Chapter 499: Going all the way
Commoner Xu's situation was not much better than Zhao Wanyi's. He started to go crazy as soon as he entered the courtyard. "I don't accept it! I don't accept it! I am the most honorable prince of the royal family. Why does my father treat me like this? It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this!"
He howled to the sky, wailing in grief and indignation. He hated the empress dowager for meddling in his affairs, hated Cen Mingxue's confession, and even more hated the emperor's ruthlessness!
Zhao Wanyi looked at this scene indifferently and said weakly: "Your Highness, what are you going to do next?"
Commoner Xu turned around abruptly, rushed to Zhao Wanyi, and grabbed her wrist, "Aren't you the eldest daughter of the Zhao family? Doesn't Princess Qingkang value you the most? Go to the Zhao family and ask Taifu Zhao to come to the palace to plead for us."
Zhao Wanyi struggled to break free from Shu Renxu's shackles and looked at him mockingly, "My husband, do you know why I was demoted with you?"
Commoner Xu's face darkened.
Zhao Wanyi, however, began to complain regardless, "Because I lied to protect you, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, you treated your own daughter like this, and I became your accomplice, the Queen Mother cannot tolerate it, and the Emperor cannot forgive it.
I've fallen into this state because of you!
You still want me to drag the entire Zhao family to be buried with you, what exactly is your intention?"
Shu Renxu grabbed Zhao Wanyi's neck viciously, his face ferocious, "Who allowed you to talk to me like this? Zhao Wanyi, who do you think you are? If it weren't for the Zhao family, do you think I would marry you?
The Zhao family took great pains to marry you to me. Wasn't that a gamble? Now we are all in the same boat. The Zhao family wants to stay out of it? Dream on!
I tell you, you have to go whether you want to or not, otherwise I don’t mind dragging the Zhao family into the abyss as well! "
Anyway, he is already in this state, the worst that can happen is death, but Master Zhao can't afford to take the risk!
"You lunatic!" Zhao Wanyi was so angry that she clenched her fists unconsciously.
When Princess Qingkang's confidant Nanny Dong came over and heard these words, her face darkened.
"This old servant greets the son-in-law and the eldest lady." Nanny Dong bowed expressionlessly.
Zhao Wanyi seemed to have found a savior, and she rolled and crawled to hide behind Nanny Dong, "Mammy, Murong Xu is crazy! He wants to harm our Zhao family!"
Nanny Dong looked back distressedly and pulled Zhao Wanyi to the front, "Miss, the Grand Tutor fainted in the palace last night because of the imperial edict, and he just woke up now.
The emperor was really angry this time. Not only did he ignore the Grand Tutor, he didn't even express his opinion. The Zhao family is in a very bad situation."
Zhao Wanyi felt as if her heart had fallen into an ice cellar. The chill rose from the bottom of her heart and spread to her limbs. Her voice was trembling as she spoke, "So grandpa can't help us anymore?"
Nanny Dong held Zhao Wanyi's hand tightly and said, "My lady, the emperor is angry now. If he finds out that there are still court officials helping your son-in-law, your fate will be the same as that of the Cen family. You may not know that the Cen family was raided and Cen Yingfan was executed in the autumn.
The master can't even protect himself now, so he thought of a way for the son-in-law."
Shu Renxu's cold expression changed a little when he heard this, "What method?"
Nanny Dong was angry when she saw that he didn't mention anything about what happened just now. She replied indifferently, "The Grand Tutor said that you should reform yourself and live a good life so that the emperor can see your sincerity. After a while, when the emperor is so angry that he laughs, she will find a way to plead for you."
Commoner Xu was furious, "How dare you! What's wrong with what I did? People who accomplish great things don't pay attention to small details. I just did what a superior person would do. Why should I change my ways?"
Nanny Dong said indifferently, "Son-in-law, there is no father and son in the royal family, only the monarch and his subjects. As a subject, your actions are indeed inconsiderate. Let's not talk about Miss Jing's matter for now. The emperor cannot tolerate the matter of Jinlan Courtyard alone, and the queen mother cannot forgive it, right?"
"Hmph!" Commoner Xu tilted his head in anger, his eyes bloodshot.
Nanny Dong did not persuade him anymore. Instead, she turned around and looked at Zhao Wanyi, admonishing her earnestly, "Miss, the princess said that since you have been demoted, you must act like you have been demoted. You must make your life difficult and let the Empress Dowager and the Emperor in the palace know how difficult it is for you. Once the Emperor calms down and softens his heart, it will be easier for the Grand Tutor to deal with you."
Zhao Wanyi's panic expression gradually disappeared, and she looked at Nanny Dong eagerly, "What should I do?"
"The reason why the Queen Mother and the Emperor were angry with the eldest lady was nothing more than because of Miss Jing who was abused. I heard that the Queen Mother placed Concubine Li and Miss Jing in a house in the south of the city. They are still on the royal jade plate.
The eldest daughter would visit when she had time, beg for forgiveness from Concubine Li and Miss Jing, eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, use her dowry to do charity, and when the dowry was used up, she would find a way to earn money to support herself.
The harder you work, the more those people in the palace will forgive you. Even if you can't restore your status later, the Zhao family's support for the eldest lady will not make the emperor and the empress dowager unhappy, don't you think?"
Nanny Dong broke down her words carefully and spoke them out, hoping that Zhao Wanyi and Shuren Xu would be able to understand them.
Zhao Wanyi seemed to be thinking about something, but the commoner Xu sneered.
After Nanny Dong left, Commoner Xu began to mock Zhao Wanyi, "Grandmaster Zhao is very cunning. In order to save himself, he even said such deceiving words!"
Zhao Wanyi came back to her senses, glanced at Shu Ren Xu, and said to Qiu Ju, "Let's go! Let's go back and rest first. You go and ask about Concubine Li and Miss Jing. If they have moved to the south of the city, I will go and take a look."
Shu Renxu wanted to say something, but when he saw that Zhao Wanyi didn't respond at all, he got so angry that his facial features twisted.
"I want to see what's the point of all this trouble of yours!"
The next morning.
Qiu Ju went out to buy groceries and inquired about the news. When she came back, she hurried into Zhao Wanyi's room and said, "My lord, I have found out that Concubine Li and Miss Jing moved to a large house with three entrances in the south of the city yesterday morning.
The Queen Mother also arranged a wet nurse and two personal maids for Miss Jing, and Concubine Li also had two palace maids serving her. "
Zhao Wanyi looked at the bronze mirror and hesitated for a long time before putting down the exquisite and gorgeous gold hairpin and picking up a plain and elegant jade hairpin and putting it on her head. "Where is my son-in-law?"
If she wants to put on an act, she can't just do it alone.
Besides, Murong Jing’s injury was caused by the commoner Xu, what does it have to do with her?
Qiu Ju's face tensed up, and she wrung her hands nervously, "Master, my son-in-law went out last night and hasn't returned yet."
"What?" Zhao Wanyi turned around suddenly, her eyes wide open in anger, "Where did he go?"
Qiu Ju quickly shook her head, "The son-in-law took his confidants out, and only the servants and the master are left in the house."
Zhao Wanyi was almost so angry that she had a heart attack. The veins on her forehead were bulging. "He's a hopeless case! Forget it! Since he insists on doing it his way, I can't persuade him. Let's go by ourselves!"
Thinking back to when Murong Xu was far away at the border, she wished so much that Murong Xu could come back to support her and pull her out of the predicament.
Only now did she realize that Murong Xu's return was the beginning of her disaster!
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