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"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Wang is vicious and jealous, has disrespected the royal family, and plotted to murder the heir to the throne. She is stripped of her title and banished to the cold palace. I decree this!"

When Concubine Xian learned that her child and her capable maidservant were dead and that she was banished to the cold palace again, she became a little crazy. She snatched the imperial edict from the eunuch in disbelief, read it, and then placed it on the candlelight.

The flames licked the yellow cloth, reflecting the horrified look on her face. The eunuch felt unlucky and said, "Sinner Wang, thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. You are so contemptuous of His Majesty and openly burned the imperial edict. This is an even greater crime!"

“Hahaha…” Wang stood up and threw the imperial edict with sparks on it, “Empress Chun! It was Concubine Chun who framed me. She killed my child. She must not die a good death!”

The eunuch showed a look of contempt on his face: "It was you who killed the dragon heir in Concubine Chun's belly. It's already a favor from the Emperor and Concubine Chun that they don't want you to die!"

When Wang heard a certain word from the eunuch's mask, she didn't know what was happening in front of her eyes. She backed away and shrank to the edge of the bed. She grabbed the corner of the quilt and trembled, "No, it's not me who hurt you, it's the queen, yes, it's the queen who hurt you... It's not me, it's not me!"

The eunuch asked several young eunuchs behind him to carry Wang and said, "Take the criminal Wang to the cold palace and imprison her. This Yuxiu Palace is not a place for you to stay."

Wang was only wearing a thin inner garment, and her hair was a mess without even having time to be combed, no longer as glorious as before.

.......

The news from the palace had already reached the Prime Minister's residence. The Prime Minister's wife was wandering around in the study, muttering, "What do you think we should do with our daughter? She can't do anything. She will stay in the cold palace for the rest of her life."

Prime Minister Wang was dizzy from her shaking. He slammed the teacup on the table and scolded her: "Stop spinning! At this point, there is only one way -"

The Prime Minister's wife thought he had thought of a way to save his daughter, and she was surprised and asked, "What is it?"

"I now apologize to the emperor and request to leave the capital." Prime Minister Wang's face was gloomy and he immediately picked up the pen and wrote on the paper.

The smile on the Prime Minister's wife's face froze: "What about my daughter?"

Prime Minister Wang said coldly: "How could I know that she had such courage to murder the heir to the throne! She has always been so stupid, so I found such a maid to follow her, and she died like this!"

"It's obvious that someone is plotting against the Wang family!" The Prime Minister's wife was used to being arrogant and didn't understand why her husband was backing down this time.

"You think I don't know!" Prime Minister Wang said with a sinister look, "Don't worry, my daughter, as long as you give her some money, someone will help take care of us. We will definitely return to Beijing again."

The Prime Minister's wife is still worried about the child, not to mention that her daughter is childless. Why does the Emperor only punish her daughter and even do such a serious thing as depriving her of her title? Even the last time Prime Minister Wang was slandered for colluding with the Hu people, such a serious thing did not happen.

And the Concubine Chun who hurt her daughter was able to recover well by the emperor's side. It was said that she even received many rewards. This was probably a trick to appease the Jiang family. When the Wang family returns to Beijing again, the Jiang family will not live long.

It was hot and humid last night and it started to drizzle today. A servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion saw a handsome man with an umbrella standing under the eaves and recognized him as a student of the master's family. But he was puzzled as to why he appeared at the back door of the mansion.

The gatekeeper came forward to greet him, and Li Tingyan handed him an envelope and smiled at him: "The teacher wants to see me."

"Come this way, sir."

......

Splendid Palace.

Fen Tao helped Jiang Nanxi to stand up. Yan Gui, who was standing beside her, tidied the pillow behind her and whispered, "The prime minister was dismissed from his post. It was said that he retired and returned to his hometown. Everyone knows that he just took off his shit-stained clothes."

Fen Tao was still holding a spoon in her hand, blowing the porridge in it to cool it down. She listened to the metaphor of the wild geese returning home. She felt that it was not right to feed them, nor was it right not to feed them. She said angrily, "Can't you use a different metaphor? Our Lord still needs to eat."

Yangui seemed to realize that the situation was inappropriate and remained silent for a few seconds.

Jiang Nanxi didn't care. He took a sip from the spoon and looked at Yan Gui: "He wants to leave Beijing and come back with a gold border. It depends on whether the person above is willing. You just wait and see."

Yan Gui pondered for a moment and then said, "The new one seems to have a close personal relationship with the Fifth Prince and is a favorite of the Emperor. He has been serving the Emperor for a long time."

Jiang Nanxi knew what Yangui meant. He simply thought that the emperor was paving the way for the fifth prince. However, Jiang Nanxi felt that it was difficult to determine whether Li Tingyan was the emperor's man or the fifth prince's man.

