kingnovel Chapter 209 Demoted to Common People
Chapter 209 Demoted to Common People
Harem.
Concubine Wen was in a very low mood after being scolded by Emperor Jingde that day. She was lying on the warm couch, drowsy, when she heard a noise in the compartment.
"Who is where?"
Concubine Wen propped herself up and stood up. She didn't know where the palace maids in the bedroom had gone. She frowned and walked towards the compartment.
When I pushed the door open, I saw a person hanging from the beam in the compartment. He was wearing the queen's palace dress, with a ferocious face and a long tongue sticking out.
"Princess Wen, why don't you come to accompany me?"
Hanging on the beam, Empress Lu stuck out her bright red tongue and looked at her with bloodshot eyes.
"what!"
With a scream, Concubine Wen woke up from her nightmare.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself still lying on the warm couch, smoke rising from the incense burner, and the bedroom was silent.
She touched her forehead and found it was wet.
"Somebody come!"
Concubine Wen shouted weakly, and then she heard the door creak open, and a nanny she had never seen before came in. The nanny walked closer and smiled at her:
"Concubine Wen, the Empress said that the yogurt you make is just to her liking. She's been asking you every day these past few days when you'll go downstairs and make it for her."
As soon as the nanny finished her words, her neck suddenly twisted to the side at an incredible angle. The nanny's eyes rolled, and she raised her hands to hold her head and straighten it, saying softly:
"Princess Wen, you hit me too hard! My neck is broken, and no matter how hard I press, it won't go back in place..."
"what!!!!!"
Concubine Wen screamed hysterically and grabbed anything nearby and threw it out.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Concubine Wen rolled off the warm couch. The severe pain woke her up from her nightmare. She was sweating all over and screamed in fear:
"Ghost! Ghost!"
"Empress! Empress!" The voice of the palace maid came from her ears. Concubine Wen opened her eyes and saw the familiar palace maids and eunuchs in front of her, but there was no trace of the ghost maid.
It was actually a dream within a dream.
That year, Concubine Wen led people to break into the Queen's palace, hanged Queen Lu and all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Queen's palace, and forged the Queen's confession.
She had never dreamed of it in ten years.
I don't know what happened today, I actually had this dream.
It took a long time for Concubine Wen to recover from her fright. She rubbed her throbbing temples and asked weakly:
"What time is it?"
The maid didn't answer her, but shouted at her in panic:
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Ministry of Justice launched an attack at the court, accusing Prince Jing of raising assassins and plotting to assassinate the Emperor in the Tongtian Tower case."
hum!
Concubine Wen only felt a ringing in her ears. The huge impact made her eyes go black. Then she stood up suddenly and said angrily:
"Let's go! Follow me to the imperial study."
……
In the imperial study, a heated debate was still going on.
Prince Jing's supporters finally reacted and began to argue vigorously.
But how could Meng Youxing let him go?
In addition, Prince Heng's supporters, upon learning that the Tongtian Tower case was committed by Prince Jing, were so enraged that they wanted to rush over and tear the other party apart.
King Kang was even more excited. He gave his men a look, and his supporters immediately joined the battle!
Suddenly, facing the criticism from the whole court, Prince Jing was sweating profusely and gradually could not hold on.
At this moment, the eunuch outside the door announced:
"Noble Concubine Wen is here!"
Concubine Wen rushed in in a hurry and slid down to her knees in front of Emperor Jingde.
"Your Majesty! The prince is innocent!"
Emperor Jingde was being pulled on the thigh by Concubine Wen, and anger shot straight to the top of his head:
"Innocent? Look at all this evidence and confession, which one is innocent?!"
Following Emperor Jingde's finger, Concubine Wen saw confessions and bloody handprints scattered on the ground. She picked them up and read them one by one, then said in a hoarse voice:
"It's all fake! It's all fake!"
"Your Majesty, these were all made by Pei Yan and Liu Xu from the Jinyuan Marquis's Mansion. What does this have to do with the Emperor?"
