249. Chapter 249 Elopement [1]
[Drag away the shady prime minister]
So, three days later, the head of the Bai family was sent to prison for corruption, and the Bai family lost its reputation as a family that protects the country.
So, seven days later, Hong Ying, the general of the world's soldiers and horses, delivered the "indictment of guilt" to His Royal Highness King Chu. His Highness the King of Chu personally escorted him back to the capital. Her Majesty the Empress, thinking of his merits in guarding Youcheng, temporarily placed him under house arrest in the Imperial Capital General's Mansion.
, and ignored him from then on.
Seeing that among the four great families, the Bi family was exterminated, the Lan family withdrew from the court, and the heads of the Bai family and the Hong family were convicted one after another, the whole court was in a state of panic, and everyone was afraid that Her Majesty the Empress would turn her attention to him.
Especially the person who stood up to the minister who cared about his life - Yan Junqing was sent to the south of the Yangtze River by the empress to be isolated. The four major families were also finished. The next step might be him who will die!
...Then, those timid people began to wonder, should I resign, should I resign, or should I resign?
This issue did not linger for too long. Just one month after Her Majesty the Empress sent Yan Junqing to Jiangnan, news came from Jiangnan that the prime minister was critically ill.
The news that Yan Junqing was critically ill came out at a court meeting. At that time, the governor of Hangzhou returned to the imperial capital to report on his duties. In the morning, Her Majesty the Empress casually asked about Yan Junqing's situation. The governor hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered: "Since the Prime Minister came to Jiangnan,
Wei Chen tried his best to protect the Prime Minister, but the health of the Prime Minister was still not good. Wei Chen called the imperial doctor, who only said that the Prime Minister was acclimatized and could not stand the humidity and heat of the south of the Yangtze River, so he was slightly ill. However, the Prime Minister's health was deteriorating, and the medicine was ineffective.
, when I came to the imperial capital, the Prime Minister could no longer get up..."
After saying this, he did not dare to look at Ye Jiangxue on the dragon chair. His heart was in a state of confusion, and cold sweat ran down his spine.
As we all know, Ye Jiangxue was infatuated with Yan Junqing, and she was so infatuated that she obeyed her advice. It is not an exaggeration to say that Yan Junqing was the empress's first favorite at that time.
It's a pity that Yan Junqing was sent to the south of the Yangtze River for ten or eight days. No one really thought that Yan Junqing would fall out of favor. But now that a month has passed, the empress has turned a blind eye to Yan Junqing. Think about the four aristocratic families getting rid of her.
After that, who should be the next target to be eradicated... Then Yan Junqing is afraid that he will die of illness in Jiangnan.
Everyone who can stand on the Golden Palace is unusual, and no one is so stupid as to believe that the empress's "affection" for Yan Junqing is better than the dragon chair where she sits alone - but now that they heard that Yan Junqing is seriously ill, they
My heart suddenly became cold.
Not only the governors of Hangzhou, but also unrelated people lowered their heads in a cold sweat.
The huge golden palace was quiet for a long time. The empress did not say a word, the courtiers did not say a word, and the heavy breathing of everyone could be heard in this extreme silence.
Then, the empress' soft voice sounded again, with a soft smile: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, eh? I asked the prime minister to go to Hangzhou to recuperate, but you made him get sicker and worse, I... I'm really relieved!
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"I am guilty!" Zhizhou Zhizhou of Hangzhou was oppressed by the empress' momentum. His knees softened and he knelt down straight. "It's not that I deliberately concealed it. It's actually the Prime Minister who forbids outsiders to enter Hezhe Villa... Besides, I thought... I thought -
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I thought that Your Majesty deliberately wanted to put Yan Junqing to death.
Chapter completed!