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In addition, the emperor also ordered the imperial envoy to dismiss and imprison the inner garrison commander of the Southern Capital and the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard for the crime of taking bribes and dereliction of duty.

Only then did everyone finally understand where Marquis Jingnan had committed a huge offense against His Majesty.

Allowing slaves to commit crimes is just a small matter.

The incident only became serious when it became known to the whole city.

If he had taken the initiative to write a petition to apologize at this time, the punishment would have been much lighter.

But he actually tried to deceive His Majesty and bribed the leaders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Imperial Household Department to cover up his crimes.

In this case, how dare they repeat the same mistake and ignore His Majesty's order to send a message to Marquis Jingnan.

"My Lord said that His Majesty is angry, so now we have to let you suffer in Nandu for the time being."

"Wait a few months, and then submit a petition to confess your sins and express your repentance. By then, with the dragon seed in Concubine Shu's belly, I'm sure His Majesty will not trouble the Marquis's Mansion again."

The visitor faithfully conveyed to Pei Xiao the words of his former father-in-law, Lord Zhang.

Now that Zhang was trusted by Pei Xiao again, she was also listening in. Hearing this, she couldn't help but ask with concern:

"Does Empress Shufei have good news again?"

When Zhang was in her natal family, she was not valued. Her father only valued the sons born to his concubines and was very cold to her and her sisters.

Therefore, the two sisters have not had a happy life since childhood. They can only depend on each other and have a very deep relationship.

Hearing this, the visitor's face was full of smiles:

"Before I could congratulate Lord Bo and Madam, Empress Shu not only has good news again, but it has been three months. According to the diagnosis of the imperial physician, there is an 80% chance that it is a prince!"

Zhang was overjoyed.

"really?"

The visitor said affirmatively:

"Madam, it is absolutely true! If not, I would not be able to enter the Earl's Mansion to meet you and the Earl."

After asking, the two found out that the capital had sent people to Nandu right after the imperial envoy.

However, Tongzhi Yan deliberately made things difficult and asked the prefect for help, but the prefect was unwilling to get involved.

There was no choice but to return to Beijing to report the matter to the Zhang family and Concubine Shu.

The Concubine Shu asked them to wait.

After waiting for more than twenty days, good news came from the palace that Concubine Shu was not only pregnant with a dragon fetus, but the baby was most likely a prince.

After taking this news to the Southern Capital City, the prefect was willing to come forward and make things convenient for the Zhang family.

Pei Xiao, who was always stern and serious, also showed a hint of joy on his face:

"It seems that God blesses our Pei family!"

No wonder everyone reacted so strongly to this unborn prince.

The main reason is that the current emperor is already in his thirties, but it is extremely difficult for him to have children, and he only has three princesses so far.

There was a senior prince before, who was always sick and died of illness two years ago.

Everyone hopes that a concubine can give birth to a healthier prince.

However, let alone the prince, even among the princesses, only one has managed to survive in the past decade or so, while the others either died of weakness at birth or were miscarried directly.

This situation did not improve until Concubine Shu entered the palace.

Among the emperor's three princesses, two were born to Concubine Shu. Although they were not princes, they were both in good health.

Now, everyone inside and outside the entire palace has high hopes for Concubine Shu's baby.

It is obvious that if Concubine Shu gives birth to a prince safely, he will most likely be the next emperor, and Concubine Shu will be the empress dowager.

Considering the relationship between Concubine Shu and Zhang, even if they do nothing, the Pei family will be able to restore their title after the new emperor ascends the throne.

In this way, all difficulties are only temporary.

There is no way his Pei family will be defeated like this!

Pei Xiao and Zhang were both greatly encouraged by the good news.

After the visitor left, Zhang felt proud and said to Pei Xiao:

"My husband, do you think we should tell this matter to Mr. Yan, so that he will stop making things difficult for our mansion?"

Pei Xiao pondered for a moment, took Zhang's hand and sat down, and said solemnly:

"Madam, I know you have been wronged in this matter. But at times like this, we should be more determined to change our ways and not make any public moves. This is not only for the Pei family, but also for the Empress Shufei."