"Hmph!" Emperor Jingde sneered.
"Do you think I don't know that Pei Yan hangs around Prince Jing every day? Who is he doing all this for? Do you think I'm old and confused?!"
"The Marquis of Jinyuan treated the princess poorly, then illegally manufactured prohibited weapons. They also colluded with Prince Jing to commit numerous murders. They deserve death!"
Emperor Jingde was furious and glanced at Pei Heng before sentencing him to Marquis Jinyuan's mansion.
Pei Heng stood aside with an indifferent expression, not saying a word.
The words went around in Emperor Jingde's mouth for a while, and he finally changed his tone and said:
"I, in consideration of his ancestors' meritorious service, have spared his death sentence, but he cannot escape punishment for his crimes! I shall strip him of his title of Marquis of Jinyuan, confiscate his property, and exile him to Ningguta."
"emperor!"
Marquis Jin Yuan on the ground wailed, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
"As for Pei Heng."
Emperor Jingde looked at Pei Heng again.
Pei Heng stepped out of the group, knelt on the ground, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, the Pei family is involved in a major case. I dare not show favoritism. I am willing to ask to be dismissed to atone for the sins of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Your Majesty!" Duke Yong followed closely behind and said, "General Pei and the Marquis' Mansion have been at odds and have long since separated. This is known to everyone in Shengjing. The Marquis' Mansion committed such a serious crime, and it has nothing to do with General Pei."
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Everyone came out to protect Pei Heng.
However, Pei Heng still insisted, "Your Majesty, my father and brother have committed unforgivable crimes. Although I have long been separated from them, we are still of the same bloodline. I am willing to accept the blame, surrender my military power, and be stripped of my title. From now on, I will be a commoner."
Emperor Jingde pondered for a moment and nodded.
"In that case, I will follow your wishes."
Then he turned to Prince Jing and said:
"You rascal, you intended to kill your father and usurp the throne, you murdered your brothers and compatriots, and you ignored the suffering of the people. I always thought you were wise and filial, and I nurtured you wholeheartedly. I never thought you could be so cruel and heartless!"
"Come here! From today on, Prince Jing will be demoted to a commoner and confined to Prince Jing's mansion. No one is allowed to visit him without my order!"
After Emperor Jingde finished making the decision while suppressing his grief, he felt dizzy and fell on the dragon throne.
"emperor!"
Shun Dajian hurried forward to help, but Emperor Jingde waved his hand.
Prince Jing on the ground couldn't believe it at first and kept shaking his head. It wasn't until the imperial guards came forward to take him away that he suddenly threw them away, stood up, and said to Emperor Jingde:
"Father, how do you think I became like this? It's all because of you!"
"Back then, you only had eyes for me, and never even glanced at any of us brothers. I worked so hard, studying and practicing martial arts, just hoping you'd look at me more!"
"But you never cared. You clearly remember big brother's birthday, the first time he learned to walk, the first time he called father, the first time he learned to speak, the first time he memorized the Analects, and even big brother's princess was carefully selected by you. But what about us?"
"All of us brothers are standing before you, and you can't even tell who is who!"
Prince Jing shouted at Emperor Jingde at the top of his lungs.
Prince Kang and Prince Su stood silently aside, and they felt a sense of empathy when they heard him talk about these things.
Big brother is always the brightest sun.
In front of the sun, no matter how dazzling their stars are, they are just like the light of fireflies and cannot be compared.
"Humph! Your son, it's better not to do it!"
Prince Jing tore off the pearl crown on his head and the jade belt around his waist that symbolized his princely status and threw them on the ground.
"My current situation is all caused by your suspicion and indifference. As your son, I can never escape a tragic fate! It's like this, big brother, and so am I! Hahahaha, hahaha!"
Prince Jing turned and looked at Prince Kang.
"Do you think you won?"
"Hmph, wait!"
After saying that, he no longer cared about Concubine Wen who was crying on the ground, and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Shun Dajian waved his hand, and several eunuchs came up and carried the crying Concubine Wen out.