frightfiction Chapter 157 Song Ning Discovers the Truth
Chapter 157 Song Ning Discovers the Truth
Early the next morning, the entire capital was shocked. The queen and the prince were both dead. They were also demoted to commoners, and the entire family of Grand Tutor Sun was ordered to be executed.
The reason was that the Queen and the Crown Prince poisoned Concubine Chen and the Fourth Prince. After the incident, the two even attempted to kill the king. As a result, the Crown Prince mistakenly drank the wine prepared for the Emperor. The Crown Prince died of poisoning on the spot, and the Queen was given white silk.
Because the two were commoners, they were exempted from funerals. In fact, the emperor had already ordered their bodies to be thrown into a mass grave.
When the imperial edict was read out at the morning court, all the ministers were shocked...
No one expected that the Queen and the Crown Prince would die like this. When Grand Tutor Sun heard that all his Manchu people would be implicated, he cried out that he was innocent. But the Emperor said that this was Murong's world, and Grand Tutor Sun should not dream of the world belonging to the Sun family. Grand Tutor Sun collapsed to the ground...
The biggest victim of this incident was undoubtedly Si Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Earl's Mansion. When Si's family heard that the prince had died and that they had been demoted to commoners, they petitioned the emperor to show mercy and allow the dissolution of the engagement between the deposed prince and Si Yao.
The emperor agreed and gave some money and property to the Earl's Mansion as compensation. The Si family didn't expect that the engagement would be cancelled and they would receive a considerable amount of compensation, so they were very happy.
But Si Yao felt like the sky was falling. Ever since the imperial decree was issued to appoint her as the candidate for the Crown Princess, her status had risen dramatically, and the noble ladies from various families were trying their best to curry favor with her.
She also particularly enjoyed the feeling of being sought after. Now that the prince was not only dead, but also demoted to a commoner, her life had become a huge joke.
Now there were no telling how many people outside were waiting to laugh at her, especially Princess Changle. Before, she had been trying to slap the princess in the face in order to vent her anger.
But the princess is about to become the consort of the third prince, and not only does she have nothing, but her engagement has also been cancelled. How could any good family look down upon her in the future?
The Queen and the Crown Prince died and were deposed as commoners. The happiest people were Princess Huai, Prince Xiao, and Princess Changle.
Princess Huai is now very satisfied that her daughter is engaged to the Third Prince. Not to mention the difficulty, if the Third Prince has the opportunity to ascend the throne in the future, her daughter will be the Queen, and everything will still be possible. If she had been married to the Crown Prince before, it would not be Si Yao who is being ridiculed now, but her daughter.
Prince Xiao secretly thanked his luck that his sister did not marry the prince. Otherwise, if the two had gotten married, not only would his sister suffer, but even their Huai Wang Mansion would be implicated.
When Xiao Jiayi learned that the crown prince had been demoted to a commoner, she was even happier than when she heard that the crown prince had died. How could Si Yao have the confidence to show off in front of her? She had been bullied by that bitch Si Yao a lot these days.
Now, not only has she become an abandoned woman, but she is also engaged to the deposed crown prince. Just thinking about it makes her feel happy.
Fortunately, the Third Prince had had improper thoughts about her at the beginning. Although she looked down on the Third Prince's character, compared to the deposed Crown Prince, at least the Third Prince was the best choice.
Xiao Jiayi immediately called a servant and arranged for her to send invitations to the young ladies of various families to arrange to watch the opera. She also specifically asked them to send it to the Si family as well. She was determined to show the good drama of lovers finally getting married and comfort Si Yao...
Song Qianning, who was staying in Ningyun Pavilion, was practicing embroidery. Her fingers had been pricked several times and the pain made her want to curse.
However, my grandmother and mother said that I must finish embroidering this handkerchief and give it to them for inspection. Just as Song Qianning gritted her teeth and embroidered desperately...
"Big news, great news that will shock the world and make the gods weep..."
"Muju, the young lady is doing needlework, please don't make any noise to disturb her..."
