The reason was that soon after Prince Yu had forced his wife to death, he couldn't wait to marry a new wife. Because of her prominent family background, her father and brother naturally couldn't swallow this humiliation, so they gathered their strength and finally launched a coup, capturing Prince Yu alive and planning to take his head as a sacrifice during the Hundred Flowers Festival.

When this memorial was received, the Hundred Flowers Festival had already passed for several days, and I'm afraid Prince Yu had already died.

Hongli closed the memorial and sighed deeply.

At this time, Jinzhong presented another letter and said leisurely, "Your Majesty, this is also from Yu Shi. The servant who delivered the letter said that he must hand it to you personally."

Hongli took the envelope, opened it and looked at it carefully.

The content of the letter was very long. After Hongli finished reading it, he looked annoyed and slammed the table and stood up, scaring Jinzhong and Jinbao, his personal servants, to kneel down.

This letter came from the new king of the Yu clan. After reading it, Hongli realized that Yuyan wasn't a noblewoman of the Yu clan at all, but an abandoned baby the old prince had found somewhere. Seeing her beauty, he took her to his side and raised her. Fifteen years later, they sent her to the Qing dynasty, where she entered Prince Bao's mansion and became a princess. Crucially, Yuyan had been entangled with the Yu clan prince before her arrival. If it weren't for the greater good, Yuyan would likely have already become his wife.

Yu was so bold that she actually sent such a dirty woman to him.

Hongli clutched the letter, his voice indifferent as he called out, "Jinzhong, pass down the decree to depose Consort Jia and demote her to a commoner. The Fourth Prince has bad behavior, and his mother is a vile person. The Fourth Prince will be adopted by Yinzhen and removed from the palace immediately."

"Your Majesty..." Jinbao looked up at Hongli and thought to himself, what could be so serious? Not only did he depose Concubine Jia, but he even didn't want his own son.

But Hongli was the master, so Jinbao didn't dare to say much.

Jinzhong received the order and went out.

Yongsheng was completely bewildered when he received the decree. Yongzhang was incompetent, and his other brothers were still young. If Hongli adopted him as his heir, who would he be able to rely on in the future? The lame man in the imperial mausoleum?

He didn't believe it, so he stood up, snatched the imperial edict from Jinzhong's hand, and ran towards Qixiang Palace.

When he arrived at Qixiang Palace, the palace servants were just moving things from the palace. Yuyan was already a commoner, so naturally she could no longer enjoy the treatment of a noble concubine.

The palace servants who took advantage of the situation also began to add insult to injury, "My lady, please stay away. Be careful not to get hurt."

Yuyan's fingers trembled with anger, "You...you..."

Li Xin supported her and said worriedly, "Young Master..."

"Mother..."

Yongcheng glanced around, finally set his eyes on Yuyan in the center of the courtyard, and then ran away.

Yuyan seemed to see hope, hugged Yongcheng and cried, "Yongcheng."

Yongcheng: "Mother, the Emperor has decreed the removal of my yellow sash and adopted me to my twelfth grandfather, Yin Tao. Mother, why is this? What have I done wrong?"

Hearing Yongsheng's words, Yuyan was struck by lightning. She had thought that even if Hongli had exposed her past misdeeds, she still had Yongsheng. Yongsheng was highly regarded by Hongli, and when he became emperor, he would naturally release her, and all the grievances she had endured would be worth it. But now she was told that Yongsheng had been stripped of his yellow belt, which meant that he would no longer have a chance of becoming emperor.

No, she couldn't just watch this happen and do nothing.

She wanted to ask Hongli to revoke his decision.

Unfortunately, Jinzhong arrived before the mother and son left Qixiang Palace. He raised his hand to block the way of Yuyan and her son.

Yuyan frowned and said, "How dare you stop me? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

Jinzhong curled his lips and smiled, "Of course I want to live. After all, there's only one life. But Your Majesty... Oh, no, Jin, you've been demoted to a commoner. Since you're a commoner, you should recognize your status. From now on, Qixiang Palace will be your cold palace. Don't dream of anything else."

"Fourth Prince, please..."

Yongsheng was unwilling to leave.

Jinzhong saw this and ordered the guards to forcibly separate the two. Yongcheng refused to give up and cried for them to let Yuyan go. After Yuyan was thrown into the bedroom, the guards took out the lock and locked the door. But even so, Yongcheng continued to bang on the door, "Mother, I will go and beg the emperor, he will definitely let you out."

Yuyan no longer cared about Hongli. She knew Hongli's temper. Once he made a decision, how could he let her go easily?

Then she thought of Yu Shi, and leaned against the door and shouted, "Don't be afraid, Yongsheng. Yu Shi will definitely not give up on mother. When the time comes, mother will write to the prince and ask the emperor to cancel the decree. The emperor will definitely forgive mother for your sake. Then you can ask the prince to recommend you to be the emperor, and we will get through this. Yongsheng, promise mother that when you ascend the throne, you must reward Yu Shi generously and treat the prince well..."

Yongcheng stopped crying.

Now that they have come, they can hardly protect themselves, and Yuyan only has Yu in her heart, and the heartless prince who only cares about her future and sent her to this cruel palace.

At this moment, he suddenly realized, does her mother really love them brothers?

Or were they merely tools in Yuyan's heart to vie for favor and the throne? He had once envied Yongqi, but at that time he didn't understand why he should envy Yongqi, who had nothing, when he had his mother's love and the emperor's respect. Now he understood: he had envied Yongqi's freedom. Although Yongqi had lost his mother, he had a good mother who truly loved him. On the other hand, he...

At this moment, all emotions erupted. Yongcheng slowly stood up and shouted at Yuyan inside the gate, "Yushi, it's Yushi again, Mother, is that the only man in your heart? The Emperor hates others coveting the throne, but you keep asking me to fight for it. Are we just tools in your fight for the throne? Mother, it's been more than 20 years, you should have come to your senses, right? Has that man ever thought of you?"

Yongsheng had previously looked down on Ruyi, thinking that she, as the empress, dared to have an affair with someone else. But now, looking at Yuyan, his stomach churned even more. With a mother like that, he might as well be adopted as someone else's grandson. Yongsheng wiped his tears and ran out without looking back.

Li Xin: "Fourth Prince..."

Yuyan said anxiously: "Yongcheng...it's not like that. Mother loves you, Yongcheng..."

No matter how Yuyan shouted, Yongsheng never turned back.

After Yuyan was deposed, she lived alone in Qixiang Palace for two years. After Yongsheng was adopted, Hongli gave Irgen Jueluo to Yongsheng as his wife.

The bond between mother and child is severed.

Yuyan never saw her children again until her death.

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