Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Bringing Honor to the Family

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Bringing Honor to the Family"Today, Lord Xu brought me to inquire about the list of people who entered and left the Imperial Pharmacy..."

The eunuch spoke slowly and step by step according to the list. Emperor Yuan Jing remained silent, his eyes were heavy, and it was unclear whether he was listening carefully or thinking about something else.

"The last person on the list was the head maid of the Imperial Concubine in Jingxiu Palace. Lord Xu brought me to ask questions, but was turned away."

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jing's frozen eyes moved, as if his attention was drawn back a little.

"Lord Xu had no choice but to go to Shaoyin Palace to ask His Highness Lin'an for help..."

The eunuch recalled Xu Qian'an's words and said naturally: "After asking Lang'er of Jingxiu Palace, Lord Xu's face turned very ugly. He seemed not to want to stay any longer. He left hurriedly with me without even drinking tea..."

"But before leaving Jingxiu Palace, Lang'er came back and said that the Imperial Concubine invited Lord Xu to the courtyard to have a chat and thank him for solving the Fufei case. Lord Xu was reluctant to see her, but Lang'er forced him to stay." The eunuch paused and continued:

"Then, the Imperial Concubine dismissed everyone, and I couldn't enter the house. I could only wait in the courtyard..."

"Wait!"

Emperor Yuan Jing's eyes completely regained their agility. He interrupted the eunuch, stared at him, pondered for a few seconds, and slowly said: "Send everyone away?"

"Your Majesty, yes."

"What did they say in the courtyard?"

The young eunuch said, "It's too far away, I can't hear clearly, I can only watch Lord Xu and the imperial concubine talking in the room from a distance."

Emperor Yuan Jing put his right hand on his lips, thinking, and suddenly said, "You just said that after Xu Qian'an asked Lang'er, his face turned very ugly?"

Without waiting for the young eunuch to reply, the old eunuch's face changed slightly and scolded, "You bastard, what did I teach you?"

When reporting, don't mix subjective emotions, don't think about misleading His Majesty, be fair and objective.

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his hand to interrupt the angry old eunuch.

Seeing this, the young eunuch had some confidence: "It is indeed very ugly."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "Xu Qiyan wanted to leave, but Lang'er forced him to stay?"

"....Yes."

The young eunuch noticed that Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude had changed, and said cautiously: "Lord Xu said that he was ordered to investigate the case, and it was his duty. The queen does not need to thank him.

"Lang'er said that if Lord Xu did not go to see the queen, he would not be able to leave Jingxiu Palace."

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jing's eyes seemed to burst out with a gleam of light. This time, he thought for a long time. The bedroom was terribly quiet. The two eunuchs, one old and one young, held their breath, fearing that they would disturb the deep and unfathomable emperor.

Finally, Emperor Yuan Jing slowly spoke: "How was Xu Qiyan's mood when he left?"

Xu Qian'an had said this before he left, but the young eunuch did not answer immediately. Instead, he pretended to think for a while before saying:

"Lord Xu left the palace with a heavy heart."

To increase credibility, he added: "When he left the palace before, Lord Xu would chat with me for a few words, his face was full of joy, but today was very different, he didn't say a word."

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand.

"Go away." The old eunuch said immediately.

After the young eunuch left the bedroom, Emperor Yuan Jing sat for a long time without saying a word, and said: "Go, bring Lang'er from Jingxiu Palace to me."

The old eunuch responded and slowly left the bedroom.

......

The old eunuch led a team of guards and, in the afterglow of the setting sun, passed through layers of palace walls and arrived at Jingxiu Palace.

The eunuch guarding the gate recognized the emperor's companion from afar and greeted him, saying, "Please wait a moment, eunuch. I will go to inform the imperial concubine..." "We are in a hurry." The old eunuch slapped him away and led the guards into the yard. After passing through the front yard, he heard bursts of crying coming from the inner yard.

The old eunuch stood in the inner yard and said loudly, "I, the imperial concubine, I want to see you."

