Chapter 951
So if the Yun family hadn't brought her from Qingshui Village, she might have been taken away by Consort Jing's men?
Moreover, if she hadn't been sent to the Marquis's residence as soon as she was brought back by the Yun family, she might still have been taken away by Consort Jing's men.
Looking at it this way, it's truly remarkable that she's alive and well, and that she still enjoys such a good life.
Zhong Jie said, "Anyway, Consort Jing is dead now, so you can just live your life peacefully from now on."
Huo Zhao nodded.
Huo Zhao didn't really feel anything, but Shen Rang's expression was not good.
Even on the way back to Shanshui Residence, Shen Rang's expression did not soften.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Shen Rang then came to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
He was still scared afterward.
Huo Zhao is very clever. Even though Yun Wan was extremely wary of her, she still managed to find opportunities to sneak out of the mansion.
At the time, I didn't think much of it, but now that I think about it, Huo Zhao was really teetering on the edge of danger with every step he took.
Huo Zhao had no idea what he was thinking and looked at him with a puzzled expression several times.
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Huo Yue was not home that night.
I heard that he brought strong liquor back from Yunnan into the palace.
At the dinner table, Huo Zhao was alarmed as he listened: "Can His Majesty drink such strong liquor?"
The emperor, after all, had always lived in Luoyang, where he was treated with great honor and was said to have always preferred light-tasting drinks. Why did Huo Yue bring strong liquor with him?
"Who knows?" Zhong Jie said without any concern. "Anyway, the palace could never be short of wine. If all else fails, we can just have someone send some on the spot."
Never mind them, come on, let's eat.
Inside the palace, the emperor's face had turned bright red, and he barely managed to suppress his cough so as not to become too out of control.
Huo Yue sat opposite him, shaking his head as he looked at him: "Your Majesty, you've really gotten old."
Now, even the emperor clenched his fists.
Huo Yue didn't say anything more, he just kept drinking his wine.
He drank strong liquor, which even the emperor couldn't stand, like water.
It took the emperor a while to recover: "Why didn't Xun Ze come?"
"When he saw that I was carrying strong liquor, he decided not to come."
"...He's quite clever," the emperor said, wiping the sweat from his brow. "Is Consort Zhong alright?"
It is rare for an emperor to address someone by their given name, let alone a woman.
However, Huo Yue didn't say anything, but quietly relaxed his body: "I'm fine."
The emperor sneered, "She's doing well, but I'm not! Do you know what she's done to that palace? It's covered in blood everywhere, and you can't even wipe it clean!"
He got a headache just looking at that scene from afar.
The Empress didn't look at it, but after hearing the servant's report, she turned pale with fright and immediately turned that place into the Cold Palace, and even prepared to hold a ritual for forty-nine days in a row.
Huo Yue smirked: "What, are you going to let our family pay for the repairs?"
Although the emperor felt it was unnecessary, the empress was right. The harem was full of women, and the atmosphere was already heavy with yin energy. With this incident, the concubines probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.
The emperor scoffed, "Come on, your whole family is in Luoyang now. If we really let you go, wouldn't you come here three times a day to complain about being poor?"
Huo Yue had done this before.
When Huo Yue was young, he was mischievous and spent money without restraint. He would always spend the money as soon as he received it, and then come to him to complain about being poor.
She cried until he lent her money.
Although it was called a loan, more than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye, and the emperor has never seen it returned.
Recalling the past, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Alright, your son-in-law has had enough rest at home these past few days. Let's start calling him to court tomorrow."
Huo Yue smirked: "I don't care about this. You let him stay home and talk to him yourself."
Emperor: ...This feeling of being taken advantage of is back again.
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