flstandardbreds Chapter 284 The truth behind the annihilation of the Ye clan
Chapter 284 The truth behind the annihilation of the Ye clan
It's a day off today. Last night, Ye Wuwei let Qi Wushuang do whatever he wanted out of guilt, and now he's lying in bed and not getting up.
Even though he had a great time last night, Qi Wushuang's hands were still touching Ye Wuwei's body dishonestly.
Ye Wuwei knocked Qi Wushuang's hand away, but Qi Wushuang touched it again.
After a few times, Ye Wuwei was too lazy to pay attention to Qi Wushuang and just pretended he didn't exist.
At this moment, a voice sounded from outside: "Are you still sleeping?"
Hearing this voice, Ye Wuyi shuddered and kicked Qi Wushuang: "Hurry up and get up."
"Why are you panicking? It's not like she doesn't know about us."
Ye Wuwei glanced at Qi Wushuang, then got up and put on his clothes.
Qi Wushuang sat up and looked at Ye Wuwei without blinking, his gaze lingering on Ye Wuwei.
It was not until Ye Wuwei put on his clothes and left the room that he found some clothes to wear.
Ye Wuwei came to the outer room, "Why are you here?"
Ye Hongxia snorted: "Is it disturbing you?"
"No. Don't you dislike the palace?"
"If you don't like it, I'll get you something."
Ye Wuwei looked at a box on the table and opened it to look through it.
There was an envelope in the box with the words "General Ye's personal account" written on it, and there were also several thick stacks of information.
Ye Wuwei first opened the letter "General Ye's Personal Account". After reading it, Ye Wuwei was shocked and quickly read the other materials.
After reading it, Ye Wuwei asked Ye Hongxia: "Where did these come from?"
“Your father gave it to me when he asked me to escort Ye Yangzong’s biological mother away.
He didn't want Ye Yangzong to live in hatred when he grew up, nor did he want Ye Yangzong to sacrifice his life for revenge for the Ye family. He asked me to find a suitable opportunity to show Ye Yangzong.
But before I could show it to Ye Yangzong, you ran into trouble, so I had to give it to you."
The information Ye Hongxia sent talked about things that happened twenty or thirty years ago.
Thirty years ago, Concubine Yu entered the palace. Since then, Emperor Jingzheng has only favored Concubine Yu and never favored anyone else.
The empress of Emperor Jingzheng was the younger sister of Ye Taiwei, Prince Chunyu, and the aunt of General Ye.
Empress Ye had no children and was worried that Emperor Jingzheng would abolish her position as empress, so she wanted to find someone to cooperate with to consolidate her power.
At that time, the 17-year-old former emperor had poisoned a prince. Empress Ye took advantage of this and cooperated with the former emperor.
Empress Ye married her niece, Ye, the daughter of General Ye and the sister of General Ye, to the ambitious former emperor as his principal wife.
Soon after Ye married the former emperor, she gave birth to Qi Yuli. Then, Empress Ye and the former emperor began to plot to usurp the throne, and Ye was also involved.
The three of them conspired to kill the other two princes.
He also attempted to assassinate and poison Concubine Yu and Qi Wushuang many times.
However, Emperor Jingzheng protected Concubine Yu and Qi Wushuang very closely, so Empress Ye and the former emperor were unable to succeed for several years.
During these years, Empress Ye approached General Ye. Although General Ye did not show up directly, he condoned Empress Ye's actions and gave Empress Ye the power of the Ye family.
After failing to harm Concubine Yu and Qi Wushuang for several years, Queen Ye thought of the "Half Moon Lotus".
"Half Moon Lotus" is made from two precious medicinal herbs, "Moonfall Red" and "Mountain Snow Lotus", which are mutually reinforcing and counteracting. It is very rare and is a secret medicine of the royal family in the north.
"Half Moon Lotus" is also a chronic poison that is colorless, odorless, and cannot be detected.
Taking "Half Moon Lotus" continuously for three months can make people feel weak all over, look aged, and eventually die of heart failure.
After taking it for three months, no medicine can cure it.