A maid with red eyes came out of the room of Concubine Chen and said softly, "My lord, please come in."

The old eunuch followed the maid into the room and saw Concubine Chen sitting on a big chair, holding a brocade handkerchief in her hand, wiping her eyes from time to time, with a

sad face.

"What's wrong with the lord? "The old eunuch was surprised.

"A servant of mine just got sick and died. The doctor couldn't save him." Concubine Chen said

sadly.

"This..." The old eunuch comforted, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. What's the name of that maid?"

"Lang'er."

"!!!" The old eunuch's expression froze.

"What's the matter with you coming to my Jingxiu Palace?" Concubine Chen said softly.

The old eunuch forced a smile, "Your Majesty sent me to comfort you. Your Majesty knows that you have been worried these days."

Concubine Chen turned her head away and said sadly, "Your Majesty can't even see me, your concubine?"

The old eunuch laughed dryly and didn't comment on Concubine Gui's complaints.

He chatted with Concubine Gui for a few words and said casually, "That Lang'er is not very

old, right?" "

Although Lang'er was an old lady in Jingxiu Palace, Emperor Yuan Jing had not visited his concubines for more than ten or twenty years, and the old eunuch had no impression of this

personal maid who unfortunately died young.

"What a poor child." Concubine Chen looked sad.

The old eunuch said, "Let's go and see her."

He also had another identity, that is, the housekeeper, who commanded the eunuchs and maids in the palace, but this identity was a nominal title that he had as the companion of

Emperor Yuan Jing.

The deputy housekeeper was the real person in power.

After all, the housekeeper was busy with affairs and it was impossible for him to serve the

emperor all the time.

After saying goodbye to Concubine Chen, the old eunuch entered the south wing under the guidance of the maid and saw Lang'er lying on the bed with a pale face.

"Have you asked the imperial physician to see her?"

"My lord, I have seen her. The imperial physician said it was a brain disease and there was no

medicine to save her."

The old eunuch stared at Lang'er for a long time and ordered, "Leave her to us."

He ordered the guards to take away Lang'er's body and hurried back to report. Returning to Emperor Yuan Jing's bedroom, the old emperor still sat behind the large desk

covered with bright yellow silk, looking at the door expressionlessly.

Seeing the old eunuch step over the threshold and enter the room, he had no reaction.

"Your Majesty, Lang'er is dead..." the old eunuch whispered.

After a long, long time, Emperor Yuan Jing said "hmm". This emperor who had been at the pinnacle of power for half a century had no joy or sorrow.

The next day, Emperor Yuan Jing convened another court meeting. Civil and military officials

entered the Meridian Gate in an orderly manner in the hazy sky. Some stayed in the square outside the Jinluan Palace, and some stood on the white marble steps outside the Jinluan

Palace.

Only a very small number of people entered the main hall. In the mouths of storytellers, these people were uniformly called: the dignitaries in the temple.

After the ministers entered the palace, Emperor Yuan Jing came out from the back of the palace a quarter of an hour later and sat on his dragon chair.

After the monarch and his ministers played their due games, the Minister of Justice stepped

out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the three judicial officials have verified that the queen is indeed the mastermind of the Fufei case.

"Shangguan Shi is unworthy of his position. He murdered the concubines and framed the prince. Your Majesty, please punish him severely. "

The Dali Temple Minister immediately stepped forward to second the motion.

In the hall, civil officials, military generals and some nobles seconded the motion, and the

voices were connected.

This means that they had already discussed it yesterday. Deposing the queen is no different from deposing the prince. It is a major matter concerning the foundation of the country. Deposing the queen is just the emperor's family affair. As long as there is reason and evidence to prove that the queen is indeed immoral, and not that the emperor is fickle, then the ministers have no reason and no need to stop it.

The only thing about deposing the queen is the identity of the fourth prince. You must know that the fourth prince is the only legitimate son of Emperor Yuan Jing, and many people are

betting on him.

