Chapter 118 The Guo Family
"The eldest princess really got it mixed up. Madam Hua is a grandmother at a young age, but her son doesn't seem to be academically successful or outstanding."
Another woman corrected her, and other voices followed suit.
"I remember that Madam Hua's son made trouble in school last month and beat a classmate so hard that he couldn't get up. Am I wrong?"
"How could I be wrong? The classmate who was beaten happened to be my distant nephew. His legs were broken and he is still lying in bed. The general's mansion still hasn't said anything!"
"Is Madam Hua's son really so arrogant?"
"Of course not..."
Listening to them talking to each other, it seemed as if they didn't care about Hua's presence.
Zhaoyang pretended to cough a few times, and the palace immediately quieted down.
Only then did Hua know that the eldest princess was secretly helping Su He? No wonder they could become a family?
"If you keep talking, be careful not to become a gossip!" She suppressed her anger, but she was actually very angry.
Xianyin snorted lightly: "Only the state officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps? The world doesn't belong to the Guo family, how can they be so powerful?"
"You are a wild girl from where, and you are qualified to point fingers at the Guo family?" The other women were either rich or noble, and they were all wives of officials. Hua couldn't lose her temper, so she caught Xianyin and lectured her.
Xianyin looked weak, but in fact she had a bad temper. One hand was on the table, and the tea lid slipped and fell to the ground with a clang.
"Am I wrong?"
"You are just an orphan picked up by the princess, without a father or a mother. If the princess hadn't pitied you, you would never have become a princess even if you had accumulated merits for several lifetimes!"
Xianyin's eyes were gloomy, and her fingers stroked the edge of the teacup gently, then she took out a clear jade pendant from her arms, hung it in her hand and shook it.
"Open your dog eyes and see what this is?"
"Xianyin? Take it back!" Zhaoyang scolded.
Su He looked carefully, and his heart was lifted.
If he was not mistaken, the clear and transparent jade pendant was inlaid with glowing pearls, which were only available in the Prince Jin's Mansion.
Was Xianyin trying to reveal his identity?
Hua recognized the item and immediately stood up and pointed at Xian Yin, shouting, "This is something from the criminal gang! How dare you have something from the criminal gang? I'm going to the palace to report this to Queen Guo!"
"Why report to the Queen? The Emperor is still alive, do you in the Guo family really think he's dead?"
Xianyin walked to Madam Hua, stretched out her hand to pinch her chin, slightly exerted force with her fingertips, and said in a sinister tone: "It's okay for you to tell Queen Guo. I'm already dead, and I don't care about a rotten life anymore! But before I die, I must tie you up, beat you, and throw you into the river. When you die cleanly, I will find someone to pick up your white and foamy corpse!"
Hua covered her ears and couldn't help screaming. She pushed Xianyin away, stepped back a few steps, and screamed: "Ahhh! Don't say it!"
The other women in the palace were all frightened.
No one thought that the orphan taken in by the eldest princess would actually be from the Jin Palace? She was not afraid of death and revealed her identity?
Does this mean that he doesn't care about the princess anymore?
"Xianyin, come back." Zhaoyang called out.
Su He had always thought Xianyin was aloof and difficult to approach. If she treated Madam Hua like this today, Empress Guo would punish her tonight instead of tomorrow.
It was a bit extreme to expose her identity so abruptly.
After this incident, the women in the palace felt uneasy and found excuses to leave the princess's mansion.
Hua also left swearing and went to the palace.
After everyone left, Zhaoyang looked at Xianyin quietly. He wanted to get angry but didn't know where to start. Thinking of her life experience, his heart ached and he couldn't help but say, "You are too reckless."
Xianyin did not regret it: "This day will come sooner or later. Although the princess treats me like her own daughter, there are so many lives in the Prince Jin's mansion. The wronged souls of my mother and father always come out in the dead of night, accusing me of why I don't take revenge? Why don't I seek justice? Although the gorgeous clothes are beautiful, I feel uneasy."
Her voice trembled, and those blood feuds scratched her heart like a knife.
Su He suddenly became emotional, and thinking of herself in the past life, her eyes also turned red.
"The Guo family's power has not diminished, you are just like an ant trying to shake a tree!" Although she felt distressed, Zhaoyang still understood the situation clearly.
Her poor brother was being monitored by Queen Guo, and how long he wanted to live was up to her Guo family.
Xianyin knelt down on both knees and smiled miserably, "Lord Lu was able to take risks alone and make such a sacrifice. As a criminal, why should I be afraid of dying?"
"What did you say?"
Su He was stunned after catching the important words, and immediately guessed that Lu Huaihe's trip to the southeast was not that simple.
Zhaoyang gave Xianyin a look, and she realized that Su He didn't know about it.
Su He didn't miss this tiny move, and even the eldest princess knew about it?
"He was clearly following the emperor's orders to investigate the corruption case of disaster silver. Could there be some hidden secret?"
Xianyin was speechless, and Zhaoyang followed suit in silence.
Until Lu Huaihe's voice rang out.
"In addition to investigating the case of disaster silver embezzlement, I also want to redress the injustice of the case back then. This is also the reason why the prince does not want me to go on this trip."
Su Hening looked at him: "Since you want to redress the injustice, why can't you do it in the capital?"
"Back then, Concubine Rong was framed, and the eyewitness was a palace maid. After the incident, the palace maid left the palace immediately, and soon became the wife of the Yanzhou patrol, who was the cousin of Empress Guo. They were afraid that killing the palace maid would cause trouble, so they came up with this method to imprison her. I want to find the palace maid, and while the emperor is still healthy, I will make the truth known to the world, otherwise..."
Otherwise, the prince will ascend the throne, Empress Guo will become the empress dowager, and the Guo family will be the only one holding up the sky, and there will be no possibility of turning this case around.
Su He nodded woodenly, and his face turned a little pale.
"So, the investigation is real, but it's an old case. Does Your Majesty know?"
"The Guo family is a cancer and has always been a concern for Your Majesty."
Ever since the Guo family produced a queen, their status has risen, and with the support of the crown prince, they have been able to cover up their evil deeds. The court officials in the capital have long been complaining.
The general of Zhenbei could have won the battle on the frontier, but he chose to stay on the battlefield and deliberately fought a tug-of-war with the enemy army in order to observe the news in the capital.
He had tens of millions of troops under his command, which was enough to start a rebellion, and his wolfish ambition was obvious.
If the emperor and the prince were not as good as the Guo family, not only would their lives be lost, but their country would also be in tatters.
Su He was a little confused, and still didn't understand, "The prince is already the crown prince, what is the Guo family afraid of? Are they afraid that he will pass the throne to the second prince? How can a person with such bad morals like him ascend the throne?"
Zhaoyang behind him suddenly laughed, and his voice was full of the inherent majesty of the royal family, but it also concealed a hint of helplessness.
"Do you think Guo Jie doesn't want to be a superior person?"
"What?"
Su He was completely stunned, and his mind suddenly became clear.
This is not a battle.