Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"A small matter? If it were really a small matter, Lord Yan would not have made a special trip to the palace." The emperor said as he took the memorial handed over by Eunuch Chengping.

Originally, there was a calm expression on his face, but when he saw the contents of the memorial, his expression immediately became nervous.

"Is this true? Do you have any evidence?"

The emperor's angry voice was heard, and what was written on the memorial was that Gu Qiongsi sent people to assassinate Hu Er last night.

Since the guards were found with a badge of Prince An's Mansion on them, it was highly likely that Prince An's Mansion could not escape the blame.

"Your Majesty, when the badges were taken out from the guards, many people saw it. Moreover, in addition to the badges, the three men in black also had silver ingots with the logo of Prince An's Mansion." Yan Nangui replied with a bow.

"In addition to these, two of the three men in black have already admitted that they are guards of Prince An's Mansion."

After hearing this, the emperor was very angry at Li Junze for doing such a thing. He was just a commoner, why didn't he handle it well? Why did it turn out like this?

"Well, in that case," the emperor rubbed his brows, his voice full of fatigue, "let's wait for Prince An to return to the capital and ask him in detail before taking any action."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your command." Yan Nangui said slowly.

After all, Prince An should return to Beijing in a day or two, so we won’t have to wait too long.

However, the emperor continued to ask, "Who is that Gu Qiongsi? Is there really something going on between her and Prince An?"

Yan Nangui organized his words and said, "From what we can see so far, it's just Hu Er's accusation, Gu Qiongsi himself has not admitted it.

As for her identity, she is currently the aunt of former number one scholar Xie Chengan."

With a "bang", the emperor angrily slapped the imperial desk, causing the opponent's neatly arranged memorials on it to become messy.

"You bastard, you are such a loser. When did you learn to snatch women from others?"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Yan Nangui had no choice but to kneel down with Eunuch Chengping and beg the emperor to calm down.

The emperor snorted coldly. He had just had a rift with the prince because of Li Junze's matter. As a result, he actually did such a thing. Could it be said that the prince had done something to him?

It's really not giving yourself any face.

"Hey, he has been doing disaster relief in Jinzhou recently, so he must have been very tired. I just read the memorial he sent back yesterday. The disaster has been contained, and the arrangements for the victims are very reasonable. Let's talk about this matter later."

After all, the emperor was still concerned that Li Junze had just returned from Jinzhou, and there was no way he could bring up this matter when he had just made a contribution.

Yan Nangui's eyes flickered slightly. No wonder the Crown Prince was disappointed with the Emperor. His heart was indeed a little biased, even to the point of being biased to the armpits.

Concubine Si Yange had received the imperial edict in advance and was ready to welcome the emperor, but in the end she waited for a long time and he did not come.

The maid Chun Tao beside her whispered to her, "Madam, how about I go out and ask around?"

Concubine Shu looked at the entrance of Zhaoyang Palace again and shook her head gently.

"Didn't you just say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the palace? Go and give His Royal Highness the chess set made of ivory and rhino horn that he just got a few days ago. I heard from Sheng'er that he likes playing chess the most and his chess skills are very superb."

Chuntao showed a trace of embarrassment on her face. If the emperor came over later, it would be inappropriate for Concubine Shu to be without her to serve her.

"Okay, go ahead. The emperor probably won't be here so soon." Concubine Shu seemed to see her concerns and spoke to her softly.

Chuntao then agreed and turned to leave.

The emperor did not have much affection for her, and Concubine Shu had always understood this.

It was my father's idea to let me enter the palace. In their eyes, I should enter the palace to help my sister consolidate her position.

As for herself, of course, she is willing to do so. Her sister is the best person to her. As long as she can accompany her every day, she is willing to do anything for her.

Until his elder sister passed away due to illness, only Crown Prince Li Junhao was left in such a big palace, which allowed him to treat her as sincerely as he treated his elder sister.

Even his own son cannot compare to him.

However, Chuntao came back a short while later with even more unexpected news.

Concubine Hui Xie Jintang was diagnosed as pregnant by the imperial physician, and now the emperor has rushed to the Qionghua Palace where Concubine Hui is.

Well, this is a good thing. No new prince has been born in the palace for a long time. Unexpectedly, not long after Concubine Yu became pregnant, Concubine Hui also became pregnant.

She is currently in charge of the harem. Now that she knows about this matter, she will definitely go over to say hello.

So she prepared gifts and went to Qionghua Palace with Chuntao.

Concubine Hui was the daughter of a military general and had learned some martial arts when she was in the boudoir, so she had always been in good health. Even though she was diagnosed with pregnancy, she still walked with a breeze as usual.

"Sister, you are really well-informed." After Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu finished paying their respects to the Emperor, Concubine Hui smiled and said, "Sister arrived just as the imperial physician left."

She was like this all the time, saying one thing but not meaning another. If she said this, it would inevitably make the emperor think that she could find out the news in the palace.

After hearing this, Concubine Shu was not angry, and still smiled and said to her, "Just now I asked Chuntao to go to the East Palace to deliver some things to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it happened that she ran into the eunuch who was going to deliver the emperor's decree." With a smile on her face, Chuntao asked an extra question.

This is great news, and my sister rushed over to congratulate you, and also congratulate the emperor on having another heir."

Her words made both the Emperor and Concubine Hui smile happily.

The emperor was originally in a bad mood because of what happened with Li Junze, but when he heard that Concubine Hui was pregnant, he immediately became very happy again.

In the past few years, there were news reports that the concubines were pregnant and he himself had several children, but in recent years, there has been no news.

This made him suspect that there was something wrong with his body, but the imperial physician could not diagnose it.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Yu and Concubine Hui became pregnant one after another. Doesn't this prove that my body is still fine?

"Well, Concubine Shu is right. This is great news. All the palace maids in Qionghua Palace will be rewarded." The emperor said, and laughed.

All the palace servants knelt down to express their gratitude.

However, the happiest person was Concubine Hui. She became pregnant with her first child in the second year after entering the palace and gave birth to the fourth princess. But unfortunately, the little princess died of illness when she was over three years old. This was something she had been unable to let go of for many years.

She always felt that it was because she did not take good care of the fourth princess that she died young. Now God has given her another child, which can be regarded as compensation for her regret in the past.