northernbook Chapter 418 I Want to Believe in You Too
Chapter 418 I Want to Believe in You Too
Zhao Yuanzhen was extremely grateful to Jiang Yue and bowed.
"Thank you, little general."
"Your Highness, you are too polite." Jiang Yue supported herself with both hands. She felt that there was no need for her to stay any longer, so she said goodbye to His Majesty.
After getting the consent, she left.
The outcome of the matter has been guessed, it is nothing more than a palace fight.
After Jiang Yue left, Zhao Yuanzhen followed her out of the bedroom, pointed at Xiaolian who was kneeling on the ground, and said to his father:
"Father, it was that slave who pushed me and my younger brother!"
Zhao Chongxiu left the palace and looked at the palace maids, and finally, at the palace maid Xiaolian.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
Although he had just sent General Zeng to jail today, he did not believe that the Queen would frame her own son.
Inside the palace, ever since the Queen entered the palace, ordinary concubines have all been afraid of her majesty. Who would dare to frame her son?
"I've told you I can leave your body intact!"
Xiaolian's body was limp and she was kneeling on the ground.
Zhao Chongxiu couldn't wait for a reply.
"Somebody come!"
A line of eunuchs filed out.
"Drag it!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life..." How could Xiaolian know that she would die today?
She cried tremblingly,
"Empress, please save me, please save me..."
"Your Majesty," Zeng Wan'er shivered all over and pleaded with His Majesty.
"This slut deserves to be killed. She is not only Che'er's personal maid, but also my maidservant during my marriage. It would be better for me to execute her."
However, Zhao Chongxiu didn't even glance at the queen, and just said coldly:
"Drag him away and beat him to death!"
Two eunuchs stepped forward, grabbed Xiaolian's arms, and started walking towards the torture room.
"Empress, help me..."
This time, the queen couldn't save her.
Zeng Wan'er sat down in front of Zhao Yuanche's bed and began to wipe the stains on his body bit by bit.
The palace maid Xiaolian, who was being dragged away, was now desperate because of the extreme punishment given to her by His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, it was the Queen who ordered me to do this!" Xiaolian cried and pointed out, then she broke free from the two eunuchs' wrists and knelt in front of Your Majesty.
"Everything was ordered by the Queen."
Although she was a lowly maid, she did not want to die in such pain.
The palace maids such as Feicui kept their heads down, wondering in their hearts how His Majesty would deal with them.
Zhao Yuanzhen's body relaxed a little, but he still couldn't figure it out.
I really can’t figure it out.
"Nonsense!" The Queen's arm trembled slightly as she wiped the floor. She leaned against the edge of the bed and staggered to the front of His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, Che'er is my son. How could I harm him?"
Her vicious and cruel eyes fell on Xiaolian again.
"Who on earth ordered you to frame me?"
"Empress, it's you who asked me to do this." Xiaolian knelt at the feet of Her Majesty.
"Your Majesty, it was the Queen who asked me to mix arsenic into the cake and coaxed the little prince into eating it. Please forgive me."
Zhao Chongxiu's originally angry face suddenly became calm, but he felt pain in his heart.
He waved to the eunuch beside him, and Xiaolian's body was dragged away again.
"Your Majesty, that slave girl is talking nonsense. You must believe me... You can't wrongly accuse me based on the one-sided words of a slave girl." Zeng Wan'er had already knelt in front of Zhao Chongxiu.
Zhao Chongxiu's brain quickly followed his thoughts and he lowered his eyes and said:
"I want to believe you, too."
First, the queen framed the prince, and then the palace maid betrayed the queen.
Zhao Chongxiu felt without hesitation that there was something wrong with the queen.
The evidence is the little prince’s food.
He needs to eat something.
"Come here!" he ordered again.
"Seal off the imperial kitchen and don't allow anyone to leave."
Zeng Wan'er didn't believe that after so many years of friendship, His Majesty would really convict her.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent... How can I believe the words of a lowly maid?"
However, His Majesty's words were colder and colder.
