I just want to live a happy life

The emperor did not delay and mentioned the matter at the court meeting on the second day. The ministers were opposed at first. After all, the empress could not be deposed easily in the Qing Dynasty.

Then the emperor produced evidence, which clearly stated that the empress had harmed his descendants and murdered Empress Chunyuan. In order to protect his future descendants from being harmed, the empress should be deposed.

After seeing these evidences, some people remained silent, leaving only some people from the Uya and Ulanara clans who were still clamoring that the queen should not be deposed.

But the emperor saw that most of the ministers supported him, so he ignored those clamoring and announced his resignation.

He returned to the Yangxin Palace and asked Su Peisheng to deliver the imperial edict deposing the empress to the Jingren Palace. From today on, he would not go to see that vicious woman.

In Jingren Palace.

When the queen heard the emperor's decree that he wanted to depose her, her eyes were red with anger: "No, no, the emperor will not depose me. I am his wife, how can he depose me?"

As she spoke, she stood up from the ground with difficulty. Because she was too weak, she needed Jianqiu to support her. She looked at Su Peisheng and said, "The emperor will not depose me. You go...you go and tell him that I want to see the emperor. If the emperor doesn't tell me in person, I won't believe it."

"Your Highness, I dare not tell the Emperor about this. Before I came to deliver the decree, the Emperor had already said that he would not see you. Otherwise, I would be the one to be punished."

After saying this, without waiting for Yixiu to react, he led his men hurriedly out of Jingren Palace.

Looking at the backs of those people leaving, Yixiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. The emperor was really heartless. She only remembered the good things about her sister, so why couldn't she see her?

If her elder sister had not taken her position as the legitimate wife and had not been unwilling to tolerate the eldest son who was born before her, she would not have dealt with her elder sister.

She did not regret having attacked her sister. If she had known that this would be the outcome, she should have handled it more decisively so that no one could find any evidence against her.

But it's too late to say anything now, she has become a useless queen.

Thinking about this, she began to hate the Queen Mother again. Didn't the Queen Mother say that she would help her? Now that the matter has been settled, she didn't see that the Queen Mother had done anything to help her.

At this time, the Queen Mother had no idea that the Emperor had deposed her. Yi Xin had already blocked the Queen Mother's information channels and did not let her know until the matter was over.

Now was the time to tell her.

When the empress dowager heard the news, her face changed instantly. She wanted to get out of bed and go to the Yangxin Palace despite Zhuxi's dissuasion. Considering her mother's pleading, the emperor would surely give her face.

The maid who brought the news continued crying, "Empress Dowager, the Emperor has now deposed the Empress. The imperial edict of deposing the Empress is known to the court and the harem, and the Emperor has even placed the edict of deposing the Empress in the Fengxian Palace."

Now even the ancestors of the Aisin-Gioro family knew about it.

It can no longer be changed.

The empress dowager sat on the bed all of a sudden. Everything was over now. Yixiu was deposed, and she didn't have much time to live. Without them, what would the Ulanara family do? They were the royal family. Apart from her, the empress dowager, there were still two queens. What would happen to the position of queen in the future? Now that they were all gone, how could the position of queen be kept in the hands of the Ulanara family?

She had worked so hard for so many years, from a concubine to a virtuous concubine and then to the empress dowager, all for the sake of the family. Now that the empress was deposed, everything would be over.

As for the Queen, she warned her many times to be more obedient and not to harm her children, but she just wouldn't listen. She was already the Queen, so why would she harm her children? No matter who ascended the throne, she would be the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager was so furious that she hated the emperor's ruthlessness and the queen's stupidity. She actually vomited blood and fainted.

Zhu Xi panicked: "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager."

She turned to look at the people in the hall and said loudly, "Go call the imperial physician, go quickly."

When the empress dowager woke up again, she saw the emperor sitting beside the bed. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to him. She wanted the emperor to take back the decree to depose the queen, but she also knew that the emperor would not listen to her.

She thought again of the grown-up princess of the Ulanara family, Ulanara Qingying. If she could enter the royal family, there might still be hope.

So, the first thing the empress dowager said to the emperor when she woke up was not to plead for the queen, but to play the family card with him. Seeing that the emperor's expression had softened a little, she told him her purpose.

"Emperor, I know that I am dying and I don't have much time left, but there is something in my heart that I can't let go of."

The emperor's heart suddenly turned cold. He knew that the queen mother would not care about him for no reason. She must have a purpose. He turned the beads in his hand and said lightly: "Mother, we are mother and son. As long as it is reasonable, your son will not refuse."

The empress dowager was silent for a moment. Why couldn't the emperor agree immediately? That way she could raise her demands. After all, they were mother and son, and he had been corrupted by Empress Xiaoyi Ren and was not as considerate as her Fourteenth Prince.

Even though she thought so in her heart, she didn't dare to show any anger at all. This was the only thing she was counting on now.

"Qingying grew up under my care. She is beautiful, intelligent, considerate and sensible. I think she and Third Prince are a perfect match. Why not let Qingying be Third Prince's concubine?"

Originally, she wanted Qingying to be her legitimate wife, but the queen was deposed, and Qingying's father had no talent and only inherited the hereditary position of assistant commander in the family. If the queen had not been deposed, she would have been more than qualified to be her legitimate wife, but now... Alas.

The emperor lowered his eyes and listened to the empress dowager's words without saying anything for a while. He understood what the empress dowager meant. She simply felt that the third prince had a chance to sit on the throne.

If Ulanara Qingying could become the third prince's concubine, she might not be unable to become a concubine or a noble concubine in the future, or even the Ulanara family might have another queen.

Wasn't the help he gave to Ulanala enough? He even set his sights on the future emperor's harem. Fortunately, he had already decided in his heart that the heir was Hongyao, not the third prince Hongshi. Since the empress dowager said that Qingying should be the third prince's concubine, then let her be the concubine.

After thinking it over in her mind, she agreed when the empress dowager couldn't wait to speak again, which made the empress dowager very happy. She saw that Qingying was a person with a plan in mind, and she believed that she would be good in the future.

It will definitely maintain the glory of the descendants of the Ulanara clan.

A few days later, the queen was heartbroken about being deposed, and her health had always been poor, so she died in pain. Her funeral had not yet been completed when something happened to the empress dowager.

It turned out that her youngest son had unfortunately died. It was said that he was drinking and did not see the road clearly, so he fell to the ground and hit his head on a sharp stone, causing blood to flow all over the ground. When the doctor came to treat his injuries, it was too late.