novelblue
Chapter 971 - 971 452 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law (Third
Chapter 971 - 971 452 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law (Third
?Chapter 971: 452 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law (Third Watch) Chapter 971: 452 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law (Third Watch) Eunuch Qin’s heart skipped a beat when he heard these words, “Empress Dowager, you can’t possibly be thinking…”
The words “relinquish power” came to the tip of his tongue, but he couldn’t bring himself to say them.
Empress Dowager Zhuang knew what he wanted to say. She had indeed seriously considered the matter. Holding complete control of the court, it was unclear whether it was for self-preservation, for the Zhuang family’s sake, or for the welfare of the nation—or perhaps it was just for the little money in the treasury.
After all, an Empress Dowager with real power certainly reaped far more benefits than one without.
But now—
It seemed she no longer needed to protect herself, nor did she need to safeguard the Zhuang family. As for the welfare of the nation and the little money…
Hmm.
She was quite reluctant to let go of the money.
There was no helping it, she had many children to provide for!
Eunuch Qin was unaware that the Empress Dowager’s thoughts were already far astray, and he sighed, “Alas, you had warned the Zhuang family long ago. It’s the Zhuang family’s own appetite that has grown too big and can’t be reined in.”
How could only Consort Zhuang giving Ning Wang notions he shouldn’t have led to Ning Wang deviating so drastically from the norms? Grand Tutor Zhuang must have also played a significant part.
And now, they have sent the child’s future under the executioner’s blade.
“What does His Majesty plan to do with Ning Wang?” Empress Dowager Zhuang asked.
Eunuch Qin replied, “I heard that he is to be stripped of his royal title, demoted to a commoner, exiled from the Capital City… banished to a bitterly cold place.”
This punishment for the emperor’s most beloved eldest son was extremely severe; it must have been decided amidst agonizing heartache.
He didn’t consult Empress Dowager Zhuang for her opinion.
It wasn’t that he disrespected her, but precisely because he respected her too much, he didn’t want her to endure the pain of punishing Ning Wang.
Once the imperial edict was announced, from that moment on, the father-son relationship would be severed, never to see each other again in this life.
This was almost no different from a parent sending off their child to death.
Let him alone bear everything. In countless nights to come, waking from dreams filled with longing for his son, regretting his past decisions for being too heartless—these would be his sufferings alone.
“Did Ning Wang… not defend himself at all?” Empress Dowager Zhuang asked.
You didn't buy this chapter, Buy it and read full at novelbin.com