novelden Chapter 727 Prince Kang
Chapter 727 Prince Kang
"No need." The Empress Dowager pointed at Jiang Fenghua, "If the Emperor disciplines her well, I will be relieved."
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly, "The emperor really dotes on me. We are a loving couple. I believe that my father would be very happy in heaven. It was my father who granted me the chance to marry the emperor. He is the matchmaker between me and the emperor."
She knew that even if she tried to please the Empress Dowager, she would only humiliate her first and would not give her a good face. So why should she try to please her?
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she started coughing. She almost had a stroke, and now her condition got worse.
Xie Kang said sternly: "Empress Jiang, you are also the daughter of the Grand Tutor. You should respect the elderly. This is the most basic courtesy, right?"
Jiang Fenghua paused, meaning that even if the elders intentionally humiliate the younger, the younger should bear it, not fight back, and not talk back. "I know how to respect the old and love the young, but I also have to see whether some elders are worthy of respect. My grandson is working hard to be a good emperor for the country and the people, but she is setting fire and stabbing in the back, doing some selfish things for her own selfish desires. Such an elder is not an elder, but an unforgivable bad person."
The Empress Dowager was no longer angry, and stared at Jiang Fenghua with a pair of cold eyes, "You are really brave, no wonder Cheng Langjin is afraid of you."
Jiang Fenghua said, "I am not as brave as the Grand Empress Dowager. She knew that Su Qingqing was going to harm the Xie family and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but she still resolutely helped her and destroyed the Xie family. Is there any benefit for the Grand Empress Dowager?"
The Empress Dowager was really that fragile. She might have been angry to death when the officials from Zongren Mansion came last time. But she looked completely fine, which showed that she had a strong character.
Prince Kang was a filial son to the Empress Dowager. He could have returned to the northwest, but he stayed on the grounds of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager refused to leave the palace on the grounds that Xie Minmin and Xie Yun were not around to serve her. No one knew what the mother and son were up to.
She didn't believe them anyway.
When the Empress Dowager heard her say this, she said coldly, "Didn't you kill Su Qingqing?"
Suddenly, Xie Shang also stared at her closely, "How did the Empress Dowager know that Su Qingqing was dead?"
The Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "There has been no news for so long. I guess she was caught and killed by you. After all, all the members of the Su family died at the hands of Jiang Fenghua."
Jiang Fenghua also heard it. Even if the Empress Dowager was in the deep palace, she had spies. Su Qingqing's death had not been made public. Except for Xie Shang's guards, no one knew about Su Qingqing, let alone the Empress Dowager.
Jiang Fenghua said: "The Empress Dowager guessed it right. The traitor deserves death."
She was not sure whether the news was passed on to her by someone outside or told to her by Prince Kang. If it was Prince Kang, she boldly guessed that Prince Kang also had connections with the Four Princes' Palaces.
If it wasn't Prince Kang who told the Grand Empress Dowager, it meant that there was a spy behind the scenes in the palace who was connected to the Grand Empress Dowager.
Xie Shang also thought of what she thought of. Could it be that his relatives were harboring evil intentions? Was it really just a superficial act to deal with the Jiang family?
He calmly said to Jiang Fenghua: "From now on, the Queen should bring the concubines to pay respects to the Grand Empress Dowager. This is the custom of the royal family."
Jiang Fenghua said: "I obey your order."
The Empress Dowager said, "I don't need her to come and pay respects to me. I want to live a long life and don't want to be pissed off by her."
Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "It is my duty as your granddaughter-in-law to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. I will serve her well in the future. She will surely live a long life. In the future, she will live in the palace, and I will have many opportunities to spend time with you."
Hearing her say this, the Empress Dowager was dumbfounded. Such a quick change, what did she mean?
After Xie Kang sent the Emperor and Empress away, he sent the Empress Dowager back to her bedroom and whispered, "Mother, why do you think Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua suddenly came to Shoukang Palace today?"
The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Jiang Fenghua's face changes from time to time. Who knows what she is thinking? As for the emperor, I have figured it out. He acts according to Jiang Fenghua's eyes. People who don't know would think that Jiang Fenghua is the emperor and he is her spy. I didn't expect that the heir to the throne trained by Xie Jing would listen to a woman so much.
She was so majestic when she arrived at the Hengyang Palace. Xie Jing has passed away, and the throne has fallen into the hands of his son. Kang'er, I am sorry for you. If I had been a step earlier, you would have sat on the throne. I want to give you the best, and Kang'er is the only one who is the most filial to me. "
Xie Kang clenched his fists and remained silent. Thinking of the suffering he had endured in the northwest, he felt hatred in his heart.
He said: "Now there is a lot of talk about the Jiang family outside. Soon the Jiang family's reputation will be tarnished. The emperor will not dare to protect the Jiang family anymore."
The Empress Dowager said, "So many people want to kill the Jiang family. I don't believe that a small Jiang family is so difficult to deal with. In my opinion, instead of fighting with them, it is better to let them deal with it directly."
Xie Kang said: "If it is really that easy, my son would not have come all the way to Shengjing. At that time, the Su family and the Cheng family both supported my son, but Xie Jing was too resourceful. He not only won over the Cheng family, but also seized the Su family and drove my son away from Shengjing."
The Empress Dowager held Xie Kang's hand and said, "Kang'er, you should go back to the northwest. The emperor has been keeping you in Shengjing. I am worried that he has bad intentions. I can see that he is not Xie Jing, so he will not care about anything. If he really wants to deal with you, he will not show mercy."
"Mother thinks too simply. From the day Xie Shang sent a message to ask his son to come to Shengjing, he never thought of letting his son go back." He added, "He detained Yun'er and Minmin. I guess he didn't just want them to work to atone for their sins, but to contain his son. I searched for a long time but couldn't find them."
The Northwest today is no longer the Northwest of 35 years ago. Although his life was hard after he went to the Northwest, he was also working hard to build Prince Kang's power.
"How can I go back?" The Empress Dowager looked worried. "I am old, and my old bones are useless. I can't help you. If you stay with me, you will only be a burden to me."
Xie Kang's legs were no longer lame, and he said with concern, "Mother is my only relative, and I can't bear to leave you. You have been imprisoned in the Hengyang Palace for so many years, and I am far away in the northwest. Even if I want to go back, I want to take mother back with me. I want to provide for her in her old age."
The Empress Dowager was moved to tears. "I gave birth to two sons, and Kang'er is the only one who treats me as his mother. But he caused us to be separated for decades. How can I not hate him? Don't worry, Kang'er. I will send you back safely even if I die. I will definitely rescue Minmin and Yun'er. I will never let them suffer in the hands of Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang."
Her identity was the Empress Dowager, and as long as she had this identity, the emperor could not do anything to her.