Empress with no Virtue Chapter 70: Punishment (Part 1)

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Sometimes, torture may be an inhumane way to extract a confession. But for some people, it is impossible not to fight. After a night of torture and interrogation, Xu's housekeeper was indeed recruited. The housekeeper in this house is a servant of the Xu family, the man is the chief housekeeper of Xu Shangyong's house, and the woman is the most powerful person in front of his wife.

Xu Shangyong was Xu Weirong's father and the Queen Mother's younger brother. He once caused a tragic incident of **** a good woman and causing her to commit suicide. Later, Ji Wu Jiu ordered the case to be dealt with strictly, and Xu Shangyong was sentenced to hanging and executed. The current head of this mansion is Xu Shangyong's eldest son Xu Ling, Xu Weirong's brother. Xu Shangyong lived a romantic life and had many children, but he only had one legitimate son, Xu Ling. The eldest lady almost raised Xu Ling as her lifeblood. In addition, his incompetent father had an uneven upper beam and a crooked lower beam, which caused Xu Ling to grow crookedly since he was a child. Not counting his dandy habits, he also had a queen mother. Aunt, it's so simple. Ordinary people can't even get into his eyes. A group of fair-weather friends gathered around him, and they talked sweetly and lifted him up to the sky every day, which made him unable to find Bei.

According to the confession of the housekeeper and his wife, they did follow the orders of their master and spread rumors about the Queen. The interrogating officer asked carefully. Not only did the housekeeper's wife admit that the eldest lady gave this order, but the housekeeper also admitted that the eldest young master also had a hand in giving the order.

Ji Wu Jiu put the confession in his hand on the case and said to the people kneeling on the ground, "Give me the order to arrest everyone in the Xu family immediately, regardless of gender, age or child. Xu Ling and his mother were interrogated alone, and the others were temporarily detained. , wait and see."

"According to the decree."

At this time, Feng Youde walked into the palace, bowed to Ji Wu Jiu and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Fang is here to see you."

"Let him in."

Fang Xiuqing has been working in the cabinet, not far from the Yangxin Palace. He was used to being told by Ji Wujiu, so he didn't think it was anything. He just thought he had official matters to answer this time. However, when Ji Wu Jiu walked in from him, he didn't say a word about political affairs and only talked to him about the virtuous concubine.

Ji Wu Jiu spoke in a reserved manner, but Fang Xiuqing became more and more frightened as she listened. After hearing a few words, she almost broke out in a cold sweat. Although the emperor did not mention it clearly, his dissatisfaction with the concubine Xian was revealed in his words. Even when he praised her, he only smiled and said a few nice words through gritted teeth. In other people's ears, it was worse than scolding her directly. Horror.

This is interesting. Concubine Xian has already entered the palace. She is the emperor's woman. Logically speaking, if she has done something wrong, the emperor can just punish her directly. Why should he, a foreign minister, be announced and say these things? ?

Was she beating him to warn him, or to tell him in advance that she was going to take care of her daughter? Or maybe she just wanted to tell him that for his sake, he would spare his daughter this time?

No matter what the situation is, one thing is certain: my daughter made a big mistake this time, and may have touched the emperor's bottom line.

Fang Xiuqing didn't know what Ji Wu Jiu's attitude was, so she didn't dare to say anything more. She just said, "We have no good way to discipline our ministers. Letting the emperor worry about a virtuous concubine really makes it difficult for our ministers to sleep and eat well."

"I don't have anything to worry about. What I really worry about is the Queen." Ji Wu Jiu replied.

It seems that this matter is probably related to the queen, Fang Xiuqing thought. The daughter of the Ye family should not be underestimated. At first, Ji Wu Jiu regarded her as an enemy, but now the emperor and empress seemed to be in harmony.

Ji Wu Jiu then said, "Since the discipline is not good, then we should discipline it better."

This is even more interesting. Not to mention the royal family, even if the daughter of an ordinary family is thrown out of water by a married daughter, it seems that it is not the father's turn to discipline her, right? It would be difficult for a woman in the harem to return home, and it was even more unlikely that he would see his daughter again in this life. Even if he did, he would have to follow the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. Who will discipline whom?

Although this sounds unbelievable, Fang Xiuqing is a good person. When he came out of Yangxin Hall and returned to the cabinet, he had already come back to his senses.

My daughter is probably on the wrong team!

Since ancient times, the most taboo thing about being an emperor is that someone intends to take away the power in his hands. For this reason, it is not uncommon for fathers, sons and brothers to kill each other, let alone a mere relative. So it doesn't matter that the Xu family is from the Queen Mother's mother's family. When he was young, his father would kill even his own brother. Now, how could he be soft-hearted when facing his grandfather and uncle? The Queen Mother thought that since she was the emperor's biological mother, she could do whatever she wanted without fear. However, the matter of welcoming a new emperor would definitely cause separation between mother and son. In the end, the Emperor and the Queen Mother were likely to become incompatible with each other.

When faced with this kind of thing, his shrewd daughter dared to openly take sides, and even dared to side with the Queen Mother.

Isn’t this seeking death? !

Fang Xiuqing's heart sank again and again, and she secretly scolded Concubine Xian for being confused. When she was at home, she was the standout among her brothers and sisters. She was full of tricks, and her words and deeds were steady and quite like his style. At one point, he regretted that his daughter was not a boy and could not fulfill her ambitions. When she was sent to the palace later, although she was unavoidable with worries, she still had confidence in her. According to rumors, Ye Xiu Ming's granddaughter was domineering and willful, so it shouldn't be difficult to deal with her.

