20demayo Chapter 488 There are still family members
Chapter 488 There are still family members
“Okay, now you can leave this old slave here to answer the imperial concubine.
"As for you, go check all the servants in this palace, just like you did in Xiaoyao Palace."
Wang Xifeng then gave Chen Duo a second order.
Chen Duo did as he was told immediately.
He bowed, glanced at An'er and Chunsheng and Chunnuan who were following Wang Xifeng, and went straight to the back hall with his own men and a large number of eunuchs to arrest people one by one.
Even another palace maid who had always stood beside Concubine Song was easily captured by Jing Lian, who tied her arms behind her back and dragged her away.
The maid became anxious instantly and screamed, "Taipin, save me!"
Concubine Song was trembling with fear. Just as she was about to speak, her son hugged her waist and said, "Mother, my brother will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will he let a bad person go!"
Concubine Song looked down at her son, and Prince Xiaoyao looked up at her.
The mother and son stared at each other for more than ten breaths.
"Don't worry, Madam Taipin. I'm just asking questions." Wang Xifeng smiled and told Chunnuan, "Bring a stool for Prince Xiaoyao so he can sit down and talk."
Chunnuan lowered her eyes and agreed. She moved a round stool from the side and placed it next to Concubine Song.
The maid was gagged and dragged away by the experienced Jing Lian.
King Xiaoyao then got up and sat down next to his mother, holding her hand tightly.
"Come on, let's confront her." Wang Xifeng pointed at the wet nurse.
A eunuch who was restraining the old woman took the cloth out of her mouth.
The nurse moaned loudly.
Wang Xifeng lowered her head and looked at her hands: "If you delay any longer, I will break your other leg. If you continue to make trouble, I will break one of your arms.
"If you are really that stubborn, I will ask King Xiaoyao to step aside and start pulling out your fingernails and toenails."
The wet nurse's moans immediately subsided.
"Come on." Wang Xifeng looked up at Prince Xiaoyao and Concubine Song.
Concubine Song looked confused: "Confrontation about what?"
"Mother..." Prince Xiaoyao whispered everything the wet nurse had done in the palace, and emphasized, "She was born in the Zhen family..."
Concubine Song’s face turned pale as paper, and she shook her head repeatedly: “No, no, no, she has nothing to do with the Zhen family!
"Her bullying of you has nothing to do with the Zhen family! Xu'er, the affairs of the capital and the palace have nothing to do with the Zhen family!"
The King of Freedom is named Shen Xu.
Wang Xifeng looked at her in surprise, then at the wet nurse.
Sure enough, a hint of pride flashed across the wet nurse's face very quickly.
Wang Xifeng narrowed her eyes slightly: "Isn't Concubine Song an orphan? Does she have any family members left in the hands of the Zhen family?"
The whole hall was silent.
Concubine Song and the wet nurse both looked at Wang Xifeng in horror!
How did she know?
"Why are you looking at me? Is there any need to ask? It must be true! Otherwise, before King Xiaoyao was born, how could the outside world control the Concubine Tai?
"What if the Concubine Tai is really a calm person who doesn't like to fight with the world and doesn't want to give birth to this child? Can we control her just because Zhen is a concubine in the palace?
"At worst, we can fight to the death. She is barefoot and is not afraid of those who wear shoes. Her life can be exchanged for his and the entire Zhen family's burial. It's not a loss!"
Prince Xiaoyao stared at Concubine Song closely: "Mother, I have a family in law?!"
Concubine Song didn't look at him, but stared at the wet nurse, shaking her head repeatedly: "No, no, that's not it!
"Your Highness, you guessed wrong! I don't have any family outside, not even one..."
Wang Xifeng sighed softly, looked at her, then looked at the servants serving in the hall, and waved her hand gently.
An'er waved and took everyone else away.
The only people left in the palace were Wang Xifeng, Concubine Song and her son, and the wet nurse.
"Prince Xiaoyao, you can tell your mother the truth about the Nan Mansion." Wang Xifeng just sat there, feeling a little hungry, a little tired, and even a little sleepy.
She changed her posture, supported her cheek with her slender hands, and closed her eyes silently.
Prince Xiaoyao looked at her, but began to tell his mother in a low voice about everything that happened in Prince Nan'an's Palace.
The nurse kneeling on the ground was furious: "You, you didn't tell me that!"
King Xiaoyao glanced at her coldly, and at the end, he advised softly:
"Mother, the Jia family has been raided, and the Northern King is now under house arrest. As the culprit, the Zhen family will never be able to escape no matter what...
"Given my brother's temper, the Zhen family might have been surrounded by the Jinling garrison at this moment...
"If you have anything you need to do, you should tell me as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late..."
Concubine Song was so anxious that she couldn't sit still and cried bitterly: "My family..."
"Empress Dowager!" The wet nurse's voice was sinister.
Wang Xifeng closed her eyes and spoke lazily, "Old cunning slave, you think I won't beat you myself, right?"
The wet nurse was stagnant.
Concubine Song sobbed and stammered.
Wang Xifeng opened her eyes impatiently and yawned:
"The Concubine Tai already knows the whole story. If it is all the fault of this old slave, I will immediately order the servants in the back palace to be released."
Concubine Song looked at Prince Xiaoyao timidly, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
King Xiaoyao sighed, stood up, and bowed to the ground: "In this case, I will go out and have dinner with my brother.
“Take care, mother.
"This matter is of great importance, and I will stay in the palace and be ready to obey your orders at any time.
"When everything is settled, I will ask for permission to visit my mother in the palace."
Seeing him turn around resolutely, Concubine Song was so panicked that her voice trembled. She stood up and rushed over:
"No, Xu'er! You can't just go out like this! They, they will hurt you!"
"Mother, they are already harming me." King Xiaoyao turned his head and calmly looked at his mother who had pounced in front of him. He took a half step back and avoided her hand.
"I will soon be fourteen years old. My eldest niece, Princess Ke, is only ten years old and still a girl. I am only a head taller than her.
“Prince Beijing couldn’t carry it on his shoulders or with his hands, but when he pulled me, I didn’t even have the slightest chance to resist.
"Mother, no father would like a prince like me, and no brother would look up to me.
"In my condition, I can only be a useless puppet in their hands, or die silently from weakness and illness."
Concubine Song was terrified and heartbroken, tears streaming down her face and sobbing.
"I have reported everything to my brother, I don't know what else you have.
"I have advised you, but if you don't say anything, then it's not my business, but yours.
"From now on, just stop following others in saying that I'm unfilial.
"After all, I am a prince of the royal family. I want to live in peace. I don't think it's wrong."
Concubine Song was so depressed by what he said that she fell to the ground and broke down in tears.
"Just cry?" Wang Xifeng waited for another ten breaths in boredom, then stood up. "Then just cry slowly."
He nodded to Prince Xiaoyao first and said, "The Emperor and Prince Duan are waiting for you to have dinner together, please go over first.
"I watched Chen Duo and his men release the servants of Xianyi Palace and take the old slave away, and then I went back."
Concubine Song was filled with fear: "No! No!!!"