latelenovela Chapter 171 Reversal
Chapter 171 Reversal
"Your Majesty, I am willing to testify on Concubine Ling's behalf. She gave the banknotes to Grandma Tian only because she wanted to accumulate blessings for her unborn child. As she was about to give birth, she wanted to take good care of Grandma Tian so that she could do her best to handle the work when the delivery was approaching. Moreover, when Concubine Ling gave Grandma Tian the reward, I was there and gave the reward along with her. I can't be suggesting that Grandma Tian target the Empress, can I?"
Seeing that things had come to this point, Ruyi not only refused to admit her mistake, but instead intensified her anger and pointed the finger at Yanwan. Yihuan could no longer sit still.
Seeing Yihuan jump out to speak for her, a barely perceptible smile flashed across Yanwan's face.
Fortunately, she had thought of all this long ago. Whenever she wanted to reward Grandma Tian, she would do it in public. Grandma Tian was not stupid. She knew that she had something to ask, so she just needed Chunchan to give her a few instructions and she would do it.
When Yihuan said this, even the emperor began to shake his head.
"That's enough, Queen. This is all due to your mismanagement of your subordinates. Grandma Tian has also been imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment for punishment. I think it would be better to let today's matter go."
The emperor looked at the queen with a cold face.
He tried to keep the peace. After all, if today's events were to become known, it would not only damage the Queen's reputation, but would also be detrimental to his own reputation.
The emperor has always been kind to his subordinates, but he never expected that the queen beside him would be such a greedy person.
He sighed repeatedly and began to miss Empress Fucha again.
In fact, even if the empress dowager had not recommended Ruyi to the emperor and the emperor had not chosen Ruyi to be the queen, Ruyi would still be the best candidate for the queen.
When Empress Fucha passed away, Concubine Gao also left, and the only three people left in the former residence were her, Su Lujun, and Jin Yuyan.
Among these three, only Ruyi is Manchu.
Su Lujun was a Han Chinese, and the status of Han Chinese in the Qing Dynasty was relatively low. It was obviously unqualified for her to be the empress of the Manchus; Jin Yuyan was a foreign woman, just a tribute from a foreign race, so it was even more impossible for her to become the empress of the Qing Dynasty.
So among these three people, only Ruyi can sit on the throne of queen.
Ruyi looked at the emperor in shock, unable to recover for a long time.
Forget it? Just let it go like that?
The mastermind behind the scenes was clearly right in front of her. If she gave up on this lame excuse, then what would all the rumors she had endured these days matter?
"Your Majesty, even if no one instructed Grandma Tian to slander me behind my back, are you willing to let her off so easily? If there are rumors against me in the palace in the future, will Your Majesty also watch me being pointed at and cursed by thousands of people?"
Ruyi didn't care about anything else. She looked at the man in front of her who had been with her for decades and gradually felt heartbroken.
There have been rumors in the palace for months saying that she has a bad fate and cannot have children, and that the Fifth Princess died young because of her own misfortune. Now that the real culprit has finally been caught, the emperor actually wants to let it go?
"Since the Empress is dissatisfied with the punishment, and since Grandma Tian is already old, and I am still some time away from giving birth, why not wait until Grandma Tian recovers from her injuries, let her make amends, and then send her out of the palace after delivering my baby."
Seeing that Ruyi was dissatisfied, Yanwan made a very considerate suggestion.
"Grandma Tian has been in the palace for many years and has delivered many royal heirs. Moreover, this matter was caused by you, Queen. If you punish her severely again, Queen, do you want the world to call you narrow-minded?"
The emperor looked at Ruyi in shock, wondering why she was still so aggressive even though he had taken the initiative to offer her a way out?
He did this for the Queen's own good. This matter was caused by her, and in the eyes of the concubines, the Queen also had the reputation of being unsympathetic to Concubine Ling. The one who benefited the most from his actions was the Queen.
What else is she dissatisfied with?
A strong sense of powerlessness arose in his heart.
After saying so much, it turns out to be a case of talking at cross purposes.
This rhetorical question choked Ruyi so much that she was speechless. Seeing the emperor's expression that brooked no rebuttal, Ruyi was filled with disappointment.
She nodded wearily, unwilling to look at the emperor any longer.
"You are the emperor, what else can I say? Just do as the emperor wishes."
Just when the matter was about to be settled and everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, Jinzhong came in with his men. He had a serious expression on his face and was holding a tray in his hands.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was ordered to search and found this voodoo doll in the little palace maid's room. Written on it were only the Empress's birthdate..."
The emperor's originally tense expression relaxed a little, but when he saw the voodoo doll, he had to cheer up and continue to solve the case.
Isn’t it said that Madam Wei practiced witchcraft in private?
How did you find it in this little palace maid’s room?
The emperor felt that today's events were becoming increasingly confusing, so he simply said, "Bring them both up here."
Just when Grandma Tian was brought into the hall, the two of them were taken away separately and detained and strictly guarded.
When Li Yu saw the voodoo doll on the tray in Jinzhong's hand, he thought he had found evidence and instinctively breathed a sigh of relief.
Just when he relaxed, the little palace maid beside him started to cry timidly.
The emperor noticed her strange expression and asked in a deep voice, "Why? Do you recognize this thing?"
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! This has nothing to do with me. I was coerced... It was Steward Li who gave me this doll. He was the one who asked me to secretly put it into Madam Wei's room when no one was paying attention..."