After returning to the palace anxiously all the way, Yang Xi arrived at the royal study room to face the Holy Emperor and returned the decree, and saluted cautiously: "Your Majesty."
The emperor raised his head from behind the dragon case: "Has Xiao Yuanting seen his son?"
"No." Yang Xi replied, "The Ninth Princess said that the Princess's Mansion is no better than the Prince's Mansion. There is no decent male master and it is inconvenient for male guests to enter."
"Is this her excuse again?" The emperor's face darkened, "Isn't Xiao Yunheng the male master? Besides, it is only natural that Xiao Yuanting wants to see his son, so he just asked his servants to take him to see him. Why is she stopping him?"
Yang Xi lowered his head and was silent for a moment, "Today the Ninth Princess was invited to be a guest at An Shangshu Mansion. She came back early. Later, I heard that the Ninth Princess was not in a good mood. I wonder if she was angry at the Shangshu Mansion.
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The emperor frowned: "Zishu went to Shangshu Mansion?"
"yes."
"Who invited you?"
Yang Xi lowered his head and replied: "She seems to be the fourth princess."
"What does she want to do?" The emperor looked displeased, and he asked, "Seeing that Yun Zishu has won the favor of the Queen Mother, do you want to have a relationship with her?"
"I don't know."
The emperor's mood suddenly became extremely bad. He dropped the memorial in his hand and sat on his chair without saying a word.
In the past two days, he was furious because of Yun Zishu's incident but to no avail. He ordered Yun Zishu to go back to the Xiao family. Yun Zishu looked aggrieved and refused to go back.
He asked Sicang to stay away from Yun Zishu, but he actually went to become Yun Zishu's personal shadow guard.
He tried his best to prevent Yun Zishu from meeting the Queen Mother, but they kept talking openly and openly in front of him to maintain their relationship, for fear that others would not know that they had a good relationship between grandson and grandson.
At the imperial concubine's Qianqiu Banquet, she dared to humiliate the imperial concubine in front of her, completely ignoring him as her father and imperial concubine.
The more the emperor thought about it, the angrier he became. There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, burning his internal organs and causing pain. If he hadn't been worried about the Queen Mother and the Feng family...and that Sicang who was always against him, he wouldn't have been able to do it.
Allow her to be so presumptuous.
Taking a deep breath, the emperor's eyebrows darkened: "Send the prince over."
"yes."
"Your Majesty, it's not good!" A servant hurriedly walked into the imperial study, knelt on the ground and reported, "Something happened at the house of Mr. An, the Minister of Civil Affairs."
The emperor's expression became stern, and he subconsciously thought that Yun Zishu was the cause of the trouble, and said coldly: "What happened?"
"The legitimate son of the An family had his hand mutilated with a dagger and was also poisoned." The concubine replied, "Mr. An said that the doctors outside could not cure the poison. He wanted to ask the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to come and have a look and ask for the emperor's permission."
What?
The emperor frowned: "Who did it?"
"After Mr. An woke up, he said... that it was Miss Pan from the Xiping Hou Mansion."
The emperor fell silent for a moment.
Xipinghou Mansion?
An Shangshu's wife, Pan, was born in the Xiping Marquis Mansion, and the Pan family's daughter is her niece. What reason is there to assassinate An Huaishan?
For so many years since the emperor ascended the throne, he has heard of intrigues between princes, plots and frame-ups between concubines, and struggles within the houses of powerful families. He is not someone who is easily fooled.
This thing is obviously weird.
However, if An Huaishan insists that it was the Pan family girl who did it, then it will be useless no matter what others say.
"Yang Xi, you go to the Imperial Hospital and choose an imperial doctor to see if Mr. An's wrist can be cured. Then choose an imperial doctor who is good at detoxification and go there to have a look together." The emperor quickly ordered, "Ask Ming Chongjin to follow
You go together and ask what's going on."
Ming Chongjin was the commander of the Royal Forest Army, and he was in charge of the public security inside and outside the city. He followed the imperial physician to An's house to have a look, and to ask a few questions on behalf of the emperor, which was considered a great favor from the emperor.
Moreover, the Anhuai Mountain incident was under special circumstances. My family did not report the crime or file a petition, and they could not move to Dali Temple. It was the most appropriate decision to let Ming Chongjin go.
"The slave obeys the order."
After Yang Xi left, the emperor stayed alone for a long time, with a layer of gloom hanging over his face. He really regretted not sending this rebellious daughter back to the Xiao family earlier. He shouldn't have let her go when she lost her temper.
Given her temper, Mrs. Xiao should be given a good cure for her rebellious nature.
If she was forcibly trapped in the Xiao family, how could she have so many troubles now?
"Father." Prince Yun Chen was invited over and bowed respectfully, "Do you want me to come over?"
When the emperor saw him, his expression became slightly better: "How is your mother-in-law feeling today?"
"When I went to pay my respects to my mother and concubine early in the morning, she seemed fine." Yun Chen said respectfully, "Thank you for your concern, father."
"There are a lot of things happening during this period. Don't stay in the East Palace all the time. Go out of the palace from time to time to have a look, build a good relationship with the young masters of the aristocratic families, and conquer some people for your own use while you are young." After the emperor finished speaking, he specifically added
He said, "Occasionally, I will visit the legitimate son of the Xiao family. After all, he is General Xiao's only son, and he will be your right-hand man from now on."
Yun Chen pondered the meaning of his father's words and nodded slowly: "Yes, I will obey my father's will."
The emperor looked at him and couldn't help but compare himself with Yun Zishu in his mind. The prince was humble and obedient, while Yun Zishu was rebellious. The prince was the son of Concubine Wu, and Yun Zishu was the daughter of the late merchant empress.
Sure enough, the daughter of a queen who was born as a merchant was also a white-eyed wolf.
The emperor thought gloomily in his heart, unwilling to face the fact that his and the queen's bloodlines had been exchanged. As long as everyone who knew the truth was dead, he would be the orthodox royal bloodline, his son, his son's son, for generations to come.
They have been royalty for generations.
No one can change this fact.
At this time, in the study room of the Xiao family, Xiao Yuanting was also instructing his confidants: "Send someone to find out what happened when Yun Zishu went to the An family today. Everything must be detailed."
"yes."
After his confidant left, Xiao Yuanting sat alone in the study, thinking about everything that had happened in recent days, feeling heavy and depressed.
When a marriage has reached such a stage, it doesn't matter who is right or wrong. What matters is that the Xiao family has lost all their face and may not be able to keep their dignity.
Thinking of Yun Zishu's stubbornness and Sicang's protection, Xiao Yuanting couldn't figure out how things developed to this point.
The ninth princess of the royal family lost her mother long ago. Even though she is a legitimate princess, she does not have a strong sense of presence in the royal family, let alone any favors. Logically speaking, she should not have such a temper at all.
Even if she has a temper, she should not have the confidence to go against the Xiao family and confront the emperor again and again - yes, in Xiao Yuanting's view, Yun Zishu's repeated disobedience to the imperial edict is a disguised attempt to confront the emperor.
She didn't even take the prince seriously.
How could an unpopular ninth princess dare to do this?
Xiao Yuanting wiped his face. For the first time, he felt that he could not see through a person. He had underestimated this princess before. If he had known that he would be in this situation, he would never have let Li Xue in easily.