Chapter 73 Rongpin's Situation

In the next two days, Feng Shenyu did not attend court, but the court became more lively.

The Dali Temple impeached the Chief Censor Lu Xian for corruption, bribery, and seizure of people's land.

In addition, his family lent money at high interest rates and forced civilians to death.

They also submitted a detailed list filled with the fingerprints of good citizens in the suburbs of Beijing.

Plus several confessions and fingerprints of victims of loan sharking.

The emperor was furious and imprisoned the Chief Censor Lu Xian and ordered the Dali Temple to investigate the case as soon as possible.

After the morning court session ended, Rongpin heard the news and hurried to the outside of Taiji Palace to ask to see the emperor.

The emperor and Li Yueyao were playing chess, while Concubine Xian was reading a book on the side and serving them tea and water.

At this moment, the three of them heard the noise outside, and the emperor was in great pain.

Li Yueyao and Concubine Xian looked calm and there was no disturbance.

After a while, Rongpin's mournful cry was heard from outside:

"Your Majesty, please see me for Sheng'er's sake."

The emperor heard this and thought of his adorable, chubby son. He felt so sorry for him that he said:

"Let her in."

Sun Fu was about to go out and deliver the order when Li Yueyao and Concubine Xian both said:

"Wait a minute."

Sun Fu stopped when he heard this.

The emperor looked at Li Yueyao and Concubine Xian with a puzzled look on his face.

The virtuous concubine thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have been looking for the man from Nanli who poisoned me. Do you remember him?"

"How could I forget such a big thing?"

The emperor said angrily.

Then he suddenly reacted and looked at Concubine Xian with a questioning look:

"Why, is this matter related to Rongpin?"

"Whether it's related or not, the results will be out in the next two days."

The emperor frowned upon hearing this: "Since there is no result, it won't delay my meeting her, so I'll just do it for Sheng'er's sake."

"Your Majesty, I have set up a plan.

If you hadn't seen Rongpin today, she would have been worried and confused, and would have made some moves in a hurry, which would have confirmed my suspicions."

After hearing this, the emperor turned to look at Li Yueyao.

Li Yueyao held a black piece in one hand and nodded when she saw the emperor looking at her:

"Well, listen to Concubine Xian. This Lu family, huh! They should have died long ago."

After saying that, he dropped the black piece in his hand onto the chessboard with a "pop".

Seeing this, the emperor stopped talking.

Waving his hand towards Sun Fu, he said, "Go and tell him that I will not see her. Let her go back."

After Rongpin left, the emperor looked at Li Yueyao and Xianfei and said:

"Why do I feel like you two are hiding something from me?"

Li Yueyao looked at the emperor and saw that she could no longer hide the truth, so she sighed and said:

"Alas...during this first month of the year after the New Year, disputes in the court have never ceased.

We didn't tell you because we were considering your health."

The emperor heard this and said, "It's alright. Tell me, the court is already so corrupt, what could be worse than this?"

After hearing this, Li Yueyao took out a pill from her bosom and handed it to the emperor.

"Take this medicine first. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it if I tell you. I might even make you sick."

The emperor took the medicine, but did not eat it. Instead, he said, "Speak."

Li Yueyao and Concubine Xian exchanged a glance, and Li Yueyao said:

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that the Right Prime Minister invited me to watch a play a few years ago?"

The emperor listened, frowned, thought for a moment, and then nodded:

"Well, you said it was Gao Hongchen's love story..."

Suddenly, the emperor clenched the pill in his hand, looked at Li Yueyao with a strange expression and said:

"That...that...that woman..."

Li Yueyao nodded and said, "Yes, it's Concubine Rong."

When the emperor heard this, his face changed suddenly and he overturned the chessboard to the ground.

His face instantly turned pale, veins on his forehead throbbed, and his left hand trembled slightly. Seeing this, Concubine Xian hurried over to help him calm down.

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Your health is more important. Don't let these irrelevant people make you feel bad."

The emperor finally came to his senses after a while, and turned to look at Li Yueyao with a gloomy expression:

"What about the Seventh Prince?"

