Chapter 1883 The Lion Opens Its Mouth
"Zhao Xing was disrespectful to the queen. I punished him, but he was not unjust."
"Those who don't know are not guilty. Zhao Xing didn't know it was the queen at that time. Who made the queen restless and wander out of the palace?"
"I don't understand what the Imperial Grandmother said." Zhao Yuanjing said coldly, "Thankfully, I was the Queen at that time. If she were an ordinary civilian girl, wouldn't she have been bullied by him? Is it wrong for him to be disrespectful to the Queen? Is it wrong? Just change it to a civilian girl, right?"
The Empress Dowager was speechless and said after a while: "Even if Zhao Xing does something wrong, it will not lead to death."
"I didn't want his life."
"He is so pampered. If you lock him up for three to five years, what's the difference between locking him up and killing him?"
"If he couldn't bear it and died, then he deserved it." Zhao Yuanjing said indifferently, "Born in the Zhao clan, but he was an idle playboy, molesting and robbing civilian girls in the street? If the imperial grandmother is not satisfied, either I will go and investigate. What other things has he done in the past few years to see if he can be sentenced to death?"
The Queen Mother became anxious and said: "Yuan Jing, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Yuanjing said leisurely: "It's strange. Why does the Imperial Grandmother protect a loser like Zhao Xing? Will he be able to honor you in the future, or will he give you any benefits?"
"What are you talking about? He is your uncle's generation after all. As an emperor, you don't have any respect for your elders?"
"Zhao Xing, that loser, does he deserve my respect?" Zhao Yuanjing said, "I know that Prince Gong came to ask for help from the imperial grandmother. But my decision will not change, so I will let Zhao Xing be imprisoned for five years. "
"This punishment is too severe!"
"If you don't want to be punished corporally, you can also pay a fine."
"A fine?"
"Now the imperial court is spending a lot of money on Northern Qi. If he is willing to contribute, I can consider reducing the punishment."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "This is the proper thing to do. After all, you are a relative of yours, so just give him a little punishment. Why should you have to live or die when something can be solved with a few taels of silver?"
"I'm afraid a few taels of silver won't be enough."
"How much is enough?"
"He's going to jail for five years, so let's pay him one million dollars a year."
"Isn't it five million taels in five years?" The Empress Dowager took a breath of cold air, "Yuan Jing, you... the lion opens your mouth, are you kidding the Ai family?"
"Why am I joking with the Imperial Grandmother? This is the price. The Imperial Grandmother can tell Prince Gong that this is for your sake, so we can exchange for silver taels. If he takes out one million taels, it will be reduced by one year. Take it. For five million, he can take Zhao Xing home at any time."
"What if he can't take it out?"
"Then just stay in jail."
Zhao Yuanjing stood up and said, "I still have something to do. Grandma Huang, please rest."
"Yuan Jing, wait a minute," the Empress Dowager quickly stopped him, "The Ai family heard that the Queen met with King Qin outside today?"
Zhao Yuanjing raised his eyebrows: "Did Yuan Jiao come to tell you? They just met by chance. The imperial grandmother does not have to listen to Yuan Jiao's provocative words. If she is restless, she will not come to the palace in the future."
"No matter what, can you tell her to calm down? If she stays in the palace honestly, she won't be frivolous by Zhao Xing."
Zhao Yuanjing said coldly: "I have two points to make clear to the Queen. First, Zhao Xing has no ability to be frivolous to the Queen. Second, even if he is not the Queen, Zhao Xing will stop other women. The one who made the mistake is Zhao Xing. That idiot Xing is not the woman who was stopped, do you understand? The Queen is also a woman herself, and she was born as a young girl, so why bother the Queen?"