bookpower Chapter 278
Chapter 278
"this servant couldn't find out."
yan'er shook her head. "my fellow servant from the same hometown refused to say anything, only mentioning that his majesty was furious and wanted to execute concubine ye, but the imperial noble consort stopped him."
as soon as noble lady liu received this news on one end, concubine cheng immediately understood the whole situation on the other.
she knew much more than noble lady liu.
cun xin was applying medicine to concubine cheng's hand while saying, "my lady, concubine ye was too bold. how dare she... does she have multiple lives?"
"how could she have such ability?"
the wound on her palm was frightening. when the herbal medicine was applied, she drew in a sharp breath from the pain. "if she had successfully drugged his majesty, she wouldn't still be in chuxiu palace."
she would have already left chuxiu palace to become a high-ranking consort.
"then why..."
"she was merely used as a stepping stone in someone else's scheme."
as for who plotted against her, concubine cheng couldn't figure it out. it must have been some coward who wanted to gain the emperor's favor but feared drawing the imperial noble consort's attention.
cun xin shuddered, truly worried for her mistress.
fortunately, they had missed tonight's banquet due to the hand injury. otherwise, who knows if they might have been caught up in the scheme?
"has his majesty not come yet?"
concubine cheng didn't care about concubine ye's fate. the servants had already informed the emperor about her serious hand injury.
noble lady liu would certainly send someone to invite the emperor as well. it remained to be seen whose chambers he would visit.
this was a game between her and noble lady ye, with the emperor as the prize.
the xuanwu emperor, who was being anticipated by several parties, showed jiang xinyue a letter he had just received from an unknown source, speaking excitedly: "yue'er, your cousin has written. with cheng yuan's help, he has obtained evidence of the governor of liangguang's corruption. however, he's now a target and can't appear in public, so he entrusted cheng yuan to deliver it to qin province."
"who is this cheng yuan? does your majesty find him reliable?"
however, with experience from the first time, he was more prepared and wouldn't be as desperate as before.
he gave the real evidence to cheng yuan, who resigned from his position citing his desire to visit his daughter in the capital. the cheng family had children - their eldest daughter was married to a wealthy merchant in the capital, and their second daughter had entered the palace as a consort, whom they rarely saw.
conveniently, lady cheng was ill from missing her daughters, so cheng yuan successfully brought the evidence to qin province under the pretense of taking his wife to the capital for treatment.
jiang yanxi and his guards went into hiding, engaging in daily battles of wit with governor yu's men.
knowing that the most dangerous place was often the safest, he directly took over cheng yuan's position at the mortuary, operating right under governor yu's nose.
no one expected that not only would he not flee, but he would stay in the place closest to danger.
governor yu couldn't be sure if the imperial envoy had fled or remained in guangdong, and he dared not conduct large-scale searches for fear of causing panic among the people.
he could only investigate secretly on a small scale. by the time they would search the mortuary where jiang yanxi was hiding, half a year would have passed.
the xuanwu emperor laughed heartily, "your cousin takes a completely different approach from your father. he should be cultivated well - he has the makings of a wise minister."
what did that mean?
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if her cousin had the potential to be a wise minister, and her adoptive father was completely different, was he suggesting her adoptive father was suited to be a corrupt minister?
was that an insult or a compliment?
"it's because your majesty knows how to employ talent that my cousin's abilities have found their place!"
jiang xinyue praised both men in one sentence: "to my cousin, your majesty is like bo le discovering his thousand-li horse. without bo le, even a thousand-li horse would remain ordinary. it's because of your majesty that my cousin's talents won't go to waste."
the emperor pinched her nose. "yue'er, your clever mouth is flattering me again."
jiang xinyue laughed and dodged backward.
"your majesty..."
in this intimate moment, a young eunuch came to report: "your majesty, from lanyue pavilion, both noble lady liu and concubine cheng have sent people over... this..."
jiang xinyue's smile disappeared, and she pouted unhappily, "it's not just me trying to please your majesty. i see there's a long line of people waiting to please you. your majesty should hurry to comfort your noble lady liu and concubine cheng! don't let them put another hat on me labeling me as jealous and monopolizing your favor - i can't bear such a burden."
the emperor rubbed his nose and cleared his throat with his fist against his mouth: "then i... i'll go check on them."