The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Hearing this, Huo Wuyou's pretended relaxed expression faded, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "My father and brother died for Dayong, but he believed the slander and wanted to implicate the entire Huo family on the grounds of poor leadership of the troops. He imprisoned us in the Lin'an Marquis' Mansion. My mother submitted a blood letter asking to see His Majesty, and only then did she have the opportunity to enter the palace to plead her case, but no one could have imagined that she would commit suicide in the palace."

His breath was a little stiff. "In fact, whether my father and brother were defeated because of their poor leadership or died defending the country was entirely up to your Majesty. As for my mother's death, whether the emperor killed all the orphans and widows or the widow committed suicide was also up to your Majesty. In order to avoid causing resentment among the people and to preserve his reputation for eternity, he chose the latter. Therefore, the three of us brothers and sisters were able to survive. My mother is not a weak person. She would not abandon us if she had no choice."

He half-lay down, looking at Xue Zhiyi with bloodshot eyes: "Awan, I have never forgotten this hatred."

Seeing him like this, Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but feel distressed, but he tried to sound as relaxed as possible: "What's wrong? No one would forget this kind of thing."

Except for the emperor, it is natural for everyone to regard thunder, lightning, rain and dew as the emperor's grace, and it is natural for everyone to regard the result of his weighing of pros and cons as the emperor's great grace to others.

Seeing that there was no sympathy in Xue Zhiyi's eyes, Huo Wuyou breathed a sigh of relief, and his mood became less turbulent.

"But now, I can't ignore the lives of everyone around me and question him and ask for an explanation. Now he doesn't even want to kill Gu Shimin, the mastermind behind the incident."

He leaned on the couch, his face raised, his eyes wandering aimlessly on the gauze curtain under the roof beams, and told Xue Zhiyi what had happened in the Changsheng Palace today.

Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but sneered after hearing this: "You are right. For the emperor, Gu Shimin's collusion with the enemy is just one of many means to seize the throne. This crime is not heavy enough in his heart. He can't really kill all the adult princes in his hands to give others the opportunity to support the young emperor, unless Gu Shimin crosses his bottom line."

After looking at her, Huo Wuyou also smiled coldly: "I have been secretly following the clues about the secrets of Prince Cheng's party that your brother told you last time. In addition to Zhao Shen's confession, I did not report all of it, but secretly concealed some of it for my own use. Since Your Majesty thinks that Gu Shimin's crime is not serious enough, let Gu Shimin commit a serious crime that is enough to touch his bottom line."

……

It had been some time since Xue Zhiyi came home to visit her parents, and the next day, she returned to Jianzhang Palace.

And that night, something big happened in the Hall of Eternal Life.

When Xue Zhiyi accompanied the queen mother to the Changsheng Palace, he saw the emperor sitting on the high throne with his brows raised and his face full of anger, while several people were kneeling in unison in the middle of the hall.

The queen, who was usually kind to others, was now pale and crying. Concubine Ge was terrified, as if struck by lightning.

Frightened, she kept knelt and said, "Your Majesty, please understand! I am innocent. Your Majesty must not listen to slanderous words!"

As she spoke, she pointed angrily at the person kneeling beside the queen and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know why Yuan Hui wanted to frame me like this, but there is nothing I haven't done!"

The person next to the queen was Ge Yuanhui. She had long since taken off her usual gorgeous attire and was now wearing the clothes of a second-class maid. It was obvious that she was brought into the palace secretly.

She kowtowed quickly and said, "I dare not lie, Your Majesty, please understand!"

Xue Zhiyi bowed to these masters and helped the empress dowager to sit down. The empress dowager's face was not very good. Before coming here, she already knew the whole story.

She said coldly: "Emperor, if Concubine Ge is really related to the death of Crown Prince Yumin, we must investigate it to the end."

"It's natural."

The emperor's eyes seemed to be filled with poison as he looked down at Concubine Ge.

It turned out that this was the leverage that Gu Shichong had mentioned about the Ge family: his eldest son died young, and it was this bitch who did it, and the young Ge Yuanhui witnessed it all.

