Soon, Hongli appeared in Kunning Palace, and without waiting for Zhichun to say anything, he already said: "I already know it, please step back, I will handle this matter myself."
"Yes." Zhichun followed her words and left without saying a word, because she knew clearly that Wang had touched Hongli's evil side, and whether she said it or not, Wang would not end well.
Ms. Wang didn't know this. When she saw Hongli sending Zhichun away as soon as he arrived, she thought he didn't intend to deal with her. Her heart that had been hanging for a long time was relieved. She walked up to Hongli and said softly: "
Your Majesty, my concubine..."
"Pa!" A slap hit Wang's face hard, not only interrupting her words but also knocking her unconscious. After a while, she came back to her senses and said sharply: "What is your Majesty doing?"
Since she entered the palace, she has always been favored by Hongli, especially in the ten years after Concubine Xun went crazy. She really has three thousand favors in one body. Even though her years have passed, Jun's favor has never been the same.
She was so indifferent that the new concubines who entered the palace could not be compared with her. Hongli even left it to her to make decisions on all matters in the palace. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was the most favored in the Sixth Palace.
For many years, Hongli had not even said a harsh word, but now he slapped her involuntarily. How could she accept it?
Hongli, who had always been kind to her, was obviously extremely indifferent at this moment, as if he was looking at a stranger, "Wang Ruining, you should know very well why you are favored so far."
His words made Wang's heart skip a beat, and her expression became uncomfortable, "I don't understand what the emperor means."
"Back then, Concubine Xun looked very much like Xianyue, so I doted on her. But you knew this, so you deliberately imitated Xianyue's words and deeds, so that I could find the shadow of Xianyue in you."
After being exposed by him, Ms. Wang wrung her fingers and said in a slightly trembling voice: "I do this because I want to relieve the pain of missing His Majesty."
Hongli sneered, "You know what you are thinking, and I know better. There is no need to say these hypocritical words. Although your intentions are impure, I don't care. I will still give you grace, honor, and even give you
You have power, but you...have never been satisfied, right?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang didn't know where she got the courage to raise her eyes and said, "Yes, I am not satisfied. The position of queen has been vacant for twenty years. Why has the emperor always refused to establish a new queen?"
Hongli stared at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Should I make you the new queen?"
I don't know whether it was Hongli's smile or the inner demons that had been entangled for many years. Mrs. Wang actually nodded and said: "Yes, I am my concubine. I will treat my mother like a queen and will never disappoint the emperor."
Hongli smiled and said: "Then I will also tell you something."
"What is it?" Under Wang's puzzled gaze, Hongli suppressed his smile and said word by word: "When Xianyue passed away, I made a promise that there will be no third person in the Qianlong dynasty.
Queen!"
Mrs. Wang never expected that she would hear such a sentence, which she couldn't accept. She shook her head and murmured: "It shouldn't... it shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't..."
Before she could calm down, a hand touched her cheek, and the lines on her palm could be clearly felt on her skin, "If you keep to yourself and be your imperial concubine, I will continue to look for the shadow of Xia Yue on you, even though you
I can never be the queen, but at least I can sit in the position of the imperial concubine. It's a pity... you don't want to settle down!" He said the last few words in an extremely cold voice, as if he had emerged from the ground.
Mrs. Wang was shocked and suddenly realized her current situation. She hurriedly knelt down and said, "I know I was wrong. I will never set foot in Kunning Palace again in the future. I beg the emperor to forgive me this time!"
"I know my mistake..." Hongli took back his hand and said expressionlessly: "It's too late!"
Although Hongli had not said any words of punishment, just these three words had already made Wang's soul wander, and she kept saying: "Your Majesty, have mercy, Your Majesty, have mercy!"
Hongli ignored her and only said to Xiao Wu who came with him: "When you get back, immediately draft a decree for me. I will depose the Wang family as a commoner, take back the treasures immediately, and banish her to the cold palace!"
Mrs. Wang knew that she would not be able to escape punishment today, but she never expected that Hongli would not even care about any affection, and would banish her to the cold palace as soon as he opened his mouth. For a while, she even forgot to beg for mercy, until Xiao Wu bowed and agreed.
, just came back to his senses, and hurriedly grabbed Hongli who was about to leave, panicking.
She said in a voice: "No! The emperor doesn't want it. I swear that I will never step into Kunning Palace again, and I will be my concubine." Seeing that Hongli was silent, she said eagerly: "No matter what the emperor wants in the future,
Whatever I do, I will agree to it, I just ask for mercy from the emperor!"
Hongli's answer to her was only three words, "It's too late!"
"No! No!" Hongli's ruthlessness frightened Wang. She understood that if she couldn't get Hongli to change his mind tonight, she would spend the rest of her life in a dilapidated cold palace, which she could never accept.
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"I really realized my mistake. Please forgive me for the sake of kindness and filial piety. Just once. I promise that there will never be a next time. Otherwise... I will kneel in front of the Queen's memorial tablet."
Make atonement to her, the late empress is a kind-hearted person, she will definitely forgive me!"
Hongli leaned over, looked into Wang's frightened eyes, and said slowly: "Maybe Xianyue will really forgive you, but I am not Xianyue, so... I can't!" After saying this, he brushed it away with all his strength.
Wang's hand strode away, leaving behind Wang who was crying bitterly.
At this moment, she regretted it endlessly, but there was never any regret medicine in this world!
The next day, the news that the Wang family was deposed quickly spread throughout the Sixth Palace. From the imperial concubine to the deposed concubine in the cold palace, it only took a day!
After the Wang family was deposed, Hongli became more and more lonely. He kept looking for the shadow of Xianyue on those concubines, but no matter how he looked, it was just a shadow after all...
In the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, Hongli, who was eighty-five years old, was passed down to his fifteenth elder brother Yongyan. The reign name was changed to Jiaqing, and Hongli became the Supreme Emperor.
In the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, Hongli passed away in the Forbidden City at the age of eighty-nine!
When he breathed his last breath, Hongli was happy. He could finally see Xianyue. In the past thirty-four years, he had never forgotten this woman.
In the next life, they can be an ordinary couple, stay together for a long time, and stay together forever!