After the second prince was put to bed, it was time for the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao to go to bed.
Xie Ning had just woken up and had just had a full stomach.
It was only suitable to walk around at this moment.
If he wanted to go to bed, he would probably accumulate food.
The emperor pulled up her sleeves and saw that she also had a bruise on her elbow.
"How did this happen?"
When Xie Ning was eating just now, he caught a glimpse of Xie Ning's sleeve sliding down.
He felt something was wrong at the time, but now he saw that it was indeed injured.
Xie Ning pulled down his sleeve a little: "I don't remember.
It was a mess at the time and I didn't feel any pain."
The emperor gently pressed on that piece: "Does it hurt now?"
"It's a little sore.
It'll be fine if you don't touch it."
Xie Ning asked seriously: "The emperor is not injured, is he?
What's going on with that glass of wine?
I can't see clearly through the screen, and I'm so scared that my heart will jump out."
"I really drank the wine, but the wine has been replaced a long time ago."
The emperor said: "What was presented was just a glass of ordinary water and wine.
Mingshou didn't know how to control it at all, he was arrogant, and even her confidants may not be sincere.
It works for her, but she can’t get off the boat and has to follow a road to the dark side.”
So the emperor gave him a chance, and those people tried their best to seize it.
If it's just one person's life, forget it, maybe it's not worth fighting for.
However, treason is a first-class crime in the criminal law.
Even relatives can be punished without mercy.
Even if these people are not afraid of death, they still have to consider their loved ones.
For Princess Mingshou's ambition, she was involved in many things and harmed so many people.
Even if the emperor wanted to punish Mingshou to death, Xie Ning felt that it was natural.
Xie Ning was very curious.
Anyway, the situation was clear now and there was no need to hide anything anymore.
Xie Ning simply asked directly: "I don't know how long Princess Mingshou has been planning this matter."
The Emperor understood her curiosity, and held her in his arms as he walked slowly: "If she was planning a rebellion, it would be after the death of the Queen Mother.
But her intention has been with her since she was a child."
"I've had it since I was a kid."
Xie Ning became even more curious.
"When I was just seven or eight years old, one day, Mingshou and I went to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother's brother, Uncle Guo.
When we arrived at Uncle Guo's house, Mingshou secretly changed into men's clothes and sneaked out to the street.
At that time, the State Councilor There was a chaos in the uncle's house, and he finally managed to find the person without knowing the news.
Uncle Guo said that she was a Meng Lang shouldn't be so rash in a girl's family.
She said she didn't accept this.
What happened to the girl?
Why did she have to abide by so many rules because she was a girl?
She had to be locked in the room every day and couldn't do anything.
Why didn't she inherit the big family?
Is there any law in the world that says a woman cannot be an emperor?"
These words shocked Xie Ning.
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Only Princess Mingshou could dare to think and say this, but it would not have been possible for anyone else.
"Could it be that then she" "While the late Emperor was still there, both the Queen Mother and Ming Shou still had some scruples.
After the late Emperor passed away, the Queen Mother suddenly let out all the anger she had been holding in for many years.
She changed the names of hundreds of women in the palace who had been favored by the late Emperor.
All were disposed of.
Some said they were martyred, others said they were martyred.
They were sent to the nunnery.
In fact, those women who were willing to be buried were all strangled to death by the Queen Mother.
Those who were sent to the nunnery were not even taken away with their clothes, and they were all tied up without covering their bodies.
With one hand, they were strung together like animals and driven out.”
Xie Ning didn't know these things.
She clutched the emperor's sleeve tightly, and her chest felt as cold as filled with ice water.
"I saw that Ming Shou had people collect the jewelry accumulated by those women and play with it with picking handles.
One of the gold armbands with a fine tooth plate still had blood stains in the gaps that had not been wiped clean."
"When the Queen Mother was still there, Mingshou did everything she could and wanted to do.
I was not on a stable footing at that time, so I had to spend a lot of effort to restrain her.
In those two years, everyone thought I was a coward.
At that time, Mingshou had no choice but to pull Zhang Qiheng's thoughts can be said to be omnipotent in other matters, and of course she has no intention of rebelling.
She also has things that the emperor has, and she also has things that the emperor does not have, so the emperor does not have much meaning. " "After the Queen Mother is gone, I naturally cannot tolerate her misbehavior as before.
Her life is getting more and more unhappy, and she wants to overthrow me and seize power more and more.
In fact, I also agree with what she said.
The position of emperor is occupied by capable people.
She always feels that she is at a disadvantage because of her status as a woman, otherwise I will have nothing to do with the throne. " It is true to say that those who are capable will live in it.
Although it is a bit treasonous, Xie Ning has read history books and knows what happened every time when dynasties changed.
The problem is, there is nothing Princess Mingshou can do.
Just look at what she did today.
This is the result of several years of planning.
However, the emperor had probably been planning for today for a long time.
The difference in brains, scheming, heart, and skills between the two was too great.
Mingshou's defeat was not unfair at all.
Tonight, the Jinfeng Garden was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
Princess Mingshou fell, and everyone involved was rushed to be locked up and interrogated.
