Chapter 502

It was the second time He Xiuyi had come to the Weiyang Palace since she had entered the palace as a concubine.

Technically, it’s actually the first time.

Because the last time I was here, Empress Wei was still “bedridden”.

At that time, Emperor Duanhua was eager to suppress the Empress and support the newcomers, so he didn’t even allow the newcomers to actually enter the Weiyang Palace and pay their respects to the Empress facetoface on the Hall of Changle.

Instead, they had them kowtow three times outside the palace gates of the Weiyang Palace, as if they had already invited Empress Wei for peace and tea.

So this is her first time to meet Empress Wei as a palace consort her grandfather was a great member of the dynasty, before entering the palace, as a young lady of the He family, He Xiuyi did not attend many palace banquets to meet the nobles of the harem, and she was not a stranger to Empress Wei.

But this time, not only did she come for an audience as a palace consort, but she also had a mission that made her scalp numb, which was to return the phoenix seal He Xiuyi couldn’t help but feel that her footsteps were extraordinarily heavy.

It’s not that she can’t let go of the phoenix seal, although it is said that this short period of time, has already tasted the sweetness of power, but He Xiuyi is not a fool, she knows that she can’t fight against Empress Wei at the moment, if she is obsessed with wanting to leave the phoenix seal behind, it’s no less than a selfseeking way to die.

This will be trembling with fear, mainly for fear that Empress Wei will take her to establish authority some time ago the Empress lost power, she was supported by Emperor Duanhua to check the Empress, can be described as the scenery, and even outside the Palace of the mother’s family were once lively as a festival.

Now that Empress Wei has finally turned over a new leaf, in order to remove the decadence and despondency of the period of loss of power, is there a better candidate than her to open the knife?

He Xiuyi lowered her head, holding the gold ebony lacquer plate with the phoenix seal in both hands, and out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently glanced at the fluttering belt on the arm of concubine Xue behind her, and while she was terrified, she was also aggravated: she had never thought of going against Empress Wei, but on the contrary, Empress Su chose her to join her in the palace to serve Emperor Duanhua, and Emperor Duanhua had exceptionally lifted her up, so what could she do?

Earlier, she had been happy that she had been favored, even though she knew that the reason Empress Su and Emperor Duanhua valued her was because her grandfather was He Wenqiong.

But this age of women are probably some vanity, compared to the beauty is not less than their own, but even Duanhua Emperor did not get a positive eye Xue concubines, He Xiuyi’s road to the palace, before today, it is also considered smooth sailing enviable.

However, now, perceiving that the Xue concubine behind her is also a bit uneasy, but much more calm than herself, He Xiuyi can not help but have a blessing and misfortune is hard to predict the stifling and helpless.

Being somewhat in a trance, the palace man who had just gone in to report to them finally came out and nodded his chin towards them, “By order of the Empress, the Queen declares that Empress Xiu Yi and all the concubines are to enter the palace for an audience!”

The five newcomers unanimously held their breaths for a split second before raising their steps towards the center of the hall, led by He Xiuyi at the head of the group!

To their surprise, Empress Wei’s attitude was very kind, not only did she not give them a look, even to He Xiuyi, she was all smiles, “This palace has been bedridden these days, it’s been hard on you!”

That sincere look, as if Wei Empress before not at all for reasons of loss of favor, was placed under house arrest in the Weiyang Palace, and took away the power of the palace, but really too sick to see the matter, which is why the He Xiuyi on behalf of the management of the palace for a few days.

While the newlyweds were relieved, they were still anxious when they left, worrying that the Empress had not made things difficult for them today, but was just trying to draw them out, so maybe there would be something else to do next.

Just the next three or two days passed, Empress Wei not only did not make things difficult for them, and even their portion of the case did not deduct a half point, the middle also rewarded them for something on the day of the nourishment, but better than before.

“In the end, it’s His Majesty’s wedded wife, Wei’s daughter, this measure is really very much within the reach of others.” The newlyweds then let go of their hearts and privately whispered, “It seems that the Empress Mother indeed has no intention of taking it out on us!”

