The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Faced with these ferocious imperial guards, the Li family members were simply terrified!

Li Jihuan and Chen Anran, mother and son, couldn't help but complain to Huang Suqiu, "It's all your fault! That troublemaker in your family is trying to kill all of us."

"I thought it was some kind of favor letter! Our Li family is finished now."

Old Lady Li had seen a lot of ups and downs after all. The current situation was not right and she really had no choice.

Gritting his teeth and swearing a rage, he immediately stepped out from the crowd and shouted at the empress, "Your Majesty! We are truly unaware of Li Jize's affairs! The Li family has been a family of loyal heroes for generations, and my husband also died for the Great Qi! How could they allow the descendants of such a traitor to appear? Your Majesty, please investigate!"

After saying this, Old Lady Li knelt down on the ground. Following her lead, Chen Anran and Li Jihuan, mother and son, also knelt down together.

Don't even say it...

An old lady knelt in front of him, crying out her life's past. How many people in the Li family had sacrificed for Da Qi? Her husband also died for Da Qi!

Just these words really made the empress wake up!

Li Jize is a beast, a jerk!

It can only be said that the Li family has an unfilial son. What does it have to do with the Li family? They have been loyal ministers of Da Qi for generations. How much have they sacrificed for Da Qi?

She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and her eyes stayed on Huang Suqiu's face.

Old Lady Li’s move of “sacrificing the rook to save the king” was really a beautiful one!

She had distanced herself from the Li family and Li Jize, but Huang Suqiu was embarrassed. If a son is not well educated, it is the fault of the father! His father, Li Jin, was a loyal minister. He would sacrifice his son without hesitation just because of the empress's dream.

So who is responsible?

Of course it’s your responsibility, Huang Suqiu!

As the saying goes, Meng's mother moved three times to support her husband and raise her children. That's right! It's all Huang Suqiu's fault!

Thinking of this, the empress glared at Huang Suqiu fiercely and said coldly, "Huang Suqiu! The traitor Li Jize is your son. Do you know your crime?"

The emperor roared, and everyone at the scene turned their eyes to look at Huang Suqiu.

Huang Suqiu knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face as she said, "I know I'm wrong! Your Majesty, all the mistakes are my fault as a mother who failed to teach my child well. Ji Ze really has no intention of rebelling! Young people will always go astray. Your Majesty, if you want to punish someone, punish me! Please give Ji Ze one more chance, he will definitely change his ways."

"Reformed?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress clasped her hands behind her back and sneered in frustration, "I've given him so many chances! He goes further and further each time. How can I tolerate him?"

Speaking of which...

The Empress waved her hand and shouted angrily, "No matter who else is involved! Drag this criminal, Huang Suqiu, to the death row and await execution!"

She was so angry!

Li Jize, a minister, actually dared to threaten the emperor! He threatened me to be the commander-in-chief of the army!

Does he think I can't do anything to him?

Does he think that I dare not touch his mother and wife?

If there is no bloodshed today, I am afraid that the majesty of the emperor will be gone.

"Yes!"

The imperial guards agreed and were about to drag Huang Suqiu away and put her in the death row.

Unexpectedly...

"Your Majesty!"

At this critical moment, the son-in-law Wang Tongjiao knelt down and cried loudly: "Your Majesty! If you want to punish someone, then punish me! This matter has nothing to do with Madam Li, you must not lay a hand on her!"

Ok?

The empress was stunned upon hearing this. She frowned and said with a hint of displeasure, "You are joking, Prince Consort! All of this is the work of the traitor Li Jize. What does it have to do with you?"

Wang Tongjiao burst into tears, "Your Majesty! It was...it was I who offered the position of Grand Marshal as a bribe in order to trick Li Jize into sending troops!"

what?

All of a sudden, everyone looked at the imperial concubine Wang Tongjiao, even the empress was stunned.

What? Wasn't the position of Grand Marshal of the Army something Li Jize asked for? Was it you, Wang Tongjiao, who gave it to him?

"How dare you, Wang Tongjiao! As a son-in-law, interfering in government affairs is already a violation of our ancestral teachings. Now you dare to forge an imperial decree? How can you give me the position of Grand Marshal of the Army?"

Minister of Rites Kong Youxiang immediately stepped forward, bowed to the emperor, and shouted, "Your Majesty! This Wang Tongjiao is, at best, a false imperial decree, and at worst, an act of usurpation! He's acting in the Emperor's service, and I believe he should be executed!"

"Ah this..."

The empress choked. She really didn't expect things to turn out this way.

She really didn't expect that the prince consort would take the blame on himself in order to protect Li Jize's mother!

As for why?

The Empress has no chance at all!

What do you think would be the consequences if Li Jize’s mother Huang Suqiu was beheaded?

Li Jize should be a little timid, turn around and take his troops back to Haojing, and watch the million-strong army break into the capital! This city will definitely be massacred.

If Li Jize were more aggressive, he might have rebelled directly, or even joined the rebel army and attacked the capital together with Li Zhenbei.

The son-in-law Wang Tongjiao was not saving Li Jize's mother, he was saving the empress and the entire royal family.

"Your Majesty! These are extraordinary times, and the prince consort has the audacity to falsely convey the imperial edict. Punishment alone will not quell public anger!"

"Your Majesty, please kill Wang Tongjiao!"

At that moment, all the civil and military ministers stood up, just like when "Li Jize should be executed", and asked His Majesty to kill the son-in-law!

These people have something fishy in their stomachs!

They were going to let Li Jize lead his troops to the capital. Just like how they treated Li Jize in the past! Now that he has led his troops to the capital, how can he still get any benefit from them in the future?

What's more...

Li Zhenbei has a million-strong army. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to change their boss early on? Why do they have to pretend all day long for this brainless bitch?

The empress was in a dilemma for a moment. Encouraged by everyone, she squinted her eyes and looked at Wang Tongjiao! She really thought that her husband was a traitor!

Why did he promise Li Jize to be the Grand Marshal of the Army?

"Prince Consort! What did I tell you before you left? How could you forge an imperial decree and claim the position of Grand Marshal of the Armies?"

The empress was in a very confused mood and could only stare at her husband and question him coldly.

But at this moment...

Prince Consort Wang Tongjiao, however, burst into tears and wailed, "Your Majesty! You offered the condition that if Li Jize came to rescue, he would be made an imperial duke. But... he was completely unmoved! If I hadn't offered him the position of Grand Marshal, how could he have sent troops to rescue us?"

In one sentence, he slapped the empress hard in the face.

The subtext of the prince consort's words, in modern terms, is, why? Don't you have any idea?

You think the status of the emperor, the husband of the empress, is valuable? But Li Jize doesn't care!