System: Rescue the Blackened Prince

Chapter 62

Eunuch Li was slightly taken aback, hesitated for a moment, buried his head and said to Wei Ying: "Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial, please think twice about it."

Weiying's eyes froze, and he said in a cold voice: "Why, is Eunuch Li also bought by the Queen Mother?"

Hearing this, Eunuch Li quickly knelt down on the ground, "This slave is absolutely loyal to the emperor!"

Wei Ying glanced at Eunuch Li, her voice was still cold, "In this case, Eunuch Li should hurry up and deliver the decree."

"Slave complies with the order." Eunuch Li bowed to Weiying again before getting up and exiting Changle Palace.

When Jiang Jieyu was sent to the prison, she was still in a daze.

All this happened too fast, one moment she was still sleeping peacefully in bed, and the next moment she was thrown into the prison.

It was her servant girl Hongyu who reacted quickly, when Eunuch Li brought a group of people to Yuxiu Palace to take Jiang Jieyu away, she quickly rushed to Longevity Palace and reported the matter to the Queen Mother.

The queen mother who was originally sleeping was woken up, and she was in a very bad mood.But after listening to Hongyu crying and narrating the ins and outs of the matter, she couldn't fall asleep anymore.

She ordered someone to go to Changle Palace overnight to pass on Weiying, but what she got was that the emperor had already gone to bed, and no one would disturb her.

The Empress Dowager suffocated her anger at night, and directly sent someone out of the palace to invite her brother, Jiang Jieyu's father, to the palace.Hubu Shangshu Jiang Ru was furious when he learned that his daughter had been thrown into prison by the emperor, and sent people to visit the residences of several ministers overnight.

In short, this night, most of the palace did not sleep well.

Except the Queen.

Wen Li slept very deeply this time, and the loud movements of the imperial physician Wei Yingchuan did not wake her up.But Wen Li woke up once in the middle of the night.

Noticing the slight movement of the person beside her, Wei Ying immediately woke up from the dream, "Li'er, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

Wen Li turned her head to look at Wei Ying's unusually bright eyes in the dark, and shook her head slightly.After shaking her head, she was worried that Weiying would not be able to see it, so she replied softly, "No."

Wei Ying took Wen Li into her arms, and asked softly, "Why did you wake up suddenly?"

Wen Li blinked her eyes and asked, "Has the imperial physician been here before?" Although she hadn't woken up, she felt that she heard the imperial physician's voice in a daze.

"Hmm..." Weiying's voice was nasal, like a kitten that hasn't woken up yet.Wen Li frowned and said, "What's wrong with me?"

Wei Ying lowered her head and kissed Wen Li's forehead, and replied softly, "You are fine."

"What about the child?"

"Also very good."

Wen Li didn't speak any more, rest assured that sleepiness struck again, and she closed her eyes sleepily.As if seeing Wen Li's exhaustion, Wei Ying put her ear on Wen Li's side and said in a low voice, "Go on to sleep, I'm right here."

Wei Ying's voice was low and magnetic, as if it could bewitch people's minds, and Wen Li soon fell asleep again.

Wen Li was still sleeping soundly when Wei Ying got up to go to court.

After finishing grooming lightly, Wei Ying took Eunuch Li to the Hall of Han Yuan after expressly explaining that she was not allowed to disturb the Queen.

As soon as she stepped into the Hanyuan Hall, Wei Ying felt that the atmosphere in the hall today was very unusual.He sneered in his heart, walked to the dragon chair and sat down, looking down at the group of people with different thoughts in the hall.

As soon as Eunuch Li finished shouting, the Minister of the Household Department couldn't wait to come out, stepped forward and said: "I have something to announce."

Weiying glanced at him indifferently, and said, "What's the matter for Jiang Aiqing?"

Jiang Rudao: "I heard that my daughter was thrown into prison by the emperor. I don't know what crime my daughter has committed?"

Weiying leaned on the back of the chair and smiled softly, "Jiang Aiqing is really well informed. I just sent Jiang Jieyu to the prison last night. You knew about it early this morning."

Although the emperor said so, Jiang Ru just frowned, and said without giving in: "Your Majesty, most of the prisoners in the prison today are death row prisoners, and the young girl is just a girl, how could she commit such a serious crime?"

Wei Ying lowered her eyes and said slowly: "Jiang Aiqing, this is just a matter of my harem, so there is no need to bring it to the court to discuss it?"

Jiang Rudao: "The emperor's words are wrong. The emperor's family affairs are state affairs. How can ministers not care about state affairs?"

Weiying hooked the corners of her mouth, looked at Jiang Ru with her head buried and asked, "Then what does Jiang Aiqing mean?"

"I implore the emperor to release the little girl from the dungeon."

"My minister also implores the emperor to give you a lenient sentence." In the hall, several ministers stood up from the queue, and they all pleaded for Jiang Jieyu.

Weiying's eyes swept over them one by one, and finally fell back on Jiang Ru, "Does Jiang Aiqing know what crime Jiang Jieyu committed?"

Jiang Ru paused, and then said, "I don't know."

"Heh," Wei Ying chuckled, "I don't know that Jiang Aiqing pleaded for her? Just because she is your daughter, can you ignore the king's law?"

Jiang Ru's body was buried lower, but there was no sign of retreat in his tone, "I don't have that intention, but I just heard the emperor say that this is just a matter of the harem, and it's not very serious."

"How dare she drug me, do you think it's serious?"

Seeing that Jiang Ru didn't answer, Wei Ying continued: "This time she dared to give love medicine, next time she will dare to give poison. Jiang Aiqing thinks this crime is enough to die ten times?"

