The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

The power of public opinion was indeed terrifying. The teahouse incident was like a horse with legs. It spread rapidly throughout the streets and alleys of the capital overnight and became the focus of discussion among all the people after dinner.

Even the storytellers under the overpass compiled this incident into a script overnight and gave lectures on it in several versions.

This time, Xia Younan was full of confidence. She sat happily in the room eating melon seeds, waiting for the prime minister to come and tell her the good news.

Just as she expected, Ye Baijiang brought good news when he came back again.

Good news that made her feel extremely guilty.

It is said that the emperor was shocked and angry after hearing the scandal. He sent people outside the palace to investigate again and again. Finally, with the testimony of many eyewitnesses, he had to believe this heartbreaking fact.

However, he still did not want to give up marrying Ye Shiqing. He believed that his Qing'er had her own reasons, and he could not accept losing the one he loved, and he was even more unwilling to give the one he loved to someone else as his wife.

The civil and military officials said that Ye Shiqing was a fallen woman, but he said he did not mind; the empress dowager said that Ye Shiqing acted boldly and behaved dissolutely, but he said he did not care.

However, no matter how infatuated he was, the ministers and the people would not allow a woman of disgrace to be the mother of a country.

They submitted memorials and impeachments again and again, but he did not give in. They then knelt outside the palace and threatened to resign collectively.

The Empress Dowager even went on a hunger strike, threatening her own life to force Lu Shian to give up marrying Ye Shiqing.

Finally, the young emperor couldn't stand the pressure and coercion and compromised in tears.

For the stability of the court and the well-being of the people, and for the life of my biological mother.

Hearing Ye Baijiang's description, Xia Younan's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

The emperor's love for Ye Shiqing was in his bones and blood, which shocked and moved her.

But what could she do? After all, she was not Ye Shiqing. She had no feelings for the infatuated emperor. She could not replace Ye Shiqing and be with him, and she could not lock herself in the golden cage out of pity and sympathy.

The decree to confer the title of queen was withdrawn, but the decree to grant marriage was still not issued.

Xia Younan had no choice but to be the executioner and wrote another letter to the emperor, saying that she had given her innocence to Lu Xiuyuan. If the emperor did not grant the marriage, she would become a laughing stock and her reputation would be ruined.

If that were the case, she would kill herself to preserve her reputation.

The emperor in the palace was probably so angry that he came out of the palace to look for her late one night.

Fortunately, Xia Younan discovered it in advance and hid like an ostrich.

In the end, perhaps because he was really afraid that she would do something stupid, Lu Shian endured the pain like a knife cutting and issued an imperial decree to grant him and Lu Xiuyuan a marriage.

Ye Yuqing was also granted marriage.

Perhaps it was because he could not marry the woman he loved that Lu Shian had lost all hope. After repeated persuasions from the Queen Mother and Ye Baijiang, he casually agreed to let Ye Yuqing enter the palace as his concubine.

She was a concubine, not the queen which represented the legal wife.

Although the Queen Mother and the Ye family were dissatisfied, they knew that forcing the Emperor would only annoy him, so they did not force it. They picked an auspicious day and prepared to have the two girls married at the same time.

Time flies, and soon the appointed wedding day arrived.

Before this, Xia Younan's life was relatively smooth. Her heroic act of throwing shit in the back garden was spread by word of mouth among the servants, and for a while, no one dared to offend her anymore.

As for public enemy number one, Ye Yuqing, it was said that since that day, there has always been a faint smell of shit lingering on her body, and servants would feel nauseous whenever they approached her.

She herself also suffered from a serious psychological trauma. She couldn't eat for several days and would vomit at the slightest disagreement. Within two days, her face turned pale and she was so weak as if she had suffered a serious illness. Naturally, she had no energy to avenge herself.

The stepmother, Mu Zhengrong, was exhausted from taking care of her precious daughter and had no time to care about Xia Younan.

The night before the wedding, the sun set and the moon rose, and the lights in thousands of houses were lit up little by little. The prime minister's mansion, which had been bustling and busy all day, finally became quiet.

Xia Younan was bored in the room, looking through the phoenix coronet and bridal bridal robe brought by the servants. She felt calm and even a little sleepy.

For her, this was not a real marriage, so she did not have the joy that a bride should have when getting married. She just wanted to find a big brother to settle down in, and then live a leisurely life watching the sky in the morning and the clouds in the evening.

"Knock knock..." There was a sudden knock on the door. Xia Younan was startled, stood up, walked to the door and opened it.

"Dad?" She looked at the person outside the door in surprise and called softly, "It's already the middle of the night, why is Dad here?"

Ye Baijiang walked into her room, sat down and said, "My daughter is getting married tomorrow. I can't bear to let her go, so I came to see you."

Xia Younan frowned, not believing that he would be reluctant to leave her.

Putting aside the stories told to her by the maid Bei Jin, she could feel these days that her so-called father had no affection for her at all.

He completely exploited me. To him, I was just a tool to consolidate his wealth and glory.

He wanted to see what her cold-blooded and heartless father wanted from her.

With a smile, Xia Younan sat down opposite Ye Baijiang and poured him a cup of tea. "My daughter can't bear to leave me, too. Don't worry, I will come back to see you often in the future."

Ye Baijiang nodded, took the teacup and took a sip, then said after a moment's thought: "Qing'er, you are my father's own flesh and blood. It was my father who gave birth to you and raised you. Shouldn't you listen to my father?"

It turned out that he was going to cause trouble.

Xia Younan sneered secretly, but pretended to be obedient on the surface and responded, "Of course, Dad, even though I have lost my memory, the blood relationship between you and me cannot be erased. Of course, I will obey you."

Ye Baijiang was quite satisfied to hear her say that. He said slowly, "You know, Qing'er, Dad and Lu Xiuyuan have never gotten along. We can even say that they are political enemies who wish each other dead! Guess why I would marry my daughter to him?"

Xia Younan frowned. She had never expected that Ye Baijiang and Lu Xiuyuan had such an incompatible relationship.

"My daughter doesn't know, please tell me clearly, father." She was really curious.

Ye Baijiang narrowed his shrewd eyes and said, "In the middle of last month, we received a letter of accusation that Lu Xiuyuan was recruiting soldiers and intending to rebel and usurp the throne! The accuser said in the letter that as long as I gave him three thousand taels of gold, he would provide evidence of Lu Xiuyuan's rebellion, enough to have Lu Xiuyuan torn into pieces by five horses."

At this point, he sighed with regret, "What a pity, by the time I raised three thousand taels and arrived at the agreed location, the informant had already been killed and silenced."

Xia Younan shuddered, thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "So, Dad married his daughter to him because he wanted me to secretly monitor him and collect evidence of his intention to rebel?"

Ye Baijiang was surprised at her intelligence and nodded in praise, "Qing'er is worthy of being my daughter. She understands everything at once."

Lu Shi'an is in love with Ye Shiqing. Ye Baijiang has no choice but to let his second daughter Ye Shiqing enter the palace to consolidate his favor, and let his eldest daughter marry Lu Xiuyuan and place him by his side to monitor her.

Now that the sisters have exchanged husbands, he naturally has to rearrange things.