The emperor must have made arrangements in advance, so he had such free time to gossip with her here.
Bai Hongqi stepped forward gently and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Commander Chang is here to report that Princess Mingshou said she has something important to discuss with the Emperor."
Xie Ning consciously wanted to get up and avoid it, but the emperor held her hand: "No need to avoid it, if she has anything important to discuss with me," The words were very contemptuous of Princess Mingshou.
"Okay, you can't sleep now, so let's go and see her."
Xie Ning was surprised: "She is in the garden" "That's right, it's not that far away."
The emperor stood up, and Xie Ning quickly asked: "Are you going with me too?"
"If you are tired, rest.
If you are not tired, come with me and take a look."
Xie Ning understood the meaning of the emperor's words.
She has a natural rejection of this kind of thing, but now that she has become a member of the palace, she can no longer stay out of it, let alone cover her eyes and pretend not to see anything.
"Then I, my concubine, should go with the emperor."
It was already this hour, and the emperor pulled her into the sedan chair together.
Xie Ning thought about it, it was quite dark, so he would not have to stare at her for such a small mistake, so he rode with the emperor.
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Speaking of which, she had been coming to Jinfeng Garden for a while, but she had been too busy to get away from it.
Except for a trip to the lake, she had never left Qingbi Hall.
She even visited Lanhuixuan, where Princess Mingwei lived.
Haven't even visited once.
At this moment, the sedan carriage left Qingbi Hall and headed northeast.
The northeast corner of the garden is low-lying and the humidity is heavier than other places.
There is only one pavilion named Feng Rusong.
As soon as you hear the name, you know what the situation is like here.
There are waves of pine trees.
If you come here during the day, it will be very refreshing and pleasant.
However, if you come here in the middle of the night, the pine forest densely blocks the moonlight, and walking in such unpredictable darkness makes people feel chilly in the middle of summer.
The emperor said the place was not far, but it was indeed not far.
The sedan chariot turned two corners and then stopped.
The emperor got out of the sedan first and stretched out his hand to help her.
Xie Ning did not wear a long, dragging floor-length skirt.
Instead, she wore a lightweight, narrow-lined plain soft satin cloak that could withstand the wind.
What Xie Ning saw in front of him was not the prison he had imagined, but an ordinary courtyard.
The layout looked like a warehouse rather than a place where people lived.
"This is the lumber warehouse behind Fengru Pine."
It is indeed a warehouse.
Most of the lumber to be stored is large.
This warehouse is much higher and wider than ordinary warehouses.
It was dark and it was difficult to see much more, so Xie Ning followed the emperor into the door.
Naturally, the wood warehouse smelled of wood, and the paint and oil on the wood, as well as the fireproof things in the warehouse, mixed together were a bit choking.
Xie Ning walked forward with the emperor.
There was a row of low houses behind the warehouse, which should be where the guards and workers lived.
The guard beside him took a step forward and opened the door.
The emperor stepped in, followed by Xie Ning.
The space inside the house is indeed not big, with one main room and two side rooms on the left and right.
Princess Mingshou stayed in the side room on the right.
She had iron shackles on her hands and feet, and the shackles were connected to the wall.
She could move around in this half of the room, but it was impossible to take another step.
If he didn't know her identity, Xie Ning really wouldn't have recognized her.
She had only met Princess Mingshou two or three times and had never spoken to her.
Now the makeup on the face of the person in the room has been washed away.
His face is a bit swollen and deformed.
Most of his hair has been cut off by someone unknown, and the rest is half loose and half tied up.
He is wearing a piece of clothing that doesn't fit very well.
The clothes, if you look carefully, they should be what a eunuch would wear.
Xie Ning guessed that Princess Mingshou's clothes were badly torn when she was captured.
It was not easy for her to find replacement clothes after she was brought here.
It was not easy for her to put on clothes of average size for her body.
The clothes of eunuchs are better than those of palace maids.
Ours should be wider, so we can make do with it for the time being.
She raised her head when she saw the emperor coming in, and when she saw Xie Ning following behind, Princess Mingshou's eyes, which were already squeezed into a slit, narrowed a little more.
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"Why did you bring her here?"
We have come to this point, and yet we still speak in a domineering tone.
Xie Ning couldn't help but treat her qi, so the emperor sat down on the wooden chair near the north wall and motioned for Xie Ning to sit down too.
Princess Mingshou swallowed hard.
She also knew that Xie Jieyu had been the emperor's favorite for the past two years.
It was said that she had a good color, and she had a skill of seduce that no one else could learn.
Since the emperor himself is not afraid of such secretive things being known, what should Mingshou worry about?
Maybe the emperor thought about it afterwards and felt that one more person knew about this, and he felt pricked in his heart for this Xie Jieyu, and he might even silence her.
"Then let's make it clear that people don't tell secrets.
I'm not as good at scheming as you are, and I'm at this stage now.
But I also know many things that the emperor doesn't know.
If the emperor is willing to promise me three conditions, I will Tell the truth about these things.
What does the Emperor think?"
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