latelenovela Chapter 273: False Imperial Edict
Chapter 273: False Imperial Edict
In the imperial study, the emperor suddenly threw the memorial to the ground, scaring all the palace servants to kneel down.
"It seems that Lord Mo is dissatisfied with my decision!" The emperor suppressed his anger and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
Prime Minister Mo was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and wiped his sweat: "Your humble servant dare not, your humble servant deserves death."
"I wonder why His Majesty said this?"
"See for yourself!"
Prime Minister Mo picked up the memorial on the ground and became more and more shocked the more he read it. Someone actually forged the imperial edict to deliver food and fodder to Chen'er?
No wonder the emperor would be the first to suspect him!
If he were the emperor, he would also have such suspicions, but this was not done by him, and he was really wronged.
"Your Majesty, please understand this matter clearly. This humble servant was not responsible."
"Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to forge an imperial decree."
"Your Majesty, please understand."
The Emperor stared at Prime Minister Mo's face for a long time: "Don't you blame me for giving up your husband?"
"I dare not." Prime Minister Mo was terrified and nodded his forehead to the ground.
Just then, a young eunuch came in from outside the door and said that Princess Qinghe wanted to see her.
The emperor looked annoyed. He knew that his willful daughter came for Mo Lingchen again.
He has been really troubled by her these days.
Chu Qinghe, supported by the palace maids, walked weakly into the imperial study.
"My son, I will meet my father."
The emperor was in a bad mood, but he couldn't bear to see his daughter so ill.
"No need to kneel."
"Go get the princess a chair."
"Yes."
"Thank you, Father, but I am here to apologize today."
Jin Mudan knelt down after saying this. "I, your son, have falsely conveyed the imperial decree and sent food and fodder to your husband. I hope he can hold out until the people are evacuated and then lead his troops to a safe retreat."
"Falsifying the imperial edict is a heinous crime. I plead guilty. Please, Father, I beg you to punish me."
The emperor widened his eyes in disbelief. It was her?
boom!
The emperor was furious and grabbed the teacup at hand and smashed it to the ground, scaring Eunuch Wei and others to kneel down.
"It's you?"
"You...you...are so audacious, lawless, and reckless."
"Do you think that because you are seriously ill, I cannot bear to punish you?"
"Do you know what crime it is to falsely convey an imperial decree?"
Jin Mudan was still kneeling on the ground, her voice neither humble nor arrogant: "Your son knows that if you falsely convey the imperial edict, you should be beheaded."
"Anyway, I won't live for many more days. If you really have the heart, then just execute me."
Seeing her fearless attitude, the emperor was furious, his eyes widened, his heart heaving: "How dare you threaten me?"
"Do you really think I dare not punish you?"
Jin Mudan laughed sarcastically, deliberately provoking the emperor: "Oh, of course you dare. You are the emperor, the whole world belongs to you, what is there that you dare not do?"
"The life of the prince consort and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are not worth mentioning to you."
"If you want to sacrifice, then sacrifice. If you want to give up, then give up..."
"The lives of tens of thousands of people depend on just one thought. You are truly remarkable!"
"I am only a woman. I don't have your broad mind, nor can I care about the world. I only want to save my husband's life. Is that wrong?"
"Father, have you been emperor for so long that you've become a god, thinking you can dominate everything and no longer value human life?"
"But don't forget, you were also an ordinary citizen twenty years ago. You were not born an emperor. You stole this kingdom from others."
"What are you doing now? How is it different from the tyrant rulers of the previous dynasty?!"
The most taboo and unacceptable thing for an emperor is to be regarded as a tyrant!
Jin Mudan's last words touched the emperor's sore spot, and even he could not forgive her even if she was his own daughter.
What's more, she was the one who made the mistake first!
The emperor's eyes were bloodshot with anger, his chest heaving violently, and he was gasping for breath: "Come here, drag this rebellious girl away and chop her up, chop her up!"
When Concubine Jing broke into the imperial study, she just heard the emperor's roar.
She was so frightened that she stumbled and rolled to protect Chu Qinghe: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. He'er is still young and doesn't understand."
"I will definitely educate her well in the future."
"Your Majesty, please don't punish her. This child is seriously ill and is suffering from pain every day. Naturally, she is in a bad mood, which is why she is talking nonsense."
Jin Mudan pushed her away, her face full of determination: "Mother, there is no need to beg him. Since he wants me to die, I will die in front of him, so that he can get what he wants."
As Jin Mudan was speaking, she suddenly scratched her neck with a hairpin. Concubine Jing was so scared that she screamed, hugged her in her arms, and shouted for the imperial physician.
The emperor, however, still stood behind the imperial desk with a sullen face, motionless.
Today, he was greatly stimulated. This was the first time in more than 20 years as emperor that his imperial power was challenged, which he would never allow.
Jin Mudan's hands were stained with blood. She reached out and touched Concubine Jing's face: "Mother, don't be sad. This day will come sooner or later. Just consider it your daughter's early liberation."
"Mother, your daughter will not be by your side in the future. You must take good care of yourself."
"He'er, don't say anything, wuwuwu... You will be fine. Mother will not allow you to be in trouble."
Wei Zhong suddenly called out, "Empress Jing, your face?"
After he shouted like that, everyone turned their attention to Concubine Jing's face. Even the emperor looked at the skin on her face that had suddenly become wrinkled and damaged.
Concubine Jing reacted suddenly and reached out to cover her face. The human skin mask on her face could not be stained with blood, otherwise it would quickly rot, stink and wrinkle.
"Don't look. Don't look."
"Close your eyes and don't look at my face." Concubine Jing dodged and covered herself in panic.
Just then, the queen came rushing over.
When the Queen came in and saw Concubine Jing's face, she was stunned for a moment, then she said, "There is indeed something wrong with your face."
"Your Majesty, please dismiss your attendants. I have something important to report."
The emperor nodded and said, "Wei Zhong, take the people out."
The queen gave another instruction: "Close the palace gates, and no one is allowed to go out to report the news."
Wei Zhong's heart skipped a beat. How big of a problem could it be to be so serious?
The emperor saw that the queen's expression was serious and did not seem fake, so he ordered: "Do as the queen says."
"Yes."
Everyone went out, leaving only a few secret guards to protect the safety of the emperor and empress.
"Your Majesty, I want to expose this woman. She is not the real princess of the Xiaonan tribe. Her true identity is a princess of the previous dynasty."
"She pretended to be the princess of the Xiaonan tribe and approached you just for revenge."
"what?"
The emperor's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the queen and then at Concubine Jing who was covering her face in panic.
What else is there to understand? What the Queen said is probably true.
"Where's the evidence?"
The emperor still refused to give up. Concubine Jing was his most beloved concubine, and he didn't want his most beloved partner to betray him.