After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

I don't know what she was thinking of, but the queen suddenly smiled.

Ke Yiqing suppressed her uneasiness and asked calmly: "What is the Queen laughing at?"

"I am laughing. You are really brave. Are you sure you want to know the truth?"

The opportunity has been placed in front of her. Regardless of her twitching eyelids, she affirmed: "If you want to know, please ask the queen to inform you."

"Okay, but remember, there is no regret medicine in this world."

"Xia He, please go out first."

"lady?"

She said calmly: "Madam tells you to go out, just go out."

"It's ma'am."

The queen said coolly: "You are really considerate, and you still worry about these servants even if you want to die."

Ke Yiqing ignored her and just asked again, "Please let me know."

"It depends on you."

Maybe the Queen didn't know how to speak about this matter. She seemed to be recalling it for a while, and then said: "At the beginning, it was indeed me who wanted to touch him, but the subsequent situation was beyond my control."

"Why do you say that?"

"Everyone knows that the deposed prince is not my biological child, but I have been kind to him in raising him. His biological mother passed away early, and after I married the Holy Emperor, the child became very close to me."

The queen sighed, "No matter what, I have no intention of harming him to this extent."

Her eyelids twitched and she had a bad guess, "Then..."

"Yes, you are a very smart person, but in the harem, people who are too smart often don't live long."

The queen smiled happily and relieved. These things had been in her heart for a long time, and now that they were all revealed, she was very happy.

Ke Yiqing saw it in her eyes and felt hatred in her heart. She had known that the emperor had a hand in harming the deposed prince, so she really wouldn't have dared to ask.

Now that the matter has come to this, she broke the jar and said: "Since the fateful woman already knows about it, please ask the empress to ask the fateful woman to die and understand."

"Don't worry, I have this intention as well."

The queen told her that the case started with an old emperor's clothes.

"That year was the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Both the Holy Emperor and the Queen Mother were very determined. After receiving the news, the Ministry of Internal Affairs specially took out all the uniforms from previous years in order to introduce new ones."

"The old dragon robes found in the deposed prince's house were the work of the empress, right?"

The queen said quietly: "Ke Yiqing, you are really smart, and it is indeed my fault."

When the old dragon robe was stolen and found mysteriously in the palace of the deposed prince, both the harem and the court were shocked.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows this. Someone must be up to something. If Zhou Xuan is dealt with properly, the deposed prince may not be forced to that point. But the strange thing is that no clues can be found.

"Dali Temple is a subsidiary of the Empress. No matter how much I check, I can't find any clues. That's normal."

In response to this sarcasm, the queen just rolled her eyes and said: "Innocent, the deposed prince is the current prince. Even Dali Temple does not dare to be careless about his case. Someone else will actually take action."

It's easy to guess who it is. Who else in Daqi is more powerful and more feared than the queen and the prince?
Naturally, it was the Emperor of Da Qi.Ke Yiqing took a breath, "Since the Holy One knows that the deposed prince is innocent, why do we need to conduct a thorough investigation?"

“The truth sometimes doesn’t matter to a person who asks questions with answers.”

How could the emperor, who was declining day by day, have no suspicion or guard against his son who was in the prime of life?
What killed the deposed prince was not only the queen's calculation, but also the emperor's suspicion and fear.

"Because of this incident, the Holy Emperor also beat me and asked me to cooperate with him in putting on a good show."

"What good show?"

"It's ridiculous. As the daughter-in-law of half a Marquis of Pingyang, you don't know about this?"

Pingyanghou?Her eyes widened, "Then... so is Marquis Wu'an..."

"Did you react this time?"

The Queen smiled sarcastically, "On the surface, I am the winner, but in fact, the only winner is the Holy One."

The eight great aristocratic families were in power and shared the same hatred. While the Holy Emperor was afraid and jealous, he also had long thought of uprooting them.

By relying on the common trend of deposing the prince, the eight major families eliminated the two strongest camps at once, and promoted the champion prince of the pro-imperial party. This is why the emperor was so angry when the champion prince rebelled.

At that time, the Marquis of Pingyang owned a quarter of the land of Daqi. Within the fiefdom, the people even knew about the Marquis of Pingyang and not the Emperor of Daqi.

The Marquis of Wu'an holds the strongest military force in Da Qi.

Land, military strength, aristocratic families and imperial power were divided and ruled. No wonder the people of Beijin once jokingly said: "Dayong is still alive in Daqi."

"Emperors are born every year, and aristocratic families are immortal." This saying was even more common in the early days of the founding of the Qi Dynasty. At that time, the emperor could endure it again and again for the sake of power, but as an emperor, how could he be willing to do it again and again? The three places were oppressed in this way.

So a long-planned counterattack came into being.

The case of deposing the crown prince happened very quickly. From the filing of the case to the verdict, it only took three days.

Within three days, the deposed prince's gang members were eradicated in one fell swoop. Because Pingyang Hou was far away in Jingnan, he was even more unpredictable. His whole family was confiscated. During the flood management, the marquis and several children also died strangely and tragically one after another. The only one who stayed in Shengcheng was Jing's son also inexplicably signed many confessions.

From then on, all the fiefdoms of Pingyang Marquis were returned to the national territory. All leases were in accordance with the laws of Daqi. If there was no disobedience, any disobedience would be executed.

Marquis Wu'an was even more weird. He was enlisted as an accomplice based on just a few letters exchanged with the deposed prince. From the time someone wrote a letter to expose the matter to the time Marquis Wu'an was taken to prison, it only took half a day, and it was an uncharacteristic trial. None, just fast forward to beheading in public.

There was no chance for anyone to breathe and react.

The two great families disappeared quietly.

As for the other two aristocratic families in Shengjing, one was promised huge profits by the Holy Emperor and remained silent, while the other lost two of his allies after hesitating a little.

In other words, did Marquis Xuanping really have no suspicion at all about what happened back then?And why was it so successful when he annexed the remaining forces of Pingyang Marquis and Wu'an Marquis?
Although the other four major aristocratic families are not in Shengjing, they are all eyeing it and cannot be underestimated. How come he, the Marquis of Xuanping, has reaped such benefits?

He was kind to the prime minister, but the prime minister still tried to trick him into buying shares. He went to all this trouble just to use him as a scapegoat?

The doorway inside has to make people think deeply.

Perhaps, Marquis Xuanping knew about this a long time ago, but chose to turn a blind eye, or even more boldly speculate that Marquis Xuanping also played his own unique role in the murder of the deposed prince and the implicated two aristocratic families. character of.

The Queen's Palace is magnificent, and there is a warm earth dragon burning in the room, but Ke Yiqing feels cold in his hands and feet.

Power is truly a man-eating monster.