Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 338 Execution of the Queen

Ji Nai understood what she meant, but he did not agree. Instead, he shook his head imperceptibly. The position of the Empress Dowager was as stable as a rock, and now was not a good time for them to take action.

After Huipin received Rongpin's reply, she suppressed her thoughts. In history, Empress Xiaozhuang lived a long life, and Hesheli was not necessarily a match for the Grand Empress Dowager. They still had to live under the control of the Grand Empress Dowager. It was indeed not appropriate to act without absolute certainty.

Huipin gathered her thoughts and turned her gaze to Hesheli and Madam Zheng, but her mind drifted to Majia. She did see Majia's abnormality just now, although it was only for a short time, so what was wrong with Majia's body?

Before Huipin could figure it out, Hesheli's shrill laughter brought her back to her senses.

Hesheli's laughter made people feel sad. Although everyone had been dissatisfied with the queen for a long time, they still felt a little reluctant to see her in such a state. The queen was so proud and ambitious in the past, but now she has become like this.

When Hesheli had laughed enough, she knelt down and kowtowed to the Grand Empress Dowager. "I know that I have committed serious sins and I should die to atone for my sins. I only ask that the Grand Empress Dowager give me a few more months of grace."

Just at this moment, the palace maid who went to search came back, and the result naturally confirmed Huipin's words.

The Empress Dowager angrily shouted, "Hesheli, do you have anything else to say?"

"I have nothing to say."

"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless. The crime of murdering the emperor is enough to punish all nine clans. As for you, after all, you are the queen married by the emperor. I will give you a decent treatment and leave your body intact."

When everyone heard that the Empress Dowager had directly sentenced the Queen to death, they were excited. They didn't expect that this time it would be so easy to bring down Hesheli.

Countless times in the past, they always thought that Hesheli had committed a serious crime and would surely be put to death, but the Emperor and the Empress Dowager always let her go, contrary to everyone's expectations.

This time, they thought that the best outcome would be to prove Hesheli's guilt. As for how to deal with her, they still needed to discuss it further. However, the Empress Dowager decided Hesheli's fate on the spot.

It’s really satisfying!

Some even hoped that the Empress Dowager would take action today to avoid any further complications.

Madam Zheng was pinned to the ground again, and she screamed helplessly, "No, Grand Empress Dowager, no! Please let the Queen go."

"Mammy, forget it. If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext. Since the Empress Dowager wants me dead, I must die."

Su Malagu heard something wrong in the Queen's words and stood up to refute:

"Empress, you have committed countless wrongdoings. The matter of Yilanhua even involves His Majesty. This is intolerable. The Empress Dowager is doing this for His Majesty's safety and to maintain the dignity of the Heavenly Family.

How come you say that the Grand Empress Dowager is going to retaliate against you? To put it bluntly, no matter who is the owner of the Central Palace, it has nothing to do with the Grand Empress Dowager. Everyone must be filial to and respect the Grand Empress Dowager."

The queen seemed to have accepted her fate and simply gave up, venting all the dissatisfaction she had accumulated in her heart towards the Grand Empress Dowager.

"Oh, justice is in the heart of the people. The Empress Dowager has always been dissatisfied with me, and now she wants to take my life. Are you worried about His Majesty, or do you not want the Forbidden City to have a legitimate mistress so that you can interfere with His Majesty's harem openly?"

"How dare you! Queen, what nonsense are you talking about!" Seeing that the Queen's words were becoming more and more outrageous, the Queen Mother could no longer remain silent.

In the Empress Dowager's heart, her mother had dedicated her entire life to the Qing Dynasty. She had lost her husband and her son. Now she was being questioned by a granddaughter-in-law. How could she not be disheartened?

Hearing such treasonous words, many people wished they were deaf. Ji Nai and Huipin looked at each other, led the concubines to kneel down, and comforted them:

"Grand Empress Dowager, please calm down. The Queen may be having a hysterical attack, which is why she is talking without thinking."

A hint of secret joy flashed in Huipin's eyes. She sued the Queen for fawning on her superior in court. Firstly, she wanted to clear herself of any involvement after the incident, and secondly, she wanted to make the matter bigger and add another charge to Hesheli's crime.

She had not thought that she could overthrow Hesheli this time. It was just like "Yugong moving the mountain". One day, the mountain of the queen would disappear from her sight.

However, Hesheli was so unpopular that all the concubines wanted her dead. After all the advice came from the Empress Dowager, who was already dissatisfied with Hesheli, she actually made up her mind to deal with her.

What an unexpected surprise!

But Ji Nai was not so optimistic. She always felt that the Empress Dowager's behavior today was somewhat illogical.

Normally, if Hesheli was pregnant, the Empress Dowager would most likely wait until she gave birth. After all, she had already tolerated her for such a long time and would not mind a few more months.

Even if the Grand Empress Dowager really couldn't bear it anymore, she could have done it secretly and let Hesheli become seriously ill and die suddenly. Otherwise, after Hesheli's death, the news would be exposed that the Queen was pregnant when she was executed. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, would the Grand Empress Dowager's reputation still be remembered?

Ji Nai boldly guessed that the Empress Dowager would not be completely unaware of the news that Hesheli was pregnant?

Perhaps the Empress Dowager understood Hesheli's plan, but for some political purpose, she was also waiting to see if Hesheli's plan could come true. To the Hesheli family, a despised queen was not as valuable as a prince.

Once successful, the Hesheli family would not only have a chance to turn things around, but could even become the most noble family in the Qing Dynasty besides the Aisin-Gioro family. But at the same time, it was not without benefits for Kangxi. One prince could tie the entire Hesheli family together, which was something that Empress Hesheli could not do.

The highly skilled imperial physician could diagnose a pregnancy before a month had passed. But now, almost two months had passed and there was still no sign of pregnancy, so the Empress Dowager did not plan to keep the completely useless Hesheli.

After all, Hesheli repeatedly disregarded Kangxi's health. How could Kangxi and the Empress Dowager not be afraid of such madness?

However, all the above speculations have a most basic premise: Hesheli was indeed not pregnant.

Even if someone intercepted the news, how could the Empress Dowager be unaware of the news that Huipin knew about it? This is even more unbelievable than Kangxi's current statement that he wanted Ji Nai to be the queen.

So, what went wrong?

"I am not talking nonsense. The Empress Dowager would rather abandon the heir than execute me. This shows that in the Empress Dowager's heart, no matter how important the heir is, it is not as important as my life."