Chapter 20: Night Visit to the Imperial Prison

This occasion is all about state affairs.

It was not appropriate for Yun Ju'an to be present. The Fourth Prince Yuan Zhi was very sensible and immediately sent people to send Emperor Yuan and Yun Ju'an back, while he stayed here and continued to deal with the matter as ordered by Emperor Yuan.

Yuan Zhi certainly had not expected that when there were corrupt officials in the court, the royal family would just turn a blind eye.

But now they have become so bold that they are even willing to take possession of military supplies!

This is intolerable!

Emperor Yuan was silent all the way. As soon as he entered the palace, he drove to the Qinzheng Hall.

Yun Zhuan adjusted his state and returned to Guanju Palace with a depressed face.

The Queen is working with Lan Deng.

Seeing Yun Zhuan's reluctant expression, I knew something was wrong.

"Your servant——"

Just as Yun Zhuan was about to perform the ceremony, he was stopped by Empress Yuan.

"It's okay. Today..."

The Queen paused here and said nothing. Yun Zhuan understood what she meant and looked dejected:

"My queen, my dream has come true..."

If it's a good dream, it doesn't matter if it comes true.

But yesterday, Yun Juan had a dream...

The queen was a smart person and understood it immediately.

I couldn't help but feel more sympathy for Yun Zhuan. The emperor and empress shared the same sentiment, so naturally they also felt guilty.

Seeing this, Empress Yuan guessed that something must have happened in the court again!

Sure enough, not long after, Tsui came back from her walk outside and told Empress Yuan:

"My lady, I heard that His Majesty was furious and secretly visited the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue today. Several officials were imprisoned. I'm afraid this is a serious matter!"

Empress Yuan was shocked. Emperor Yuan had not made such a big move in many years.

Yun Zhuan herself also asked someone to arrange for her to rest. Such a good girl, but she was still running around for the safety of Wu'an Marquis Mansion all day long.

Yuan Yao seemed to understand the situation, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at the queen:

"Mother, what happened?"

The Queen waved her hand and asked Shuangci, Cuixu and others to go down and wait at the door of Youfenglaiyi. She would invite Yunzhuan to come over and talk after she woke up.

"Yaoyao, father is angry because someone pretended to obey your orders but secretly disobeyed your orders and did something that violated the principles of the Yuan Kingdom." Empress Yuan said it in simple and easy-to-understand terms.

Yuan Yao was a smart girl and immediately understood what her mother meant.

At present, anything that violates the principles of the Yuan Dynasty either directly causes harm to people's lives or involves inside information in the war, one of the two.

But it was obvious that when the petite sister came back, she just looked depressed. Yuan Yao didn't think that such a well-behaved, lively and lovely sister would make his father angry, so there must be other reasons.

Someone wants to harm Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

"Mother, what should I do?" Yuan Yao's face showed an expression of trying hard to do something for them.

The Empress looked very serious. "Then you are not allowed to disturb your father's work for the next few days. Do you understand? When Miss Yun wakes up, you have to comfort her."

Yuan Yao understood it in an instant.

The spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors.

Spring is gradually becoming brighter.

Emperor Yuan was a wise ruler. Even if he had some suspicions, they were insignificant compared to his achievements.

Because Emperor Yuan was truly dedicated to governing the country.

The news about the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue soon spread to the homes of every court official. Emperor Yuan was ruthless and directly confiscated the property of several people and exiled them.

However, they were both insignificant soldiers who were not doing their jobs well. Both Wang Shiqian and Wang Shizheng were still in prison, awaiting trial.

Of course, after proving Liu Shuocui's innocence, several members of the Ye family confirmed his guilt and stripped him of his official position. Liu Shuocui was fined half a year's salary.

When Yun Zhuan came out of the door where Feng Laiyi was, he waited until all the lights in Guanju Palace were turned off.

Then he put on a cloak and went out. The cold wind at night was really chilly.

The place she was going to was the imperial prison. Duhuo followed her and also dressed up in disguise.

Banban told her that the people guarding the imperial prison today were those who had received favors from the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion and were trustworthy. If Yun Zhuan still had doubts about this matter, she could go there and he would help her take care of everything.

The road was long, and everyone around knew that a young lady from the Marquis of Wu'an lived in the palace. Even though it was the middle of the night, they just asked her to be careful, and no one else said anything.

Two lights were burning at the entrance of the prison, and a man dressed as a prison guard was waiting there.

"Miss." When the man saw Yun Ju'an coming, he hurried forward to greet her.

After seeing Yun Zhuan's face, he immediately lowered his head: "Wu Yi has seen the young lady. Please rest assured that my brother is studying in the school sponsored by the Yun family. My mother has also received the kindness of the Yun family. Her legs and feet were healed and her life was saved. This servant's life belongs to the young lady!"

You should not look directly at the host's face to show respect.

"Lead the way." Yun Ju'an said calmly.

Wu Yi brought Yun Zhuan in. A group of people were lying on the table, snoring loudly, with a lot of wine bottles lying around.

"Please rest assured. I have made them all drunk today to make it easier for you to do your job." Wu Yi was very considerate and took Yun Ju'an directly to the cell where Wang Shizheng was.

After a few days of fighting, Wang Shizheng had gone from being full of vigor and vitality to a messy-haired man, and Wang Shiqian next to him was not much better off.

"Mr. Wang." Yun Juan stood in front of him with a cold voice.

Wang Shizheng didn't even look at her, but instead smiled disdainfully and said, "Hey, whose daughter is the boss?"

"I am Yun Ju'an from the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion." Yun Ju'an introduced his family, his eyes fixed on Wang Shizheng in front of him, "Wang Shizheng, in the twelfth year of Jiayuan, I secretly became a disciple of Shen Mu, and now I am a deputy minister of the Ministry of War, a fifth-rank official."

"I will only ask once. If you have the courage to answer seriously, I will keep your brother and his family alive. If you don't answer seriously, I will send your brother and sister-in-law's family to stay with you."

Even though Wang Shizheng was a jerk, because his parents died young, he was extremely respectful to his elder brothers and his mother and sister-in-law.

These words made Wang Shizheng stand up from the straw immediately, and he looked at Yun Zhuan with murderous eyes.

"Don't believe it?" Yun Zhuan said softly, "It's normal for someone to die in prison, isn't it?"

"Besides, don't you like Shen Yiyi from the Shen family very much?"

The two of them were almost childhood sweethearts, but Shen Yiyi had always looked down on him, so he tried his best to do his best, wholeheartedly helping the Shen family, and trying his best to win Shen Yiyi's heart, which led to his current situation.

Wang Shizheng suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the railing, his eyes red: "My brother is a good official! He doesn't know anything I do, and neither does my sister-in-law!"

"I know all this. You have to tell me something I don't know." Yun Zhuan sat down obediently, and Duhuo followed behind him. "I will only give you half an incense stick of time. If you don't tell me..."

Wang Shizheng grabbed his hair, extremely angry. This plan was obviously flawless, so why did it go wrong at the last minute?

What went wrong?

Woohoo, I'm collecting it. No one likes to read my books?

Take a good look, I typed it out word by word, and it’s all here.

See, I didn’t ask anyone else to do this!!

(During the epidemic, don’t stick together, don’t gather in groups, just read my books)

(End of this chapter)