usatvline Chapter 369: A Beautiful Win, but Cracks Appear
Chapter 369: A Beautiful Win, but Cracks Appear
"Before the Lunar New Year, the weather suddenly turned cold, and more than half of the people in the capital had colds and had no access to medical treatment. Her Jishitang still didn't care about the lives of the people, and the people hated her to the core! On the contrary, Ji Chuhe opened a free clinic and gave away medicine for free, taking advantage of the situation and winning the hearts of the people. If I don't stop her enough and punish her a little, so that the people can vent their emotions, the people will be even more hostile to her!"
The Queen Mother was speechless and had no words to refute the Emperor.
"Besides, there is no need to rush Ji Chuhe's matter."
"Your Majesty, you have also seen Ji Chuhe's methods. With her by Xiao Yan'an's side, even if Xiao Yan'an is a pile of mud, he can still be stuck on the wall! What's more, Xiao Yan'an is not a pile of mud! Your Majesty, have you really let down your guard against Prince Huaiyang now? Don't you want to abolish the system of enfeoffment of kings and eliminate any factors that threaten the throne?"
"Of course I do! Moreover, this matter must be done!" The emperor responded firmly.
"Then why do you use people from the Rongguo Mansion? Once the Rongguo Mansion gains power, it will not benefit the emperor at all, but will benefit the Prince of Huaiyang greatly!"
"Don't worry about this, mother, because I have a trump card in my hand to deal with Prince Huaiyang. As long as I want Prince Huaiyang to die, he will not survive."
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor in shock.
Even she doesn't know this trump card!
A sense of sadness suddenly arose in her heart.
She thought that she and the emperor had always been of one mind as mother and son, but she didn't expect that the emperor had been on guard against her from the very beginning.
She was still making excuses for the emperor, saying that the reason why he did not use the Cao family was because the powerful and influential families in the court were squeezing out the Cao family.
It’s not those powerful and noble families who can’t tolerate the Cao family, it’s the Emperor!
"Your Majesty, since you have made up your mind about this matter, let's do it this way." The Queen Mother made a concession, as she had other plans.
"Thank you for your understanding, mother. Please comfort my sister. She listens to you the most."
"I know. There is one more thing I want to ask the emperor. Yun'er has been in the palace for many days. When will the emperor favor her?"
"I will favor her tonight." The emperor answered straightforwardly.
"Okay, then I'm relieved. After all, Yun'er is different from other concubines. When the Luo family sent their daughter to the palace, the emperor made her a noble concubine. Yun'er is no worse than the Luo family's daughter."
"Don't worry, mother. I will never let Yun'er down. After I favor her today, I will immediately canonize her as a concubine. Some time ago, I favored that Yuepin just to pave the way for Yun'er to be canonized as a concubine."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately felt relieved.
"I also hope that Yun'er can give birth to a child for the emperor as soon as possible."
"I will go to her palace more often in the future and make sure my mother gets what she wants soon."
"I have nothing else to do. Your Majesty, please don't overwork yourself. Your health is the most important thing."
"I understand. I respectfully send you off, mother."
After seeing off the Queen Mother, the Emperor took a deep breath.
"Chao Sihai, I will visit Cao Yuner tonight."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chao Sihai immediately went down to deliver the message.
Visiting Cao Yuner is different from visiting Concubine Yue. Cao Yuner’s status is so noble!
……
Ji Qingyuan has been waiting for news from ***.
When she heard the reply from the eunuch she sent out to get information, she almost fell to the ground with black eyes.
"Ji Chuhe, this bitch! She knew I was still alive, yet she dared to hold such a grand funeral for me!"
She was so angry!
What made her even more angry was that this time, the emperor actually punished ***!
Didn't Xiao Yan'an and Ji Chuhe both go to the ***'s mansion?
Whether it is the emperor, the queen mother or the emperor, they all want to abolish Ji Chuhe's status as the prince's wife. What a good opportunity!
Even if the plan was disrupted, without Shen Chengjing destroying Ji Chuhe's reputation, the Empress Dowager could abolish Ji Chuhe's status as the Crown Prince's wife just by Xiao Yan'an and Ji Chuhe going to the *** Mansion!
Why did the emperor change his attitude?
Instead, he helped Ji Chuhe?
Now, Shen Chengjing was sent to the government office for interrogation.
Her identity can no longer be concealed.
Although she had revealed to the emperor that she could predict the future, and the emperor believed it, if he knew that she had been with Shen Chengjing, it would be unknown whether he would still favor her!
Ji Qingyuan was at a loss.
And there is no other way, it may be torture, waiting.
Ji Chuhe was also waiting for the results of the interrogation from the government office.
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager are not as united as they appear to be. Just a little provocation will expose the problems between them.
There is news from the Queen.
The Queen Mother went to see the Emperor angrily.
Then, the emperor visited Cao Yuner.
This is also a trade-off.
The conflict of interests between the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
Ji Chuhe was very satisfied with this result.
In addition, once Ji Qingyuan's identity is exposed, the emperor will only feel disgusted, and may even vent his anger on his mother for sending such a person to him. It would be a disgrace to the king of a country!
*** certainly can't imagine it.
Things have developed to the current situation.
After all, ***'s plan was to let Shen Chengjing ruin her on the birthday party, and then catch him in the act and slander her for having been having an affair with Shen Chengjing.
Then, without going through the Huaiyang Palace, her status as the Crown Prince's Wife was directly abolished.
She fell into the hands of the ***, and her life and death were controlled by him.
If Shen Chengjing is eliminated without anyone knowing, Ji Qingyuan's identity will naturally not be exposed.
Because, apart from her, no one cares who Ji Qingyuan is and who Yuepin is.
Even if someone discovered Ji Qingyuan's identity, they would not reveal it and anger the emperor or the queen.
"Madam, there's news from the government office!" Xiao Yan'an walked in quickly.
"What news?" Ji Chuhe asked softly.
"Shen Chengjing finally admitted that he had killed Ji Qingyuan, and is now being taken by the government officials to identify the scene."
"Well, when we dig up the place where Shen Chengjing buried Ji Qingyuan and don't find the body, we will proceed to the next step and expose Ji Qingyuan's identity."
"Okay!" Xiao Yan'an nodded immediately.
This time, he participated in the whole process and won such a beautiful victory. He secretly reviewed it many times in his mind and couldn't help but admire Ji Chuhe's ability!
If any of these things went wrong, it would be impossible to win so beautifully!
What made him happiest was that Ji Chuhe was safe for the time being.
……
People from the government office brought Shen Chengjing to the crime scene.
Shen Chengjing took a lot of effort to identify the place where he buried Ji Qingyuan.
"Are you sure this is the place?"
"Yes. Right here."
"dig!
More than a dozen people were digging at the same time, and it was not until the third day that they dug up some soil that looked like it contained blood.
The coroner carefully identified it and confirmed that it was blood, then immediately asked people to continue digging.
However, after digging another meter deep, no body was found.
Shen Chengjing was stunned!
He was afraid of the torture in the government office, and he shouted quickly: "Sir, I really buried her here! Could she crawl out and run away by herself?"