C748 748 minds of courtiers

"Even if the Emperor trusts you, he would still have to account to the civil and military officials of the imperial court. Those court officials have always been very conservative, especially those ministers who had once suffered at the hands of Ninth Brother, they would definitely make things difficult for you. Don't blame the Emperor, this matter... Wailing Home will think of a way. "

"royal sister-in-law, I'm really alright. I didn't blame the emperor either."

Liu Ruo Qing's mouth still had a faint smile on it, but when she thought about the unknown life and death of Yan Yuan, her eyes reddened, but she did not dare to let her sorrowful emotions show too clearly.

She looked at the empress dowager and said, "royal sister-in-law, if there is news about Yan Yuan, you must tell me, no matter if it's good or …"

She paused and frowned. The following words were said with some difficulty, "I still want to know all the bad news."

"Good, Sixth Brother has gone to look for Ninth Brother in the East Sea. Don't worry, when Ninth Brother was born, the Imperial Advisor had given him his life. He is a rich man with a hundred years of experience, he won't die so easily."

"Mn, thank you royal sister-in-law."

No matter if the Empress Dowager was trying to comfort her with good intentions or to tell the truth, she still had to thank the Empress Dowager for coming to see her at this time. This was already the greatest support she could give her.

Ever since the empress dowager had left marble temple, her eyebrows had always been locked tight together. Ever since Yun Jiao Rong had died, her son's personality had greatly changed. Right now, she was truly worried that the Kaiser would hate Ruo Qing because of her death.

Once something happened to Ruo Qing, and Ol 'Nine came back, things would not be good.

After some thought, the empress dowager spoke to one of her servants. "Go to the imperial study."

"Set up the study!"

When the empress dowager's carriage arrived outside the imperial study, she saw a few court officials walking out. Their expressions were angry, and they did not need to ask to know, it must be related to Ruo Qing and the Shen Ji Hall.

The Empress Dowager watched them leave and sighed softly. Then she got out of the carriage and went to the imperial study.

"Your servant greets the Empress Dowager."

It just so happened that Yan Shuo was getting a little tired from getting pestered by the ministers. When he heard the empress dowager's arrival, he could only raise his head and call out softly, "Imperial Mother."

The empress dowager dismissed the servants and walked in front of Yan Shuo, asking gently, "Are you tired?"

"A little."

Yan Shuo massaged his swollen temples and looked at his mother, suddenly, he laughed helplessly, "Is Imperial Mother here about the matters of Ninth Aunt?"

The empress dowager did not expect that when Yan Shuo called out to her, he would call her "Ninth Aunt". She was surprised for a moment, but she did not try to conceal her intentions, nor did she beat around the bush as she replied, "Yes, this is precisely the reason why Wailing Home came here."

The empress dowager was just about to continue speaking when she was interrupted by Yan Shuo with a raise of his hand, "Imperial Mother, this matter, we must do this for you, for the sake of deceiving the monarch. We must avoid her once, and replace Liu Tian Xin to marry Ninth Uncle, as long as there is no great harm, we can manage it for you, but this time, she is related to the Shen Ji Hall. Her master is not an ordinary person, but is a strategist of the Shen Ji Hall.

The empress dowager was rendered speechless by Yan Shuo's question, but she did not give up. She thought about what she should say, and then heard Yan Shuo continue, "Imperial Mother, you are the same as eighth uncle, you think that I am angry at the Ninth Aunt because of Rong Er's death, don't you?"

The empress dowager's expression was a little stiff. Yan Shuo saw the empress dowager's expression and knew that he had spoken correctly.

He laughed helplessly, "We have long understood Rong Er's death, it's just that we don't want to accept reality. Imperial Mother, we are not the kind of person who avenges for personal matters, furthermore …"

As he said till here, Yan Shuo's face revealed a trace of obvious pain, "Rong Er's death has nothing to do with Ninth Aunt."

When the empress dowager heard Yan Shuo's words, she heaved a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't understand. "Then why did you …"

"Mo Rong Tian has already started moving towards the south. He has already taken down a few cities and many things are due to Liu Qian Xun's advice."

Yan Shuo pointed to the report on the table and said to the empress dowager, "I believe Imperial Mother came over just now and has already seen a few of the censors. There are already people who said that the Ninth Aunt and Meng Hui are both in the hands of Shen Ji Hall, and we sent people to save Meng Hui. It took them nearly two months to do so, but the Ninth Aunt was so easily released back because the Ninth Aunt is his own man. The court officials thought that the reason the Shen Ji Hall let her come back so easily was to let her stay by Ninth Uncle's side.

The empress dowager nodded, this clearly showed that they were placing Ruo Qing together with Shen Ji Hall, that Liu Qian Xun had really calculated every step of the way, even if Ruo Qing wanted to explain herself, no one would believe him.

"Now, as long as Ninth Aunt is still free, Mo Rong Tian's army will have the upper hand and all the court officials will be connected to Ninth Aunt. "Only by locking her up and preventing her from contacting the outside world will I be able to make the officials shut their mouths for the time being."

When the empress dowager heard Yan Shuo's explanation, she suddenly realized what was going on, and a look of joy appeared on her face. "Wailing Home understands.

Yan Shuo pursed his lips helplessly, his gaze carrying a little disappointment as he looked outside the hall, "The life and death of Ninth Imperial Uncle is uncertain, even if I have the heart to protect the Ninth Aunt, I don't know how long I'll be able to protect it."

The Empress Dowager understood what Yan Shuo meant.

Although this world belonged to the Yan Clan, it did not have many civil and military officials. How long could the Yan Clan last for?

Once the courtiers and courtiers were in favour of their superiors, the political situation in the court would sooner or later be thrown into chaos.

Everyone thought that Kaiser was easy to do, but what they didn't know was that sometimes, Kaiser didn't just do as he pleased.

Naturally, the empress dowager was well aware of the principle of destroying an ant's nest with a thousand li of dike.

"Your Ninth Uncle's beautiful appearance means he will definitely be fine. My son, you take care of your health too. With Wailing Home taking care of Xun Er, you can relax."

"Thank you, Imperial Mother."

After Liu Ruo Qing was imprisoned in the marble temple, countless of reports were kept by court officials wanting to execute Liu Ruo Qing. Amongst them, the ones who were the most excited were the Grand Preceptor Pang and Censor Meng.

These two daughters of his had been humiliated many times by Liu Ruo Qing's hands, and now that he had finally gotten such an opportunity to vent his anger, they naturally had to make full use of it.

"Your majesty, Crown Princess Jing is a villain from the previous dynasty, she first impersonated Princess Tian Xin and married her into the King Jing Palace, her goal was naturally to help the Shen Ji Hall steal more secrets, we have encountered setbacks in the process of capturing her, this humble subject believes that this matter is related to the Crown Princess Jing."

The Grand Preceptor Pang faced Yan Shuo with righteousness and continued, "This subject requests that the Emperor must execute the Crown Princess Jing to comfort the lords who have died in his hands. I believe that when the Prince Jing returns to the capital, she will also agree to your decision."