Chapter 74: My Niece is Amazing

“This embroidery technique is so hidden, you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked closely.” The eunuch said from the side.

Emperor Liang De’s face was extremely ugly, and he slowly uttered these words: “Yi, Lu Shuyi .”

At that moment, the emperor did have suspicions.

King Wei kept saying that he had a private relationship with Miss Xue, but how come this person turned out to be Lu Shuyi ?

Thinking back to He Ji’s words today, it seemed deliberate.

Did King Xuan manipulate things behind the scenes?

No.

Impossible.

He had no reason to do this.

The emperor still trusted King Xuan.

King Wei himself should not know about it either.

Then it must be Concubine Wan …

Emperor Liang De felt disgusted. Was he afraid that He Ji’s words weren’t enough? Did he need to go this far?

He even blamed Concubine Wan for the sudden serious illness of Liu Yue Rong.

Or rather, Emperor Liang De hoped that these things could be blamed on Concubine Wa .

Because only then would he have a better reason to weaken the power of Concubine Wan’s family in the future.

Emperor Liang De glanced at King Wei, who was sitting on the ground in a daze, and said coldly: “Get out. If Liu Yue Rong doesn’t die, she’s still your legitimate wife. If she dies, you’ll have to wait a few more years to marry a princess.”

King Xuan’s fingertips, which had been stroking, stopped their movement.

Good.

Although there was this unexpected incident, the result was the same –

The Lu family girl wouldn’t enter the Xuan Palace, but she wouldn’t end up with King Wei either.

The Xuan Palace, at least for a few years, wouldn’t be forced to accept anyone.

And he would make this timeframe longer, gradually turning it into ten years, twenty years… no one would enter.

“Father?” King Wei still hadn’t reacted.

How did this have anything to do with Lu Shuyi ?

He stared at the handkerchief, wanting to say something.

Emperor Liang De reprimanded: “A dignified prince, you have no sense of propriety, righteousness, and shame? Let’s pretend nothing happened today! If you mention any more about love tokens or personal belongings in the future, I’m afraid Miss Lu will only have one choice – to die by crashing her head to prove her innocence. Think about it, how will the Lu family view you, the prince?”

King Wei still didn’t understand what was going on.

But the icy tone in Emperor Liang De’s words truly shocked him.

Seeing him still in a daze, Emperor Liang De became even more furious: “King Wei is disrespectful in front of the emperor, ten strokes of the cane.” After saying that, he waved his hand, unwilling to look any further: “Take him out.”

King Wei was completely dumbfounded.

Why would he be punished?

“Father! Father, I…” King Wei only managed to utter these few words before being respectfully carried out by the eunuchs.

Soon, King Xuan heard the sound of the wooden cane hitting flesh.

Emperor Liang De looked at King Xuan and said, “You can rest assured, your brother will never utter such nonsense again.”

King Xuan nodded expressionlessly, then bowed and retreated.

Emperor Liang De sighed and said nothing more.

Outside the palace, Du Hong Xue followed King Xuan and said, “The steward of the Wei Palace went to Xue’s house again to retrieve something.”

That should be the handkerchief.

King Xuan quickly thought of someone…

Xue Qingyin’s elder brother.

His methods were crude and not presentable.

But he did successfully remove Xue Qingyin from the situation. After all, everyone saw the character “Yi”. So, no matter what happened behind the scenes, the person who was publicly involved with King Wei became Lu Shuyi .

…

After this incident, Emperor Liang De immediately summoned the officials who drafted the imperial decree.

On the other side, Concubine Wan heard that King Wei had been beaten and rushed over.

“I demand to see His Majesty.” Concubine Wan’s hair was disheveled, and she looked pitifully.

The eunuch, however, smiled insincerely: “Your Majesty, His Majesty is already resting.”

No matter how bold Concubine Wan was, she wouldn’t dare to pull the emperor off his dragon bed, so she could only swallow her grievances and anger.

“Where’s King Wei?” she asked hurriedly.

The eunuch said, “He’s resting in the side hall.”

Concubine Wan then rushed to the side hall.

King Wei’s entire face was pale, and he was lying on the couch in the side hall, with a young eunuch kneeling beside him, applying medicine.

When had he ever been so embarrassed?

Concubine Wan ‘s heart ached when she saw this.

But before she could get closer, King Wei said shyly, “Mother, why are you here? Mother, don’t come over!”

Concubine Wan ‘s eyes turned red, and she asked through gritted teeth, “What did you do today? Why did you anger your father?”

Her son had always been favored, and even when he was reprimanded, it was rare. Yet, he had suffered such a punishment today!

This made Concubine Wan even more suspicious, suspecting that His Majesty was truly dissatisfied with them.

“Speak!” Concubine Wan urged.

King Wei didn’t dare mention Xue Qingyin.

It was the young eunuch who stammered and told her what happened.

Concubine Wan was also furious after hearing this: “Why were you so foolish today? We’ve been tricked! It must be King Xuan, it must be!”

“Mother, keep your voice down.”

Concubine Wan was exasperated but still lowered her voice: “You’ve violated your father’s taboo, you can’t ask for what he doesn’t give you. You absolutely cannot ask for it.”