“What is this palace doing to anger them?” Unbeknownst to me, at this time in the Weiyang Palace, Empress Wei was also idly talking about this, “Just a few pawns that were pushed into the palace by the family to test the waters! If not for His Majesty’s deliberate elevation, with what difference? Why should I bother with them? Didn’t you see that He Xiuyi’s face turn pale with fear when she presented the Phoenix Seal to me the other day? If that’s the case, why bother to give them a dignified look? It’s so meaningless.”

Xin Jian worried, “slave girl is not that urge you with those newly promoted concubines, just the Queen ‘bedridden’ these days, that He Xiu Yi and managed the palace right, now you just ‘get up’, slave girl is afraid of some I’m afraid that some shallow things will slow you down!”

“This Palace has been ‘bedridden’ for less than three months! If this palace city has forgotten about this palace, how can we blame the newly promoted concubines? Is it not the fault of this palace’s own uselessness?” Empress Wei shook her head, a sarcastic smile floating at the corner of her mouth, “Besides, have you forgotten how that He Xiuyi was hot in a short period of time? That time, His Majesty wanted to use her, but now His Majesty wants to use this palace, so if there is someone who is really insensitive and wants to provoke this palace at this time,… where is the need for this palace to take action on its own? His Majesty will definitely be the first to take the lead for this palace!”

She leaned back and said, ”There’s no need to waste time on those concubines, let’s get down to business! Has A Xu confirmed that he is already centrifuged from His Majesty? His friendship with His Majesty is not normally deep, so how did he make a decision after only a few days? How did sister Song convince him?”

Xinqian said, “Grandma Song herself may not have been able to convince Marquis Yan in such a short period of time, but, combined with what happened before and after those two days, the people underneath speculated that she most likely lifted up the Dowager Empress Dowager and His Highness the Grand Princess of Jin!”

“No wonder!” Empress Wei nodded, pondering, “A Xu’s loyalty to His Majesty is nothing but because of the feelings accumulated from the early years of living together, but in the end, this feeling is not comparable to the nurturing love that the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Aunt of Jin have for him. His Majesty tore his face off with the former, and rejected the latter’s plea for leniency. …”

Speaking here, he sighed, “Let’s put this aside! Let’s talk about Duke Liang!”

“In the previous court meeting, because His Majesty insisted on a lighter punishment for Duke Liang, but the ministers insisted that even the accomplice, Marquis Boling, was reduced in rank and relegated to commoner status, Duke Liang was the main culprit, but his fate was much lighter than the accomplice, how can he convince the public?” Xin Jian mused, “That’s why there has been a stalemate! But now that his majesty has changed his mind, I think this matter is about to take a turn for the better.”

Because not only would Emperor Duanhua no longer insist on preserving the Duke of Liang if he needed to use Empress Wei and the Wei family, Empress Wei could also have her own maiden family, officially launch an attack on the Duke of Liang knowing that in the previous court meeting, Wei Xi, Wei Pi, and other blood relatives of the Empress, but because of the Empress being placed under house arrest, they deliberately kept a low profile and kept their mouths shut!

Now that Empress Wei has been released from her ban and restored to her former self, the Empress’s family naturally doesn’t need to have any more scruples and can start to fall on Duke Liang.

In this way Liang Guo Gong’s fate can be imagined!

But just three days, the court reached a unanimous opinion: the Duke of Liang’s family will be relegated to the common people, sent to the Imperial Tomb, to guard the tomb for Emperor Xianjia, in addition to all the property confiscated!

And Yuan Xue Pei, who had already had his title cut, was given an additional punishment of forfeiting most of his family’s assets.

After this result came out, the most griefstricken is not the Liang Guo Gong, oh no, now should be called concubine Lu He Hao couple, but the Sikong family Zhenyang Grand Princess for this even directly fell ill in the couch, so that the whole Sikong family is a mess!