Li Yueyao was not afraid at all and answered the emperor:

“Listening to their conversation, it seems to be Gao Hongchen’s.

Now, can you understand what Gao Hongchen has done over the years?"

After hearing this, the emperor's hands, which had just stabilized, began to tremble again. A surge of anger rushed to his head and he almost fainted.

Upon seeing this, Li Yueyao quickly let the emperor take the pill, and then gave him a needle in each ear.

The emperor closed his eyes for a long time before opening them and said fiercely:

"Lu Jingya, Gao Hongchen... I will definitely help you."

The virtuous concubine brought the emperor a cup of tea and consoled him:

"Your Majesty, ever since I heard my aunt mention this matter years ago, I have sent someone to secretly investigate.

When Lu Jingya was still at home, she would go to Jinglin Temple with her mother to burn incense on the fifteenth day of every month.

It just so happened that Gao Hongchen's mother often went to Jinglin Temple at that time, and the two met there.

After a few interactions, the two became more and more familiar with each other.

I heard that Gao Hongchen went to the Lu family to propose marriage, but the Lu family did not agree.

Back then, the Lu family deliberately wanted to send Lu Jingya into the palace.

So the two of them had a relationship outside the palace before, not later."

The emperor listened without saying anything.

“Your Majesty, the last time Lu Jingya left the palace to meet Gao Hongchen privately, it was in the Misty Rain Tower.

This opportunity is so good, so we speculate that she must be leaving the palace and has already left a hole in the palace.

Let's see if she takes the bait today."

The emperor nodded after hearing this.

Lu Xian was imprisoned and the emperor refused to see Concubine Rong. These two pieces of news quickly spread throughout the harem.

Defei was quite happy to hear this, as she had found another competitor.

So he said to Liu Xin beside him: "Let's go to Rongpin's Qionghua Palace to see what's going on."

When Defei arrived at Qionghua Palace, she saw Xiangpin, Guo Zhaoyi, and Qi Meiren were all there.

Defei was puzzled. Xiangpin and Rongpin had always had a good relationship. Concubine Qi lived in the Yilan Palace next door, so it was no big deal for these two people to come.

But Concubine Guo and Concubine Rong have never gotten along, so why is she here?

After Defei came in and looked for a long time, she found that Guo Zhaoyi came to take advantage of the situation and ridicule Rongpin.

I couldn't help but laugh in my heart. It's true that when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down!

At night, Concubine Xian waited for a long time, but there was no sign of Concubine Rong.

After half of the evening, Concubine Xian knew that Concubine Rong would not take any action today.

I was very confused. According to Rongpin's personality, even if she didn't move, there would be news passing. It shouldn't be calm.

So I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

The next morning, he went to see the emperor with dark circles under his eyes.

This little movement in the harem could not escape the eyes of the queen or the emperor.

When the Queen found out, she sneered, "This De Fei is a concubine, but she's rushing to join the fun of becoming a concubine.

Does she think this excitement is so beautiful?

I can’t say I’ve gotten caught up in that. How foolish.”

The emperor was analyzing the matter with Concubine Xian and Li Yueyao.

“It shouldn’t be.

Lu Jingya cares most about her family. If not, she wouldn't have given up Gao Hongchen and entered the palace for the sake of her family."

Li Yueyao couldn't understand what he heard and scratched her head for a long time.

The emperor suddenly asked, "Could it be that, like what happened to Shangguan, someone warned her not to act rashly?"

Li Yueyao and Concubine Xian listened and nodded thoughtfully.

Xian Fei said: "I have been keeping an eye on Rongpin for a while, and all her people are under my control, but they did not move yesterday."

"Could it be someone else?" Li Yueyao asked.

The virtuous concubine was quite angry when she heard this: "Even after the palace was cleaned up, there are still so many monsters and demons."

After saying this, she glanced at the emperor with a complaining look: "It's all your fault. Over the years, you have brought everything into the palace, whether good or bad, fragrant or smelly.

Look at what has become of the palace in just a few years."