NFBE Chapter 317: Wen Xian divorces and leaves Korchin
Chapter 317: Wen Xian divorces and leaves Korchin
Chapter 317 Wen Xian divorces and leaves Korchin
At noon, when Yinreng returned to the back to have lunch with Buerhe, he saw Wen Xian, who had washed up but whose eyes were still red and swollen. Seeing Wen Xian staying behind, Yinreng was confused at this moment.
However, Yinreng asked: "Are you willing to return to the capital in disgrace?"
The Aisin Gioro family has a temperament that has always been to love the empress and hate the queen, and to hate her for death. Back then, the emperor disliked the first and second empresses so much that he tried his best to demote them and refused to favor them. As for Dong E, regardless of her status, he directly made her the imperial concubine, and even the prince she gave birth to was directly declared as the first son.
Although the situation was better when it came to the Emperor, he never favored her again until his death because of the plot by the concubine Wei. Even Concubine De directly registered Yinzhen under the name of Tong Jia. Although he had his own plans, the Emperor still had his own ideas in mind. Otherwise, Yinreng would have only given a small boost and would never have achieved such results.
Wen Xian bowed to Yinreng, feeling somewhat uneasy at his question. The brother before him was no longer the crown prince targeted by the palace, but now the emperor, wielding immense power. The dignity and authority he had wielded over the years made Wen Xian hesitate to even look directly at him.
Buerhe gave her a reassuring look. Seeing this, Wen Xian felt relieved and answered bravely, "Your Majesty, I have abolished all the male offspring of your husband's family. It will be impossible for him to find a satisfactory prince in the future."
Yinreng raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the sister in front of him was not honest. As far as he knew, she did more than just this.
Yinreng: "No more? Without these few, the prince consort is still young. If he finds a few more women, he will have an heir to train in a year or two. Besides, how can you be sure that you have eliminated them all?"
Hearing Yinreng's tone, Wen Xian knew that everything she did had been seen by the emperor. It could be said that the emperor had not asked until now because they were family. If she still wanted to hide it at this time, she would be ungrateful.
So at this moment, Wen Xian knelt directly in front of Yinreng and said, "I dare not hide it from my royal brother. All the men that my husband has come into contact with over the years, who gave birth to sons, are now dead. There is even one that my husband didn't even know about, and he has been silenced.
As for the Prince Consort, a year ago, when my sister was trapped in the Princess's mansion and had nowhere else to turn, I had someone give him a sterilization drug. If my sister can't have her own children in this lifetime, then the Prince Consort must not have any either."
After Wen Xian finished speaking, he was already prepared to be scolded by Yinreng. After all, his methods were unheard of for men, and he even felt a little chilly when he thought about it.
However, what Wen Xian did not expect was that Yinreng not only did not criticize her, but he laughed "hahaha" and then gestured for Wen Xian to stand up in an appreciative tone: "Okay, this is the method of my royal princess. I have to be ruthless when I need to. I will not be disgusted by your using despicable means. If you still act like a soft bun and let others squeeze you, then I will be really angry.
Besides, haven't you ever thought that it's your husband's fault that you haven't gotten pregnant in all these years?"
Wen Xian was a little confused for a moment: "How could it be? The children that Prince Consort has given birth to over the years..."
Yinreng sighed. "You were blinded by the beauty of men. After investigation, my people found out that on the day of your wedding, every time the Prince Consort came to your place, he would drug you. Didn't you notice that every time the Prince Consort came to you, something would appear around you?"
After Yinreng's reminder, Wen Xian finally came to his senses: "Yes, it is Xiang."
It's no wonder Wen Xian hadn't noticed. The grasslands were unlike the capital, and water was scarce. Although Wen Xian was a princess, she had to be frugal with water. Moreover, people on the grasslands often came into contact with livestock, and the smell of livestock lingered on their bodies year-round.
Wen Xian couldn't stand it, so she has been burning incense since she got married to the grassland, and she never stops until today.
Buerhe also understood at this moment: "Yes, sister, in the palace, there are imperial physicians who check your pulse every month. If there is something wrong with your body, how could the imperial physician not know?"
A single leaf can block the view! Yes, she was in good health in the palace, but she and her husband haven't had children for more than ten years since she came to the grassland. There is no problem with either of their health, so the problem must be somewhere else.
After figuring it out, Wen Xian felt even more justified in his decision to leave his son-in-law without an heir. You do the first day, I do the fifteenth, no loss, no debt. As for having to endure the pain of losing a child in middle age, consider it retribution for all those years of inaction.
Yinreng was also disgusted with the behavior of his son-in-law. If you said that you don't like the princess and don't want the marriage, you can just report it directly. The royal family will at most be angry and demote you. But any man with ambition will work hard and the title will naturally come back in a few years.
