I just want to live a happy life

He walked up to the two and asked calmly, "Yonghuang, Yongzhang, why don't you two shed any tears for your stepmother?"

When the eldest prince heard the question from his father, he immediately replied, "I still have to take care of the funeral of the Empress Dowager on behalf of you, so I dare not be too sad."

The third prince also expressed the same position as the eldest prince: "I am not crying because I want to stay sober so that I can help my father solve his problems."

Hongli didn't say anything after hearing this. He turned around and looked at the tablet of Empress Xiaoxian.

Prince Yonglian and Princess Jingse, who had hurried back, knelt beside the spirit tablet of Empress Xiaoxian, constantly burning paper money in the basin with tears in their eyes, but their eyes were filled with resentment when they looked at the eldest prince and the third prince from time to time.

The mourning hall was silent at this time. The eldest and third princes were nervous, feeling that they had offended the Emperor.

Suddenly, Hongli looked at the two men, furious. He slapped each of them, then kicked the eldest and third princes in the chest. Hongli used so much strength that the two kicks made the two men lean back.

He was still talking about the unfilial son.

The two men then realized that disaster was imminent and knelt down trembling with fear.

Hongli scolded and cursed: "Empress Xiaoxian is your biological mother. Now she has passed away, but you are not sad or heartbroken. You are even pretending to share my worries to do something illegal. How could I have such disloyal and unfilial sons like you?"

Concubine Chun felt sorry for Yong Zhang and quickly explained for him: "Your Majesty, Yong Zhang was thinking about you and had no other intentions, Your Majesty."

It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything. As soon as she did, Hongli became even angrier. So, he blamed Concubine Chun again: "Concubine Chun, I haven't said anything about you yet. Yongzhang is your biological son, and Yonghuang is your adopted son. Is this how you usually teach them? It's fine if you're not smart, but look at these two people, you've made them stupid."

Concubine Chun's face was burning with anger because of what Hongli said. She couldn't say anything else and just kept calling "Emperor".

The eldest prince knew he had done something wrong and wanted to defend himself: "Father, the Emperor."

Hongli didn't want to hear what the eldest prince had to say anymore. He pointed at him and shouted, "Don't think I don't know. You have always thought that you can shoulder the responsibility of the country just because you are the oldest among the princes. I will tell you clearly today."

Then he glanced at Yong Zhang and said, "People like you who are disloyal and unfilial will never be able to inherit my throne."

Chen Wanyin knelt behind Gao Xiyue, glancing at the farce from time to time.

I think that the fact that Hongli was angry about the two princes' disrespect to Empress Xiaoxian was only a small part of the reason. The most important thing was that he wanted to use Empress Xiaoxian to cut off the possibility of these two princes succeeding to the throne.

After all, these two princes are already old and have both married. Seeing themselves getting older while their sons are in their prime, the emperor would be wary of them, fearing that his sons would take his place.

Suddenly, Chen Wanyin felt a little sympathy for Empress Xiaoxian. When she was alive, Hongli never cherished her, nor did he respect the empress much. Now that she was gone, he fell deeply in love with her again, and she became a tool for him to enhance his reputation and get things done.

Hey.

Concubine Chun could not accept this result and kept kowtowing to Hongli: "Your Majesty, please forgive Yongzhang, he did not mean it. Yongzhang is usually very filial to you, Your Majesty."

Hongli pulled out the hem of the clothes that Concubine Chun was holding, and he didn't believe what she said at all: "Concubine Chun, you have no good upbringing. I think you can't stay in the position of Concubine anymore. You should be demoted to Concubine. After the funeral of Empress Xiaoxian is over, you should go back to your Zhongcui Palace and reflect on yourself for me."

Concubine Chun knew that all hope was gone now, and she just sat there in a daze, her originally neat hair now disheveled from constant kowtowing.

Jin Yuyan, who was kneeling behind, was very satisfied with the result. Not only did it remove the stumbling block for Yongcheng to ascend the throne, but Concubine Chun also fell from the position of concubine.

Concubine Ling Wei Yanwan, who was kneeling in front of her, glanced in the direction of Jin Yuyan and, as expected, saw a fleeting look of pride on her face.

You are still feeling proud, but you are about to get into trouble.

After Hongli dealt with the three people, he finally remembered that the consequences of these three people were all related to Jin Yuyan.

So he walked up to Jin Yuyan and kicked her when she was completely unprepared, directly kicking her in the chest. Jin Yuyan fell onto Shubin next to her.

Shupin was already afraid of Hongli's anger, and now that the incident was right in front of her, she didn't dare to look to the side, let alone help Jin Yuyan.

Jin Yuyan didn't understand what was going on. Her chest hurt from being kicked. "Your Majesty, I don't know what I did wrong to deserve such treatment from you."

The rest of the people also watched this development with confusion on their faces.

The concubines and princesses who had nothing to do with the matter were kneeling in front and looked back carefully, not knowing what this matter had to do with Jin Yuyan.

Yongcheng looked at the Emperor with fear, not daring to approach him. His desire to save his mother prevailed, and he wanted to plead, "Emperor..."

Hongli ignored Yongsheng and looked down at Jin Yuyan: "Jiapin, I want to ask you, what did you do in the Buddhist temple on the anniversary of the death of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin, and what did you mean by what you said in front of Yongzhang that day."

When Jin Yuyan heard this, her face changed slightly and her heart skipped a beat. She knew that what she had done was exposed.

She had an excellent psychological quality and she quickly adjusted her expression in response to Hongli's questioning and explained to him calmly.

"Your Majesty, I had a good relationship with Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin when she was alive, so it was only right for me to burn incense for her on her death anniversary. As for those words, I didn't know Yong Zhang was there at the time, and I was just... just joking."

Hongli didn't believe a word of it. He just felt that Jin Yuyan was a man of deep thoughts. His chest was heaving violently, and he waved his hand and slapped Jin Yuyan.

"You still dare to quibble now."

Jin Yuyan touched her slapped face and was also scared. Her body trembled a little. She knelt in front of him, but still refused to admit that she did it on purpose. "Your Majesty, I didn't do it. I told the truth."

Hongli was furious: "You still dare to say that you are telling the truth. Yonghuang and Yongzhang were disrespectful to their stepmother today. You instigated them to do all this. Jiapin, what do you want to do?"

Concubine Chun has also reacted now. It was because she listened to Jin Yuyan that she made a mistake today. It was all Jin Yuyan's fault. If she told the truth to the emperor, he would definitely forgive her and Yong Zhang.

Thinking of this, a glimmer of hope arose in her heart. She crawled to Hongli and hugged his legs with both hands.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it was Jiapin who said that Your Majesty likes the Crown Prince who doesn't show his emotions. That's why Yongzhang didn't cry out loud in front of Empress Xiaoxian's spirit tablet when he heard it. He really didn't mean to be disrespectful to Empress Xiaoxian. This is all Jiapin's fault. Don't blame Yongzhang."