“But in the past, when I asked Father for things, he would grant them to me. Why not today…”

“Are they the same?” Concubine Wan lowered her voice, gritting her teeth and whispering in his ear: “What you asked for today is power. You having a private relationship with Xue Qingyin would at most make me furious. But if you have a private relationship with Lu Shuyi, it’s different. Lu Shuyi represents power behind her. You can only ask for it if your father is willing to give it to you. If he’s not willing, you absolutely cannot touch it.”

King Wei said woodenly, “But I’m innocent with Miss Lu…”

“The evidence is right in front of you, and you presented it yourself. Whether it’s true or not, it’s your weakness. Don’t you understand?” Concubine Wan was furious.

But then she changed her tone, whispering to King Wei: “Fortunately, because of this, your father won’t be willing to marry her to King Xuan either. It’s not like King Xuan got the better of it, so it’s a good thing.”

King Wei opened his mouth.

He wanted to say… he felt… King Xuan didn’t seem to want to marry Lu Shuyi from the beginning.

I don’t want to marry Liu Yue Rong either, but I got beaten.

King Xuan doesn’t want to marry Lu Shuyi, so he can get away with it.

Why?

Because he holds military power?

King Wei thought for a moment and suddenly said, “I want to lead troops to fight too.”

Concubine Wan never expected him to say that after all that time, and she was so angry that she wanted to stuff King Wei back into her womb!

“Since your father let you stay in the side hall, just rest. I’ll come see you tomorrow.” Concubine Wan was so angry that her chest hurt, and she turned to leave.

She had to go back and discuss this matter with the old lady.

Many people couldn’t sleep that night.

Except for Xue Qingyin.

She had no idea what King Xuan had done to ensure that only she would enter the Xuan Palace.

She woke up and still had Nongxia combing her hair.

It was still done loosely.

Madam Xue leaned against the door and laughed at her: “What does this look like? Are you going to wander around with your cousins today?”

Xue Qingyin nodded: “I want to go see the other businesses today. I also want to go see the Zhao Guogong’s mansion.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a servant rushed into the room and said, “Fourth Princess has invited Miss to have tea.”

Xue Qingyin was puzzled.

Fourth Princess was determined, wasn’t she?

“Just say I’m sick today and can’t go.” Xue Qingyin said.

But the servant hesitated: “This servant, this servant dares not say it.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? Don’t you know how to lie? Come, I’ll teach you.” Xue Qingyin said.

Madam Xue walked over and patted her: “You don’t teach anything good. You’re teaching people to lie! You have to lead by example, you know?” Madam Xue scolded her angrily.

At this time, the servant quickly said: “No, no, it’s not that this servant dares not lie, it’s just… it’s just that Fourth Princess is currently standing at the entrance of the Xu family’s house. Second Master has gone out to greet her!”

Xue Qingyin: “…” “Then let’s go.” She said helplessly.

Madam Xue sent Xue Qingyin to the door.

Xu Qi and Gui were indeed standing there, inviting Fourth Princess into the house for tea with fear and eagerness.

Fourth Princess refused, her tone cold and arrogant: “I’ll wait for Xue Qingyin here.”

This left the Xu family puzzled.

They didn’t know whether Fourth Princess was here to seek revenge or to invite her.

At this time, Xue Qingyin’s footsteps approached.

Fourth Princess raised her eyes and saw her.

Fourth Princess curled her lips, wanting to say something sarcastic as usual. But when the words reached her lips, she suddenly remembered what she was actually here for today, so she swallowed them back and changed her words: “Qingyin, I, I miss you so much.”

Xue Qingyin got goosebumps all over, walked over, and before she could speak, Fourth Princess grabbed her wrist and quickly walked towards the carriage: “We must have a good, detailed chat today.”

Madam Xue looked at their backs and couldn’t help but show a look of astonishment.

“Are you going to kidnap me and sell me?” Xue Qingyin asked.

Honestly, Fourth Princess was quite strong.

“Of course not.” Fourth Princess pulled her into the carriage and squeezed out a smile: “I truly want to be friends with you.”

Xue Qingyin: “…” Don’t smile, it’s creepy.

Fourth Princess told the coachman to drive the carriage.

The wheels quickly turned, making a crackling sound as they collided with the stone road.

Xu Qi watched the carriage leave and couldn’t help but exclaim: “My niece really has some skills!”

Madam Xue loved to hear this and couldn’t help but smile.

Xu Qi was reluctant to leave and didn’t want to turn back yet.

Madam Xue was too lazy to stand there with them, so she turned to leave. But at this time, she saw a servant-like figure running towards them, shouting: “Madam! Madam!”

Madam Xue’s face darkened: “Did your master send you?”

The one who came was a servant from the Xue family.

The servant nodded and shook his head.

Madam Xue frowned and was about to scold him.

The servant panted heavily and said loudly: “Imperial decree! Imperial decree… An imperial decree has arrived from the palace! It’s for… for Miss to receive the decree!”

Xu Qi was stunned.

What?

Imperial decree?

An imperial decree for his niece?

“She, she just left…” Xu Qi stammered, then suddenly raised his voice, “Quick! Quickly chase after Miss! It’s an imperial decree!”

Xu Qi’s voice was so loud that he wished all the neighbors could hear how amazing his niece was!