After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

The emperor remained unmoved.

"Your Majesty, I gave birth to the Third Princess and raised the Second Prince for you. For the sake of these two children..."

Concubine Tong burst into tears, hoping that the emperor would change his mind.

The emperor didn't say anything, but Qing Yan suddenly spoke.

"What a coincidence, Father, I recently discovered a past event. The Second Prince's mother, Concubine Jing, did not die with such a clear conscience."

The records of the Imperial Hospital stated that she died suddenly, but Concubine Jing had a personal maid who was released from the palace more than ten years ago and was later brought back by Qing Yan.

"The maid said that Concubine Jing had always been in good health, but she caught a cold. The medicine she took made her health worse, and she died suddenly within half a month. After she left the palace, she took the prescription that Concubine Jing had taken to the doctor, who said it was incompatible with her pulse and would only aggravate her condition."

"I remember now. When Concubine Jing died suddenly, the Second Prince was only two years old. Concubine Tong had her pulse checked a year ago and was told that giving birth to the Third Princess had damaged her body and she would never be able to conceive again. Later, the Second Prince was brought to Concubine Tong's side."

The one who spoke was the old nanny of the Concubine Dowager.

If that nanny had not followed the concubine for her entire life, many people would have remembered her. They would have thought she was the prince's person, as her timing in responding to questions was so clever.

"Nonsense, what do you mean? Do you suspect that Jingpin's sudden death has something to do with me?"

Lady Tong roared in panic.

But the next moment, two old women covered her mouth with rags.

Qing Yan said, "As for the palace maid, I have already sent someone to the Ministry of Justice."

The Minister of Justice... He didn't really want to take the job, and this matter wasn't his responsibility.

No matter how much they investigate, it's all about the filth in the emperor's harem. As a lowly official, how can he have a good life if he knows about the scandal of his superior?

The emperor obviously didn't want his court officials to get involved in such matters.

"Nonsense, just send him to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The head of the Imperial Household Department is Eunuch Fu, who is equivalent to the emperor's own people investigating.

Qing Yan nodded and said he would not force it. Sending it to the Ministry of Justice was just talk.

"Father, you must give the Second Brother an explanation soon."

The emperor didn't want to pay attention to him. Even after the prince recovered from his illness, he was still so irritating.

Why don't you tell him this in private? Why do you have to say it in public?

He cleared his throat.

"The Eleventh Prince, Princess Yiyang, and Concubine Tong for forcibly entering the Eastern Palace and colliding with the Dowager Concubine's coffin will each receive twenty strokes of the cane. The servants around them who failed to admonish their masters will all be beaten to death."

In a word, many people will die today.

"Father, during the day, the Prince Consort and the Third Prince also came to the East Palace and wanted to see me. How about I send someone to ask them what they want from me?"

Qingyan had a pure and innocent look on his face.

In fact, I don’t want to let go of an opponent.

The emperor was helpless: "The Third Prince and his wife disturbed the Crown Prince, and they shall be punished with ten strokes of the cane."

The sun was shining brightly, and the matter seemed to have ended a bit hastily, but in fact it had just begun.

Not to mention the weak Eleventh Prince who was used as a gun, Princess Yiyang was caned for the first time in her life. After twenty strokes of the cane, she lost all her dignity.

After hearing about this, Princess Mingzhu went to the palace in person and thought that the emperor's punishment was too light, so she requested that the Princess of Yiyang be demoted to the Princess of a County.

The emperor agreed without hesitation.

In fact, the emperor had only placed his aunt under house arrest and caning before to give her face. But after the eldest princess expressed her stance, the emperor went with the flow, preserving the relationship between the aunt and niece while punishing Yiyang.

When the Princess of Yiyang heard the news, she couldn't believe it. Her back was already hurting, and she fainted from crying due to the excitement.

When she woke up again, she saw her mother.

Princess Mingzhu said coldly, "Do you know you are wrong?"

The Princess of Yiyang felt very aggrieved.

"Mother, your daughter was beaten like this, and you didn't care about me. You even took my title of princess and asked for my punishment. Are you still my mother?"

"Now that you know Fang Nanzhi's existence, do you think I'm dispensable to you?"

After all, Fang Nanzhi looks more like his father.

I really can't accept it. She is my father's daughter, but her appearance is not as good as Fang Nanzhi. Why?

Princess Mingzhu couldn't stand it any longer and slapped her.

"Who taught you that nonsense?"

The Princess of Yiyang covered her face and shed tears silently.

The hatred in her heart was growing wildly. For Fang Nanzhi, her mother had beaten her twice.

Her mother should have belonged to her alone. Why didn't Fang Nanzhi and those people from the Chen family all die and stay away from her and her mother!

Princess Mingzhu didn't know what she was thinking and thought she knew she was wrong.

"Yiyang, you are my daughter, no one else can compare to you!"

"But I warned you not to get involved in the fight for the throne. What did you do? How dare you break into the Eastern Palace?"

Princess Mingzhu felt a chill when she thought of this.

My daughter lives in the Cining Palace. She definitely couldn't hide her breaking into the Eastern Palace from the people in the Cining Palace, but the empress dowager didn't send anyone to stop her. What does this mean?

Also, she knew that Yiyang was a child who was usually afraid of the prince and would never think of provoking him.

She checked the servants around her daughter, and the emperor also sent someone to deliver the interrogation statements, and found Concubine Hui.

It was Concubine Hui. She had a few words with Yiyang, saying that now that the crown prince was gone, the country bumpkin Fang Nanzhi had lost his support.

Concubine Hui had a son and a daughter. The Sixth Princess was still young and had not yet married. The Eighth Prince was frail and had been raised at his maternal grandparents' home.

Logically speaking, Concubine Hui should not have the intention of letting her son seize the throne, and the Eighth Prince's health is not suitable, so why would he get involved in such a thing?

The water in the palace is too muddy, and Princess Mingzhu doesn't want her daughter to get involved.

Unfortunately, the Princess of Yiyang was destined not to appreciate her sincerity.

Let’s talk about Lady Tong.

She gave birth to the third princess, and her father Tong Youzhi was the Duke of Tong.

Tong Youzhi was a hereditary noble. His father had made great contributions and was granted the title of Duke by the late emperor.

At that time, the Duke of Tong's Mansion was extremely prosperous and he really held the real power.

The Tong family is also considered a noble family. If not first-rate, then second-rate at least.

But Tong Youzhi was a mediocre man, and the Duke's Mansion became somewhat quiet after he took over.

But he has a unique ability, he is smooth! He has countless friends, both from humble backgrounds and from aristocratic families, and they all give him face.

In recent years, Tong Youzhi has actually acted as a mediator between the emperor and the aristocratic families.

Sometimes the emperor would use radical means to attack the aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families would retaliate. After the two sides had fought back and forth, Tong Youzhi would need to step in.

Therefore, the emperor still needs the Tong family, and Concubine Tong will not be sent to the cold palace or anything like that.

But Concubine Tong's years of management in the harem were all gone, the phoenix seal she was in charge of was taken away, and what awaited her was the revenge of the concubines in the harem.

More importantly, the Second Prince, the core of all her schemes, might not be able to work in the same mind with her in the future.

Firstly, she had lost power, and secondly, the death of Concubine Jing was brought up again. The Crown Prince's words were spoken in public, and the Second Prince had plenty of ways to find out.

In other words, some people tried every possible means to let the Second Prince know.

By then, there will definitely be a rift between the Second Prince and Concubine Tong.

Another thing is that the third princess has relied on Concubine Tong's favor over the years to win over many people and do many things.

It’s hard to say what will happen to these people in the future.