Chapter 47 Yu Zhongcheng is in jail

"I have a special status now, and it will do no good if you blatantly get too close to me."

Glancing around with his peripheral vision, Yu Yunxi lowered his voice to remind Xu Zhiyan.

Xu Zhiyan always maintained a gentle smile. He said softly: "I am just a new top scholar. I have no foundation, I don't take sides, and I have a clear conscience."

Yu Yunxi was stunned for a moment when she met his magnanimous eyes, but she soon became calm.

"You go and do your work first, and we will meet again if there is a chance."

"good."

Two old friends who had not seen each other for nearly ten years were not too reserved when they met again.

After Xu Zhiyan turned around and left, Qian Mei couldn't help but ask: "Master, who is she?"

"The concubine of the Xu family, now the top scholar in the new science. His mother and my mother were close friends at that time. The relationship between the two families was not bad. I grew up with him since childhood. But ten years ago, the Xu family was exiled to the northwest because of improper remonstrance.

I haven’t seen him for ten years.”

Yu Yunxi explained patiently.

Her expression was also full of emotion.

It has actually been...ten years.

"Let's go back to Yu Mansion to watch the fun."

"Yes, Master."

…

Xu Zhiyan saw Feng Yili from a distance. He stepped forward to salute in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, "I have met the regent."

Feng Yili just stared at him with cold, deep eyes and said nothing.

Perhaps because he felt something was wrong with the atmosphere, Luo Xiuran quickly laughed, and then asked: "Are you Mr. Xu?"

"Reporting to Mr. Luo Xiaohou, that's right." Xu Zhiyan responded humbly and politely.

"Then, what is your relationship with that... well, the regent princess?" Luo Xiuran continued to probe.

When he heard the words "Princess Regent" coming from Luo Xiuran's mouth, Xu Zhiyan frowned unconsciously.

He said in a deep voice: "Xiaguan and she have known each other since childhood and are close friends."

Best friend?

A certain regent's eyes became a little gloomier.

"Prince Regent, Mr. Luo Xiaohou, the emperor is eager to summon the official. The official has to go to the audience first." Xu Zhiyan nodded to them and walked straight into the imperial study.

"Best friends? Is there any pure friendship between men and women? Anyway, all of my best friends are beauties." Luo Xiuran couldn't help but muttered.

Jiang Ying: "..."

"Master Luo Xiaohou, it's time for you to shut up!" He approached Luo Xiuran and gritted his teeth.

"Ah? Oh, oh, I was just joking, Yi Li, don't worry about it." Luo Xiuran only realized it later, and he quickly apologized to Feng Yili.

Feng Yili's fingertips under her long sleeves turned white, and veins floated on the back of her hands.

After a long silence, he suppressed the sweetness in his throat and said in a hoarse voice: "Jiang Ying, go to Wei's house to get medicine."

What?

Only then did Jiang Ying notice that their prince's face was pale and colorless.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

It turns out that the prince has been holding on just now.

…

Yu family.

Zhou, Chen, Yu Wanrong and others were waiting eagerly at the door.

"It's almost dawn now, why hasn't the prime minister come back yet?" Aunt Gao muttered depressedly as she stirred her handkerchief.

"Don't worry, how could the prime minister be plotted by a cheap girl? And the emperor still trusts our prime minister so much, everything will be fine. If anything happens, it will be because of that cheap girl Yu Yunxi." Aunt Deng also spoke up.

Mrs. Zhou also snorted coldly: "The emperor hates Southwest, and I think he will take the opportunity to peel off the skin of that cheap hoof tonight. Your prime minister may just stay in the palace to deal with some things."

They all firmly believed that Yu Zhongcheng would be fine.

At this moment, Yu Mansion's carriage appeared in their sight.

"The prime minister is back, the prime minister is back."

Aunt Gao ran forward as if she was taking credit, and said in a sweet voice: "Master Xiang, we were talking about you just now, but you are back. Yu Yunxi is probably going to die in the palace now."

There was another burst of chuckles all around.

Soon, the carriage curtain was opened by a pair of slender porcelain white hands.

"Aunt Gao, thank you for thinking of me so much. However, I have done nothing wrong. Your Majesty will not kill people indiscriminately."

Yu Yunxi's cold voice came out.

Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.

"Why are you okay?"

Aunt Gao raised her voice and asked loudly.

"Where is the Prime Minister?" Mrs. Chen felt very uneasy. She stared at Yu Yunxi with her sinister eyes, eager to ask the reason.

"The emperor had something to say to his father, so he left him behind." Yu Yunxi yawned. She had not slept all night, and she was a little tired.

"What do you have to say all night long?" Zhou said angrily.

"What happened, grandma, you will know later." Yu Yunxi withdrew her eyes and said coldly.

At this moment, Linde and others rushed over quickly.

"Everyone in the Yu Mansion accepts the order." He shouted at the top of his lungs.

Zhou and others were uneasy and quickly knelt down.

Yu Yunxi leaned lazily on his master, and he yawned again without any intention of kneeling down.

Eunuch Lin De wanted to say something, but thinking of what happened last night, the Southwest County Lord was not easy to mess with now, so he quickly suppressed his thoughts.

"The emperor, who is destined to carry the fortune of heaven, summoned Yu Zhongcheng, who failed to provide disaster relief and failed to seize the position of prime minister. He was thrown into the sky prison to await punishment. He seized the property of his aunt from all over the house and insulted the order of the country of Tianxia. He ordered all dowries to be returned within two days.

To the name of the Southwest County Lord."

What?

Mrs. Chen felt dizzy and almost fell down.

"Mother." Yu Wanrong quickly came over to support her.

"Eunuch Lin, this is a misunderstanding. What's wrong with the disaster relief? Why did things become so serious?" She quickly asked Lin De.

Lin De was usually very polite to her, but at this time, his expression was obviously much colder.

He twitched the corners of his lips, and then said: "Miss Yu, we can't say too much. We can only say that the Prime Minister is confused. It took a lot of effort to secure the position of Prime Minister, but he disappeared overnight."

"Eunuch Lin, did the emperor misunderstand something? Can the regent and the prince explain to my father?" Yu Wanrong continued to ask anxiously.

Lin De lowered his voice and said: "Second Miss Yu, it is the Regent who provided evidence to prove that Prime Minister Yu was ineffective in providing disaster relief."

What?

Yu Wanrong's body staggered, and this time, it was her turn to almost lose her balance.

"This, does this mean that the regent not only did not help the prime minister, but also added insult to injury? Why did the regent do this? Doesn't he have a crush on the second young lady, and he also wants the prime minister to be his father-in-law?"

Aunt Gao burst into tears, looking like she couldn't accept the truth at all.

"Shut up!" Mrs. Chen pressed her painful eyebrows and scolded Aunt Gao sternly.

"Eunuch Lin, what did His Highness say?" Chen suppressed her emotions and asked Lin De.

Lin De said with a straight face: "Mrs. Yu, just because she spoke for Prime Minister Yu, His Royal Highness is now banned from the East Palace, and the Queen is also implicated."

What? Something happened to the prince too?

The last hope in Chen's and Yu Wanrong's hearts was shattered.

Yu Yunxi stood aside and watched the farce, with a hint of irony flashing in her eyes.

really……

The emperor still chose to protect the prince.

The so-called ineffective disaster relief, being imprisoned in a dungeon, and grounded were just the last fig leaf left by the emperor for Feng Weizhou.

As long as the Queen's faction does not fall, Yu Zhongcheng's life will still be saved.

After all, if Yu Zhongcheng dies, Feng Weizhou's reputation will not be preserved.
To be continued...