Those who did not second the motion are the party of the fourth prince.

Without waiting for Emperor Yuan Jing to express his opinion, Wei Yuan stepped out, and the

hall immediately became quiet.

"Your Majesty, there is another hidden story in the case of Concubine Fu. The queen is not the mastermind. The real mastermind is Huang Xiaorou. She killed Concubine Fu and tricked the prince to Qingfeng Hall to forge this case. "

As soon as Wei Yuan finished speaking, the professional troll Jieshizhong jumped out to

refute: "What nonsense! How could a mere palace maid commit such a shocking crime? Besides, why

did Huang Xiaorou frame the prince? Wei Yuan, what do you think of His Majesty and the officials in the court?"

After speaking, he added: Please, Your Majesty, kill this beast.

The other ministers scolded Wei Yuan one after another, and the palace was in chaos.

The old eunuch held the whip in his hand and whipped it hard. There was a crisp sound of

"snap" on the ground. He scolded: "Silence! "

The palace finally quieted down.

The Minister of Justice and the Supreme Court looked at Wei Yuan with sneers, and all the

officials looked at Wei Yuan as well, with sneers, ridicule, confusion and helplessness. The latter came from the Fourth Prince's party.

Wei Yuan ignored the looks around him and the scolding from the attendants, and said,

"Yesterday, Xu Qian'an, the Tongluo officer in charge of the Concubine Fu case, found out that Huang Xiaorou had been pregnant..."

Before he finished speaking, there was another uproar in the palace.

The palace maid Huang Xiaorou was pregnant?!

In the palace, apart from the guards, the only one who could really make a woman pregnant

was Emperor Yuan Jing. Of course, the guards couldn't do that. Those who could guard the harem were loyal to the royal family and were carefully selected.

And they were often in a team of several people, supervising each other, so there was no

possibility of having an affair with the palace maids.

Then there was only one possibility...

For a moment, the officials in the temple looked at Emperor Yuan Jing with a hint of

connotation.

The dignified face of Emperor Yuan Jing twitched slightly, and he coldly saw Wei Yuan who

paused on purpose, and said in a deep voice:

"Wei Yuan, go on!"

Wei Yuan said slowly: "After investigation, it was found that the person who instigated

Huang Xiaorou to lose her virginity and become pregnant was Shangguan Ming, the uncle of the current emperor..."

Next, Wei Yuan told the court officials a story that he had polished:

The palace maid Huang Xiaorou was humiliated by the uncle of the emperor and unfortunately became pregnant. She secretly miscarried afterwards, so she held a grudge and endured for many years, and finally brewed a conspiracy.

Taking advantage of the convenience of being Fu Fei's personal maid, she secretly destroyed the guardrail of the observation tower, and took advantage of Fu Fei's drunkenness to trick the prince to Qingfeng Palace, setting up the most appalling situation in the harem in more than

ten years.

After hearing about Fu Fei's case, the uncle of the emperor found that Huang Xiaorou was implicated. Fearing that his beastly behavior would be exposed, he asked for help in Fengqi

Palace.

The queen only then knew that the uncle of the emperor had done such a heartless thing. Thinking of the flesh and blood relationship, she took the blame for the uncle of the emperor with tears.

Finally, Wei Yuan summarized the case: "This is what happened. The uncle has confessed. Your Majesty can bring him to trial at any time.

"Absurd." The Dali Temple Minister snorted coldly and bowed: "Your Majesty, as far as I

know, Huang Xiaorou was killed. If everything was planned by her, who is the murderer?" All the ministers echoed.

Wei Yuan explained calmly: "Huang Xiaorou has accomplices who helped her to lay out the plan to frame the prince and hint at the queen." Searᴄh the NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Hearing this, many ministers were moved and made their own associations.

If the uncle had not defiled Huang Xiaorou, anyone would think that the queen confessed

because of the solid evidence.

But with the uncle's confession, the case took a turn.

