

The young guard was surprised when he heard the words: "Didn't His Royal Highness plead for the queen? That's his biological mother. If the queen is deposed, how can he be a son of the deposed queen?"

Hearing the words, the older guard shook his head with a sigh and said: "The prince naturally pleaded for his own future, but it's a pity that Princess Yingsu cried in front of the emperor, and Concubine Wangui added more details about how the queen bullied Princess Yingsu. One is the emperor's most cherished princess, and the other is the emperor's most beloved woman, the crown prince's plea is no match for Wan Guifei's pillow wind, this time the empress is abolished."

(End of this chapter)