But you insisted on having it both ways. You didn't want to marry into the royal family, but you wanted to keep your title and even get a higher rank because of your status as a prince consort. When you saw that marrying the princess didn't meet your ideal, you turned around and put down your bowl and cursed, unwilling to give the princess an heir, deeply afraid that your title would fall into the hands of royal blood.
Such a man is really spineless and despicable.
Yinreng also stopped there. Since Wenxian had already taken care of the aftermath, the so-called prince consort would no longer need to consider Wenxian's face. Everything would be handled impartially from then on.
Yinreng: "Then you will return directly to Beijing this time?"
Wen Xian was already eager to return home. When she heard the emperor ask this, she nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I just want to return to the capital and live out the rest of my life in peace. I don't want anything else."
Yinreng nodded. He also believed that after what happened, his sister would no longer care about those troublesome things. He thought that after returning to Beijing, even if Concubine De came to him for help, there would be no more trouble.
Yinreng said, "You should also attend the Nadam Festival. I have to resolve this matter face to face. The royal family is involved in this matter. Even if you get divorced, it is not our royal family's fault. Some things should be resolved openly. If you sneak back to the capital like this, who knows what people will say behind your back."
Wen Xian bowed again to Yinreng and said, "Yes, I will obey the emperor."
Yinreng nodded and didn't correct Wen Xian. He only cared about Wen Xian's reputation. If it weren't for the royal family's reputation and Buerhe's face, he wouldn't have bothered with it. Besides, in Yinreng's heart, those who could call him "royal brother" were close to him, and Wen Xian was far from that.
The matter was settled, and after lunch, Wen Xian returned to the princess's residence to pack up. Since the divorce had been announced tonight, Wen Xian planned to return to the capital tomorrow. She didn't want to stay on the grassland for another day. However, as the emperor said, it would be better to speak openly and clearly than return to the capital in disgrace.
She didn't expect to find a good man in the future anyway, so fame or not was no longer important. As for whether it would affect the royal family? Yinreng's only daughter, Jingyi, was already married, and the next generation hadn't been born yet. After a few years, the matter would fade, so how could it have any impact?
Let's just get this matter out there, which can be regarded as a warning to those princesses who have already married on the grassland, and also as a warning to those princes-in-law. Since the princesses can get married, the royal family can also decide on divorce. If the princes-in-law do not treat the princesses well, the Qing Dynasty has plenty of ways to take the princesses back.
Today, the identities of the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia have been directly reversed. Apart from anything else, the territory of the Qing Dynasty alone is dozens of times that of the grassland, not to mention that the Qing Dynasty now possesses the world's most advanced weapons, the most powerful army, and the most powerful ocean-going fleet.
Today's Qing Dynasty no longer relies on Mongolia. Instead, Mongolia has begun to curry favor with the Qing Dynasty, fearing that the Qing Dynasty will be dissatisfied and directly break up the Mongolian tribes and divide them up into different places. By then, Mongolia will no longer have the power to resist.
Didn't you see how the princes desperately started promoting their daughters when Yinreng came? They didn't necessarily have to covet the emperor and the crown prince's backyard anymore. As long as they could get involved with the Qing Dynasty, even if they were just the sons of some powerful and wealthy people in the capital, their current status and position would be very popular.
So that night at the Nadam Festival, Yinreng directly announced what the prince consort had done, and announced that Wenxian and the prince consort had divorced. From then on, the prince consort was no longer the prince consort, but only had the title of a prince.
Cang Jin was surprised to find no one pleaded for him, not even Princess Wenxian, who always obeyed him. At this point, even the most naive person knew the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Years of planning had ultimately failed, and looking at the situation before him, he knew his title of Prince wouldn't last long.
At this time, he was already somewhat desperate. He was not a man who dared to fight. He had become a prince over the years by taking shortcuts. Now that he had lost his status as a son-in-law, those small families that depended on him would surely leave gradually in the future. He no longer had the capital to keep them. Thinking of this, Cang Jin shed tears of regret.
However, at this time, Wen Xian was already riding in a carriage, escorted by guards, heading towards the capital city facing the rising sun. If she knew Cang Jin's mood at the moment, she would definitely give him another stab and laugh at his despair, saying it was a little too early.
After all, what Cang Jin had been planning for these years was power and offspring. Now that he has lost his power, he will no longer have offspring in the future. He will have no hope at all in this life.
Burhe and Yinreng stayed in Korchin for many more days. They worshipped the Queen Mother together, rode horses to graze, and hunted together. Until Burhe got tired of playing and wanted to change the map, Yinreng took Burhe to Shengjing.
At the same time, as Yinreng left Khorchin, Hongye, who was far away in the capital, also received the news about the grassland and some personnel lists recently compiled by Yinreng. With these, it would be easier for Hongye to control Mongolia in the next step.