Chapter 38 Liu's Premonition of the Drought
Yunxi chose to place her body next to Gu Nanxiao's manor on the outskirts of the city, where there was a range of mountains and an open space at the foot of the mountains.
The reason she buried the coffin outside the manor was that Yunxi knew she would leave sooner or later, so she didn't want to have too much entanglement with Gu Nanxiao.
As the group carried the coffin to the foot of the mountain, a man in a blue robe, leading a group of people, was already waiting there.
The person in the lead was Qi Jinxiu, with Feng Xun and Que'er beside him. Behind the three stood a group of about a hundred young men dressed in black, all of whom were unfamiliar faces, but Yunxi could roughly guess who they were.
At this moment, the boy who had been stuffing horse manure into Shi Qingchen's hands walked straight over and stood in a line with them. This further confirmed Yunxi's suspicions.
These people were probably orphans she had adopted. Qi Jinxiu had mentioned to her that he would look for some martial arts prodigies with excellent aptitude among the orphans and ask them if they would be willing to become Yun family secret guards.
If they wish, they will be brought to the training camp for formal training. These people should already be qualified bodyguards; Qi Jinxiu brought them here probably to have them acknowledge him as their master.
However, Yunxi underestimated Qi Jinxiu's development speed. These hundred or so people were all leaders of the secret guards, and the total number of secret guards was more than a hundred times that of these people.
There are also many secret guard leaders who are currently on missions outside, but Qi Jinxiu will have them all come to acknowledge him as his master when the opportunity arises in the future.
Yunxi nodded slightly to Qi Jinxiu and Feng Xun before fixing her gaze on Que'er. This was the first time the two, mistress and servant, had met since their rebirth.
At this moment, Que'er's face was covered with tears. She covered her mouth tightly with her hand, not daring to show anything unusual in front of everyone, for fear of ruining her master's plan.
With so many people around, Yunxi couldn't go up and acknowledge her. She could only nod at her with tears in her eyes, indicating that there would be plenty of time in the future.
After Yunxi met with her old subordinates, Qi Jinxiu organized everyone to carry the coffin and bury it in the tomb.
The location Yunxi chose, while perhaps not a feng shui treasure, was certainly beautiful. The tomb was exquisitely crafted by the artisans. They even paved the ground around the tomb with bricks and stones.
After finishing all this, it was already getting dark. Under the reluctant gazes of everyone, Yunxi left first.
Afterwards, Qi Jinxiu kept the thin boy and had him live in the newly built house at the foot of the mountain, where he was responsible for guarding the tomb.
Yongwang Mansion
When Mo Yu reported the entire trial process of the Dali Temple, Yun Xi remained expressionless, reclining on the small couch, slowly waving a folding fan in her hand, without showing the slightest surprise.
Gu Nanxiao was not surprised by this result. He turned to look at the girl whose expression was unchanged, and, unsure of what Yunxi was thinking, asked:
"A century-old family is not so easy to deal with. I wonder if you have any other plans in mind?"
Upon hearing this, Yunxi curled her lips indifferently and said dismissively, "Does the Shi family think that everything will be fine once they get the person out? They have already lost the emperor's trust in this conflict."
Every misstep they take from here on will bring many times more danger than before.
Moreover, my goal has never been to bring Shi Qingchen to his death alone. The Shi family, the Liu family, and even the Third Prince—all those who have taken advantage of my sworn sister and then caused her death—must pay the price.
But I don't want them to die so easily. A confiscation of their property and exile would be just right, so they can all experience what it feels like to be the lowest of the low, whom they once despised the most.
After they've tasted the bitterness of life, I'll send them to their deaths one by one!
When Gu Nanxiao looked at Yunxi and uttered these horrifying words with a sinister expression, he made no attempt to hide anything from her, which made Yunxi feel uneasy.
Because he could tell that Yunxi's lack of restraint towards him was not due to closeness or trust, but rather an attitude of indifference.
He had witnessed from a young age how his mother and Consort Xu would do their best to present their most perfect selves in front of his father.
Yunxi, on the other hand, was the complete opposite of them. She seemed to disdain pretending in front of him, and it didn't matter whether he liked her or not.
This realization infuriated Gu Nanxiao. He got up, walked over, snatched Yunxi's fan, threw it aside, picked her up in his arms, and carried her to the bed.
The unease Yunxi evoked made Gu Nanxiao feel as if only by pinning her down and constantly possessing her could he feel that she belonged to him.
Although the case at the Court of Judicial Review had been concluded, the Emperor still did not issue an edict summoning the Shi family father and son to court. Moreover, he took the opportunity to distribute a small portion of the power held by the Grand Secretary Shi to other officials.
The emperor's action led the court officials to speculate whether His Majesty did not favor the third prince as the crown prince.
As a result, the residences of the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince, and even the Sixth Prince, who had never been paid any attention before, suddenly became lively.
The mere presence of Yunxi was not enough for the Emperor to punish the Grand Secretary. The reason for first suspending him from his post and then delegating his power was not only to give him a warning, but also to suppress the momentum of the Third Prince's faction, thereby balancing the power in the court.
After all, the emperor was only over forty years old and felt that he was in his prime. He did not want to see his court officials starting to pledge allegiance to the new master so early.
In order to play the game of maintaining the balance of power in the imperial court, he was willing to delegate some authority and allow the princes to cultivate some factions, but this had to be done with the emperor's permission.
Therefore, whenever an imbalance occurs in the imperial harem, the emperor will intervene to restore balance.
Shifu
After this farce, Shi Qingchen was completely abandoned in the eyes of the chief minister. He had already notified the clan elders to prepare to open the ancestral hall to retrieve the family genealogy, remove Shi Qingchen from the position of young patriarch, and establish Wen Shi as his eldest legitimate son to be the young patriarch.
Seeing that Shi Qingchen was about to become a cripple, after much hesitation, Lady Liu decided to reveal some secrets from her past life to him in order to see if she could find a way to keep his position as the young master of the family.
After much deliberation, Lady Liu decided to use her ability to have precognitive dreams as a reason to reveal to Shi Qingchen what was about to happen.
When Liu arrived at Shi Qingchen's study, ignoring his annoyed look, she said directly, "The northwestern prefectures will begin to suffer from drought starting in June of this year."
The severe drought will continue into next year. During this period, not a drop of rain will fall in the north, riverbeds will dry up, and hundreds of thousands of people will have to migrate south, leaving countless corpses of the starved along the way.
Upon hearing this, Shi Qingchen was shocked and rebuked, "What nonsense are you spouting? Shut up right now! Do you have a death wish? That's why you're spouting such seditious nonsense."
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