Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

While a few people were still happily chatting, Concubine Yu also heard the news and rushed over immediately.

When the emperor heard that Concubine Yu was coming, the expression on his face suddenly became unhappy.

This brought up his anger towards Li Junze.

"Your Highness." Supported by Qi Meng, Concubine Yu bowed to the emperor and saluted.

Then she greeted Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui one by one, and then said with a smile, "Today is a really good day. Yu'er would like to congratulate the emperor on having another heir."

The emperor looked at her waist which had not changed much and said, "Yu'er is pregnant now. Don't get involved in such things. Just stay in Yuchen Palace and take care of your baby."

The emperor's words were neither cold nor hot, and after he said them, the faces of the three concubines in the palace all looked unhappy.

Especially Concubine Yu, this means she shouldn't be here.

"Yes, I have been staying in Yuchen Palace all day and have not left the house. I heard about this today and I am really happy for the emperor, so I came here specially to congratulate him."

Yu Fei hurriedly explained and asked Qi Meng to present the gift she had prepared.

"Well, now that you are all here, let's have a good chat. I still have things to do, so I'll leave first." After the emperor said this, he stood up from his seat.

The three of them bowed quickly and respectfully saw the emperor off.

However, before leaving, the emperor helped Concubine Hui up and gently reminded her, "Concubine Hui, you are just pregnant, you must not overwork yourself. I will come to see you later."

"Yes." Concubine Hui agreed respectfully, with a happy smile on her face.

In the eyes of Concubine Yu, this scene was too eye-catching and heartbreaking.

I am also pregnant, and I was pregnant earlier than Concubine Hui, so why does the emperor have a completely different attitude towards me?

Even if I found reasons to see him, he always avoided me. Although he would occasionally send him some rewards, what I wanted was never the rewards, but the emperor's favor.

However, thinking about what happened between her and Prince Yan some time ago, she felt unclean in her heart and did not dare to meet the emperor's gaze.

After the emperor left, Concubine Yu and Concubine Hui only chatted for a few words before returning to Yuchen Palace.

A little palace maid was waiting anxiously in the courtyard. When she saw Concubine Yu coming back, she hurried forward to greet her and then said impatiently, "Concubine Yu, something terrible has happened."

Concubine Yu glared at her fiercely and walked quickly into the hall. She dismissed the other servants and left only Qi Meng. Then she spoke,

"Zizhu, I've told you so many times, no matter what happens, don't panic. It will be disgraceful if someone sees you."

"Yes, I obey your command." Zizhu was still anxious, but after hearing what Concubine Yu said, she had to slow down her speech.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I... I was ordered by Empress Feng to leave the palace just now to go to the Scholar's Mansion to deliver something to Scholar Wang. On the way, I heard some incredible news..."

Zizhu stumbled through half of her words and became afraid to continue, stealing a glance at Aunt Qimeng.

Then Qi Meng said unhappily, "The Queen asked you to speak, so you speak. What are you looking at me for?"

Concubine Yu already had a bad premonition. The news she heard outside the palace was either about her father or her son, and neither of them would be good.

Then Zizhu continued, "Last night at midnight, the Dali Temple arrested several people who were involved in assassinations at night. Among them, three men in black were said to be guards from Prince An's mansion."

"What?" Upon hearing the news, Concubine Yu immediately sat up straight from her stool and turned to look at Zizhu. "Who told you this? Ze'er is still in Jinzhou. Has anyone found trouble for him in advance?"

Her first instinct was to think that someone was plotting something bad behind her back, and she was worried that Ze'er would be praised by the emperor after returning from the disaster relief mission in Jinzhou.

So they did this kind of thing in advance to ruin Li Junze's reputation.

"Yes, yes, I learned it from a few people playing chess on the street. At that time, I heard someone mention His Royal Highness Prince An from a distance, so I deliberately approached them and heard the news."

"After hearing it, I felt it was not credible, so I went directly to Prince An's Mansion and asked the housekeeper. After getting a positive answer, I dared to report it to Her Majesty."

After hearing what Concubine Yu said, Zizhu told her everything she knew in one breath.

The expression on Yu Fei's face became even uglier. "Did the housekeeper tell you what happened?"

"Yes, I asked in detail at that time, and the housekeeper said yes, yes..."

Zizhu's words began to stumble again.

"If you have anything to say, say it quickly. Don't waste time here." Qi Meng had to speak again to urge her to speak quickly.

"It is said that His Royal Highness Prince An favored a woman in Jinzhou, and these three guards were working for that woman. And that woman is said to be the aunt of the former number one scholar Xie Cheng'an, and she already has a son..."

With a "crash", Concubine Yu raised her hand and pushed all the items on the table to the ground.

"Why, why did so many things happen, but no one told me, how could Ze'er do such a ridiculous thing?"

Concubine Yu was extremely angry. On the one hand, she complained that Li Junze was too ignorant, and on the other hand, she blamed her father for not being helpful and not even informing her in advance about such things.

However, he didn't know that Li Junze's actions at this time were completely beyond Wang Zhuo's control.

Yufei was angry and scared the two of them so much that they dared not say a word. However, after she threw the things, she quickly forced herself to calm down and then gave instructions to Zizhu.

"Investigate, Zizhu, you continue to go out of the palace and help me investigate the situation. Also, go to the Scholar's Mansion and tell my father and ask him how I can cooperate with him."

Zizhu agreed in a low voice, then seemed to be relieved and backed away.

Qi Meng then waved her hand and asked the maid to clean up the broken items.

After they all left, she comforted Concubine Yu and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too anxious. I don't think this matter is necessarily true, and the butler may not really know what is going on in Jinzhou. Let's wait for more news."

Li Junze was still far away in Jinzhou, how could he know that he favored the female housekeeper in Jinzhou? His Highness certainly would not write to him specifically to tell him, probably just hearsay.

"I hope so. Ze'er has been very obedient to his father in the past few years, and I have never seen him do anything out of line. If someone really falsely accuses him, I will definitely not let them off. Humph..."