That was his first child. His biological mother was the Empress Dowager, his maternal grandfather had been an official for three dynasties and was an upright civil servant. The elders in his family had been the imperial tutors of the previous emperor. By this generation, they no longer interfered too much in state affairs, but they were highly respected and had a very high prestige among the civil servants.

Although the child was still young when he died, he had already demonstrated talent and intelligence far beyond that of others.

As the eldest son, he is gifted, and his status as a relative of the emperor is noble, but he does not interfere in politics and will not try to seize the throne of Yong. If this child grows up smoothly, he will be the best candidate to succeed him...

Whenever the emperor thought of the death of Crown Prince Yumin, he felt heartbroken. If the child was still alive, why would he have to choose between Gu Shichong and Gu Shimin?

Yes, if his eldest son had not died, how would Ge have had the opportunity to push his own son to the throne!

At this moment, the emperor wished he could kill the entire Ge family with his own hands!

A hint of murderous intent also emerged in the Queen Mother's usually kind eyes. The late Crown Prince was her first grandchild, and she was the one who watched him grow up. Now she had to bury her young son before her. How could she not be heartbroken?

Fortunately, compared to the emperor, she was more sober besides being angry.

"Ge Yuanhui."

The Queen Mother's voice sent a shiver down the spine of the man kneeling on the ground.

"Repeat your confession verbatim."

Ge Yuanhui kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty...Everyone thought that Prince Yumin drank some wine at the palace banquet, fell into the water in the dead of winter, and died of cold a few days later. However, I heard the conversation between my aunt and the nanny beside her with my own ears."

Her voice was trembling, and she no longer had the composure she once had. "At that time, I was young and often went in and out of the palace. That time, I only remember that the prince fell into the water and was seriously ill. Everyone in the palace was sad, so they couldn't take care of me. I walked around Cuiwei Palace alone, but I never thought that I would overhear my aunt talking to the imperial physician..."

"You're talking nonsense!" Before she could finish her words, Concubine Ge was extremely excited: "You are such a heartless beast! I have loved you for so many years, and you dare to frame me like this!"

As she spoke, she slapped Ge Yuanhui on the face.

Seeing this, the emperor ordered: "What are you still standing there for? Pull this crazy woman away!"

Several eunuchs quickly stepped forward, pulled Concubine Ge away and controlled her.

The emperor then ordered Ge Yuanhui: "Go on."

Covering his face, Ge Yuanhui said, "My aunt said that she wanted the imperial physician to poison Prince Yumin's medicine and completely destroy him. Otherwise, if the prince wakes up and remembers that he was pushed into the water, once she is found to be the cause, she will confess that the imperial physician had tampered with the prince's tranquilizing soup, causing him to be weak for many years."

Hearing this, the Queen became even more agitated: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for Concubine Ge's long-term framing, how could our prince become seriously ill after falling into the water? How could he die because of this!"

Seeing her like this, the Queen Mother showed pity and said, "Queen, please sit down first."

He signaled with his eyes to Xue Zhiyi to help the person up. After receiving the order, Xue Zhiyi helped the empress's trembling body up and sat down beside the emperor. There was empty despair in the empress's eyes, as if the death of Crown Prince Yumin had deprived her of her three souls and seven spirits.

Concubine Ge was still desperately shaking her head to deny: "No, Your Majesty! I didn't!"

She couldn't admit it, because if she did, she would be finished.

"Ge Yuanhui!" She roared, "If this is true, why didn't you confess it earlier? Why did you wait so many years to reveal this matter? Did someone trick you into doing something that would kill the entire Ge family?"

Hearing this, Ge Yuanhui clenched her hands tighter under her sleeves: She wanted to be the queen and the most noble woman in the world! No one could stop her. If the Ge family wanted to stop her, she could kick them away. She only needed to rely on her ability to become a true ally of her cousin. If the Ge family didn't help her, she would climb up on her own!