After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 939 - 933: Deposed Empress (Part 2)

Nanny Li is the Empress Dowager’s personal nanny. Why would the Emperor come to her Phoenix Palace instead of Yongning Palace?

The Empress rose to perform the formal greeting for the Emperor.

The Hidden Guard pushed Nanny Li forward.

Nanny Li stumbled forward, falling directly in front of the Empress.

The Empress was startled, "What is the Emperor doing?"

The Emperor was so angry that he didn’t want to say another word to the Empress.

His own child had been killed, and he was raising someone else’s son.

Nanny Li looked at the Empress and said, "Nanny Zhou betrayed the Empress... "

The Empress’s face turned pale.

Nanny Zhou was her personal nanny, who knew too much about her affairs. If Nanny Zhou truly betrayed her, the consequences would be unimaginable.

No matter what Nanny Zhou said, the Empress refused to admit it, "A servant who betrayed me, why should her words be trusted, the Emperor must not be misled by her."

Su Jin was about to speak, but before she could, the Emperor’s hand gripped the Empress’s neck.

Recalling how Consort Yun accidentally overheard the Empress arguing with Princess Qi, was then chased by Nanny Zhou and Princess Qi’s maid down the steps, which caused a miscarriage, leading to her being killed by the combined efforts of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, falsely claiming a difficult childbirth for deceiving him for over a decade.

The Emperor wished nothing more than to twist the Empress’s neck on the spot.

Both the Right Minister and the Left Minister felt the Empress deserved what she got, but they couldn’t just stand by and watch the Emperor strangle the Empress, so they hurriedly came forward to persuade the Emperor to calm down.

Even if the Empress deserved death, the Emperor couldn’t just strangle her to death, that wouldn’t look good in history books.

The Right Minister bravely pried open the emperor’s hand, and the Empress fell to the ground, coughing uncontrollably.

Nanny Li said Nanny Zhou betrayed her, but the Empress had no idea what Nanny Zhou had said.

The evidence of the Empress and the Empress Dowager’s conspiracy against Consort Yun, their substitution and concealment were overwhelming, with plenty of eyewitnesses and material evidence, there was no need for the Empress to confess.

"Issue a decree, depose the Empress!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Offer three feet of white silk!"

Dropping those words, the Emperor turned and left.

He was afraid that if he stayed longer, he wouldn’t be able to resist strangling the Empress.

The Empress’s face was ashen, she crawled forward on her knees to plead for the Emperor’s forgiveness.

Unfortunately, the palace doors closed, trapping the Empress’s pleas inside the hall.

Upon leaving the Phoenix Palace, the Emperor issued another decree, "Surround Yongning Palace, anyone who lets someone escape will face execution of their entire clan!"

The Emperor could directly depose the Empress but not the Empress Dowager.

After all, the Empress Dowager was the Empress of the late Emperor.

But the Emperor could confine her until death.

Leaving Yongning Palace, Xingxing looked at Su Jin and asked, "Miss, why doesn’t the Emperor put the Empress Dowager to death?"

In Xingxing’s eyes, the Emperor was all-powerful.

The Emperor could execute anyone.

Of course, this did not include her lady and the Marquis.

Su Jin sighed, "The court is governed by filial piety. Even if the Empress Dowager isn’t the Emperor’s biological mother, the Emperor still can’t execute her."

"However, if there was a decree left by the late Emperor, that would be a different matter."

Su Jin spoke at a moderate volume.

The Right Minister and the Left Minister were walking right behind them.

Upon hearing Su Jin’s words, both men felt a shock, exchanging a glance.

Neither knew whether to praise the Princely Heir’s wife for her filial piety or lack thereof.

With a decree from the late Emperor, executing the Empress Dowager would be justified.

Yet such an action would also be putting the late Emperor in a bad light.

Still, if the late Emperor knew from the afterlife, he should be pleased with his granddaughter, the Princess Consort Zhenbei, right?

Indeed.

Su Jin hadn’t been busy in vain these days.

She had thought through all the necessary aspects.

She had planned to ask Mrs. Tang’s opinion before deciding whether to inform the Emperor.

But who knew Xie Jingchen would encounter trouble at the border, leading Su Jin to dismiss the idea of telling Mrs. Tang.

She had to go to the border.

But before going to the border, she had to topple both the Empress and the Empress Dowager to leave with peace of mind.

However, after dealing with the Empress Dowager, she then had to worry about Prince Qi’s rebellion, adding disaster to the court.

One cannot address one issue without considering another, so Su Jin devised a plan to restrain Prince Qi.

And that was using the lives of the Empress Dowager and the Second Prince.

The only one who can openly dispose of the Empress Dowager would be the late Emperor, but he passed away over a decade ago. If there were such a decree, it could only be a posthumous decree—

Prince Qi’s rebellion warrants the execution of the Empress Dowager.

Su Jin didn’t believe Prince Qi would rebel when the late Emperor’s posthumous decree was announced to the world.

If he could disregard his own mother’s life, what soldier would follow him through life and death?

Su Jin followed the Emperor to the Imperial Study, reporting the entire investigation process to him.

The Emperor then knew that the Second Prince’s lineage had been uncovered at the cost of Princess Shouning’s life.

Had it not been for the Empress’s words spoken in anger, coincidentally overheard by a palace maid, who would have thought the Second Prince was not the Empress’s biological child?

After recounting the events, Su Jin also requested credit for Princess Jiuling and Prince Jing.

Thanks to Prince Jing teaching her the Disguise Technique, Nanny Li was easily fooled.

Although Nanny Zhou confessed unequivocally, Su Jin dared not let her enter the palace for a confrontation with Nanny Li, lest a single word that her confession was forced under duress overturned everything.

Not only would it have failed to indict the Empress and the Empress Dowager, but it would have also prematurely alerted them and backfired.

Su Jin did everything within her power, knowing the Emperor needed peace and then respectfully took her leave.

Eunuch Fu ordered a trusted eunuch to escort Su Jin out of the palace.

On the way out of the palace, Su Jin accidentally stepped on a stone and twisted her ankle, wincing in pain.

The eunuch, terrified, asked, "Princess Consort, are you okay? Shall I fetch the Imperial Physician?"

Su Jin chuckled, "I’m a doctor myself, no need for an Imperial Physician."

Saying this, wincing once more in pain, "It seems to be a severe sprain; it might take several days to recuperate before I can enter the palace again."

Su Jin’s voice carried a tone of frustration.

The Empress was her mother’s killer.

Now that her great vengeance was avenged, how could she not enter the palace to revel in her triumph?

The eunuch also knew Su Jin’s medical skills were unparalleled, even compared to the Imperial Physicians.

Su Jin wanted to return to her residence for medication, so the eunuch said, "Princess, please wait here for a while; I’ll call for a carriage."

Su Jin sat on the stone, waiting.

When the carriage arrived, she limped aboard.

Watching the carriage fade into the distance, the eunuch returned to the Imperial Study to report to the Emperor.