Wang Zhen had just conveyed Zhu Qizhen's message to the Grand Empress Dowager Zhang Yan when she immediately jumped up from her chair.
"What is it? Do you want me, an old woman, to beg her personally?”
"Empress Dowager, protect your phoenix body." Sun Ruowei said.
"Good, very good! The good son you raised is now disrespecting his elders. Does he still have you, his mother, and me, his grandmother, in his eyes?”Zhang Yan was so angry that she was about to vomit blood. Even the threat of fasting was useless.
Her imperial grandson had transformed from a nine-year-old child overnight.
"I loved him so much back then, but now he wants me to beg him personally. The throne…really made people lose their humanity!”Zhang Yan was so angry that she beat her chest and stamped her feet.
Sun Ruowei sighed,"Empress Dowager, please calm down. It's Ruowei's fault for not teaching properly."”
"What's the use of saying this now? My brother is suffering in the imperial prison, and I'm not even allowed to see him. Tell me quickly, what should I do?”
"I'll accompany you to see Qi Zhen. Now that he is the emperor, we are in the harem. It is useless to be anxious here.”
Sun Ruowei supported Zhang Yan, got up, and walked towards Yangxin.
At this moment, Yangxin Palace Hall had been cleaned up cleanly, leaving no traces behind. It was as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Qizhen calmly read through the memorials, quietly waiting for news from the Five Armies Governor's Office.
However, Zhao Yun's good news did not come. Instead, the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan and his mother, Sun Ruowei, came to question her.
Even without them saying anything, Zhu Qizhen understood their purpose for coming.
The Imperial Brother-in-law was the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, so he was definitely here to plead for mercy.
Zhu Qizhen stood up to welcome Zhang Yan and Sun Ruowei.
"Your son pays his respects to mother and grand empress dowager.”
"Zhu Qizhen, you treacherous and unfilial descendant.”The Grand Empress Dowager raised her cane and was about to swing it at Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen grabbed the empress dowager's walking stick and said lightly,"Grand Empress Dowager, your grandson has been dealing with government affairs recently and has not had the time to visit you. You don't have to be so furious, right?”
"You're still pretending with me. Why did you imprison your granduncle? He is your own granduncle. No matter how big of a mistake he has made, can't you give me face and let him live?”Zhang Yan said with a trembling voice.
"Grand Empress Dowager, your grandson doesn't understand what you mean. Emperor Taizu once said that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Could it be that the Empress Dowager was not going to follow the ancestral teachings?”
"I don't care about political affairs, I only ask that you release the country's brother-in-law. He is your uncle, let him go! I'm begging you, okay? Do you want me to kneel before you?”
Zhu Qizhen quickly helped Zhang Yan up and said,""Grandma, why are you doing this? If my uncle breaks the law, he must act according to the laws of Ming Dynasty. If I let him go, wouldn't I be bending the law for personal gain? In the future, how will my grandson convince the people in the court?”
"Then how do you plan to deal with your uncle?”
Zhu Qizhen picked up a memorial and handed it to Zhang Yan, saying,""According to the Great Ming's laws, Uncle's crime should be beheaded. However, considering that he is a relative of the Imperial Family, we can only grant him death and let him die with dignity.”
Zhang Yan was speechless.
Empress Dowager Zhang Yan's frail body suddenly collapsed, and the memorial in her hand fell to the ground.
Sun Ruowei quickly supported him and shouted,"Grand Empress Dowager! Quickly call the imperial physician!"
The servants went to summon the imperial physicians, but Zhu Qizhen remained indifferent and cold as he looked at the unconscious Zhang Yan.
Sun Ruowei looked at Zhu Qizhen in a daze and said word by word,"Son, although you inherited the throne, why are you so unreasonable? Even your grandmother fainted from anger.”
Zhu Qizhen slowly picked up the memorial from the ground and said calmly,"Mother, didn't you teach me all this? As an emperor, he must not have any selfishness or personal feelings. He must have the world in his heart and not ruin everyone for the sake of a small family. Mother, you taught me all this?"
Sun Ruowei's body involuntarily trembled, and the smile on Zhu Qizhen's lips suddenly made her hair stand on end.
A 9-year-old tender face was so terrifying in Sun Ruowei's eyes.
In a trance, Sun Ruowei even thought that the Zhu Qizhen in front of her was not her son at all…
He was even more ruthless than the emperors recorded in the history books, and the emperor's aura he emitted was even more suffocating.
Sun Ruowei suddenly regretted giving birth to Zhu Qizhen in the imperial family.
Zhu Qizhen said,"I'll leave the Empress Dowager to Mother to take care of. Your son still has administrative matters to deal with, so I'll take my leave first."”
Looking at Zhu Qizhen's back as he left, Sun Ruowei felt a chill in her heart.
As the emperor's mother, she was often neglected. This kind of terrifying life in the palace was getting closer and closer to her…
Thinking of the miserable life in the harem, Sun Ruowei couldn't help but shed tears.
……
The memorial that Zhu Qizhen had read was quickly sent to the Supreme Court.
The Imperial Brother-in-law, Zhang Kejian, who was imprisoned in the imperial prison, still did not know that he was already in trouble.
"You blind dogs, do you know who I am?" he scolded the jailer in the imperial prison. I'm the emperor's uncle. I'll be able to get out of here soon. If you can't serve me well, I won't forgive you.”
The arrogant Zhang Kejian vented his dissatisfaction in prison. One of the jailers handed Zhang Kejian a pot of wine.
"Drink, this is the imperial wine bestowed by the emperor.”
"Haha, I've already told you that I'm the emperor's uncle. When he sees me, he has to call me uncle. If you don't let me out, you'll have your heads chopped off!”
Zhang Kejian snorted coldly and drank from the wine pot.
After drinking for a while, Zhang Kejian suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He fell to the ground in prison and twitched as he died…
Then the news of the country's brother-in-law committing suicide in prison quickly spread throughout Jingdou.
The news spread like wildfire and even reached the ears of Wala Khagan Yexian.
Originally, he was discussing with the Tartars, Arutai, and Wuliangha about a large-scale attack on the Ming border.
However, when they heard that the culprit, Zhang Kejian, had been executed in Great Ming, the leaders of the other three tribes hesitated about attacking Great Ming.
"This is Da Ming's trick. Don't fall for it." If they were sincere, why didn't they hand Zhang Kejian over to us? Big Ming has repeatedly gone back on his word. This time, we will definitely make them pay with blood. I heard that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a 9-year-old child. Why don't we take this opportunity to take over the Central Plains and restore our Dayuan?”
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