Jiang Ru's complexion changed, he took a breath, and said to Wei Ying: "Your Majesty, my daughter has always cared about the Emperor, and she will never have the slightest intention of murdering the Emperor. This time it is indeed my daughter's fault, but it is not to blame. Die. And I heard that since my daughter married into the palace, the emperor has never favored her for the last time, even on the wedding night. The emperor loves the queen so much. It’s justifiable.”

Weiying's eyes darkened, "According to Jiang Aiqing, this matter is still my fault?"

"I don't dare." Jiang Ru bent his waist, "I just think that the emperor should be exposed to both rain and dew, so that it is more conducive to the continuation of the royal blood."

This time Weiying was silent for a long time before asking coldly: "If I don't want to release Jiang Jieyu from the dungeon, what does Jiang Aiqing plan to do?"

Jiang Ru pursed his lips, and replied: "If the emperor insists on imprisoning the little girl, it will not only chill the heart of the little girl, but also chill the heart of my minister, who can only resign and return to his hometown."

"I'm ready."

Jiang Ru was stunned.

"Anyone else who wants to resign, please say so now, and I will approve it."

The few ministers who spoke for Jiang Jieyu just now felt like their butts were on fire.

"Lord Wang?" Wei Ying called out to the minister who was the first to speak up for Jiang Jieyu.

Master Wang was shocked, and knelt on the ground and said to Wei Ying: "Wei, Weichen thinks that this matter is indeed Jiang Jieyu's fault, if you don't punish severely, everyone in the harem will follow suit, wouldn't it be a mess?"

"My minister thinks so too." Several ministers behind Mr. Wang quickly followed suit and knelt down on the ground one after another.

Jiang Ru's face finally became a little ugly.

Wei Ying took a look at Jiang Ru and asked, "Why is Mr. Jiang still standing here?"

Jiang Ru was suffocating in his heart, whether he was advancing or retreating, but he didn't expect that the emperor was not afraid of their Jiang family's power at all, and directly approved his resignation.

Prime Minister Yan glanced at Jiang Ru, who was in a dilemma, stroked his gray beard, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Jiang Shangshu just spoke in a moment of impatience, please don't take it seriously."

The prime minister paved the steps for him, and Jiang Ru hurriedly climbed down the ladder, "Your Majesty, the old minister was confused for a while, please forgive me."

Wei Ying sneered, it is indeed not the right time to take action against the Jiang family, and what he said just now was just to scare Jiang Ru, "Then Jiang Jieyu's matter, what Jiang Aiqing thinks is the best way to deal with it?"

Jiang Ru knelt down on the ground and said to Wei Ying, "I only ask the emperor to save my daughter's life."

Regarding Jiang Ru's request, Wei Ying didn't say it was good or bad, but just asked the other ministers if they had anything to do, and then announced his withdrawal from the court.

After the emperor left, Jiang Ru got up from the ground, his back was already wet.Prime Minister Yan walked up to Jiang Ru, and said in a serious manner: "Jiang Shangshu, don't forget who you are working for. The current emperor is not a soft persimmon. If you want to squeeze it, you have to be prepared to lose your head." Prepare."

Jiang Ru's face turned pale, and he left the hall without saying anything.

When Weiying returned to Changle Palace, Wen Li hadn't woken up yet.Wei Ying glanced at Wen Li who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and thought about having breakfast together when she woke up, so she asked Eunuch Li to move all the memorials to the study of Changle Palace.

Wei Ying was wearing a memorial, when Eunuch Li came forward respectfully, and said to Wei Ying, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent someone to tell you to go to the Longevity Palace."

Weiying frowned. He had just sent away Jiang Ru, and another queen mother came. Why are people from the Jiang family so lingering?

"Tell him not to see." Weiying said to Eunuch Li impatiently.

Just as Eunuch Li wanted to go out to pass the decree, the Queen Mother's voice came in, "The emperor is so arrogant, the Ai family invited you all night, but they couldn't invite you, so the Ai family had to come here in person."

Eunuch Li hurriedly knelt down on the ground and paid his respects to the Queen Mother. Wei Ying looked at the Queen Mother who was rushing in from outside, and asked knowingly, "I don't know why the Queen Mother is so eager to recruit children and ministers?"

The Empress Dowager didn't mince words with him, and asked directly: "Your Majesty, what crime did Jiang Jieyu commit? You want to put her in prison?"

Wei Ying asked strangely: "Don't the queen mother know?"

The Empress Dowager said: "I don't know about Ai's family."

Wei Ying snorted coldly, "Queen, Jiang Jieyu took the incense that Jiang Jieyu gave me for medicine from your Longevity Palace, why don't you know?"

The queen mother was stunned, and said: "The emperor may have misunderstood. The Ai family did give Jiang Jieyu spices, but it was just ordinary tranquilizing incense, not the drug that the emperor talked about."

"You know what it is."

The queen mother pursed her lips and asked: "The emperor is so sure that it is Mixiang, is there any evidence?"

Weiying looked at the queen mother with a smile, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, "What more evidence does the queen mother want? I am the best evidence."

The Queen Mother sneered, and said to Wei Ying: "Your Majesty, it is inevitable that you will not be able to control your beauty at the moment. You can't attribute all your impulses to Mixiang."

Wei Ying said: "Jiang Jieyu's beauty alone is not enough to make me impulsive."

Empress Dowager: "..."

The empress dowager's lips were pursed into a straight line, "Does the emperor mean to execute Jiang Jieyu?"

Weiying glanced at the queen mother, and said calmly: "I haven't made up my mind yet, until I make up my mind, she should stay in the prison first."

Empress Dowager: "..."

(End of this chapter)