Chapter 121 Yang Family Match-3 Game
Han Ying said to Bai Xiao, "Keep an eye on them and await the master's decision."
Bai Xiao waved his hand: "I know, go and come back quickly."
Han Ying immediately set off and sneaked into the palace. Yuwen Che was still in the inner chamber of Guanju Palace, guarding the unconscious Su Luoxue without leaving her side.
Li Dehai entered quietly and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Lord Hanying requests an audience, saying he has important matters to report."
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Che carefully tucked the blanket around Su Luoxue before getting up and going to the outer room.
Han Ying immediately knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, we found out. It was Consort Shu who privately visited Zhao the day before yesterday."
Yuwen Che's eyes turned cold: "Consort Shu? What does she want with Zhao Shi?"
Han Ying lowered her head, her voice icy: "Consort Shu intends to join forces with the Zhao family... to plot that Her Majesty the Empress will die in childbirth... due to complications."
Yuwen Che instantly exuded a terrifying killing intent: "She dares!"
Han Ying continued, "Consort Shu promised Zhao that after the matter was settled, she would raise the eldest prince under her own name, treat him as her own son, and... use the entire Yang family's resources to support the eldest prince in inheriting the throne in the future."
He paused, then added, "According to Zhao's nanny, Zhao did indeed have feelings for him at the time. But she was afraid that the affair would be exposed and implicate the eldest prince, and she didn't dare to explicitly reject Consort Shu. With nowhere else to turn, she chose to drown herself in the lake. But she never expected... that Her Majesty the Empress would go to the Imperial Garden yesterday and happen to see the body in the lake. She was so frightened that she suffered a difficult childbirth..."
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Che's face hardened with icy killing intent. He never imagined that someone in the harem would dare to harbor such a vicious thought towards Xue'er!
"Consort Shu... Yang family..." He murmured the two names, his eyes filled with undisguised killing intent.
Yuwen Che glanced back at the inner room. His Xue'er had suffered such a terrible ordeal, barely surviving only thanks to the only life-extending pill in the world, and remained unconscious to this day...
He let out a cold laugh: "What a Yang family... what a Consort Shu... I'm not even dead yet, and they're already eyeing my empire and plotting against my Empress!"
He said to Han Ying, "You should go back to Ying Pavilion first. It's not appropriate for you to show your face again for what happens next."
Han Ying asked, "My lord, what should we do with that old woman and the maid?"
Yuwen Che's tone was indifferent, yet carried a chilling undertone: "Since they were Zhao's loyal servants during her lifetime, and their bond with her was deep... let them continue to serve Zhao in the afterlife."
Han Ying understood immediately: "Yes, I understand." His figure then disappeared.
Yuwen Che instructed Li Dehai: "Go and summon Pei Xuan, and tell him to come to Guanju Palace to see me immediately."
Li Dehai sensed the suppressed storm in His Majesty's words and dared not be negligent: "This old servant obeys the decree!"
Soon, Pei Xuan rushed to the outer hall of Guanju Palace. Upon seeing the stern-faced Yuwen Che, he immediately clasped his hands in a salute: "Your Majesty, have you summoned me?"
Yuwen Che didn't beat around the bush and gave the order directly, his voice as cold as ice: "Pei Xuan, you immediately take a squad of Dragon Guards to Consort Shu's palace. Seize her, as well as all the maids and eunuchs serving her, and imprison them in the dark jail! Remember, all of them, leave no one out!"
Pei Xuan's heart skipped a beat, knowing that something serious must have happened, and he replied without hesitation, "Your subject obeys the decree!"
Yuwen Che looked at him and added, his tone chilling: "Send another team to surround the Yang residence! No one is allowed to enter or leave! Await my next decree!"
"Yes!" Pei Xuan accepted the order and immediately turned to mobilize troops.
A storm targeting both the imperial harem and the imperial court is about to begin.
Consort Xian was chatting with Consort Shu in her palace. "Sigh, the Empress is truly blessed. She gained the Emperor's favor as soon as she entered the palace, and less than half a year later, His Majesty deposed her and made her Empress. Now she even has twins, a boy and a girl... Sigh..."
"Hmph, so what? He's still of humble origins. Besides... I've heard the Second Prince was born weak; it's hard to say whether he'll even survive."
Consort Xian was terrified. "Sister Consort Shu, you can't say things like that! If this gets to His Majesty's ears, it will be terrible..."
Suddenly, the two heard a series of hurried footsteps and the clanging of armor outside.
Immediately afterwards, the palace doors were pushed open, and Pei Xuan, dressed in military uniform, led a squad of menacing Longxiang Guards straight in!
Both Consort Xian and Consort Shu were terrified and their faces changed drastically. Consort Xian, who was gentle by nature, was even more shocked and at a loss for what to do.
Pei Xuan first clasped his hands in a respectful bow to Consort Xian, his tone still relatively polite: "Your Highness, I have come here on His Majesty's orders to arrest Consort Shu. This place is inconvenient, so please excuse us and return to your own palace to rest for the time being."
Upon hearing this, Consort Xian felt as if she had been granted a pardon and quickly nodded, "Okay...okay, I'll leave right away." She didn't dare to stay a moment longer and quickly got up, taking her nanny and maids with her, practically fleeing Consort Shu's palace.
Seeing that Consort Xian had left, Consort Shu was both shocked and furious. Pointing at Pei Xuan, she cursed, "Pei Xuan! How dare you! Even if you are the only son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, you are still an outsider! I am His Majesty's concubine! How dare you lead troops to trespass into the inner palace and offend me?!"
Pei Xuan remained expressionless, utterly disdainful of arguing with her, and directly ordered the Dragon Guards behind him: "Take them all down and escort them to the Dark Prison!"
"Yes!" The Dragon Guards immediately stepped forward and unceremoniously subdued Consort Shu and all the palace maids and eunuchs in her palace.
"How dare you! Release me! I want to see His Majesty! Pei Xuan, you will die a horrible death!" Consort Shu struggled desperately, uttering vile words.
Pei Xuan glanced at her coldly, his voice not loud, but carrying a chilling warning: "Your Highness, the last family I dealt with was the Shen family, who harbored treasonous intentions and planned to harm the current Empress. Now... perhaps, it's time for the Yang family behind you to be dealt with."
Consort Shu turned deathly pale instantly and could no longer utter a word.
Pei Xuan looked at the subdued Consort Shu and the group of palace servants, and coldly ordered, "Take them all away and imprison them in the dark jail!"
"Pei Xuan, how dare you..." The Longxiang Guards immediately took away all the struggling and cursing Consort Shu and the palace servants who were crying and begging for mercy.
At the same time, another squad of Longxiang Guards, led by the deputy commander, quickly surrounded the Yang residence.
The gatekeeper of the Yang residence rushed in in a panic to report: "Master! Something terrible has happened! Outside... outside is surrounded by the Dragon Guards!"
Consort Shu's father, Lord Yang, was both shocked and furious. He led his family to the gate of the mansion and, looking at the soldiers in bright armor outside, forced himself to remain calm and questioned, "Commander, what crime has my Yang family committed that warrants His Majesty's dispatch of the Dragon Guard to surround the mansion?"
The deputy commander remained expressionless, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable authority: "Lord Yang, please calm down. You will soon find out what your daughter has been doing in the palace."
Mr. Yang's heart sank, and an ominous premonition swept over him: "Consort Shu? What happened to Consort Shu in the palace?"
The deputy commander did not answer, but simply waved his hand to signal the soldiers to stay at their posts.
Panic and deathly silence descended upon the Yang residence.
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