In the middle and late stages, you will not be able to contact the person you love, otherwise it will be extremely painful.
Once "Half Moon Lotus" is taken for two months, it will cause irreversible damage to the body. Unless the legendary "Ice Lotus", the most holy antidote in the world, can detoxify it, other medicines can only delay the poisoned person's life.
Empress Ye told the former emperor about the "Half-Moon Lotus" and asked him to find a way to get it.
The former emperor reached a secret agreement with the King of the North:
The King of Beidi gave the "Half Moon Lotus" to the former emperor. After the former emperor ascended the throne, he gave the south of the desert to Beidi and paid a certain amount of silver and grain as tribute to Beidi every year.
After reaching an agreement, the King of Beidi gave the "Half Moon Lotus" to the former emperor.
The former emperor gave the "Half Moon Lotus" to Queen Ye.
Empress Ye originally wanted to give "Half Moon Lotus" to Emperor Jingzheng, Qi Wushuang and Concubine Yu, but "Half Moon Lotus" needs to be taken for a long time to be effective.
None of the close people around the three men were successfully bribed, and Emperor Jingzheng and Qi Wushuang did not have the habit of eating the same food for a long time, so in the end they only bribed one person in the imperial kitchen to put "Half Moon Lotus" in the bird's nest that Concubine Yu drank every day.
After Concubine Yu took the "Half Moon Lotus" poison for a period of time, Emperor Jingzheng noticed something was wrong and found out that it was Queen Ye who did it.
Empress Ye took full responsibility for the matter and did not give up the former emperor.
But Queen Ye did not admit to killing the other two princes.
The fact that Empress Ye poisoned Concubine Yu alone could be traced back to the guilt of the Ye family, but at that time the Ye family was too powerful and Emperor Jingzheng had no other evidence to prove that the incident was related to the Ye family, so he had to give Empress Ye's confession and related evidence to Marshal Ye.
Queen Ye was sentenced to death.
After Empress Ye's death, Emperor Jingzheng began to suppress the power of the Ye family in all aspects, and General Ye died of worry.
After the death of General Ye, the power of the Ye family was greatly reduced.
The Zhuang and Yuwen families took advantage of Emperor Jingzheng's suppression of the Ye family to grow and become stronger.
However, the poison of the "Half Moon Lotus" still took effect in Concubine Yu's body. No matter how Emperor Jingzheng invited famous doctors, Concubine Yu still died a few years later.
After Concubine Yu's death, Emperor Jingzheng's temperament changed drastically and he executed the entire Ye family for treason.
Qi Yuli's biological mother, Ye, was also sentenced to death.
These are the contents of General Ye’s autobiographical letter.
The information Ye Hongxia sent includes:
1. General Ye's letter narrating the whole incident;
2. The secret agreement signed between the former emperor and the King of the North;
3. Empress Ye's confession of poisoning Concubine Yu and the testimony of other relevant personnel;
4. Evidence that Empress Ye conspired with the former emperor to kill the two princes;
5. Evidence that the former emperor killed another prince.
The secret agreement signed between the former emperor and the King of Beidi was obtained by General Ye in order to prevent the former emperor from killing the Ye family after he ascended the throne.
With this handle in hand, the former emperor did not dare to do anything to the Ye family.
The confession of Empress Ye who admitted to poisoning Concubine Yu and the testimonies of other relevant personnel were given to Marshal Ye by Emperor Jingzheng.
As for the fourth and fifth pieces of evidence of murdering the three princes, Empress Ye gave them to General Ye for safekeeping, intending to use them to blackmail the former emperor in the future.
However, before the former emperor ascended the throne, the Ye family was exterminated.
After the former emperor ascended the throne, he withdrew the imperial court's garrison in the south of the desert, leaving only the Chu family of Yingdu to support themselves independently.
However, no one expected that Emperor Jingzheng would send Qi Wushuang to Andu before his death, and gave Qi Wushuang a private army of 50,000.
After arriving in Andu, Qi Wushuang recruited soldiers and provided military funds to the Chu family to expand the army. Finally, he joined forces with the Chu family to drive the Ati people out of the south of the desert and back to the north.