Prince Regent's Concubine

The emperor's words one after another made the empress dowager's face turn red and then pale, turn pale and blue, her eyes were full of disbelief.

The emperor gave her a choice, two paths, either let Ling He's family die, or make her, the queen mother, 'famous all over the world'.

That Yizhi must have written what crimes Ling He and the others committed to be sentenced to death, and because he has a sister who is the queen mother, no matter how big the crime is, it doesn't matter, who would have a queen mother? My sister protects him.

As for those common people, they are just stupid people. The most indispensable thing in this world is the common people. Even if some of them die, they cannot be exterminated. What's more, none of the common people in Kaiyang County have died, let alone nothing.

With such a decree, she, the queen mother, is afraid that she will only be able to stay in the temple for the rest of her life, and the ancient Buddha will never be able to return to the palace.

As for the ambition, the grand plan, even the Queen Mother can't do it anymore, let alone other things, will she listen to the government behind the curtain and the courtiers will agree?If she wants to be the emperor herself, will the people agree? An emperor who completely disregards the life and death of the people, or a woman who is dishonest and disobedient to take over the country from the Xiao family, who in the world would obey such a person?

The Empress Dowager looked at the Emperor, and suddenly laughed, and laughed louder and louder, "Okay, he is really a good son of the Ai family, so thinking about the Ai family and your uncle, the Ai family really underestimated you."

After laughing for a while, the Empress Dowager's face gradually became stern, "Is the emperor forcing Ai's family to make a choice?"

"If the Ai family chooses neither, what will the emperor plan?"

Compared with the queen mother's tit-for-tat appearance, the emperor is much calmer, "Of course my ministers dare not force the queen mother. The longer the matter drags on, the people will become more and more dissatisfied. I have received news that the people of Kaiyang County are waiting for the court to give me the answer." They all confessed that if the result of the imperial court’s disposition has not come out in a few days, they will gather a crowd to go to Beijing to ask for an explanation.”

"If you want to come to your mother, you don't want to see such a result, don't you?"

The queen mother snorted coldly, "Do you think that you can threaten Ai's family in this way? So what if a group of unscrupulous people come, if they can't even enter the city gate without an order, what trouble can they cause? The emperor doesn't need to take everything The common people came to oppress the Ai family, and the Ai family is only an elder brother like the Taifu, if the Ai family has become a queen mother and can't even protect their own family, then what face does the Ai family have to be the queen mother?"

"It turns out that the purpose of being a queen and queen mother in my mother's heart is to condone my mother's family to do evil outside, and then rely on their status to support them. If my mother doesn't say it today, I really don't know that my mother thinks so."

"But the queen mother is wrong to think this way, so what about the queen mother, even if she is born as a prince, she can be eliminated at will, let alone just a queen mother." The emperor's tone was calm, but the words made the queen mother sullen again.

"What? I want to settle accounts with the Ai family for your dead brothers. Your Majesty, don't forget that if there is no Ai family, you will never sit in this position today! If there is no Ai family to protect you, you are now Just like your royal brothers and brothers, the grass on the grave is seven feet high."

The emperor smiled and signaled the queen mother not to be so excited, "I naturally know that it is because of the mother's protection that the son can sit on the dragon chair and become the lord of the world. It is the mother, you forget, you are the emperor because of the son, Only you can become the Empress Dowager, the empress mother protects the Ling family so much and ignores my own son, it is putting the cart before the horse."

After finishing speaking, the emperor stood up and waved his hands, "Okay, there is no need for the empress to argue with the sons and ministers. Since the empress has not made a decision for a long time, then I will help you to make a decision."

"Zhou Qi, draw up the decree. The Marquis of An Ning and the Duke of Qin secretly mined mines, raised money to train troops, and tried to commit treason. They also set fire to the mountain and killed the people. The crime is heinous, and they have all the families of the family to be executed! As the former prime minister, Ling Taifu is right The court has no merit, but being the prime minister for many years has also worked hard, and because he is the empress dowager's elder brother, the empress dowager is willing to issue a decree to the world to intercede for him, so I will save him from death, demote him to a commoner, and only kill the rest of the Ling family."

"Xiao Jingheng!"

The queen mother was furious when she heard the emperor's words, she stood up abruptly, pointed at him, and called him by name.

The emperor, that is, Xiao Jingheng, looked at the queen mother with a smile on his face, "What's wrong with the queen mother, I have fulfilled your wish and will not kill your brother anymore, do you still have any dissatisfaction?"

Xiao Jingheng's words became more ruthless each time, he wanted to kill everyone and leave Ling He alone, in order to push the Queen Mother and Ling He to the forefront.

Only one person was demoted to common people. No one knows how many days Ling He can live, but the Queen Mother will definitely be condemned by the world because of this imperial decree. I am afraid that someone in the court will write a letter every day to ask the Queen Mother to leave the palace and go to the temple to practice. .

It is impossible for the emperor to help her block these words. The courtiers will definitely come to her and ask her to sacrifice herself for the sake of the overall situation, to pray for the people and the world, and to anger the people.

The Empress Dowager was probably very angry, she pointed at the Emperor, and remained silent for a long time.

The emperor didn't bother to say anything to her, anyway, it's all over now, his face is almost broken, and it's just putting on a show, the emperor saluted perfunctorily, turned around and left.

But before he could walk out of the Jianing Palace, the Queen Mother yelled again, "Xiao Jingheng, you are doing well!"

Then there was the voice of the palace maid and eunuch calling the queen mother in a panic. The emperor turned his head and found that the queen mother was so upright and fainted from anger.

And the emperor just ordered Zhou Qi to pass on to the imperial physician, and didn't intend to stay to take care of him, so he strode out of the Jianing Palace with his hands behind his back.

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Regent's House

Xiao Chuyi didn't go to court, and he didn't have anything to do in the mansion. He played chess with Ling Qingshi in the pavilion, and Bai Xue read the script to them, looking extremely boring.

But the two parties didn't feel it at all. Instead, they enjoyed it and felt that such a leisurely life couldn't be better.

But not long after, a hidden guard came to report, "My lord, my concubine, the queen mother has passed out."

Xiao Chuyi's hands paused, and Ling Qingshi directly dropped the chess piece and waited for the dark guard to continue.

The secret guard briefly summed it up, "It is the emperor's decree that the entire family of the Anning Hou Mansion and the Duke of Qin's Mansion will be executed, and only Taifu Ling will be left in the Ling family. You can save your life, and then the Queen Mother will be stunned."

When Ling Qingshi heard this, he felt a little interesting. This emperor is a ruthless person. This imperial decree not only killed the three families, but also dragged the queen mother into trouble. If it really happened, the queen mother would not be angry. Halo, madness is also possible.

"Then, what's the emperor's reaction after making his mother faint?" Ling Qingshi asked.

The secret guard said: "I invited the imperial physician, and when I came back to report to my subordinates, I found that the emperor had also left the palace. Looking at the direction, it should be towards the Prince Regent's Palace."