Chapter 111: Hints that the scumbag father is forming a gang, when the truth comes out
Xie Yao said calmly, "Your Highness should have seen more of the intrigues within the boudoirs in the palace."
Eunuch Qing was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right."
The current emperor is in good health, still in his prime, and has not yet appointed a queen. Except for Concubine Ying who gave birth to Princess Shengyue, all the concubines in the harem respect the queen mother, and the atmosphere is peaceful.
During the time of the previous emperor, there was a bloody storm.
Queen Shen was sentenced to death. The Rebellion of the Five Kings was also caused by the five princes, each of whose maternal family was very powerful.
However, he still asked, "Did you also anticipate the Hou Madam's invitation to the Chengfo Temple?"
Xie Yao said, "I just had a very pleasant conversation with Madam Hou at the Winter Solstice Banquet a few days ago. I also thought that Xie Zhi might do something bad to me at Chengfo Temple, so I invited her to come with me. I wanted her to speak for me."
She paused, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.
"But I didn't expect that she would actually kneel down and kowtow on the mountain road to pray for the Marquis of Anping."
"If I had known she was so deeply in love with the Marquis, I would have let you, Eunuch, help them. This would have been better than these two being so thirsty and indulging in a passionate fire in the Buddhist temple, defiling the pure land of Buddhism."
Eunuch Qing laughed awkwardly twice.
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind and his heart was shocked!
It was just a fight between girls in the boudoir. Xie Zhi drugged Miss Xie Er, and that was enough.
But Xie Zhi happened to walk up the mountain on his knees today, deliberately letting himself see it.
If the wife of Marquis Anping had not been there, he would have been moved by Xie Zhi's affection for Marquis Anping and would have gone along with it and done this young lady of the Xie family a favor.
Thinking about it now, I feel a little scared.
If he helped Xie Zhi and Anping Hou to be together, and Xie Zhi used Anping Hou to destroy the second Miss Xie...
Let's not talk about whether the King of Jingbei will be furious. Miss Xie has already been canonized as the Princess of Jingbei. She was in the Buddhist temple with her half-sister's fiancé. When such a thing happened, where is the dignity of Your Majesty!
Eunuch Qing thought again, how could Xie Zhi, a girl from the boudoir, know that he was going to meet the eldest princess on behalf of the emperor today?
Although His Majesty often comes to Qifeng Mountain to visit the eldest princess, few people know the specific date because no one dares to inquire about His Majesty's whereabouts.
This is the Queen Mother's party. They want to take this opportunity to ruin the marriage between Miss Xie and Prince Jingbei and slap the Emperor in the face!
What a Wenchang Earl! He appears to be a powerless and noble man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but secretly, he is forming a clique for personal gain and is a member of the Queen Mother's party!
In just a few breaths, Eunuch Qing figured everything out.
Looking at Xie Yao in front of him again, his tone became serious and he asked tentatively, "Second Miss Xie is very attentive. Thank you for your reminder. However, if I report today's incident to Your Majesty truthfully, it may implicate the Earl of Wenchang."
This is exactly what Xie Yao was waiting for.
The biggest purpose of her trip was to make the emperor discover that Xie Mingan was colluding with the empress dowager.
If Xie Mingan was not involved, why would she say all this nonsense to Eunuch Qing?
Xie Ming'an once bribed his superiors, but in the eyes of the emperor, this was nothing at all. Even if there was evidence of his guilt, he would not be convicted.
But if he shows that he is honest and loyal, but is actually a follower of the Empress Dowager, this is what the Emperor really cares about.
A carefree smile appeared on her lips as she said, "Xie Yao was first a subject of your majesty, a soldier of the Strong Women's Camp, and only then the daughter of the Earl of Wenchang."
"Besides, I am going to marry the prince. Once I am married, I will only be a wife of the Xiao family, and no longer a daughter of the Xie family. Please do as you please, father-in-law."
Eunuch Qing pondered for a moment. Second Miss Xie was so free and easy that she did not plead for her father. Instead, she did him a favor, making it much easier for him to report back.
He smiled, thanked Xie Yao, and said goodbye.
Xie Yao walked out of the yard, went back to get her knife, and was about to go down the mountain.
At this time, the carriage of Anping Marquis Mansion appeared at the gate of the temple.
A gust of cold wind blew up the curtains of the carriage, revealing a head with purple bruises on the face and several layers of bandages on the forehead.
"Xie Yao," Anping Hou said in a hoarse voice, his eyes sinister, as if he wanted to skin her alive, "Just wait for me."
Before he finished speaking, Xie Yao swung out a knife in an instant.
He was so frightened that he quickly retracted his head, but he did so too quickly and the back of his head hit the wooden board.
