Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 205

Chapter 205 Conspiracy (2)
But everyone is different. All of you are extremely human ministers. Back when Father of the Emperor was in power, you were also very courteous to everyone. The others were even more respectful to everyone. But now that the Emperor has just ascended the throne, the treatment of all of you is much worse than before.

After Fu Yingran enters the palace, my sisters will probably end up like us. At that time, what should we do? Forget it. Father has been sent to Heaven Prison, and his reputation is no longer different. However, my sisters are different. They are innocent and good girls. If they are abandoned by the royal family, how will they behave in the future?

To tell you the truth, it’s not an accident that we ended up like this today. The Emperor intentionally abandoned our sisters for a false accusation. Do you really believe that the Night Imperial Palace was an assassin?

That’s just the Emperor’s excuse. Everyone, think about it. If an assassin really broke in, why did the Emperor only order a search of the West Palace? “And why do we have to make a special search of our house of rest, Which assassin will stay in the palace after assassinating the Emperor unsuccessfully? Which assassin will hide in our bedroom hall and wait for the Emperor to search? Moreover, when the Guards Legion Corps searched, they would flip through the suitcases in the hall. They even didn’t let go of the dressing boxes. Could it be that the dressing boxes can also be hidden in the assassins?

When the little girl returned to the mansion, she recalled the details of the search by the Guards Legion Corps. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. I suspect that the assassins entering the palace were fake. This was probably also a scheme that Fu Yingran had given the Emperor. She could find a reason to expel us from the palace. As long as we don’t have the protection of the royal family, she would be able to tidy up without any scruples.

Your Excellencies should be aware that, She, Fu Yingran, had yet to show her face and was officially sealed, She can hide in the dark and do whatever she wants, With her status as a victim, she can do anything without caring about it and reach everyone’s understanding. However, once she is conferred the title, she will be the Empress of Ye Lan. Everything she does will be discussed by the officials. Therefore, she will definitely secretly make a move before being conferred the title and expel us all from the Imperial Palace so as not to get in the way in the future.

Moreover, she has yet to be conferred the title to cause such a huge commotion. If we allow her to smoothly enter the palace and become the mother of Ye Lan, then do we still have a chance to survive? “If it’s just us, then it’s fine. But there’s an entire clan behind us. If this drags down the entire clan, then what face do we have to see our ancestors in the future?”

Seeing that Mu Lian was right, The doubts in everyone’s hearts were dispelled. Just as Mu Lian said, there is indeed something fishy about this matter. I think it must be the hands of the unconferred Empress. Since that’s the case, then they have nothing to take care of. Since you’ve made your first day, then let’s do fifteen. Even if it’s not for the sake of the women in the Western Palace, they still have to do it for the survival of the entire family.

Thus, one of them said, “If Miss Mu said that there is something fishy about this matter, then since she has already taken action, then it is no wonder that we should blame her. However, I don’t know what Miss Mu has to say, so why don’t you tell us?”

“I a little girl can have any ideas? I just thought of the joints and couldn’t bear to be kept in the dark, so I decided to tell you the whole story. As for what to do, it’s up to all of you. However, the little girl has a piece of advice. In the current situation, it’s best for us to work together. Otherwise, we won’t be Fu Yingran’s opponents.

Everyone, don’t forget that behind her are the two backing forces of Tian Yizhuang and Great Wei. Those were forces that could not be underestimated, “Alright, that’s all. It’s been a while since the little girl came out. It’s not appropriate for her to stay here for long, so she took the lead. Oh right, I just received a tip that Fu Yingran will enter the city tomorrow morning. This is the only chance for adults to make a move. Once she enters the palace smoothly, it’s impossible for everyone to make a move again.”

After Mu Lian finished speaking, Shi Shi Ran left, She believed that with the ambition of these people, they would take action against Fu Yingran after hearing these words. This was the result she wanted. The moment she stepped out of the room, Mu Lian revealed a satisfied smile and said, “Haha, Fu Yingran, since you don’t want me to feel better, then don’t think about it. It’s not certain who wins or loses.”

After saying that, she turned her head to look at the tightly shut door and snorted coldly in her heart, “A bunch of brainless people, even if you all join hands, you are destined not to be Fu Yingran’s opponent. This miss is just trying to use you to teach Fu Yingran a lesson. Do you really think that you are a character?”

Mu Lian left, so she didn’t know what the people in the room were discussing in the end. However, this was no longer a topic of concern to her, because she knew that Fu Yingran was going to be in trouble soon. This was enough. Right now, she just needed to wait at home peacefully for the good news.

As expected, the next morning, Mu Lian heard that Fu Yingran was assassinated on the way to the palace. To her surprise, however, Fu Yingran was actually fine, On the other hand, those adults fell ill after returning to the manor, He even took a leave of absence, Mu Lian was puzzled. So he sent his confidant maids out to inquire, The maidservant told her after returning, “Miss, this servant has found out clearly. I heard that halfway through the court this morning, the commander of the Guards Legion Corps carried a blood bag and went to the court. He shook out the contents of the bag in front of the Golden Royal Palace. It turned out that there were more than a dozen people inside. Commander Lei said that they were assassins who assassinated the Empress outside the palace gate.”

“I heard that all the adults present were so scared that their faces turned deathly pale. Later, the Emperor even ordered the heads of the assassins to be hung at the entrance of the palace to wake everyone up. He said that he did not wish for this to happen again. Thus, Commander Lei hung the heads at the entrance of the palace where the adults had to pass every day. I heard that several of them had fallen ill and could not go to court because of this.”