Seeing that the young lady was distracted by Muju's shouting, Mumei gave her another solid injection. She stopped Muju from speaking with a helpless tone.
Seeing that the young lady's hand was bleeding, Mu Ju said in annoyance: "Young lady, look at me, I was so careless that I made your finger bleed."
Song Qianning put her fingers in her mouth and shook her head. Thinking of Mu Ju's yelling just now, she was also a little curious. She asked: "Hey? Mu Ju, you just said big news, what happened? What shocked you so much? Tell me quickly..."
Mu Ju wanted to speak, and looked at Mu Mei again. She didn't know if she could speak now, so she tried to speak: "Uh... that..."
"It's okay, just keep talking, I'll listen and continue embroidering..."
As soon as Mu Ju received the young lady's order, she immediately told everything she heard outside: "Young lady, you don't know, I just heard a big news outside, the queen and the prince are dead..."
Song Qianning thought there was something wrong with her ears. She asked uncertainly: "You mean the queen and the prince are dead? What is going on?"
Mumei was shocked. Because she and Muzhu were accompanying the young lady in the yard and did not go out, they had no idea what was happening outside.
She just thought it was a rumor that Mu Ju heard from somewhere? Cursing the Queen and the Crown Prince was a capital crime. She subconsciously rebuked Mu Ju: "Why are you just following the rumors out there? Be careful that your head will be in danger!"
Mu Ju was almost dying of anxiety: "Really, I didn't say anything nonsense, Sister Mulan was outside with me, and Sister Mulan also knows about it. If you don't believe me, ask Sister Mulan..."
Mulan nodded and said seriously: "It is indeed true. The emperor personally issued an imperial decree, deposing the empress and the prince as commoners, and executing all the people in Grand Tutor Sun's mansion. The rest of the clansmen were exiled, and the women were enslaved for generations..."
"Oh my God!"
"It's so scary..."
Mumei and Muzhu covered their mouths in shock. What kind of crime must have been committed to be like this...
Song Qianning couldn't believe it. How could it be? Didn't the Queen and the Crown Prince have to wait until the Fourth Prince and Concubine Chen died? In the end, they were defeated by the Second Prince and Xiao Nuoning...
Wait... this isn't the first time...
"Mu Ju, tell me quickly, what did the Queen and the Crown Prince do to be deposed as commoners?"
Song Qianning's tone was somewhat anxious. She wanted to confirm something, something she didn't dare to think about...
Mu Ju felt that the young lady looked a little strange, but seeing that the young lady kept urging her to speak, she had to say: "It seems that the Queen, the Crown Prince, and Grand Tutor Sun poisoned Concubine Chen and the Fourth Prince. Doctor Xu was coerced by the Sun family's family members, so he has been poisoning the Fourth Prince for years. After the incident was exposed, the deposed Queen and the deposed Crown Prince thought of going all out and poisoning the Emperor. As a result, the Emperor saw through their plan and deliberately gave the poisoned wine to the deposed Crown Prince, who died of the poison on the spot. Then the Emperor issued an order to demote the Queen and the Crown Prince to commoners, and the deposed Queen's family, including the deposed Queen, were all convicted..."
Mu Ju told Song Qianning all the news she heard in one breath. Song Qianning's ears echoed with what Mu Ju said. Suddenly she thought of something and asked anxiously: "Didn't the Fourth Prince get poisoned? Is the Fourth Prince poisoned now?"
Mu Ju thought that the young lady felt sorry for her future son-in-law, so she smiled and comforted him: "Young lady, don't worry! The Fourth Prince and Concubine Chen are fine. It was because someone cured them that the Queen's conspiracy was discovered. Young lady is different now that she is about to get married. She knows how to feel sorry for her future husband..."
The four maids laughed and didn't notice Song Qianning's strange expression at all.
So that's how it is, she said! Once is a coincidence, twice is a rare opportunity, and three times is an accident. Since the third brother was found gambling, everything has changed.
At first, she thought it was just a butterfly effect caused by her presence, but now it seems that the source is her...