Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 391

Mo Chonggui accepted the imperial decree and offered a suggestion: "Your Majesty, I suggest that we put poison or venomous insects inside these heads. Even if they don't reach the Emperor of Western Qi, we can at least gain some Western Qi officials. Western Qi sent people to cause trouble in Bei Yi, and we can't suffer this loss for nothing. We must return the favor and give them some kind of response."

The Emperor was overjoyed: "Excellent idea! Minister Mo is indeed clever. We will do as you say!"

Mo Chonggui then inquired, "What about the Grand Princess Pingkang...?"

The emperor hesitated for only a moment before sneering, "With her countless crimes, if I were to grant her any leniency, how could I face the thousands of subjects of Bei Yi!"

He said coldly, "Issue an imperial decree to strip the Grand Princess of Pingkang of her title, remove her from the imperial family genealogy, demote her to a commoner, and reclaim the Grand Princess's residence and all her property!"

Princess Pingkang had just seen that Shen Lingjun had actually cured the emperor and the others of the poison. She realized that her trump card was no longer useful, and her previous arrogance had vanished. She stood to the side, her face pale and filled with unease.

Upon hearing the emperor's decree, she was immediately terrified and cried out.

"Your Majesty! You can't do this to me! I am the late Emperor's savior. Before he passed away, he entrusted me with protecting him for the rest of my life. How can you go against his last wish! If the late Emperor is watching over me from heaven, he would never allow me to suffer such a fate!"

The emperor sneered: "Oh, then go to the underworld and complain to the late emperor, let him come up and teach me a lesson!"

He was truly fed up with being constantly referred to as the late emperor!

If the late emperor had known what the Grand Princess Pingkang had done, he didn't believe he wouldn't have wanted to kill her!

Besides, he was simply following the late emperor's dying wish, and he didn't harm a single hair on Princess Pingkang's head!

As for what will become of Princess Pingkang after she loses her noble status, her residence, and her property, leaving her all alone, that is none of his business!

As he spoke, the emperor remembered something else.

"By the way, I can grant you a favor. Didn't you desperately want Song Yong to return to the capital? You even went so far as to rebel for it. Since you're so devoted, I'll grant your wish and let Song Yong come back!"

Princess Pingkang was stunned for a moment.

The emperor actually agreed to her request?

Why did you agree to it now?

Before she could figure it out, the emperor had already ordered the palace servants to strip her of all her valuable clothes and jewelry and banish her from the palace.

At this time, the morning light was faint, and the sky was already beginning to brighten.

This palace coup has finally come to an end.

The more than one thousand private soldiers who infiltrated the palace were all arrested and will be executed at a later date.

Chu Jinxun and over a hundred members of the Chu family were the first to be sent to the guillotine, to prevent any unforeseen complications or escapes.

The palace was being cleaned up of the mess left from last night. Mo Chonggui saw Shen Lingjun off as she left the palace.

Shen Wei, Madam Wen, and Shen Jingyang were all waiting outside the palace for Shen Lingjun to come out. Seeing that she seemed to be alright, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Lingjun was exhausted at this moment, and simply told his family that he was safe and sound, and smiled:

"It's all over now. The Emperor is unharmed, and Chu Jinxun and Princess Pingkang have both been brought to justice. There were few casualties in the palace, and the harem has not been affected. Consort Jing and the Ninth Prince are also safe."

Shen Wei nodded and said to Mo Chonggui, "Chief Supervisor Mo, you worked hard last night. It is thanks to the Eastern Depot that this palace coup was suppressed in time, otherwise the capital would have been in great chaos."

When Shen Wei heard that Chu Jinxun was going to force the emperor to abdicate in favor of the young prince, he was even mentally prepared to lead an uprising.

Fortunately, it didn't really come to that.

Mo Zhonggui's face showed little emotion; he simply said, "You can escort Madam Shen back to the Yongning Marquis's residence. I'm going back too."

Shen Lingjun glanced at Mo Zhonggui several times, wanting to say something, but dared not speak.

Ever since she learned why Mo Chonggui hated her, she didn't know how to face him.