diskusbooks Chapter 7 The Emperor, Wronged
Chapter 7 The Emperor, Wronged
"Later, I also saw her bribe the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital to lie and say that the sixteenth prince had died of illness."
“This servant did not intentionally conceal it. This servant also wanted to go to Her Majesty the Empress to report this matter, but neither His Majesty nor Her Majesty the Empress were in the palace at that time. This servant was afraid, and this servant dared not say anything afterward.”
[This young girl is quite good at patting herself on the back. She clearly intended to pretend she didn't see anything from the start. After all, in the harem, there are plenty of people who try to curry favor but end up losing their lives instead.]
After hearing this, the old emperor remembered it too.
When the sixteenth prince died young, he and the empress went to the imperial mausoleum to visit his mother.
Unexpectedly, this female teacher found a loophole.
At that time, the Imperial Concubine cried her heart out, constantly blaming herself for not taking good care of the Sixteenth Prince, allowing him to catch a cold. She never expected this.
"Your Highness, you are truly unworthy of being a mother." The old emperor's face was extremely ugly.
Seeing this, the female teacher finally stood up for herself.
“Your Majesty, Niao Niao doesn’t love you. Why should she give birth to a child of someone she doesn’t love?”
"So you killed a baby who was only two months old?"
"That's not a child, that's a bastard!"
"Ever since that child appeared, Niao Niao has focused all her attention on that bastard. How can this be!"
The female teacher's delicate face was now extremely distorted.
[Holy crap, daring to call the prince a bastard? She's practically asking for the extermination of his entire clan! Oh, so she doesn't have nine clans. No wonder she's so self-righteous. But aren't you afraid of having your tenth clan exterminated? Oh, she doesn't even have a tenth clan.]
Shen Zhiyi was puzzled.
[Not a sister, you're a jinx! All your former students and friends are dead?]
Old Emperor: It's alright, she'll be dead soon too.
He didn't look at the female tutor again; he was a dying man. He turned to the imperial concubine.
"I'll ask you one more time, what's your opinion on her killing the Sixteenth Prince?"
The imperial concubine cried and said, "Your Majesty, the tutor only made a big mistake because he loved me too much. If you want to kill someone, kill me instead. It has nothing to do with the tutor. I seduced the tutor."
[What a talent! He's the kind of person who gets kidnapped but still helps the kidnappers count the money.]
The old emperor was furious and stripped the concubine of her title, banishing her to the cold palace.
The female teacher was immediately thrown into prison, awaiting execution in a few days.
As for the imperial physician who was bribed, he has long been silenced.
Upon hearing this, the imperial concubine rolled her eyes and fainted.
In the past, the old emperor would have been heartbroken, but now, he turned and left without even glancing at the scene.
[On the 13th day of the ninth month of the 20th year of Emperor Taizong's reign, at the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), the Emperor's hair turned green, which enraged him. He beat the Imperial Concubine and banished her to the Cold Palace, and killed palace maids to avenge the death of the 16th Prince.]
The old emperor, who was originally furious, was completely overwhelmed by Shen Zhiyi's level of classical Chinese.
That's unbearable to hear!
Upon returning to the Zichen Palace, the old emperor couldn't sit still any longer and hurried off to see the empress.
[On the 13th day of the ninth month of the 20th year of Emperor Taizong's reign, at the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), the Emperor, feeling aggrieved, sought comfort from the Empress.]
The old emperor: ……
What grievance?
What a joke!
How could he, the ruler of a country, possibly feel wronged over such a trivial matter!
"My dear wife~"
The empress, who had just finished striking the wooden fish all night, rolled her eyes at the old emperor.
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs tactfully withdrew.
[Great! Finally, I don't have to be a tagalong anymore.]
Shen Zhiyi happily stood guard outside the door with Chen Decai and Zhang Sheren.
The three people, two on the left and one on the right, exchanged a glance.
next second...
The three of them simultaneously pressed their ears against the door.
"Honey, I'm so sad."
