northernbook Chapter 743 Meeting Xie Yang
Chapter 743 Meeting Xie Yang
Royal study room.
Xie Shang had never been so angry before. He explained to Jiang Fenghua, "Ruan Ruan, believe me. I never touched her. She framed me. She killed someone and yet she dared to put the blame on me."
Jiang Fenghua remained calm, watching Xie Shang's self-affirming expression, so she asked Xie Shang at that time whether there was anything going on between him and Zhang Yurou.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xie Shang asked, "You don't believe me either?"
Jiang Fenghua said: "It is not important whether the concubine believes the emperor or not. Zhang Yurou said in front of all the civil and military officials that Xie Ruoyi is the emperor's child. What the emperor should worry about is how the censors and scholars in the world will judge the emperor's virtue.
If Zhang Yurou was a woman of ordinary status, I could take her into the harem, but she happened to be the Fourth Prince’s Consort. Simple things became complicated. My uncle and my sister-in-law had an affair and had a child..."
Xie Shang roared, "I have already said that Xie Ruoyi is not my child. There is nothing between me and Zhang Yurou. I clearly rejected her back then."
Seeing that he was angry, Jiang Fenghua said quickly: "It is useless for me to believe in the emperor. It is necessary for the people of the world and the civil and military officials to believe in the emperor."
No matter what Xie Shang wanted to say, it seemed powerless. Even if he killed Zhang Yurou, the dirty water had been thrown on him and he couldn't get rid of it.
"Why is Zhang Yurou willing to bear the infamy and admit that she had an affair with you and even gave birth to a child? What is she afraid of?" Jiang Fenghua said.
Xie Shang frowned and said in a deep voice, "The problem lies with Xie Yang. The only person she is afraid of is Xie Yang. I just realized that the real Xie Yang is a little different from the current Xie Yang..."
Xie Shang wanted to cover up the shame for the royal family in this matter, but now he can't hide it anymore, so he told Jiang Fenghua that Xie Yang has another side.
Jiang Fenghua heard this and said, "Xie Yang also did circumcision..."
She didn't dare to think about how painful it would be for a woman to have her breasts cut. If he really did that, would he still be a human being?
"Shu Xue's breasts were also cut." Jiang Fenghua added: "So the murderer may not be Zhang Yurou, or she and Xie Yang killed Shu Xue together, and finally pushed Zhang Yurou out to take the blame."
Xie Shang thought the same thing, "But Zhang Yurou admitted in public that she was the one who killed someone."
"With her tiny arms and legs, is she capable of strangling Shu Xue to death? Physically, Shu Xue was stronger than her, and she died of suffocation. There were signs of abuse on her body, and she was also abused after her death. Does Zhang Yurou have this ability?"
Jiang Fenghua added: "I guess Xie Yang has some leverage over her, so she said these words in public. Xie Yang is indeed insidious. Zhang Yurou admitted to killing Shu Xue, and she took the blame, but she also let people know that Xie Ruoyi is the emperor's child. Now, whether the emperor kills Zhang Yurou or not, he will be considered guilty.
Everyone in the circle of noble ladies knows that Shu Xue is a notorious gossipmonger. Regardless of whether her death was an accident or she was killed intentionally, she was killed by Zhang Yurou because she talked about the scandal between the emperor and the fourth princess. "
Xie Shang said: "If Xie Yang was responsible for all this, I will kill him."
Jiang Fenghua added: "Your Majesty, calm down first. If Xie Yang is dead now, Your Majesty will have even less explanation. Zhang Yurou's child may really be your illegitimate child."
Xie Shang actually didn't know how to break this situation. It turned out that being framed was so uncomfortable. He felt like he had something stuck in his throat. "Ruan Ruan, what should we do now?"
"The emperor asked someone to bring the Fourth Prince into the palace. Let's see what he says first." Jiang Fenghua also thought about it carefully, and then said, "Let's speculate on the real purpose of the Fourth Prince and Zhang Yurou doing this."
"Suppose the Fourth Prince wants to rebel, but he hasn't made any movement, and there's no sign of rebellion, so the Emperor can't use this to punish him. Suppose he did this to bring down the Jiang family, and the purpose of bringing down the Jiang family is definitely to force me, the Empress, to abdicate. Now that this has suddenly happened, he actually wants to ruin the Emperor's reputation, so I guess that the person he really wants to deal with is actually the Emperor, and the Jiang family and I are just innocent bystanders who have been harmed by you."
After hearing this, Xie Shang was not so angry anymore. He was still a little young for Xie Yang to seize his throne. If he wanted to become emperor, he couldn't just rely on these dirty tricks.
He said: "I and the Jiang family live and die together. Ruan Ruan is my wife. As husband and wife, we will naturally rise and fall together."
Jiang Fenghua felt that he had been in trouble ever since he became involved with Xie Shang.
"Ever since Ruan Ruan and I got married, my father and I have been promoting the Jiang family. My father said that the three members of the Jiang family would assist me in making the Great Zhou Dynasty more prosperous." Xie Shang knew that his brothers were unreliable, but it was the Jiang family that had been helping him to be a good emperor, govern the Great Zhou, and guard the borders of the Great Zhou.
No wonder Master Wu Zi said Jiang Fenghua was his lucky star.
Soon, Xie Yang was brought into the palace. He was wearing a heavy cloak and looked very weak. He knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Xie Shang's face was very ugly, "You have heard about what happened in the palace!"
"I have heard a little bit about it. I didn't expect that Madam Li was killed by Zhang Yurou. The country has its own laws, the family has its own rules, and killing someone means paying with one's life. Your Majesty, don't worry about me. She has done a lot of things that are against the will of heaven and earth over the years." Xie Yang's face was full of anxiety and grievance. "In the past few years, whenever I wanted to marry a concubine, she would be unhappy and always stopped me. She even killed my pregnant concubine. Her methods were extremely cruel."
Xie Shang listened quietly as he criticized Zhang Yurou's actions, as if he wanted to portray Zhang Yurou as an unreasonable lunatic. If this happened, it would be natural for her to torture and kill Shu Xue.
"Nanny Wu, you still remember who she is?" Xie Shang suddenly said.
Xie Yang paused, a trace of discomfort flashed across his face, "Who is Nanny Wu?"
"I know that Fourth Brother has had poor health since he was young, so Concubine Chang has been looking for a wet nurse to come into the palace to take care of Fourth Brother's health. If I remember correctly, when Fourth Brother was ten years old, there was still a wet nurse coming into the palace to feed you milk. Nanny Wu was the last lady who fed Fourth Brother." Xie Shang was telling the truth.
Hearing this, Xie Yang clenched his hands tightly inside his cloak, his eyes filled with anger.
His chest was filled with anger that he couldn't vent. "I am not in good health. Thanks to the Queen at that time for taking care of me. She also helped me find a wet nurse. I remember that I might have to ask the Queen about where Nanny Wu went."
Xie Shang was stunned. What does this have to do with his mother?
Nanny Wu was clearly killed by Xie Yang, and she was tortured to death, but now he is pretending that he knows nothing.
Xie Shang asked again, "What's going on with Xie Ruoyi? She is your biological daughter, right?"
Xie Yang said, "Does the emperor know everything? Yi'er is actually the emperor's child. I won't hide it from the emperor. Xie Ruoyi secretly calls the emperor father in the palace. This is all taught by Zhang Yurou. I dare not say anything and can only pretend that I don't know. No matter whose daughter she is, her surname is Xie."
"Nonsense." Xie Shang said coldly.