She asked Yan Gui: "How did you know that Li Tingyan was the Fifth Prince's man?"

Yan Gui came close to her and whispered a few words. Jiang Nanxi still had doubts. Yan Gui said, "Perhaps many people have the same doubts. The person above is also worried. But if he didn't believe it, why would he give him the position of prime minister?"

Jiang Nanxi did not make an absolute guess and changed the subject: "Today the Prime Minister and his family left the capital, leaving Wang alone in the palace. This is not a good life. And the third princess is so foolish and stupid, and the man actually trusted her to open a palace alone."

Hearing Wang, Yan Gui was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was the virtuous concubine who had been stripped of her title. Yan Gui scratched her neck and said, "Master, do you want to..."

Jiang Nanxi suddenly closed his eyes and opened them again, pressing down Yan Gui's hand: "Without the protection of the Wang family, the palace maid with extraordinary skills is dead, and she won't live long."

"She made the master so weak, damn it." Fen Tao took a handkerchief and wiped Jiang Nanxi's mouth, saying angrily.

"Be careful what you say."

Fen Tao immediately shut her mouth. Jiang Nanxi knew that she knew her limits and was just satisfying her desire to talk.

The two of them helped Jiang Nanxi to sleep. The blood and energy she lost could not be restored for several months, so Jiang Nanxi often felt sleepy. The emperor occasionally came to see her, but she was also resting, so he did not disturb her too much.

......

In the afternoon, the Wang family's belongings were packed up. The entire family and everyone's luggage were piled in just one carriage. It looked very plain, and it was hard to imagine that this was all the belongings of the prime minister of the current dynasty.

Outsiders did not know the reason, they only knew that Prime Minister Wang took the initiative to resign and return to his hometown. When he saw how simple the family was, he praised them again and again.

Little did they know that this was just to prepare for the journey.

When the carriage reached the outskirts of the city, it was already completely dark. The Prime Minister's wife sat in the carriage, looking at the yellow sparks dancing in front of her. She felt uneasy. She grabbed Prime Minister Wang's sleeve and covered her chest with her hands: "I feel uneasy all the time. Did something happen to my daughter in the palace?"

Prime Minister Wang brushed her hand away, a little impatiently: "No, I have asked someone to bring some silver to the palace, enough for her to live for a while. After this period of time, we will come back."

"That's good, that's good!" The Prime Minister's wife said a few words repeatedly, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the night outside, and seemed to hear the rustling of the bushes.

She suspected that she had heard it wrong, and became paranoid after the incident, closing her eyes and silently reciting the Heart Sutra.

The carriage had been driving for a while when it suddenly jolted and made a loud noise, as if something under the feet was broken.

Prime Minister Wang clenched his fists and opened his eyes to look around. The coachman lifted the curtain and apologized: "Master and Madam, the wheel of the carriage ran over a large stone, and there is something wrong with the carriage."

As he spoke, the coachman got off the carriage with a torch and checked, "Strange, I've been walking along this road before, and I've never seen such a big stone blocking the middle of the road..."

Prime Minister Wang sensed something was wrong and suddenly grabbed the Prime Minister's wife and said, "Not good, get out of the car."

The Prime Minister's wife was pulled off the carriage before she could react. Before everyone else could react, several men in black suddenly appeared from the bushes, holding bows and arrows, and shot a large number of arrows towards Prime Minister Wang's face.

The horse squatting on the ground was shot into a sieve on the spot. The horse was frightened and ran forward, exposing Prime Minister Wang and his wife who were hiding behind the carriage. The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion kept waving arrows and were inevitably shot.

Prime Minister Wang's face turned pale, and he shouted: "If Wang has offended the warrior, why not confront him face to face? Maybe Wang has something worth exchanging!"

Instead of stopping, the arrows became more frequent. A servant who was standing behind Prime Minister Wang was shot dead. He accidentally saw a mark on the arrow.

——Jinwu Guard.

Prime Minister Wang didn't know where he went wrong. He had obviously left enough backup plans. Li Tingyan was his student, who took over his position and gained the emperor's trust. He had thought that he had been cleared of suspicion in the case involving the Hu people, and that his daughter would become pregnant and regain the emperor's favor, and he would be reinstated. Who knew that this was his last resort?

The men in black surrounded them all, and several servants had already begged for mercy out of fear. The prime minister was pinned to the ground by two men in black. After a while, the crowd dispersed and two young men walked out. One was the current commander of the Jinwu Guards, and the other was wrapped tightly, dressed like the surrounding men in black, with a gleam of satisfaction and awe in his eyes.

The leading black-clad man pointed his sword at his neck and said in a hoarse and unpleasant voice: "Wang Tong, you have come to this day."

