Demoting the Wife to a Concubine? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Crippled his Entire Family.

A low and melodious voice sounded in her ears, bringing back Shen Ning's distant thoughts: "What are you thinking about?"

Shen Ning turned her head and looked at him strangely: "Why did you suddenly say this to me?"

His attitude was very strange. He told his new wife without hesitation that he had another woman in his heart. He even talked to her about that person's temperament and abilities without any grudge, and why he liked her.

However, these did not affect his feelings for Shen Ning. The excessive calmness and trust made her doubts deepen, and she felt a faint sense of unbelievable certainty.

"I want you to trust me wholeheartedly." Ji Yucang's voice was calm, with a kind of convincing honesty, "You know some things in your heart, and I also know it in my heart. I don't need to ask you, and you don't have to deny anything, but I hope you don't get defensive about me."

You know it in your heart, and I understand it too.

Shen Ning understood what this sentence meant, so there was no reasonable reason for her to ask him how he did it.

They are now guarding a dark secret together.

Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slowly: "Yes."

"I have agreed to Nan Zhao's marriage request and asked them to bring two orthodox royal princesses and ten important ministers." Ji Yucang said in a calm voice, "I believe they will be obedient and will not bargain in this regard."

Ten important ministers?

Shen Ning was silent and sat in the pavilion with Ji Yucang: "When will they arrive?"

"The situation is urgent. They should arrive in Yong State next month." Ji Yu said calmly, "It may be earlier."

Shen Ning looked at the quiet scenery in the garden, some wonderful thoughts flashed through his mind, and he said calmly: "Ji Yucang, don't you want to be the emperor?"

Ji Yucang's expression paused slightly, and a strange color flashed across his eyes: "I can't be the emperor."

Shen Ning was surprised: "Why?"

Ji Yucang was silent for a moment and looked at her expressionlessly: "Because I have no children in this life."

The Shen family was stunned: "No children?"

Ji Yucang nodded: "What is destined cannot be forced."

Shen Ning couldn't help but feel huge waves in her heart. For some reason, she subconsciously connected her rebirth with Ji Yucang.

This is ridiculous.

Reason told her that this was impossible.

However, there are too many impossible things in the world, how can there be one more?

If she hadn't experienced it personally, she wouldn't have believed that people could be reborn after death, but facts have proven that such fantastic and bizarre things can indeed happen.

But she was destined to have no children... She and Ji Yucang were already married. If he was destined to be childless, wouldn't it mean that she wouldn't have any children either?

Shen Ning turned her head and looked deep into the garden. She didn't speak again for a long time. There seemed to be something subtle between the two slowly fermenting in the silence, and it would never be the same again.

It's actually quite good to have no ties to the world.

…

Both of them knew the truth hidden in this conversation, but they both had a tacit understanding not to expose it.

In the following time, Ji Yucang became busier and busier.

In the early morning, he exerted strong pressure and supported the left and right prime ministers he promoted with a cold and iron fist. He also reused the upstarts recommended by the left and right prime ministers and gave them important positions in the court one by one.

Although the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were dissatisfied, they did not dare to resist.

The young emperor, who has not yet taken charge personally, sits on the dragon throne, watching helplessly as the regent cultivates new forces in the court and is unable to do anything.

On the seventh day of October, Lu Yan, the commander of the imperial army responsible for investigating the case, was dismissed on the spot due to poor performance. The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down and begged the regent to think twice and asked the regent to be lenient on the grounds that "investigating the case was not the responsibility of the imperial army."

However, under Ji Yucang's ruthless tactics, Lu Yan was ordered to be punished for thirty years, stripped of his position as commander, and Princess Pingyao was temporarily appointed as the commander of the imperial army.

As soon as this decision came out, the whole court was in an uproar, both civil and military.

"Please think twice, Prince Regent!" Shangshu of the Ministry of War was the first to kneel down, "There has never been a precedent for a woman to hold power in the Yong Kingdom. The eldest princess has often visited the Ministry of War recently, which is against the law. Today, the Prince Regent appointed her as the commander of the Royal Forest Army. It’s against the rules, please ask the regent to take it back!”

"I second the proposal." Duke Zhen stood up and said with cupped hands, "The eldest princess of Pingyao is a woman. There has never been a precedent for a woman to be involved in politics in the Yong Kingdom since ancient times. I beg the regent to take back her order!"

Uncle Qin seconded the proposal: "I beg the regent to take back my order!"

"Xie Tinglan." Ji Yucang sat on the king's chair and said casually, "Is there any result about the suburban attack case that the king asked you to investigate?"

"Back to the regent, I have obtained confessions from several bandits. They admitted that they were instructed by Qin Yanshu, the legitimate son of the Qin family, to deliberately destroy the regent's reputation in order to demote his wife to a concubine and successfully seek to marry the eldest princess of Pingyao. "

What? !

As soon as these words came out, Uncle Qin froze on the spot. In a mixture of shock and anger, he turned to stare at Xie Tinglan, his eyes cold and terrifying: "Impossible! Prime Minister Right, this is nonsense and pure slander! Inkstone He has always been upright, honest, and deeply devoted to the Shen family's daughter, and there is no way he would do such a dirty and despicable thing!"

"Lin Shangshu." Ji Yucang turned his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Qingfeng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, "Have you assisted in the interrogation these days and reached the same results as the right minister?"

Lin Shangshu bowed and replied: "Reporting to the Prince Regent, I interrogated the bandits together with Mr. Xie. They indeed admitted that the legitimate son of the Qin family instigated them to do this."

"What nonsense! What nonsense!" Uncle Qin's face was ashen and he almost lost control of his emotions. "You are all nonsense!"

He turned to look at the emperor, and knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, please be more careful! If you are an inkstone practitioner and sit upright, you would never do such a ridiculous thing! Someone deliberately wants to frame him--"

"Come here." Ji Yucang raised his hand and said in a cold and ruthless voice, "Go to Qin's house immediately and bring Qin Yanshu over."

"Yes!" Several imperial guards took the order and left.

The hall fell into dead silence.

Ji Jin was sitting on the dragon chair, her face was as pale as paper, her right hand unconsciously clenched the armrest of the dragon chair, her eyes fell absently on Uncle Qin's uneasy face, her heart was like falling into an ice cellar.

He obviously understood the regent's intention today.

Be polite before fighting.

First, he proposed to appoint the eldest princess as the commander of the Royal Forest Army. The fierce civil and military opposition from the Manchu Dynasty was expected by the regent, so he put the matter aside for the time being. Instead, he brought up the matter of the Shen family's encounter with bandits in the suburbs and beat everyone. No one was caught off guard.

If it was true to his expectations, Qin Yanshu was probably the mastermind behind the accident, and the regent must have already obtained evidence to prove that he was indeed responsible for the incident.

Next, he will use his thunderous tactics to directly attack Qin Guojiu's family. Qin Yanshu's behavior is not enough to implicate the nine tribes, but its nature is so bad that the people can't get angry without killing him.

Ji Jin felt a chill in her heart.

Qin Yanshu is the legitimate son of Qin's uncle. No matter what he does, he is still the nephew of the Queen Mother. If the regent disposes of Qin Yanshu on the spot today, the Qin family's status in the court will definitely plummet.

After such an iron-blooded lesson, if he proposed that the eldest princess should lead the imperial army, would anyone else dare to object?

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I’ll update a chapter first. I still have it during the day. I took leave yesterday and forgot to tell everyone. I’m sorry.