Mrs. Bu Taifu was invited to the scene. Her gloomy face turned gentle and kind in an instant when she got off the carriage.
The attire of the first rank imperial decree, with pearls and jade, is full of grace, splendor and nobility, as if he is fully armed from head to toe and wearing a battle robe.
However, Bei Lingyao's naturally beautiful face, as beautiful as a lotus flower in clear water, made her look like a common woman.
It also made Mrs. Bu's eyebrows look a little sharp, and her face looked a little thickly powdered.
Too stiff, too fake.
Mrs. Bu did not see this point. She always prided herself on her beauty, so she hated the beauty of her fake daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bei, the most. She was usually not willing to dress up for Mrs. Bei, and always liked to use exquisite, gorgeous and luxurious makeup to make Mrs. Bei look dull, which made her feel happy.
Seeing Mrs. Bei with disheveled hair and a dusty face, Mrs. Bu felt proud.
Little did he know that Emperor Yongxi was struggling to move his gaze away from Bei Lingyao.
He knew of Bei's beauty, which was one of the reasons why he insisted on making her his queen.
The daughter of the Minister of Rites, the daughter of an official, a lady from a noble family, with outstanding virtue, words, appearance and achievements, she is stunningly beautiful, dignified and elegant.
Emperor Yongxi had been secretly investigating for several years, but he never expected that such a thing would happen just before the opening.
He thought that his feelings for Mrs. Bei had faded over the years.
But now his heart was filled with ripples again, and his eyes couldn't help but be attracted to Mrs. Bei.
Could it be that because he hasn't stepped into the harem for more than half a month, he has started to miss me?
Emperor Yongxi had a serious expression. No matter who he was thinking of, it couldn't be Bei.
Regardless of whether Bu Puyu is dead or not, there is an invisible gap between them.
"Your Highness, I and your wife Butu pay our respects to the Emperor."
Grand Tutor Bu and Madam Bu saluted Emperor Yongxi. If they had only performed half a salute in the past, Emperor Yongxi would have helped them up.
But now, Emperor Yongxi waited until they had paid their respects before saying, "No need for formalities."
Although Taifu Bu also realized that Emperor Yongxi was different, he was not unable to accept it.
After all, the emperor is the monarch and he is the subject, so it is his duty to salute the emperor.
Mrs. Bu suddenly felt uncomfortable.
She was the emperor's teacher's wife. In the past, the emperor always called her "teacher's wife" and showed great respect for her.
This is the feeling that made Mrs. Bu always regret marrying Tutor Bu, but she was also most proud of being called the Master's wife by the Emperor.
Now that Emperor Yongxi was being impartial and impartial, Madam Bu felt disappointed and hated Bei Lingyao even more.
Emperor Yongxi grew up in the palace and had seen all kinds of people.
In the past, he had kept a distance from Madam Bu. In addition to her status as his teacher's wife and the relationship with Bu Puyu as his companion's mother, Emperor Yongxi respected Madam Bu very much.
But now, apart from these two layers of natural filters, it is discovered that Mrs. Bu is not as kind and gentle as I had imagined. Her eyes are rather sharp, and her whole face looks a bit harsh.
All the way from the palace to Shuntian Prefecture, Emperor Yongxi sent people to investigate Bei Lingyao's complaint to the emperor.
When he arrived in Shuntian Prefecture and listened to the discussions of the people around him, he had a very bad impression of Mrs. Bu.
He remembered that after the Bu family recognized their biological son, Bei asked to move out of the Taifu Mansion. Mrs. Bu tried to persuade her to stay, tears in her eyes, and she was reluctant to let her go.
This incident caused a heated discussion in the capital. Everyone praised Mrs. Bu and scolded Mrs. Bei for being ungrateful.
Some even said that Bei was extremely unfilial.
Even though her husband was not her biological son, he was raised by Tutor Bu and Madam Bu. She felt that Mrs. Bei should stay by Madam Bu's side and fulfill her filial duties on her husband's behalf.
But after Bei moved out, the Bu family never sent anyone to care about Bei and her son.
Obviously, this was inconsistent with Mrs. Bu's tears of reluctance to leave.
Not to mention the arson incidents that occurred.
Emperor Yongxi did not want to doubt Madam Bu. After all, Bu Puyu was the commander of Feiyu Guard during his lifetime, and he must have offended some people.
As soon as the Bei mother and son moved out of the Taifu Mansion, it was inevitable that someone would want to kill Bu Puyu's family.
But when Mrs. Bei reported Madam Bu to the emperor, she couldn't be doing it without a purpose.
Emperor Yongxi signaled to the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture that it was time to begin.
The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture threw all his selfish thoughts behind him and only thought about how to behave fairly and justly in front of Emperor Yongxi.
This concerns the emperor's good impression and future promotion. Not to mention relatives, even his own sons have to be put aside.
He will kill anyone who stands in his way of promotion for the sake of justice.
"Ascension"
"mighty"
Emperor Yongxi slapped the Jingmu Hall and said loudly, "Madam Bu, if you have any grievances, please tell me. I will handle the matter for you."
"Your Majesty is wise. I am accusing Madam Bu of setting fire to my courtyard. If our wet nurse had not rushed in to save me and my two children, we would have perished in the fire. However, I, my two children, and our wet nurse survived, but our maid Lvliu could not be saved... The two arsonists are from Madam Bu's estate. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."
"That's nonsense, Mrs. Bei. I know you resent the fact that I blame you for Pu Yu's death..."
"Shouldn't I hate you? You killed my husband. Madam Bu found her own son ten years ago and she has long since stopped caring about my husband."
When Bei Lingyao said this, everyone was shocked.
Grand Tutor Bu and Madam Bu were furious and were about to retort, but Bei Lingyao didn't give them a chance to speak. She continued, "My husband was the commander of the Feiyu Guard. He had helped the emperor with disaster relief efforts many times, yet he never contracted the plague. He was the only one who contracted the plague and died when his coffin was brought back to his hometown. Over the years, I've been secretly investigating the cause of my husband's death, and I finally discovered that Madam Bu had found her biological son ten years ago..."
Bei Lingyao directly told the story of the opera troupe being burned to death.
Mrs. Bu rescued her son from the opera troupe and raised him in the home of her confidant mother's relatives. She also hired a famous teacher to teach him at a high price.
A family so poor that they had to sell their children suddenly became rich and became a small landlord. They spent a lot of money to support their adopted son to study for the imperial examination, but their own son became his companion, book boy, and thug...
This is totally unacceptable.
After Bei Lingyao said this, everyone looked at Mrs. Bu with strange eyes.
Bei Lingyao then revealed, "Does anyone remember the arson attack that wiped out the Tu family next door over twenty years ago? How could it be such a coincidence? Tonight, my mother and I were also targeted by arsonists, and ten years ago, our opera troupe was also targeted by a fire... Is this really such a coincidence?"
hiss!
Everyone was shocked. Some of the older people nodded repeatedly in confirmation. "It is indeed true. The house next to Marquis Tu's mansion that was destroyed by fire was the residence of Lord Lin, the Minister of Works during the reign of the previous emperor."
Minister Lin was out doing disaster relief when his elderly mother, wife, and children were all burned to death in a fire at home.
When Minister Lin was about to return to Beijing after completing his disaster relief work, he received the news that he had vomited blood and suffered a stroke, and died in a foreign land.
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