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

The emperor and the crown prince had naturally anticipated these results long ago. Their original goal was to affect the entire body through a single move.

The third princess's husband was also punished with caning. Outsiders could see that the third princess had lost her power and displeased His Majesty.

As for the Third Prince, the ten strokes of the cane were a warning to him, and it also showed that he was not deeply involved.

The fire in the East Palace and the assassination had nothing to do with him.

This was due to his cowardice. Although he wanted to see what the prince was like, he didn't dare to use any force.

However, after being beaten, the Third Prince completely took his anger out on Su Qingya.

He shouldn't have listened to this stupid woman.

Su Qingya didn't expect that her first plan for the third prince would fail.

Who knew the prince would pretend to be dead? He was ill and couldn't be cured by the Imperial Hospital, and was said to be dying, but he went to the Fang family and Fang Nanzhi cured him?

Su Qingya even started to wonder if Fang Nanzhi had also traveled through time. Was she the destined daughter?

But thinking about their past interactions, she dispelled this doubt.

Su Qingya was not in a hurry. She sent someone to deliver a set of sophisticated blueprints for the production of firearms to the third prince.

She believed that the Third Prince would see her value.

But Su Qingya was very confused deep down in her heart. She chose the third prince because she thought that after the crown prince died, the third prince would have a great chance of ascending the throne.

She wanted to take advantage of the Third Prince's divorce, change her name and surname to become his queen, and take control of power.

But now that the crown prince is healthy, is it still useful for her to help the third prince?

She didn't know, but she had to go all the way. She wanted to personally watch the destruction of Prince Ning's Mansion and the Earl's Mansion.

The only key figure who did not appear in the Eastern Palace incident was Cen Huo.

The commander of the imperial guards, Cen Huo, was secretly detained and interrogated, and died after three days of torture.

Cen Huo was the emperor's confidant, but when something happened in the East Palace, he was late, which was a sign of his attitude.

Also, it is ridiculous that an assassin could break into the palace. The palace walls are extremely high, the palace gates are guarded at every level, and there are patrols everywhere in the palace. What kind of assassin could get in?

Unless, he is from the palace.

It was easy to find the culprit behind the incident, Cen. He asked his trusted imperial guards to pretend to be assassins and lure away Deputy General Yan and the others.

Including the palace maid who committed the assassination, she was also Cen Huo's man.

But why did Cen Huo betray the emperor? He refused to say. Even after eighteen kinds of torture were used, he still refused to speak and died with the secret.

This matter also involves a dead person who is used as a pawn.

And Toffee.

This is a very interesting person. She is not only half-master of Concubine Tong, but also the Empress Dowager's person.

This matter was hidden very deeply. When the late emperor was alive and the concubine was in favor, she and the empress dowager had also been at odds with each other.

Who could have known that it was all fake?

The Concubine Dowager was a pawn to win over the emperor. She had no children in her life, and to show her loyalty, she drank a sterilizing drug.

So, if we think about this in context, why did the Concubine He go to such great lengths to help Concubine Tong gain favor? Was it because she wanted a daughter to be her daughter? Impossible.

The only possibility is that the Queen Mother ordered it.

This was one of the ways the Empress Dowager secretly wanted to control Concubine Tong and influence the Emperor.

The Queen Mother is not as wise as she appears to be.

Oh, by the way, the Concubine Dowager was in good condition. She didn’t die of a serious illness. She was secretly executed by the Emperor.

The old nanny beside the concubine saw her master die with her own eyes. In order to save her life, she of course cooperated with everything.

After the burial of Concubine Dowager He, the emperor sent the old nanny to the Cining Palace.

It is said that the Empress Dowager is short of manpower without Nanny Fang, and the old Nanny is good at massage.

With just this one action, the Empress Dowager understood that the Emperor knew everything.

The Queen Mother felt cold all over, and her body, which kept "falling ill" from time to time, seemed to be really failing.

This time I was so sick that I couldn't eat and had vomiting and diarrhea.

The emperor did not go to visit the patient, but asked Prince Ning to go.

On the same day, the Queen Mother issued an edict to reprimand Prince Ning and also sent someone to convey the message that Prince Ning's fiefdom would be reduced by half.

Don’t forget that the incident of Prince Ning causing the emperor to faint from anger has not yet passed.

Although several important officials already knew that the emperor was pretending to faint, this kind of thing can only be understood but not expressed in words.

Prince Ning, who disrespected the monarch, must be punished.

Of course, this all happened in the next few days.

Back to that day, during the morning court session, the prince appeared intact, which almost shocked the court officials.

Only those who were related to the Crown Prince, such as the Minister of Personnel, were the happiest.

And Meng Yi was also in a good mood.

The morning court ended rather dully, but after it ended, important officials such as Yue Zhongchi, as well as the Minister of Personnel, Meng Yi and several others were left behind.

The emperor went to the Ministry of Punishment with them.

Aunt Hua was tied to the torture device and was almost unrecognizable.

But she was still conscious.

Mainly, during these days, someone has been applying medicine to her and serving her meals.

Yue Zhongchi and the others were a little confused, but they didn't ask any questions.

"Go ahead."

The emperor looked at her and said coldly.

Aunt Hua cooperated numbly.

"I was carefully trained by the Wang family and sent to the palace with great effort. I am the same as Madam Fang who assassinated Doctor Fang."

The first sentence he said stunned Yue Zhongchi and the others.

Wang family, which Wang family?

Several people looked at the Minister of Revenue, Wang Jilai together.

Wang Jilai lifted his official robe and knelt down: "Your Majesty, this is slander, I didn't know..."

"Why are you so anxious, Lord Wang? Just listen to what she has to say."

The emperor suppressed his words.

"There are twelve more members of the Wang family, just like Aunt Fang and I."

"The fourteen of us entered the palace for the Wang family and for our master—Wang Ruolan."

"When His Majesty first ascended the throne, he was choosing a queen. It was rumored that a daughter of the Wang family had an 80% chance, and the Wang family also believed that they would produce a queen."

"Miss Ruolan fell in love with His Majesty at first sight, so the Wang family naturally had to lay the groundwork early on."

Wang Jilai's face looked extremely ugly.

But I didn't dare interrupt.

"But unexpectedly, His Majesty only gave the young lady the title of Consort, and someone else became the Queen. After that, the young lady couldn't let it go, thinking that the Queen had used dirty tricks to steal her position."

"The young lady repeatedly framed the queen. The queen was very cautious and avoided them one by one. The last time, the young lady wanted to find someone to ruin the queen's reputation."

"Originally, someone was arranged to enter the palace pretending to be a eunuch. The Queen had already seen through the plan but did not expose it. She even played along and sent the person to the young lady's palace."

"The young lady was caught in bed with that man... The emperor found a pretext for inappropriate behavior in the palace and banished her to the cold palace."

"When the Wang family found out about this, they acquiesced. It was better than directly publicizing the loss of a daughter of the Wang family."

Everyone looked at Wang Jilai again.

Wang Jilai's face turned black and then white, white and then green, and green and then red.

He couldn't understand why they had reached a tacit understanding with His Majesty back then, but now everything was revealed.

"The young lady is determined to die, but she is pregnant." Nanny Hua continued.

Everyone was a little surprised.

"The child belongs to His Majesty!"