Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 180

Chapter 180 Your Majesty Li Palace
Seeing him leave, Little Yizi finally reacted and shouted loudly, “Retreat.”

Afterwards, he followed Huyan Mingshuo and headed towards the Eastern Palace. After Huyan Mingshuo left, the palaces that were originally serving him carried the phoenix robes, phoenix crowns, and phoenix seals that represented the empress status and followed Huyan Mingshuo to the Eastern Palace.

As Huyan Mingshuo had said earlier, In the present palace of Ye Lan, Huyan Mingshuo had already ordered his men to separate them with high-ranking experts. divided into east and west palaces, There were only three palaces in the Eastern Palace, That was the Longxiang Palace where the emperors of past dynasties lived, The Yikun Palace and the Crown Prince’s dormitory were the residence of the empress. Other than that, there were no other palaces. The West Palace was much livelier. Countless pavilions and countless palace walls were separated by this tall wall, and they would never interfere with each other again.

Huyan Mingshuo didn’t hesitate to lead everyone to Yikun Palace. He didn’t even look at Longxiang Palace, where he lived. After entering Yikun Palace, he instructed the palace people behind him, “Put everything down. Little Yizi, stay behind.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Seeing Huyan Mingshuo’s words, everyone hurriedly put down the things in their hands and bowed before retreating.

After everyone left, Huyan Mingshuo said, ‘”Little Yizi, you have been following me all these years. I should know what I think of you. I have never treated you wrongly. Now that I have just ascended the throne, everyone is watching me at all times. Therefore, there can’t be any mistakes at my side. Now that I want you to be absolutely loyal, you can do it.”

Hearing this, Little Yizi said, Her legs went limp from fear, He knelt on the ground and hurriedly kowtowed, “Your Majesty, this servant was originally just a little eunuch in charge of sprinkling and cleaning. Three years ago, thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince’s promotion, this servant was able to swear to the heavens that in this life, only His Majesty’s life is obedient. If this oath is violated, may the heavens strike lightning and die without a burial ground.”

Seeing Little Yizi trembling from fear kneeling on the ground, he swore that something was wrong and swore a curse, Huyan Mingshuo couldn’t bear it, but his current identity had changed. He was destined to have no more merciful choices. This was what he had to face. Thus, he nodded and replied, “Well, I hope you can say it. There are fewer and fewer trustworthy people around me now, so I don’t want any changes to happen to these people around me.”

Especially you, From now on, “As the eunuch in charge of this palace, you have always been with me. You will definitely become the target of everyone’s schemes. Moreover, your words and deeds will easily unwittingly reveal my secrets. That’s why I have no choice but to force you to swear a poisonous oath to the heavens. Furthermore, I want you not to have any contact with the officials of the court from now on. Is that possible?”

It wasn’t that he, Huyan Mingshuo, had become impersonal, It was that his current identity was different, If he was as kind as he used to be, then he could very well be the second Father of the Emperor, That was something he absolutely wouldn’t allow to happen. Therefore, he had to stop that kind of thing from happening. Especially after the Consort Conferred Ceremony, he deeply understood how fatal it was to be schemed by someone close to him. The closer he got to you, the more he would understand you. When scheming against you, he would often be able to hit you with one blow.

Take this Consort Conferred Ceremony for example. This was completely unexpected, forcing him to watch his wife and children leave. In the end, even his mother was forced to leave Ye Lan, so much so that he had to face this chaotic ascension ceremony alone. If Fu Yingran was here, how could he have worked so hard? All of this was caused by his closest uncle and Father, so he had to be vigilant towards everyone around him.

Little Yizi started to panic. He had been complacent this morning, He was now the chief steward of the palace. In the future, other than his masters, he was the most respected person in the palace. He had not even had time to show off to his former companions. Now, the Emperor had told him that he had become the target of all the officials in the court. His mood was like fifteen buckets fetching water.

However, facing Huyan Mingshuo’s extremely serious gaze, he could only desperately kowtow and guarantee, “Your Majesty, just rest assured, this servant will definitely give priority to your Majesty’s interests in everything in the future. Everything will be done according to your Majesty’s orders, and I will definitely not do anything that betrays your Majesty in the slightest.”

After following Huyan Mingshuo for all these years, Little Yizi understood him somewhat. The Emperor was also forced to be anxious this time. That’s why you’re so cautious, Looks like the betrayal of the Right Virtuous King and Mu Feng, He had already begun to distrust the people around him. However, it was no wonder that he did so. After all, it was because of these two people that the originally good situation was forcefully messed up. Otherwise, the Emperor would not be the only one facing the ascension ceremony today. If the Empress was here, the Emperor would not have to be so careful anymore.

Seeing Little Yizi say this, Huyan Mingshuo no longer forced him, so he let out a soft breath and said, “Alright, I’ll trust you for the time being. You can get up first.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” After hearing this, Little Yizi got up from the ground and respectfully waited at the side.

