Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

As soon as the emperor recovered, the first thing he did when he went to court was to discuss the dethronement of the empress.

After this decision was made, there was complete silence.

When the second prince Xiao Haoze looked over, the few people he had met before lowered their heads and pretended not to see him.

His heart skipped a beat.

Something went wrong?

He was right.

Just the other day, Fu Lizhang took Yao Xun away and asked him which people in the court were cultivated by the queen.

At first he was still stubborn, but Fu Lizhang waved his hand and a soldier came over holding a long silver needle.

The soldier didn't say much. When Fu Lizhang nodded, he inserted the silver needle into Yao Xun's tailbone.

No one knew which acupuncture point had been pierced, but Yao Xun's throat felt as if someone had pinched it. He screamed so piercingly that he almost choked.

"Actually, I've already found out who they are," Fu Lizhang said calmly, sweeping his sleeves. "It doesn't matter whether you tell me or not."

He pulled out a list from his sleeve and threw it at Yao Xun. "Take a look at this. Don't think I'm lying to you. I'm afraid some of the names on this list are not even known to you as belonging to the Queen."

The pawn pulled out the silver needle and wiped the blood off it.

Yao Xun didn't know whether he was scared or in pain, his face was pale and beads of sweat the size of beans fell from his forehead.

The people on the list were indeed beyond his imagination. It was not that the Queen and Duke Chong were hiding it from him on purpose, but they thought he was too clueless and telling him would be useless.

"My people have already visited them one by one," Fu Lizhang gestured for the pawn to take the list and put it back into his sleeve pocket. He said expressionlessly, "Whether you tell me or not is actually meaningless. I won't ask you who they are. Now tell me what you have against them, and I want to hear if you are right. If you are right, I will consider letting you go. If not, you can continue to enjoy the silver needles until I deem what you say valuable."

Yao Xun closed his mouth and looked at him in horror.

Fu Lizhang raised his eyebrows, "Don't believe me?"

After saying that, he raised his hand, and a soldier holding a silver needle came up from behind.

Before Yao Xun could react, the injection made all his bones go limp.

It was a piercing pain. All the pains he could imagine combined were not even one tenth of this.

Seeing that his lips were pale from the pain, tears were streaming down his face, and he was almost out of breath, Fu Lizhang raised his hand again, and the soldier pulled out the needle, and took it to Yao Xun to wipe the blood off it.

"Aren't you going to tell me yet?" Fu Lizhang's tone was always calm, but what he did...

Yao Xun didn't dare to recall it. After finally catching his breath, he cried, "I said, I said..."

Less than half an hour later, Fu Lizhang sent people to secretly arrest the people that Yao Xun had entrusted, and then interrogated them separately.

In this way, they connected the dots one by one, using both deception and intimidation. Soon, one person confessed, another confessed, and more and more people were arrested, even exceeding the number recorded on the list.

After the interrogation, Fu Lizhang didn't say much. He just wanted to find evidence, not to paralyze the court.

With these handles, are you still afraid that they will dare to pursue their own selfish interests and not work hard for the emperor?

At the morning court session, the emperor announced his intention to depose the empress. Censor Cui was the first to speak out, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. We, your subjects, will wholeheartedly support your decision. Long live the emperor."

Next came Marquis Guan Yong, "Your Majesty is wise, and we will fully support your decision."

Fang Yao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress is a man of few virtues. She has colluded with the rebellious Consort Liu to persecute the concubines in the palace. I implore Your Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation into her crimes, confiscate her Phoenix Seal, strip her of her authority, and immediately confine her to Fengyi Palace until her fate is decided."

Xiao Haoze was staggering, his legs were weak and he could hardly stand.

thump.

He knelt down and said, "Father, there must be a misunderstanding. I believe that Mother will not..."

When he looked up, he saw the emperor staring at him coldly with a stern look on his face, and he was suddenly choked with words.

None of the people I have contacted came forward to plead for my mother. Don’t they fear those handles?

No, absolutely not.

There must be someone who can pose a greater threat to them.

Apart from my mother and myself, who is the person that so many court officials fear?

He looked at the emperor's cold face, and a chill ran up from his heels. His hair stood on end and his body trembled involuntarily.

"Second brother, your marriage to the eldest daughter of the Yao family has been arranged long ago. Now your eldest brother has also chosen a princess consort. After your eldest brother's wedding, it will be your turn with the third brother. As for you, you are all grown up, and it is not cheap to live in the capital all the time. If you feel that the capital is not satisfactory, I can choose a fiefdom for you. How about it?"

Five thunderstorms hit the top.

Xiao Haoze felt as if something had exploded in his brain, and a suffocating feeling surged into his heart like a tide.

He looked at the emperor in disbelief, his lips moving but unable to utter a word.

Once the fiefdom is chosen, the prince will leave the capital after his wedding, and the position of crown prince will become further and further away from him.

How could he be willing to do this?