"Send her to the cold palace and await her fate!"
He still had things to verify, of course, he had to ask his little prince whether things were as the palace maid said.
Zhao Chongxiu held his little prince in his arms and left with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
No matter how the queen cried out for justice behind him, he never turned back.
...As for Jiang Yue, after leaving the palace, she originally wanted to gather the ten thousand soldiers defending the city, but as it was approaching noon, she felt a little tired, so she went home first.
Too many things have happened today, and she knows that everything has changed its original trajectory.
She felt that she could at least live in peace for some time these days.
Ordinary people didn't care about the affairs of the court.
But such turmoil still made the people restless.
The Grand Tutor and the Grand Marshal are both top-ranking officials, and ordinary people cannot afford to offend them.
But it was such a person who was imprisoned one after another for treason, causing quite a stir.
Because of these two people, the people from the Ministry of Justice and the young general were sent to prison together.
Many people praised the Ministry of Justice and the young general.
But there are also some people who hate them to the core.
For example, the Zeng family, the Mu family, and the connected family.
At noon, as soon as Jiang Yue entered the mansion, Wu Fei and other Xuanwu soldiers began to ask about what happened in the court today.
Jiang Wuni stood not far away, watching Jiang Yue being surrounded by the Xuanwu Army. She couldn't get close either, so she just raised her lips slightly and listened to Jiang Yue telling about what happened in the court today.
At the end, the third brother-in-law Mu Heng's voice became low.
"Mu Yun is in prison?"
Jiang Yue affirmed: "Well, I'm afraid I can't get out."
"He was sent to prison just like that." Mu Yun spoke in a low voice, looking a little lonely, and then he walked away from the crowd.
Jiang Yue waved her hand to signal everyone to disperse, and walked into Mu Heng.
"Third brother-in-law, next, His Majesty will definitely conduct a strict investigation on Mu Yun and Zeng Guangren. We will also collect some strong evidence from them. I believe that your father will be vindicated in the near future."
Mu Heng's mood improved a bit because of Jiang Yue's words, and he was already thinking about establishing a good relationship with the Minister of Revenue.
One day later, Chen Yuan left.
Jiang Yue finished the morning court today and just happened to catch the end of the march.
When Chen Yuan marched, he only brought about a hundred elite soldiers with him, and did not bring any extra soldiers.
This is because there are really not many soldiers defending the city.
He wanted to gather local soldiers along the way.
Before leaving, he saw Jiang Yue coming and thought she was coming to see him off, so he clasped his fists and said:
"Young General, the important task of protecting Linzhou City is now entrusted to you. Also, I will take away all the soldiers above the rank of captain."
"Don't worry, General Chen." Jiang Yue also replied with a fist salute, and then she saw Ding Ping was also among them, looking at her with hatred.
Ding Ping looked at the hundreds of Xuanwu soldiers behind Jiang Yue, clicked his tongue twice, and shook his head:
"Alas, some people may have forgotten about protecting the country and the people after a few days of comfortable life, and only want to stay in the capital and enjoy a peaceful life."
Ding Ping, who was squinting at Chen Yuan, did not take Chen Yuan seriously at all.
"Be careful that you live a comfortable life for a long time, or you will have no choice but to run away when you encounter the enemy."
If he had been against Jiang Yue in the past because he was instructed by someone, then today he did it on purpose.
It was Jiang Yue who caused Grand Tutor Mu to be sent to prison, and now he is also looked down upon.
"Ding Ping, shut the fuck up!" Chen Yuan couldn't help but swear.
In the past, he felt that defending the city was quite comfortable, but after experiencing the last war, he no longer felt that way.
But now, he felt that defending the city was comfortable.
Jiang Yue looked calmly at Ding Ping opposite her, and her attitude towards his provocation did not change at all.
However, the Xuanwu Army behind her, especially Xue Wen and Mu Heng, wanted to retort, but were silenced by her wave of her hand.
She pointed at Ding Ping with one hand and said to Chen Yuan:
"He stays."