Wei Zixuan was also chatting with several family members all the way, but suddenly she found that her sister was missing. She was worried that the palace was too big and Zijin was lost. She quickly turned around and looked for it. As a result, Wei Zijin stood there with a bad face and hurriedly left.
He asked with concern next to her.
Wei Zijin slowly raised her eyes and looked at Wei Zixuan. After a while of silence, she finally sorted out the messy thoughts in her mind. She smiled as if nothing had happened: "I just thought the scenery here is good, so I stayed for a while..."
Although she was laughing, her smile was a bit forced.
Wei Zixuan also felt that her sister was not in high spirits and thought she was tired. She patted her arm and nodded and smiled: "The scenery in the palace is naturally good. If you are interested in the future, when the palace holds a banquet again,
My sister will take you to have a good time!"
Wei Zijin responded absent-mindedly. In fact, she had already remembered every scene in the palace... and the point she wanted to say was not here!
"Sister, I chatted with Mrs. Fan for a moment just now, and talked about the former queen Li..." Wei Zijin said slowly, his tone hesitant.
Just now, Wang Shangrou, the wife of the Guanglu doctor, would not suddenly say such things. She believed that Wei Zixuan, as the Prime Minister's wife, must know some inside story!
When Wei Zixuan heard her mention the deposed queen Li, she subconsciously looked around. Seeing that no eunuchs and palace maids came, she replied in a low voice: "Those things have passed, so it's better not to talk nonsense!
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"Li was deposed, can the emperor deal with the Li family? What happened to him, Li's father, Duke Chen?" Wei Zijin asked casually, not wanting Wei Zixuan to notice anything wrong!
"Since the emperor was determined to deal with Empress Li, how could he tolerate the Li family?" Wei Zixuan shook her head and sighed, thinking of the powerful Li family clan that collapsed in an instant, and it was inevitable that she would feel regretful for them.
"This matter is a long story. Not long after Empress Li's death, someone impeached Duke Chen, saying that he colluded with foreign enemies, played with power, and had ill-intentioned plans, and even presented a lot of evidence..."
"What?" Wei Zijin's face turned pale, she clenched her fists secretly, feeling that her throat was tightly pinched, and she couldn't breathe and asked with difficulty.
"In anger, the emperor ordered people to investigate Duke Chen thoroughly. As expected, he found evidence in Duke Chen's mansion and sent Duke Chen to prison... Duke Chen committed suicide in prison in order to show his loyalty, and left a blood letter.
Later, the emperor was also moved and ordered someone to bury Duke Chen with great grave, saying that he would not continue to investigate!"
Wei Zixuan said something later, but Wei Zijin could no longer listen. The words kept echoing in his ears, "Duke Chen committed suicide in prison to show his loyalty"!
I committed suicide in prison... Sure enough, her generous and loyal father could not avoid the same fate as her!
What she should have guessed long ago is that since Xiao Heng could force her to death, how could he not make up for her father to death?!
Poor her elderly father, after experiencing the blow that she died first, he was slandered by evil intentions and was sent to prison!
My father is an extremely strong man. When he helped Xiao Heng conquer this country, how could he tolerate such suspicion and slander in his later years?!
So in the end, he chose to show his loyalty by death!
No wonder Wang Shangrou said such words in a sad tone!