Chapter 176 Concubine Yu

Xiao Mingyue was forcibly sent back to the Xiao Mansion by Ji Ming.

She kept making noise all the way, and Ji Ming's ears were callused from listening to her. He wanted to stuff a rag into her mouth.

After finally arriving at the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Mingyue ran inside as soon as she got off the carriage. Ji Ming couldn't help but frown. How come the Xiao family raised a son and a daughter who turned out to be two extremes?

The Marquis's wife was sitting in the hall talking to the nanny, when she suddenly saw Xiao Mingyue running in crying.

"mother!"

"What's wrong?" The Marquis's wife doted on her daughter and quickly hugged her. "Aren't you going to the palace to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager? Why are you crying?"

Xiao Mingyue was sobbing breathlessly: "My daughter saw...saw that bitch Yueli actually...actually seduced His Majesty!"

"What?!" The Marquis's wife widened her eyes.

At this time, Ji Ming walked in leisurely.

The Marquis's wife was confused, but Mingyue was sent back personally by the emperor, and she couldn't be sure what the emperor's order was.

"Why is Eunuch Ji here?"

Ji Ming smiled and asked how they were, then said, "The beauty General Xiao presented from Jiangning is deeply loved by His Majesty. His Majesty specially asked me to bring Miss Xiao back, which shows his appreciation for General Xiao."

The Marquis's wife's mind was in a mess. She could hear what Xiao Mingyue had just said, and saw Ji Ming's ambiguous expression and the words "the beauty presented from Jiangning".

Isn’t Yueli the only one coming from Jiangning?

When did she become the person presented to His Majesty by Mingcheng?

Ji Ming continued, "Your Majesty is very fond of Miss Yueli, but His Majesty does not want others to know that Miss Yueli had stayed at the Xiao Mansion before. If this were to get out, it would affect Miss Yueli's reputation to some extent."

The Marquis's wife now understood everything. It turned out that His Majesty meant that Yueli was only brought to Beijing by Xiao Mingcheng as a gift to him, and was only staying in their Xiao Mansion for a few days.

This...this is ridiculous!

But facing Ji Ming's face, Mrs. Hou was still clear-headed.

Since it was His Majesty's intention, they had no room to refute. His Majesty obviously didn't want too many people to know about Yue Li's past. What else could the Xiao family do except to follow his orders?

The Marquis's wife forced a smile and said, "Yes, I understand what Your Majesty means."

Ji Ming glanced at Xiao Mingyue who was still crying and said, "Miss Xiao, please take care of her, Madam Hou."

"Return to the palace."

After Ji Ming and the others left, Madam Hou finally collapsed into her chair, exhausted. "What...what is this?"

The maidservant couldn't believe what she said: "But isn't that woman the prince's concubine? His Majesty doesn't even dislike her..."

Xiao Mingyue cried even louder: "Mother! His Majesty can also like that kind of woman, why can't I enter the palace?"

The Marquis's wife held him in her arms and said with heartache: "The palace is not a good place. His Majesty doesn't like you. What will happen if you go there?"

"I just want to enter the palace!"

The Marquis's wife had a splitting headache. She rubbed her brows and first instructed the nanny: "Shut your mouth tightly. Don't say anything nonsense outside."

"I know."

There was a commotion in the Xiao Mansion. Xiao Mingcheng returned home much earlier than usual today. He knew that Xiao Mingyue had entered the palace today, and was about to go look for her, but when he passed through the hall, he heard her crying.

The door to the hall was ajar. Xiao Mingcheng walked over and was about to push the door open when he heard someone talking inside.

"Your Majesty can be attracted to women from prostitution-inducing places, but why wouldn't he want me? Mother, please, go talk to the Empress Dowager and ask her to let Mingyue enter the palace!"

The Marquis's wife was filled with grief and anguish. "Don't be silly! If His Majesty was interested in you, he would have let you into the palace long ago. Why would he wait until now?"

"That Yue Li, I knew she was restless the moment I laid eyes on her. She's only been in the palace once, and she's already hooked up with His Majesty. She's totally unfaithful to her husband!"

Xiao Mingcheng's hand froze in mid-air.

Yueli? Hooking up with His Majesty?

Inside, Xiao Mingyue was still crying: "Mother doesn't know, but when I entered the palace today, I saw that bitch seducing His Majesty to play in the Imperial Garden, and His Majesty even scolded me for her."

"Why should she?"

The Marquis's wife was also furious: "I thought that as long as she couldn't give birth to a child, I would wait for your brother's wife to come home and deal with her. Who knew she would climb up the social ladder?"

The Marquis's wife started giving her contraceptive soup on the first day Yueli returned to the capital.

The villa was under her name. Even though Xiao Mingcheng had replaced the servants, there were still many of her people in it. Yue Li was in poor health and needed tonics, and it was not difficult to add some contraceptives to the tonics.

Later, when they returned home, things became easier.

With a creaky sound, the door was pushed open.

Xiao Mingcheng's tall figure stood by the door, looking at the two of them in panic.

"What were mother and sister talking about just now?"

The Marquis' wife was startled and subconsciously shut up.

Xiao Mingyue felt even more aggrieved. She shouted, "Brother, don't you know? That bitch Yueli climbed onto His Majesty's throne and is now serving as a concubine in the palace!"

Xiao Mingcheng's hands hanging at his sides trembled slightly: "Impossible..."

He and Yueli are fine, it's just that the Queen Mother kept her in the palace for two days, how could it have anything to do with His Majesty?

His feet seemed to be glued to the ground, unable to move at all.

In a trance, Xiao Mingcheng suddenly remembered what happened in the villa before.

"Third time is better than last time. If it happens again, I will help you."

He remembered what He Yanchen said when he sent Yueli back last time. At that time, Yueli was kicked out of the villa by Xiao Mingyue, and he was anxious. When he suddenly saw her coming back, he didn't even have time to think about the meaning of these words.

Now think about it, why was Yueli sent back by His Majesty?

How could she meet His Majesty by coincidence after she ran away?

And on New Year's Eve, as a military commander, he always had sharp hearing and there was no way he would have been wrong. The voice that flashed by on the corridor was Yue Li's.

But he searched everywhere and found that there was no one in the other rooms except the one with someone in it.

But in that room, there were the sounds of a man and a woman making joy.

Xiao Mingcheng's mind went blank and he turned around and walked outside.

He wanted to go find Yueli to find out.

They had clearly agreed that they would return to Jiangning after the New Year. There would only be the two of them in Jiangning, and he would treat her well.

The Marquis's wife looked anxious: "Quick, go stop him!"

But we can't let Xiao Mingcheng cause trouble. This matter is not glorious after all. If it gets out, it will be a romantic affair for His Majesty, but his own son will have a glaring scandal. How can he live his life in the future?

The more the Marquis's wife thought about it, the angrier she became. If she had known earlier, she should have gotten rid of that troublemaker sooner. How could she have allowed her to cause so much trouble!

The Marquis's wife was furious the whole afternoon.

In the evening, when the news came that Yueli was canonized as Concubine Yu, she fainted completely.