It seems now that the granddaughter of the Ye family has secured the title of queen, but her own daughter is running towards a dead end step by step.

I don’t know if she did it herself or if it was God’s will.

Fang Xiuqing returned to the cabinet dejectedly. Ye Xiu Ming was surprised when he saw him. Those who work in the officialdom know how to hide their emotions and wear a uniform mask on their faces. Fang Xiuqing shows no emotion or anger. It is rare to see him like this.

Although Ye Xiuming had been having a headache recently because of the Queen's rumors, he saw that Fang Xiuqing seemed to be in a worse mood than him, so he felt a little better and asked with a smile, "Master Fang, did you meet someone?" What kind of problem is it? Why don't you talk to me about it? Maybe I can do my best to help you solve it?"

Fang Xiuqing cupped her hands tiredly and said, "Lao Yuanfu personally inquired... Because of his incompetence, he was personally supervised by the emperor."

No one can scold you even if the emperor scolds you. Ye Xiu Ming thought to himself, and did not expose him, but just held his arm affectionately, "Oh? What's the matter? I will make peace with you in front of the Holy Emperor, and the Emperor may give me some thin noodles."

Fang Xiuqing was too lazy to argue with him and pushed his hand away, "It's not Yuanfu's fault."

Ye Xiu Ming looked at his back and thought that this guy didn't even have the energy to keep up the politeness on his face. It seemed like something big had happened?

This one, Fang Xiuqing, sat down in front of the case, holding a writing brush in his hand, his eyes lost in thought. He carefully thought about what Ji Wu Jiu said just now, take good care of it? Take good care of it?

Does the emperor want to give him a chance to win over Xian Fei?

If this is really the case, then the Emperor is really kind to his Fang family. To put it bluntly, no matter how the emperor dealt with the virtuous concubine, Fang Xiuqing was not qualified to fart. But the two of them are still father and daughter, and there is something wrong with Concubine Xian, and Fang Xiuqing cannot benefit from it. Now the emperor did not deal with the virtuous concubine directly, but instead forewarned him and gave his daughter another chance. This was completely a sign that the emperor was soft-hearted and betrayed his face.

Looking at the whole Daqi, I am afraid that only Fang Xiuqing can have this kind of face.

Fang Xiuqing sighed and started writing notes. This excerpt was delivered to Ji Wu Jiu's case that day. Ji Wu Jiu read the excerpt and wrote two words on it with a red pen: "Zhunzou".

***

Concubine Xian felt that her plan was successful and Ye Zhenzhen was about to be doomed.

Fang Xiuqing went to the newspaper and said that his wife was seriously ill and missed his daughter. He hoped that the emperor would allow the concubine to go home to visit her relatives. Ji Wu Jiu agreed without thinking and asked Concubine Xian to go home the next day.

Giving such a great favor shows that the emperor is showing kindness to her.

It must be that Ye Zhenzhen was diagnosed as pregnant, and the emperor became furious. But he probably didn't want to make it public about this kind of scandal.

After this time, it will be difficult for the queen to stand up.

The emperor took the initiative to show his goodwill, and the queen will be just around the corner. Thinking of this, how could Xian Fei be unhappy. She went to Kunning Palace and said many sweet words in front of the Queen Mother, coaxing the Queen Mother into silence. The two of them were very high-spirited for a moment, just waiting to trample Ye Zhenzhen under their feet.

The next day, Concubine Xian returned to Fang's house in great glory. I thought my mother was indeed ill, but although she looked a little haggard, there was nothing wrong with her.

The Concubine Xian had some personal talk with her mother. For some reason, her mother was a little absent-minded when she spoke. After talking for a while, she secretly said, "Your father wants to see you."

Fang Xiuqing has been waiting for a long time. Concubine Xian knew that her father had something to say to her, so she turned away everyone, leaving only Fang Xiuqing alone in the room with her, while others guarded the outside.

Not in front of others, Fang Xiuqing no longer cared about the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, and asked Concubine Xian, "Liuyue, have you done anything to offend the queen recently?"

The Concubine Xian was stunned and replied, "It was just about the silkworm ceremony last time. I have apologized to the queen, and she also said that she will not pursue it any further. Father does not need to worry about this matter anymore."

Fang Xiuqing shook her head, "No, what else have you done? Think big."

Concubine Xian shook her head and said, "I have always stayed away from her. Why does father ask these things? But what gossip did someone say in front of you?"

Fang Xiuqing had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty asked me to discipline you well."

Concubine Xian was a little confused, "What...what does this mean?"

"What else can it mean? You did something that disgusted him. He looked at my old face and said this, and he asked you to come back to visit me. Tell me the truth. The rumors about the Queen Empress that have been circulating recently Do these rumors have anything to do with you?"

Concubine Xian quickly replied, "No, that was all done by the Queen Mother's orders."

Fang Xiuqing looked serious, "How did you know what the Queen Mother ordered?"

"I..."

Fang Xiuqing said in a deep voice, "Have you ever fished in troubled waters or done anything else?"

"I..."

“You’re still not willing to tell me the truth after all this time?!”

The author has something to say: Thanks to Miju, breathesky2007, Cherry Delicious, Superman, LOVAN Ghost Xiaoqi and De Wutuo Gang for their mines, okay~

This chapter is quite long, so I divided it into two parts^_^

By the way, everyone got up so early~