Chapter 96: Fraud

In the words of the emperor, "Isn't his name Li Guitian? Then I'll let him go back to farming."

Go back to farming... you're destined to be a farmer!

The miserable life of Li Guitian after being banished from the palace is a story for the future. Anyway, Gao Yuchu has ushered in his second spring.

At the age of only 25, the emperor personally ordered him to serve as the chief steward of Yu's kitchen, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a written announcement.

Before Emperor Xuanwu left Hexi Palace, he specifically said to Jiang Xinyue: "My beloved concubine, I have considered it for a long time, and I still feel that your house arrest should be extended for a period of time. The news of your pregnancy cannot be revealed so quickly. I think... your mother has a deep misunderstanding of you. After the one-month house arrest period, you can go to your mother's Kunning Palace to sit and eliminate her misunderstanding of you."

Okay!

Let her irritate the old woman and make her so angry that she will be put under house arrest for another three to five months, right?

This emperor speaks in a roundabout way. If you don't have the ability to understand, you really can't understand what he is saying.

He cared so much about her. In order to protect the baby in her belly, Jiang Xinyue was willing to give it a try: "Whatever the emperor says is what it is. I will obey it."

Seeing that she understood, Emperor Xuanwu kissed her forehead again: "My beloved concubine, take good care of the baby. I will come to see you every day. When you give birth to the little prince, I will make you a concubine. The Qintian Observer said that there will be no great heat this summer, otherwise I can take you to the temporary palace to escape the heat."

In this way, there is no need for house arrest. Anyway, the concubines and the empress dowager who threaten Zhenpin can be kept in the palace.

"The emperor can bear it, but the empress dowager and others may not be able to bear it. In fact, if I were not pregnant, I would also like to go to the Qinzhou temporary palace to experience the spring-like climate all year round!"

The emperor, who was awakened by the words, straightened his body: Yes!

Since Concubine Zhen couldn't go, then the Queen Mother, Concubine Shu, Jin Zhaoyi, and Concubine Ye were all sent to Chenzhou. When Concubine Zhen's belly was four months old and couldn't be more stable, wouldn't it be okay to bring her back? "But..."

Emperor Xuanwu said again: "In this case, I have to think of a way to stay."

Jiang Xinyue pushed him away: "Your Majesty, please go back to the study and think about it! The Empress is still waiting outside! I dare not let her wait too long."

The emperor thought with some jealousy: I dare not let the Empress wait too long, but I dare to drive me out.

But Concubine Zhen used to treat him very carefully, fearing that he would be unhappy. She finally became more intimate and casual with him unconsciously. He didn't want to say it out, otherwise the little turtle who had finally poked his head out would be scared and shrink back into the turtle shell.

After Empress Zhu and Jiang Xinyue sent the emperor away, her face suddenly darkened: "Princess Zhen, I talked to you nicely last night, why did you betray me?"

Jiang Xinyue had already knelt down and obeyed, and even knew which side of her face would arouse people's desire to protect her when she knelt down.

A tear slid down her face, and her face was in pain, crying and unable to speak.

Empress Zhu:?

Fenyun:?

What does it mean that she sat on the ground and cried so hard before she even knelt for three times?

Could it be a scam?

Her queen didn't touch her!

When Empress Zhu’s dissatisfaction with her reached its peak, Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath and said, “Empress, it’s not that I don’t want to identify him. It’s that the Emperor wants to test me. He suspects that I am colluding with you, Empress. I dare not identify Jin Jia Dalang! Empress...you say...do you think the Emperor has feelings for me? He tests me everywhere and doesn’t believe me everywhere. How true is the love he says? Hahahaha..."

The crazy beauty sat on the ground, crying and laughing, which was really distressing.

Her crying was heartbreaking. Empress Zhu couldn’t help but think of the countless days and nights when she and the Emperor slept in the same bed and shed tears silently.

She also wanted to ask if the Emperor had feelings for him? Which woman did he truly love?

But she couldn't ask, because she was the empress of Dayan, and she had to be dignified, elegant, and generous at all times.

"So that's how it is."

Empress Zhu pulled her up guiltily: "I didn't know these, I blamed you wrongly, get up quickly!"

Jiang Xinyue wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve: "Empress, the emperor arranged the eldest son of the Jin family to be the front guard in the palace. Do you think he knows the relationship between Concubine Shu and Guard Jin? I always feel uneasy in my heart. Does the emperor suspect Concubine Shu and Guard Jin? The emperor cares so much about Concubine Shu, but he still doesn't love me..."

As she said this, she was about to cry sadly again.

Empress Zhu was so upset by the crying of this "stupid woman" who fell in love with the emperor, but she still took her words to heart.

Did the emperor keep the eldest son of the Jin family in the palace to work because he suspected that Concubine Shu had cheated on him?

If so, the emperor should have left someone to monitor the two of them.

Empress Zhu was ecstatic, but she did not show it. Instead, she perfunctorily comforted Jiang Xinyue and left in a hurry with Fenyun.

The eldest son of the Jin family must stay in the palace!

Leaving this secret weapon behind, one day, could kill Concubine Shu and severely injure Concubine Li Gui, killing two birds with one stone. She had to discuss this with the Zhu family.

As soon as the empress's procession left, Jiang Xinyue stretched lazily, and in the blink of an eye, there was only coldness in her eyes.

Jiang Xinyue is unique in the harem of Dayan, as she can make the three most difficult people in the harem, the empress, Li Guifei and Shu Fei, fight to the death with just a few words.

The emperor did not go to escape the summer heat in the end, because the next day, a memorial from Zhenzhou arrived at the emperor's case.

The local officials in Zhenzhou accepted bribes and bought the quota of the emperor's temporary palace. Anyone whose family promised gold, silver and treasures to the government could send a beautiful woman to the palace, and she would be arranged in the Jiuzhou Palace where the emperor lived.

Many wealthy businessmen also gave gold and silver in order to buy a quota to feast, sing and dance with the emperor.

It is said that those wealthy businessmen even hired painters, and they must paint a picture of themselves with Emperor Xuanwu to hang at home to show their status.

These merchants were not fools. They spent a lot of money just to be painted with Emperor Xuanwu.

They had a very smart plan!

With a painting of the emperor in the same frame, other merchants and officials who cooperated with them did not dare to make things difficult for them, fearing that they had a big background and it would be much easier to make money this way.

Emperor Xuanwu, who was treated as an object, a tool for online crawling, and a commodity to be sold, got very angry and scolded several officials of the Song family in the court.

The reason was simple: the local official who sold the emperor as a commodity in Zhenzhou was a disciple recommended by the Song family.

The person who reported this person was the local official's master, who was also closely related to Jiang Xinyue's stepfather.