"You have no idea, it's one thing for my son to cheat on me, but how could someone who's neither male nor female cheat on me?"
The Empress felt a little itchy to touch the old emperor's body as she looked at him.
But things are different now; if the husband's status is questionable...
It’s not that we can’t fight.
"Your Majesty, you must be mindful of your status. Don't use any of those 'I' or 'my' terms."
The old emperor felt even more aggrieved.
"Wife, you don't love me anymore, you don't love me anymore."
[Oh, my wife, you don't love me anymore, hahaha. By the way, can I write what I overheard into the daily records?]
[Oh well, there's nothing to write about. Anyway, I've heard it all, so there's nothing I can't write about. Besides, the old emperor couldn't read the daily records anyway.]
thump!
【what sound? 】
Just as Shen Zhiyi was about to write with her pen in hand, she turned around and found Chen Decai and Zhang Sheren kneeling on the ground.
She leaned closer, puzzled: "You two, no, Eunuch Chen, Attendant Zhang, what's going on?"
Chen Decai was on the verge of tears: "I, I'm fine, hahaha, really fine."
Zhang Sheren skillfully told a little lie: "I twisted my leg just now, but it's fine now."
That's weird.
Someone please save them, they're about to break.
This Shen Lang is truly rebellious; how dare she refer to herself as "I, the Emperor"?
How is this any different from rebellion?
The old emperor, who was inside shouting his grievances to the empress, suddenly couldn't bring himself to eat.
Damn Shen Zhiyi!
He suddenly stood up, pushed open the door, and shouted, "Shen Zhiyi, you should go back to sleep!"
Shen Zhiyi's eyes lit up, and she cleared her throat: "Your subject obeys the decree."
【Great! Now I can focus on pursuing the Imperial Concubine—no, I mean, I should focus on the matter of the former Imperial Concubine secretly sending a plea for help to her father overnight, hoping he can save her beloved.】
[This former imperial concubine is truly a filial son; sending this letter to your father will surely scare him to death in the middle of the night.]
Upon hearing this, the old emperor said in a deep voice, "Shen Zhiyi, stop right there."
"what?"
Shen Zhiyi composed herself, took out her notebook, and respectfully stepped forward: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
[Old man, stinky old man, secondhand old man, what are you doing?!]
The old emperor gave a half-smile and a cold snort: "I suddenly remembered that I have some official business to attend to. You can come with me, and remember to take notes at any time."
After all, there aren't many emperors as diligent as him.
Shen Zhiyi gasped, then forced a smile.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old emperor spent the entire night in the Zichen Palace, listening to Shen Zhiyi scold him all night long.
In the end, the two of them successfully went to the morning court with panda eyes, and Zhang Sheren, who had been secretly dozing off, felt quite guilty.
Many people were secretly observing the two of them.
[What are you looking at? What's so interesting? It's all that Minister of Personnel's fault! How could he not have taken action! How could he not have! Don't you love your youngest daughter the most?]
The Minister of Personnel's leg trembled.
What a joke! No matter how much he loves his youngest daughter, he can't ignore his whole family.
The emperor spent the whole night in the Zichen Palace, just to see how he would behave.
At present, his good-for-nothing youngest daughter has at least been relegated to the sidelines.
If he really makes any moves, then things won't be as simple as they are now.
Damn it, what's the point of saving a scholar who murdered the imperial heir? He even wanted to do it himself.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
The old emperor, fighting off his drowsiness, became furious at the thought that he hadn't slept all night because this old man hadn't reacted.
"You old geezer, you better give me a straight answer."
[Oh my, this old man actually called someone else an old man, that's really terrifying.]
The old emperor was even angrier, and the Minister of Personnel's legs trembled even more.
"My daughter has committed a grave error, and I beg Your Majesty to punish her severely!"
After saying this, the Minister of Personnel immediately slid to his knees and slammed his forehead heavily on the ground, his expression one of utmost sincerity.
The Vice Minister of Rites glanced at it discreetly and slowly shook his head.
His banging wasn't as powerful as his.