vrcanaries Chapter 556: Meeting but Not Recognizing Each Other
Chapter 556: Meeting but Not Recognizing Each Other
It was true that he once liked her, but compared to the power that Queen Dowager Yuan gave him, what did love and women mean?
As for the Jiang family's business, he will find a way to take it over when the time comes.
The Imperial Master thought everything was perfect, and he even hoped that the guards would quickly beat Madam Cao to death.
At the critical moment, Shen Xiangming stood up, kicked a guard away, and helped Madam Cao up.
Seeing this, Empress Dowager Yuan was furious and asked, "Shen Xiangming, do you want to rebel?"
Shen Xiangming raised his chin and looked at her, saying neither servilely nor arrogantly: "I dare not, but I feel that if the Queen Mother does this, she will accidentally kill a good person."
Empress Dowager Yuan sneered, her eyes sneered, "How can she be considered a good person? She is just a lowly merchant woman. She doesn't even know her own status and dares to act wildly in front of me."
"My cousin Jiang Yanfan fell off a cliff and died seventeen years ago. This is a well-known fact."
"But what about Cao? She is so restless. Not only did she come to the palace to talk nonsense, but she also ruined the reputation of me and the Imperial Master."
"Don't say that I just ordered her to be beaten to death. Even if she was cut into pieces, it wouldn't be too much."
Madam Cao looked embarrassed, but she was sneering. She looked at Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master and said, "Am I talking nonsense, or have you been hooking up behind my back and doing something unspeakable?"
"Jiang Yanfan used the art of witchcraft to replace the face of Taoist Lingxi from Mount Taibai. Are you at ease using this face?"
Imperial Master: "!!!"
Empress Dowager Yuan: "!!!"
If she was not sure before that today's incident was deliberately arranged by someone, after Mrs. Cao said this, Empress Dowager Yuan was completely certain.
This was a carefully planned conspiracy. The people behind it not only wanted to prevent her from establishing the Yuan Dynasty as the crown prince, but also wanted to bring disgrace to both her and the imperial teacher so that they would never be able to recover.
Only he, Empress Dowager Yuan and General Yuan knew that Jiang Yanfan had used witchcraft to change his face. No one else could possibly know about it.
But the recording just now, coupled with Mrs. Cao's accurate account of the incident, is enough to show that the other party has collected enough evidence.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yuan became even more determined to kill Madam Cao.
At the same time, she also wanted to find out who was behind this.
This person was able to find so much evidence in such a short time. I would feel uneasy if I didn't get rid of her.
Retracting her thoughts, Empress Dowager Yuan walked up to Madam Cao and pinched her chin hard.
"Tell me, who sent you to frame me?"
"As long as you tell me, I will spare your life."
Mrs. Cao looked at her with disgust but did not answer her question.
"I know you want to kill me, but there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. All the dirty things you have done will be exposed one day and dragged down to hell."
Upon hearing this, Queen Dowager Yuan became furious and slapped her in the face.
"Bang!" Mrs. Cao's face was hit to the side and blood came out from the corner of her mouth.
But she seemed to feel no pain and said coldly: "So today, I didn't come alone. I brought three people with me."
After saying that, she turned to look at Shen Xiangming, "General Shen, please help me bring them here."
Empress Dowager Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Her intuition told her that the three people brought by Cao could completely destroy her relationship with the Imperial Master.
Seeing that Shen Xiangming was really going, Empress Dowager Yuan's face darkened and her eyes became more and more furious.
"Shen Xiangming, how dare you! Do you believe that I have dismissed you from your position as general?"
Shen Xiangming glanced at her and said, "Your Majesty, please do as you wish."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
From the moment he agreed to help Ji Yuntang and Hua Feixue, he knew there was no going back.
Shen Xiangming never thought that he could walk out of the palace alive this time.
He knew that this was just the beginning. When King Chengxuan's troops entered the city and the two armies officially engaged in battle, it would be the beginning of Hua Feixue's seizure of power.
What he had to do now was to delay time as much as possible and create civil strife, so that the people of the aristocratic families and the ministers of the court would completely rebel against Queen Dowager Yuan.
Empress Dowager Yuan was shaking with anger. After a while, Shen Xiangming brought three people into the palace.
These three people were none other than Mrs. Cao's two children and her mother-in-law.
Old Madam Jiang had gray hair and walked in with a cane, supported by her grandchildren.
Since it was their first time entering the palace, the three of them looked a little timid, Shen Xiangming told them.
"Don't be afraid, this general will keep you safe."
Jiang Yutong and Jiang Shixu nodded at the same time.
Since Madam Jiang didn't know the purpose of entering the palace this time, she was still telling her two grandchildren: "When you see the Empress Dowager after you go in, don't say anything nonsense, understand?"
Jiang Yutong and Jiang Shixu responded obediently, "I understand, grandma."
But no one expected that when they were about to reach Chengqian Palace, Jiang Shixu discovered with his sharp eyes that his mother was being strangled by a woman, her face flushed red.
When he saw this scene, his eyes instantly turned red. Without thinking, he rushed into the hall and pushed Queen Dowager Yuan away.
He opened his arms and protected Madam Cao behind him, "You bad man, don't bully my mother."
Jiang Yutong also ran in quickly and helped Mrs. Cao up.
"Mom, are you okay?"
When he saw the two people, the Imperial Master was stunned.
He clearly remembered that when he left the Jiang family, his children were less than one year old.
I didn’t expect that they have grown so big now!
From the two people's eyes and brows, the national teacher can still see his own shadow in the past.
The daughter has skin as white as snow and a graceful figure, and the son is strong and powerful, sunny and lively. It is obvious that Mrs. Cao has taken good care of them over the years.
The Imperial Master's eyes were slightly red, and he would be lying if he said he wasn't moved.
At this time, Old Madam Jiang also walked in tremblingly. When she saw that the person her grandson pushed away was Empress Dowager Yuan, she felt as if the sky was falling!
Madam Jiang's legs went limp and she knelt on the ground, crying and saying, "Empress Dowager, please calm down. It was my daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who didn't know the rules and offended you. I will teach them a lesson when I get back."
"They are the last bloodline of my son left in the world. I hope the Queen Mother will spare his wife and son's life for the sake of Yan Fan being your cousin. Don't bother with them."
Before Empress Dowager Yuan could speak, Madam Cao had already pointed at Jiang Yanfan.
"Mother-in-law, take a good look at him. Is he your son who has been dead for seventeen years?"