"Imperial Father, it really isn't like that. Believe me …"
Le Chengdi's face was cold. He looked at Princess Min Xiang as if he was looking at a dead person. Clearly, he didn't believe Princess Min Xiang's explanation at all.
"Your Majesty," Imperial Concubine Su struggled fiercely in her heart and couldn't hold it in anymore, "What happened to Min Xiang today is all this concubine's fault. This concubine didn't teach her well." As she spoke, she sobbed. It was the kind of grief that was forced to endure. She was disappointed in Princess Min Xiang and blamed herself, "Your Majesty, it's all this concubine's fault. Min Xiang has already been taught a lesson. If Your Majesty wants to punish, then punish this concubine. It's the mother's fault for not teaching her daughter well.
It's the mother's fault. It's the mother's fault. "" Imperial Father, this son is also responsible for this matter. I usually don't care much about Min Xiang and didn't know many things. That's why she kept making mistakes. If this son took some time to ask, even if I only found some clues, things wouldn't have reached this stage today. "Li Hongming also had a pained expression.
To put it bluntly, the mother and son were retreating in order to advance. In this kind of situation, not only could they not "place righteousness before family," they also had to "absolve" Min Xiang. It wasn't just related to family. There was another factor. Min Xiang was a princess, the Emperor's daughter. Don't say things like "a prince who commits a crime is punished the same as a commoner." That was only said for ordinary people. Otherwise, how could she be called a noble? Furthermore, she was injured by the prince consort.
This kind of method wasn't wrong, but there was a prerequisite. It depended on whether Le Chengdi would buy it.
Princess Min Xiang's matter was a scandal of the imperial family. If all the princesses were like her, then the princesses after her wouldn't be able to find a slightly better husband. After all, no one was willing to follow in the footsteps of the fifth prince consort. Normal women were jealous and vicious. How could they be compared to Princess Min Xiang?
Alright, the situation in the inner residence and the women in the inner residence, you could never underestimate them. Some people's methods were definitely worse than Princess Min Xiang's. Princess Min Xiang's biggest "mistake" was to make a big fuss and bring it to the surface. It didn't matter if others didn't know, but if others knew, it was a scandal and she lost the face of the imperial family.
However, if Princess Min Xiang was dealt with like this, where would the dignity of the royal family be?
"We haven't said anything yet, but all of you are in a hurry to ask for forgiveness."
Le Chengdi was different from what they had expected. However, Imperial Concubine Su and her son did not dare to continue. In fact, this kind of dilemma made them feel uneasy for no reason. In short, one thing was certain, and that was that this was definitely not a good sign.
The scene fell into a strange silence, which made people panic. Except for Le Chengdi, who was in control of life and death, even the eunuchs felt a little suffocated.
Until one of Le Chengdi's trusted eunuchs came in, "Your Majesty, we've interrogated the other people in Fifth Princess' Mansion …"
It turned out that the other people from Princess Min Xiang's residence were also brought into the palace.
"… According to the results of the interrogation," the eunuch paused, "the prince consort is a pushover in the princess's residence."
The last four words were very soft, but everyone heard it very clearly in this quiet place, which showed that the people around Princess Min Xiang were still holding back.
"A pushover?" Le Chengdi tapped the imperial table with his fingertips, "the prince consort of Qi Yuan has fallen to this point?"
As for those princes, no matter if they were from the sisters or the daughters, Le Chengdi was absolutely satisfied with no more than three of them. In Le Chengdi's opinion, even if Princess Shang's future was ruined and many people were unwilling to marry Princess Shang, there were still people like the prince consort of Great Elder Princess. However, in his eyes, each of his sons-in-law was really a failure. Now it seemed that it was not just a matter of future. His daughter was not excellent and was really inferior to Great Elder Princess. In addition, with Min Xiang, it was no wonder that no one liked her.
The daughter-in-law of the royal family was a member of the royal family, and the son-in-law of the royal family was half a member of the royal family. Even a cowardly man had dignity when he was insulted by a group of lowly people. No wonder he couldn't bear it and hurt the princess. To some extent, Princess Min Xiang deserved it.
Le Chengdi also thought that Princess Min Xiang deserved it, but there were thousands of reasons why the prince consort hurt the princess, no matter how much he paid for it.
Prince Rui left his post without permission, regardless of the severity, and was fined one year of his salary and suspended from his position in the Ministry of Personnel. Princess Min Xiang was vicious and immoral. She reflected on her mistakes behind closed doors and was ordered to be re-educated by two etiquette instructors. Princess Wu Gong Ma deceived the Emperor, offended his superiors, and hurt the Princess. He was sent to prison without pardon for the rest of his life. However, considering that he was seriously injured, he was allowed to be confined at home and not allowed to leave for the rest of his life. Everyone in the Fifth Princess's Manor did not try to dissuade the Princess, but instead helped the tyrant. Those with low status were sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for severe punishment. Those without low status were sentenced to three years of hard labor.
As soon as Le Chengdi's words came out, no matter how the people below felt, they could only say "thank you, Your Majesty".
For the fifth prince consort and his family, this punishment was actually not a punishment. They should be crying tears of joy, but they couldn't be happy too early. The fifth prince consort's current situation was not optimistic, and he might be in danger of losing his life.
Princess Min Xiang's face was ashen. If Noble Consort Su hadn't stopped her in time, she would have openly disobeyed the imperial edict.
In reality, Noble Consort Su and Prince Rui wanted to strangle her to death. The ones whose hearts were truly bleeding were the two of them.
For Noble Consort Su, the Empress wasn't here, so the palace affairs were left to her and Qin Shu Fei. Now that Qin Shu Fei had fallen, she should be the only one in charge. Although there was still Consort Wei Xian, as the former Princess of Wei, she was just a decorative vase. This was definitely the best opportunity to plant one of their own. Now that she had seized power, she would be in seclusion for half a year. Of course, this seclusion didn't mean that Noble Consort Su wasn't allowed to leave the Jade Palace, but that she wouldn't have the chance to serve him in bed for half a year. Even if Le Chengdi went to the Jade Palace now, Noble Consort Su would arrange for others to serve him most of the time, but that was the Jade Palace's favor. The seclusion targeted Le Chengdi. He wouldn't be able to step into the Jade Palace for half a year. In the imperial harem, no matter how luxurious it was or how high the status of the concubines was, if the Emperor didn't step in, it was equivalent to a cold palace.
Prince Rui was even more sullen. Hearing Le Chengdi's words, he was meddling in other people's business. He had thrown aside the important matters at hand to meddle in these inner court disputes, and directly lost his job at the Ministry of Personnel. He had worked so hard to enter the Ministry of Personnel, to gain a foothold, to know more things, and to have more say, but now it was all for naught.
As for the people on Princess Min Xiang's side, who would care about them?
"Emperor, Prince Jin requests an audience."
When Le Chengdi heard this, the expression on his face eased a little. Not to mention Consort Su, even Li Hongming couldn't help but reveal a hopeful expression.
Li Hongyuan came in and looked straight ahead, "Greetings to Fuhuang."
"Why did you enter the palace at this time?" Le Chengdi asked.
"Erchen heard that something happened to Min Xiang, so I entered the palace to take a look."
"You are considerate, but zhen has already dealt with this matter. You should do what you should do, don't worry about it."
"Fuhuang, can erchen know how to deal with it?"
"What does a grown man care about these things? Quickly scram. "Le Chengdi waved his hand impatiently.
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