Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 66

Chapter 66 Empress Li Palace
Therefore, when Huyan Mingshuo arrived at the gate, the empress’ luanjia happened to be waiting for him at the gate. At this time, the citizens of the imperial capital knew that the empress had volunteered to leave the palace to pray for the people of the country. They all spontaneously came to the gate to see the empress leave the city.

Huyan Mingshuo saw the Empress and got off his horse. He knelt down on one knee and said, “This son is unfilial. I hope that Mother will forgive me for letting Mother go through this.”

The Empress held Huyan Mingshuo up with both hands and said with tears in her eyes, “There is no need for my son to worry. Mother is not unreasonable. Ying Ran has already told Mother about the current situation at night. You have taken the trouble to arrange for Mother to leave the palace for the sake of Mother’s safety. Besides, after leaving the palace, Mother’s heart will be calm and peaceful.”

‘”Thank you, Mother Empress. Please rest assured. I promise you that I will return to the palace to welcome Mother Empress in the future. At that time, my son will solve all the troubles that troubled Mother Empress.” Huyan Mingshuo also knew that the Empress Mother had been pushed out of the palace by Ni Fei all these years, and the Emperor Father had also turned a blind eye to her. Therefore, if she was able to move Ni Fei down smoothly this time, it would be considered a relief for the Empress Mother.

“Well, mother believes you, It’s getting late, “In case of trouble, mother should leave as soon as possible. Your father will not let me leave the palace easily after he knows the truth. After all, only I can restrain you. Oh, right, I sent someone to monitor Ni Fei yesterday and finally found out that the man who meets her every month is Mu Lingfeng. You must pay more attention to Mu Lingfeng in the future.” The Empress was the Empress, so she could see everything clearly. Otherwise, in that harem of fish and dragons, it would be impossible for her to sit firmly on the throne of the Empress without being shaken.

However, many things happened so coincidentally, As soon as the Empress finished speaking, she saw the Emperor’s personal eunuch rushing over. Fu Yingran quickly pulled Huyan Mingshuo up and gestured with his eyes. He then supported the Empress and said, “Mother, please rest assured. We will be careful. Your daughter-in-law wishes Mother a pleasant journey. The Crown Prince and I will definitely welcome Mother back in the future.”

As she spoke, she gestured to the Empress with her eyes and helped her onto the Empress’ luanjia. She instructed the driver to leave the city immediately and watched the Empress’ luanjia leave the city gate safely. She looked at Huyan Mingshuo and the eunuch who was running to stop her. He was surrounded by a group of people and could not move at all. The two of them smiled at each other and turned around to return to the Crown Prince’s Mansion.

When the eunuch saw this, he hurriedly shouted, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, please stay. This servant has brought the Emperor’s decree and invited the Empress back to the palace.”

Huyan Mingshuo turned to look at the eunuch and asked, “Do you know what kind of crime it is to preach a false imperial edict?”

“This servant did not dare. It was the emperor who personally ordered this servant to bring the empress back to the palace.” The eunuch rushed out of the crowd and knelt on the ground. He spoke with trepidation. He naturally knew how powerful this Crown Prince was. He could defeat all the princes and grandchildren. Those who could become Crown Princes with their abilities were naturally not people that could be fooled at will.

Huyan Mingshuo also knew that what he said was true, However, not only could he not admit it, he also wanted to use the people’s words to force Father to admit that it was this eunuch who preached an imperial edict. Otherwise, Mother would have deliberately resisted the eunuch’s edict and left the city without a decree. Even if he returned to the capital in the future, his reputation would surely be tarnished, and the Emperor would not be at fault. Therefore, this eunuch could only defend against all wrongs.

Huyan Mingshuo said to the eunuch, “Father emperor early this morning in front of the minister of civil and military affairs, She granted the empress mother’s request to leave the palace to pray for blessings, And now you’re saying, Emperor Father decreed for you to come after Mother, Do you know, the queen mother came out of the palace to pray for the kingdom, “It’s for the sake of my Yelan people to live and work in peace and contentment and avoid the suffering of disaster. Father Emperor is the ruler of a country. How can he ignore the rise and fall of the country and prevent mother from leaving the palace to pray for blessings? From this palace’s point of view, it must be someone who has the intention to send you to prevent mother from leaving the city to pray for blessings. He doesn’t want my Yelan people to live a good life. What do you think?”

That was too eavesdropping. His body immediately began to sift through the chaff. This hat was too big for him to wear. Fu Yingran also looked at Huyan Mingshuo with wide eyes. His face was filled with disbelief. He didn’t expect that Huyan Mingshuo would come up with something out of nowhere. Wearing a random hat really refreshed her understanding of him.

At this time, the onlookers were also enraged. He said all sorts of words to curse the eunuch, The eunuch was already too scared to speak. He was a spy sent by Concubine Ni to the Emperor’s side. When he heard that the Emperor was going to make things difficult for the Empress, he volunteered to send a decree. He originally thought that he could go back to Concubine Ni to receive the reward. Now, it seemed that his life was in danger. He was afraid that he could bear the blame.

Therefore, he didn’t defend himself. He just knelt silently and didn’t say a word. Huyan Mingshuo saw it and appreciated that he could understand it so quickly and admit his fate to defend against the crime. Thus, he didn’t make things difficult for him. He only called his guard and instructed, “Someone, bind this slave who preached the imperial decree and send him to Father.” The two guards silently walked out and kidnapped the eunuch and sent him to the palace.

Then, Huyan Mingshuo helped Fu Yingran into the carriage and went back to the Crown Prince’s Mansion. On the carriage, Huyan Mingshuo looked at the exhaustion in Ying Ran’s eyes and couldn’t bear it. He carried her onto his legs and buried her head in his embrace. He said, “It’s all settled. Close your eyes and sleep for a while.”

