northernbook Chapter 643: Deposed Concubine!
Chapter 643: Deposed Concubine!
The little palace maid nodded while crying, her face full of regret.
In addition to giving the medicine, Jinyi actually arranged a guard to guard outside Concubine Ming's tent.
They were preparing to put on a good show of "catching an adulterer in bed".
However, that night, several groups of people acted together, and due to coincidences, Defei's conspiracy gradually deviated from its original track.
The guard waited outside the tent for a long time but heard no movement until the news that something had happened to the daughter of Minister Zhang came out and the entire palace was patrolled by the imperial guards. Only then did he quietly retreat and return to Concubine De's tent to report.
Although she didn't know what exactly happened, her plan failed, allowing Concubine Ming to escape, and Concubine De was so angry that she almost fainted!
She wanted to try again, but Jin Yi, considering the overall situation, advised her not to act rashly, otherwise it would be bad if it ruined the Fourth Prince's plan.
This is also the reason why the little palace maid who drugged the emperor is still alive. If she were in the palace, she would have been silenced long ago.
At this point, all the truth was revealed, and Emperor Qiwen's face looked even more disgusting than if he had eaten countless flies.
Meng Fang led the team and rushed towards Concubine De's tent.
At this time, Concubine De had already received some information when the little palace maid was arrested.
Jin Yi looked panicked and said, "Your Majesty, please inform His Royal Highness Prince Jin to start the rebellion! Otherwise, I'm afraid you will be in great danger!"
De Fei clenched her hands, bit her lip, and her eyes were filled with panic and worry. "No, we can't disrupt Yin'er's plan. What he is doing is a big deal. If the rhythm is disrupted, it will be disastrous!"
"But your majesty, the emperor should be sending someone soon. If His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin doesn't take action now, I'm afraid you won't be able to return!"
Jinyi's face was filled with anxiety.
The person De Fei framed was none other than the favored Concubine Ming! Once this matter is exposed, it will be an irreversible death!
But no matter how Jinyi persuaded her, Concubine De was unwilling to disrupt Baili Moyin's plan.
"Yin'er said that between the hours of the Chou and the Yin, the entire Jingshan Palace is at its weakest defense. Only then can we have the greatest chance of success!"
"After all, there are only a few hours left. I don't believe the emperor can't even wait a few hours! He won't kill me so easily!"
Jin Yi pinched her hands and stamped her feet, "Your Majesty! But this matter is different from the others. Have you forgotten what happened with Concubine Yu last time?"
The Emperor's illicit affair with the imperial guards had caused him to feel an unprecedented disgust and anger towards the "incestuous affairs of the imperial palace." At the time, the Emperor declared that if anything like this happened again, no matter who it was, they would be killed without mercy!
Her words reminded Defei of the tragic death of Yupin.
At that time, when Concubine Yu was beaten to death with a stick, all the concubines in the harem were called to watch, in order to make an example of her.
The emperor's actions made her realize very clearly that the emperor would never tolerate such things as defiling the palace, no matter if it was planned or plotted against.
But, even if she died, she couldn't let the fourth brother's great plan fail!
At this time, the sound of the imperial guards' footsteps could be heard outside the tent.
Concubine De knew that what was coming would eventually come.
She straightened her face, adjusted her palace robes, and waited calmly at the door of the tent.
Seeing this situation, Jinyi immediately gave a look to the maid behind her.
The maid was raised by Jin Yi since she was a child, so she naturally understood what she meant and hid herself quietly.
Meng Fang led the Imperial Guards to surround Concubine De's tent, and he himself took two guards into Concubine De's tent.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, he was met with Defei's calm, clear, determined and fearless eyes.
It seems that she knows everything.
When Concubine De was brought before Emperor Qiwen, her expression was uncharacteristically calm.
"I did it."
She spoke lightly and admitted in front of the emperor that she had drugged Concubine Ming and prepared the guards, without even a word of begging for mercy.
Emperor Qiwen was furious, but more importantly, he didn't understand why she did this.
Had he treated her unfairly over the years? Why would she do such a disgusting thing?
"De Fei, I thought I treated you well! Why would you do such a thing?"
"Even though the Fourth Brother committed such a grievous mistake, I only imprisoned him and didn't kill him. A big part of the reason for this was because I was doing it for your sake!"
"You are the head of the three concubines! Besides the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, you are already at the top of the harem. Why do you still want to stir up chaos in this harem?!"
"Your Majesty!" Concubine De looked straight at him without any retreat or fear in her eyes. She looked at him as if he were an enemy.
"You also said, 'Except the Queen and the Imperial Concubine'!"
"There is still someone standing on top of my head. Is the position I am standing on still the top?"
It was hard to tell whether there was sadness, anger, or disappointment in Emperor Qiwen's deep eyes.
What does she mean by that?
Is it that he wants to become the number one in the harem?
Why does she think she is qualified?
Greed is insatiable, and desires are insatiable! Is this still the virtuous Concubine De that he remembered?
"Sister, what are you saying? Do you still want to be the queen?"
Ever since Concubine Ming learned that it was Concubine De who had plotted such a vicious plot to harm her, her hatred towards Concubine De reached its peak.
She had a smile on her face that revealed no deep meaning, and her voice was slightly sarcastic, "But sister, have you ever considered that the position of the Mother of the Nation is not something a woman with a sinister mind and a vicious heart can hold?"
Now, by chance, her evil plan failed and she got herself involved. This really shows that "God has eyes"!
When Concubine De heard this, she laughed instead of getting angry, "Jiang Yurao, do you think you are any better than me?"
She can't sit in that seat, but Jiang Yurao can?
Besides, she doesn't care about the position of queen!
In a few hours, she can directly skip the title of "Queen" and become the most honorable woman in the whole Apocalypse: the Empress Dowager!
At that time, she would let the woman who mocked her experience again what it felt like to be humiliated in public!
Jiang Yurao looked at her, not understanding where her fearlessness came from.
"Your Majesty, Yu Rao has been behaving herself these days and has never offended Consort De in the palace. Yet, she has resorted to such a vicious scheme against me! If Your Majesty does not punish her severely, how can I face the world in the future?"
In the big tent, except for Shu Henanqi, the commander of the imperial guards, and Wen Li, all irrelevant people had been cleared out. In this matter, except for Concubine Ming, almost no one was innocent!
Each has her own calculations and plans, and this incident has fully demonstrated the magnetic competition between women.
Emperor Qiwen had never expected that when this woman turned evil, her methods would be much dirtier than those of him, the emperor.
"Somebody come!"
As soon as the emperor gave the order, Liu Qin immediately drafted the decree.
"De Fei's behavior has been inappropriate, her virtue and appearance are lacking, she has violated the most taboos in the palace, and has failed to live up to the etiquette of a concubine. From now on, her title of concubine will be revoked and she will be banished to the cold palace. Without my order, she is not allowed to leave the cold palace! No one is allowed to visit her!"