“Although Her Royal Highness, the Grand Princess of Zhenyang, is already quite a bit older, she was even able to go into the palace before to push for the commoner Lu Hehao, so it’s obvious that she’s old and strong!” After hearing the news, Xin Cian sneered, “How come she’s sick when she says she’s sick now? This is really not an ordinary coincidence!”

“It’s just avoiding the wind!” Empress Wei did not take this aunt’s careful planning seriously and calmly commanded, “Although Lu Hehao has been relegated to the status of a commoner and sent to the Imperial Tombs, however, we still can’t let our guard down, make sure to keep a close eye on them!”

In the beginning, it was because of negligence and carelessness, underestimating this brotherinlaw, when it came to making a decision, he did not finish him off in time, and in turn, he was bitten by him, which led to the woeful situation in these days.

Empress Wei didn’t want to make the same mistake a second time!

Xin fiber nodded and led the order, and tried to ask, “horizontal just a family of commoners, and sent to the imperial tomb side, should we not be solicited …” She made a stern gesture.

“It’s better not to do it first!” Even though Empress Wei wanted to kill Lu Hehao, she pondered for a moment and shook her head, “Once this kind of thing happens, anyone will guess us! His Majesty is using us right now, so we won’t care, but he’s definitely not happy in his heart I’m afraid that if he’s not happy, he won’t be able to keep his temper! At that time, even with Minister Gu’s help in persuading him, he will still have an attack regardless, and even if this palace can pass the test, it will not be easy for us to lose our heads!”

In addition to not trusting the emperor as a teammate, the empress is actually the most important thing is to be afraid of the Su family, “counting the days, Su Xiang two kings should have received the imperial decree, if they do not intend to blatantly disobey the decree, the next step is bound to be to return to the imperial capital! Now, the Su family is afraid that they will try their best to fight to the death, and at this juncture, all those who stand in their way, such as the Palace, which is now helping His Majesty to stabilize the throne, will face their pervasive attacks, so they will let Lu Hehao survive for a few days, and then settle the score with him after solving this trouble of the Su family!”

The Queen was prophetic!

Five days later, a fast horse from the southwest arrived at the imperial capital, reporting urgently to the court, “King Xiang has been assassinated!”

The assassination of King Xiang was very sudden, because this time, although the two kings of Su Xiang were summoned back to the imperial capital, in reality, not to mention everyone, or at least most of them, their energies were actually focused on King Su’s side.

After all, even in the Xianjia Dynasty’s seizure of the Crown Prince that would be, Xiang Wang’s power is also recognized as inferior to Su Wang’s.

And around the middle of this year, even his biggest supporters, the Daikoku Grand Princess couple died in Qiongzhou, even if there are still some remnants of the ministry, in the imperial court seems to be unable to become what climate, can be said to be insufficient to fear.

If the reason why Emperor Duanhua refused to let King Su go was because King Su was alive and would inevitably pose a threat to the emperor; then Emperor Duanhua’s refusal to let King Xiang go was actually out of a relentless anger towards the Grand Princess of Dai Guo’s hatred.

But even though he was filled with relentless anger toward King Xiang, Emperor Duanhua knew that King Xiang actually had little ability to rebel against himself right now.

So after receiving the results of this brother’s assassination, the emperor laughed in anger, “Assassination? Who were the assassins? How many were there? How is King Xiang’s condition? Is he just too injured to move back to the imperial capital, but he can’t die on his own?”

Emperor Duanhua doesn’t even know what to say about King Xiang, does he think he’s King Su with the support of Qingzhou Su? If he hides in the feudal land and doesn’t come to the imperial capital, the emperor can’t do anything about him?

“King Xiang is not enough to worry about.” Empress Wei, who had rushed over to inquire about the incident, reminded after listening to a few sentences, “Now we have to guard against King Su also playing this hand! After all, the imperial decree was given to these two kings, and if King Xiang can be assassinated after receiving the decree, why can’t King Su be assassinated?”