Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 225

Chapter 225 Return Home from Old Age

“It’s the emperor, this servant will go now,” Fu Yingran’s young master hurriedly replied.

Seeing that Xiao Zheng was leaving, Fu Yingran glanced at the painful madams and young misses on the table and hurriedly instructed, “Someone, quickly send the imperial physician.”

“Yes, Empress.” Chun Tao stood up and quickly walked out of Qiong Hua Hall.

Ever since Huyan Mingshuo ascended to the throne, He promoted his personal eunuch, Little Yizi, to the position of the chief steward of the Internal Affairs Department. Therefore, this chief steward is not at the Emperor’s side at the moment. Instead, he is checking the bills in the Internal Affairs Department’s accounting room today. Seeing that Little Zhengzi is here, he knows what is going on in his heart. However, he still deliberately asks, “As a person beside the Empress, why are you not serving in front of the Empress this time? Why are you here?”

Seeing him ask, Little Zhengzi hurriedly told him everything that had happened in Qiong Hua Palace. After that, he said, “The Emperor is furious now. Chief Manager Xuan, go to Qiong Hua Palace to ask questions immediately. Chief Manager Xuan, just deal with it carefully.”

For tonight’s plan, Little Yizi knew, Because he was the one who personally took part in those shoddy items, The reason for that was to remove the officials who had become imperial merchants and send away the last few madams in the West Palace. Therefore, after listening to Little Zhengzi’s words, his expression did not change much. He just silently put away the books on Zhuo Shang and followed Little Zheng to Qiong Hua Palace.

After arriving at Qionghua Hall, Little Yizi knelt down at the ceremony and kowtowed to the masters, “This servant, Little Yizi, greets the Emperor, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Huyan Mingshuo saw him kneeling down and immediately slammed the table and asked angrily, “Little Yizi, do you know your crime?”

Little Yizi was terrified. “Your Majesty, please forgive me. This servant has been tidying up the books in the Internal Affairs Department today. I really don’t know what kind of crime this servant committed, but it caused Your Majesty’s thunder to be furious.”

Huyan Mingshuo grabbed the cup in his hand and smashed it towards Xiao Yizi. Then, he pointed at everything in the hall and said angrily, “You ignorant slave, how dare you retort?” Look at what you’ve done. Why is there such a shoddy product in the palace? “Why don’t you tell me the truth? Did you deduct the difference between the two prices to allow these items to flow into the palace?”

Hearing this, Little Yizi said, He was so scared that he hurriedly kowtowed. He kowtowed, His forehead was bloodshot, Looking at it, it was quite infiltrating, She kept saying, “Your Majesty, this servant is wronged, This servant really doesn’t know why such inferior products appear in the palace, Even if I were to give this servant ten more courage, “This servant doesn’t dare to do such a thing. Every entry and exit in the palace has traces to follow. What this servant gives out is clearly the purchase price of high-quality goods. I don’t know why this servant sneaked into low-quality goods. In order to prove that what this servant said is true, this servant has already brought the ledger. Please take a careful look at it, Your Majesty.”

After saying that, Xiao Yizi raised the ledger above his head with both hands. Seeing this, Xiao Zhengzi hurriedly ran down the Imperial Rank and took the ledger from Xiao Yizi and handed it to the Emperor

Huyan Mingshuo took the ledger and flipped through it. His expression loosened a little, but he still snorted coldly, “Hmph!” You still have the face to complain. This is originally the responsibility of your Internal Affairs Department. Who else do you know? “Check, check carefully. I’ll give you three incense sticks of time. If you can’t find out why, then you can come and see me with your head up. Hurry up and get lost.”

Little Yizi quickly kowtowed again and said, “This servant obeys the decree. This servant will investigate now.” As he spoke, he got up from the ground and stumbled out of Qiong Hua Palace.

Everyone in the hall was naturally so frightened that they didn’t dare to go out. Especially those officials of the Imperial Merchant Guild. Their foreheads started to sweat. Their bodies almost couldn’t sit still. It seemed that they couldn’t escape. Today was destined to be the end. This time, they really answered those words. If the Emperor wanted to deal with you, then no matter what you did, there was bound to be no escape.

Now that he had reached this point, These people also gave up resisting and silently waited for the Emperor’s final decision. They regretted it more than once in their hearts. If they had known that this would be the result, they would not have opposed Huyan Mingshuo and his wife. Ah …. Now, it was too late to say anything. A big mistake had been made. I only hope that the Emperor would not kill them all too quickly.

Little Yizi’s front foot had just left, Chun Tao brought the imperial physician in. After the imperial physicians bowed to the higher-ups, Huyan Mingshuo told them to quickly check the pulse of the others. The imperial physicians did not dare to neglect them. They immediately checked the pulse of the severely injured women. The result was that they had eaten moldy food and were poisoned. As long as they took a few pills, they would be fine.

Hearing this, Everyone was not surprised at all. Actually, everyone seemed to be enlightened in their hearts, You know what’s going to happen, But no one dared to reveal it, However, he was vigilant in his heart once again. In the future, you must not go against the Empress, or else the outcome will be miserable. However, those who insisted on sending the woman into the palace will know. In just a few months, it can be said that no one can escape the revenge of these two couples. It is estimated that after tonight, the remaining madams in the Western Palace will also be sent away.