Wang Tong was immersed in his own world, laughing loudly with tears in his eyes: "I have devoted my life to your majesty, working hard without complaint. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. Your majesty has killed me like this!"

"A generation of emperor, narrow-minded, suspicious, how is he different from an ordinary farmer? Haven't he done enough dirty things? Which one of them is not the infamy I bear for him? He has planned this, I curse him and his son to turn against each other, and he will never be able to sit firmly in that position for the rest of his life!!"

Chu Wang was already impatient to hear the dying man's struggling words, and said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense and do it!"

Pei Ji blocked his sword and glanced at Chu Wang: "General Chu, don't worry, I still have something to ask."

Chu Wang pried open Prime Minister Wang's jaw, fed him a poison pill, and urged him: "You have half an incense stick of time."

Pei Ji really wanted to say that he was cold-blooded and heartless, just like Ling Si, but there was nothing he could do. The damned man could not be let go.

He pulled off his mask and looked down at Wang Tong, his voice as eerie as a ghost: "Prime Minister, do you still remember me?"

Wang Tong had just swallowed the poison, and success or failure was already decided. He stared at him intently until he saw Pei Ji's eyes. His face was filled with fear and doubt, as if he had seen something very terrifying.

"I recognize you, you are from the Pei family. All the members of the Pei family were killed at that time!"

Pei Ji smiled, "I'm glad that the Prime Minister still remembers me. That year, I was sick with a fever and the doctor said I couldn't be saved. He told me to go to the farm to recuperate. I didn't expect that I escaped the disaster and now I have the chance to take your life."

Wang Tong looked at his face and suddenly laughed, even crazier than before, with a mocking look on his fat face: "Then you better go to my study and look carefully. There is definitely what you want there. The king you are loyal to is actually a villain who preys on innocent subjects. What a scum!"

"The Pei family was really innocent at the time. They were sent to provide disaster relief, but were accused of corruption instead. The real culprit was someone else, and he is still watching from a high position. You'd better be careful! The Pei family was defeated... ahem - they were defeated because they didn't support Qin Wen when he was a prince, so they can't be considered his people!"

Pei Ji's veins jumped and his whole body turned cold as he heard this. He knew that what happened in the past was closely related to the man sitting on the dragon throne, but just because of their neutrality, dozens of people from the Pei family were killed!

How could he not hate him while that man was still sitting comfortably on the throne!

Looking at the enemy in front of him, spitting black blood and with a pale face, Pei Ji stabbed him with a knife expressionlessly, cut off his head, and then held it in his hand, turned around and said to Chu Wang with a look of disgust: "I plan to take his head to worship the ancestors."

Chu Wang stopped him, "No, Your Majesty wants to see that you are too conspicuous. Go back to the Fifth Prince!"

The two of them were still allied, and Pei Ji couldn't break the agreement. He threw the bloody head into his arms, "General Chu, take it!"

Seeing Chu Wang's dark and cold face, Pei Ji smiled triumphantly: "Remember to give it to me when you use it, so that it can be used as a snack for the wronged souls of the Pei family!"

Chu Wang threw his head to the subordinates behind him, and his coldness seemed to turn into substance, "If you want to die, I can send you to see the King of Hell."

Pei Ji said something, turned around and disappeared into the forest, which also successfully made Chu Wang determined to kill him. After hearing Pei Ji's words, the other Jinwu Guards wanted to stay away from the commander. What's wrong with this guy? Every word he said hit the commander's sore spot.

——"I can't bear to die, and I am ready to pledge my love to you, my Lord."

.......

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Although Li Tingyan had already reached the highest position in the country, the emperor still liked to have him by his side, and many memorials were approved by him following the emperor's instructions.

"Snapped!"

The emperor threw a memorial on the table and said, "Look, what are these people writing? The Marquis of Yongchuan is providing disaster relief in the south, and now there are still memorials impeaching him. I think these people are just living too comfortably in the capital!"

Li Tingyan thought the emperor's anger was real. If he didn't know that the two were secretly hostile to each other, he might really believe it.

He stood up and picked up the memorial that had fallen to the ground, opened it and took a few glances. It was indeed very inappropriate. He secretly wrote down the officials' names for later use and comforted the emperor: "Perhaps these officials have too deep a prejudice against the Marquis of Yongchuan. After all, their days as officials are not as long as the Marquis's days of fun."

"What do you mean, Li Qing?" The emperor's face turned cold. "Do you also think that my brother is unruly?"

"Marquis Yongchuan is a man of true character. Not to mention that disaster relief is a good thing for the emperor and the people, what these officials said is not entirely true. Most of them are just subjective venting of dissatisfaction. Your Majesty should not be angry with these people."