Whether the queen is innocent or not is not discussed for the time being. With the uncle's

confession, there is room for arguing.

The four princes' faction swept away the previous decline and stood up to speak one after another, expressing their positions, supporting Wei Yuan and denouncing the uncle. Gradually, there were only two voices left in the palace, the verbal battle between the prince's

party and the four princes' party. The prince's party was headed by the Right Censor of the Censorate, and the prince's party was composed of various messy small parties. Among the big parties, there may be those who secretly support the prince, but they will never jump out on the stage. The big turtle will always hide under the water. After a fierce argument, Wei Yuan said loudly: "Your Majesty, please make the decision."

The quarrel stopped, and the ministers echoed: "Your Majesty, please make the decision." Wei Yuan's memorial was submitted to the palace yesterday. Usually, memorials will be

submitted to the palace one day in advance for court meetings, so Emperor Yuan Jing had already read the confession of the uncle.

Today's court meeting, if Emperor Yuan Jing wants to end the case of Concubine Fu, he can make a final conclusion now. If not, he will order another investigation. Seeing that the ministers stopped arguing, Emperor Yuan Jing spoke up and said slowly:

"Shangguan Ming caused chaos in the harem and was sentenced to death! The queen knew about it but did not report it, which was the same crime as his. However, considering the blood relationship, it was excusable. The queen was ordered to reflect on her mistakes in seclusion for three months."

The ministers thought that was the end, but Emperor Yuan Jing paused and continued: "The prince was drunk and broke into Qingfeng Palace. He was not self-disciplined. He was ordered to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion for half a year. Concubine Chen instigated the prince to get drunk, which led to a disaster. She was demoted to Concubine Chen."

There was silence in the palace.

The ministers looked around in confusion, wondering why the queen involved in the case

reflected on her mistakes for three months; the prince reflected on his mistakes for half a year.

And Concubine Chen, who had nothing to do with the whole process, was demoted from Concubine to Concubine Chen, and was demoted two levels. Could this case be related to Concubine Chen... The old foxes thought.

Not long after the court meeting ended, the old eunuchs went to Fengqi Palace and Jingxiu

Palace to convey the imperial edict.

When the queen learned about it, she cried at her desk.

Concubine Chen received the order with a stiff face. As soon as the old eunuch left, she swept

the decorations on the table, including the imperial edict, to the ground.

Amid the sound of ping-pong, Concubine Chen's towering chest rose and fell violently, and

her dignified oval face turned blue with anger.

She gritted her teeth and spat out: "Wei Yuan..."

Then, she clenched her fist and said word by word: "Xu Qi'an!"

At this time, she had already realized that the emperor's attitude had changed drastically,

which was definitely related to yesterday.

Yesterday, the old eunuch came over for no reason and asked for condolences. There was

nothing wrong with this, but considering the changes in the court today, it is not difficult to guess the mystery.

His Majesty was suspicious of her...

And she had only been exposed to Xu Qi'an, so it was inferred that the bastard must have played some tricks in secret.

After working hard to plan, she fell into the hands of a small copper gong.

A few minutes later, the sound of ping-pong came out of the house again, and

servants in the yard were silent.

maids and

....

The day after the case of Concubine Fu ended, Xu Qi'an finally found his beloved mare.

This was a horse with a tragic fate. It had just saved its life that day. After being chased away

by its owner, it ran and ran, and was met by the imperial sword guards patrolling the city. The imperial sword guards saw the mark on the horse's buttocks and thought, isn't this our

horse? So they took it back to the guard camp.

This horse is indeed a military horse specially used by the imperial sword guards. The second

uncle got it at a low price through his own connections. After buying it, it was not ridden for many years before it was given to his nephew to ride.

Later, the night watchman learned from the imperial sword guards who were on duty in the

area that day that they had indeed "picked up" a horse, and followed the clues to find Xu

Qi'an's beloved mare.

"That morning, Xu Qi'an and his family had dinner in the hall.