They were husband and wife. There was no need to thank them for their hypocritical courtesy. However, he had already remembered what Fu Yingran had done for him in his heart. Only this kind of Fu Yingran was worthy of his sincere care. There was no love or hatred for no reason in this world.

If you want someone to love you, you should be sincere in their position and let others see that you are worthy of their protection. Similarly, if you only care about your own gains and losses and don’t care about the wishes of others, then not only will you not be loved by others, but you will also make others hate you.

Ying Ran looked at his handsome face and said half-jokingly, “Haha, with a beautiful man by his side, it’s delicious. I really don’t want to sleep.” She originally planned to rest in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, but she heard that something had happened in the palace. She said that Concubine Ni had sent someone to stall the Empress and prevent her from leaving the palace. Therefore, she did not care about her exhaustion and quickly got up to freshen up and enter the palace.

She also sent people to inform Concubine Ni of the current situation in Nanjiang. She successfully sent Concubine Ni away and successfully took the Empress out of the palace one step earlier. Now that the matter had been settled, she was in the mood to joke with Huyan Mingshuo.

Hearing her words, Huyan Mingshuo laughed softly, “Ai Fei, are you really infatuated with this palace? What should we do? You and I are husband and wife. From now on, you have to see me every day. Could it be that you won’t sleep in the future?”

Ying Ran rolled her eyes at him and said, “Well… you really know how to play, “Don’t worry, I’m used to watching. I can sleep with no preconditioning. However, I’m afraid many people won’t be able to sleep tonight. Haha, I didn’t expect that the person who delivers medicine to Concubine Ni every month would be Mu Lingfeng. Looks like your Ye Lan Imperial Palace is like his backyard. You can let him in and out at will.” As she spoke, she smiled so hard that she couldn’t see through her teeth, and she was so thieving.

Huyan Mingshuo also knew who she was talking about. He glanced at her and couldn’t help but ask, “Yeah, I really didn’t expect it. It seems like you should pay attention to him in the future. Aren’t you tired? You said you wanted to rest in the mansion, so why did you run back to the palace? Are you alright now? What if something happens to the child?”

“I was resting in the mansion, However, a person named Nalan Jinhong ran into the manor and said that the Empress Mother was stalled by Concubine Ni. If I don’t think of a way, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to leave the palace today. Moreover, the Emperor might even use the Empress Mother to threaten you later, and he can’t appear in the palace at will. Only I can enter and exit the palace at will, so I got up and went into the palace.

Find a way to dismiss Imperial Concubine Ni and take Mother out of the palace one step early. As long as Mother leaves the palace, I will send someone to spread the reason for Mother leaving the palace. At that time, even if Father Emperor wants to detain Mother, he has no choice but to let Mother leave in order to take into account the opinions of the people.

“Although I am very tired, I have to deal with it myself. Only when I deal with this matter will I be justified. After all, we are one and the same.” Ying Ran was also fortunate. If someone hadn’t notified him, there would have been a change in today’s plan.

Huyan Mingshuo listened and said, “Nalan Jinhong can be trusted, In the future, you can discuss anything with him. Fortunately, you are a step ahead today. Otherwise, all of today’s plans will fail. As long as Mother Empress is still under Father Emperor’s control, I will not be able to do whatever I want. Just like many times in the past, I have no choice but to be wary of protecting you. I’m afraid that Father Emperor will make things difficult for Mother, so I can only let you suffer grievances.

However, it won’t happen in the future. Mother has already left the palace. Father Emperor no longer has the bargaining chip to threaten me. I will protect you and the child thoroughly and will not let you suffer any grievances. “He placed his hand on Ying Ran’s stomach as he felt the inheritance of this bloodline.

Just as Fu Yingran said, Some people might not be able to sleep today, At this time, the Mu Lingfeng siblings in the relay station said, Imperial Concubine Ni had just sent someone to say that their plan had failed last night. Imperial Physician Wang’s corpse appeared at the entrance of her palace this morning. She also said that Mu Linghua’s wedding ceremony did not need to be prepared. The Emperor ordered her to enter the manor as a concubine. At that time, she only needed a little girl to enter through the side door.

However, the most important thing was that all of Tianyi Village’s business in Nanjiang had stopped from today onwards. Nanjiang was now in chaos, so the first thing they had to do was to think of a way to make Fu Yingran take back his life and restore everything to its original state.

As for Mu Linghua being demoted to concubine, not only could he not say it, he had to carry out it according to Emperor Ye Lan’s orders. After all, it was already the best outcome for Mu Linghua to enter the manor. Once Fu Yingran insisted that Mu Linghua would not be allowed to enter the manor, Nanjiang would lose face and his next plan would not be implemented.

Not long after, Helian Lanying and his daughter arrived at the relay station. As soon as they entered, they said, “Greetings, Crown Prince Mu, Princess Ling Hua. I just came back from the palace to bid farewell to Crown Prince Mu. What happened last night has already been exposed. Crown Prince Shuo has already found out the origin of the matter. He buried my spy in the Crown Prince’s Manor and sent my corpse outside the Zuoxian Manor.”

Early this morning, The emperor has ordered me to remove the title of Prince Zuo, He was demoted to deputy general, He even ordered me to immediately go to the southern border to help General Mu defend the border, “Lan Ying’s title as imperial daughter is gone. Her engagement with the Crown Prince for many years has also been cancelled. Fortunately, the Crown Prince agreed to allow Princess Ling Hua to enter the manor. However, the Emperor has also said that once she gets credit in the future, she will be rewarded. As long as Princess Ling Hua gets the Crown Prince’s favor, she will still have a chance to surpass Fu Yingran.”