Unexpectedly, after Mu Lian heard this, she only said one sentence: “Idiot.”

At this moment, those adults who were sick at home were really in a hurry. They all knew what was going on with the heads hanging at the entrance of the palace. After Mu Lian left that day, the few of them decided after discussion. In order to avoid traitors, they decided to temporarily form a small team of five highly skilled guards from each mansion to be responsible for assassinating Fu Yingran the next day.

After the few of them discussed it, they went back to the manor to arrange for their men. They quickly made their choice and sent them out. Originally, they were full of confidence and were waiting for news of Fu Yingran’s assassination. Unexpectedly, it was their subordinates’ heads. So when they returned to the manor, everyone coincidentally posted to each other. At this moment, they were all gathered together to discuss what to do next.

The leader said, “Now that the matter has been defeated, no one has been sent out. Fu Yingran has also entered the palace. What should we do? Fortunately, there are no survivors left. The Emperor does not know that we did it for the time being, but paper can’t cover the fire. Once the Emperor finds out that those assassins left our mansion, we will all be finished.”

‘”Who said it wasn’t? As long as this official thinks of the heads all over the ground, he will feel terrified. If I knew earlier, I shouldn’t have listened to that little girl of the Mu Clan’s encouragement. What should I do to make it difficult for me to ride a tiger now?”

“What else can we do? We have already reached this point. We can only take one step at a time.”

“Ah …, that’s the only way.”

Just as the few of them were feeling extremely annoyed, the servant suddenly pushed open the door and reported, “Master, the people from the Prime Minister’s Mansion have sent a post saying that they are going to treat Master tonight. Please make sure that Master passes through the mansion.”

Then, the servant glanced at the others present and said, “It just so happens that all of you are here. Your manor sent someone to inform you that the Prime Minister sent a invitation to your manor to invite all of you to the Prime Minister’s Manor for a banquet.”

“Prime Minister’s Mansion? Lan Zheng? What does that little elder want to do?” A person who had never interacted with others suddenly showed his goodwill, which inevitably raised suspicions in people’s hearts.

‘”Who cares what he wants to do? Let’s go take a look together. Anyway, the matter has not been exposed yet. The Emperor can’t do anything to us. It’s fine to probe Lan Zheng’s words. Right now, he and Mu Hai are the only officials in the Manchu Dynasty who have the most sacred hearts. Perhaps he will know what the Emperor plans to do next.”

“Well, that’s right. Then let’s go to the Prime Minister’s Mansion to take a look.” As they spoke, everyone got up and left the house, climbing into their sedans and heading towards the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Outside the main gate of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, Lan Zheng greets them with a smile. Looking at the sedans approaching from afar, it is as if they are descending from a few wealth gods. The smile on his face can’t help but be a little sincere. When the sedans stop, Lan Zheng greets them and says, “My Lan Mansion is truly glorious for all of you to come to this humble house.”

Seeing Lan Zheng walking towards them, the few of them did not dare to be arrogant. They immediately took two steps forward and said politely, “Lord Prime Minister, you are too polite. Thank you for inviting me, but I dare not obey your orders.”

“How dare you? Everyone, please hurry inside.” As soon as Lan Zheng finished speaking, he led everyone into the manor. The Prime Minister’s Mansion was the residence that Huyan Mingshuo had bestowed upon Lan Zheng after he ascended to the throne. From the outside, it looked rather dignified and dignified, but there were very few servants inside. Lan Zheng had always been frugal, and there was only one wife and two direct sons in the manor. The population was very simple, so naturally, there were not many servants to serve him. Therefore, more than half of the houses in the manor were empty and looked a little deserted.

Lan Zheng led everyone all the way to the dining hall. After everyone sat down, she instructed them to hurry up and serve the dishes. Madam Lan had been busy in the kitchen all afternoon and had already prepared the dishes. Seeing that the guests were all here, she instructed the maids and servants to hurry up and serve the dishes. Afterwards, she also led the servants out.

At this moment, Lan Zheng opened his mouth and said, “Come, come, gentlemen. Don’t be so polite. There’s no time to prepare anything in a hurry. It’s just a normal meal. Please don’t dislike it, gentlemen.” After saying that, he personally poured the wine for everyone.

Seeing this, the few of them politely picked up the wine cup in front of them and said, “No, no, the Prime Minister is too polite. Please.”

Everyone at the table pushed their glasses and changed their glasses. After three rounds of drinking, someone finally couldn’t help but put down the glass in their hands and asked, “Lord Prime Minister, we don’t talk in secret. If you have something to say, you don’t have to say it directly. Prime Minister invited us here for nothing but to drink wine and eat vegetables, right?”

Lan Zheng raised his eyebrows and looked at him. This was the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, Xiao Yang. Father of the Emperor had personally promoted him to the same sect as the Right Virtuous King in the early years. Originally, it was intended to be used to check and balance the Right Virtuous King. At that time, the Right Virtuous King protected Huyan Mingshuo and his mother and son from time to time, causing Father of the Emperor quite a headache. Therefore, Father of the Emperor wanted to suppress his arrogance, so he had no choice but to promote Xiao Yang, who was from the same sect.

However, this person’s scheming was inferior to the Right Virtuous King. For many years, he had been only a rank three civil servant. It was only after Huyan Mingshuo ascended to the throne and because Lan Zheng was promoted to Prime Minister, his original position was vacant that he was able to fill the vacancy of Minister of the Household and become a rank two Great Member.