Chapter 297: Royal Ruthlessness
Imperial Palace.
The lights in the imperial study were bright.
Xiao Junze was holding a book in his hand, but his mind was not on the book at all.
Commander Wu returned to the palace cursing all the way, feeling very depressed.
Forget it, just report this matter to the emperor truthfully!
He arrived outside the imperial study, walked up and knocked on the door.
“Bang, bang!”
"Come in!" Xiao Junze's voice came from the imperial study.
Commander Wu entered the imperial study and knelt down, kowtowed: "Your humble servant pays homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Xiao Junze put down the book in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Stand up, how is the matter going?"
"Your Majesty, when I led my men to the Tang residence, we only found some small change and daily necessities..."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Junze's face darkened, "It's that old bastard Tang Zhongxu who refuses to confess."
Commander Wu shook his head and said tremblingly, "The two secret rooms and the storehouse in the Tang Mansion were all robbed."
"What, such a thing actually happened?"
Xiao Junze stood up and smashed the teacup on the table in anger.
Stolen again?
Who is so obsessed with money...
Steward Ji, who was waiting on the side, quickly winked at the young eunuch.
The two young eunuchs quickly cleaned up the teacup fragments.
Xiao Junze rubbed his slightly aching brow and said, "Commander Wu, arrange for someone to find the military rations that Tang Zhongxu hid tomorrow morning and have him personally deliver them to the border to apologize to the soldiers."
"Okay, you can leave now!"
Commander Wu swallowed hard and saluted: "I obey your command!"
"I'll take my leave!"
.......
East Palace.
After Xiao Mocheng brought Tang Shihuan back to the Eastern Palace, he ordered someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite the imperial physician, and he also prescribed some pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
The imperial physician gave some instructions on precautions and then left the Eastern Palace in a hurry.
Tang Shihuan followed the imperial physician's advice and gradually calmed down.
Xiao Mocheng sat beside the bed, looking at the pale-faced Tang Shihuan coldly.
If Tang Shihua, the Crown Princess, was abandoned because of Tang Zhongxu's misfortune, it would easily lead to criticism...
Then there is only one way.
After a long while, Xiao Mocheng said, "Huan'er, for the sake of our child, please refrain from associating with the Tang family for the time being."
Tang Shihuan, feeling uneasy, felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave when she heard these words.
Does Your Highness mean that she should sever ties with her family?
She raised her hand, slowly held Xiao Mocheng's hand, and pleaded, "Your Highness, father has admitted his mistake, and the emperor has also..."
Xiao Mocheng stood up and rudely shook off Tang Shihuan's hand.
"Huan'er, do you think there's any chance that your father-in-law will be able to turn things around in the future?"
"My father-in-law has withheld military rations without permission, which is a serious crime."
"If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's words, the Tang family would have been condemned to death. Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Shihuan defended herself vigorously, "But, Father did this... for Your Highness!"
"How could you..." just throw it away like a worn-out shoe!
“Bang!”
A crisp slapping sound was heard, and Tang Shihuan covered her burning face and sobbed.
At this moment, she realized that with her family downfall, Xiao Mocheng wouldn't care about her at all.
Seeing this, Xiao Shunzi quickly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please calm down. The Crown Princess is still pregnant."
Crown Princess, what you just said could potentially kill His Highness!
Xiao Mocheng clenched his hands and closed his eyes, "Xiao Shunzi, please go down first. I have something to say to the Crown Princess."
"I'll take my leave." Xiao Shunzi glanced at Tang Shihuan on the bed, bowed and left.
After Xiao Shunzi left, Xiao Mocheng sat back down on the bed.
He raised his hand and fiercely pinched Tang Shihuan's chin, his eyes dark and unclear, "Tang Shihuan, don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are pregnant with my child."
"I'm telling you, I don't even care about an unborn child."
"From now on, stay in your bedroom and take good care of your pregnancy. If you dare to cause trouble, I will not show any mercy."
"I'm telling you, Tang Zhongxu's withholding of military rations has nothing to do with me."
"Do you understand?"
It was the first time that Tang Shihuan saw Xiao Mocheng like this, and she couldn't help but feel terrified.
She closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably, "Your Highness, I understand."
After tossing and turning for most of the night, Xiao Mocheng was very tired. He pushed Tang Shihuan away and left.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Mocheng glanced at the maid Cai Lian and said with a gloomy face: "From today on, the Crown Princess is taking care of her pregnancy, and no one is allowed to disturb her."
The maid Cai Lian was frightened by Xiao Mocheng and trembled, and quickly responded: "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Tang Shihuan listened to the words coming from outside the door and covered her face and cried.
As soon as something happened in her natal family, she, the Crown Princess, fell out of favor.
Royal ruthlessness indeed.
......
Jiang Ruo and Xiao Chengjin returned to the princess's mansion, where Xiao Fenghuang was chatting with Princess Anran.
That smug look was simply unbearable to look at.
"Ruoruo, you are back. Does the Tang family have much property?" Sheng Yunshao asked with a happy face.
Jiang Ruo chuckled, "I'm ruthless and have never failed."
"However, this is all thanks to Xiao Chengjin who made the right arrangements in advance."
Xiao Chengjin's ears turned slightly red when he was praised by Jiang Ruo.
"It's getting late, aunt and dad should go to bed early!" Jiang Ruo said as she put the little phoenix into the space.
Princess Anran covered her lips and yawned, "You two should rest early."
"Okay, aunt, let's go back to sleep right away." Jiang Ruo said, winking at Xiao Chengjin.
"Let's go back and count the silver."
After the two returned to the bedroom, they slipped into the space.
Jiang Ruo casually opened a wooden box and was dazzled by the glittering gold ingots.
"Oh my god, it's all gold..."
"This Tang Zhongxu is quite greedy!"
"Luckily we served it to him ahead of time, haha."
Otherwise, the dog emperor will get the advantage.
Haha, the dog emperor must be mad by now!
Xiao Chengjin looked at the huge treasury and thought secretly: I have to hold on tightly to Ruoruo, this "golden thigh".
Alas, in fact, he doesn’t want to be a gigolo at all.
Who made our family have such conditions?
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