He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

The next morning court was exceptionally lively.

Yesterday, those who saw the emperor leave the palace were not only the Right Prime Minister and the Prince of Yanping, but also several military generals and the sons of civil officials.

If it was just the emperor alone, these people would not be sure that it was the emperor who left the palace, but since Eunuch Yuan also followed, it must be the emperor without a doubt.

All civil and military officials disagreed with the emperor leaving the palace. If something happened to the emperor outside the palace, it would be a disaster for the country. Especially since the emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince, if something happened to the emperor, it would be a problem who would inherit the throne.

Before going to court, all the officials started discussing the issue, and as they talked, they discovered a problem.

Some people saw the emperor leaving the palace in the morning, and some in the afternoon. You thought I remembered the time wrong, and I thought you were getting senile, and we even had an argument.

After arguing for a long time, they finally realized that the emperor went out of the palace not just once but twice yesterday.

Then all the officials were confused. What happened outside the palace that required the emperor to leave the palace not just once, but twice?

All the officials felt as if they were scratched by a cat and they had to get to the bottom of it.

When the Right Prime Minister was about to ask during the morning court session, the Emperor did not give him a chance to speak. "Right Prime Minister, please tell me later if you have anything to say."

Poor right prime minister, who was still dizzy after having hit his head, swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and stood back in line.

Eunuch Yuan opened the bright yellow imperial edict and read it aloud.

Almost every time a sentence was read, the officials' eyes widened a little.

The imperial edict announced to the world that there was a serious injustice in the case of Concubine Chen. Although it has not been found out who plotted against Concubine Chen, it is certain that Concubine Chen is innocent. The Yan family was implicated in the case of Concubine Chen and their property was confiscated and their family was exterminated. The emperor wanted to clear the name of the Yan family and return the mansion that was confiscated to them.

After Eunuch Yuan finished reading the imperial edict, the ministers discussed the matter. Wasn't the Yan Mansion previously bestowed by the Emperor to Prince Ling? Moreover, the Yan family had been exterminated back then. Even if the confiscated items were returned, there would be no descendants of the Yan family to inherit.

Is the Emperor trying to indirectly let Prince Ling inherit the Yan family's property?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, it was suppressed by the ministers. Just because of the emperor's love for Prince Ling and the fact that Concubine Chen did not betray him, the position of crown prince was already in Prince Ling's pocket. In the future, the kingdom of Great Chu would belong to Prince Ling. Why would he need to do such a thing?

The eldest prince was also in the palace. Duke Mao stepped out and said, "The Yan family has been exterminated. There are no descendants. There is no need to return the property and confiscate it."

The emperor glanced at Duke Mao and said, "Since I have issued such an imperial decree, it is natural that there are descendants of the Yan family still alive in the world."

Duke Mao was stunned and blurted out, "How is this possible? The emperor ordered the execution of the entire Yan family. This is a fact known to all the civil and military officials in the court. How is it possible that there are still people alive in the Yan family?"

The emperor glanced at the Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Justice immediately stepped forward and said, "Duke Mao, you don't know that the Queen Mother, in gratitude for Old Master Yan's contribution to the court, once gave me a private decree, asking me to help preserve the bloodline of the Yan family. I wanted to save Old Master Yan but I was unable to do so, so I could only save a few of the Yan family's younger generations..."

Duke Mao Guo, "...!!!"

The eldest prince, "......!!!"

The two looked more shocked than each other.

The Queen Mother asked the Minister of Justice to protect the bloodline of the Yan family? !

How is this possible? !

Neither of them believed it.

But they also knew that even if they had the courage of the Minister of Justice, they would not dare to fabricate such facts.

Furthermore, after the accident of Concubine Chen, the Emperor demoted Prince Ling to guard the imperial mausoleum. Duke Mao once asked the Queen Mother whether to send someone there... The Queen Mother strictly ordered him not to do such a thing. No matter what, Prince Ling was still the Emperor's own flesh and blood, and she would not do such a thing as harming her own grandson.

