Chapter 73 Rumors spread
The imperial guards standing with swords knelt down to see him off. When he left, they stationed themselves outside Chonghua Palace in an orderly manner, with three floors inside and three floors outside. In a blink of an eye, the place was defended like an iron barrel.
Ji Jin's face was pale and she stared blankly at Ji Yucang's leaving figure. It was as if all the strength in her body had been drained away little by little, and she fell weakly on the dragon chair.
"Your Majesty." Zhou Fang stood aside in fear, "The Regent seems to be serious. What should we do?"
Ji Jin stared blankly at the blank edict on the case: "Is Shen Ning so important in his heart?"
Zhou Fang was startled, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes, and then he seemed to realize something and lowered his eyes uneasily: "Your Majesty, since the Regent ignored the world's opinions and everyone's criticism, he insisted on marrying the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. This is enough to prove that he should like the princess in his heart. Even if the emperor feels that the princess regent has lost her reputation and is not worthy of the regent, he should use a tactful way to remind him instead of confronting the emperor head-on..."
Head-to-head?
Ji Jin sneered. He had been living in the shadow of this uncle since he was a prince. How could he ever be so stubborn?
In the past, with his father around, he and his uncle were on good terms. As long as he didn't think about it, he didn't have to worry about being suppressed. But after his father passed away, he was unprepared to be thrust into the throne and had to face it every day from then on. Prince Regent, this feeling... this feeling...
Ji Jin lowered her eyes slightly, no one could understand this feeling.
It’s okay to be angry.
He wanted to see what this imperial uncle could do.
Ji Yucang naturally acted vigorously and resolutely.
After leaving Chonghua Palace, he summoned officials from six ministries to the Qinzheng Palace to discuss matters, and issued orders one after another, as if he was the true master of the country.
In just a few days, there were several new faces inside and outside the court.
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Mrs. Qin tried every means in the past few days, almost begging grandpa and grandma to save her son, but she still couldn't get in.
After going to the Duke Zhen's mansion, Mrs. Shen said that she could not be Shen Ning's master. The Duke said that no one could easily change the will of the regent.
Qin Zhilan went to beg Qin Yumo, but she couldn't even get through the door of the eldest princess' mansion.
The whole family was in a state of misery, and the major families in the capital avoided them like snakes and scorpions, wishing they could hide as far away from them as possible.
Rumors arose among the people that Qin Yanshu was a Chen Shimei, a heartless man, and a deceitful person. In order to marry the eldest princess of Pingyao, he was so dirty that he ruined the reputation of his fiancée and killed so many people. He should be allowed to die.
The prince committed the same crime as the common people, not to mention that he was not a prince. The regent was extremely merciful by not exterminating the nine Qin clans. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qin dared to go around asking people to seek connections in order to rescue her son. It was really shameless for the whole family.
Rumors spread in the dust, getting stronger and stronger.
At the same time, some people thought about it and said that the rumor that the regent had ruined the princess' innocence a few days ago was self-defeating. They also put this crime on the Qin family, saying that they shouted "catch the thief" and deliberately Throw dirty water on the regent.
Now that the truth has been revealed, everyone in the public admires the regent's responsibility even more. Even if he is slandered and rumored, for the sake of the reputation of the regent princess, he has never come out to defend himself and deserves to be the regent.
In short, Beijing has been very lively for a few days.
Even the palace inevitably spread some rumors. Princess Jiahe, who has always liked liveliness, became furious when she heard these words: "Nonsense, pure nonsense!"
What are these gossips spreading?
Is the regent responsible?
Qin Yanshu planned to kill his fiancée and destroy his innocence, intending to demote his wife as a concubine?
What nonsense!
Princess Jiahe was so angry that she went to see the Queen Mother and told the Queen Mother about the rumors outside: "It's really getting more and more outrageous! Shen Ning is obviously useless, but she has lost her innocence and still married shamelessly. Now everyone is praising her. They are the victims! In order to murder the Qin family, they used all kinds of despicable methods!"
"Conspiracy to kill the Qin family?" The Queen Mother froze and looked at her in disbelief, "Jiahe, what are you talking about? What happened to the Qin family?"
A few days ago, due to the successive blows, the Queen Mother was in an extremely bad mood, and her body was also not feeling well. She stayed in bed for several days to rest, and she even called the imperial doctor to prescribe some soothing decoctions to take.
Even if the news of what happened in the previous dynasty reached the harem, no one dared to mention it in front of her, for fear of making the Queen Mother worried and angry again.
Unexpectedly, Princess Jiahe vented her anger and yelled out the matter.
The Queen Mother stared at Princess Jiahe: "The Regent is dealing with the Qin family?"
"My son has been staying at the Princess Mansion these days, and I just heard some news today." Jiahe's expression changed slightly, and he said calmly, "I heard that my uncle was beaten and Qin Yanshu was imprisoned."
The Queen Mother's eyes darkened and her body swayed.
"The Queen Mother, please don't be anxious." Nanny Wei lowered her head with a frightened look on her face, "I am also worried that the Queen Mother will get angry, so I don't dare to say..."
"What's going on?" The Queen Mother gritted her teeth, "Tell me the truth!"
"The eldest son of Qin has indeed been imprisoned. The uncle of the country was punished with twenty canes for roaring in the hall. The Queen Mother, the Qin family is afraid..."
The Queen Mother fell down on the phoenix chair, her face as pale as paper.
how so?
how so?
Ji Yucang, does he really dare to kill the Qin family?
Is this really unreasonable? He is going to rebel!
"Go and send Concubine Hui over." The Queen Mother raised her hand to support her forehead, "Call Concubine Hui over immediately."
"yes."
The Queen Mother sat on the chair, feeling a chill in her heart. She had misjudged Ji Yucang's temper, thinking that he would be obedient if he was poisoned, at least... at least to a certain extent...
I didn't expect him to be so unscrupulous and insist on going against the Qin family. He is indeed a cruel and unscrupulous sycophant!
How foolish and incompetent was the late emperor to hand over the power of regency to such a person?