Although everyone knew what was going on, they were still shocked when they saw the result. After all, the royal family had made a big move every time. Each time, they would not target only one or two people. Furthermore, each time, they would be irrefutable. Even if you were truly wronged, the Emperor would also make it impossible for you to criticize.

Three incense sticks of time flew by. Xiao Yizi closed the door and slept beautifully as soon as he returned to the internal affairs office. Seeing that it was almost time, he got up from the collapse. Not only did he not wash his hair, he even deliberately messed up his hair. Only then did he bring the’evidence ‘that he had prepared earlier and rush to Qiong Hua Palace in a deliberate panic.

As soon as he entered, he quickly knelt down and said with a bitter face, “Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant has checked all the entry and exit accounts during this period of time. He has also interrogated the palace people responsible for purchasing the goods. Finally, he has found out about the goods. Please have a look at them, Your Majesty.” Then, he handed over the so-called evidence.

Huyan Mingshuo looked at it and said, Just let Little Zhengzi send them down to the people concerned to read. Without a doubt, these people were naturally the newly elected Emperor Merchants. The few of them trembled and took a look at the so-called evidence. They saw that the time of storing these inferior products and all the people who handled them were clearly recorded on it. Even the people in charge of handling them were clearly written.

Although they were prepared, However, when they saw such evidence, they still had to sigh. The Emperor must have planned this for a long time. He even included such details. It could be seen that the Emperor’s scheming was so deep that it was truly beyond anyone’s reach. They did not know whether they should feel lucky or sad. To think that the Emperor would be able to deal with them so painstakingly.

After looking at it, they couldn’t help but sigh. They knew that they couldn’t escape today. Since they knew that it was the trap set by the Emperor, no matter how you tried to defend it, it would be useless. Thus, they stood up and knelt down beside Little Yizi. They admitted their guilt and said, “I was greedy for a moment. I deceived the Emperor with inferiority. Please surrender to the Emperor.”

On the side of the women’s table, the madams and young misses of these families also hurriedly came out and knelt in the hall. Right now, he only hoped that the Emperor would show mercy to them for the sake of their understanding.

Seeing that they were willing to admit their guilt without a word of rebuttal, Huyan Mingshuo thought to himself that these people were quite tactful. Although anger towards these people has not diminished, But he still gave them some face, He raised his eyes and swept a glance at everyone in the hall. Then he said, “Since you have admitted your guilt, I am not a heartless person. Although you are no longer participating in the government, you have at least worked hard for Ye Lan. Fortunately, there were no serious consequences this time. Today, I will punish you and allow you to return to your homeland to rest for the rest of your lives.”

After saying that, he said to Xiao Yizi, who was still kneeling on the hall, “Hurry up and invite all the ladies to the West Palace. At least we’ll have a father-daughter match. We’ll have to see each other one last time. Otherwise, I’m afraid we won’t be able to see each other in this life after today.”

Huyan Mingshuo’s words were casual, but they sounded like thunder to these people. Everyone knew that the reason why the Emperor had spared no effort to attack them was because of the Consort Sealing Ceremony. For this matter, they had already let themselves return to their homeland. If they still had their daughter in the West Palace.

In the future, if the Emperor was unhappy and used his daughter to suppress him, wouldn’t he even have a last chance to retreat? No, you absolutely can’t leave your daughter in the palace. Otherwise, one day, the two couples will be unhappy. If you do something to them, it will really be over.

Seeing these people’s expressions change again and again, Huyan Mingshuo and Fu Yingran looked at each other and smiled. It seemed that everything was developing towards the result they wanted.

Not long after, Little Yizi brought the few remaining madams of the West Palace to Qiong Hua Hall. As soon as they entered the hall, they received the gazes from their father. However, they did not know what had happened, so all the women immediately knelt on their knees and said, “This concubine greets the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Huyan Mingshuo glanced at them and said, “En, get up. I have already allowed your father to return to his hometown. Thinking that the mountains and rivers are far away from here, it will be difficult for you to meet your father and daughter’s relatives again. That’s why I asked Little Yizi to call you here to see your parents for the last time.”

When the girls heard this, they were shocked. Why did their father return to his hometown after his old age? Didn’t you get well a while ago? Didn’t father send a message to the palace that the Emperor had chosen them as Emperor Merchants? How long had it been before he had returned to his homeland? Everyone couldn’t help but raise their heads to look at their father. Their faces were filled with helplessness. They then turned to look at the emperor on the high throne. Seeing his calm expression, the hearts of the women instantly understood.

It seemed that the Emperor was still unable to accept their existence. I’m trying to get them to retreat, Although the Emperor had yet to make it clear that he wanted them out of the palace, However, judging from what had happened during this period of time, Xi Gong and the others probably couldn’t stay any longer. In other words, there was no point in staying any longer. If they left the palace this time, the Emperor would probably attack them directly. If they really reached that stage, their entire clan would be implicated.

The girls then kowtowed a few more times to the emperor before resolutely saying, “Your Majesty, forgive me. My parents are old and have a long way to go back to the hometown. I’m worried that my parents won’t take care of me halfway. I hope the emperor will allow me to follow my father back to the hometown so that I can be filial to all my children.”