Duke Mao thought that Concubine Chen was dead, the entire Yan family was wiped out, and Prince Ling was demoted by the emperor to guard the imperial mausoleum, which made the emperor hate him. In addition, Prince Ling was only twelve years old at the time and had no chance of turning things around, so he did nothing, which left a lot of trouble.

It was not until today that they found out that the Queen Mother not only spared Prince Ling's life, but she even asked the Minister of Justice to protect the Yan family's bloodline even though she knew that the Emperor was going to execute the entire Yan family.

Did the Queen Mother take the wrong medicine? !

If it hadn't been for the morning court session, Duke Mao would have wanted to ask the Queen Mother why she did this.

She kept saying she was helping the eldest prince, but ended up using the death-free gold medal bestowed by the late emperor to save the eldest prince's enemy, Prince Jin, and now she's helping Prince Ling. Is this how the Queen Mother supports the eldest prince?!

Duke Mao was so angry that he clenched his teeth and his lips turned blue.

The civil and military officials had just doubted whether there was really an injustice in the case of Concubine Chen. Was it possible that the Emperor favored Prince Ling more and wanted to make him the crown prince, but Prince Ling was implicated by Concubine Chen, and if Concubine Chen did not overturn the case, Prince Ling would have no chance to be made the crown prince, so this happened? After all, the imperial edict only said that there was an injustice in the case, but did not present any evidence.

However, the emperor himself does not mind that Concubine Chen is cheating on him, so who among the officials dares to hold a grudge against him? Besides, in terms of intelligence, among all the emperor's princes, no one can compare to Prince Ling.

Now we know that there are still people alive in the Yan Mansion, and they were saved by the Minister of Justice at the order of the Empress Dowager...

Those who can become ministers in front of the palace are not stupid ministers. Who is the empress dowager? Everyone knows that she does not like the affairs of the Concubine Chen. The empress dowager might ask the Minister of Justice to save the Yan family because of the contributions of the old tutor Yan to the court?

Even if the sun rises from the west, this would not be possible.

To these high-ranking people, even the highest-ranking officials are nothing more than chess pieces and stepping stones for them to play power games. Their followers are given high positions and generous salaries, while their opponents are put to death.

The Queen Mother would not possibly care whether the Yan family was destroyed or not. There must be something unknown happening, just like the Queen Mother used the golden medal of immunity from death to save Prince Jin. Judging from the Queen Mother's behavior alone, Concubine Chen must have been plotted against.

With Xie Jingyin out of the game, there are only two factions left in the court, one supporting the eldest prince, and the other supporting Xie Jingyan.

Those who support the eldest prince are headed by Duke Mao. Duke Mao wants to know why the Queen Mother helps the Yan family. He certainly won't ask the Emperor in the court, he will go and ask the Queen Mother. If Duke Mao doesn't speak, the other members of the eldest prince's party will be even less likely to speak.

Prince Yanping and the Right Prime Minister did not expect that Concubine Chen's case would be overturned suddenly. It was like a dream.

Before, I supported the emperor in making Prince Ling the crown prince, but I was nervous for fear of angering him. But now that Concubine Chen has overturned the case, I don't have to worry about the emperor's anger anymore.

Half of the ministers at this morning court were excited, while the other half were disappointed.

The Concubine Chen has overturned the verdict. Is there still room for the eldest prince to be the crown prince?

The eldest prince's face is even more interesting.

Inside the house, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan finished their breakfast. Xie Jingyan went to the study room, and Dong'er ran in and reported to Shen Wan, "Princess, at the court this morning, the emperor overturned the case of Concubine Chen and returned all the confiscated items such as the Yan Mansion to the Yan family. He also rewarded the Minister of Justice and the Wang family..."

Dong'er's voice was trembling with excitement.

Everyone knew what it meant for Concubine Chen to overturn the verdict, so how could these maids not be excited?

Shen Wan already knew yesterday that the Concubine Chen's case had been overturned. She was happy for Xie Jingyan from the bottom of her heart, but she felt bad when she thought of the deceased Concubine Chen and the family of Old Tutor Yan who were beheaded in public.

Things can be returned, but lives cannot be returned.