On the way to the court where the ministers had to pass, the queen, dressed simply and without any jewelry, knelt on the ground.

As soon as the ministers came out of the morning court, they saw the queen kneeling on the road.

"This is……"

The ministers looked at the queen who was kneeling on the ground and looked at each other. No one said anything for a while.

Xu Chieffu was quite prestigious among the ministers. He was the first to stand up, cupped his hands towards the Queen, and asked in a gentle voice: "Queen, what are you doing?"

Hearing this, the Queen raised her eyes to look at Xu Shoufu and replied in a hoarse voice: "Pingyang Marquis Mansion has committed a serious crime. As the daughter of the royal family, I am unworthy of the late emperor and the emperor, and even more unworthy of the common people of the world. What is my status like this? I can continue to be the queen and set an example for women in the world, so today I ask the emperor to step down and resign from the position of queen."

Hearing the Queen's words, the officials present were shocked. They did not expect that the Queen actually resigned from her position.

In fact, they met this morning to discuss the punishment of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion. However, because this matter involved too much, and the Pingyang Marquis Mansion was still the queen's natal family, the result of the discussion had not been reached yet.

As for whether the Queen will also be implicated and what punishment will be imposed on the Queen, they have not yet discussed it.

Although the Queen is the daughter of Marquis Pingyang, the crimes committed by the Marquis of Pingyang have nothing to do with the Queen. Therefore, whether the Queen can continue to be the Queen depends on the attitude of Emperor Jiaqing and the Queen Mother.

At this moment, no one dared to answer the Queen's words, after all, they couldn't make the decision in this matter.

At this moment, Emperor Jiaqing came over after receiving the news.

Seeing Emperor Jiaqing coming, the ministers gave way one after another.

Emperor Jiaqing walked up to the queen and looked at her condescendingly.

He actually heard what the Queen just said.

He said in a deep voice: "My grace is right."

As he spoke, Emperor Jiaqing ordered Eunuch Wei beside him: "Go get paper and pen."

After hearing this, Eunuch Wei returned to the main hall and soon brought what Emperor Jiaqing ordered.

Not only that, he also asked someone to bring a table.

Eunuch Wei spread out the blank imperial edict and placed the polished pen and ink in place.

Emperor Jiaqing picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and then wrote the edict for the abolition of the queen.

In fact, he had already thought about how to write the post-abolition edict, so he wrote it quickly and finished it in a short time.

None of the ministers dared to leave, and no one tried to dissuade them. Instead, they stood aside and watched the scene quietly.

After all, what Pingyang Houfu did, even if Emperor Jiaqing wanted to abolish the queen's position as queen, it was reasonable, not to mention that now the queen knew the general situation and resigned from the position of queen herself.

After Emperor Jiaqing finished writing the imperial edict, Eunuch Wei picked up the imperial edict and began to read it out.

The ministers and the queen all knelt on the ground and listened to Eunuch Wei read out the imperial edict.

The queen did not speak, but quietly listened to Eunuch Wei read out the imperial edict, and then respectfully took the edict handed to her by Eunuch Wei and said: "I accept the edict, thank you Lord for your kindness!"

Queen Xu had already accepted this result, so she did not show any sadness, but accepted it all quietly, without any emotion on her face.

Of course, only the queen herself knew that she felt extremely bitter in her heart.

If possible, she would naturally not give up her position as queen.

However, this outcome is not something she can decide.

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