noffsinger Chapter 366 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 5
Chapter 366 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 5
"But……"
"No buts," the Emperor interrupted Prince Gong, "Tenth brother, you must understand that you are first a member of the royal family, and secondly Luo Zi's cousin, the grandson of the Luo family. You are here to plead for the Queen. Do you want me to indulge the ambitions of the Luo family and the Queen?"
"My mother killed my offspring because she didn't want anyone to give birth to the eldest son before the queen. Don't tell me that my mother is innocent. Who else but my mother could dare to attack the heir so recklessly under my nose?"
"If I don't depose the Queen, then my mother will only become more unscrupulous in the future. After you deliver the decree to the Queen, go to Ningshou Palace to persuade my mother!"
"I have a history with my mother, and I don't want to end up in a situation where we become enemies. You are my brother, and my mother has always loved you. I think she should be able to listen to your advice."
"Your humble servant obeys your command." Prince Gong now knew that there was no way to stop the Emperor from deposing the Queen, so he might as well take this opportunity to meet his mother first.
When Prince Gong came to the Queen's palace with the imperial edict, the Queen was so surprised that she wanted to pounce on him when she saw him, but was stopped by a look from Prince Gong.
This stupid woman is really incapable of doing anything good and is always causing trouble. She doesn't even think about the current situation. Maybe her every move is being monitored by the emperor. Why doesn't she know how to restrain herself?
"Cousin, please accept the order!" Prince Gong opened the imperial edict in his hand and said:
The queen's pupils trembled and she felt extremely frightened, but she still knelt down to receive the order.
But when she heard that this was the imperial decree to depose the empress, she felt like she was going crazy: "This is impossible. How could the emperor depose me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the queen stood up and said, "I want to go find the emperor. I want to ask him face to face, does the oath he once made to me no longer count? He said he would love me forever, how could he abandon me?"
Prince Gong quickly stopped the queen and said, "Cousin, please stop making trouble. Although the emperor has deposed you, he still lets you retain your position as a concubine. If you continue to make trouble, the emperor may directly depose you as a commoner and send you to the cold palace."
Although Luo Zi was a bit stupid, she was someone he once loved deeply, and Prince Gong did not have no feelings for her at all.
The most important thing is that the emperor still has feelings for Luo Zi, this stupid woman. Just for this reason, Luo Zi cannot be allowed to become a useless chess piece and consume the emperor's feelings for her.
"I am the queen," the queen said with tears streaming down her face, "but now I have been deposed as a concubine. Should I still be grateful to the emperor? Why is the emperor so cruel to me? I know I did something wrong, but the accidents of the imperial heirs in the concubines' bellies are really none of my business."
"Cousin, please help me to ask the emperor for mercy. I cannot be deposed as queen, otherwise..."
"Cousin," Prince Gong interrupted the Queen and whispered, "Believe me, how can I bear to see you being wronged? But the situation is very unfavorable to us now, so we can only temporarily let you continue to pretend to be nice to the Emperor."
"You have to know that even my mother has been placed under house arrest by the Emperor. Maybe I will be the next one, so you can't get into trouble at this time. Otherwise, if the Emperor really deposes you as a commoner and banishes you to the cold palace, then my plan will probably come to nothing."
"Listen to me and stop making trouble. Consider this as my plea to you. I really can't bear to see you banished to the cold palace." Prince Gong looked at the Queen with red eyes and pleaded:
The Queen, who was crazy about love, was naturally coaxed by Prince Gong when she saw him like this.
Prince Gong knew the Queen too well. From the Queen's expression, he knew that she had taken his words to heart, which made him distance himself from the Queen. "Cousin, I'll leave first. My brother asked me to go to Ningshou Palace to persuade Mother. I have to go see her now."
As he spoke, Prince Gong winked at the Queen, then turned and left.
The Queen wanted to grab Prince Gong, but she didn't raise her hand in the end. The Queen naturally understood her cousin's signal. Now is an extraordinary period. Maybe the Emperor has someone outside her palace watching her, so she and her cousin must be cautious and must not let their relationship be suspected by the Emperor.
Prince Gong went to the Queen Mother's Palace. When he saw that his mother had aged several years, his eyes immediately became red: "Mother, it is because of my uselessness that you have suffered such a great humiliation."
"How can I blame you for this?" the Queen Mother said with hatred, "The Emperor's unfilial son is indeed worthy of being adopted by the late Queen since he was a child. Fortunately, I knew that he and I were not of the same mind, and I did not have any expectations of him. Otherwise, I would have been driven to death by him if he had humiliated me like this."
"Mother, what is going on?" Prince Gong said, "Even if you want to take action against the heir, there is no need to be so hasty. This is not like your character!"
"No matter how stupid I am, I won't be this stupid," the Queen Mother was furious when she talked about this matter. "Knowing that the Emperor suspected me, he still took action against the heir. I am not stupid, how could I do such a stupid thing."
"I have been thinking over and over these past few days, and I feel that everything that has happened is aimed at me," the Queen Mother said, rubbing her brows in pain, "but I can't figure out who has the ability to plot against me."
"Mother, what you said is true," Prince Gong frowned and said, "It really wasn't you who did it. It's not that I don't believe you. Just like you said, who has the ability to plot against you like this? You have been building up your power in the harem for more than ten years. Who could have plotted against you right under your nose? If there really is such a person, then the other party's ability is really too terrifying."
"Who said it wasn't true?" The Queen Mother said tiredly, "If I don't find out who is behind this, I will be worried all day long. Besides, I have lost the trust of the Emperor now."
“Yier!” The Queen Mother looked at her youngest son helplessly, “I’m afraid our plan will fail. Without the Emperor’s trust, I, the Queen Mother, am like a toothless tiger. I can’t do anything I want to do. In this situation, how can I plan for the throne for you?”
The Queen Mother was naturally very unwilling, but that was the reality, so what did it matter no matter how unwilling she was.
"Mother, is there really nothing you can do?" Prince Gong said unwillingly, "I am unwilling to accept this. Why can my brother, the son of the Queen Mother, sit on the throne while I can only be a minister?"