Unexpectedly, Huyan Mingshuo’s next words were fatal. As he got up and walked inside, he said, “Little Yizi, from now on, you have been staying in Yikun Palace. No matter who comes to see me, you can’t let him in. I’m going to Tianshui Kingdom to bring back the Empress Dowager, the Empress and the Crown Prince.”

Therefore, I am not in the palace for this period of time, and your task is not to let everyone know my whereabouts. As for what method to use, you can do it yourself. Especially in the Consort Sealing Ceremony three days from now, there will definitely be people coming to cause trouble in the palace. You must be careful to deal with it. You must never cause trouble in the palace, do you remember? ” As soon as he finished speaking, he walked out of the room dressed in civilian clothes. Right under Little Yizi’s eyes, he opened a window, and with a flash, he disappeared.

Faced with such a situation, Little Yizi was completely dumbfounded. Before he could even react, Before he could even utter a single word, the Emperor left in such a dignified manner. He even asked him to think of a way to deal with this matter. Little Yizi’s mind was really blank now. Leave such an important matter to him. He had no idea what to do next. What exactly could he do to hide this matter?

However, regardless of whether he was willing or not, he had to think of a way. He knew that the Emperor was intentionally testing him to see if he could deal with all sorts of unexpected events at any time. Therefore, he had to stay in Yikun Palace and try his best to handle this matter.

Fortunately, the first three days of the Consort Sealing Ceremony were relatively stable. Apart from the officials occasionally requesting an audience with the Emperor and being sent away by him, nothing major happened. Until the Consort Sealing Ceremony three days later, Little Yizi really had a headache.

Early this morning, Prince Youxian led everyone to the entrance of Yikun Palace. He casually said to the guards at the entrance, “Hurry up and send a message, saying that this prince will personally invite the Emperor to the West Palace. The Consort Sealing Ceremony over there is ready, and we will wait for the Emperor to pass.”

When the guard saw that it was the Right Virtuous King, he didn’t dare to neglect it at all. This was the Emperor’s biological uncle. He heard that his daughter, Princess Xiao Ya, was also among them during the Consort Sealing Ceremony. She was also the Emperor’s personal Consort Ya. Thus, he immediately agreed, “Your Highness, please wait a moment. This subordinate will go in and report.” As he spoke, the guard turned around and entered Yi Kun Palace.

Not long after, Little Yizi came out alone again. He directly walked in front of the Right Virtuous King. He bowed to him and said, “This servant Xiao Yizi greets Prince Youxian. The Emperor has said that he will not appear at today’s Consort Sealing Ceremony. Everything will be left to Lord Lan and General Mu Hai. Anyway, everyone’s status as empress has been decided. As long as you distribute the golden book and the imperial brush, it will be fine. Didn’t all the Consort Sealing Ceremony of the past dynasties do the same?

You can’t treat Princess Xiao Ya special just because she’s in the Consort Sealing Ceremony, right? This is inconsistent with the rules of etiquette in the palace. As the saying goes, if there are no rules, then there is no radius. Therefore, it is better to follow the rules of the palace. If even this small harem is thrown into chaos and the superiority and inferiority of the emperor is not clear, then how should the emperor of Ye Lan deal with it?

“The Emperor also asked me to tell everyone that you should also properly advise your daughters to guard their duty in this palace. They are absolutely not allowed to take half a step into the Eastern Palace without a summons. Otherwise, they will be punished severely and will not use any excuses to invite the Emperor to the Eastern Palace. The Emperor’s time is very precious, but he has no time to act with them.”

Actually, Little Yizi had come up with these words himself, but they were all speculated from Huyan Mingshuo’s standpoint. They were all judged according to his attitude towards the crowd.

Actually, it wasn’t because he wanted to offend these people on his own, but because of this, he had specially written a letter to Wang Nalan Jinhong. Otherwise, even if he was given the courage to do so, he wouldn’t dare to preach an imperial edict and offend these officials.

It turned out that after Huyan Mingshuo left Yikun Palace that day, Little Yizi had no choice but to send Xiu Shu to the side palace and inform him about the Emperor’s departure from the palace. He also asked him to give him an idea of how he would deal with the situation if the imperial concubine came to cause trouble on the day of the Consort Sealing Ceremony.

After all, he was only a chief eunuch. Although he could be considered a figure in the palace, he was nothing against these high-ranking ministers, let alone the Right Virtuous King. No matter what, he was the Emperor’s biological uncle. This was not someone he could easily offend.

Fortunately, Nalan Jinhong immediately sent a letter and promised to temporarily postpone his departure from the imperial capital for a few days. He also told him Huyan Mingshuo’s plans and thoughts. Even Nalan Jinhong had told him these words to deal with the Right Virtuous King, telling him to do so boldly and at ease.