A fight broke out in the commercial street and it was so intense that even the city defense forces were alarmed.
After finally controlling the fighting parties, the city defense forces were dumbfounded. They realized that they couldn't afford to offend either side.
Queen Qiao's men were beaten and screamed in pain. Some of them covered their wounds and gasped for breath, while others lay on the ground groaning in pain.
The eunuch who had been so arrogant just now was now clutching his thigh and wailing desperately, "We are here to take over this property at the order of His Majesty. How dare you disobey? Are you planning to deceive the Emperor?"
This hat is really too big. If it is really a crime of deceiving the emperor, then the entire nine generations of the clan will be exterminated.
After hearing this, the city guards who had wanted to be peacemakers just now did not dare to smooth things over. Instead, they looked at Zheng Yourong seriously, hoping that she would give an explanation.
Zheng Yourong is not a brainless and reckless woman. She was able to live with the little prince in such a turbulent harem for such a long time. Naturally, she made plans before taking action.
Since he dared to hit someone, he must have found a reason to excuse himself.
As expected, upon hearing this, Zheng Yourong snorted disdainfully, "Following orders? What orders? The emperor's order? Is there an imperial decree? If there is no imperial decree, you should know what the crime is!"
Upon hearing this, the city guards immediately turned to look at Queen Qiao's subordinates, waiting for their answer.
The eunuch who was beaten was furious and said, "This is His Majesty's oral order. Where does it come from? Imperial decree! Zheng Yourong, don't think that just because you're close to the little prince you can act so arrogantly. If you really ruin His Majesty's plans, you will definitely suffer the consequences!"
Upon hearing that the other party did not have an imperial edict, Zheng Yourong sneered and said, "Okay, okay, after all, there is no imperial edict, right? I now suspect that you are forging an imperial edict! I will go to the palace now to meet His Majesty and ask him in person to see if he really said such a thing!"
Upon hearing that Zheng Yourong was going to the palace to meet the emperor, the eunuch who had been beaten immediately sneered with a fake smile: "Oh, Zheng Ma Ma is so arrogant! Who do you think you are? You can see the emperor just by saying you want to?"
Zheng Yourong didn't get angry either. She sneered and retorted, "Don't tell me, I really don't know if I can see His Majesty. Thank you, eunuch, for reminding me. I am of little influence and indeed not suitable to enter the palace. Why not let the little prince or the eldest princess ask His Majesty?"
Zheng Yourong would never let this group of people easily get involved in the commercial street and Lu Chen's other industries. If this group of people really wanted to do it, then they could ask the royal family to issue a written document.
With these written documents, she will have an explanation to Lu Chen when he comes back.
At the same time, Zheng Yourong was also sure that Li Zhuo would never issue such a written document. Once such an imperial edict was really issued, he would be criticized by people all over the world.
Lu Chen has made great contributions to the Great Qi court, but he's only been missing for a short time, and your Li family is already coveting his little property? Do you have any shame?
When they heard Zheng Yourong bring out the little prince and the eldest princess, the slaves present finally got scared.
Zheng Yourong was indeed not qualified to see the emperor, but the little prince and the eldest princess were different.
The little prince might need to ask for permission from Li Zhuo before he can have an audience, but Li Mingyue doesn't need all this nonsense.
If the eldest princess is really angered, she can directly attack the throne room.
Don’t these servants who work under the Queen know that the imperial edict cannot be obtained?
If the matter was really brought to His Majesty, He would definitely not admit that it was his order, and then they would become scapegoats.
These people knew exactly what the crime of falsely conveying an imperial edict was, and many of them were sweating on their foreheads at that time.
But just when they were at their wit's end, and even panicked, someone came running over on a fast horse, shouting as he ran: "The Queen's decree has arrived!"
The people around made way for him, and a young eunuch walked in quickly, holding the imperial edict high in his hand.
Seeing the Queen's decree coming, the eunuchs and palace maids who had just been beaten all showed joy on their faces.
It goes without saying that Queen Qiao must have thought that they would be stopped, so she added the last procedure.
The general content of the imperial edict was just this. It said that the royal family was worried that some villains would take the opportunity to seize the imperial teacher's property, so they specially sent someone from the royal family to take over.
No matter what, at least on the surface, this matter was handled without any problems.
Now that the Queen has issued an imperial decree, Zheng Yourong has no way to stop it.
Queen Qiao's people entered the commercial street with extreme arrogance and began to take over various industries.
At the same time, a group of eunuchs from the Chinese Academy of Sciences also went there and blatantly began to ask for the method of making perfume. They said that they were worried that the method of making perfume would be lost and wanted to record it down.
In a short period of time, all the businesses opened by Lu Chen were taken over by Queen Qiao's people. If this situation could not be reversed in a short period of time, these industries would sooner or later be owned by the Qiao family.
Zheng Yourong's confidants gathered around her, and one of them asked anxiously, "Madam Zheng, what should we do? Is such a large estate going to be given away to someone else for nothing?"
Zheng Yourong bit her lip, and she was also shaking with anger.
Suppressing her rage, Zheng Yourong called over a person who was usually quite capable and said, "Go to the Princess's Residence and find the eldest princess right away. Tell her everything that happened here and let her make a decision!"
Zheng Yourong initially wanted to find the little prince, but after thinking about it carefully, the little prince was a son after all, and his status was naturally lower than that of Queen Qiao.
If he really went to Queen Qiao to argue about this matter, he would be labeled as unfilial no matter what.
But the eldest princess is different. She and Queen Qiao are of the same generation. Besides, the eldest princess’s reputation is well-known in the capital.
After receiving the order, the subordinates rode their horses and rushed towards the Princess's Mansion. However, when they arrived at the Princess's Mansion and asked, they found out that the Princess was not at home. She had taken her people to Nuanxiang Pavilion this morning!
At this moment, Li Mingyue was sitting in the hall of Nuanxiang Pavilion with his horse and sword.
The madam knelt in front of her, trembling with her head pressed to the ground.
Li Mingyue played with a dagger in her hand and said, "Tell me, who are the bosses behind you? Tell them to come here quickly, otherwise I will not only tear down your Nuanxiang Pavilion today, but also skin you alive!"
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