Little Douding had a day off today. She was very happy that she didn't have to go to school,

and she ate breakfast very deliciously.

"Having a day off is like finding a treasure. I have never given birth to a daughter as stupid as

you in my life." Aunt said with disdain.

"You only have two daughters in total." Uncle Xu spoke up for the youngest daughter, but he

didn't dare to argue with Aunt openly, so he could only argue secretly. "You still have the nerve to say that Lingyin is so stupid because of you."

Sure enough, Aunt repeated the same old tune and put the blame on Uncle Xu for why Xu

Lingyin didn't get smart.

"But I just don't want to study." Xu Lingyin said aggrievedly. "Lingyin, you are not stupid, don't listen to your mother's nonsense." Xu Qian'an touched her

head and remembered a method taught by his teacher in his previous life. "When you don't want to study in the future, just imagine that there are two people in your

head..."

"Ah? There are people in my head." Xu Lingyin was shocked and covered her head with her chubby hands.

"....Imagine, what big brother said is imagine." Xu Qian'an took a deep breath and said with a

pleasant face: "If one little person doesn't want to study, then another little person will say: I

like to study, I like to study.

"In the long run, you will like to study."

"Self-suggestion!" Xu Xinnian nodded slightly and commented: "The effect is good. I used to

study hard under the lamp. When I was really sleepy, I would suggest that I didn't want to

sleep. The effect was good."

When the aunt heard that her own son was reciting, she immediately looked forward to her

nephew's method and said: "Lingyin, do you try it?"

Silly Xu Lingyin tilted her head and thought for a long time, then nodded slowly.

"How is it." Aunt asked hurriedly, in fact, she cared about this little girl the most.

"The little person in my mind said, I don't want to study, I don't want to study. The other

little person said, good, good."

"..." Aunt supported her forehead with her hand. "Maybe she is really not suitable for studying, aunt, don't force it. "Xu Qian'an comforted.

"The day after tomorrow is the Spring Examination, right?" Second Uncle suddenly said.

"Yes!" Xu Xinnian nodded calmly.

Aunt immediately peeled a boiled egg for her son and said, "With our Erlang's knowledge, it's

no problem for him to pass the imperial examination. Master, it's time for the Xu family to

bring honor to the family."

Although Xu Qian'an is now highly appreciated by Wei Yuan and has a connection with the princess, he is a warrior after all.

In this era where everything is inferior except for reading, passing the imperial examination

is the only thing that brings honor to the family.

In this regard, even Xu Lingyue, who favors her eldest brother, agrees with her mother's view

that if the Xu family wants to bring honor to the family, it depends on the performance of the

second brother in the Spring Examination.

"Second brother, whether our Xu family can join the scholar-official class depends on you.

"Xu Lingyue smiled and picked up food for Erlang.

Xu Xinnian raised his chin proudly.

I was so angry. When will the warriors stand up? Will this world be better? Discrimination

against warriors is everywhere... Xu Qian'an sighed in his heart. Thinking of the conversation with Wei Yuan the day before yesterday, the warrior system has

been improved and passed down from generation to generation, and now there are nine

grades. But to this day, the warrior system has not come to an end.

The road beyond the grade has not yet been explored.

Therefore, there is no martial god in the warrior system. "It shouldn't be. There are the most people in the warrior system. With a huge base, there will

always be geniuses who will come out. With the accumulation of generations, it is impossible

that there will be no martial gods. Forget it, it's too early to consider this issue. I will be

happy if I can reach the fourth grade in my life."

After dinner, the second uncle held the helmet, put on the saber, and was about to go out.

"Wait, second uncle, you are the elder of the family, you have to stay at home today. "Xu

Qi'an called him.

Uncle Xu looked back blankly, "Is today a festival?"

Aunt shook her head.

Xu Lingyue and Xu Xinnian looked at Xu Qi'an blankly.

Xu Qi'an looked at his aunt and raised his chin proudly, "Today is not a festival, but it is a day

for the Xu family to be honored."