diskusbooks Chapter 318 Do You Know - Xiao Qinshi 45
Chapter 318 Do You Know - Xiao Qinshi 45
Empress Cao naturally refused to die, and frantically attacked anyone who tried to get close to her with the dagger in her hand, and shouted that she wanted to see the emperor. She didn't know what the evildoer who was stabbed to death by her had done to impersonate her, and her only hope now was that the emperor would be willing to believe her.
Even though Empress Cao was deposed, no one dared to take action. They watched as Empress Cao smashed the poisoned wine, dagger, and white silk. Since Empress Cao refused to choose, the eunuchs from the East Factory did not want to waste time. They picked up the white silk, looked at each other, and were about to step forward to send Empress Cao on her way. On the other hand, Nanny Wang rushed into the gate of the Qinzheng Hall where the morning court was in progress, risking being beheaded.
When Liang Duzhi saw Nanny Wang, his eyes almost popped out. He really didn't expect that his people were so useless. Not only did they fail to capture Nanny Wang, Empress Cao's confidant, for interrogation in the first place, but they also allowed someone to break in here so easily.
Liang Duzhi quickly winked at the commander of the Jinyiwei standing beside him. Although the commander of the Jinyiwei had always acted like he was incompatible with Liang Duzhi, the Grand Commander of the Eastern Depot, they had a good private relationship.
The appearance of Nanny Wang here not only disturbed the emperor's morning court, but also allowed the ministers to witness the ugly affairs in the harem with their own eyes. This was not only a dereliction of duty on the part of the Eastern Depot, but also a dereliction of duty on the part of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The commander of the Imperial Guard was about to arrest the man himself, but he was not as fast as Nanny Wang.
"Your Majesty! The Queen is innocent, Your Majesty!"
"It's unfair! The Queen is innocent! Your Majesty!"
All the ministers in the Qinzheng Hall heard Nanny Wang's shrill cries of injustice, and they all cast their gazes involuntarily towards the emperor's face in front of them. The emperor's face suddenly turned red when he was stared at by the ministers. It was so shameful! The ministers felt completely humiliated seeing such a scene!
The Cao family realized that this was a good opportunity. They exchanged glances in private, and the Empress Cao's brother, Duke Cao, took the lead, knelt on the ground and saluted: "Please ask the emperor to re-examine the Empress's case."
"Please ask the emperor to re-examine the case of the queen."
The Cao family is powerful and has many followers. The other concubines' families are powerless to fight, not to mention Qin Wanrong. There is not even anyone in her family who can speak for her in court. Duke Cao has already stepped forward. Except for those who are not afraid of the power of the Cao family and the neutral ministers, the other ministers who are fence-sitters looked at each other and followed suit to join the request for a retrial of Queen Cao.
The emperor concealed some things when he announced Empress Cao's crimes in order to save his own face. In his heart, he had heard the accusations made by Empress Cao with his own ears, so how could they be false?
How did the people from the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard do their work? They actually let the bad guys run outside the Qinzheng Palace, giving these people the opportunity to force me like this!
The emperor was aggrieved, uncomfortable, and angry! But he still hummed and agreed to the request of Duke Cao and others, so Empress Cao in the Cining Palace finally waited for the emperor's arrival.
Empress Cao cried with joy. She no longer cared about maintaining her usual virtuous appearance and rushed forward excitedly, trying to grab the emperor. Liang Duzhi's eyes flashed, and he reacted quickly by moving sideways to block the emperor.
"Stop! Just say that. If you still want to get close to me, then you don't have to say anything. I will just leave!"
Although the emperor was secretly pleased to see Empress Cao, who used to look down on him, turned into a crazy woman, it would be bad if he accidentally gave Empress Cao a chance to assassinate him.
Empress Cao was stimulated by the emperor's ruthless eyes and calmed down. She smoothed her messy hair, stood up, bowed to the emperor politely, and then began to tell about her "injustice".
She said she had never done anything to offend the government and that everything was a conspiracy by others.
"You didn't do it? When you confessed to Concubine Zhao, I was standing outside the door and heard it all clearly!"
"Cao Jinxiu! Don't think I'm easy to fool. Your Cao family is powerful, but if I really want to deal with it, who dares to stop me?"
The emperor felt that Empress Cao had not changed her bad nature. Now that Concubine Zhao was dead, if she had not heard everything with her own ears, Empress Cao might have really escaped. Looking at what this person said before, everything became someone else's harm to her, and it had nothing to do with her or the Cao family. Cao Jinxiu completely regarded herself as a fool, and those insults to herself were sincere!
Seeing that the emperor didn't believe it, Empress Cao got really anxious. She swore and swore, but the emperor remained indifferent. The emperor had had enough of Empress Cao's performance and just felt that she was delaying time to give the Cao family time to clean up the mess.
"Liang Duzhi, strengthen the people of the East Factory. I want you to find all the evidence within three days! Any palace servants who are suspicious must be made to tell the truth, regardless of whether they are dead or alive!"
The emperor used to not like to punish palace maids severely, which made Liang Duzhi's East Factory hesitant to investigate anything. Now that the emperor finally gave in, Liang Duzhi's confidence increased greatly and he immediately accepted the order.
Queen Cao was really panicked now. She had denied what she said before because she relied on the fact that those people did not dare to betray the Cao family. Now that the emperor was dead or alive, she was afraid that someone would betray her in order to save his own life.
"Your Majesty, you have always been merciful. Now that you have allowed severe punishment, aren't you afraid that your reputation will be damaged?"
Empress Cao panicked and her mind became unclear. The obvious contrast in her attitude before and after was enough for everyone present to see the problem.
The emperor closed his eyes and didn't want to see Empress Cao's ugly appearance anymore. He turned around and was about to leave. Empress Cao shouted: "Concubine Rongde is a monster! Everything was done by Concubine Rongde!"
"She blah blah blah..." Empress Cao told her everything in one breath, saying that she had Qin Wanrong come to find her, knocked her out, tied her up and stuffed her under the bed, and then pretended to be her.
“????” Everyone was puzzled after hearing this. Queen Cao was determined to drag others down with her even until her death. Was she crazy?
"She is crazy." The emperor came to the conclusion. Qin Wanrong returned to Ronghua Palace after meeting Empress Cao. Many people in the palace could testify that Empress Cao hated her so much that in order to make her childless, she slandered the mother of her only prince before she died.
Three days later, Liang Duzhi handed in the confessions of people around the queen, which clearly recorded all the harmful things that Queen Cao had done in the harem over the years.
This time Queen Cao was really hammered to death, and the Cao family who helped her behind the scenes were also sent to prison. Duke Cao was in trouble!
"Your Majesty, I am here to see you off..."
Liang Duzhi resented Empress Cao for throwing dirty water on Qin Wanrong at the last moment, so he came in person to end Empress Cao's life.
Empress Cao was strangled by Liang Duzhi. In her blurred consciousness, she heard Liang Duzhi whisper: "I have taken her place. Now I can finally get rid of you, the obstacle..."
At this moment, Empress Cao's mind flashed, and she figured out everything. She unwillingly grabbed Liang Duzhi's hand and wanted to say something, but in the end she could only say: "She... is... a... monster!"
Liang Duzhi wanted to not believe it, but the look in Empress Cao's eyes before her death and the memory of the other Qin Wanrong he met at the Dongchang Marquis' Mansion, these doubts always lingered in his mind and could not be let go. Little fairy...is she really a monster?