Chapter 47 (1/2)

Chapter 47

The Empress is Grounded

The empress dowager who has been quiet suddenly speaks up, ”Aijia believes that this has nothing to do with Yang Guifei.  Aijia agrees with her; since the last person Dong Fei met before she went missing was the empress, there is no way for the empress to wash your hands off this matter.  From how aijia sees it, the empress should—-”

”From now on, the empress is not allowed to leave Feng Yang Palace while we investigate this matter.  Dong Fei's corpse will be placed in her own palace for now.  The rest of you can go back to your palaces,” Jun Qian Che coldly speaks up, interrupting what the empress dowager was about to say.

The rest of the concubines curtsies in front of him, ”Yes, Your Majesty.”  Then, they leave.

Mo Qi Qi furiously glares at Jun Qian Che:  He actually believed Yang Shihan!  He actually believed that she killed Dong Fei!

”Hmph!” Mo Qi Qi angrily walks away.

The empress dowager unhappily turns to Jun Qian Che, ”Che Er, why is it only that?  You should have ordered the Ministry of Justice to conduct a trial on her.  Do you honestly believe she has nothing to do with this?  Don't you think you are being too partial towards her?”

Jun Qian Che calmly replies her, ”Imperial mother, this son is not siding with the empress.  Just, even though a life is lost in the harem, if we involve the Ministry of Justice in this, it will only bring adverse effect to the name of the imperial clan.  Moreover, the power of Mo Clan is not to be underestimated.  This son only comes to that decision after a heavy consideration”

”Don't tell aijia Your Majesty plans to simply let this be?” the empress dowager disagrees.

Jun Qian Che's eyes are icy and his tone has cooled down a lot, ”Zhen will dispatch people to investigate this matter.  Zhen would never spare anyone who dares to harm someone else in the palace.”

Hearing that, Yang Shi Han asks, ”If we finds out that it is indeed done by the empress, will you punish her, Your Majesty?”

A cold light flashes in the empress dowager's eyes, ”If it is indeed done by Mo Qi Qi, Your Majesty should use this chance to kill the fowl to warn the monkey and warn the Mo Clan.  Even if you don't kill her, you must at least depose her from her empress position and sends her to the cold palace.  What do you think of my suggestion, Che Er?”

(TN:  Kill the fowl to warn the monkey (杀鸡儆猴) = Punish someone to warn the others.)

Jun Qian Che nods lightly, ”What imperial mother said is right.  If it is indeed done by Mo Qi Qi, zhen will definitely punish her heavily.  It is about time for us to lighten the Mo Clan's power, anyway.”

The empress dowager and Yang Shi Han exchange a look before laughing.

Mo Qi Qi angrily walks back to her own Feng Yang Palace, getting even more furious as time pa.s.ses.

Seeing her expression, Ban Xiang immediately comforts her, ”Do not worry, Your Ladyship.  With Duke Zhen around, the emperor will not dare to do anything to you.”