The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

"Asshole! Kneel down before me!"

Ye Chuji was surprised and didn't understand why Ye Lanfeng was so angry.

"May I ask, Father? What did I do to displease you?"

Ye Lanfeng threw the document presented by Xiao Liqiu in front of Ye Chuji and said in a deep voice:

"look by youself!"

Ye Lanfeng picked up the document and saw what was on it. His face turned pale instantly and he knelt down quickly:

"Father, I am innocent! I have no idea what Dongshantou is. I beg you to understand me!"

It was clearly written in the document, but Ye Chuji still refused to admit it, which made Ye Lanfeng even angrier.

"Unfair? Who dares to wrong you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Ye Chuji pulled Ye Buhuo in without hesitation and said:

"It's Ye Buhuo! It must be him! The Black Iron Army is short of weapons, so he mined iron ore privately!"

Prime Minister Shen didn't know what happened at first. After hearing Ye Chuji's words, he realized that the matter of Dongshantou had been exposed. He quickly stood up and knelt down to excuse Ye Chuji:

"Your Majesty, the prince would never do such a thing. This must have been framed by a traitor!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Buhuo, the implication of his words was self-evident.

Ye Buhuo was not panicked at all. He glanced at him calmly and said:

"Prime Minister, please stop slandering me. I cannot stand being slandered by others."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lanfeng's expression did not improve, but became even uglier. After all, the Black Iron Army lacked weapons because the imperial court was slow to issue them. This was a tacit fact known to everyone, but when it was spoken out in public, Ye Lanfeng felt a little embarrassed.

"Eighth brother just reported to me not long ago that they found clues of iron ore in Beimo Pass. How could they mine it privately? I am not a fool! If you are looking for a scapegoat, find someone who can convince me!"

Ye Chuji didn't expect that Ye Buhuo had already offered iron ore to show his loyalty, so his move not only failed to drag Ye Buhuo into the water, but also made Ye Lanfeng even more angry. He started to cry out for injustice again:

"Father, you can't convict me based on just a piece of paper. I am indeed innocent!"

"Xiao Liqiu, where is the witness? Bring him up."

"Yes."

Soon, Shen Yi, wearing prison clothes, was brought up and knelt in front of Ye Lanfeng.

When Prime Minister Shen saw him, he was shocked. He didn't expect that Han Bing was dead, but he was still alive!

"Your Majesty, I, the guilty minister, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor..."

"okay."

Ye Lanfeng interrupted him impatiently, "Tell me what you know."

"I was ordered by the Prime Minister to escort grain and grass to Beimo Pass. On the way, I encountered bandits from Bufeng Town. Because I had received the Prime Minister's instructions in advance, I did not resist and let them take away my things. I also accidentally heard Han Bing say that he would send the things to Dongshantou."

Shen Yi was the person arranged by Prime Minister Shen. Ye Chuji didn't know him at all, so he was not too panicked when he saw him being brought up.

I didn't expect that he knew this matter so clearly!

Seeing that Shen Yi did not mention his name, Ye Chuji thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and prepared to push the matter onto Prime Minister Shen and try his best to clear himself.

"Father, this matter has nothing to do with me! It's all because of the Prime Minister..."

Before Ye Chuji could finish his words, he was interrupted by the queen who insisted on rushing in from outside the door.

Seeing this, the father-in-law quickly apologized:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really can't stop you!"

Ye Lanfeng waved his hand to let the eunuch leave, and said:

"The Queen has arrived at the right time. Look at the bastard you raised!"

The Queen had spies in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, and she rushed here just after hearing the news. Ye Chuji was her hope, and she couldn't bear to see Ye Chuji get into trouble over this matter, nor could she let Prime Minister Shen take the blame and sacrifice the entire Shen Mansion.

The only way is for her.

The queen walked to the center of the hall, knelt down, and said:

"This matter was done by me, my concubine. It has nothing to do with my father and the prince. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Ye Chuji could use Prime Minister Shen to marry off his biological sister, but he never thought of letting his mother take the blame for him.

"No, it's not! It has nothing to do with the Queen Mother!"

Queen Shen looked straight at Ye Lanfeng and said:

"I mined the iron mine at Dongshantou, I sent people to Bufengzhai, and even Han Bing was killed by people I sent."

The queen also named many people involved in this matter. If they had not known about it in advance, they would not have known it so clearly.

Seeing her kneeling there with a calm expression and no intention of repentance, Ye Lanfeng stood up angrily.

"So it's you! Shen Yuehua, you are the queen, why would you do such a treasonous thing?"

Shen Yuehua looked at Ye Lanfeng, laughed at herself and said:

"Your Majesty, do you really not know the reason?"

Hearing her words, Ye Lanfeng's eyes flickered, "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Shen Yuehua actually laughed a few times, and even laughed out loud.

"Oh, Your Majesty, do you really not know? If you hadn't favored that imperial concubine and her son and tried to depose my son time and again, why would I have gone to privately mine iron ore to exchange for silver to plan for my son?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten how the late emperor treated your late queen? Now you are going to do the same thing. How can I not hate you?"

The late emperor doted on Ye Buhuo and his mother, so he made a will to abandon Ye Lanfeng, the eldest son, and pass the throne to Ye Buhuo.

Ye Lanfeng hated the late emperor for a long time, but he followed in his footsteps step by step.

Ye Lanfeng knew that he was in the wrong, so his anger subsided a little, but he still said unhappily:

"Then you can't harm my world!"

Shen Yuehua originally wanted to come here to save Ye Chuji and the Shen family today, and she didn't want Ye Lanfeng to admit his mistake.

"I plead guilty. I only ask the emperor to consider that the prince's current situation is the same as your situation when you were young and not take away what he deserves!"

After saying this, without waiting for anyone else to react, Shen Yuehua pulled out the golden hairpin on her head and pierced her throat.

"Mother!"

Ye Chuji shouted and crawled to Shen Yuehua, hugged her in his arms, and called her with red eyes.

"Mother, mother, please don't scare me."

"Imperial Physician! Where's the Imperial Physician? Come here now!"

Blood gushed out from the wound, quickly staining the queen's gorgeous clothes. She wanted to speak but kept coughing up blood from her mouth.

Shen Yuehua touched his face with her bloody palm and said silently:

My son, this is the last thing your mother can do for you. You must sit in that position!

After saying this, Shen Yuehua completely lost her breath.

Shen Yuehua took sole responsibility for this matter, and she committed suicide in the main hall. There was no need to investigate further.

Back when Ye Lanfeng was still just a prince, he and Shen Yuehua also supported each other very much. Later, when he had the imperial concubine and Ye Jinan, he unknowingly neglected Shen Yuehua.

Until she died in front of him, all the memories of her in Ye Lanfeng's head came flooding back.