A cold light flashed, and the curtains split in two.
The cold wind blew into the car, turning Anping Hou's face pale.
Xie Yao looked at him expressionlessly, emphasizing each word: "Then I will wait for you, my lord, and come to seek death again."
Marquis Anping was frightened by the cruelty in her eyes, and opened his mouth to ask the coachman to drive faster.
Xie Yao watched the carriage disappear and slowly put away his sword.
Originally, she could have just broken one of Marquis Anping's legs to teach him a lesson.
But he dared to use medicine to plot against her, which made her suddenly remember her past life.
Lu Shenyan once took her back from the court and gave her a pot of poisoned wine, which made her mute.
That was not an ordinary mute medicine, but it was like a burning charcoal entering the throat, burning the throat alive and causing unbearable pain.
Lu Shenyan said, "This is what my husband asked the Marquis of Anping for. The Marquis said that he once gave this medicine to a disobedient singer. Not only did she become mute, but she also hanged herself in pain... Yao'er, does it hurt? Will it hurt you too?"
Xie Yao would never commit suicide.
She crawled out of a sea of blood and corpses. Her life is her own. Why would she seek death for a beast?
She will never give up hope of living.
Today, letting Marquis Anping suffer the consequences of his own actions was not only to avenge a personal vendetta, but also because she remembered the women who were abused by Marquis Anping.
The ones who sent Xie Yao and others down the mountain were Shuangxi, a young eunuch beside the eldest princess, and a coachman.
The carriage was replaced with an ordinary carriage from the Princess Chang's villa, and the carriage that Xie Yao had damaged was kept.
Xie Yao brought Jiang Congyan with her.
Inside the car, Jiang Congyan folded her arms, her hair still disheveled from the fight with Xie Zhi.
Xie Yao wanted to help her tidy it up, but after thinking about her own craftsmanship, she decided not to.
Just now, Jiang Congyan was as determined as she was when she said in the Zen room that she wanted to divorce Anping Hou. Now she was as panicked as before. She no longer had the cheerful and talkative look she had when she went up the mountain.
Xie Yao didn't say anything. She was not very good at comforting others, so she could only ask the driver to drive slower.
After the carriage left Qifeng Mountain and entered Beijing, the surroundings became lively.
When they reached Yunhe Tower on East Street, Xie Yao saw Jiang Congyan was still in a daze, so she finally took out a sweet-scented osmanthus candy from her pocket and said, "It's sweet. Want some?"
Jiang Congyan heard the noisy hawking outside, lowered her head, looked at the osmanthus candy in Xie Yao's hand, her eyes sore, and she burst into tears.
Xie Yao was at a loss as to what to do when she took back the candy, and was so scared that she had to eat it herself.
She remembered that Jiang Congyan was not much older than her.
Jiang Congyan looked at a dim sum shop next to Yunhe Tower and couldn't help but shed tears.
"On the day of my wedding with Li Yu, he rode a horse and I sat in the sedan chair. He passed by here and personally bought butterfly cakes and brought them over, saying it was still early and asked Madam to eat something first."
"But later, he never again...never again..."
Xie Yao realized that Jiang Congyan's crying had nothing to do with her candy, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Stop the car."
She took out a bag of silver and said, "Please, Master Shuangxi, go to the pastry shop next door and buy as many butterfly cakes as you can."
Then, Xie Yao lifted the curtain and got out of the car, saying loudly, "Get out."
Jiang Congyan hesitated for a moment, met Xie Yao's clear and bright eyes, and got out of the car as if possessed by a ghost.
A few people walked into Yunhe Tower. The shopkeeper who was counting the accounts saw them and recognized them immediately.
Isn’t that the second young lady of the Xie family who beat up Lu Shusheng in the building before, or... the princess of the Dong family!
While he was greeting people, he also asked someone to go and notify the boss.
Xie Yao knew that Jiang Congyan was an extremely decent woman, even dignified to the point of suppressing her emotions, so she asked for a private room.
She ordered a jar of osmanthus wine, poured a glass for Jiang Congyan, and another glass for herself.
Honeysuckle asked, "Second Miss wants to drink?"
Xie Yao shook her head: "I don't want to drink it, this is all for her."
She had been drinking and looked bad.
Honeysuckle breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the major general is aware of himself.
The next moment, Xie Yao picked up the wine glass, raised her head and drank it all in one gulp: "Miss Jiang, today's events should be made clear."
Not to mention that she enjoyed beating up Marquis Anping, nor that her marriage with Xiao Yizi was a done deal.
Today, she gained the trust of the eldest princess and asked Eunuch Qing to go to the emperor and flatter Xie Ming'an. It was worth a drink!
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