Chapter 427: Severe Punishment

"Father, it's really not like this, you believe me..."

Emperor Lecheng looked at Princess Minxiang with a cold look on his face, and looked at Princess Minxiang with the eyes of a dead person. Obviously, he didn't believe Princess Minxiang's defense at all.

"Your Majesty," Su Guifei struggled fiercely in her heart, as if she couldn't bear it any longer, "Minxiang looks like this today, it's all the fault of the concubine, it's the concubine who didn't teach her well," she said while sobbing. , Low, is the kind of sadness that is extremely sad but forcibly endured, as well as the disappointment of Princess Minxiang, and the self-blame of herself, "Emperor, all mistakes are the fault of the concubine, Minxiang has already been taught a lesson, if the emperor wants to punish, he will punish the concubine, the daughter does not teach, the mother's fault, everything should be, should be..."

"Father, this minister is also responsible for this matter. I don't care about Minxiang so much on weekdays that I don't know a lot of things, so she will make mistakes again and again. If you take some time to ask, even if you just find out. After a few clues, things will definitely not be as they are today." Li Hongming also had a heavy expression on his face.

To put it bluntly, the mother and son are advancing by retreating, and in this situation, not only can they not "righteously kill their relatives", but they must also "justify" Minxiang, not only about family affection, but also another factor, Minxiang is The princess is the emperor's daughter, don't say "the prince breaks the law and the common people are the same crime", that is for ordinary people, otherwise why is it called Tianhuang noble, not to mention that she is still injured by the concubine, the guilt is already there. reduced a lot.

There is nothing wrong with such a routine in itself, but there is a premise, it depends on whether it is successful or not.

The matter of Princess Minxiang is itself a scandal in the Tian family. If all the princesses are like her, then the princesses after her will not want to find a better husband. After all, no one wants to go further. Consort's footsteps. Ordinary women are jealous and vicious, can they be compared with Princess Minxiang?

Well, the situation in the back house, the women in the back house, you can never underestimate the means of some people. Compared with Princess Minxiang, Princess Minxiang's biggest "mistake" is the big fanfare. When it comes to the public eye, it doesn't matter if others don't know it, and if others know it, it's a scandal, and it loses the face of the royal family.

However, after disposing of Princess Minxiang like this, where is the majesty of the royal family?

"I haven't said anything yet, but you are in a hurry to plead guilty first."

Emperor Lecheng was different from what he expected, but Concubine Su Gui and his mother didn't dare to continue talking. In fact, this kind of situation was like a dilemma, which made people feel unreasonably troubled. In short, one thing is very certain, this is definitely not a good phenomenon.

The scene fell into a strange silence. This silence made people extremely flustered. Probably, except for Emperor Lecheng, who mastered all the honors and humiliations of life and death, even the servants felt a little suffocated.

Until a confidant of Emperor Lecheng came in, "Your Majesty, other people in the Fifth Princess' mansion have already interrogated..."

But it turned out that other people in Princess Minxiang's mansion were also dragged and slipped into the palace.

"...The result of the interrogation," the chamberlain paused, "The concubine is in the Princess Mansion, probably, everyone can be deceived."

The last four words were very light, and everyone could hear it very clearly in this place where the needle fell, which shows that the people around Princess Minxiang were still reserved.

"Everyone can be deceived?" Emperor Lecheng tapped the imperial case with his fingertips, "Qiyuan's concubine has been reduced to this point?"

For those concubines, whether they are sisters or daughters, there are absolutely no three that satisfy Emperor Lecheng. In Emperor Lecheng's view, even if it is because of Princess Shang, many people are unwilling to continue Princess, but there are people like the eldest princess' concubine, but his son-in-law, in his eyes, is really a setback. Now it seems that it is not just a matter of future, but his daughter herself. It's not good either. Compared to the eldest princess, it's really far behind. In addition to Minxiang, it's no wonder that no one likes it.

The royal daughter-in-law is a royal person, and the royal son-in-law is also half a royal person. She has been abused by a group of lowly scumbags. No matter how weak a man is, he has dignity. deserve it.

Emperor Lecheng also thought that Princess Minxiang deserved it, but none of the ten thousand reasons was the reason for the concubine to hurt the princess, no matter how much he paid for it.

"The imperial concubine will be fined for one year, and the palace will be closed for half a year, during which time she may not interfere in any palace affairs; Prince Rui leaves his post without permission, regardless of the severity, and will be fined for one year and suspended from official duties; Princess Minxiang is vicious and virtuous. It was not good, so I thought about it behind closed doors, and ordered the two nanny to teach again. Don’t come out; the people of the five princesses’ mansion do not want to dissuade the princess, and help Zhou to abuse, those with low membership will be sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be re-offered, and those who are not of low membership will be punished with hard labor for three years.”

As soon as Emperor Lecheng said these words, no matter what the mood of the people below, they had to "thank the Lord Longen".

For the five concubines and their families, this punishment is not actually a punishment. They should be crying with joy, but they cannot be too happy. The current situation of the five concubines is not optimistic, and there is no danger of death.

Princess Minxiang's face was ashen, if it wasn't for Su Guifei's timely arrest, she would have almost defied the decree openly.

In fact, Su Guifei and Prince Rui wanted to strangle her directly. It was the two of them who really bleed from their hearts.

As far as Su Guifei was concerned, the queen was not there, and the palace affairs belonged to her and Qin Shu. Now that Qin Shu has fallen, she should manage it alone. Although there is still a Wei Xian, but as the former Wei princess, she is a vase decoration. , This is definitely a perfect opportunity to install one's own people. Now that he has directly seized power, he has to close the palace for half a year. Of course, this closure does not mean that Su Gui is not allowed.

The concubine left the Yucui Palace, but within half a year, there was no chance to serve in the bed. Although Emperor Lecheng went to the Yucui Palace now, most of the time, Concubine Su arranged other bedtimes, but that was also the favor of the Yucui Palace. It is aimed at Emperor Lecheng. He will not set foot in the Jade Palace within half a year. In the harem, no matter how luxurious or high the status of the concubine, if the emperor does not set foot in it, it is equivalent to a cold palace.

And Prince Rui was even more aggrieved. Listening to Emperor Lecheng's meaning, he was just meddling with his own business, leaving the major affairs in his hands to one side, and managing such disputes in the inner house. It took a lot of hard work to gain a firm foothold, to know more things, and to have more right to speak. Now everything is in vain.

As for the people on Princess Minxiang, who would care about them.

"Your Majesty, Prince Jin asks to see you."

Emperor Lecheng's expression softened a little when he heard the words, not to mention Concubine Su Gui, even Li Hongming couldn't help showing a look of hope.

Li Hongyuan came in, without squinting, "See the royal father."

"Why did you enter the palace now?" Emperor Lecheng asked.

"Erchen heard that something happened to Minxiang, so he went to the palace to take a look."

"You have your mind, but I have already dealt with this matter. What are you going to do? Don't worry about it."

"Father, can this son know how to deal with it?"

"What does a big man care about? Get out of here." Emperor Lecheng waved his hand impatiently.

Li Hongyuan "hesitated", and then rolled away.