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She was enjoying the pleasure here, but in the harem, there was a widespread search due to a rumor that Concubine Yuan Shu had lost the bracelet that Emperor Tianwu gave her when she entered the palace. Even the Queen's Jingci Palace was not spared.
The queen was awakened at midnight, and when she saw the large group of imperial guards intruding, she was furious. But no one listened to her anymore. To these people, the current Concubine Yuan Shu was much more important than a queen.
The queen had no choice but to send someone to invite the emperor, but she heard that the emperor was favoring Concubine Yuan Shu. Going to invite her at this time would be like walking on the edge of a knife. She was so angry that she was gasping for breath, but she could only swallow her anger. What else could she do if she didn't swallow it? Who in the harem would listen to her? She even thought that even if she took out the Phoenix Seal to pressure others, the emperor would take it back because of the emperor's favor for Concubine Yuan Shu. It was possible that the Phoenix Seal would fall into Concubine Yuan Shu's hands, and then her fate would be even more miserable.
People searched the Jingci Palace arrogantly, but found nothing. They left arrogantly, not caring about her, the queen. Feng Zhaolian watched all this coldly, and a thought turned in her mind: Concubine Yuan Shu was not looking for a bracelet at all, she was probably looking for someone.
Finally, the searchers searched the entire harem. Except for the scary things they saw at Concubine Li's place, they found nothing in other palaces. But there was one place they didn't go to, and that was Yuehan Palace. Someone asked the leading nanny whether they wanted to search Yuehan Palace, but the nanny shook her head. She always remembered what Concubine Yuan Shu said: "Except Yuehan Palace, you can go anywhere." Although she didn't know why Concubine Yuan Shu was still afraid of Yuehan Palace, she was relieved not to search there. The queen was easy to deal with, but the one in Yuehan Palace was a fearless person, so it was better not to provoke him easily.
The small courtyard where Zirui lived was also searched, and even more thoroughly. Feng Yuheng hid in the dark, knowing exactly what they were looking for, which made her laugh secretly. It was thought that the Eighth Prince had not entered the palace all day, and he was probably so confused that he forgot to send a letter to Concubine Yuan Shu. Concubine Yuan Shu still didn't know that the person she had searched the entire palace for was now in her son's house, and had been beaten half to death by her son.
She had no intention of watching the farce in the palace, and Zirui could be guaranteed to be safe tonight. Feng Yuheng did not stay here for long, and hid her figure and went to Zhang Yuan.
At Concubine Yuan Shu's place, Emperor Tianwu finally couldn't resist the passion of his beloved concubine and fell into a deep sleep after the outburst. Concubine Yuan Shu got up from the couch and quietly walked outside the palace. The maid Yuexiu immediately came forward and told her what Concubine Li had discovered at Changning Palace.
When she heard that Concubine Li had secretly cursed Xuan Tianming in the palace, Concubine Yuan Shu laughed. After laughing, she waved her hand and said, "Don't make things difficult for her. If she wants to make trouble, let her make trouble. The one who cursed is the Ninth Prince. Do we have to worry about the Ninth Prince being cursed to death? It would be better if he really died. I'm afraid Concubine Li doesn't have the ability to do that. However, she took the initiative to take the blame, so why not? The palace is most taboo about witchcraft, and she is still climbing up against the wind. Sooner or later, she will protect us from disaster."
Feng Yuheng stayed at Zirui's place for too long. When she arrived at Zhang Yuan's place, it was already daybreak. This was the first time she stayed in the palace for so long that she didn't leave until dawn. Calculating, Xuan Tianming should have arrived at the palace gate and was about to enter the palace for the morning court. However, when she passed by Zhaohe Hall just now, she saw Concubine Yuan Shu just coming out. The old emperor was probably being squeezed hard again, and it was not certain whether he could attend the morning court.
Zhang Yuan's injury had healed a lot. She sat on a big tree and looked down. Two palace servants were helping him out of the woodshed. Although he still felt a little awkward walking, he was not in danger of losing his life like before. In addition, he had the painkillers she gave him. If he couldn't stand it anymore, he could take two pills. His life was safe.
The palace servant who helped him to the courtyard said, "Eunuch Yuan, you will be sent to the Criminal Slave Bureau today. Actually, we served the emperor in Zhaohe Hall together for so many years and have some friendship. I want to help you, for example, I can pretend that I didn't see anything and let you take the bundle in your hand. But you also know that Eunuch Wu has the final say in this courtyard. If he knew that we let you take a bundle, and there was a lot of silver in the bundle, then our lives would be in danger."
The eunuch's voice was strange and his accent was even stranger, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
After hearing what they said, Zhang Yuan quickly took the bag in his hand closer to his arms and refused to give it up no matter what. However, the two people around him were much stronger than him, and he was injured after all, so the bag was snatched away by them in a few seconds.
There was indeed a lot of silver in the bundle. When they snatched it, the silver fell all over the ground, attracting more eunuchs in the yard to rush over and grab the silver.
Zhang Yuan looked at those people snatching his silver, and he almost wanted to cry but had no tears. He said with an empty voice: "I have treated you well in the past, so why are you unwilling to leave me this little money to survive? You all know that if I go there without any silver, I will be tortured to death in a few days. Why are you so greedy?"
A palace servant replied, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. In the past, you were a favorite of the Emperor, so we naturally had to curry favor with you. But now you are no different from the God of Plague. Anyone who gets close to you will lose his life. You knew yesterday morning that the two people who helped you get medicine were beaten to death, all because of you."
Zhang Yuan looked at the silver on the ground in despair, which was completely robbed. Two people even started fighting because of the uneven distribution of the spoils. He sighed bitterly, turned around and looked at his old big house, feeling deeply moved. Thinking about the two eunuchs who were beaten to death, he felt even more sad. He knelt down in the direction of Zhaohe Hall, shouted: "Your Majesty" and kowtowed three times. When he raised his head again, blood was on his forehead.
Someone escorted him out of the courtyard and headed to the Criminal Slave Division, but Feng Yuheng stared at the big house and had an idea in mind.
He walked into the house in a flash. This was where Zhang Yuan lived before. All the items were awarded by Emperor Tianwu. Emperor Tianwu doted on Zhang Yuan like his own son. He never forgot to give him a share of any good things. Sometimes Zhang Yuan saw something beautiful and asked Tianwu for it. Anyway, he would never leave the palace in his lifetime and had no relatives outside. Even if the things were given to him, they would still stay in this palace. As a result, the room where the chief eunuch lived was almost as grand as the Zhaohe Palace.
But now, all these things have become Wu Ying's, not to mention that there must be Zhang Yuan's hidden silver in the house. Feng Yuheng thought, she can't let the young eunuch work in vain for the first half of his life, so she will do him a favor and keep these things for him for the time being.
Then she started to think, and quickly took away all the good things in the house, including the silver in the root, the banknotes under the pillow, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the bed partition.
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